40 BULLETIN mi, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table 23. — Cost of keeping workstoch in different areas. 





Num- 

 ber of 

 farms. 



Aver- 

 age 

 num- 

 ber of 

 work- 

 stock 

 per 

 farm. 



Cost per head. 



Total. 



Ma- 

 nure 

 credit. 





Area. 



Feed. 



Shoe- 

 ing. 



Vet- 

 er- 

 inary. 



Chores. 



In- 

 ter- 

 est. 



Har- 

 ness. 



De- 

 pre- 



cia- 

 tion. 



Net 



cost 



per 



head. 



Madison Coiuitv, 

 Ohio 



34 



34 



42 



56 



60 

 60 



8.1 



5.0 



5.4 



6.0 



8.4 

 7.0 



8135. 96 



160. 25 



135. 56 



123. 10 



128. 78 

 135. 13 



83.05 



3.75 



3.13 



2.23 



1.27 

 1.41 



30. 58 



.66 



1.19 



1.04 



1.69 

 1.03 



S15. 43 

 22.58 

 16.52 



16.47 



14.07 

 14. 65 



89.57 



9.02 



7.87 



8.49 



8.86 

 8.08 



85.43 



5.21 



4.87 



3.52 



5.10 

 4.97 



S3. 36 

 4.64 

 1.20 



13.68 



6.72 

 12.09 



S173. 38 



206.11 



170.34 



168.53 



166. 49 

 177.36 



S15.00 



15.00 



15.00 



15.00 



15.00 

 15.00 



8158. 38 



Seneca County, 

 Ohio 



191. 11 



Madison County, 

 Ind 



155. 34 



Montgomery Coun- 

 ty, Ind 



153.53 



Livingston County, 

 111 



151.49 



Knox County, 111.. 



162. 36 



All 



286 



6.8 



133.64 



2.16 



1.13 



15.83 



8.62 



4.82 



7.79 



173. 99 



15.00 



158.99 







The average net cost per farm of keeping the workstock during the 

 year was $1,076. The costs per farm in the different areas were: 



Madison County, Ohio $1, 278 



Seneca County, Ohio 956 



Madison County, Ind 839 



Montgomery County, Ind 926 



Livingston County, 111 1, 280 



Knox County, 111 1, 133 



The greater number of workstock kept on the larger farms (see 

 Table 9) naturally makes the cost per farm greater. The average 

 cost per farm on the farms of different sizes was : 



Less than 80 crop acres $621 



80 to 119 crop acres 660 



120 to 159 crop acres 849 



160 to 199 crop acres 1, 006 



200 to 239 crop acres 1, 120 



240 to 279 4 crop acres ' 1, 292 



280 to 319 crop acres 1, 367 



320 or more crop acres 1, 966 



No attempt was made to obtain figures on the cost of housing the 

 animals or on taxes and insurance. These items, however, would 

 amount to only a small percentage of the total. United States 

 Department of Agriculture Bulletin 560, "The Cost of Keeping Farm 

 Horses and the Cost of Horse Labor," based on detailed cost account 

 records, shows that for the period of 1909 to 1914 these charges 

 amounted to about 10 per cent of the total cost of keeping horses in 

 Illinois and Ohio. Figures presented in the University of Illinois 

 Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 231, "The Horse and the 

 Tractor," shows that for the six }^ears, 1913 to 1918, the charge for 

 shelter there amounted to 3.1 per cent of the total cost (if keeping 



