Show management IMPORTANT IN F FARMING ARMING in orcier to succeed in farming fanning many problems have to be me met t and be worked out in illinois they have a project in which farm leaders are working with farmers in keeping accounts and records of their work during the year to study costs the specialist in farm f arm management reports a difference of from 1000 to 2000 in family income in the same neighborhood with farms of about the same size and quality of land the difference boils down to differences feren ces in management any one ui oi eight different factors in management can put a curb on farm earnings A long time farm plan permits carst a lanause lana land use plan that makes productive use of all land on the arrn arm and second a livestock program that makes profitable use of 1 I 1 hages farm buildings and equipment quip ment and available labor I 1 yields of crops and the efficiency of livestock usually affect farm earnings to the greatest degrees good crop yields on high earning farms are obtained by following well known practices that involve drainage water conservation limestone phosphates potash legumes legum cs farm manures high yielding seeds good seed beds careful weed and insect and disease control timely and careful harvesting an and storing of crops labor machinery and improvements costs come into the picture as factors which affect the cost of producing crops one key to low labor costs is a crop program which utilizes labor evenly throughout the year the eighth factor that affects farm earnings is attention to prices ut ot products sold by producing good quality products timing production so as to sell on a normally high market cooperating with others in adjusting production to demand and and cooperating with others in transporting processing and selling some products utah farmers Fan ners |