Capital Is Major Farm Resource
With short Icim interest rales Capital is defined by most far- Pennsylvania Faimeis Associa- had only 43 3 per cent tied up
hoveling around 10 per cent, niers as money. It’s a majoi lion. in land and buildings
y rMoH C ' iPilaI t efTiCienCy takLS 0n land U 'livesV(K; h k and^ach^nery* ’ He found that the return on The same was true with equip
added importance. lana ’ “vcstocK, and macnmeiy mQnpy invested m the faim op . men t; the bottom third had 17 8
Mahlon Shoup, manager o' the J^ os * farmers are doing reason- erations ranged all the wav from P ei ce P l t ,^ Ol V a , sse , t l f
firm D . ably well with most resources, . , in equipment, while the best 10
Farm Management Business 3 ‘ , oi ii.!« *-£1 a minus seven tenths of a per HpIH if Hnum i n iso
Analysis Service in Pennsylvania, hut too many aie failing to take ower third to a nlus npr^inf 5 h d Idon to 159
says, “In modern agriculture account their money efficiency. cenc Ior tne iower i«‘rd to a plus per cent.
capital efficiency measures can jo illustrate what he means 12 2 P6r Cent f ° r the top third ’ With livestock it was the other
be more important than the com- -. In ,ivsis he made Also, he found that the bottom way around The best operators
mon physicalterms most farmers bftoup cues an analysis ne maae had 25 per cent invested in live
know about, such as pounds of 30 south Pennsylvania- dairy third had 51 per cent of their stQck| whereas the lower third
milk per man or dozens of eggs farms, all of them enrolled in total assets invested in land and had only 19.6 per cent of their
produced per hen. the FMBAS, an affiliate cf the buildings, while the top third money in livestock
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The top third of the 30 dairy
men had a much lower total in
vestment pei 10 000 pounds of
milk produced than did the
others The best 10 had an ever
age of $1,560 invested per 10,000
pounds of milk sold, against $2,-
158 for the lower third.
• Fix Fish
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well with lemon juice. Fill cavity
with parsley and 2 slices each of
onion and lemon. Place half of
the remaining onion and lemon
slices evenly on a rack in a shal
low roasting pan Place fish on
top; top with butter and cover
with remaining slices Bake at
400 degrees, allowing 12 minutes
per pound for a fish about IVz
inches thick Serve with Hot Rice
Salad and lemon wedges.
'HOT RICE SALAD
4 cups cooked hot rice
1 tablespoon salad oil
% cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon grated lemon
peel
cup lemon juice
V 4 cup minced onion
V 4 cup salted peanuts
1 tablespoon chopped pimien
to
1 teaspoon dill weed, crushed,
(optional)
I teaspoon salt
Vs teaspoon pepper
Combine cooked rice and oil:
toss to coat well Combine re
maining ingredients thoroughly,
pour over rice, tossing lightly to
mix Keep warm over low heat
until ready to serve 6 servings.
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Trocfor Wins Award
White Farm Equipment's Min
neapolis-Moline A4T articulated
tractor has been named one of
the “Seven Wonders of Engineer
ing for 1970 m Minnesota” by the
Minnesota Society of Professional
Engineers It marked the first
time an entiy from the farm
equipment mdustiy has received
the honor
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