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Improving the quality of the cows, paying more attention to feeding 
each cow just the right quantity of feed, and better balancing of 
rations are the important ways by which a farmer can increase the 
efficiency of his dairy. 
Efficient cows, comfortably housed, and intelligently fed and 
cared for, constitute the most important essential to profitable dairy 
farming. 
PLACE OF THE MUSHROOM ENTERPRISE ON DAIRY FARMS 
The 25 farms which were classed as mushroom-dairy farms varied 
in size from less than 30 to over 120 crop acres, and from less than 5 
cows to over 25. As shown in Table 32, the larger the farm the more 
cows were kept. On the smaller dairy farms, with less than 60 crop- 
acres, not so many cows were kept as on straight dairy farms of the 
same size, while on the larger mushroom-dairy farms about as many 
cows were kept as on dairy larms with the same crop acreage. (Table 
6, p. 10.) 
Table 32.- 
■ Mushroom-dairy farms classified according to the number of crop acres 
and the number of cows kept 
Number of farms with specified acreage in crops 
Number of cows 
16 to 
30 
acres 
31 to 
45 
acres 
46 to 
60 
acres 
61 to 
75 
acres 
76 to 
90 
acres 
91 to 
105 
acres 
106 to 
120 
acres 
121 to 
135 
acres 
All 
sizes 
5 or less ._ . 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
5 
1 
5 
6 to 10 
7 
11 to 15 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
3 
16 to 20 
1 
4 
21 to 25 
2 
4 
26 to 30 
2 
Total 
3 
2 
6 
7 
3 
1 
2 
1 
25 
In only two size groups, those including the farms of from 46 to 60 
and from 61 to 75 crop-acres, are there enough mushroom-dairy farms 
to make the averages at all significant. However, nearly half of the 
dairy farms fall in these two groups and it is therefore worth compar- 
ing briefly the average organization of the dairy and mushroom-dairy 
farms of these sizes. Table 33 gives this comparison. 
Table 33. — Comparative organization of dairy and mushroom-dairy farms of the 
same size 
Item 
Farms 40 to 60 crop 
acres 
Farms 61 to 75 crop 
acres 
Dairy 
Mushroom- 
dairy 
Dairy 
Mushroom- 
dairy 
Number of farms. .. 
76 
99 
24 
53 
11.4 
2.9 
13.1 
17.9 
4.0 
14.7 
1.4 
.1 
1.6 
103 
4.2 
6 
88 
20 
52 
10.0 
3.7 
12.6 
16.5 
4.4 
11.8 
1.1 
48 
112 
23 
67 
11.8 
3.9 
16.6 
24.7 
5.7 
14.9 
2. 1 
.3 
2.4 
106 
4.1 
7 
Acreage in farms 
119 
Acreage in pasture 
26 
Acreage in crops ... .. 
67 
Acreage in: 
Corn for grain . ... 
14. 1 
Corn for silage or cut green... 
4.6 
Small grains 
12.5 
Hay other than alfalfa 
23.9 
Alfalfa 
9.3 
Livestock: 
Cows head. . 
Other dairy cattle ..animal units... 
Beef cattle 
20. 2 
3.0 
Hogs.. 
2.2 
117 
4.2 
1.8 
C hickens 
123 
Work stock . . . 
c 4. 5 
