. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. neously analyzes and projects the figures for a 120-acre farm with 1200 hours of available labor and $2,500 capital. Although com is the high value crop ($63 net per acre), compared Avith barley ($41 net), the c-omputer takes into account given factors of yield, labor, cost, etc. It suggests all but 20 of the 120 acres be plant- ed to barley, the remainder to corn for a net profit of $5,360. It would take extensive fig- uring by hand to arrive at the correct allotment even though this is a relatively simple prob- lem for the comput
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. neously analyzes and projects the figures for a 120-acre farm with 1200 hours of available labor and $2,500 capital. Although com is the high value crop ($63 net per acre), compared Avith barley ($41 net), the c-omputer takes into account given factors of yield, labor, cost, etc. It suggests all but 20 of the 120 acres be plant- ed to barley, the remainder to corn for a net profit of $5,360. It would take extensive fig- uring by hand to arrive at the correct allotment even though this is a relatively simple prob- lem for the computer. The more information available, the better the solution whether it is a low cost feed ration, machiner}' package, or plan for a model farm. ASU Junior Benny Riggs, who helps run a family stock feeding operation near Chand- ler, used figures from published tables of nutrients to program a "least-cost" feed ration. From experience, he knew cattle would not eat what the computer suggested from the way he initially set up the problem. Benny restricted poundage of some ingredients, added others such as barley and molasses, and re-ran the whole problem through the GE-225 computer in ASU's Computer Center, i He is now applying the re- sults in the family business. Cattle are consuming the com- puterized diet, and costs are be- ing reduced. Vitamin A was thought to increase even previously good results in cattle feeding, says Benny. But, benefits of the vi- tamin were considered out of proportion to the high cost for the small amounts consumed. So, Vitamin A was not being used extensively. However, the computer, com- paring diet nutrients, deduced Vitamin A results would justify its expense. The computer was correct. Dr. Becker teaches his stu- dents — who include rodeo per- formers, cowboys for stock feed- ers and full-time farmers — the basics of computer use, empha- sizing they need not be electron- ics engineers or mathematicians to operate them. Fundamen- tally,
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