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BULLETIN" 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



FARM EARNINGS. 



The farm income for the five-year period averaged $1,293 per 

 farm. For two years the average was less than $1,000, and for the 

 last two years it exceeded $1,500. The five^ear labor income 



LIVE STOCK 



f 1 DAIRY PRODUCTS 



2 CATTLE 



3 HOGS 



4 OTHER 



YEAR 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 A ^| E YEAR 



AVERAGE 

 2,300 RECEIPTS 



IN DOLLARS 



AVERAGE 



RECEIPTS 



IN DOLLARS 



1,961 



1.841 1,858 2,560 3,278 



Fig. 16. — Distribution of receipts on 60 farms in Verona and adjoining townships, Dane County, Wis. In 

 1913 live stock returned 93 per cent of the farm receipts, and in 1917 96 per cent. Five-sixths of the 

 income was from the dairy herd and hogs, the receipts from dairy products showing the greatest gain 

 over the period of study. 



