FARM PROFITS. 



37 



Table VII.- 



-Per cent return on capital on 100 farms in Forest and Johnson townships, 

 Clinton County, Ind., 1910 and 1913-1918 — Continued. 



Rank. 



7-year 

 average. 



1910 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



66 



5.1 



4.7 

 4.4 

 4.8 

 5.3 



4.2 

 4.4 

 5.2 

 5.0 

 4.3 



4.4 

 4.7 

 4.5 

 2.7 

 2-7 



4.0 

 3.1 

 3.8 

 3.4 

 4.4 



2.6 

 3.3 

 3.0 

 3.1 

 3.0 



1.4 

 2.4 

 3.2 



(a) 

 2.6 



4.1 

 1.8 

 - .2 

 2.7 

 2.4 



7.9 

 5.9 

 2.5 

 13.5 

 2.4 



3.8 

 2.4 

 5.9 

 10.0 

 5.2 



4.1 



4.1 



8.5 



-7.0 



4.0 



2.9 

 .9 

 7.1 

 1.7 

 3.4 



1.1 

 5.2 



4.7 



3.5 



.5 



2.2 

 2.1 

 1.5 



2.7 

 .9 



2.2 

 - .0 

 3.1 

 6.2 

 2.9 



4.0 

 4.3 

 4.4 

 4.0 

 1.6 



5.1 

 3.0 

 3.5 

 3.1 

 4.0 



7.4 

 4.7 

 4.2 

 5.1 

 2.0 



6.5 



- .9 

 5.8 

 4.2 

 4.4 



1.7 

 2.0 

 2.7 

 -1.5 

 6.1 



1.9 

 .1 



2.6 



- .5 

 5.0 



2.0 

 .4 



- .3 

 .9 

 .2 



7.3 

 2-2 

 2.2 

 1.5 

 2.3 



3.0 

 1.6 

 3.2 

 3.4 

 4.0 



5.1 

 1.5 

 4.0 

 3.0 

 3.5 



- .8 

 3.0 

 3.8 

 3.1 

 3.7 



6.5 



- .8 

 .7 



3.0 

 1.7 



.7 



2.1 



3.2 



-3.3 



.8 



3.8 



- .8 

 -4.0 



3.0 

 .2 



2.9 

 1.7 

 6-5 

 .1 

 4.1 



.4 

 5.0 

 3.9 

 3.4 

 5.1 



6.4 

 6.1 

 1.3 

 7.9 

 3.5 



1.5 

 2.1 

 -2.2 

 5.2 

 3.6 



2.8 

 .3 

 3.9 

 1.8 

 2.5 



- .3 

 .4 



2.6 

 -3.1 



5.7 



3.1 



2.5 



-1.9 



-1.4 



1.3 



— .1 



4.5 



3.3 



2.9 



12.6 



3.1 

 5.3 

 4.7 

 5.3 

 5.3 



7.2 



6.9 



1.5 



11.9 



6.7 



6.9 

 5.9 

 5.4 

 5.1 



5.8 



1-0 

 4.4 

 4.3 

 5.3 



6.2 



4.0 

 7.4 

 4.7 

 .8 

 6-4 



4.1 



3.6 

 3.4 

 2.8 

 5.4 



6.8 

 4.9 

 2.6 

 2.5 

 1.4 



6-6 

 8.3 

 3.1 

 .7 

 3.4 



-2.0 

 1.5 

 6-6 



-1.4 



-3.2 



9.4 

 4.1 

 .7 

 4.9 

 2.3 



- .2 

 5.0 

 3.2 

 1.5 

 4.6 



1.6 



- .8 

 3.2 

 1.5 



-2.1 



8.1 

 1.2 

 .2 

 3.6 

 3.3 



7.4 



67 



9.5 



68 



9.1 



69. 



7.9 



70. 



12.5 



71 



7.2 



72 



5.5 



73 



74 



75. . "... 



12.0 

 8.8 

 3.2 



76. 



2.8 



77. 



8.2 



78 



5.6 



79 



- .6 



80 : 



2.7 



81 



1.8 



82 



6.6 



83.. 



6.3 



84 



- .4 



85 



7.8 



86 



5.3 



87 



7.3 



88.. . 



1.6 



89. 



8.0 



90 



- .4 



91 



92 



-.1 

 5.2 



93 



4.4 



94... 



2.0 



95.... 



1.3 



96 



5.4 



97. 



5.4 



98 



-1.6 



99.... 



4.0 



100 



3.0 







Average of farms 



Maximum 



5.4 



9.9 



- .2 



100 



4.9 



13.5 



-7.0 



91 



4.8 

 11.5 

 -1.5 



89 



3.5 



11.6 



-4.0 



65 



4.2 



9.0 



-3.1 



78 



6.7 



13.7 



- .1 



124 



6.2 



17.6 



-3.2 



115 



7- 7 

 18.4 

 -1.6 



Index i 



143 







a Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



1 Represents the percentage the returns each year are of the seven-year average (5.4=100). 



FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROFITS OF DIFFERENT FARMS. 



Table VIII shows, for each farm, the seven-year average crop area, 

 number of productive animal units, crop yields, live-stock returns 

 per animal, and crop acres per man and per horse, all of which are 

 considered important factors affecting farm profits. The farms are 

 arranged in the table according to the seven-year average labor in- 

 comes. -A study of this table will show how each farm stood with 

 reference to each of these factors. (An illustration of such study was 

 given for the area in Ohio on p. 22.) 



Also certain groups of farms may be studied with reference to 

 these factors, as shown in the lower part of the table. The 10 farms 

 having the highest seven-year average labor incomes averaged 195 

 acres of crops, as compared with 86 acres for the 10 farms having the 



