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BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table II. — Labor income of the 25 farms in Palmer township, Washington County, 



Ohio, 1912-1918. 



[Arranged according to size of the seven-year average labor income.] 



Rank of farms. 



7-year 

 average. 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1 



-S824 

 722 

 618 

 616 



488 



474 

 462 

 459 

 417 

 386 



303 

 233 

 224 

 201 

 198 



137 

 137 

 116 

 113 



85 



44 



- 2 



- 8 

 -161 

 -178 



S559 

 236 

 220 



528 

 247 



245 

 414 

 429 



- 20 

 419 



126 



105 



93 



-157 



- 11 



176 

 10 

 57 



- 12 

 152 



103 



- 9 

 122 



-131 

 -108 



S776 

 396 

 273 

 282 

 339 



. 528 



-339 



344 



159 



191 



- 37 

 141 

 118 

 219 



-116 



-160 



- 6 

 186 



43 

 34 



-145 

 83 

 -153 

 -189 

 -226 



S661 



811 

 -21 

 205 

 403 



464 

 -17S 

 622 

 484 

 228 



596 

 206 

 253 

 102 

 166 



- 63 

 155 

 250 

 108 



-116 



-182 



- 67 



- 40 

 -170 

 -120 



S603 

 389 

 397 

 251 

 303 



658 

 609 

 411 

 108 

 253 



-328 

 93 

 139 

 158 



158 



254 

 34 

 193 

 109 



68 



-122 

 - 33 

 -211 

 -202 

 -306 



S705 



578 



1,022 



636 



524 



372 

 976 

 134 

 415 

 294 



443 

 325 

 279 

 287 

 309 



69 

 218 

 80 

 90 

 295 



59 



- 19 



- 10 

 213 



--182 



81,680 



1,352 



1,485 



991 



850 



435 

 774 

 902 

 985 

 974 



1,444 

 583 

 410 

 695 



418 



618 

 524 

 209 

 422 

 233 



412 

 89 



474 

 -179 

 -127 



8782 



2 



1,292 



3 



953 



4 



1,418 



5 



753 



6 



619 



7 



981 



8 



369 



9 



785 



10 



340 



11 



12 



-124 

 177 



13 



278 



14 



102 



15 



464 



16 



67 



17 



26 



18.... 



—160 



19 



34 



20 



— 69 



21 



185 



22 



— 58 



23 



—240 



24 



—469 



25 



-177 







Average 



276 



824 



-178 



100 



152 



359 



-157 

 55 



110 



776 



-339 



40 



190 



811 



-182 



67 



159 



658 



-328 



58 



324 

 1,022 

 -182 



117 



666 

 1,680 

 -179 



241 



333 





1,418 





-469 



Index » 



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1 Represents the per cent the labor income each year was of the seven-year average (§276=100). 



Following the labor incomes of each farmer over the seven-year 

 period, it is seen that 9 of the 25 farmers made a labor income every 

 year after paying all other expenses (in other words they had plus 

 labor incomes each year); 6 farmers had labor incomes for six of 

 the seven years, and so on. One farmer failed to make a labor 

 income in any of the seven years. 



The $1,000 labor income mark was reached only in an occasional 

 year and then by only a few farmers. Not a farmer reached $1,000 

 labor income every year. Two farmers had better than $1,000 labor 

 income for two years, and three farmers for one year. 



Ten of the 2.5 farmers did not reach a $500 labor income in any 

 year and but 1 had over $500 every year. For the seven-year aver- 

 age, only 4 farmers exceeded a $500 labor income; that of 7 ranged 

 from $300 to $500; that of 10 others was between $1 and $300, 

 while 4 failed to make 5 per cent on capital, with no returns for their 

 own labor outside of the farm-furnished supplies. The four last men- 

 tioned had seven-year average minus labor incomes. 



Comparing the labor income returned on these farms each year 

 with the value each farmer placed upon his labor for each year, it is 

 found that one-fourth of the farmers got what they considered fair 



