. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANNTN(i A CROPPING SYSTEM. 27 wcopmm that foed will run short. In such casos the onl}' resource is to buy, unless the farmer is willing to dispense witli a portion of his stock. It should be remembered that when a farmer is ])uying feed he is also buying fertility. One of the most successful farmers in this country says: "I usually keep enough stock to eat all 1 raise, and I usually take the chance of keeping a little more; for it does the farui no harm to buy a little feed if it is ; FABM SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE METHODS USED IN PLANNING A CROPPIN
. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANNTN(i A CROPPING SYSTEM. 27 wcopmm that foed will run short. In such casos the onl}' resource is to buy, unless the farmer is willing to dispense witli a portion of his stock. It should be remembered that when a farmer is ])uying feed he is also buying fertility. One of the most successful farmers in this country says: "I usually keep enough stock to eat all 1 raise, and I usually take the chance of keeping a little more; for it does the farui no harm to buy a little feed if it is ; FABM SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE METHODS USED IN PLANNING A CROPPING SYSTEM. The plan selected to illustrate the methods used in arranging a cropping system to fit defmite conilitions is one recently drawn lur a farm in northern Illinois. The nuiu- ager had already determined approxi- mately the possil)ilities of this faru) under the particular type of farming he desired to follow. The number of conditions to be met was unusually large. Figure 1 shows the arrange- ment of the farm as it was presented to us. It will be seen that the arable land aggregates 103 acres. This is all good land, sloping in a fairly uniform manner to the south and west, sulli- ciently for drainage purposes. It was desired to keep about 25 cow^s, 5 to 15 head of horses (some of these to be kept for city owners), 50 to 60 hogs, and 100 hens. It was desired that a farmstead be reserved in the northwest corner of the arable portion. It was preferred that all the stock should be provided with pastiu"e. At the outset it was plain that ordinary permanent pastures for all this stock would occupy too much land.' It was therefore decided to provide more pro- ductive temporary pastures. The con- dition of the land justified the assump- tion of the following yields: Silage, 9 tons; hay, 2 tons; soiling corn, 7 tons. It was assumed that by feeding 5 pounds of hay or 20" pounds of soil- ing corn per head daily, the pasture could be made to carry 1 cow per acre. 102—m. 48
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