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BULLETIN 994, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



farm scheme. Nevertheless, this same farmer may have put money 

 in the bank from the year's business, improved his home, perhaps 

 expended money in the education of his family, and altogether may 

 feel that he has not done so badly after all. One of the criticisms of 

 cost of production studies for the past 10 years has been that theo- 

 retically most farmers have been put out of business, while actually 

 they have continued to prosper and to improve their homes and 

 increase their savings in the banks. 



Form 57. -FM 



U', S, Department of Agriculture 

 Office of the Secretary, 

 Fan? Management. 



Fann of. 



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Post Office ^WJtiyttia^i ?( fy 



REPORT OF REGULAR DAILY WORK AND NUMBER OF HEAD OF LIVE STOCK FOR THE 

 MONTH OF _&a£lf. 15lff_ 



1. Fill out this blank on the last day of the month or as soon as possible 



thereafter. 



2, Put down the number of head of each group and age of animals that you owned 



on the Last day of the month, as given in the following list. 



3, Estimate the average daily time of man and horse labor spent on the differ- 



ent kinds of regular work during the month past. 



4. Inthe various columns under the heading "Changes in Number of Live Stock 



Owned" or.ter the number of head of each group sold, bought, born, died, or 

 killed during the month, giving approximate dates. 





Number 

 of head 

 on hand 

 on the 

 last of 

 month. 



Average 

 per day 



time 



for 



Changes in Number of Live Stock Owned 

 Duri np- Par:t iionth 



Kind 



each kir.d of 

 regular work. 



STOCK DI 



S2QSEJL5F. 



Here state 



whether sold 



died or 



STOCK ACOniBEB 



and age 



No, 



Date 



No, 



Date 



Here state 



of 

 stock 



1'inutes 



man 



labor. 



Minutes 

 horse 

 labor. 



whether 

 bought or 

 born. 



HOP- 3: 

 Work, 



^ 



<JO 

















Lrivmg 



/ 



5 

















Other 





















Colts, 





















COTS : 

 Milking 



3 



fyo 

















Dry, 









1 











CATTLE: 

 1-2 yrs 



/ 







/ 



27* 



-AedA&rizcC' 



/ 

 / 



JOH 

 27**- 





0-1 yrs 



7 







■ . 





f— 



/ 



27*7 







Bulls, 





















Beef, 





















SHEEP : 





















HOG-S: 

 Breeders 



rl 



















Pigs 

 0-6 mos 



52 t 



60 











8 



W# 



£aAA<rurBil 



Other 

 hogs 



*) 

















V 



POULTRY 



50 



/O 





2 



70* 



JiZTXed 









Fig. 3.— Regular chore work and live-stock report. 



