A STUDY OF SHAKE-RENTED DAIRY FARMS. 



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Table VIII. — Relation of kind of dairy products sold to profits. 

 [Average figures.] 



Item, 



Average total capital 



Average size farms (acres) 



Average number of cows 



Average dairy receipts per cow 



Average receipts from hogs 



Tenant's average labor income 



Average per cent on landlord 's investment . . 



84 Wisconsin farms. 



3 farms 



selling 



butter fat. 



2,496 



179 



18 



$56 



8656 



$413 



3.3 



49 farms 

 selling 



milk to 

 cheese 



factory. 



9,879 



206 



23 



$64 



$795 



$677 



3.9 



32 farms 



selling 



milk to 



condens- 



ery. 



3,609 

 195 

 29 



$77 



$352 



$842 



4 



59 Illinois farms. 



33 farms 

 selling 

 market 

 milk. 



$37,977 



182 



39 



$96 



$147 



$1,038 



4.6 



26 farms 



selling 



milk to 



condens- 



ery. 



$37, 794 



187 



47 



$91 



$173 



$1,004 



4.6 



Both tenant's labor income and landlord's profits are least on the 

 Wisconsin farms selling butter fat ($431 and 3.3 per cent) , and most 

 ($842 and 4 per cent) on the group of farms selling milk to the con- 

 densery. The per cent the landlord makes on his investment in the 

 Illinois group is 4.6, both where the milk is sold on the market and 

 Avhere it is sold to the condensery, and the tenant's average labor in- 

 come is practically the same in the two groups. None of the Illinois 

 farms visited sold butter fat. 



RELATION OF BREEDING OF COWS TO PROFITS. 



Whether the cows are grade or pure bred is frequently the deciding 

 factor in reference to profits on dairy farms. The influence of breed- 

 ing on the profits of the landlord and of the tenant on these farms is 

 shown in Table IX. 



Table IX. — Influence of breeding of cows on profit. 





84 Wisconsin farms. 



59 Illinois farms. 



Item. 



3 farms 



with 



pure-bred 



Holstein 



cows. 



9 farms 



with 



part 

 pure-bred 

 Holstein 



cows. 



62 farms 

 with 

 grade 



Holstein 

 cows. 



10 farms 

 with 



mixed or 

 other 

 grade 

 cows. 



3 farms 



with 



part 



pure-bred 



Holstein 



cows: 



34 farms 

 with 

 grade 



Holstein 

 cows. 



22 farms 

 with 



mixed or 

 other 

 grade 

 cows. 



Total capital 



$42, 615 



163 



22 



20 



$99 



$1,368 



5.7 



$41,318 



206 



33 



26 



$83 

 $1,164 



5 



$30, 652 

 205 

 25 

 20 



$69 

 $716 



3.6 



$20, 689 

 186 

 20 

 15 



$42 

 $234 



2.8 



$38, 279 



148 



33 



19 



$103 



$1, 059 



3.7 



$39, 542 



192 



43 



9 



$92 



$1, 041 



4.6 



$35, 301 

 176 



Land in farms (acres ) 



Number of cows 



43 



Per cent of cows raised 



5 



Dairy receipts per cow 



$96 



Labor income 



$989 



Landlord's per cent on invest- 

 ment 



4 8 







In the Wisconsin area only three farms had pure-bred cattle ex- 

 clusively, and in the Illinois area only three farms had part of the 

 herd pure bred. This number, although averaged in the table in 

 each case, is not great enough to give a reliable average. On two of 



