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BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table IX. — Summary of the farm business over a period of five years, 1913-1917, 

 Verona township and adjoining totvnships, Dane County, Wis. {average of 60 farms) . 



1916 



1917 



5-year 



Acres per farm 



Acres in pasture 



Acres in corn 



Acres in oats 



Acres in hay 



Acres in other crops . 



Corn per acre bushels. 



Oats per acre do. . . 



Hay per acre tons. 



Productive animal units 



Brood sows number. 



Cows do. . . 



Work stock do. . . 



Receipts per animal unit 



Total labor months . 



149 

 52 

 29 

 25 

 22 

 6 



36 

 32 

 1.8 



150 

 52 

 29 

 25 

 22 

 5 



32 

 26 

 1.7 



146 

 50 

 29 

 26 

 21 

 4 



19 

 35 

 1.6 



147 

 51 

 26 

 27 

 24 

 3 



34 

 36 

 1.6 



147 

 51 

 29 

 24 

 23 

 5 



23~ 

 37 

 1.9 



148 

 51 

 28 

 25 

 22 

 6 



28 

 33 

 1.7 



Farm capital 



Real estate 



Livestock 



Machinery 



Allother 



Real estate per acre . 



Receipts 



Sources (per cent). 



Dairy products 



Hogs 



Cattle 



Poultry 



Allother 



30.5 

 7.6 



15.6 

 4.6 



60 



22.1 



$17, 307 



14, 762 



1,740 



462 



343 



99 



30.1 

 6.7 



16.5 

 4.7 



CO 



21.5 



31.3 

 6.2 



17,7 

 4.8 



76 



22.9 



$17,451 



14, 641 



1,965 



480 



365 



100 



$17, 803 



14, 847 



2,101 



489 



366 



101 



30.7 

 6.6 



18.6 

 4.9 

 101 



23.0 



$18, 305 



14, 928 



2,359 



500 



518 



101 



30.7 

 6.9 



16.9 

 4.7 



71 



22.5 



$17, 692 



14, 802 



2,016 



481 



393 



100 



1, 961 



$1,841 



$1, 858 



$2,560 



$3, 278 



$2, 300 



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 



Per cent 

 16 

 22 



4 

 6 

 3 



12 

 3 

 (a) 

 4 

 16 



Per cent 

 21 

 20 



7 

 4 

 6 

 3 



10 

 2 

 (a) 

 4 



15 



$917 



Per cent 



18 



19 



7 

 3 

 7 

 3 



15 

 2 

 (a) 

 4 



15 

 7 



$1, 043 



Per cent 



18 



22 



7 

 3 

 7 

 2 



12 

 2 

 (a) 

 5 



15 

 7 



$1, 288 



Per cent 



15 



21 



7 

 3 

 6 

 2 



17 

 3 

 (a) 

 4 



13 

 9 



$1. 007 



Per cent. 



18 



21 



7 

 3 

 6 

 2 



13 

 3 

 (a) 

 4 



15 



Farm income 



Interest on capital, 5 per cent . 



Labor income 



Operator's labor 



Return on capital, per cent. 



Value of family labor 



Interest on indebtedness ] 



Family income 



Family living from farm 2 



$1,079 

 865 

 214 

 401 

 3.9 

 192 

 115 

 1,156 

 351 



$935 

 879 

 56 

 429 

 2.9 

 185 

 115 

 1,005 

 356 



$941 

 873 

 68 

 443 

 2.9 

 175 

 115 

 1,001 

 342 



$1, 517 

 891 

 626 

 479 

 5.8 

 232 

 115 

 1,634 

 388 



$1,990 



915 

 1,075 

 575 

 7.7 

 276 

 115 

 2,151 

 525 



$1, 293 

 885 

 408 

 465 

 4.7 

 211 

 115 

 1,389 

 392 



Amount sold: 



Milk pounds. 



Hogs 



Calves 



67, 080 

 39.8 



74, 165 

 35.0 



8.4 



78, 788 



33.8 



9.4 



81,420 



30.2 



9.3 



80,910 

 33.5 

 11.9 



76,473 



34.5 



9.6 



Prices: 



Milk hundredweight 



Hogs do . . 



Calves 



1.23 

 7.36 



8.S6 



1.12 

 7.36 



8.72 



1.16 

 6.51 

 9.77 



1.58 

 8.72 

 12.31 



2.16 

 15.73 



13.28 



1.46 

 9.14 

 10.59 



a Less than one per cent. 



1 Data for "interest on indebtedness" obtained in 1913 and assumed to be the same for the other years. 



2 From U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 410 and index numbers for "cost of living" published 

 by the "Annalist." 



