Dairy farming / by C.H. Eckles ... and G.F. Warren.

  • Clarence Henry Eckles
Date:
1916
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dairy farming / by C.H. Eckles ... and G.F. Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Crop Yields The returns from crops and costs of these crops have as much to do with the success of the farm as a whole as do the returns from the cows. It is not enough that the farmer be a good dairyman, he should be a good dairy farmer. Sometimes the farmer raises crops that are good for feed but cost too much to raise. More frequently the yields are not good enough to be profitable. 235. Soils for the Dairy Farm. Only under exceptional conditions does it pay to choose land that is not naturally productive. The farmer ordinarily raises all the hay and part of the grain for the cows. If he buys grain, he ought to have for sale some product other than milk that will more than pay the feed bill. It is usually difficult for a farmer who has poor land to succeed in competition with those who have good land. Occasionally, but not usually, the poor land is enough cheaper to make up for the difference in quality. The best dairy soils are loams and clay loams that grow grass well. The great dairy sections of the North are on soils that grow Kentucky blue-grass and white clover for pasture, clover or alfalfa hay, and corn. Dairy farms do not as a rule buy much chemical fertilizer. The farmers who get better crops than their neighbors are as a rule receiving greater profits than the average, but as in the case of good returns per cow,. the returns are sometimes obtained by methods that are too costly. Sometimes poor crops are grown by such economical methods that they pay well. Many successful farmers have crops a fifth better than their neighbors grow. 236. The Well-balanced Farm. If a good-sized business, good cows, and good crops are three of the most important
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