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BULLETIN 941, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



All the labor on this farm was performed by the operator himself, and for the year's 

 labor the farmer had $871 after paying all expenses and allowing 5 per cent interest 

 on the capital invested. 



FARM NO. 3. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



Crop area acres.. 95.5 



Woods and waste do — 36.5 



Pasture do — 51. 



Total do ... . 183. 



Land and buildings $5,000 



Live stock 1, 546 



Machinery 443 



Feed and cash 333 



Total 7, 322 



ACREAGE AXD YIELD OF CROPS. 



NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 



Crop. 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Wheat 



Rye 



Oats 



Hay 



Apples (in pasture). 

 Garden 



.bushels.. 

 ....do.... 

 ....do.... 

 ....do.... 

 ....do.... 

 tons.. 



Total 

 vield. 



555 

 85 



165 

 10 



102 

 28 



Acres. 



Class. 



22 



1.5 

 15 

 .75 



5 

 50 

 18 



1.25 



Cows 



Heifers 



Calves 



Bulls 



Steers 



Horses 



Sheep 



Lambs 



Brood sows. 

 Hogs 



Begin- 

 ning of 

 year. 



Pur- 

 chased. 



Pro- 

 duced. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 



Source. 



Potatoes bushels.. 



Wheat do 



Oats do 



Apples 



Corn bushels . . 



Hay 



Cattle 



Dairy products 



Colts 



Sheep and wool 



Swine 



Total receipts. 



Amount 

 sold. 



75 



Value. 



136 

 41 

 20 



105 

 23 



635 



133 

 50 



147 



Hired labor $67 



Family labor 600 



Repairs to machinery 33 



Repairs to building and fences 32 



Feed 270 



Seed 46 



Fertilizer 40 



Other expenses 102 



Depreciation, machinery and buildings 74 



Total expenses 1, 264 



SI, 785 



Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) $521 



5 per cent interest on capital 366 



Labor income 155 



This is one of the larger upland farms with a rolling topography. It was poorly 

 organized, as will be observed by a study of the acreage and production of crops, 

 amount and returns from live stock, the size of the feed bill, and the amount of both 

 man and horse labor used. Quite a large area was in meadow hay. Eighteen acres 

 of apples had also been planted, but the trees were being allowed to die out, and the 

 acreage last year was cut for meadow hay. Quite a large amount of live stock was 

 kept. Cattle sales amounted to $635, and furnished the largest single source of income, 

 with hogs, $486, the next largest. Revenue was also obtained from dairy products, 

 colts raised, sheep, wool, crops and fruit. 



If this farmer were to pay his family the value of their year's work at $600 and pay 

 interest on his investment at 5 per cent he would have left for his own year's labor 



