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Table 15. — ■ J verages for 23 Farms selling Wholesale Market Milk 

 {Three Couniies). 



Acres, 257 



Crop acres, 154 



Crop index, 119 



Receipts per cow (32 cows), $98 



Milk sold (pounds), 6,470 



Per cent of receipts from crops, 34 



Labor income, $2,658 



Our records give similar comparisons for other types of 

 farming. But tlie principles of size and production hold on 

 the truck farms and crop farms as well as 'on dairy farms. 



Individual Farms. 

 It is evident that we can give a very close estimate of 

 labor income if we know the above four factors. The fol- 

 lowing examples are from Jefferson County : — 



Farm, 1. 

 Crop acres, 29; very poor. 

 Crop index, 208; excellent. 

 Receipts per cow (11 cows), $116; excellent. 

 Per cent of receipts from crops, 21; excellent. 

 Labor income, $980. 



This is the best record for so small an area. It represents 

 the top notch in the " little farm well tilled." Splendid 

 crops, splendid cows, even on the small area, crops to sell, 

 and all work done by the farmer himself with two months 

 of hired labor. Such a farmer as this should be able to 

 make $3,000 labor income if he rented land on which to 

 grow 100 acres more of crops, doubled his number of cows, 

 and kept two men by the year. With this system he would 

 not have to work so hard. 



Farm 2. 



Crop acres, 21; very poor. 



Crop index (hay, 3.3 tons; silage, 13 tons), 211; excellent. 



Receipts per cow (8 cows), $90; excellent. 



Per cent of f-eceipts from crops, 22; excellent. 



Hired labor, $250 ; poor for the size. 



Labor income, $380. 



