TABLE III.-Average crop yields per settlement in 1950 TABLE IV.--Number and value of livestock, Dec. 31, 1950 2,081 1, 766 441 1, 998 399 Total.. 1 The classification "beef cattle" Includes some animals of dairy strain which are not being used for milk production. * Includes value and depreciation for tractor, truck, and auto. ? Computed from operators' depreciation schedule.' Straight-line method used over 10-year estimated life of machinery. Includes seed, excludes fertilizer. Off-farm income, total... 1, 346.00 1, 088.00 953. 00 949.00 995.00 GI payments. 828.00 712.00 872.00 943. 00 6. 00 809.00 186.00 Tota) receipts per farm.. 4, 955. 23 5, 571,00 3, 980.75 11, 324.80 2, 168. 69 * Includes value of farm-raised products used in the household. Table VII.-- Method for working into a 7-year rotation starting with new land—7 fields of 26 acres each I II III IV V VI VII Small grain and alfalfa. Alfalfa seed. Small grain and alfalfa. Small grain and alfalfa. Small grain and alfalfa. Alfalfa seed do. Alfalfa hay. Small grain and alfalfa Small grain and alfalla. Alfalfa. Small grain and alfalfa. Alfalfa.. do. Small grain and alfalfa. Small grain and allalfa. Alfalfa seed Alfalfa seed. do. Alfalfa Alfalfa hay Small grain and alfalfa, Do. Do. Do. Cash crop do. Cash crop, peas/beans. Cash crop Cash crop. Do. Do. TABLE VIII.—Method for working into 8-year rotation starting with new land---8 fields of 24 acres each I II III IV V VI Small grain and allalia. Alfalfa Year 1953.. do.. Cash crop Cash crop. do. Cash crop. do. 1980. Small grain and alfalfa. Alfalfa. do. Alfalfa hay Alfalfa do.. do. Cash crop. do. Alfalfa hay. ..do. .do.... do. do. do. Barley and alfalfa. do.. Cash crop .do.. .do. Cash crop Year 1953 Small grain and alfalla. do. Small grain and alfalfa. do. 1954 Small grain and allalla. do.. Small grain and allalla. do. Small grain and alfalfa. Small grain and alfalia. do. Small grain and alfalfa. do... alfalla. Do. do. Cash crop.. .do.. 1957 Alfalfa bay Cash crop Cash crop .do. Small grain and alfalfa. Small grain and alfalfa. 1958 Cash crop do. do. do. Alfalfa. Small grain and alfalla. Allalla. 1959 do. do. ..do. ..do. do. 1960. do. Small grain and alfalla. .do Cash crop Do. Table IX.-Method for working into a 9-year rolation of alfalfa, grasses, and cultivated crops-9 fields, 20 acres each 26144-58-29 TABLE X.—The total amount of feed produced on the 9-year rotation farm Total digestible nutrients 40 acres of barley, 45 bushels per acre plus straw. 82, 945 40 acres alfalfa (seed) 13 ton hay-- 13, 333 20 acres alfalfa hay at 2%2 ton. 50, 000 40 acres pasture grasses and legumes. 80,000 40 acres row crops, 4 ton byproducts (estimated). 11, 322 Total_ 237,600:-4,400 (total digestible nutrients per animal unit)= 237, 600 54 TABLE XI.—Production on the 180-acre balanced rotation farm using dairy cattle for the soil-improvement program 28 milk cows X1.4. 39. 2 5 2-year-old heifers X0.8-- 4.0 12 1-year-old heifers X 0.6. 7.2 1 bull X1.6. 1.6 2 horses X1.0-- 2. O 54. 0 Total animal units_. 168,000 pounds milk at $3. $5, 640.00 450.00 325. 00 425. 00 3, 855, 60 4,320.00 Total gross income... 15, 045. 60 TABLE XII.—Production on the 180-acre balanced rotation farm using beef cattle for the soil-improving program 40 beef cows X1.0_ 40 7 2-year heifers X0.8_ 5.6 8 1-year heifers X 0.6_ 4.8 1 bull X1.6- 1.6 2 horses X1.0---- 2.0 54. 0 Total animal units-- 7,560 pounds certified alfalfa seed (54X140) at 51 cents- $3, 855. 60 810. 00 Total gross income.. 11,589. 60 |