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BULLETIN 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



charged against the business, whether actually paid for or not. The 

 expense for hired labor is low compared with that for the large 

 farms. In other words, the small business on these little farms 

 would not justify a big expenditure for labor. It should be ex- 

 plained that " family labor " is the farmer's estimate of what he 

 would have paid had he hired some one to do the farm work done by 

 his family. 



Table IV 



-Distribution of farm expenses on 152 small farms near Washington., 

 D. C. 





Tillable area. 



Item of expense. 



10 acres 



and 

 under. 



11 to 20 



acres. 



21 to 30 

 acres. 



Over 

 30 acres. 





Per cent. 

 15.4 

 16.7 

 24.5 

 5.4 

 4.0 

 11.0 

 13.8 

 4.3 

 4.9 



Per cent. 



32.9 

 4.9 



17.9 

 4.4 

 6.3 



14.0 

 9.8 

 5.4 

 4.4 



Per cent. 



39.7 

 2.4 



11.1 

 4.4 

 8.7 



15.3 



10.2 

 3.8 

 4.4 



Per cent. 

 38.0 





2.4 



Feed 



10.0 



Seed 



5.0 





7.6 





16.6 





11.3 





3.7 





5.4 







The man on the small farm has to buy much of his stock feed. He 

 usually lives in a region of small farms, where most of his neighbors 

 are also truckers, and he is forced to buy most of his feed from feed 

 stores rather than directly from farmers, and thus has to pay deal- 

 er's prices. He has not enough land to produce the more cheaply- 

 raised feeds such as hay, corn, and corn fodder. 



In studying Table IV as a whole it will be noticed that the larger 

 farms are spending relatively more money than the others for labor, 

 fertilizer, and marketing, and less for feed. In other words, they 

 are paying out the most for the three big items of farm expenses, 

 which on truck farms indicate greater production. 



CAPITAL. 



Table V.- 



-Average distribution of capital per farm on 152 small farms near 

 Washington, D. C. 



Real estate 



Dwelling 



Other buildings 



Livestock 



Machinery 



Feed and seed on hand 

 Cash to run farm 



Total capital 



Renting value of farm. . 



10 acres 



and 

 under. 



$2,434 

 638 

 131 

 144 

 97 

 15 

 57 



2,747 

 134 



Tillable area. 



11 to 20 

 acres. 



21 to 30 

 acres. 



So, 830 

 861 

 300 

 262 

 188 

 34 

 116 



S6, 506 

 1,076 

 593 

 422 

 266 

 99 

 158 



6,430 

 208 



7,451 

 212 



Over 

 30 acres. 



$7,397 

 1,458 

 648 

 601 

 248 

 171 

 219 



8,636 

 297 



