The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-05
Salem County Crops

AT Ihe quarterly meetlng OF OaieLn
County Board of Salem County Board of
Agriculture, held in Woodstown on Apr.
10Th, Franklin Dye, Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, submitted a
table he had compiled of the different
crops grown in Salem county last year,
with the acreage, the yield per acre, with
the price and total value, together with
the value of added yield, which, he
claimed, ispossible and should be obtain
ed and can be realized if the proper
methods are used.
The following is the table.
Corn-Acres 80, 400, yield As bushels
per acre, making a total OF 1870, 700 bus.
at 55 cents per bushels amounting to
1888, 1856. Add to this Is bushels per
acre, which he thought possible, n the
total yields is increased by $4,000 bus.
at So cents, which adds $251, 295 to the
value of the crop in the county, not an
Insignificant sum, and one worth trying
for.
Wheat-Acres 2O,265, yield Is bushels
per acre, giving a total of 3O3, $40 bushels
which, at 81 per bushel, makes 1903, $40
as the value of the value Of the crop in
the county. Add to this an increase of
10 bushels per acre, and you have added
$202, $50 to the value of the crop. A
very desirable gain, and n not impossi-
BILE.
Rye-Acres 500, with a yield OF 16 bus.
per acre, making a total of 5000 bushels,
at 70 cents, which give $1,000, Increase
the yield 4 bushels to the acre, and the
value of the crop has been increased
$14OO.
Oats-Acres 5000, with a yield of 80
bushels to the acre, give $4,000 bushels,
at SO cents, making 1920 Add 10
bushels to the yield per acre, and the
value of the crop has been increased
$11,4
Hay-Acres %, 800, with a yield of II
tons per acre give a total of 35,625, at SIS
per ton, making $641, $50. Add 4 Of a
ton to the yield per acre, and the yield
of the crop has been increased 21,375
tons, and 1884, $50 added to its value.
White potatoes-Acres 1000, with a
yield of so bushels to the acre, give 100,
600 bushels, at so cents, making 8 $4,000.
Add so bushels to the yield per acre,
and this will increase the crop 10000 bus
and add S. 900 to the value of the crop.
Now let me review the diary situation
Total number of COWS in State. 179, PAL;
total yield of milk per year, 310,S56, 22O
quarts; total yield of milk per COW, 1874.
quarts; total yield of milk per COW in
pounds, at 2125 pounds per quart, 1856
pounds per year.
Gross earnings per COW annually, at
81 cents per quart-$60.69 SO. Deduct cost
of maintenance-(See Prof. Voorhees,,
page 27S.)
Raise the standard from 1866 pounds
to at least 5000 pounds, an increase of,
say, 61S quarts, at 81 cents per quart,
and it adds to your income per COW the
handsome sum of $21.63, which. added
to $50. SO, makes the annual income per
head $685. 80. A much better showing for
the money, time and labor expended.
Now take the total number of milk
producing cows in this county, cows that
are in your diaries, receiving your care,
eating their proportion of food and hold
ing in investment, at $35 per head, a
capital of 1927 $40. l have given Salem
county ten per cent. of the total number
OF milk COWS for the State, which is IT,
924, an average of between nine and ten
head for each farm. These 1924 COWS
produce annually, at the average yield of
1874 quarts Tor 1858 pounds) each, at 81
cents per quart, 81, 475, 1853. Increase this
by 6lS quarts per head, or 1903 pounds,
at 81 cents per quart, raises the total to
81, S63, 800 for the county.
The totals for corn, wheat, rye, oats
hay, white potatoes and milk, at the pre-
sent average yield for the county, is 49,
294, 628, or $685. per farm; with the high
er average yield, as given, the amount
for the county would be 81, 539, 079, or
$24S7 per farm, a difference of 81, PA 451
for the county, and equal to 1852 increase
per farm.
Is it worth while to strive for better
work? Is it worth while to be discon-
tented with inefficient work?