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

  • Clarence Henry Eckles
Date:
1916
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Credit: Dairy farming / by C.H. Eckles ... and G.F. Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    factors for success, then a farmer who excels in all three ought to do very well indeed. With rare exceptions this is the case. Table 43 gives the labor incomes on 585 farms. Table 43. — Relation of Size of Farm, Receipts per Cow, and Crop Yields, to Labor Income on 585 Farms with Six or More Cows, Jefferson County, New York Receipts per cow $50 or less Crop index 85 per cent or less Crop index 86-115 per cent Crop index over 115 per cent Receipts per cow S51-S75 Crop index 85 per cent or less Crop index 86-115 per cent Crop index over 115 per cent Receipts per cow over $75 Crop index 85 per cent or less Crop index 86-115 per cent Crop index over 115 per cent Acres 100 or less 101-150 Over 150 Labor Income Labor Income Labor Income $308 $ 273 $ 331 381 482 424 158 415 413 304 590 669 437 653 1017 537 636 1161 594 935 1233 641 1038 1148 659 1124 1291 They are grouped as small, medium, and good-sized farms; small, medium, and good returns per cow ; and small, medium, and good crop yields; so that there are 27 different com¬ binations (crop index compares the crops with average crops as 100 per cent). A study of this table indicates that if the crops are wasted by being fed to cows that give very poor returns, the final result is poor, even with a good-sized farm and good crops. Medium cows and medium crops with a good-sized farm pay very much better than the best cows and crops on a small farm. Improvement in any one of the three points helps, but well-balanced improvement in all is best. A fourth important factor for success in dairy
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