USES OF THE MANAGEMENT SURVEY 



523 



The above operating charges include all expenses of operation 

 with the exception of interest on the investment and owner's salary. 

 These will be considered during the recapitulation. 



For distribution of land area and location of buildings, see the 

 accompanying plan of the farm (Fig. 217). 



Sources and Amount oj Revenue. 

 Year Beginning November 1, 1916, and Ending October 31, 1917. 



In the above enumeration of revenue, no attempt is made to 

 record the eggs and poultry meat used by the owner's family, nor 

 is any attempt made to value the vegetables produced for home 

 consumption. The above includes all the products sold from the 

 farm for the year. 



Recapitulation. 



Gross revenue $10,291.90 



Gross operating charges 6,7 62.75 



Difference $ 3,^529.15 



Increase in inventory 210.00 



Farm income $ 3,739.15 



Interest on total investment 1,015.50 



Labor income $ 2,723.65 



The poultryman's salary for the year after all expenses were met, 

 including interest on total investment, and in addition to poultry 

 products and garden supplies used in the home, was $2,723.65. 



The above represents a typica' intensive commercial poultry 

 farm in the East and is given more to show the method than to call 

 the attention to profits. The same method, although not so elab- 

 orate, would be followed in working out the fmancial statement for 

 a farm flock or for a back yard city flock. 



Uses of the Management Survey.— The farm management 

 survey, as above outlined, has two very definite uses: First, there 



