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husbandry in a college of agriculture, then started the 

 farm in 1907. The mother and another daughter who is 

 a college graduate now run the place. There were 300 

 pullets the first winter. The stock and plant has been 

 increased each year up to its present size. To reach a 

 labor income of $2000 in four years is very unusual 

 success. 



Diversified farms on which poultry is one of the enter- 

 prises are a more common type of successful poultry farm. 

 See No. 9, page 135, and the records on pages 444 to 473. 



RECORD OF A YEAR'S BUSINESS ON A FARM 



In order to show the method of calculating labor in- 

 come the following farm record is given on a record blank. 

 The figures and words in italics are the facts that were 

 obtained from the farm or that were calculated. 



Record for the year beginning April 1, 1911, and ending 

 April 1, W12. 



Operator's name Age 



Post Office County State, N.Y. 



Distance and direction of the farm from station 2\ miles S. E. 

 Name of station 



How many years has the present operator had charge of the 

 farm ? 20. 



What was the total area of the farm, including owned land, 

 rented land, and land worked on shares ? 155 acres. 



How many of the above acres were owned by the operator ? 

 155. 



How many acres were cash rented ? 0. How many acres were 

 share rented ? 0. 



Of the total area how many acres were in woods? 0. 



How many acres of the woodland were pastured? 0. How 

 many acres in other permanent pasture? 15. 



How many acres in pasture not permanent ? 8. 



