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Table 6 Expenses -average iS farms 



Expen — 



Real estate 



Equipment, Poultry 



Equipment, < lenera 1 



Poultry feed 



Supplies, Poultry , 



Shavings 



Straw 



Peat 



Coal 



Day-old chicks 



Poultry stuck purchased 



Ducks purchased , 



Hatching eggs 



Hired labor 



.Miscellaneous poultry , 



Market eggs purchased. 



( !ustom hatching 



Test iu<^ and certifical ion . . • 



Taxes 



Insurance 



Miscellaneous farm 



Other feed 



Truck 



Stock purchased 



Apples 



Total expenses . . . 



brooding operations, date of selling old fowl and type of poultry 

 business. 



Farms doing a strictly market egg business show a more uniform 

 receipt curve. On eight farms the monthly receipts varied from $395 

 in February to $575 in June. In general the receipts were above $500 

 in October and November due to a combination of high seasonal egg 

 prices and the sale of old hens, and again in June due to sale of broil- 

 ers; and were below $450 in September, February, July and August. 

 On the same group of farms the expenses were above $500 in March 

 and April when chicks were purchased and brooding operations were 

 under way. Expenses were below $400 in September, November, De- 

 cember and February. Expenses exceeded receipts during January, 

 March, April and August. 



On the other hand, eight farms doing a considerable hatching eix\: 

 and baby chick business had high receipts in March, April and May 

 due to sale of hatching eggs, chicks and broilers. The receipts were 

 also high in August, September and October due to the high seasonal 

 price of market eggs and sale of fowl. The expenses tended to be higher 

 in March, April and May, the incubation and brooding season. 



The monthly cash income, monthly cash expenses and relationship of 

 the two are much more erratic in the case of individual farms since the 

 averages discussed above tend to smooth out the differences. But the 

 general average curves of income and expenses will serve to show the 



