Table 1. Sumtnanj of farm bitsiness on 38 farms for three years. (April 1, 1929, to 



March 31, 1932.) Same farms throughout. 



1930 1931 1932 



Farm Capital: Dollars Dollars Dollars 



Real estate 0,916 6,916 6,916 



Livestock 2,620 2,704 . 2,61 1 



Farm motors 419 416 486 



Milkint? machine 169 163 168 



Other farm luachinerv 1,139 1,087 1,068 



Feed and supplies 19S 273 274 



Total 11,461 11,559 11.523 



Recrijjts: 



Dairy and milk 3,917 3,566 2,506 



Eggs 158 124 64 



Livestock and meat 751 558 593 



Crop sales 225 259 181 



Miscellaneous sales 398 259 412 



Increase in value of livestock 273 57 — 



Increase in value of feed and supplies 99 91 — 



Total 5,821 4,914 3.750 



Expenses: 



Livestock purchases 509 399 188 



Feed 1,461 1,097 764 



Bedding 34 27 18 



Labor hired 615 522 472 



Extra compensation charge 103 82 89 



Repairs farm motors and depreciation 136 91 114 

 Milking machine repairs and de- 

 preciation 29 32 22 



Other farm machinerv repairs and 



depreciation f 180 166 131 



Building repairs 36 102 80 



Depreciation 94 89 89 



Gasoline and oil 104 108 107 



Miscellaneous expenses 505 369 334 



Taxes 298 260 246 



Insurance 51 48 39 



Decrease value of livestock — — 199 



Decrease value of feed and supplies. . — — 6 



Total 4,155 3,392 2,898 



Farm income 1,666 1,522 858 



Interest at 5% 573 578 576 



Family labor income 1,093 944 282 



Supplies used in household: 



Milk and milk products 89 ' 64 44 



Poultry, eggs and meat 56 69 60 



Garden and potatoes 113 65 35 



Wood 174 107 100 



Total produce 432 305 239 



Family income 1,525 1,249 521 



Additional factor.s: 



Pounds of grain fed per cow 1,772 1.678 1,197 



Pounds of milk sold per cow 5,606 5,158 4,968 



Number of cows (average) 23.6 24.6 24.9 



Price of milk S3.07 $2.68 $1.91 



Pounds of grain per 100 pounds of milk sold 31.6 32.5 24.1 



