. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FAEMING ON CUT-OVER LANDS. 17 receipts from the sale of dairy products. This plan, known from its place of origin as the '^Ashland Plan," is attended with some risk to those who guarantee the loans, but in most instances it appears to have met with considerable success. When well managed, it has helped materially to improve the quality of the dairy cattle. As the country develops, more money will become available for the improvement of dairy herds. This improvement could be greatly hastened now at moderate expense
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FAEMING ON CUT-OVER LANDS. 17 receipts from the sale of dairy products. This plan, known from its place of origin as the '^Ashland Plan," is attended with some risk to those who guarantee the loans, but in most instances it appears to have met with considerable success. When well managed, it has helped materially to improve the quality of the dairy cattle. As the country develops, more money will become available for the improvement of dairy herds. This improvement could be greatly hastened now at moderate expense by securing better bulls. Some owners of dairy farms in this district keep first-class cows. These men are making monej^. On a few such farms the herd bulls are of excellent quality and breeding. For this district probably the next most important problem after increasing tillable area is the securmg of more and better cows. (See fig. 8.). Fig. S.—Dairy herd on pasture in cut-over district. INFLUENCE OF CROP YIELDS ON LABOR INCOME. Table 8 shows the relation existing between crop yields and in- comes. The family income is $193 higher, and the labor income SI23 higher on the 355 farms that have crop yields above the average than on the other 446 farms. Table 8.—Income cs affected by crop yields. [.VveragR of HOI farms.] Rantre of crop yields (percent).' Number ^^L^tF^ ^J^g 1 Farm area. Crop area. Family income. Family labor' income. Farm income. Labor income. Atwve 100 100 or less Per cent. 355 119 446 S3 Act en. Acres. mm 473 !B292 l.' $491 312 Dlf/ercnce M .2 . 53 193 136 179 123 t:..\ ' .\vcrage ylold.'j'of all farms taken as 100 per Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. :
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