- i tflvn^igr-a^ttroaynw^eii Dairyman Says Profit Motive Is Best Guide; Tells Farmers How He Makes His Farm Pay Dividends How does $25,000 per acre their businesses. He cited a sound os n price tag for dairyman friend of his who farm land? A speaker at the complained of spending 35 University of Delaware's years in the dairy business Farm and Home Week recent- with nothing to show for it, ly said his Connecticut farm- “I know of no other business land will be worth that if he where a man could stay in la able to stay in farming business this long without long enough. Louis Longo, making the necessary chang a Glastonbury dairy farmer, es required to show a profit.” aaid urban pressures will Longo, wno utilizes the move land values in urbaniz- services of a farm account ing areas beyond the imag- ant, talks production costs, i<nation. He said he has al- profit margins and capital ready been offered $5,500 per acre for some of his land which only a few years ago was worth one to two thou sand. In his effort to stay in farming he’s counting on two things: a tax system that (taxes farmland according to its production capacity; and «. system of good business procedures that yields prof its. “I faun for profit As >cold as it may seem, I do mot farm lor the love of mows or the lot e of the out doors It’s onlv from profits that dairy laimeis can de velop good herds and good] farms It’s only tiom pro\JsJ that any farmer can take his| place m the community and | do the civic duties that he 'has to do. Beggars contrib ute very little to a commun ity All calculations must be aimed toward this ultimate goal piofit” Many dairymen aie guilty of mal-practite he said, al though the lesults hurt only the dan mien themselves He Charged them with malprac tice in the na) they mn QUIET... ECONOMICAL! 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And he knows exactly which items are paying off. When they stop showing a profit, he makes changes. The feeding program on Longo's dairy herd is han dled with the same kind of cost accounting procedures. He feeds on a net energy basis. A weekly check is made to determine the energy requirements of each cow based on her milk output. Each gets a pound of grain 100% Latex Paint Alien H. Matz Farm Equipment New Holland, Pa. Grumeili Farm Service Quarryville, Pa. Chet Long Akron, Pa. Ph. 656-3171 tor every anree pounus L*on'go, wno started Ift tflj milk produced, plus about 85 dairy business in 1941, has pounds of corn silage and been -a pioneer hi free-staU enough corn nym! to co’m- housing and single-phase Piffle” the erfergy requirement. (Continued- dn Page 31) Top Dress Small Grain and Pastures This Spring With AGRICO FERTILIZERS Liquid/ Bulk or Bog Goods Contact- your neoresf 1 Agrico Dealer * or Agrico Lancaster Service Center 1661 Rohrerstown Road Roy Zimmerman 569-2361 or 733-8161 Agrico Churchtown Service Center - r . Lester M. Weaver- 1 354-5477 i/i > r m %A > T~ m Growing HEIFERS w» > r m and Dry COWS need to > r m to > r m Wayne FITTING RATION Wayne Fitting Ration produces rugged, full-bodied heifers thdl are thrifty and ready to breed at an early age. Fitting Ration also helps the dry cow replace flesh lost during the previous lactatio* and puts her in top condition to start the new milking period at 41 high level of production. ) Bred heifers and dry cows must receive a highly nutritious ration Si order to build the unborn calf. Wayne Fitting Ration supplies thd vitamins, minerals, proteins and energy needed to drop thrifty strong-boned calves. 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