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CIRCULAR NO. 128, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



FARM NO. 1. 



Table VII. — Statement, of the business of farm No. 1. 



[Area, 195 acres; 43 tillable.] 

 CROP RECORD. 



Crop. 



Acreage. 



Silage corn 



Hay 



Clover hay (2 crops) 



Oats 



Potatoes 



7 



21 



6 



Unit of 

 yield. 



Tons... 

 ..do.... 

 ..do.... 

 Bushels 

 ..do.... 



Yield per 

 acre. 



14 



3.4 



5 



6.5 



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FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Item. 



Capital 



Real estate 



Machinery and tools. 



3 horses 



20 cows 1 



20 hogs 



40 chickens 



Other live stock 



Miscellaneous 



Receipts 



Potatoes 



Livestock (net) 



Hogs 



Creamery milk 



Eggs 



Expenses 



Labor and board. . 



Seeds 



Grain for feed 



Fertilizers 



Machinery 



AU other expen,ses. 



Farm income 



Less interest at 5 per cent on capital. 



Labor income. 



.\mount. 



%1, 000 

 500 

 216 

 950 

 200 

 20 

 345 

 536 



195 



625 



385 



2,433 



50 



780 

 IS 

 1,000 

 100 

 225 

 204 



Total. 



$9, 767 



3,688 



2,327 



1,361 



488 



873 



1 Receipts per cow (milk), .S121: value per cow (grade Jersey breed), $47. 



The statement of the business for a year on farm No. 1 is taken 

 from a farm in the Haverhill district which reported liigh yields of 

 crops and animal products. It is a good example of a dairy farm, 

 having a cropping system much better than the average, but still 

 having rather a larger proportion of hay to other crops in respect to 

 acreage. The production per cow was 7,586 pounds of milk for the 

 year, a high average, indicating good cows, well cared for. 



Two men and three horses have been employed on this farm 

 during the year. WTiat they produced to sell was almost wholly 

 live stock or live-stock products, the only exception being less than 

 $200 worth of potatoes. The expense for labor is considerable, and 

 part of this was required for the cows, since they were evidently Avell 

 cared for. Twenty hogs and a number of pigs also required labor, 



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