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BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The price received for milk greatly affects the farm returns in this 

 area. As previously pointed out, the decline in the price of milk 

 for the years 1914 and 1915 was the largest single factor tending to 

 decrease the income. Comparing the first two years with the last 



! VALUE: FOOD. FUEL, HOUSE RENT 

 (FURNISHED BY FARM FOR FAMILY USE 



INCOME OF A FARMER 



FARMERS WHO LOST MONEY BUI 

 RECEIVED FOOD, FUEL & HOUSE RENT 

 FARMERS WHO LOST MONEY 

 AS WELL AS THEIR TIME 



Fig. 19. — The labor incomes of 60 farmers in Verona and adjoining townships, Dane County, Wis., 

 1913-1917. Each dot represents the labor income of one fanner. The fanners shown in the shaded area 

 had only the food products, fuel and house rent, as pay for their own labor, and received a return on 

 capital invested of less than 5 per cent. Those shown below the shaded area had losses in addition to this. 



