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BULLETIN 694, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE- 



and live stock sold. In some sections and under some conditions 

 it is best to sell practically all crops, while in others it is better and 

 more profitable to derive the greater part or almost all the income 

 from live stock. The size of farm undoubtedly has some bearing 

 upon this phase of the farm business. (See Table IX.) 



Table IX. — Relation of per cent of total receipts from live stock to profits on 300 owner 

 farms, Lenaivee County, Mich. 



Per cent receipts from live stock. 



NumTier 

 of farms. 



Acres 



per 



farm. 



Crop 

 index. 



Receipts 

 per pro- 

 ductive 

 animal 

 unit, a 



Average 



labor 

 income. 



Under 50 . . 



47 

 41 

 57 

 • 75 

 49 

 31 

 300 



94 

 105 

 120 

 110 

 95 

 86 

 104 



104 

 1C7 

 100 

 102 

 98 

 92 

 100 



■ S51 

 56 

 63 

 63 

 68 

 62 

 61 



$504 



50 to 59 



535 



60 to 69 



666 



70 to 79 



432 



80 to 89 



430 



90 and over . . . 



237 





481 







a Includes all live scock on the farm excepting work stock. - 



Of the 300 owner farms studied the greater number received 

 relatively a large proportion of their receipts from live stock, so 

 that the variation in this respect is very wide. The farms which 

 received 50 per cent and less of their income from live stock show 

 slightly lower average labor incomes than those that received from 

 50 to 70 per cent of their income from this source. In this, how- 

 ever, it must be borne in mind that the farms receiving 50 per cent 

 and less are comparatively smaller. In this connection it is difficult 

 to draw any hard and fast conclusions, but it seems quite worthy 

 of note that the most prosperous of the owner farms of the area 

 studied are getting from 50 to 70 per cent of their income from 

 the sale of live stock and stock products. In special cases and 

 with farms of pecuharly radical departures in organization it is 

 quite probable that the percentage of receipts from live stock may 

 well be higher than normally found. 



A similar condition arises in the study of the relative per cent of 

 total receipts received from the sale of crops, as shown in Table X. 



Table X. — Relation of per cent of total receipts from crops to profits on 300 owner farms, 



Lenawee County, Mich. 



Per cent receipts from crops. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Acres 



per 



farm. 



Crop 

 index. 



Receipts 

 per ani- 

 mal unit. 



Average 



labor 

 income. 



None 



46 

 64 

 66 

 66 

 30 

 16 

 12 

 300 



91 

 93 

 110 

 117 

 108 

 111 

 83 

 104 



96 

 99 

 102 

 104 

 103 

 106 

 101 

 100 



60 

 66 

 65 

 61 

 54 

 54 

 39 

 61 



.?276 



Under 10 



455 



10tol9 



636 



20to29 . 



569 



30 to 39 : 



503 



40 to 49 



324 



50 and over 



231 



All owner farms 



481 







