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then there are 5 acres per animal unit. Such a farm is fairly 

 well stocked. Such a farm will usually have about 200 

 tons of manure a year. If a manure spreader is used and 

 5 loads are applied per acre, the tillable land can all be 

 covered in 6 years. 



A farm that has an animal unit for each 3 or 4 acres is 

 heavily stocked. One that has 5 to 7 acres for each animal 

 unit is moderately stocked. One that has over 7 acres per 

 animal unit is lightly stocked. 



A better comparison is on the basis of crops grown. A 

 farm with an animal unit for 1 to 3 acres of crops is heavily 

 stocked. One with 6 or more acres of crops per animal 

 unit is lightly stocked. 



On most general farms it requires at least one animal 

 unit for each 5 or 6 acres of crops to use up the low grade 

 or waste products. If animals pay well, the number may 

 be increased to one for each 3 or 4 acres of crops. But 

 only when experience has shown animals to be very prof- 

 itable should the number go much beyond this. Otherwise 

 the animals will be using all the products. There will be 

 no cash crops, and in years of shortage, when crops are high, 

 feed will have to be bought rather than sold. Of course 

 the crop yields decidedly affect the condition. The above 

 discussion is approximately right for average conditions 

 in general farming regions. 



Table 54, page 272, shows the number of acres of crops 

 per animal unit in ten typical counties in different parts of 

 the United States. The area varies from less than 2 acres 

 in an irrigated region and in a dairy region near New York 

 to nearly 13 acres in a dry farming wheat region. 



