SOME SUCCESSFUL FARMS 559 



OTHER EXPENSE ITEMS NOT CASH 



Value of board furnished to farm help and not paid for in 

 cash, $161. 



Value of farm work done by members of the family and not 

 paid for. Do not include the value of the farmer's time nor the 

 value of housework, but include such work as butter making, 

 chores, etc. At usual farm wages, what would it have cost to hire 

 this labor ? $100. 



GENERAL QUESTIONS 



Value of operator's house, $4500. Other houses, $0. Barns 

 and other out-buildings, $3000. 



If the number of cows was not constant through the year, what 

 would the average number be? 23\. 



If any pure-bred stock is kept, give the breed and number of 

 each kind. None. 



How many men are kept by the year? 1. Give number of 

 other men hired by the month and number of months each 

 worked. / man, 8 months. Son worked about 2 months in summer. 



Give the approximate number of days of day-help hired for 

 haying, harvesting, silo filling, potato digging, etc., 0. 



Was the present farmer ever a hired-man or tenant ? Both. 

 How long as each ? 4 V r - hired-man, 8 yr. tenant. 



Give particulars of how he got started. 



Amount of mortgage on the farm, $1700. 



Number of persons in the family exclusive of hired help, 7. 



SUMMARY 



Average capital (p. 554) $20,44 



Receipts : 



Crops * (p. 555) $2020 



Animals (p. 557) 173 



Animal products (p. 556) 2746 



Miscellaneous (p. 556) 72 



Increase of capital - (p. 554) 860 



Total receipts $5371 



1 Include value of crops that will be sold. 



2 When the total value of farm and equipment increases during the 

 year, the; increase is counted as a receipt ; and when it decreases during 

 the year, the decrease is counted as an expense. 



