A FIVE-YEAR FAEM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN OHIO. 



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In connection with the poukry enterprise, data in addition to 

 those obtained in the regular farm management survey ^Ycre gathered 

 on a number of farms. In these cases some member of the family 

 kept a record of the flock for the farm year 1913. The data for 

 11 farm flocks show that 83 per cent of the yearly egg production was 

 sold, 3 per cent was used for hatching, and 14 per cent for house- 

 hold purposes. These flocks varied in size from under 100 to over 200 

 hens, and the annual production was 86 eggs per hen. Approxi- 

 mately one-half of the yearly production was during the three months 

 March, April, and May. The lowest egg production was 'during 

 November, with an increase each succeeding month until April, the 

 month of highest production. After April there was a decrease each 

 succeeding month until the end of the farm year (Oct. 31). The 

 highest price received for eggs in that year was 38 cents per dozen 

 in November, the low- 

 est 15 cents per dozen 

 in April. Figure 10 

 shows graphically a 

 comparison of the 

 monthly egg produc- 

 tion and the prices re- 

 ceived each month. 



SHEEP AND WOOL. 



Sheep were kept on 

 23 of the 25 farms, the 

 number in the flocks '^^^- ^^■' 

 varying from 1 to 146. 

 For the five-year period sheep, including wool, brought the third 

 highest item of income. Receipts from this source amounted to $128 

 per farm, or about one-seventh of the total. The greater part of the 

 receipts from the sheep enterprise came through the sale of wool, 

 which amounted to $84 per farm. All sheep reported were of the 

 fine-wool breeds. (See fig. 11.) 



Returns from sheep were low when compared with returns from 

 other classes of stock. The receipts for each 10 head of sheep were 

 $34.30, while those for each cow, or her equivalent in other cattle, 

 were $31.20, for each 5 hogs $53.90, for each 100 chickens $99.80, and 

 for each 2 colts $48.10. 



The actual sales per animal unit from cattle were less than from 

 sheep, but they did not include the value of any products used by the 

 family. Data obtained from a number of these farms show that 

 cattle furnished more toward the family living than any other class 



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