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BULLETIN 1296, U. S. DEPAKTMEXT OF AGKICUL-TUBE 
The farm is equipped with buildings sufficient to take care of the work stock, 
10 cows, 15 young cattle, 5 brood sows and their pigs, and 200 chickens. 
Labor supply : 
The operator's labor for the entire year. 
A boy for some chore and Saturday labor during the winter and chore 
and light field work in summer. 
Assistance of operator's wife in the care of chickens and dairy utensils 
in summer. 
Equipment: 
Ten horses for farm work. 
All machinery needed in the production of small grain, corn, hay, and 
miscellaneous feed crops. 
Productive livestock: 
4 cows for production of dairy products for home use and sale, and the 
production of calves. 
4 head young cattle. 
3 brood sows and their pigs. 
120 chickens. 
Present organization of these resources : 
Distribution of the crop area : 
Wheat acres. 
Corn do_. 
Oats do_. 
Kafir do_. 
212 
21 
24 
16 
Total 273 
Livestock products: 
Butterfat pounds __ 720 
Beef do 1,000 
Pork do 5,000 
Eggs dozen. _ 700 
Poultry pounds.- 480 
YIELDS AND PRICES USED IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE 
In making plans for the future the farmer must base his decisions 
upon the expectation of normal yields of the various crops that are to 
be grown and the usual production from the livestock. Relative 
prices based upon the best information available concerning the 
present and probable future trends of prices must also be considered. 
The following yields and prices are used in estimating the results that 
may be obtained from different types of organization plans. The 
effect of changes in these prices or yields upon the results are indicated 
later. 
Yields per acre of crops for this farm : 
Wheat bushels. _ 14 
Corn do 20 
Oats do 25 
Kafir do 15 
Alfalfa tons__ 2 
Sudan grass hay do 2 
Corn stover do % 
Kafir stover do \% 
Relative prices of crop and livestock products on local markets: 
Wheat cents per bushel. _ 90 
Butterfat cents per pound.- 37^ 
Beef do 4^ 
Pork do 7 
Poultry do 17^ 
Eggs cents per dozen. _ 23 
REQUIREMENTS OF MAN LABOR, HORSE WORK, MATERIALS, AND 
FEEDS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK 
The normal per-acre requirements for crop production on this 
farm are shown in Table 34. The operations on this farm are per- 
formed very effectively and consequently for the more important 
operations the standard requirements already given are used. 
