Show ECONOMIC PASTURE ON FARM practical data should be secured asto number of acres needed to support one head in many cases land Is given over to use ns as pasture which will not support sufficient stock to make any reasonable so 11 alb 10 return on the investment such land properly belongs in the category of nonproductive land and in that it makes no return commensurate gitil the interest on the money invested it should be borne in mind that tile the quality of the pasturage in relation to the land value Is an important consideration in choosing a farm for instance what Is economic pasture on land that Is worth 10 per acre might on land valued at an acre be decidedly uneconomic this relation should be carefully studied in buying a farm with much pasture land to determine whether pasture land Is economic or not practical data should be secured as to tile number of acres necessary to support one hend head of stock and n 1 I the interest on the value of the land 11 1 in I 1 question co compared 1 neared w with tit tho the current charge per head of the samo same kind of stock for a seasons pasturage or tho the estimated value of the return in increased value of tile the stock or its products may be used for comparison ily by this means the relative economy of df pastures may bo be determined |