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BULLETIN 941, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



obtained by planting more corn and forage crops, and returns from stock were not 

 commensurate "with the value of the feed consumed, especially from the great number 

 of horses. This farm had for three years belonged to the present owner, who stated 

 that at the outset he had $2,000 cash, in addition to that used in purchasing and 

 equipping the farm, but had used this entire amount in addition to the farm returns 

 foi the three years' living. The year's analysis of the business shows quite clearly 

 why this was necessary. His horse enterprise is large and unprofitable. 



FARM NO. 7. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



Crop area acres. . 56 



Waste and woods do 109 



Pasture do 35 



Total farm area do 200 



Land and buildings $9, 500 



Live stock 1, 761 



Machinery and tools 505 



Cash 100 



Total capital 11, 866 



ACREAGE AND YIELD OF CROPS. 



NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 



Corn bushels. . 



Corn and soy beans for silage. tons . . 



Wheat bushels. . 



Rye do 



Rye (pastured) 



Oats bushels. . 



Kafir corn (seed) do 



Hay tons.. 



Soy beans do 



Sorghum gallons . . 



Cane after oats do 



Apples 



Blackberries crates . . 



Total 

 yield. 



200 

 100 

 96 

 32 



128 

 10 

 4 

 15 

 40 

 10 



Acres. 



Class. 



4 

 10 

 10 



4 



4 



4.5 



2 



5 



6 



1.5 



4.5 



4 



1 



Cows 



Heifers 



Calves 



Bulls 



Horses 



Mules 



Mule colt . . . 



Boar 



Brood sows. 



Hogs 



Chickens.. . 



Begin- 

 ning 

 of year. 



1 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 7 

 125 



Pur- 

 chased. 



Pro- 

 duced. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 



Source. 



Wheat bushels. . 



Rye do — 



Oats do 



Hay tons.. 



Blackberries crates. . 



Dairy products 



Cattle 



Colts : 



Hogs 



Poultry and eggs 



Wood 



Total receipts. 



Amount 

 sold 



Value. 



4 



30 



48 



43 



658 



374 



25 



252 



118 



12 



Hired labor $40 



Family labor 500 



Repairs to machinery 22 



Repairs to fences 7 



Feed 212 



Seed 46 



Other expenses 166 



Depreciation, machinery, and buildings 120 



Total expenses 1, 113 



1,724 



Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) $611 



5 per cent interest on capital 593 



Labor income . 



This farm had an improved area of 91 acres. The stock on hand at the beginning 

 of the year consisted of 10 cows, 9 heifers, and 1 bull; three horses, 1 mule, and 1 colt; 

 2 sows and 8 other hogs, and a flock of chickens. Fifty-six acres of crops were raised and 

 good yields obtained. 



This represents one of the farms where dairying receives considerable attention. 

 When the present operator purchased this farm, six years ago, it was in a badly run- 

 down condition, and his good management in inaugurating a cropping system and 



