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BULLETIN 1271, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
oats at 30 cents a bushel and rye at SI, the returns would be affected 
as follows: 
Rye, 20 acres, 18 bushels per acre, 360 bushels, at $1 $360 
Oats, 20 acres, 38 bushels per acre, 760 bushels, at SO. 30 228 
Increase in value of rye over oats 132 
Extra cost of seed, twine, and threshing 15 
Added returns from 20 acres of rye in stead of oats 117 
This would no doubt make it advisable to shift from oats to rye as 
a cash small-grain crop. 
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 
Effect of increased livestock production upon the returns. — The 
foregoing plan does not provide for any substantial increase in the 
returns to the farm. The points of greatest weakness in the present 
organization are in the hog and cattle enterprises rather than in the 
cropping plan. The plan outlined in Table 62 assumes that the 
farmer can increase the production of butterfat per cow up to 160 
pounds by better feeding and care of the cows and at the same time 
increase the production of pork up to 20,000 pounds, thus utilizing 
the skim milk available and marketing through livestock more of the 
grain produced. 
Table 62. — Estimated returns from proposed organization No. 2 
Acres 
Yield per 
acre 
Total yield 
Amount 
required 
for feed 
Salable 
surplus 
100 
62 
15 
5 
34 
11 
40 bushels. . . 
38 bushels. .. 
25 bushels... 
3 tons 
\% tons 
2 tons 
4,000 bushels. . 
2,356 bushels. . 
375 bushels 
15 tons 
59 tons 
22 tons 
2,500 bushels. . 
1,656 bushels.. 
175 bushels 
AIL. 
55 tons... 
All 
1,500 bushels 
Oats 
700 bushels. 
200 bushels. 
Alfalfa- 
Clover and timothy hay.. ... 
4 tons. 
Crop sales: 
1,500 bushels corn, at $0. 50 $750 
700 bushels oats, at $0.30 210 
200 bushels barley, at$0. 40 80 
4 tons hay, at $10 40 
Total crops 1.0S0 
Livestock sales: 
14 cows, each 160 pounds butterfat, 2,240 oounds, at $0. 45 1,008 
20,000 pounds of pork, at . 08 1,600 
15,000 pounds of beef, at . 06 900 
Total livestock sales 3,508 
Total crop and 1 i vestock sales "4. 588 
Cost of materials: Crops (see Table 61) 260 
Veterinary and medicine: 
Cows 5. 00 
Young cattle 5.00 
Hogs.. 40.00 
Horses 4.00 
Total 54.00 
Total cost of materials 314 
Total returns to the organization after deducting material costs. 
Net increase over present plan of operation 
This plan calls for an increase of 562 hours in the direct man labor 
on crops and livestock over the present organization. It may also 
aecessitate a slight increase in the maintenance labor required. 
However, on account of the bettor seasonal distribution of labor it 
should not be necessary to have any additional labor to handle this 
increase. No change in resources is assumed except an increase in 
