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BULLETIN 941, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



and applied carefully, and a 3-to-4-year rotation followed. Most of the crops raised, 

 except the wheat, were fed on the place. All calves were raised. Two litters of 

 pigs were raised from 1 sow, one litter from the other sow, and the sale of these pigs 

 furnished an especially good source of income. Income was derived from all other 

 classes of live stock kept, with over 20 per cent of the total receipts from sales of 

 crops. Both a good farm income and labor income were earned. The family labor 

 on this farm, valued at $600, was done by the operator's daughters, who found the 

 work both profitable and pleasant. (See Fig. 17.) This farm is well organized and 

 unusually well diversified. 



FARM NO. 9. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



Crop area acres. . 122 



Woods and waste do 98 



Pasture do 91 



Total farm area do 311 



Land and buildings .■ $10, 260 



Live stock 3, 153 



Machinery and tools 673 



Feed and cash 376 



Total capital 14, 462 



ACREAGE AND YIELD OF CROPS. 



NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 



Crop. 



Com bushels . 



Wheat do 



Oats do 



Hay tons . . 



Cowpeas (hogged) 



Orchard, garden, etc 



Total 

 yield. 



1,155 



385 



300 



20 



Acres. 



Class. 



Cows 



Steers 



Heifers 



Calves 



Horses 



Mules 



Colts 



Ewes 



Lambs 



Brood sows. 

 Hogs 



Begin- 

 ning of 

 year. 



13 



Pur- 

 chased. 



Pro- 

 duced. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 



Com 



Winter wheat bushels . . 



Hay tons . . 



Dairy products 



Cattle 



Colts 



Sheep and wool 



Hogs 



Poultry and eggs 



Total receipts. 



Amount 

 sold. 



295 

 1 



Value. 



$329 

 561 



12 

 150 

 372 

 140 

 466 

 915 



40 



2,985 



Hired labor $20 



Family labor 180 



Repairs to machinery 35 



Repairs to building and fences 33 



Seed 32 



Fertilizer 60 



Other expenses Ill 



Depreciation, buildings and machinery 107 



Total expenses 578 



Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) $2, 407 



5 per cent interest on capital 723 



Labor income 1 , 684 



This is a relatively large farm, containing 213 acres of improved land. The live 

 stock at the beginning of the year consisted of 13 cows and 23 other cattle; 6 horses 

 and mules, 3 colts; 29 sheep and lambs; 4 brood sows and 43 pigs. The sale of hogs 

 constituted the chief source of income, followed in the order named by sale of crops, 

 sheep, cattle, dairy products, colts, and poultry. Among the crops were 12 acres 

 of cowpeas hogged off. Wheat was the important cash crop. The farm income and 

 labor income earned were very satisfactory. 



