[Cir. 132— A] 



THE FARMER'S INCOME/ 



By W. J. Spillman, Agriculturist in Charge of the Office of Farm Management. 



INTRODUCTION. 



It has never been possible to secure accurate data on the average 

 income of American farmers. It happens, however, that the data 

 collected in the census of 1910, combined with certain factors worked 

 out in the experience of the Office of Farm Management in conducting 

 farm-management surveys, render it possible to arrive at a sum 

 which, if increased by two small unknown items and decreased by 

 one rather large but unknown item, would represent the farmer's 

 net income. The two additions probably do not balance the one 

 deduction, so that the actual net income is almost certainly less than 

 the sum given in Table I. 



Table I. — Labor income of farmers in the United States. 



Page.: 



Item. 



268 

 269 

 276 

 277 

 277 



Number of farms 



Improved land acres. 



Total farm investment 



Investment in farm buildings 



Investment in implements and machinery 



Totil. 



6,361,502 



478,451,750 



$40,991,449,090 



86,325,451 528 



£1, 265, 149, 783 



A mount 

 per farm. 



138.1 acres.^ 

 75.2 acres. 

 $6,443.67. 

 S994.33. 



$198.88. 



Receipts. 



348 

 352 

 352 

 355 

 355 

 356 

 358 

 358 

 370 

 379 

 383 

 388 

 397 



373 



Dairy products (e.xcluding milk and cream used at home) 



Wool 



Mohair 



Eggs produced 



Poultry raised 



Honey and wax ' 



Domestic animals sold 



Domestic animals slaughtered 



Total value of aU crops S5,487, 161,223 



Corn .?1, 438, 553, 919 



Oats." 414,697,422 



Barlev 92, 45S, .)71 



Hay, "etc 824,004,877 



Total value of crops used for 



feeding 2, 769, 714, 789 



Feed sold 509, 253, 522 



Net value of crops fed 2,260,461,267 



Net value of crops 



Total gross farm income. 



$596,413,463 



65,472,328 



901,597 



306,688,960 



202, 506, 272 



5,992,083 



,562,936,694 



270, 238, 793 



3, 226, 699, 956 



$93. 75 



10.29 



.14 



48.21 



31.83 



94 



245! 69 



42.48 



507. 22 



6,237,850,146 



980.55 



1 Issued July 19, 1913. 

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» Abstract of the Thirteenth Census. 



» Average total area per farm. 

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