UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 920 



• Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 

 H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



December 30, 1920 



FARM PROFITS 



FIGURES FROM THE SAME FARMS FOR A 

 SERIES OF YEARS 



WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO, 25 FARMS, 1912-1918 

 CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA, 100 FARMS, 1910 AND 1913-1918 

 DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 60 FARMS, 1913-1917 



By 



H. M. DIXON, Associate Farm Economist, and 

 H. W. HAWTHORNE, Assistant Farm Economist 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Sources and Character of Data 3 



Summary 5 



The Ohio Area 7 



The Indiana Area 22 



The Wisconsin Area 41 



Good Management Increases Profits . . 55 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1920 



