66 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



This farmer kept poorer cows and hired one man, although 

 he had so little work: to do. For these reasons he made less 

 than the owner of farm 1. 



Farm 3. 

 Crop acres, 133; good. 



Crop index (hay, 1.1 tons; oats, 25 bushels), 75; poor. 

 Receipts per cow (20 cows). $95; excellent. 

 Per cent of receipts from crops, 16; fair. 

 Labor income, $1,661. 



This farmer gets crops only three-fourths as good as his 

 neighbors, but with the large area he should make a good 

 profit from growing them. He sells part, and what he feeds 

 to cows he makes a second profit on because he gets such 

 good returns per cow. 



We should expect him to do very well indeed. His crops 

 are only one-third as good as farms 1 and 2, but the larger 

 area more than makes up. If the soil is as good as his 

 neighbors he might readily bring his labor income to $2,000 

 by raising better crops. 



Farm 4. 



Crop acres, 110; excellent. 



Crop index, 142; excellent. 



Receipts per cow, $96; excellent. 



Per cent of receipts from crops, 19 ; excellent. 



Labor income, $2,239. 



This farm is excellent in every particular. We should 

 expect it to make at least $2,000, as it does. About the 

 only difference from farm 3 is in crop yield. 



Farm 5. 

 Crop acres, 109 ; excellent. 

 Crop index, 120 ; excellent. 

 Receipts per cow (32 cows), $56; poor. 

 Per cent of receipts from crops, 4; poor. 

 Labor income, minus $113. 



This farmer made very good profit on his crops of which 

 he had a good acreage. But he fed these drops to cows that 

 did not pay their feed bill. If he had excellent cows his 



