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TABLE III.-Average crop yields per settlement in 1950

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Farms studied.

Farms with

Beef cattle 1

Dairy cattle 1.

Hogs.

Sheep.

Chickens..

TABLE IV.-Number and value of livestock, Dec. 31, 1950

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The classification "beef cattle" includes some animals of dairy strain which are not being used for milk production.

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1 Includes value and depreciation for tractor, truck, and auto. 2 Computed from operators' depreciation schedule. Straight-line method used over 10-year estimated life of machinery.

Includes seed, excludes fertilizer.

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TABLE VII.-Method for working into a 7-year rotation starting with new land-7 fields of 26 acres each

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Small grain and alfalfa. Small grain and alfalfa.

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Alfalfa seed..

Alfalfa seed.

do.

do.

1956.

do.

do.

Cash crop.

Alfalfa hay.

Small grain and alfalfa.

do.

1957..

Cash crop.

Cash crop.

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Small grain and alfalfa.

Alfalfa

Alfalfa.

19.58...

do.

do.

Small grain and alfalfa.

Alfalfa

do.

Alfalfa hay.

1959..

Cash crop, peas/beans.

Small grain and alfalfa. Alfalfa..

do..

Alfalfa hay.

Cash crop

Alfalfa hay. Cash crop. Do.

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TABLE VIII.--Method for working into 8-year rotation starting with new land-8 fields of 24 acres each

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TABLE IX.-Method for working into a 9-year rotation of alfalfa, grasses, and cultivated crops-9 fields, 20 acres each

1956.

1957.

1958.

1963.

1964.

26144-58

TABLE X.-The total amount of feed produced on the 9-year rotation farm

Total digestible nutrients

82, 945

40 acres of barley, 45 bushels per acre plus straw.

40 acres alfalfa (seed) 1⁄2 ton hay..

20 acres alfalfa hay at 21⁄2 ton---.

40 acres pasture grasses and legumes__.

40 acres row crops, 4 ton byproducts (estimated)

Total_____.

237,600-4,400 (total digestible nutrients per animal unit) =

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13, 333

50,000

80,000

11, 322

237,600

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TABLE XI.-Production on the 180-acre balanced rotation farm using dairy cattle for the soil-improvement program

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7,560 pounds certified alfalfa seed (54X140) at 51 cents.

36 acres row crops at $120....

Total gross income__

39.2

4.0

7.2

1.6

2.0

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$5, 640.00

480.00

325.00

425.00

3,855, 60 4,320.00

15,045. 60

TABLE XII.-Production on the 180-acre balanced rotation farm using beef cattle

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7,560 pounds certified alfalfa seed (54×140) at 51 cents__

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5.6

4. 8

1.6

2.0

54. 0

$3,855. 60 4,320.00 2, 604. 00 810. 00

11, 589. 60

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