FACTORS OF SUCCESS IN FARMING 623 



increased to advantage. Unless better cows are kept, it might 

 pay to sell more crops, but an improvement in cows would be 

 better. The following farm shows what might be expected with 

 a larger area in crops: 



Farm 7 : 



Acres of crops, 253 



Yields compared with average, 104 per cent (hay, 1.4 tons; oats, 37 



bushels ; silage, 1 2 tons) 

 Receipts per cow from 30 cows, $ys 

 Percentage of receipts from crops, 48 per cent 

 Labor income, $2859 



The primary difference from the preceding farm is in having 

 over twice the area in crops. It makes over twice the labor 

 income. The crop yields and the receipts per cow should be 

 improved. The next farm shows what might be expected with 

 better crops : 



Farm 8 : 



Acres of crops, 259 



Yields compared with average, 1 34 per cent 

 Receipts per cow from 32 cows, $74 

 Percentage of receipts from crops, 53 per cent 

 Labor income, $3270 



In three counties, this is the second highest labor income found 

 for any farmer who sold milk at wholesale prices. The one point 

 in this farm that needs strengthening is the returns per cow. 

 The farm that made a better labor income had better cows. 



THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DAIRY FARMS 



In the 16 townships studied in Tompkins, Livingston, and 

 Jefferson counties, there were 23 farms that sold milk at whole- 

 sale and that made labor incomes of over ^2000. The averages 

 for these farms are given in Table 28. 



These farms had an average of 257 acres, 154 of which were 

 in crops. The smallest one had 144 acres of land, with 81 acres 

 in crops. The largest had 487 acres of land, with 286 acres in 

 crops. They kept an average of 32 cows. On the average they 



