14 BULLETIN 713, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sources and amount of receipts : 



Wheat $400 



Tobacco 360 



Dairy 1, 030 



Young stock 271 



Hogs 220 



Poultry__^ 21 



Other sources 102 



Total 2,404 



The receipts amount to $17.70 per acre of improved land. Receipts from the 

 dairy are greater than from any other one source, being 43 per cent of the total. 

 Receipts from the four other major sources were pretty evenly distributed. 

 The selection and proportioning of crops were similar to the common diversi- 

 fied farms. It then may be classified as a diversified dairy farm. 

 Expenses : Expenses were $952, or about 40 per cent of receipts. 



This farm was well organized for the general dairy type of farm- 

 ing in this locality. About 43 per cent of the total receipts were 

 from dairy cows. The balance of receipts was well distributed to 

 crops and the various kinds of live stock found to be profitable here. 

 This distribution shows proper diversity. 



Eeceipts per cow were $103, showing good quality for the dairy 

 business. About an equal amount of receipts were from market 

 milk and butter. The average for 24 dairy farms was $88.50 per 

 cow. 



Crop yields were about normal, and the proportioning of crops and 

 live stock conformed fairly well to standards set by the more suc- 

 cessful farms in the community. However, if this land had been a 

 general diversified dairy farm there should have been about 14 acres 

 of tobacco instead of 7, and about 30 acres of corn instead of 40. 



Both man and horse labor were well utilized. The farm was much 

 better stocked than the average. There were 5.6 acres of improved 

 land to each 1,000 pounds of animals. The average of 342 farms 

 was 20.5 acres per 1,000 pounds of animals. Fifty-four farms, show- 

 ing less than 10 acres of improved land per 1,000 pounds of animals, 

 had an average labor income of $621, or nearly twice that of the 

 average farm. 



A leO-ACRE DIVERSIFIED GENERAL FARM. 



Improved land area acres 156 



Crop area do 126 



Pasture do 30 



Business statement : 



Value of land, at $80 per acre $12, 800 



Working capital 6, 499 



Receipts 5, 847 



Expenses 2, 116 



Farm income 3, 731 



5 per cent interest on investment 965 



Labor income 2, 766 



