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It of teu happens as iu this case that the farmers with the very high- 

 ets yields do not make as much profit as do the farmers whose crops are 

 consistently a little better than average. It is well known that with- 

 out good crops the farm can not prosper but it is just as important if 

 not more so that the farmer have good live stock as shown by the fol- 

 lowing chart. 



Chart C2. 



Receipts below |60 per animal unit, 40 farms average. $85 labor income 

 Receipts $60-|75 per animal unit, 27 farms average. 203 labor income 

 Receipts above |75 per- animal unit, 29 farms average. 367 labor income 



This chart is based on net live stock receipts per animal unit as 

 explained in Chart A and must not be confused with profits per animal 

 unit nor with cash sales. In addition to good crops and good live 

 stock, the available horse labor and man labor must be utilized to the 

 best advantage. In order to show the efficiency of labor, we have sorted 

 the farms on the basis of number of crop acres per horse and again on 

 the basis of number of crop acres per man as shown below. 



Chart C3. 



Less than 15 acres of crops per horse, 31 farms average. . |171 labor in. 



15-20 acres of crops per horse, 41 farms average 220 labor in. 



Above 20 acres of crops per horse, 24 farms average. . . . 255 labor in. 



Chart C4. 



Less than 22 acres of crops per man, 25 farms average.. |144 labor in. 



22-32 acres of crops per man, 23 farms average 162 labor in. 



33-42 acres of crops per man, 25 farms average 200 labor iu. 



Above 42 acres of crops per man, 23 farms average 311 labor iu. 



These charts reinforce ('hart B2. The farmer whose farm is large 

 enough to afford a good investment in tools and equipment does not 

 necessarily work harder than others although he usually does, but by 

 using modern farm machinery can do more work in the same time and 

 get proportionately better returns for his labor, as shown in the chart. 



Charts Bl, B2 and B3, all show that the larger the farm business, 

 the better returns the farmer gets for his labor. There is, of course, 

 a limit of size but it is evident that none of the farms iu this area have 

 passed that limit. Chart CI shows that up to a certain limit the big- 

 ger the yield of crops, the better the returns for the farmer's labor and 

 evidently some of the farmers have passed that limit. Chart C2 shows 

 that the larger the returns per animal unit, the larger the net income 

 of the farmer. There is, of course, a limit to this but it api>ears that 

 the limit is not reached by this group of farmers. This method of analy- 

 sis can be criticized because farm business is quite complicated busi- 

 ness and the farmers' labor income is influenced materially by each 

 one of the factors mentioned jointly with other factors and not entirely 

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