Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

such surveys have been made, the latter
method will necessarily be used in order
to save time.
1t has been quite definitely proven that
for our Vermont conditions we need larger
instead of smaller farms as many people
have been advocating. The farmer must
have land enough to do business with be-
fore large returns may be expected The
hill farmer of Windsor county, VT, can
not expect to make a living or much more
than that on a farm of the size run by the
market gardener near our large towns
and cities
Nearly as much capital must be invest
ed in implements on the small farm as on
the large farm. Either the small farm
must be under equipped or else the ma
chinery will not be used to good advant-
age. Idle machinery means lost money.
The larger farm gives a chance to make a
profit from the labor of more men, pro-
viding their labor is well directed. In
many cases, two or more men can do a
piece of work more efficiently than one
working alone.
On the small farm, one horse does not
work as many acres as on the large farm,
thus increasing the cost per acre of horse
ltlbols W IN bii' Hltil pIIN'o pdIb LCi 6'Ni''
every farmer must plan to get his work
done with as small a number of horses as
possible and keep those horses employed
throughout the year. Many farmers are
raising colts from mares which do the
regular farm work and in this way are
getting larger returns from their horses
We need more diverslhcation on our
Windsor county farms. Farm surveys
show us that. as class, tho men who get
their income from several sources are
making more money than those who arr
specialists in one certain thing; In othel
words, II does not pay best to put all th'
eggs in one basket OF course there are
exceptions due 70 certain local conditions
| Probably the greatest reason for TINS /!
| that the dairy farmer can raise some caS'
| crops to sell without materially increasn:
| his investment in machinery and tools
In most cases the additional crops can b
| taken care of with the same man anC
! horse labor ordinarily employed on on
farms. thus Increasing the efficiency o
the labor. The labor is moro evenly dis
tributed throughout tho year.
In order to study into the details of an,
farm business, accounts must be kept. Al
inventory should show the amount o
/ property on hand at the beginning an
end of the year and the cash accoun
/ should show the amount of money receiv
ed and the amount paid out. An accom-
should be kept with each crop or enter
prise so that the cost of production ca
be secured From this account how niue
| or how little is made from each enterprls
can he determined
Every year the call for good thorough
bred stock is Increasing. 1t will he or ad
vantage to Windsor county farmers
meet that call by raising better stool
Keep the breed of cattle that the ma
iority of breeders in your community AZ
keeping and keep the best YOU can secure
DO not he satisfied with scrub cows an
low production. but get those which pa
we'll for their feed and care.
Grow more and better crops which ad
to the efficient use of land and time.
The successful farmer of to-day Is tn
man who thinks the man who looks Int
the future; and the man who makes plar
and puts those plans into execution.
]. CORYELL,
County Agent
White River Junction, VI.