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BULLETIN 713, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The sources and amount of receipts shown above indicate a good 

 degree of diversity. The proportioning of crops and live stock con- 

 form to the standards of tlie more successful farms. Both man and 

 horse labor were well utilized. The farm was unusually well stocked, 

 there being the equivalent of about one 1,000-pound animal for 3 

 acres of improved land. These factors indicate excellent organi- 

 zation. 



A 315-ACRE DIVERSIFIED GENERAL FARM. 



Improved land area acres- 



Crop area_^ do — 



Pasture do 



Idle crop land do — 



Business statement : 



Value of land 



Working capital 



Receipts 



Expenses 



Farm income 



5 per cent interest on investment ; 



Labor income 



Crops: Acres. 



Corn 55 



Wheat 80 



Meadow 50 



Tobacco 11 



Otber crops 4 



Yield. 



40 bushels. 



10 bushels. 

 1. 6 tons. 

 800 pounds. 



296 



200 

 56 

 40 



$23, 625 



5,165 



4, 777 



1,917 



2,860 



1,440 



1,420 



Per 

 cent 

 crop 

 area. 



28 



40 



25 



5 



2 



Number 



per 100 



acres of 



improved 



Live stock: Numbers. land. 



Cows ^ 7 2. 4 



Bulls 1 



Young stock 5 1. 7 



Stock cattle 7 2. 4 



Sheep 41 13. 8 



Hogs 42 14. 2 



Poultry 40 13. 5 



Man labor : Approximately 1,400 man days' labor was required on this farm. 

 Two regular year hands were employed. The equivalent of two year hands 

 was hired as extra labor. Besides this, family labor was utilized equivalent to 

 about one year hand. The operator did no manual labor on the farm. 



Horse labor : Approximately 1,000 days of horse labor were required on this 

 farm. Ten head of work stock were kept — 2 horses and 8 mules. 



Capital : The land was valued at $75 per acre. Working capital amounted 

 to $5,165, or al)out $17.50 per acre of improved land. Working capital was dis- 

 tributed as follows: 



Live stock $2, 636 



Machinery 1, 717 



Feed and supplies 622 



Cash to run business 200 



