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Receipts 



Milk $1501.00 



Eggs 61.75 



Livestock and Meats 293.75 



Feed Crops 16.00 



Cash Crops (mostly potatoes) * 297.60 



Forest Products 153.00 



Miscellaneous 301.00 



Total $2624.10 



Expenses 



Hired Labor $ 295.20 



Purchased Feed 588.80 



Livestock and Veterinary 70.33 



Seed, Fertilizer, Etc " 199.80 



Truck Expense 126.90 



Machineiy Repairs, Etc 71.50 



New Buildings, Etc 49.40 



Taxes and Insurance 203.75 



Miscellaneous Expense 165.70 



Decrease in Value of Livestock 42.10 



Decrease in Value of Machinery 91.00 



Decrease in Value of Feeds and Supplies. . . . 29.80 



Depreciation of Buildings 80.10 



Total Farm Expenses $2014.38 



Farm Income $ 609.72 



Interest (if estimated at 5% on present values) .... $ 393.90 



Labor Income $ 215.82 



On many farms in the Colebrook area present cropping practices are 

 not designed to keep the farm as a whole functioning economically. 

 While certain fields are brought up to a high state of production, others 

 are declining in productive capacity. Later when the less productive 

 fields are built up, the others decline. The operator under present prac- 

 tices is continually facing the building up of fields that have declined 

 in fertility. 



Most farms of the area are adaptable to a system of cropping that 

 would tend to maintain all the tillage fields at a reasonable level of 

 production, and the total production of the farm would be increased. 

 In addition, this sets the stage for a gradual upward spiral in the pro- 

 ductive capacity of the soil. The study was made by H. C. Woodworth 

 and A. Hangas. {Purnell Fund) 



Cod-Liver Oil Helps Calf Feed 



Preliminaiy results in a study of dry-feed systems of raising calves 

 indicate that a satisfactory substitute for whole milk is available in the 



*The potatoes on hand December 1 were included under sales at market price 

 at Colebrook. 



