... ,fi r~cs
T'k -e i r'e all kinds of figures, sore wo are proud of and so- „ we are
noi . fou kn w the ol 1 s yir r t.\ out fi rarest But l ust !.e .f
some use to some people or th re would not be so many figures; and
why not make them useful to the farmer.
Thu re are two points that should bo emphasised;
1. It Is usual ly conceded th.rt costs of production at o_ir
Exp .ri- ;-nt Station are above that on the actual far .
2. It lias r -c - tly bs n 1 that Dair^ concentrate cun be
purchased from the outside cheaper than the grain can be grown on
the Valley Farm.
For 1033 we find the following ste to rents in the Experiment station
ro ort on grain. "Per acre fields-below normal. Showers in July
rminated some of the gr: in, cr us in u vor ; d, and low * 1 •'s".
V.'e would assume th't the lower the yield the more at would - ■ to
produce each bushel of grein. Following are the yiol Is anc fcs to
produce grain ct the Station in 1.130:
Yi;ld in bushels.
Cost per 100 r.nun.s
Gets 30.40 ■
19 borloy 23.ob
• h t 20.39
.No bortilizer r s used on- those grains
^1.38
1.17
1.37
sordine to t1- • report.
Or.,
nr./.
confirms a -point on which the Experiment .Station
rnd 1 on v'h .ch oth. r
■'uts end I r.ro convinced tint in-order to cut
iown coot of production wo rriust; use fertilizer. Barnyard > c : is
* Lost but sepY nbt to bo able. to produce enough to nrin~ r ■ *:ir.uci
ere b il'ls. Id peas planted each "ear in v - t r qur.nl
rill
pa . , ven in lit3 in to th: t 100 pounds or . pauhd-s s - c.t
cc rcis 1 fertilizer will most? every t psy us b ck twic t’ ,
cost th 7 • tiliz r plus tl t of applying It. This: point
is proven by . t oj Ly tho Ex t Sts ' n ’ ut b - f r . >r
instance, 100 pound.3 JTltrat of S-ods applied to. a ay ere
cost about 4’.00 an-li^d. It will increase
Viio
'io Itl
a h 1f ton or
val" ir hay of -r . roxim toly 3.00. Ten acres cf hay should give
us enough : - tr- to .a^ily food a. cow through.tho winter or about
5 to.iS'f or the mount of hay which• c..r ordinarily b.; grown on 8-’.
a c rjs of land without that addition ‘ fertilizer. If you s • short
on land#why not apply fertilizer to tho hay cropj thus' nc.bli - /ouj
to cut the acreage put to hay hnd sow th. t ,:xtr acreage saved from
hf.v to grain• • •
At the same time apply say 100 pounds correct fertilizer per ere to
the grain Cr< -.• and produce more gr'ATri"on thit aerea e than th
ou t fertilizer. . , . : ■ '
Ore man will say "it costs me to farm the -roads. I can buy
grain with what it costs me to ;travel to rented fields off
place." Vj arm sent is thr t it costs more to pure' re gran, than
to "uiso i'. . '"by hot se the .money spent- on far miry the roe- . sr.d
buy fertilizer to - grow more groin per c >e at home.
(Continuetij on pt :e b)