FAEM PROFITS. 



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2. Insufficient horse power at critical periods, due to losses of or 

 injuries to work stock. 



3. Curtailment of live-stock production, through losses from dis- 

 ease, injury, failure in breeding stock, losses of calves, pigs, or lambs. 



4. Lack of sufficient labor at critical periods, due to sickness or 

 accident either to the farmer himself or to members of his family 

 and the difficulty in obtaining hired labor. 



FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROFITS OF DIFFERENT FARMS. 



While the preceding tables show wide yearly variations in the 

 profits of most farmers, they also show that some farmers made 

 much more money than others over the seven-year period. Some 

 made enough in addition to their living expenses to reduce indebted- 

 ness, make improvements, buy more land, or make other invest- 

 ments. Others realized no more than enough to supply the neces- 

 saries of life. Table IV shows how each farmer stood with reference 

 to some of the important factors which aided materially in earning 

 larger profits. 



Table IV. — The seven-year average labor income, crop area, pasture area, productive ani- 

 mal units, crop yields, live-stock returns and crop acres per man and per horse for each 

 of the 25 farms, Washington County, Ohio, 1912 to 1918. 



Rank of 

 each farm 

 in 7-year 



average 

 labor in- 

 come. 



7-year 

 average 



labor 

 income. 



Average 

 crop area. 



Average 

 acres in 

 pastures. 



Average 

 number 

 produc- 

 tive ani- 

 malunits. 



Per cent 

 crop 

 yields 



were of 



average 

 for all 



farms. 



Per cent 

 live-stock 

 returns 

 per ani- 

 mal were 

 of the av- 

 erage for 

 all farms. 



Crop 



acres per 



man. 



Crop 



acres per 



horse. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 farm re- 

 ceipts 

 from 

 crops. 



l 



$824 



722 

 618 

 616 

 488 



474 

 462 

 459 

 417 

 386 



303 



233 

 224 

 201 

 198 



137 

 137 

 116 



59 

 60 

 58 

 40 

 48 



47 

 80 

 40 

 36 

 50 



98 

 40 

 24 

 34 



24 



21 

 29 

 38 

 36 

 36 



46 

 31 

 38 



48 

 44 



113 

 83 



131 

 22 



78 



45 

 171 

 57 

 92 

 64 



173 

 54 

 41 

 16 



47 



14 

 59 

 21 



52 

 84 



222 

 53 



62 

 120 



78 



32 

 22 

 22 

 11 

 19 



14 

 33 

 16 

 16 

 10 



50 

 11 

 9 

 8 

 11 



5 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 11 



21 

 7 

 13 

 10 

 10 



115 

 120 

 102 

 98 

 112 



117 

 116 

 102 

 111 

 91 



99 

 96 

 92 

 94 

 97 



115 

 97 



86 

 85 

 78 



85 

 72 

 97 

 98 

 98 



117 

 128 

 115 

 136 

 119 



130 

 98 

 100 

 111 



128 



77 

 109 

 124 



98 

 98 



98 

 75 

 96 

 90 



74 



66 

 68 

 90 

 77 



83 



30 

 42 

 35 

 28 

 35 



38 

 35 

 36 

 27 

 36 



31 

 28 

 19 

 29 

 20 



17 

 21 

 29 

 29 

 31 



38 

 24 

 30 

 36 

 31 



18 

 27 

 14 

 15 

 22 



17 

 25 

 20 

 18 

 24 



13 

 14 

 10 

 14 



10 



11 



2 



15 



3 



12 



4 



5 



35 

 12 



6 



23 



7 



18 



8 



12 



9 



12 



10 



30 



11 



8 

 6 

 11 



13 



12 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



14 1 25 



19 



20 



21 



113 



85 



44 



18 

 14 



23 

 13 



19 

 15 

 22 



17 



23 



4 



8 



6 



35 



28 



22 



- 2 



- 8 

 -161 



-178 



23 



24 



25 





Average,all 

 farms 



Average, 5 

 highest... 



Average, 5 

 lowest 



276 



654 



- 61 



44 

 53 

 41 



78 

 75 

 107 



16 

 21 



12 



100 

 109 

 90 



100 

 123 



77 



30 

 34 

 32 



17 

 19 

 18 



17 

 17 



16 



