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Table 5. Present organization of Farm A 



LAND USE AND CROP PRODUCTION 



KIND 



ACRES PRODUCTION 



Total 



258 



LIVESTOCK 



KIND 



Cows 



Young stock 



Bulls 



Horses 



Pigs 



Hens 



NUMBER 



14 



10 



1 



2 



2 



10 



FINANCIAL SUMMARY 



ITEM 



VALUE 



hicoiiic 



Milk, 602 cwt. @ $1.70 



Livestock 



Potatoes, 1250 bu. @ $ .60 



Forest products, 31 cds. @ $6.50 



AAA payments 



Miscellaneous 



$1,023 

 172 

 750 

 200 

 40 

 118 



Total cash expenses $1,134 

 Net cash income $1,169 



The most promising adjustments which the operator of Farm A 

 might initiate to make better use of his resources and to raise his 

 farm income are as follows:^ 



L Adoption of definite crop rotations to insure adequate rough- 

 age production. One 22-acre field with a well drained loam 

 soil is well suited to potato production and should be man- 

 aged on a four year rotation with potatoes followed by oats 

 and hay. The application of a complete fertilizer on the 

 potato crop and the application of manure once in the rotation 

 would increase the productivity of this land. Liming of this 

 field, except on a very limited scale, will not be desirable. 

 The other 34 acres should be managed on a six year rotation 

 of oats, clover and hay. Lime, manure, and superphosphate 

 should be applied with each reseeding. 



2. An aggressive pasture imj:)rovement program sliould be fol- 

 lowed, selecting the better areas for improvement. Where 

 the forest is encroaching on the pasture, young trees should 

 be removed. The four acres of tillage land no longer devoted 

 to crops should be maintained as rotation pasture for suj^ 

 plemental feeding during the late summer. Better feed dur- 

 ing the latter part of the pasture season is needed on this 

 farm and on a large percentage of the farms in this area. 



3. Greater efficiency in the use of labor and equipment in har- 

 vesting hay. On this farm and on at least one-third of the 

 farms in the area, the quality of roughage can be improved 



^ For more detail on adjustments 1 and 2, see pages 36-39 in Farin Organisation and Manactcnirnt 

 in the Colebrook Area, by Harry C. Woodworth and Arno Hangas. N. H. Agr. Exp. Station 

 Bui. 322, June 1940. 



