552 FARM MANAGEMENT 



EXPENSES 



Labor paid $625, value of unpaid labor of daughter $292 $917 



Machinery and repairs 85 



Buildings and repairs 48 



Grain feed 1509 



Straw 65 



Seeds 3 



Fertilizer $5, spray materials $1.20 6 



Fuel and oil $5, kerosene $9.60, gasoline $40 .... 55 



Carbolineum $2, egg cases $38 40 



Horseshoeing 8 



Insurance $4.50, taxes $45 50 



$2786 



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Average capital $9695 



Receipts 5356 



Expenses 2786 



Income from capital and unpaid labor 2570 



Interest on capital at 5 % 485 



Labor income 2085 



The success of this farm is due to the unusually high 

 production of eggs per hen, and to the unusual success in 

 raising chickens. The price received for eggs was about 

 3 cents a dozen above the usual wholesale price paid in 

 New York. This increased the profit by $300. 



In addition to the work of the woman manager and her 

 daughter, one man was hired by the year and one man for 

 6 months. This is a large amount of labor for this number 

 of hens, but the high egg production and success with 

 chickens seem to justify the extra labor. 



The other successful farms here recorded are the more 

 usual examples of success, in that their success is due 

 to a size of farm and types of farming and farm organiza- 

 tion that use labor very effectively and yet secure good 

 production, but this farm succeeds because its production 

 is so good as to offset the high labor cost. 



One of the daughters took a winter course in poultry 



