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A STUDY OF FARM EQUIPMENT IN OHIO. 



same as that which woukl prevail at either public or private sale. 

 This fact has been taken into consideration; hence, the values pre- 

 sented for the work horses, mules, and machinery are usually higher 

 than sale values. The sale values if estimated would have been only 

 approximate at best. All products of the farm, all feed, seed, build- 

 ing material, fuel, and supplies of any kind held in storage for sale or 

 for the use of the farm (not household) business, were inventoried at 

 actual values so far as they could be determined. 



Table III shows the total investment in different classes of equip- 

 ment for the various farms, distributed as here explained. 



Table III. — Total investment in the different classes of farm equipment for 25 Ohio 



farms. 



Des- 

 igna- 

 tion 

 of 

 farm. 



1... 



2... 



3... 



4... 



5... 



6... 



7... 



8... 



9... 

 10... 

 11... 

 12... 

 13... 

 14... 

 15... 

 16... 

 17... 

 18... 

 19... 

 20... 

 21... 

 22... 

 23... 

 24... 

 25... 



Area 

 (acres). 



116. 20 

 164. 11 

 104. 25 

 108. 34 

 342.00 

 143. 32 

 49.61 

 78.64 



147. 67 

 100.00 

 186. 71 

 156. 97 

 198. 25 

 388. 92 

 219. 82 

 172. 52 

 275. 99 

 207. 83 

 103. 81 

 185. 25 

 228. 62 

 156. 00 

 177. 27 



148. 38 

 10.85 



Land. 



Buildings. 



Farm. 



$7, 160 

 3,2051 

 4,320 

 3,375 

 9, 570 

 3,465 

 1,637 

 6,900 

 9, 945 

 7,100 



15,0011 

 7,870| 

 9,228 



23,335 

 9,650 

 7,930 



17,910 



11,740 

 4, 170 

 8,145 

 5,090 

 3,985 

 5,245 

 2,910, 

 435 



House- 

 hold. 



$1,025 



1,000 



2,800 



1,405 



6, 250 



900 



440 



1,000 



1,490 



1,215 



1,525 



3,830 



2, 250 



1,720 



930 



825 



1,225 



3,277 



2,370 



2, 235 



724 



1,060 



580 



100 



350 



Fences. 



$1,-500 



800 



2,500 



700' 



6,110 



900 



310 



1,879 



2,060 



1,525; 



1,225! 



1,800, 



2,8.50 



l,.585i 



900 



720' 



2, 900; 



1,843' 



1,020 



1,150| 



1,726| 



1,500, 



1, 570 



sool 



500 



Drain- 

 age. 



$245 

 250 

 455' 

 320, 



1,255! 

 565 

 223 

 400 

 95 

 590 

 630 

 395' 



1,130; 

 890i 

 8001 

 625 



i,o7o: 



315 

 400| 

 660' 

 700, 

 365, 

 720 

 250 

 45 



85 



250 



30 



2,795 



60 



1,100 



500 



1,770 



1 



830 

 680 

 345 

 135 



220 

 345 

 300 



Water 

 sup- 

 ply- 



Live 

 stock. 



$50 $1, 



Produce, 

 Machin- sup- 

 ery, etc. j plies, 

 etc. 



60 

 100 1, 



170: 1, 



700; 3, 

 170, 1, 



80 

 250 

 110 

 300 

 290 

 275 

 350 

 157 

 125 

 100 

 135 

 150 



70 



50 

 550 



70 

 285 



20 



20 



265. 00 

 651. 20 

 363. 75 

 336. 25 



549. 00 

 767. 68 

 959. 75 

 654. 40 

 804.00 

 496. 50i 

 942. 00; 

 516. 75 

 438. 551 

 936. 70, 

 975. 65; 

 286. 50 



450. oo; 



917. 78, 



550. oo; 



883. 75, 

 362. 50 

 281. 50; 



774. oo; 



860. 00, 



238. 15' 



$667. 50 

 623. 95 

 664. 25 



682. 34 

 1,065.80 

 1,086.68, 



630. 38 

 647. 05 



1,267.10 

 645. 10 



1,313.34 

 788. 75 

 980. 25 



1,115.45 

 679. 90 

 679. 40 



1,024.00 



1,044.67 

 731. 55 

 556. 10 

 807.90 

 346. 60 



683. 10 

 173. 20 

 156. 20 



Total. 



Acre 

 in- 

 vest- 

 ment. 



$220. 85 

 520. 22 

 671. 95 

 329. 02 



1,942.15 

 323. 50 

 131. 65 

 351. 45 



1,298.23 



274. 75 

 1,203.52 



653. 00 



1,390.60 



1,478.40 



609. 55 



527. 70 



275. 25 

 1,009.75 



926. 90 

 817. 80 

 369. 95 

 285. 25 

 804. 70 

 115. 45 

 10.10 



!12,178. 



8, 195. 

 13, 124. 



8,347. 

 33, 236. 



9, 177. 



4,471. 

 13,081. 

 18, 369. 

 14,916. 

 24, 129. 

 19, 958. 

 21,297. 

 34, 562. 

 15,805. 

 12,693. 

 28, 209. 

 21,642. 

 12, 538. 

 16, 497. 

 11,330. 



8,893. 

 11,661. 



5,228. 



1, 754. 



35 $104. 81 



37i 49. 94 



125. 90 



77.05 



97.18 



64.04 



90.14 



166. 30 



124. 32 



149. 17 



129. 24 



127. 15 



107. 43 



88.87 



71.90 



73.58 



102. 21 



104. 14 



80.22 



89.05 



49.56 



57. 01 



65.78 



35.21 



124.43 



The area given for farm 5 (342 acres) was not verified by the sur- 

 veyor from the Ohio experiment station. The proprietor of farm 11 

 could not give the extent nor the value of the tile drains, hence this 

 value is included in that of the land. A very slight quantity of tile 

 is included in the land value for farm 16. The total investment is 

 shown for the different farms to vary from $35.21 to $166.30 per 

 acre, and this variation is brought out even more clearly by Table 

 IV, which reduces each class of investment to the acre basis. The 

 variation in total value of household buildings ($310 to $6,110) is 

 interesting from the fact that the investment in this direction is 

 usually not based on the absolute needs of the farm. The variation 

 in the amount of produce and supplies on hand ($10.10 to $1,942.15) 

 is due partly to the fact that the work of taking the inventories 

 lasted over a period of six weeks, during which time, of course, the 

 consumption of feed continued. For comparable data all inventories, 



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