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BULLETIN 716^ U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



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The higher price for most 1916 products and the greater quantities 

 or numbers of the products above mentioned sold both indicate tliat 

 the labor income for 1916 should have exceeded that of former years 

 even more than it did. This would be true except for two other 

 factors, the increase in expense connected with operating the farm 

 business and the decrease in the quantities or numbers of several 

 farm products that were available for sale, both of which partly 

 counteracted the higher prices received for most products. 



The farm expenses in 1916 were greater than for any of the other 

 years and 11 per cent more than the average for the five years. 

 Most of this increase was for feed and hired labor. The expense 

 for roughage feed in 1916 was slightly less than the five-year aver- 

 age, while that for concentrates was 72 per cent more than the 

 average. The quantity of concentrate feeds bought was 56 per cent 

 more and the price 10 per cent higher. The expense for hired labor 

 in 1916 was 28 per cent more than for the average of the five years. 

 The number of months of hired labor was 21 per cent more and the 

 average wages 6 per cent higher. 



Aside from hay and clover seed, the quantities of all crops sold 

 were less in 1916 than the five-year average, and there were fewer 

 sheep and less wool sold than the five-year average. 



Table XIII. — Number of young stock produced over a period o/ jive years, 1912- 

 1916, on 25 farms (Palmer Toicnship, Washington County, Ohio.) 



Kind of stock. 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



Five- 

 year 

 average. 



Calves 



68 



6 



291 



184 



69 



2 



332 



232 



77 



6 



193 



320 



85 



6 



212 



318 



91 



7 



215 



273 



78 



Colts 



5 





249 



Pigs 



265 







With the higher prices, but smaller quantities sold, the sales of 

 com, wheat, oats, and apples in 1916 were each below the five-year 

 average, while the smaller quantities of potatoes, wool, and sheep sold 

 were so affected by the higher price received that the sales of each in 

 1916 were a little above the five-year average. The higher prices for 

 these products were so counteracted by the quantities sold that the 

 receipts from all of them in 1916 just equaled the five-year average 

 receipts. 



The only crop with decidedly higher receipts in 1916 than in pre- 

 ceding years was clover seed. It was a good clover-seed year, the pro- 

 duction was over 300 per cent of the average, and the quantity sold 

 363 per cent. The price received was 5 per cent below the average 

 and the sales amounted to $29 per farm against a five-year average 

 of $8. However, the production of clover seed has been a minor en- 



