Show aeve SEVERAL RAL ESSENTIAL FACTORS OF MUCH WEIGHT IN FARM BUSINESS X 1 A nl I 1 A ii K Z tat ta 1 4 11 1 01 11 1 I 1 A 1 tw it 41 10 4 t V j I 1 v I 1 I 1 T 24 I 1 I P i 1 w w I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 0 I 1 I 1 ew x I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 01 X 0 1 4 ak I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f 11 1 it P ill 1 V I 1 I 1 1 1 j 1 Z ILI I 1 A T V j f an r i I 1 A Z i I 1 4 1 11 I 1 IR I 1 4 m I 1 L Z I 1 r 01 I 1 i I 1 I 1 li I 1 7 W rowl I 1 f n 11 ry 1 V jr FIM L it 91 11 P I 1 1 I 1 I 1 A X W j 0 av t V a ill ii A 4 I az X 1 I 1 le I 1 ai I 1 I 1 I 1 VA I 1 I 1 4 d 1 11 n N A W I 1 I 1 i I 1 A 4 i 1 C i I 1 I 1 41 i 6 awit ei I 1 r I 1 U 1 X 1 11 11 many banners fat rm c rs realize but meager incomes because their business Is small mall such men often feel that their furra farm business Is 19 sufficiently large to keep heni thein busy the lie entire year ear when ns as a matter ot of fact the lie actual results accomplished represent less tha alian a halt half years work say form farm management specialists of the united states department of agriculture ri culture A large volume olumn of business may be done on a farm of few acres while only it a small email business may be conducted on a poorly managed form farm ot of much larger acreage without reasonable size of business there Is little opportunity for a satisfactory profet in farming the essential factors factor there are a number of factors which materially affect success in thi organization and management of farms farina some are of greater importance than others sonie some may be disregarded without serious consequences quen ces but as a krule rule the profits derived rh ed from farming depend very ery largely upon the extent to which gertain certain essential features of organization and management liae have been adopted and adhered to say farm management specialists of 0 tile the united states department depart part in ment ent ot agriculture assuming n type of tanning farming adapted to will soil climatic matic and labor condition condItI onig and ev e to local conditions wt f crenco to markets marheta wid mid fat 5 11 ties success Is generally dependent upon four important factors size blo d u business yield of bf crops returns fro live tock stock and efficiency off of labor many 3 other factors lime their influence und and must not be overlooked on a given ghen farm for instance the wise expenditure pend iture ture of capital Is very important again in obtaining obtain inga a good return from live iho stock the cill clency in feeding Is very important form farm management studies show however that the ra fanner rin choso whoso wl lose business Is eff lelent in the four factors outlined Is 3 usually successful cess ful the farms faring that excel in none ot at these respects usually fall those deficient den clent in one or two may inny succeed but their chances of success are greatly lessened in comparing farms with respect to volume of business some of the more important factors to be coAl considered dered ore lire size of farm clem acres in ili crops tile e amount of live stock carried tile amount of capital invested and amount of labor required lit in operating the farm on oil dauns fauns where one enter pi lee ise predominates S such licit us as 1 a special 11 irad col adion fruit or dairy form tile lie best measure of size oi of business may be this the acres in cotton acres in n fruit or number of rows cas the be amount of labor required in operating tho the farm farin may be used to good advantage in 11 comparing farms of different apes deres of truck crops may under suitable conditions equal acres of grain liny hay and general lle live stock both ns as to labor required and income received crop yields greatly influence farm pr pronta olits some settle farmers make anko fair prot its with low yields because some other ahn phase se of aj the farm bus business liles i Is hufft clentry developed fevelo pei to hoffst the poor boor yields but it to la doubtless true that inefficiency and efficiency extreme types but true ones same mime farmers could make more money will higher yields profus increase nt at least until yields are obtained aboe the average for the but beyond this limit very high yields oro are liable to ho be obtained nt at the expense of farm profits quality of live stock important on farms where hiie stock I 1 Is an important 1 enterprise the quality or of if the 6 tock stock Is 18 very acty important on a major 1 ty ity of forms farms except in tile south find anti certain of the western states more of the crops are arc fed to live stock than ahn n are anre sold direct on oil many farms the animals are the market for the lie crops these hence the production of these Is a most important factor in farm profits the best beat of corn and fin hay y crops will count for little when fed to animals that make returns below belo w tile lie market prices for these crops on the othe hand good live stock on the In individual dividu 41 farms may not be profitable It not fed and cared for economically the exceedingly diverse nature of farm operations makes wide opportunity for inefficiency to enter into their performance in a factory with modern machinery a matias man Is expected to do it a certain amount of work and in to ninny any instances the machine sets the vace pace for him generally the worker on oil the lie farm must bo bb ills his 0 own w it boss and must set his 16 awit own pace ile he must also work under most adverse weather conditions ut at certain times often a great den deal of work must be devoted to 0 o things which add little or nothing to alid profits of the business q it requires twice as much time for or some mon men its as compared with others to do al a certain kind hind of work work way may also be so po organized that anat a given amount fit effort more inore thun than the I 1 I 1 average tile use of homo labor Is also very important and bears n R close relation to size of business ness on the one mon man form the horses must muff necessarily be unemployed oyed every time tile the farmer fanner finds it necessary to do work not requiring horse labor on the lie larger farms the work call be so arranged as to have eliav e one man keep the horses busy while others attend to the work where borse labor Is not needed well balanced farm profitable A well balanced farm business 1 Is 8 nearly tie a r I 1 y n always I 1 w flys profitable able the farms that ore are is as t good or better thad the average of t their heir community in all four of the factors hecq mentioned seldom fall all to make a good profit thus if a farm la Is devoted to it type of fanning adopted to ta its conditions if it la Is Is as good or bet better ter than the average in size of business yield of crops production of live lire stock and efficiency lit in the use of labor and Is adequately and economically equipped it Is almost certain to be profitable table the weakest factor Is the one that needs atten the business it the quilty quality af of the iivo alv stock Is ghigli greater er improvement implement in the farm busl business hees otan usually he bo obtained by devoting attention to developing tile the size of tile the business or sale of cash crops or in creasing labor efficiency rather than by further improving the quality of live stock the department of agriculture annn recently prepared a bulletin bullet ln A method of analyzing the farm business B tish lems which contains valuable information jor for farmers who wish to organize cheit operations on nn an economic basis this bulletin and other printed matter OU on mhd subject may be had by interested persons free |