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ployed. Calculate the units of productive man and horse work. 

 Calculate the area of crops and units of productive work per man and 

 per horse. Compare with farms of the same area in Tables 33-40. 

 If each student bases his report on 'a different farm, the results may 

 be compared. 



3. To how many animal units is the stock on the above farm 

 equal? (See p. 218.) How many acres of crops per animal unit? 

 About what proportion of the manure is produced in the barn. 

 How many tons would this probably make per year if it is all saved ? 

 If the manure is well cared for, and if eight tons are applied per acre, 

 how many years would it take to cover the entire farm? 



4. What is the value of the barns on the above farm? How 

 much is this per animal unit? Compare with Table 39. 



5. Are conditions in your region naturally favorable for large 

 or for small breeds of dairy cattle? 



6. What things aside from dairy products are commonly sold 

 from dairy farms in your region ? 



7. As an average for the beginning and end of the year, how 

 many animal units are there on the farm described on page 281 ? 

 How many on the farm on page 285? 



8. Compare the farms on pages 242 and 244 as to size of business, 

 crop yields, returns per cow, work units per man and horse, and in 

 other ways. 



9. Compare each of the above farms as to efficiency in the use 

 of men and horses with farms of the same area in Table 36. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



36. Record of a Year's Business on a Farm. Arrange with 

 some dairy farmer to allow the class to go to his farm and study 

 his methods and obtain a record of his business for the past year, 

 using Farmer's Bulletin 661 for taking the record. Later calculate 

 the labor income and work, the efficiency factors, and compare 

 with the farms described on pages 281 and 285. What are the 

 strong points and what are the weak points of the farm? 



Each student should make a similar record and study of the farm 

 on which he lives. 



COLLATERAL READING 



A Method of Analyzing the Farm Business, U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farmers' Bulletin 661. 



Farm Management, G. F. Warren, pp. 535-565. 



