CHAPTER 13 



OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN 

 DAIRY FARMING 



G. F. WARREN 

 WAYS OF MEASURING PROFITS 



221. The Most Important Factors for Success. In a dairy 

 region the most important factors have been shown to be 

 the size of the business, the returns per cow, the crop yields, 

 and the diversity of the business. 1 Many other factors have 

 to do with financial success, but on careful examination it will 

 be found that most of them are covered by the above. For 

 instance, nothing is said about the effective use of labor, but 

 the most important single factor controlling such use is the 

 size of the business. The following are some of the many 

 other factors that cause minor variations in profit on many 

 farms and that sometimes become the most important factors. 

 Too much or too little capital may be invested in buildings 

 or stock. Too many or too few men or horses may be kept. 

 The region or farm may not be adapted to dairying. The 

 wrong kind of product for the region may be sold. The 

 barns and fields may be so arranged as to aid in the work, 

 or they may cause a loss of time. Other things being 

 equal, large cows pay better than small ones. 



222. Ways of Measuring Profit. Two things are at work 

 on a farm money and men. To be called a financial suc- 



1 Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 349. 



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