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only $155. Compare with No. 4 as to organization of crop land, amount of labor 

 used, feed purchased, live-stock production, and amount of work stock kept, and 

 it will be easy to detect why this farmer got only $155 as labor income for his year's 

 labor while No. 4 got over $1,000 for his. 



FARM NO. 4. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



Crop area acres. . 55 



Woods and waste do 70 



Pasture do 35 



Totalfarm area do 160 



Land and buildings S5, 600 



Live stock 1, 454 



Machinery 647 



Feed and cash 117 



Total capital 7, 818 



DISTRIBUTION OF CROP AREA. 



NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 



Crop. 



Corn 



Corn for silage. 



Kafir corn 



Wheat 



Oats 



Hay 



Apples 



Garden 



.bushels.. 



tons.. 



....do.... 

 .bushels.. 

 ....do.... 

 tons.. 



Total 

 yield. 



500 

 60 



1.5 

 115 

 117 



9 



Acres. 



Class. 



17 



8 



2 



9 



3.5 

 12 



2 



1.5 



Cows . . . 

 Heifers. 

 Calves . . 

 Horses. . 

 Oxen . . . 

 Colts.... 



Lambs 



Brood sows . 



Hogs 



Poultry 



ning of 

 year. 



Pur- 

 chased. 



Pro- 

 duced. 



2 







13 









2 



1 







8 



1 







10 





50 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 



Source. 



Wheat bushels . . 



Hay ton . . 



Corn bushels . . 



Oats do 



Dairy products 



Cattle 



Colts 



Sheep and wool 



Hogs 



Poultry and eggs 



Total receipts. 



Amount 

 sold 



25 



1 



175 



15 



Value. 



17 



262 



1-1 



400 



615 



85 

 230 

 376 



177 



Family labor 



Repairs to machinery 



Repairs to buildings and fences 



Feed 



Seed 



Other expenses 



Depreciation, machinery and buildings. 



$400 

 15 

 35 

 23 



27 

 73 

 100 



Total expenses 673 



2,223 



Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) $1, 550 



5 per cent interest on capital 391 



Labor income 1, 159 



This is a highland farm with rolling topography, which was operated quite success- 

 fully. Fifty-five acres of crops were raised, consisting of corn, wheat, oats, kafir 

 corn, meadow hay, apples and garden crops. It was not necessary to purchase any 

 feed in addition to that raised, which aided materially in holding the expenses to 

 a minimum. Dairy products, calves, colts, wool and lambs, hogs, poultry, and general 

 crops were produced upon this farm. All these enterprises brought in some revenue, 

 the largest single source being cattle. The total gross farm income was $2,223. No 

 colts or lambs were sold, the increases being kept on the farm to increase the size 

 of the business for the coming year. No outside labor was hired, and the single item 

 of largest expense was $400 for family labor. Deducting expenses, a net income of 



