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BULLETIN 41, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



types are found. One is the crop farm, where 50 per cent or over of 

 the total farm receipts are derived from the sale of grain. The other 

 type is the live-stock farm, where the farmer markets his crops 

 largely through hogs, horses, and beef cattle (fig. 6). The number 

 of men following each type will vary greatly in different years, ac- 

 cording to the relative price of cattle and hogs (figs. 7, 8, and 9). 



One year's results are altogether too few to form any substantial 

 basis of comparison. The data are presented only to show the im- 

 portance of the type of farming in relation to income. It is fully 

 recognized that further studies in another year under different con- 

 ditions might easily show results just the reverse of these in regard 

 to the best paying type of farming. 



Fig. 6. — The type of bogs which are an important source of income on Iowa farms. 



Of the 273 farm owners 104 were classed as live-stock farmers 

 and TO as crop farmers. The average capital and income of each 

 are given in Table XXIII. 



Table XXIII. — Relation of the type of farming to the income on farms operated 

 by owners in Indiana. Illinois, and Iowa. 





Live-stock farms. 





Crop 



farms. 

















■ ^ 









Farms. 



i 







Farms. 



S 













ft 



s 







ft 



• 



Slate. 





^ 





^ 



s 







a 



d£ 



a 



p 





a 



d • 



03 



o 







% 



95 





a 





§ 



8 * 



9 

 1 



a 





Ei 



3 



0. 



a 



> 



o 

 "3 



1 



C3 



3 

 u 



u 





• .a 





fc 



< 



ft 



<j 



n 



z 



-i^ 



ft 



< 



J 



Indiana 



95 



103. 2 



5.6 



SI 7, 405 



S348 



28 



113.0 



2.0 



$17,981 



S182 



Illinois 



32 



284.2 



66.3 



58, 487 



1.588 



41 



229.4 



24.4 



45,319 



-131 



Iowa 



67 



181.2 



40.1 



23, 775 



329 



10 



140.9 



17.1 



19, 296 



34 



Total or average 



194 



189.5 



37.3 



33, 222 



755 



79 



161.1 



14.5 



27, 532 



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