Show practices that add to productivity of farm differences la in earnings of more than per farm have lime been revealed in farm record stud es in the state of 1111 1 dols during the past five years tices cices which help give the higher tn in comes with little or no cash outlay involve the use of high yielding seeds tested for germination preparation of good seedbeds and control of weeds crop diseases and insects growing of higher profit crops and protecting the stands by proper cultivation feeding of balanced rations and controlling of live stock diseases doing farm jobs 0 s at the proper season making careful use of all manure producing accord ing to markets and keepin farm ac be counts other practices which require time or expense but which helped increase the we average income in the illinois sur vey were the use of limestone where needed growing of legumes in a good crop rotation use of phosphate and potash where poss ble proper arrangement of field systems and provision of good drainage keeping of high prodie ing live stock which are fitted to the farm and development of a large enough business to profitably utilize all labor power and machinery wal laces lace s farmer |