May, 1932] 



Economic Study of Poultry Farms 



Table 5 — Receipts — average 23 farms 



Number 



Market eggs 9955.3 doz. 



Hatching- eggs 1613.7 doz. 



Live fowl 634 birds 



Ducks and geese 



Dressed fowl 167.8 birds 



Pullets sold 111.7 birds 



Cock birds, Live 49.7 birds 



Capons 2A birds 



Cock birds, Dressed 5.4 birds 



Cockerels 1-2 birds 



Roasters, Live 182.3 birds 



Boasters, Dressed 17-7 birds 



Broilers, Live 1657.3 birds 



Broilers, Dressed 16.1 birds 



Started chicks 1 1 -3 birds 



Day-old chicks 3339 



Miscellaneous poultry receipts.... 



Grain sold 



Trucking 



Commission on grain sold. . . . 



Custom hatching 2701.1 eggs 



Equipment sold 



Miscellaneous farm receipts 



Fruit 



Wood 



Crops 



Milk 



Other stock 



Bent of house to hired man . . 

 Increase in value inventory 



Total receipts 



$10,088.90 



Monthly Relationship of Receipts and Expenses 



In a business with large expenses, it is convenient, although not 

 always of vital importance, to have fairly even distribution of the rela- 

 tionship between receipts and expenses. The grain bill alone averaged 

 $434 per month per farm, and on one farm averaged $1048 per month ; 

 if income is delayed over many months, problems of finance arise which 

 are difficult to overcome. 



The average monthly income and outgo on the 23 farms as shown in 

 Figure 1 were not constant. Both the expense curve and the income 

 curve vary during the year and show no particular relationship to 

 each other. The receipt curve was high in October and again in March, 

 April and May, reaching a peak of $1100 in April. Receipts were below 

 $750 in November, December, January, February, June and July. On 

 the other hand, the expense curve was highest in April and lowest in 

 November. Expenses exceeded receipts in January and June. The 

 periods of greatest margin of receipts over expenses were during fall 

 and spring. 



Naturally, this monthly relationship of receipts and expenses varies 

 greatly with different farms and is influenced by such factors as time of 



