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 verj 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 crops to cows that 

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



