St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-07-20
THE SCIENCE OF FARM MANAGE
MENT.

cepted facts are being examined and
questioned as never before. Every
man to his own business" no longer
means that the knowledge of others
is to be ignored by the successful
business man.
The successful business man,
whether he be farmer or merchant,
knows more of his business than any
any outsider can know; but this Is
no longer interpreted to mean that
the successful business man may no.
learn many useful and profitable
facts and principles from the out
slider who has made thorough study
Of q large number Of business estab-
lishments and their methods.
In fact, there has been developed
In recent years q new kind of bust
ness man. We now have the experts
In business methods. Men are find
ing employment at large salaries who
go into business houses or concerns
previously unknown to them and
after making a thorough study of
the bookkeeping system, cost of pro-
duction and Of selling and the gen.
eral methods employed in the estab-
lishment make recommendations for
their improvement.
When successful business men,
manufacturers and financiers recog-
niIe the value Of outside and scien-
tific knowledge applied to their spec
ial lines of business, it is indeed
time the farmer began to recognize
and appreciate the help which it is
possible for him to obtain from the
scientific facts and principles under
lying his methods and practice.
Accordingly there has sprung up
department in agricultural knowl-
edge, known as farm management"
The Agricultural College and Expert
ment, Stations have recognized the
need of more knowledge of farming
from business standpoint, and have
established departments of Farm
Management not alone for the pur-
pose OF helping farmers, but also for
the purpose of studying, investigat- |
ing and collecting facts relative to
the business of farming.
Taking the farm as whole the |
expert in farm management makes |
. thorough study of all the opera
lions of the farm, including the farm |
life In its best and broadcast sense |
and with this knowledge seeks to |
Improve the methods for the purpose |
of increasing the desired and desir-
able results.
Some of the problems with which !
Farm Management" concerns itself |
are:
1. The size of farm best adapted
to the purposes in view and ne kind |
o" type of farming best adapted to
the Particular section or farm in
question.
2. I he crops to be grown and the
rotations best adapted To the SOL /
AMI kind of farming followed.
:. The kind and numbers OF farm 4
animals to be kept.
/. The layout of the farm as
regards location OF buildings, roads,
fields, drainage. etc.
). The kind and amount OF farm
machinery and equipment fer the |
Particular farm under consideration
6. The amount and kind of labor
required and methods of employing |
and handling the same.
Z. The cost of production and
methods of accounting used in de-
the same
8. The methods of marketing and |
the cost of same.
9. The relation of all the fore
going to the future condition of the |
farm life.
Anyone familiar with farming az |
1t is done to-day, will at once recog- I
niZe the necessity for more thought |
r.
farmer has neither the time nor the |
means to secure sufficiently large !
number of facts relative to these |
to enable him to arrive at |
the best solution of the problems |
He therefore, must and will receive |
help from the men who have the |
time and means to do the travelling |
and make the study of these prob |
lens necessary to their Dest solution.
This will be no conflict of theory |
and practice, but . combination of |
the personal knowledge of the man
who has studied a sufficiently large
number of farms and knows the gen
eral facts and principles underlying
the business of farming. This sort
of knowledge is comparatively new,
but since the investigators and Ex-
pertinent Stations have given US
practically all our new knowledge of
farming acquired in the last quarter
century. the special workers in this
field Of farm management, will no
doubt aid in putting the business
side Of farming on q more scientific
or accurate basis. The results will
be most profitable to the farmers who
must fully avail themselves of the
knowledge accumulated by the out
side or scientific workers in the field,
The Progressive Farmer.
CULTIVATE LEVEL AND Shall.
LOW THIS YEAR.
We have advised our readers to
plant theircrops as nearly on the