64 MISC. PUBLICATION 702, XT. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 15. — Effects of shifting emphasis from grain and hogs to grass 

 and milk cores on the organization, production, and income of a 

 badly eroded farm in southeastern Nebraska 



Item 



Former plan — 



emphasis on grain 



and hogs 



Present plan — 



emphasis on grass, 



legumes, and 



dairy cattle 





Acreage 



Produc- 

 tion l 



Acreage 



Produc- 

 tion 



Crops and land use: 

 Corn 



Acres 

 50. 

 7.0 

 7.0 



Bushels 



1,000 



301 



175 



Tons 



Acres 

 23.0 



Bushels 

 805 







Wheat 







Oats for hav 



5.0 



Tons 

 10 



Alfalfa hav 



14. 



28 





Alfalfa brome hav 



18. 5 

 12. 5 



24.0 



16.0 



13.0 



5.0 



32 



Bromegrass 







19 



Alfalfa brome, timothy, and lespedeza 

 pasture 









Bromegrass pasture . . 









Bluegrass pasture 



Farmstead and roads 



77.0 

 5.0 











Total 2 _ __ 



160.0 







117.0 











Inven- 

 tory 



Sold 



Inven- 

 tory 



Sold 



Livestock: 



Milk cows _ __ _ 



Number 



6 



2 



6 



1 



7 



42 



2 



200 



275 



Number 

 1 

 -- 



~y 



31 



~~80~ 



145 



Pounds 

 960 



Dozens 

 2,400 



Number 



14 



4 



13 



1 



Number 

 2 



Replacement heifers 





Calves 



10 



Bulls 



Brood sows 





Pigs 







Horses 



Hens 



Chickens 



2 



200 



275 



"80 

 145 



Livestock products produced: 

 Butterfat 



Pounds 

 2, 080 



Eggs 





Dozens 

 2, 400 









Net cash income: 



With high price level 



Dollars 

 1, 612 

 1,054 



Dollars 

 1, 598 



With medium price level __ 



1,000 



1 During this period oats and wheat were seeded on the better soils and corn 

 was planted on the poorer soils. 



2 Under the former system this unit included 120 acres of owned land, of which 

 3 acres were subsequently sold to the county for roads, and 40 acres of pasture 

 which were rented from a neighbor. No pasture is rented under present system. 



