98 



MASS. EXPERIMENT STATKJN lUTLLETlN 275 



w liicli lie tlu'ii set out. In tlic nicantiiue lie i.s anxiou.s to increase liis income 

 from other sources, if possible. 



The Present Farm Plan 



Mr. IVs jn-esent farm set-up is sliown in Tables 7 and 8. The fifiures shown 

 are tlie actual acreages, numbers of stock and amoimts for the year 1929, as 

 shown by records kept by Mr. R. Tiie hay occupies about two-thirds of the 

 crop land. Silage corn and the bearing apple orchard take up tiie remainder. 

 Tiie voung apple trees ai-e ,set with extra wide spacing in the hay land. As 

 thev are still very small, thev do not reduce the hav yield imicli. In 1929 a 



Table 7. — Acreage and Productiox of Crops axd Materials Used ox Farm B. 



' Set in hay land, except 2 acres. 

 - Superi)hosphate. 

 •' Soditiin nitrate. 



' Seeded in corn at last cultivation — mixture 1 bu. timothy, 10 lbs. red clover, 15 

 lbs. alfalfa, 10 llis. alsike. 



^ Mixed feriilizer — 5-8-7 on about 1 acre. 



Ta!!le S. — PouxDs oi- Feed Used isy the Followixh! Nu.^users op- Lu'estock 



ox Farm B. 



