528 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 



General Summary of Results from Survey of 4^ Farm Averages. 



Total capital per farm 



Total receipts per farm 



Total expenses per farm 



Receipts minus expenses 



Interest on capital at 5 per cent. 

 Labor income 



$3519.00 

 2207.00 



$11,189.00 



1,312.00 

 560.00 

 752.00 



The year's wages of a poultry farmer is his labor income, yet 

 the above represents more than the salary of an average business 

 man, for in addition to this money return, the farmer has had the 

 rent of his house, as well as much food for the table in the form of 

 fruit, milk, butter, eggs, meat, and fuel which he grows on his own 

 farm. These items, which are hard to determine, added to the 

 above labor income, make a salary comparable to the business 

 man's salary in the city. 



The following comparison is made by Jones and Davis of 10 

 successful farms in their survey compared with the42 farms studied 

 in an effort to show the factors which insure success in poultry 

 management. Their comparison follows: 



Labor income 



Total receipts 



Total expenses 



Acres tillable 



Eggs per hen 



Market egg receipts per hen 



Poultry receipts per $100.00 feed cost 

 Labor expense per $100.00 receipts. . . 



Number of cows 



Receipts per cow for milk and butter . 



Study the above table carefully and determine the factors 

 which enable the ten best farms to make such an increased labor 

 income over the average of the 42 farms. Note especially the eggs 

 laid per hen in each group. 



Farm Poultry Flock Surveys in New Jersey. — During the year 

 1915-16 a rather complete survey was made of some 100 farm 

 poultry flocks in New Jersey. These flocks were all kept on general 

 farms where they represented but a very small part of the total 

 business of each farm. The following table gives a sunm:iary of the 

 results of this study: 



