14 BULLETIN 582, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The average value of the farm dwelling is $1,074, other houses $96, 
and other buildings $430. The buildings other than the dwellings 
are of low value on all but the dairy farms. In most cases, the dairy 
farmers have learned the greater efficiency of feed when the cow 
barns are fairly comfortable in the cold season. 
WORK HORSES. 
The data concerning the number of work horses per farm and the 
crop acres per horse are presented in Table I. 
TABLE 11.—Nwmber of work horses and crop area per horse (Utah Lake Valley). 
wt 
Number Crop 
Number 
Farm group. L = of work | area per 
of farms.) horses. | horse. 
Acres. 
dai amen S atria ie cee rae conse aes = -oranss SEEPS cle Ges see ercietoreln sails 34 1.94 7.32 
General anditruitfarmss 2.3. sos oes oo ewes ee See ee ee eeeeen 49 3.71 12.14 
MUIVE-s LOCI ANINS .o0¥ sparse sania s au nee eaie c Paioiae Suiseryaos See oie mee nae winee om eters 21 4.60 11.30 
TRO AMOTAVELADC we ae ace eee seep ee 5 ne en oe eerie erie icra 104 3.31 10. 98 
The small farms have 1.94 work horses and only 7.32 acres of crops 
per horse. This shows a relatively low efficiency of the farm draft. 
The larger farms have an average of 11.89 acres of crops per horse, 
showing 62 per cent greater capacity in this respect. The average 
for all farms over 60 acres in size shows 70 crop acres and 4.76 work _ 
horses, or 14.7 crop acres per horse. The efficiency of the farm draft 
is double that in the case of the small farms. With the total cost of 
keeping a horse a year ranging from $70 to $100, the inefficient use 
of the farm draft on small farms represents an appreciable reduction 
of the labor income unless the herses can be used in idle periods at 
outside work. ; 
With the cost of keeping a horse so high, an average charge of from 
nearly $10 to approximately $14 per acre would have to be made for 
horse labor per crop acre on the small farms, and just half as much 
on the farms over 60 acres in size. The average crop acres per horse 
for all farms was 10.98. The average charge per crop acre for horse 
labor would therefore range between approximately $6.40 and $9. 
THE FARMER’S LABOR. 
An estimate was obtained from each farmer on the value of the 
work done by him for that year. The average of all these estimates 
was $429, which is considerably higher than the average labor in- 
come earned by the small owner, or small owner with additional land 
rented. In other words, the operators in these two groups received 
less for their labor than they would have done had they worked out 
by the year for $429, plus a house to live in, and products of the farm ~ 
