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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 275 



The Present Farrriing System 



Tables I and 2 show the j)resent farm plan just as it was in 1929. Table 1 

 shows the acreage and production of each crop and the materials used. Hay 

 occupies the greater part of the crop acreage. The apple orchard takes up 

 only 8 acres out of the total of 38 in crops. One acre of potatoes is grown. 



Table 1. — Acreage and Productiox of Chops and Materials Used 

 ON Farm A. 



Acres Production 



Apples, 150 trees 3 



Apples, non-bearing 150 5 



Hay 26 



Oat Hay - 3 



New Seeding ', 3' 



Potatoes 1 



Total Crops 33 



Pasture 109 



Farmstead 3 



Total Farm Area 150 



509 bu. 



47 tons 

 3 tons 



1'25 bu. 



Sdei: 



7.5 bu. 

 37.0 lbs. 

 10.0 bus 



Materials Used 



Fertilizer 



Spray 



' Seeded in the oats — mixture 28 lbs. timothy, 4^2 lbs. red clover, 4% lbs. alsike. 



^ 34 lbs. lead arsenate, 1 gal. blackleaf 40, 40 lbs. dry lime sulfur, 32 gals, lime 

 sulfur. 



* 50 lbs. lime, 40 lbs. copper sulfate, 4 lbs. Pyrox, 16 lbs. lead arsenate. 



Table 2 gives the average number of each kind of livestock on hand during 

 the year and the amounts of feed used. The silage fed is from the previous 

 year's crop, as Mr. A decided not to grow silage in 1929. Because of the dry 

 summer weather in this year, considerable roughage had to be fed to supple- 

 n^ent the pastures. In ordinary years there would have been a surplus of hay 

 left over. Commercial dairy grains are fed to the cows and young stock. 



Table 2. — Pounds of Feed Used by the Following Nujibers of Livestock 



ON Far!M a. 



