Show sound farm plan will get results careful records of cost and production Is recommended om by it ami H II 11 ROGERS 0 G of agricultural cull E north carolina roll na state college service A farm farin broken up into small poorly shaped fields on which no systematic turna L crop rotation Is practiced usual usually y does not cot pay when such farms have bare been reorganized better results have been secured this Is the finding of the north carollus carolina experiment station in reorganizing several farms at the request of 0 owners in both piedmont and eastern north carolina we have analyzed a number of farms where we found fields about three acres in size and no definite crop rotation followed A sound cropping plan Is impossible on such small numerous fields and as a result production costs are high cover crops needed to reduce erosion and soil boll building legume crops are generally absent from the farming program and most of the plant food has to be bought each year on such farms we find the labor to be overworked during a few months and practically idle for other long periods i the experience of past years in reorganizing farms shows first the necessity of an inventory of all property next nest the need of a detailed map of the farm third a definite tilte cropp cropping n g plan which may be changed as needed nee d fourth fields rearranged to suit the cropping plan adopted fifth addition of uve live stock according to the amount of teed feed produced and sixth a budget of production and farm income A simple farm record should be kept of returns from fields and crops and the outlook information issued each spring should be carefully studied by following these general plans it has been possible to increase farm earnings from 10 to 20 per cent |