FARMING IN SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY. 



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general markets, account being taken of shrinkage, freight charges, 

 and local conditions. 



The weights given for hogs, stock cattle, and lambs are averaged 

 estimates. The production and receipts per cow and the production 

 and receipts per 100 poultry are the averages based on the most suc- 

 cessful 140 farms. Twenty-five of the 140 successful farms made the 

 production of milk and butter an important enterprise, and the cows 

 on such farms were rated as dairy cows. On the 115 remaining suc- 

 cessful farms the selling of milk and butter was only incidental to 

 the purpose of keeping the cows. On such farms the main purpose 

 is home supply. On all farms poultry were kept mainly to supply 

 food for the family. 



Table I. 



-Yield and farm value of important crops for 1915 compared ij&ith esti- 

 mated normal yields and farm, values. 



Crop. 



Unit of 

 yield. 



Average for 140 suc- 

 cessful farms in 

 1915. 



Estimated normal 

 for the locality. 





Yield per 

 acre. 



Value. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Value. 



Wheat 



Bushel 



. . do 



11.27 



29.0 



878.6 



1.25 



$1.10 



.66 



.0603 

 14.56 



18 



35 



850 



1 



$0.96 



Com ... ... 



.60 



Tobacco 



Pound 



Ton 



.07 



Hay ... 



12.00 







Table II. — Average farm values of live stock and live-stock products for 1915 

 compared with estimated normal farm values. 



Live stock and live-stock products. 



Basis of comparison. 



Values and receipts. 



1915 Normal. 



Hogs (200 pounds weight) 



Stockers (750 pounds weight) 



Lambs (75 pounds weight) 



Wool (5 pounds weight) 



Dairy cows (530 gallons per cow) 



Average farm cow (370 gallons per cow) . 

 Poultry (62 eggs per hen) 



100 pounds , 



do , 



do , 



1 pound 



Receipts per cow 



do , 



Receipts per 100 hens . 



$6.75 



5.50 



8.00 



.34 



88.50 



22.30 



46.28 



$6.00 



4.50 



6.50 



.28 



A STUDY OF FIVE INDIVIDUAL FARMS WHICH, IN GENERAL, 

 ILLUSTRATE GOOD STANDARDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF 

 FARMS IN THE AREA STUDIED. 



AN 89-ACRE TOBACCO FARM. 



Improved-land area acres — 83 



Field crop area - do — 49 



Pasture ^ do — 34 



Business statement: 



Value of owner's land (75 acres) $7,000 



Value of rented land (14 acres) 1,200 



Working capital 1, 168 



Receipts 1,583 



