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large apple-growing districts in the West and the Northwest have 

 been studied and data are available giving in detail the time re- 

 quired for each operation and the amount of each item entering into 

 the cost of producing apples. In all, nearly 1,000 records have been 

 taken on farms where the apple orchard is an important enterprise. 

 Many of these data have been summarized, and four manuscripts 

 have been prepared for publication. 



Potatoes. — Investigations on the cost of producing potatoes and 

 the place that potato growing occupies in the farm business have 

 been continued with a view to obtaining further results in each of 

 the districts before publication. Over 900 cost records have been 

 collected, compiled, and the data prepared for publication. 



Hat. — The investigations on the cost of producing hay and the 

 management of labor in haying have been continued during the past 

 year, particularly in the Northern and West Central States. A large 

 number of records have been obtained on farms in each of the dis- 

 tricts where the hay crop is of primary importance. These data are 

 being compiled for publication in bulletins and circulars. 



Corn silage. — Substantial progress has been made on the investi- 

 gation dealing with farm practice in the production of corn silage, 

 equipment required, cost of production, etc. Many data have also 

 been secured on the capacity of silos, shrinkage, etc. The work has 

 been conducted by making cost-accounting studies on a large number 

 of farms in districts where corn silage is the important crop. Care- 

 ful tests and weighings of silage have been made in cooperation 

 with farmers. 



Cotton. — The investigation on the cost of producing cotton has 

 for its purpose the determination of farm practice, equipment re- 

 quired, and profitableness of the enterprise. The investigations 

 during the past year have been largely in the form of farm-manage- 

 ment surveys on farms where cotton growing is of primary im- 

 portance. The results of these investigations are now ready for 

 publication. Records are available for over 500 farms, giving in 

 detail the items which make up the cost of producing cotton and the 

 relation which this enterprise bears to the rest of the farm business. 



Farm woodlot. — The investigation on the economics of the farm 

 woodlot has been carried on in the Eastern and Southeastern States 

 in cooperation with the Forest Service. Sixteen areas have been vis- 

 ited, in each of which 50 to 75 farms have been studied. 



FARM-MANAGEMENT SURVEYS. 



The investigations by farm-management surveys include studies 

 of the farmer's investment, receipts and expeditures, the net in- 

 come from the farm business, and the important factors which 

 largely control this income. It also includes studies on the relation 

 of tenure, size of business, diversification, and efficiency of the various 

 farm enterprises to profit. Within the past year substantial prog- 

 ress has been made in the analysis of several thousand farms in 

 Pennsylvania, Michigan. Indiana, Utah, Ohio, and Georgia. Special 

 attention has been given to a survey of over 500 farms in Chester 

 County, Pa., an old and well-developed farming district. Results 



