FAKM-MANAGEMENT SUEVEY OF REPRESENTATIVE AREAS. 



9 



^ t ^ ^ S % o ^ Q 

















1 \ 







- 















1 

 1 



\ 



\ 













/ * 





\ 



1 

 1 



1 











<c^ 







/ 

 t 

 / 





> 



1 





\ 



\ 







CA f?ROL L. , /OWA ■ 



I. 



\ 



LA F~s4VETTE 7 //VD/AAt 'A. 



strated that the rainfall during the months of July and August de- 

 termines to a large extent the yield of corn. 



Figure 3 shows 

 the average monthly ^ S | 



rainfall for 10 

 years, as well as for 

 the year 1910. 



In Illinois and 

 Indiana the year 

 may be said to be 

 normal in almost all 

 climatic respects. 

 In Iowa a drought 

 in early summer 

 caused a shortage in 

 the returns of pos- 

 sibly 20 per cent be- 

 low normal. The 

 effects of this 

 drought were most 

 noticeable on the 

 corn crop. The 

 prices of live stock 

 and grain are dis* 

 cussed on page 31. 

 These had a marked 

 effect on the profits 

 derived from the two types of farming. 



FARM PROFITS. 



INCOMES RECEIVED BY FARM OWNERS. 



The average capital, receipts, expenditures, and labor incomes for 

 the 273 farms operated by owners are given in Table II. 



Table II. — Average area, capital, receipts, expenses, and profits on 273 farms 

 operated by oioners in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. 









/ 



—.— 



V 





> 



\ 











/ 



t 





^ 





t 



\ 







"*-«, 



^"■"J 



/ 

 / 









S 



1 



f 





»—*-£ 



*"^ 



SPR//VGF/ELD, /LL/NO/S. 



• AVERAGE fttOMTPL y PREC/P/TAT/OA/, /90/-/3/0 WCLOS/VE. 



_ MO/VTHLr PREC/P/TAT/OM, /S/O. 



Fig. 3. — Chart showing a comparison of the rainfall in 1910 

 with the 10-year average for each district surveyed. 



Item. 



Indiana. 



Illinois. 



Iowa. 



Grand 

 total or 

 general 

 average. 



Total number of farms 



Average area 



Average capital 



Average receipts 



Average expenses 1 



Average farm income 



Average interest at 5 per cent . 

 Average owner's labor income. 



123 

 105 



73 

 253 



77 

 176 



273 

 178 



817,535 



1,876 



689 



1,187 



877 



310 



.$51,091 

 5, 042 

 1,866 

 3,176 

 2,554 

 622 



$23, 193 

 2,308 



858 

 1,450 

 1,159 



291 



30, 606 

 3, 076 

 1,138 

 1,938 

 1,530 

 408 



1 The value of unpaid family labor, except the operator's, has been added in withd.he other farm ex- 

 penses. It is equivalent to the amount that would have been paid to hired help had not the family done 

 the work. The average amount per farm was $86 in Indiana, $127 in Illinois, and $101 in Iowa. 



13131°— 14 2 



