2 1 86 Farm Bureau Circular No. 6 



FACTORS THAT DETERMINE PROFITS IN FARMING 



Labor income. 



Size 

 Total capital. 

 Total acres. . . 

 Crop acres . . . 

 Number cows. 

 Total receipts. 



Diversity 

 Sources of income over 

 $ioo 



Milk 



Cattle* 



Poultry* 



Potatoes 



Chautauqua County Dairy Farms, 1913 



Your farm 



191. 



Acres 

 Acres 



1913 



—$19 



$7,473 



120 acres 

 38 acres 

 16 



$1 ,204 



$700 

 276 

 100 



Average of 



all records 



81 farms 



Average 



13 better 



paying farms 



I546 



$7,680 



122 acres 

 44 acres 



13 



$1,822 



$1,037 

 295 

 175 



51-342 



'11-337 



128 acres 

 53 acres 

 19 

 S3 -358 



$1,813 

 691 

 368 



122 



Quality 

 Milk receipts per cow. 

 Yields per acre 



Silage com 



Potatoes 



Oats 



Hay 



tons 

 bushels 

 bushels 

 tons 



Total expense 



Labor expense 



Feed pvtrchased 



Feed purchased per cow 



I44 



tons 



40 bushels 

 38 bushels 

 2 . 3 tons 



$849 



66 



400 



31 



$77 



7f tons 

 120 bushels 



37 bushels 

 1 . 9 tons 



$888 



255 



357 



27 



$95 



65 tons 

 155 bushels 



40 bushels 

 2.3 tons 



?i,449 

 436 

 603 



32 



* See footnote on other side. 



