. Circular. Agriculture. 64 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. Table 14 shows that crop yields are less important than size of farm or production per cow. The combination of good cows and a large farm gives a better chance than good crops and good cows. Table 14. — Comparative Importance of Size, Crop Yields and Pro- dvction per Cow, Jefferson County. All farms (670) 97 farms (best crops, 132 per cent), 97 farms (best cows, $84+), 97 farms (largest, 224+ acres), 23 farms (best crops and cows), . 11 farms (best cows and size),. Per Cent making Over $1,000 Labor Income. 22 24 41 43 39 73 As has be
. Circular. Agriculture. 64 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. Table 14 shows that crop yields are less important than size of farm or production per cow. The combination of good cows and a large farm gives a better chance than good crops and good cows. Table 14. — Comparative Importance of Size, Crop Yields and Pro- dvction per Cow, Jefferson County. All farms (670) 97 farms (best crops, 132 per cent), 97 farms (best cows, $84+), 97 farms (largest, 224+ acres), 23 farms (best crops and cows), . 11 farms (best cows and size),. Per Cent making Over $1,000 Labor Income. 22 24 41 43 39 73 As has been previously stated, there seems to be little re- lation between any of these factors. If a farmer is good in one respect it does not tell anything about the other points. Balanced Fakms. Evidently a farmer who is as good as the average in every particular is very far from an average man. He is a very unusual man. In Jefferson County, out of 670 farmers, only 32 were as good as the average in each of the four respects. The average labor income of this region was $609, but the farmers who were as good as the average in size (143 acres or more), crop yields, receipts per cow ($59 or more) and in diversity (20 per cent or more from crops) made an average of $1,491, and only 6 of them failed to make as much as $1,000. As a standard for dairy farms, we may take the average of all farmers in three regions who sold market milk and who made labor incomes of $2,000 or more. Table 15 gives these 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 Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. Boston, Mass.
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