Smyrna times., 1925-11-04
IfIIlD G. FARMS TAKEN 1! [ y UP /.
'1SIIRI III SURVEY BY j. Of D.
,,,sroy SERVICES MAKES A
lAIhS', b or TWO FARM SURVEYS
=. tbe MiddletOwn Vicinity
bose N COMPARISON of Figures That
ShOs q Interesting to Farmers

fOUlIldL lSUAA -
Are Interesting 10 "''"'''
l.. If two farm management
Results ,,ede ID in the vicinity Of Mid
l,oHn. rgsso Ne, New Castle County which me-
s59Si' /. W. If keen interest to every pro-
Y Os " tarmer in the state are be-
rs'slyJ 'sl,Sli!bed 5r, in bulletin by the Ex-
Y .n prO' service of the University OF
rslon lnnrs under the supervision Of Di-
fla"I1' "a" = A. McCue. The title Of the
.t;0 9oL " which has been written by
ls.,n .,. Accent R. 0. Bausman, is
un,y l,3irg for Profit in the Middle
i'9 Area" 1t is based upon two
management surveys conducted
N .ss ,''f:.,, Extension Department of the
i,.arsity. ~T one in 1914 before the
IN War; and the other made last
= ' Records Of 65 farms were
T. in making each survey. The
ra+in will be ready for distribution
short time. The systems of farm
.nization and management dis
II in the prospective bulletin was
,ortod bv Mr.. Bausman at a meet
- farmers held in the MiddletOwn
ooIbouse one night recently.
outstanding fact proven by
surveys is that the farmer who
-od m diversified farming thereby
ing revenue coming in from a
nber of sources was much more
,rpssful than those who had revenue
ing in from only two or three
lces. mostly corn, wheat and dairy
The bulletin will show that dur
the four year period following the
C1922-25) the average prices of
seat and field corn had increased
slightly over the average prices
hose commodities during the four
period preceding the war S1911-
However, is it shown that the
rage prices of sugar corn, toma
and asparagus during the two
DDS had increased 40, so and ap-
kimately 100 per cent respectively.
thought that this condition will
stimulate a more intensive type
srming in eastern sections. For
lIiddletown district it is pointed
this will mean more sugar corn,
tomatoes, more asparagus, and
tably more poultry, and less wheat
hay, and enough field corn only to
the farm stock. The bulletin
b that the better farmers in the
rct have realized this condition
have adjusted their farm organ
ions accordingly. The bulletin will
b that those farms that had only
sources of income over $200,name-
wheat and milk, on the average
minus labor incOme) S186 a year
e farmers who supplemented the
uctOn of wheat and milk with
toes, sugar corn, asparagus and
try products had an average pro-
5000. These facts woul Indicate
there is a reasonable amount Of
in the kind of diversified farm
efered to while the returns from
production of wheat and milk
are not great enough to pay
post Of operating the farm and
a remuneration for the farmers
In 1914 the average farm tax
the MiddletOwn area per farm
slll and in 1924 the average had
ased to S267. In 1924 it took
the farm receipts to pay the
and last year it took 5.4 of the
receipts to pay the taxes. The
age cost Of labor per farm had
ased from $3.50 in 1914 to 81, ,139
pa. The bulletin says that the
Us show that to be successful in
ag IN the present period it is es-
a that efficient systems of farm
ilzatlOn and management be per-
!. It says: Those farmers in
'ludletown area who were above
FeFage Of the community in size
in' in number Of crop acres per
In number Of crop acres per
IN total farm receipts, in milk
lc'l0n per cow in yields per acre
ops and had over three sources
come above 5000, returned an av-
LABOR income Of S1,l71. Those