Crop TABLE III.—Average crop yields per settlement in 1950 Peas. Barley. Wheat. Oats.. Beans.. Alfalfa hay. Alfalfa seed. Sweetclover hay. Oat hay.. Flax.... Sweet corn. Int. wheatgrass. Bromegrass. Ladino clover. Ton. Farms studied. 9.4 3.00 TABLE IV.--Number and value of livestock, Dec. 31, 1950 1 The classification "beef cattle" includes some animals of dairy strain which are not being used for milk production. 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. TABLE VII.-Method for working into a 7-year rotation starting with new land-7 fields of 26 acres each Year II IV TABLE VIII.—Method for working into 8-year rotation starting with new land-8 fields of 24 acres each I III TABLE IX.-Method for working into a 9-year rotation of alfalfa, grasses, and cultivated crops-9 fields, 20 acres each 26144-589 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) = 13, 333 50,000 80,000 11, 322 237, 600 54 TABLE XI.-Production on the 180-acre balanced rotation farm using dairy cattle for the soil-improvement program 3,855, 60 4,320.00 15, 045. 60 5 old cows at $85 7,560 pounds certified alfalfa seed (54X140) at 51 cents 36 acres row crops at $120_. Total gross income.. TABLE XII.-Production on the 180-acre balanced rotation farm using beef cattle for the soil-improving program 40 beef cows X1.0_. 7 2-year heifers × 0.8 8 1-year heifers×0.6. 1 bull X1.6.... 2 horses X1.0_. Total animal units____ Receipts: 7,560 pounds certified alfalfa seed (54X140) at 51 cents_. 36 acres row crops at $120_. 28 400-pound calves at $23.25. 6 1,000-pound cows at $13.50_ Total gross income.. 40 5.6 4.8 1.6 2.0 54. 0 $3,855.60 4,320.00 2, 604. 00 810.00 11, 589. 60 |