144 



Bulletin 271. 



Table viii — Contimied — 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 . 



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

 Least Successful of 18 Fruit 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 

 18 



98 



86 



$12 ,940 



132 



4,637 



1,428 



3.209 



32.75 



37-32 



2,562 



22.5% 



Least 

 Successful 



10 



90 



78 



511,044 



123 



2,494 



1,154 



1,340 



14.89 



17.18 



788 



9-4% 



Most 

 Successful 



109 

 97 



$15,309 

 140 



7.316 

 1,770 

 5,546 

 50.88 



57.18 



4,781 



34-2% 



distribution of capital 



Real estate 



Machinery and tools . 



Horses 



Other live stock 



Seed and feed 



Miscellaneous 



$12,738 



794 

 900 



549 

 278 



50 



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. 



$240 



101 



76 



69 



149 



792 



579 

 351 



$200 



SO 

 106 



40 

 106 

 652 

 411 

 336 



$291 

 165 



38 

 106 



203 

 967 

 788 

 375 



