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BULLETIN 32, 17. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table IV. — Expenses of and income from the 95-acre hill farm of Mr. English 

 for the year ended March 31, 1911. 



Investment. 



Amount. 



95 acres of land, at $16.32 per acre. 

 Improvements 



Total investment 



SI, 550 

 400 



1,950 



Expenses. 



Cost. 



Income. 



Gross 

 receipts. 



Net 

 receipts. 





S18. 00 

 14.00 

 6.80 



12.00 

 4.80 

 4.80 

 2.40 



16.00 

 4.00 



150 bushels of oats, at 45 cents 



58 bushels of buckwheat, at 60 cents. 

 ISO bushels of potatoes, at 60 cents. . . 

 10 head of young cattle pastured 6 



S67. 50 

 34.80 

 108. 00 



30.00 









400 pounds of fertilizer for potatoes. . 

 20 bushels of seed potatoes, at 60 





800 pounds of acid phosphate for oats . 



8 bushels of seed oats, at 60 cents 



4 bushels of buckwheat, at 60 cents. . 



Total 













Total 



82.80 



240. 30 







Owner's income (interest on 

 investment is not deducted) 



$157. 50 









The owner's income amounts to 8.08 per cent on the investment 

 of $1,950. In this calculation no account is taken of the owner's 

 supervision, as the exercise of it did not detract from that of the 

 home farm. 



In addition, the farm was very materially improved by deeper 

 plowing, better cultivation of the crops, and by cleaning up around 

 the place. 



MANAGEMENT THE SECOND YEAR. 



The following year about 9 acres of sod land were plowed 7 or 8 

 inches deep and thoroughly prepared for potatoes. Unfortunately, 

 the tenant left some of the cut seed potatoes exposed for several days 

 without the owner's knowledge, and these made a very uneven stand 

 when planted. Three plantings were made. The first from freshly 

 cut seed gave a fine stand and yielded 150 bushels to the acre. The 

 next was the largest and made a very poor stand, yielding only 50 

 bushels to the acre, while the last was good and yielded 150 bushels 

 to the acre. From the whole field 816 bushels were dug, an average 

 of about 90 bushels per acre, a very low yield. These were worth $1 a 

 bushel at the farm, however, which in part made up for the low yield. 



In spite of a very dry season the clover sown the previous year 

 came up very well. From a 2-acre plat over 4 tons of fine clover hay 

 were cut, while the remainder of the new seeding cut about 1 ton of 

 good hay per acre. Eight acres of oats in which the usual seeding of 

 clover and timothy with lime and acid phosphate was made yielded 



