TEN DAIRY FARMS IN BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. 7 
? FARM NO. 2. 
SIUZe(OMMATIN esse Meena ielao me Gc a Us es tee acres. . 290 
INGO DeTHOM COWS Sey lennee gh RNR ee i Ce eee 30 
Number ofiother anual mits yo oe ee ae 28 
Motaltca pita eee eee trv Ue Se capa! 2 2 etaaa Ue $26, 890 
Wiorkamereaputal ys ee ey Uae Ure Seis MAU ei 6, 881 
Movalkreceipie soo eee egune uayas Mt Aa Us SANGER IRSA 8, 383 
ect pts from, daiy sree ny een MN a Nek Pha 4, 500 
Dp PO SITS ial NN Ne eS os iii a a RRS 3, 385 
HARMAN C OME HES Sac ia se Nace pene rN Gaunt lave anhacspolaetdia'e 2 (Ne: 4,998 
EAD OTAIICOTM CM sh Nites an ey uini ea rie oy eye lce sve St i tye 3, 654 
Of the larger sized farms among the ten studied this one is the most 
efficiently organized. The diversity is much greater than that of 
farm No. 1. About 46 per cent of receipts were from sources other 
than dairying, mainly wheat and tobacco. Sales of live stock 
amounted to $1,200 above purchases. The operator owned 132 
acres and rented 158 additional, for which he paid $800 a year. All 
the feed except concentrates was raised on the farm. Only one man 
was hired, the operator and his family doing most of the dairy work. 
The manure from the dairy was applied to his own land. This made 
his crop yields much higher than the average. Eleven acres of to- 
bacco and 10 acres of corn were raised by a cropper. Thirty-three 
acres of corn for grain, 12 acres of silage corn, 50 acres of wheat, 25 
acres of meadow hay, and 5 acres of tobacco were raised by his own 
and hired labor. The owner had been in the dairy business about 
40 years and is about 60 years of age. A large family had been raised 
and educated. | 
FARM NO. 3. 
SLZEROl lamin ee eeey Aye eae eee ia eR ER RS WUE i acres. . 247 
Nim ber Ole owas Mu ay Rha ELS Ie 19 
Numberot other animalpunits! ieee saa eh eae 16 
Matalicagon tale cre cee Nea oe Sa IS geen CaS oe aN $15, 396 
Vor eimies: Capitan nae Aa wave Mea teas ol ei Nagai coal aula oh 3, 046 
TRCOYIAML SHeXGLE NT OS a nl gM ia alse me ica dean A ts 5, 105 
EVCCeIp iS CROC alitnyy us fetes atin) oon ONY ee iy 3, 796 
Dei 0 CURES Oakey AM Mn epi EL TAR iN a OU Me oe eet ae eee gS MUL OEE ' 4, 438 
pis ARACOTMC a Meet NT ea NLU ha NC ce Ly ae 2, 509 
HP vORE 130 CEO OTE es tN AN NE Ae Alin Re an 1, 739 
This farm had 10 acres of corn for grain, 8 acres for silage, 10 acres 
in rye which was grazed, and 20 acres in hay. There were 153 acres 
m pasture, 2 acres in garden and orchard, and the remainder, 44 
acres, was considered waste land. The topography was hilly and not 
well adapted to cultivated crops. The land was valued at $40 per 
acre, though the more level land in the community was valued at 
$100 to $150 per acre. Three year-hands were employed on this 
farm and seven head of work stock were kept. Both man-labor and 
horse-labor were poorly utilized. A better utilization could have been 
achieved and the income considerably increased if a few acres of 
