12 BULLETIN 113, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJRE. 



Expenses $636 



Farm income 947 



Interest on operator's investment, at 5 per cent 408 



Labor income 539 



Per cent 

 of crop 

 Crops : Acres. Yield. area. 



Corn - 1.5 35 busliels 31 



Wheat , 15 10 busliels 31 



Tobacco 14 821 pounds 28 



Miscellaneous crops 5 10 



Number 



per 100 



Num- acres of 



ber on improved 



Live stock: farm. land. 



Cows 2 2. 3 



Young stock 2 2. 3 



Hogs 14 16. 



Poultry 200 24L 



Man labor : Approximately 800 days of man labor were required. = No hired 

 labor was employed. Work was done by the operator and family, the total 

 labor employed being the equivalent of about 2.5 year hands. 



Horse labor : Approximately 350 days of horse labor were required. Two 

 mules were kept to do this work. 



Capital : The average value of owned and rented land was about $90 per 

 acre. The working capital was $1,168, or $14.07 per acre of improved land. 



The distribution of working capital was: 



Live stock : $619 



Machinery 201 



Feed and supplies 198 



Cash to run business 150 



Total 1. 168 



Expenses : The farm expenses amounted to $630, or about 40 per cent of 

 receipts. 



Sources and amount of receipts: 



Wheat $125 



Tobacco ^ 949 



Dairy 129 



Hogs ; . 77 



Poultry 107 



Increase inventory 196 



Total - 1, 583 



Sixty per cent of receipts on this farm were from tobacco, 28 per cent of the 

 crop area being devoted to this crop and more than half the man labor. For 

 these reasons such a farm may be classified as a distinctly tobacco farm. 

 , Receipts were $19.07 per acre of improved land. 



Though the labor income in this instance was not high, it was 

 above tlie average of the farms surveyed, and the farm could be 

 rated as successful. 



