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Table !>. — Comparative data for 2 beef-cattle farms selected because 

 they hur< changed to more hay. pasture ami other forage 1 



Item 



Land use: 



Land in farm 



Cropland 



Open pasture 



Woodland 



Other land 



Major crops: 



( 'orn 



Wheat 



Oats 



Hay 



Livestock: 



Workstock 



All cattle and calves 



Beef cows 



Dairy cows 



Brood sows 



Chickens 



Cash receipts: 



Actual prices 



Medium price level 



High price level 



Cash expenses: 



Actual prices 



Medium price level 



High price level 



Xet cash income: 



Act ual prices 



Medium price level 



H igh price level 



Investment : -' 



Real estate 



Machinery and equipment 



Livestock 



Feed and supplies 



Total 



Farm D 



Former 

 plan 



Present 



plan 



Acres 



68 



33 



25 



5 



5 



6 



4 



7 



14 



Number 

 2 



11 

 

 6 

 2 



78 



Dollars 

 1, 005 

 1, 379 

 1,880 



407 

 584 

 657 



598 



795 



1, 223 



13, 400 



227 



1, 157 



248 



15, 032 



Acres 



70 



15 



43 



5 



7 



1 











13 



Number 







64 



24 



2 



2 



40 



Dollars 

 7, 981 

 4,468 

 6, 362 



3,868 

 3,408 



3, 783 



4, 113 

 1,060 

 2, 579 



14, 493 



2,693 

 13. 540 



1, 550 



32, 276 



Farm E 



Former 



plan 



Acres 



317 



135 



159 



20 



3 



26 



9 



5 



110 



Number 



7 



93 



35 



2 



2 



90 



Dollars 



3, 638 



4, 971 

 6,867 



1, 213 

 1,982 



2, 257 



2. 425 



2, 989 

 4, 610 



6,500 

 481 



3, 552 

 1. 840 



Present 

 plan 



Acres 



317 



81 



213 



20 



3 



3 

 

 



88 



Number 



6 



96 



54 

 

 



60 



Dollars 

 6, 254 

 3,467 

 4,953 



2, 152 

 1,937 

 2, 105 



4, 102 



1, 530 



2. 848 



(>. 500 



1. 250 



2, 330 



12,373 13,645 



1 Basic data for farms D and E are from farm record hooks and were made 

 available through the cooperation of the Agricultural Extension Services of Ten- 

 nessee and Virginia, respectively. Former plan for farm D is for 1938; for farm 

 E it is 1940. Present plan for both farms is an average of 1945-47. Actual 

 prices used above refer to these dates. Sec pp. 14 and 15 for explanation of 

 medium- and high-price levels. 



2 Data are as of the beginning of the first year and ending of the last year for 

 each farm. 



FARM E 



In Louisa County, Va., farm E. a beef-cattle farm, is operated quite 

 differently. It has five times as much open land but it carries only 50 

 percent more animal units than the farm described above. Farm E 



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