The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-11

not make the interest charge.
The factor Of organization Of the
business is one to which most farmers
pay small attention. They grow their
crops and stock, feed the crops into
the stock, without determining wheth.
er that stock pays them market prices
tor their crops or not. One particular
farmer whom I recall, who grew the
best crops in his community, fed these
crops to ten or twelve cows, used the
products from these cows in the home
without selling q thing, and wondered
why it was that he was not making
money. He could grow crops and
stock, but he did not know how to
corelate the Two.
In the first place, a man should fit
his farm or the farm fit the man. He
must save a farm that is adapted TO the
kind Of farming he has been trained to
follow. II he is a dairyman he wants a
farm adapted to dairying.
Again, he must grow the crops and
stock that are best suited to his par,
ticular region and type Of farming. II
a farm is a sheep or hog farm, the
sheep or hogs kept on that farm should
be those best suited to that communi-
ty, and the crops should be grown with
the idea OF furnishing the best possible
feed for that particular class Of stock
OF course, great deal depends on
how particular crop is grown and how
a particular class OF stock is handled,
but failures are common where the
best methods are used for doing either,
il that particular enterprise is not prop
erly correlated with the remainder OF
the farm business. The enterprises
must fit into one another fit the
farm and the farmer-before the best
efficiency is realized.
After the proper correlation Of the
different enterprises attention should
be drawn to the individual enterprise.
The better farm land is usually easiest
TO make profits. The smaller the per
cent ol investment in buildings COM
pared to tina, in land, without sacrifc
ing the efficiency of either, the easier
returns on investment are realized.
1t costs so much each year to keep
up certain amount Of buildings. II
this charge must be distributed to
eighty acres Of land it is twice as heavy
on each acre as il would be were it
distributed over 100 acres. Also,
many men have failed as farm man
ayers because they had 10 try 10 make
interest on investment in a farm layout
where too large a per cent Of that in
vestment was tied up in buildings. 1t
represented capital which they could
not use TO any great extent and was
capital which was rapidly depreciating.
The arrangement for fences on a
particular farm are Of great importance.
Each rod Of woven wire fence on a
farm where land is worth 500 au acre
wastes approximately % cents worth
Of land. That means land from which
the farmer will never realize any re-
turns. That rod Of fence will also cost
between so and IS cents. Its upkeep
will amour, 10 approximately S cents a
year.
This makes a charge per acre against
a ten-acre field, fenced with woven
wire fence, Of about 80 cents per acre
for upkeep Of the fence and a waste OF
2 per cent on the land. On forty
acre field this charge would be almost
exactly cut in two. This has to do, Of
course, with the overhead charges
each year against farm, to say moth
ing Of the difference in costs Of farm
ing different shaped fields.
Regarding work stock, brood mares
are usually found to be Of the most
profitable type of work animal. They
offer a means Of income in addition 10
their work. They will do practically
the same work in a year and raise a
colt in addition. 1t will cost trife
more TO keep them, but this cost does
not compare at all with the decreased
returns from such work animals. Brood
mares OF the draft type, and bred to
good jacks, give the more certain and
satisfactory returns.
Because OF the high cost Of hired
labor and the unsatisfactory quality of
that labor, it has been found more
profitable On farms where work is pro-
vided for at least four horses to work
four horse teams wherever possible and
use tools conespondingly large. -