FARMING IN SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY. 15 



Per cent of 

 Crops: Acres. Yield. crop area. 



Com 25 40bu8hels. 20 



Wheat 40 25 bushels. 32 



Oats 12 50bushels. 10 



Meadow 25 IJ tons. 20 



Tobacco 20 1,000 pounds. 16 



Cowpeas (double crop) 10 8 



Alfalfa - 4 4 



Number per 

 100 acres of 

 improved 

 lAve stock: Number, land. 



Cows 3 1.9 



Young stock 2 1. 3 



Stock cattle 32 20. 5 



Hogs 46 29.0 



Poultry 100 64. 



Man labor: Approximately 1,500 days of man labor were required on this 

 farm. About 700 days' labor required by the 20 acres of tobacco was done by 

 a cropper. The remaining 800 days' labor was done by a year hand, the 

 operator, and some family labor. 



Horse labor: Approximately 820 days of horse labor were required on the 

 farm. The owner furnished horse labor to the cropper raising the tobacco. 

 Seven work animals were kept on the farm to do this labor — 2 horses and 5 

 mules. 



Capital : The value of the land was $80 per acre. Working capital invested 

 amounted to $6,499, or about $41 per acre of improved land. 



The distribution of working capital was approximately as follows: 



Live stock 1 $4, 298 



Machinery 516 



Feed and supplies . 685 



Cash to run farm . 1, 000 



Sources and amount of receipts: 



Wheat . $1,250 



Tobacco 1, 300 



Cows 130 



Young stock 225 



Stock cattle 1, 495 



Hogs 637 



Poultry 400 



Increase inventory, and other sources 410 



5, 847 

 The receipts amount to about $37.50 per acre of improved land. Receipts are 



about evenly divided between wheat, tobacco, and live stock, making the type 



a distinctly diversified general farm. 

 Expenses were approximately $13.50 per acre, or about 36 per cent of receipts. 



This was an unusually successful farm for the region. Its success 

 was due largely to high crop yield and profits in feeding stock cattle. 

 A large amount of the stock feed came from cowpeas and alfalfa. 

 Twenty-five tons of these products were fed, mostly to stock cattle. 



