20 r.ru i.Tix 4S2, v. s. department of agriculture. 



RELATION OF TYPE OF FARM TO UTILIZATION OF PASTURE. 



According: to results shown in Table XIV, the dairy type of farm 

 would seem to utilize pasture most efficiently. This, however, is not 

 necessarily true. The apparent efficiency of that type may be ex- 



Fig. 11. — Typical tobacco field. Even on the tobacco farms tobacco occupies a rela- 

 tively small part of the farm area. 



plained by the fact that dairy farms depend on silage and concen- 

 trated feeds in addition to bluegrass pasture, while the other types 

 of farms mostly " rough " the young cattle and steers through the 

 winter and depend entirety on bluegrass to put on growth and fat 

 (lining the summer. This sj'stem would necessarily require more 

 acres of pasture per animal unit than the daiiy sj^stem. It will be 

 observed, however, that the stock-with-tobacco type utilizes pasture 

 area more efficiently than any of the other common types. 



Table XIV. — Relation of type <>f farming to utilization of pasture area. 



Type of farm. 



Number 



of rec- 

 ords. 



Crop 

 index. 



Farm 



acres per 



animal 



unit. 



Pasture 



acres per 



animal 



unit. 





31 

 61 

 36 

 31 



18 

 10 



93 

 96 

 99 

 102 

 113 

 99 



10 

 6 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 3 



4.3 





3.3 





3.7 



Stock with tobacco 



2.7 





3.6 





1.8 







The renting value of land, as shown in Table XIII, would indicate 

 that with the exception of the stock-w T ith-no-tobacco type the land 



