MAMKi; <»v i)Aii:v-F \i;ms. lOU 



laiul or on low-priciil Iaii<l, we imisl raisr nooilcnips, or the cxpnise 

 of rultivutinj; an>l liarvoliii;; lluiii will ral op all llic prolits lii 

 the iluirv <iistru Is, 1 bi liivc laml, in proportion to ils tiualily and 

 Ufarniss to market, «-oinniamls a lii::litT price- than lam', in tlic grain- 

 growini; di." trie til. lli-nci- it follows llial liiyh tanning should be 

 Uu- aim of tin- Annrican dairvman. 



1 am told that tlnn- art- farm- in the dairy ilistricts of this State 

 worth fn)m one hundred to one hundred and tifty dollars pr r a«n-, 

 on which a row to ftiur acres for the year is considered a good 

 average. At a meeting of tlie Little Falls Farmers' Cluli, the Hon. 

 Josiali Shull. gave a statement of the receipts and expenses of his 

 farn> of Sli aens. The farm cost $1:50 per acre. He ke|»t twetity 

 cows, ;.nd fatted one for beef. The receipts w«re as follows: 



Twonty cows yielding S,:«7 lbs. of chcc«c, nt ab.ml Hi cents 



|KT pound fl,lS<5.I?3 



Incn-iibc wu beef vow 40 <I0 



Calvrs 4^ 



Total roccipU $1,271.^3 



KXrKNSES. 



Bov, nix inonttis and l><>ard $'i><0.00 



Mail l>y till- ye:ir, mid Imard :t('i<l.iKI 



Carting niiik und niunufactiiring ehcese 'il.VOO 



Tutiil i<.!<l of lat)t.r fT.'iS.UO 



TUB OTHEK EXI'ENSKS WEKE : 



Fertilizers, plant?, etc $ I'^-OO 



llorse-slio.inir and other repairs of farmini; impU-monU, ( wliich 



is certJiiiily i>r«tty chi-ap. ) .'jfl.OO 



Wear and tear of inn>li'in»nts Jli.fHt 



Averajre repairs of pluee and buililini^s 175.00 



Avcrace depreciation and interest on stock ls<i.(tO 



Insiininco 4.00 



Ineidlntul^, (also pretty low,) ■>""0 



><i-JO.OO 



Total receipts ?1 ['il ■•■^'^■ 



Total expenses l,H7.').0O. 



Tins statement, it is wid, the Clnb considered a very fair estimate. 



Now, hero is a farm costing |;10,.")n.~>, the receipts from which, 

 saying nothing : bout interest, are less than the expenses. And if 

 you add two cents per pound more to the price of the cheese, the 

 l>ro(it would still be only about f")0 per year. The trouble is not 

 so much in the low price of cbee*e, as in thr low product per acre. 

 I know some grain-growing farmers who have done no better tl^an 

 this for a few years past. 



Mr. Shnll places the annual depreciation and interest on stock at 

 f IW), eijual to nearly one-seventh of the to'al receipts of the f.irm. 

 It would pay the wages and board of another man for six montlia 



