Show LIVESTOCK INCREASES THE THE'S THES FARMERS FARMER'S S 'S INCOME Dr 0 o. o J. J Wheatley Extension Economist t at the Utah State Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural College points out that according ac according according ac- ac cording to recently tabulated Sanpete count county farm accounts farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers who had an u u high percentage percentage percentage per per- of their total farm investment investment invest invest- ment in livestock did not mot secure substantially greater returns than farmers who had a more moderate or low investment In livestock The records from which these tabulations tabulations tabulations were made were supplied b by i farmers who cooperated in the Extension Extension Extension Ex Ex- tension Service and WiP WP A. A farm Tarra account book project Another tabulation ta tabulation tabulation ta- ta taken from those these records relating operators operator's labor income t to the value of ot milk produced per cow showed that farms having a high production per cow failed to r return turn incomes income farms with more moderate modera e eThe The reason for this rather unexpected unexpected result of ot the tabulation is g probably due to the fact that most of ot the farmers with a high density of livestock per farm and who had high producing dairy herds failed to produce an any substantial amount of cash crops to supplement their thelI dairy or livestock Income Dr Wheatly explained The farms which according to the study were returning their operators pent pent- ors in 1935 the greatest labor InCome in income income In- In come were generally those thode upon n 1 i A U 4 high producing animals were kept but which also produce e t. t a considerable acreage of or on n 0 or more intensive cash crop Generally General a substantial number of ot livestock livestock on the farm resists insists in maintaining the fertility of the land lani so that those these desirable yi yields of those these cash crops may be 2 mra easily ob ob- oh- oh tamed ined Dr Wheatley points out that another re reason son for th de desirability of ot both cash crops ops and IB 29 that alt during the winter time lime the livestock provide productive worm work not ordinarily available to the tho non- non livestock farmer while In th the summer summer summer sum sum- mer time the farmer Is g generally able to care for his livestock andin and andIn andIn In addition do a considerable amount of or work ork In the production of cash crops The records further showed that thata a few truck ga garden ien farms and nd some dry land and grain farms returned adequate incomes with little or no livestock Ii But where the farmer produced a considerable amount of hay har and feed grain crops the records clearly indicate that a sufficient number of livestock to consume thesa these feeds resulted in a higher farm Income to the operator |