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Table VI. — Comparing Various Factors on the Most Successful and the 

 Least Successful of 86 Farms. — 1907. 



Average area 



Tillable area 



Total capita] 



Investment per acre 



Income « 



Expenses 



Net income per farm 



Net income per acre 



Net income per tillable acre 



Farmer's labor income 



Per cent, on investment. . . . 



Average 

 86 



^33 



115 



$10,386 



78 

 2,846 

 1 ,220 

 1 ,626 

 12 . 23 

 14.14 

 1,107 

 12.8% 



Least 



Successful 



45 



distribution of capital 



Real estate 



Machinery and tools . 



Horses 



Other live stock 



Seed and feed 



Miscellaneous . 



distribution of expenses 



Seed and feed 



Fertilizers 



Machinery and repairs 



Buildings and fences 



Live stock 



Total labor except owner's 



Labor paid for in cash 



Farmer's estimate of value of his own labor. 



121 



$9,471 

 78 



1.952 



1 , 102 



850 



7 .02 



8.25 



376 



5-8% 



Most 

 Successful 

 41 



146 

 128 



$11,390 



78 

 3,828 



1.350 

 2,478 

 16.97 

 19.36 

 1 ,908 



19-1% 



$8,753 



593 

 62 s 



996 



319 



104 



$378 



64 



74 



84 



no 



640 



453 

 33S 



Table VII. — Comparing Various Factors on the Most Successful and the 

 Least Successful of 28 General Farms — 1907. 



Average area 



Tillable area 



Total capital 



Investment per acre 



Income 



Expenses 



Net income per farm 



Net income per acre 



Net income per tillable acre 



Farmer's labor income 



Per cent, on investment. . . . 



Average 

 28 



145 



124 



$11,072 



76 



2,527 

 1 , 196 



^•33^ 

 9.18 



10.74 



777 

 9-3% 



Least 



Successful 



16 



134 



113 



510,183 



76 



1.785 



981 



804 



6.00 



7.12 



295 



4-9% 



Most 

 Successful 



12 



160 



139 

 $12,258 



77 

 3.517 

 1,482 



2.035 

 12 . 72 



14.64 



1,422 



14.0% 



