December, 1931J Dairy FarminCx in Grafton County 



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Table 72 — Effect on labor income of keeping certain selected factors 10 per cent 

 above average and having the price of milk as good as average. 



* The factors used were as follows : (1) man work units per farm, 10 per cent 

 better than average; (2) man work units per man, 10 per cent better than 

 average; (3) pounds of milk per cow, 10 per cent better than average; (4) 

 price per hundredweight of milk, average only. The average of all farms, and 

 the factors increased by 10 per cent are shown in the last two lines of table. 



Pasture. Details in the costs of pasture such as fencing, interest, and 

 taxes were not enumerated. Pasture values were charged on each farm 

 to cows, young stock, sheep, and any other animals pastured as the 

 farmer directed. The basis for his judgment, presumably, was his ex- 

 perience in hiring or renting similar pasture. The results are shown in 

 Table 73. 



Table 73 — Pasture costs on m farms 



■* ^Mowing fields pastured: average acres per farm 28.4; average animal units 

 pastured per farm 10.1 ; average days used 21.1. 



Man and horse labor. The hours of man and horse labor expended on 

 chores, leading cows, delivering milk and all similar work in connec- 

 tion with the dairy herd were separated, with each operator's assist- 

 ance, from the time spent on young cattle and other farm enterprises. 



