SOME PROFITABLE AND UNPROFITABLE FARMS. 



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In short, No. 2 is a good one-man farm, wliilo No. 1 must be worked 

 by two men on account of the Uve stock. These men are not em- 

 ployed on crops durmg the part of the day when they are not needed 

 for the stock. To make farm No. 1 comparable to No. 2, the labor 

 used on No. 1 should take care of about 30 cows and work the crops 

 on about twice the acreage that they are now working. When the 

 regular' work, such as milking, is just a little too much for one man, 

 it should either be reduced to what one man can do or work should 

 be found to keep two men reasonably busy all the time. 



FARM NO. 3. 



Table IX. — Statement of the business of farm No. 3. 



[Area, 150 acres; 50 tillable.] 

 CROP RECORD. 



Crop. 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Oats (fodder) 



Hay 



Clover 



Acreage. 



2 

 1 

 2 

 40 

 5 



Unit of 

 yield. 



Bushels 

 ...do... 

 Tons . . . 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



Yield per 

 acre. 



50 

 150 



2.5 

 .37 



1 



FINANCL\L STATEMENT. 



Item. 



Amount. 



Total. 



Capital 



Real estate 



Machinery and tools. 



4 cows 



1 horse 



20 chickens 



Other livestock 



Miscellaneous 



Receipts 



Potatoes 



Apples 



Market milk 



Eggs 



Live stock (net) 



Expenses 



Labor 



Seeds 



Grain for feed 



Fertilizers 



All other cash 



Decreased inventory . 



Farm income 



Less interest at 5 per cent. 



Labor income 



$7,000 

 200 

 200 

 200 

 13 

 68 

 145 



65 

 41 



320 

 25 



136 



50 

 10 

 60 

 15 

 141 

 146 



S7, 826 



587 



422 



165 

 391 



-226 



The statement of farm No. 3 illustrates in many respects the 

 average of the poorer 100 farms. It comprises a smaller total 

 acreage and a little more tillable acreage than the average of the 100. 

 The labor income of No. 3 is not so far on the wrong side as in the 

 average of the 100, The principal reason for this is that this farm 



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