Show business principles required on farms operation by guess or by neighbor deplored cash credit equipment sou soil ter tilita and human strength are ara in evolved on the ledger of assets con trolled strolled by uie the farmer and ranched assets that become liabilities when management is lacking probably 00 90 per cent of the differ ence between a poor farm or rand agricultural INCOME IN U S A 6 BILLI ONS N LI A va F DOLLA ANNUAL 11 41 42 44 45 46 41 AV 1949 MOO 9 W colacc an and d a profitable one is in the man argement good business prin principle ciplet lead a farmer ahead whereas ont on who operates by intuition by guest or by neighbor ne never gets ahead here are a few points to good farm or ranch manage ment 1 KEEP RECORDS this as 1 factual data to use in de ter mining production of the farm or ranch see thai yields of crops production of live stock cash expenses and receipt are recorded properly WATCH MARKET TRENDS 2 by consistently reading barkei outlooks out looks or discussions on prices which reflect the most probable tu ture situations farmers and ranch ers will have a guide to use in plan ning nang production thus they will lit b able to have produce ready to set sell at the right time to realize the high est price and still have livestock L and land more fertile for the tol following lowing year PLAN LABOR make it tie in IB 3 with seasons for carlof care of m machinery and equipment time fol foi planting cand care of crops harvesting an and d marketing PLAN THE FARMSTEAD AND 4 FIELDS make rotations easy save labor and increase yields by adapting crops to land |