Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-09
DON'T EXPECT THE IMPOSSIBLE
 OF A FEW COWS

It doesn't take much figuring to con- vince any man of reasonable intelli- gence that the ordinary Connecticut one-man dairy farm, carrying from eight to twelve COWS and selling it's milk at wholesale, has a mighty small chance of returning a decent living to Its owner. It takes a good COW to pro- duce over S200 worth of milk year at present prices. Ten cows will pro- duce, then. usually not over $2,000 worth of milk, says A. W. Manchester farm management specialist at Storrs
 When the expenses for grain, extra labor, seeds, lime, fertilizer, repairs on buildings, fences and tools, new tools, new stock, medicine and veterin- ary expenses. horse shoeing, taxes, in- surance and, perhaps. interest as well as many other items, have been paid, says Mir Manchester, that poor $2,000 looks like the old fashioned flannel shirt after washday.
 If the farm is a little larges so that its normal capacity is IA or Is COWS, the case is little better. It is then that economic abnormality the odd size farm, too big for one worker and not big enough for two.
 We have reached the time, when it is not necessary for most of these men, however. to keep on at these low wages. The experience of many a far mer proves that they only need to add to their dsirying, moderate ven- lures in one or two other enterprises adapted to their particular conditions in order to move themselves a lot nearer to theat delightful place of res- idence called Easy Street.
 The form that these ventures shall lake depends upon the individual him. self, his own training and ability, the character of his farm and his market conditions. In the last few years, hens have fitted into such situations suc- cessfully, time and again. Two hun- dred hens, we'll cared for, have fre- luently produces $1, 900 to $1, 500 worth of saleable produce in a year. Even with decided drop in the prices of poultry produces they should be good for at least s1.O00. Four hundred hens about doubles the amount. Frequently hens in such numbers can be added tc the farm, with practically no increase in the amount of hired labor required There is an increase in grain bills and some other extra expense but these should be far less than the receipts
 Other enterprises successfully com. bined with the dairy in Connecticut are, orcharding, particularly apple orcharding, small fruit growing anj the production of various truck anc vegetable crops, etc. The important matters to consider in their selection are 10 make sure that they arc adept. ed to the market conditions, that the, can be produces economically on - farm, that they will not require a ma. terial reduction of the amount of feet produces for stock, and that the la. Dor on them does not come at the time of year when the work on tht stock and the feeding crops is mos pressing.
 After all the principal difficult- with dairying or livestock farming or many Connecticut farms is not that | Is confined or laborious, unpleasant a, these facts may be, but that 1t maker too small a business. With the limited area available on most farms, th, most profitable way to get size, ex cept through retailing, is to add line, Of production that are supplementary not alternative to. the livestock busi ness.