FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN DAIRY FARMING 281 



]\ lost farms have a considerable amount of low-grade 

 hay mixed hay, and other products that do not have much 

 market value or that are too bulky to pay to sell. At least 

 enough stock should be kept to make use of these low-grade 

 products. On many farms there is some land that will not 

 pay for farming, but that will bring some income as pasture. 

 Fanners who find cash crops very profitable often tend to 

 keep too little live-stock. 



The more money one has and the more profitable his 

 animals are, the nearer he should come to exclusive stock 

 f an i ling, but it usually pays to sell at least one cash crop. 

 In he corn-belt, corn marketed through the hog takes the 

 pla( e of a cash crop. When little money is available and 

 when stock pays poorly, one should keep fewer animals, but 

 it usually pays to produce at least one kind of animal or 

 animal product. It is desirable that a farm have two to 

 foui important products for sale, and usually at least one 

 should be an animal product, and at least one a cash 

 crop. 



SOME SUCCESSFUL DAIRY FARMS 



241. A Successful Dairy and Hog Farm in Iowa. One 

 can learn much by a study of successful farms, provided he 

 is sure that the farm he is studying is really successful. A 

 farm is a financial success when it pays interest on the 

 capital invested and pays good wages to the operator. Some- 

 times unimportant peculiarities of the farm are erroneously 

 considered the cause of success. A systematic study of a 

 number of farms will help to avoid this error. The record 

 here given for an Iowa farm shows one of the best types 

 of dairy farming for the corn-belt. (Data furnished by 

 Professor H. B. Hunger, Iowa State College.) 



