Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
MAKING \ FARM PAY
 GREATEST PROFITS


 factor for good or evil in the rural community into which he casts his lot the board Of education or me Presbyterian church. leading all oth- CT denominations in this specific work. Is planning a nation wide cam paign Looking to the fostering or higher moral standards in all state aided institutions of higher educa- tior.
 Al State eollege, Hennsyiyantas university. 1t is proposed to invest Si5.000 in a new church winch wlll be institutional in the sense that it will cooperate with the faculty oI State college in the higher moral de- yelopment of the 100 Presbyterian students enrolled in the college. all of whom are practically barred rom attending the local Presbyterian church because it seats only 200 persons; less than the Presbyterian College.
 Rev. Josep.. Wilson Cochran. sec retary Of lEe Presbyterian board Of education. goes to Atlantic City next week with an exhibit showing the vast achievements of this board in connection with the universities )f America and he will undertake to demonstrate the peculiar needs or State college where, sinzulariy enough, the church faci':ties or all de- nominations are particuIariy poor while the general religious atmos- pnere or uhe insgtuuon is peusar than that of almost any other state aided school Tn the country.
 To illustrate the far reaching in- fiuence or those identifle0 wltn State college Dr. Cochran directs at- teuuou 10 tho instructors ana stu aents of the institution for the ben ent of those denied the opportunity to study scientific farming Protes- sor al. norman, proDabiy the pest ,nrormed man on tne-- subject III arnerica. discussed the financing or a model farm before a gathering or pracucaI and embryo farmers say ing:
 -The phrase 'scientinc manage ment' mas caaxst the attention or the public. IL means finding the quick est, easiest and cheapest way to do efficient work in a given ume- t means the elimination of guess worK- The idea which It represents mas yust as much application in the agri- cultural world as it mas in the manu- racuurlng world. its importance IS less only in proportion as the vol mue of business on the farm is less Science as related to the growth or plailt and animal life has done much Tor the farmer, but this IS not sui tietent The science of business IS nix next need and all guess ,nerhous for fertiliZing, for feedlns and other things are being supersed- ed by exact knowledge of fundamen- rals reiaung 10 the cost of Droduc- ton on the farm and give way to huoWieuge.
 There are only two ways to in- crease profits. One is to incHease the selling prices; the other is to reduce cost Of promotion. Where tue selling prIce IS fiXed by general market conditions the produceE oniy recourse IS n reduced cost or production. Figures rom the Cow Test association, organized among the patrons ot the State College creamery, show that on one farm II COWS produced a margln Of SZeV 4uoye rne cost of thelr feed. for one year. that four COWS consumed S2O worth of feed more than they pro duced milk enough to pay Tor so rbac the nerd of onIy produced S1&9 above the cost Of feed. Stated Tn other words. had tnls farmer only kept ,he hest II COWS instead oi 15 he would have had S2O more margin; he would have saved the unneces- sary labor Of milking and caring Tor four uHprofitable COWS; would have had the feed which they consumed for other use.
 As it was he kept these unprcn- table cows-these sometimes called rObber cows because ne did not know which ones they were before he joined the Cow Testing associa- ton. He kept them because the whole herd showed a margin, and he did not realize that the best COW in his heard returned $2I3 worth of milk for each Sl worth Of feed consumed. while four of the cows produced only 47c to 9Sc worth Of milk for Sl worth of feed. He diC not have this information because, like the average farmer, occupied with a multitude Of varied duties, he found it difficult and often imprac- ticable to do the clerical work in- volved in securing this information.
 Out Of this condition which exists on thousands Of farms has come the organization Of associations Of ueighhors, who. in common, Tealiz- ing the need of learning which are the unprofitable COWS and what it costs them to produce milk, join theIr efforts and employ a man to visit their farms regularly one day month. weigh the feed consumed by each COW, weigh the milk produced ana submit to the owner a monthly statement showing what each COW in the herd is doing for the current month. At the end of the year the owner has figures which show con ciusively the relative production by and cost of production Of each COW in his nerd. The plan IS just the same as may be found in the city when several storelzeepers finding ' irksome to keep tAeir own books. vet not needing Q bookEeper all or fho 4fr,o eaph arSulovq a mart of the