FARM PROFITS. 



23 



THE FARM BUSINESS. 



A summary of the farm business for the 100 farms over the seven 

 years, 1910 and 1913 to 1918, is shown in Table V. 



Table V. — Summary of the farm business over a period of seven years, 1910 and 1913- 

 1918, Forest and Johnson townships, Clinton County, Ind. (average of 100 farms). 



Acres per farm 



Acres in pasture 



Acres in corn 



Acres in oats 



Acres in wheat 



Acres in hay 



Acres in other crops. 



1910 



116 

 23 

 37 

 20 

 14 

 10 



Corn per acre bushels. . j 



Oats per acre do — 



Wheat per acre do — 



Hay per acre tons. . 



Productive animal umtb 



Brood sows number. 



Work stock do. . . 



Receipts per animal unit 



Total labor, months 



Farm capital 



Real estate 



Livestock 



Machinery 



Allother 



Real estate per acre . 



Receipts 51, 911 



[Percent- 



52 



47 



20 



1.4 



18.2 



7.0 



4.8 



861 



18.2 



$19, 055 



16,977 



1,355 



286 



437 



147 



Hogs 



Corn 



Oats 



Cattle 



Wheat 



Dairy products. 

 Other 



Expenses. 



Hired labor 



Unpaid family labor 

 Repairs and depreciation : 



Machinery 



House 



Other buildings 



Repairs, fences 



Feed purchased 



Seed purchased 



Fertilizer 



Machine work hired 



Taxes and insurance 



Other 



124 

 27 

 37 

 24 



17 

 6 



126 



28 

 42 

 25 

 11 

 10 

 4 



36 

 20 

 1.5 



44 



38 



19 



1.0 



19.2 



6.4 

 4.6 

 $63 

 18.8 



21.3 



7.1 

 4.8 

 S59 

 18.9 



§24,936 



22, 672 



1.482 



376 



406 



182 



§25, 724 



23,084 



1,709 



397 



534 



183 



52,261 $2,158 



Per cent. Per cent, 



35 40 



15 15 



9 ; 13 



10 9 



4 : 6 



4 , 5 



23 12 



129 

 25 

 43 

 22 



17 

 10 

 4 



47 

 53 

 19 



1.4 



21.0 

 7.3 

 4.9 

 S59 



19.6 



$26, 436 



23, 728 



1.677 



'406 



625 



183 



1916 



130 

 28 

 44 

 32 



2 

 12 



3 



48 



37 



6 



1.4 



21.1 



6.9 



1.8 



S83 



19.4 



$26, 599 



23,888 



1,788 



399 



524 



184 



$2,377 I §3,004 



Per cent Per cent. 

 42 

 20 

 13 

 11 



3 



11 



0) 



130 

 25 

 49 

 27 

 2 

 12 



34 



36 



15 



1.3 



20.0 



6.4 



4.8 



$116 



19.6 



127 

 26 

 41 

 24 



9 

 11 



8 



32 



52 



27 



1.4 



20.7 

 6.2 

 4.5 

 SI 28 



19.0 



$27, 822 



24. 571 



2,084 



433 



731 



$31, 135 



27, 720 



2.294 



459 



662 



218 



$3, 412 



Per cent. 



53 

 8 



13 



11 

 1 

 4 



10 



! $4, 386 



Per cent. 

 42 



8 



14 

 13 

 10 



4 



7-year 

 average. 



126 

 26 

 42 

 25 



45 



43 



18 



1.3 



20.2 

 7 



4.7 

 S81 

 19.1 



$25, 958 



23,234 



1,770 



394 



560 



183 



$2, 787 



Per cent. 

 42 

 13 

 13 

 10 

 6 

 4 

 12 



§758 §828 $868 | $864 



Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 



Farm Income 



Interest on capital at 5% 



Labor Income 



Operator 's labor 



Return on capital. per cent. 



Value of farnilj' labor 



Interest on indebtedness 



Family income 



Family living from farm i . . 

 Amount sold: 



Hogs number. 



Corn bushels. 



Oats do... 



Wheat do. .. 



Prices: 



Hogs cwt. 



Com bushel. 



Oats do... 



Wheat do: . 



18 



18 



8 



9 



» 





3 



3 



4 



4 



5 



4 



19 



15 



2 



4 



1 



1 



7 



6 



20 



21 



$1, 287 

 953 

 334 

 312 

 5.1 

 48 

 6 47 

 1,288 

 356 



46 

 455 

 718 

 238 



$1, 503 



1,247 



258 



325 



4.7 



85 



47 



1.541 



361 



593 

 630 

 111 



8.16 

 .43 

 .32 

 .93 



8.25 

 .57 

 .34 

 .81 



$1,330 



1,286 



44 



332 



3.9 



70 



42 



1,358 



388 



59 

 482 

 750 

 178 



8.21 

 .67 

 .37 



$1,509 



1,322 



187 



338 



4.4 



78 



49 



1,538 



373 



49 

 601 

 984 

 302 



7.04 

 .59 

 .35 

 .98 



(a) 



§1, 169 



Per cent 

 15 



\ §1, 408 



Per cent. 

 15 



(a) 



$931 



Percent. 

 17 



9 



$2, 140 



1,330 



810 



349 



6.7 



79 



59 



2.160 



416 



53 



645 

 976 



9.45 

 .93 

 .40 



1.40 



$2, 243 



1.391 



852 



402 



6.6 



89 



57 



2,275 



551 



45 

 274 

 750 



24 



$2, 978 



1,557 



L"421 



527 



7.9 



120 



55 



3,043 



620 



46 

 239 

 979 

 220 



§1, 856 



1,298 



558 



369 



5.7 



81 



51 



1 



15.44 



1.03 



.61 



2.11 



17.39 



1.41 



.62 



2.08 



435 



49 

 470 

 824 

 154 



10.56 



.43 

 1.30 



a Less than 1 per cent. 



6 No data, but estimated the same as for 1913. 



i Computed from U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 410 and War Industries Bulletin No. 1. 



