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stock, and a flock of chickens. No live stock was lost during the year. He has for 

 years practiced a regular system of crop rotation and pasturage and the use of stable 

 manure on his land, and good yields were obtained. He also cultivates and sprays 

 his apple orchard carefully and obtains good yields. Apple sales of $400, wheat 

 $428, and net sales of cattle amounting to $850 were his largest sources of cash re- 

 ceipts. Hogs contributed $342 to the farm income. Revenue was also obtained from 

 the sale of dairy products, raising colts, poultry, and other sources. 



The gross farm income amounted to $2,682, total expenses of $1,089 deducted from 

 this left a net income of $1,593, of which $1,223 was the operator's labor income for 

 his year's work. 



FARM NO. 6. 



DISTRIBUTION OP FARM AREA. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



•Crop area acres. . 37 Land and buildings . 



Waste and woods do 19 Livestock. 



Pasture do. . . 



Total farm area do . . 



Machinery and tools. 

 Feed and cash 



$5,000 

 626 

 160 



Total capital 5, 850 



ACREAGE AND YIELD OF CROPS. 



NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 



Crop. 



Corn bushels. 



Wheat do. . . 



Oats do. . . 



Barley do. . . 



Hay do... 



Apples 



Total 

 yield. 



375 

 100 

 230 

 65 

 2 



Acres. 



Class. 



10 



10.5 

 3.5 

 2 

 3 



Cows 



Bull 



Heifer 



Calves 



Horse 



Colts 



Boars 



Brood sows. 



Hogs 



Chickens . . . 



Begin- 

 ning of 

 year. 



Pur- 

 chased 



Pro- 

 duced. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 



Source. 



Corn bushels.. 



Oats do. . . 



Wheat do. . . 



Barley do. . . 



Dairy products 



Cattle 



Colts 



Poultry and eggs . 



Total receipts. 



Amount 

 sold. 



Value. 



45 

 95 

 4 

 '40 

 151 

 215 

 268 

 34 



Extra hired labor .'. . $12 



Family labor .' 150 



Repairs to machinery 10 



Repairs to fences 10 



Feed 160 



Seed 18 



Other expenses 124 



Depreciation, machinery and buildings 40 



Total expenses 524 



948 



Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) $424 



5 per cent interest on capital 292 



Labor income - 132 



This farm of 77 acres had live stock at the beginning of the year consisting of 3 

 cows; 4 calves, yearlings, and heifers; 7 mares, 2 sows and 7 other hogs. There were 

 8 acres of corn and 24 acres of wheat, oats, and barley; 2 acres of hay, and 21 acres of 

 pasture. Receipts from hogs were low. Some dairy products were sold. Six colts 

 were born during the year but were of a small, inferior breed and of low value. Most 

 of the crops raised were fed on the place, and, in addition, $160 was spent for feed. 

 Feed produced by the combination of crops was not as great as could have been 



