Sharp County record., 1919-05-23
FARM MANAGENE|
EXTENSION Nh
Old Adass ApplIss To D..
Farmer as Well a. ADs
thing Else.

'uA'oe, Hoope.sons with n
sion Division, U. Of A.
There is an old saying that !.
management is more import,M
hard work. and this apple, !.
farm as well as to anything ~.
that work is unimportant, d,
not, but without good msps,..
work is inefficient.
Farm Management Ia ono a
newer sciences, though Il Ia,
been an art that has been hi,bh
veloped by some farmers, \
ways true, historically, that AN
cedes science as, for instanes \
dotus tells us that the scispes !
ometry grew out Of the art o, !
uring land in the valley Of n.
So the best farmers from the n
days Of Roman agriculture IA
present time have learned the II
GOOD farm management, but \ I
ly within the last few YEAR
more or less successful effort,
been made to create a scIenu
Farm Management and to tesA
principles.
1t is often said Of certain ,r
their success is due to good man
ment but this statement does nj
slyze the matter-does not tell NJ
what good management consist.
It Is found that management
large degree, is capable Of belu
alyzed. We can say that It con-
partly of this and that and tho M
Farm management Investigates
various parts Of the United sN
have set forth the actual buAN
and economic facts OF large runA
of farms. The writer, with tn,
of certain county agents and all
obtained such facts from 2N IN
in this state covering the busn
year Of 1916 and this invsstu
has been repeated on 30 Of
farms for the last two years.
The facts obtained cover 4
things as the size Of the farm.
tillable area, the acres and ud
ton OF each crop, the inventory d
finals, implements, feedstuts
supplies at the beginning and \
end Of the year; the receipts
the sale Of crops, animals, t
products, wood, timber and
done outside the farm, the sp
for labor, for repairs on buld
fences and machinery, for horts
ing and veterinary bills, for fenl
seeds, plants, trees, spray mi't
threshing, ginning, fuel, oil and
line for farm purposes, insursnu
farm buildings, taxes, rent and
other thing that is properly t
abel to farm expenses. Also IN
probation on buildings, imfu,
and animals Is taken into accourS
o balance Is made showing how
each man has made or lost.
All this. however, is prellmlhl
the extension work which
These studies give US the dli
Of the farmers economic COM
end on the basis OF the dianoM
particular reasons for success
ure are pointed out 80 that eA
mer may benefit thereby.
The results Of the investlsAta
10 farms In Arkansas were W
ed In a series Of articles pnhlS
the Arkansas Gazette In 10ltll
they showed that the two larseN
tors Of success were the yield y
crop and the size OF the farm
yield Of the crop Is always imp
and good yields should alwap
aimed at, but these studies also
that farms ON such size as
four, Ave and six work anirna
more profitable than those wn'a
qulre one, two and three--thM
quires q certain size Of farm "
good use Of implements, mad
etc. Various other things whlen
q bearing on good manageren
pointed out to the farmers ,a
the Importance Of growing fooaI'
family and feed for the sto'
space Ia too limited TO dlecu"
IN this article.
Teaching Farm Accounts
A very important phase Oh
management extension WORK
teach farmers not only how 70
accounts, but how to make ou'
tories and how to balance W
counts at the end Of the year'
Inventories into consideration
help IA the best help In nv
and when farmers keep accoup'
study them, they will see !"
and the weaknesses and the
poiot. Of their buslness--'n"
sec moro clearly the thln@
constitute good farm manss'ps
Two hundred farmers repfH,
30 counties In the state are nov
ing farm accounts under the "
tion Of the writer and many o.
are keeping a record of m'
an iN1