SOME SUCCESSFUL FARMS 539 



Corn, potatoes, and cabbage are planted on sod. All 

 are followed by oats. Part of the oat land is seeded with 

 grass, and part is followed by wheat in which grass is 

 seeded. Hay is left two to three years. 



RECEIPTS 



Potatoes $1797 



Cabbage $118, buckwheat $20 138 



Oats $366, wheat $357 723 



Hay $110, apples $12 122 



Milk 3841 



G cows, 27 calves, 1 bull 716 



45 lambs, 5 ewes $204, wool $63 327 



Eggs _Ji9 



$7733 

 EXPENSES 



Labor paid $1286 



Machinery 90 



Buildings and fences 153 



Grain feed 1193 



Seeds 90 



Fertilizer 78 



Bull 75 



Other expenses 319 



Decrease of investment in cattle 90 



Decrease of investment in sheep 40 



$3414 



SUMMARY 



Average capital $15,361 



Receipts 7,733 



PJxpenses 3,414 



Income from capital and operator's labor ..... 4,319 



Interest on capital at 5% 768 



Labor income 3,551 



The reason that this farm is more successful than those 

 of the neighbors is primarily due to the combination of 

 good size, diversity, and good production. Some of the 

 cows are pure-bred, so that the receipts from sale of calves 

 help out. This was the best year ever experienced on the 



