178 FARM MANAGEMENT 



Unfortunately, the bulletin was called, " An Example of 

 Model Farming," and many persons have thought that 

 this furnished a model for farmers who sell milk at 2 to 

 3 cents a quart instead of 6| cents. Because of his 

 success under these very unusual conditions, this farmer 

 sold his farm for a high price and was hired at a high 

 salary as manager of another farm. Here the attempt to 

 establish a similar system resulted in a very heavy loss 

 for his employer. 



There is not sufficient data given in the bulletin to 

 calculate a labor income, but it appears to be less than 

 $1000, a good labor income, but not large. It is interest- 

 ing to compare this with the results obtained by many 

 other farmers; the one on page 537 is typical. This 

 farmer made a labor income of $3414 ; the year before it 

 was $2750. With about the same capital that was in- 

 vested in the intensive farm, he made three times the 

 labor income. This farmer kept a cow for each seven 

 acres rather than a cow to the acre. He sold milk for an 

 average of 2.7 cents a quart rather than 6j cents. In- 

 stead of spending any time hauling green crops to the 

 barn, he raised cash crops for sale, while the cows were 

 in the pasture gathering their own crops and distribut- 

 ing the manure. Each farmer followed the method best 

 adapted to his conditions. There are thousands of men 

 who are succeeding by usual methods for every one that 

 is succeeding by the soiling system. 



The amount of labor involved in hauling green crops, 

 that are mostly water, and in hauling out manure is 

 enormous. At the New Jersey Experiment Station the 

 equivalent of 50 cows were kept for 6 months on various 

 soiling crops. During this time 278 tons of green crops 

 were cut and hauled to the barn, and probably over 300 



