Aim to Get Above the Average 



The actual moneymaking on a farm comes when we are 

 above the average in quality and production. Those who 

 stand on the common level will get a living, but not much 

 more. Farming needs individuality of character and pur- 

 pose just as running a store or a factory does. 



If the usual profit in a flock of hens is $i each, above 

 the cost of food, the aim should be to increase egg pro- 

 duction and the sale of broilers or other kinds of fancy 

 poultry so that there will be a profit of $2 for each hen 

 kept. This is to be accomplished by selecting pullets from 

 the best laying mothers and by breeding up with full- 

 blooded males. 



If the cows in a dairy herd are paying an average of 

 $100 a year, make an effort to raise it to $200. Perhaps 

 the quickest way to gain this end is by discarding all 

 animals that fail to give five gallons of milk per day for the 

 greater part of the year. The stock may be gradually im- 

 proved by selection and breeding. It may be possible also 

 to sell a part of the milk or cream to private customers 

 who will pay double the wholesale rate. 



It is not necessary that the farmer should replace all of 

 his grade cows with high-priced, pure-bred Holsteins, 

 Jerseys, Guernseys or Ayrshires. However, for success- 

 ful and profitable dairying it is absolutely necessary that 

 he realize the remarkable difference in productive capacity 

 of the individual cows in the same herd, though these 

 cows are cared for by the same man and are consuming 

 practically the same amount of feed. 



Recently a herd of hogs from the northwest was sold 



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