FACTORS OF SUCCESS IN FARMING 621 



Farm i : 



Acres of crops, 29 ; very poor 



Yields compared with average, 208 per cent ; excellent 

 Receipts per cow from 1 1 cows, $116; excellent 

 Percentage of receipts from crops, 21 per cent; excellent 

 Labor income, $980 



This is the best record for either a general or a dairy farm 

 with so small an area. It represents the best record of a " little 

 farm well tilled." Splendid crops, splendid cows, good diversifi- 

 cation, and all the work done by the farmer himself with two 

 months of hired labor. It would be very hard to give any sugges- 

 tions for improvement except that the farm be enlarged. Such 

 a farmer should be able to make a labor income of $3000 a year 

 if he bought or rented enough more land so that he could raise 

 i<X) more acres of crops. He would then keep more cows and 

 keep two men by the year. 



Farm 2 : 



Acres of crops, 21 ; very poor 



Yields compared with average, 21 1 per cent; excellent (hay, 3.3 tons; 



silage, 13 tons) 

 Receipts per cow from 8 cows, $90 ; excellent 

 Percentage of receipts from crops, 22 per cent ; excellent 

 Labor income, $380 



This farmer had a little less land, had fewer and not quite so 

 good cows, and kept a hired man by the year. For these reasons 

 he made less than the preceding one. 



Farm 3 : 



Acres of crops, 133; good 



Yields compared with average, 75 per cent; poor (hay, i.i tons; oats, 



25 bushels) 

 Receipts per cow from 20 cows, $95 ; excellent 

 Percentage of receipts from crops, 1 6 per cent ; fair 

 Labor income, $1661 



This farmer gets crops only three fourths as good as the aver- 

 age, but with the large area he should make a fair profit from 

 growing them. He sells part of his crops and gets good returns 

 for what he feeds to cows. His crops are about one third as good 



