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About 83 per cent of the receipts were from crops, the remainder 

 from live stock. 



There were 4 cows, 6 young stock, 4 horses 10 mules, 20 head of 

 beef cattle, and 250 chickens on this farm. 



Crop yields were about 3 per cent above the average. 



On farms grov/ing a large acreage of potatoes more work stock is 

 kept than can be employed profitably throughout the year. This 

 farm sold 4 mules after the potato crop was planted. When located 

 near the city, the farmer may profitably employ work stock in hauling 

 manure, and sometknes in public work, such as building roads, etc. 

 On the whole, the stock enterprise is badly managed, since only a 

 total of about $900 was received from this source, and yet these 

 animals consumed produce from more than one-haK the farm area and 

 in addition $300 was spent for feed. 



The labor bill on this farm was $1,900. One hundred dollars 

 went for manure and $700 for commercial fertilizer. 



FARM 6.— A 590-ACRE GENERAL MIXED FARM. 



Farm 6 is a large farm valued at $42 per acre and located about 20 

 miles from Louisville. It is organized as a general mixed farm on 

 which practically one-half of the receipts are from live stock. 



The business for 1914 showed: 



Total capital $29, 476 



Working capital 4, 400 



Animal units 50 



Total receipts 5, 400 



Total expenses 1, 900 



Receipts from live stock 1, 670 



Labor income 2, 000 



The income from crops sold was as follows : 



Corn, 125 acres 863 



Wheat, 50 acres 950 



Stover 20 



Straw 200 



Alfalfa, 25 acres 240 



Timothy, 60 acres 270 



Tobacco 120 



The live stock on this farm were 4 cows, 3 head of young stock, 

 137 sheep, 30 hogs, 9 horses and mules, and 5 colts. All these 

 enterprises yielded some income, sheep yielding the highest. 



About 160 acres were devoted to permanent pasture and 150 acres 

 were in woods, from which there was no income. 



Fifty acres of corn and 2 acres of tobacco were raised by a cropper, 

 who got one-half of the crop. Crop yields were only 68 per cent of 

 the average, and receipts per animal unit 89 per cent of the average. 



