FACTORS OF SUCCESS IN FARMING 621 



Farm 1 : 



Acres of crops, 29 ; very poor 



Yields compared with average, 208 per cent ; excellent 

 Receipts per cow from 1 1 cows, $ 1 1 6 ; 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 

 100 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, 5380 



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, 1.1 tons; oats, 



25 bushels) 

 Receipts per cow from 20 cows, $95 ; excellent 

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

 Labor income, Si 661 



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 



