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BXTLLETIN 694, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AftMCULTURE. 



income per auiinal unit are important factors wjiich materially influ- 

 ence the incomes derived from the farms of this section. 



INCOME PER COW. 



On farms devoted largely to dairying, perhaps there is no other 

 one factor of such great importance and none with so direct a bearmg 

 on labor income as the income per cow. In practically all of the 

 studies of this character which have been made, this fact stands out 

 with great prommence. In the survey of Chester County, Permsyl- 

 vania, for instance, the income per cow was shown definitely to be 

 one of the more important factors of success on the dairy farms of 

 that section. A table showing the figures in this comiection are 

 given in United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 341, 

 page 77. In a similar manner, also, the data gathered in the study 

 of Lenawee Comity, Michigan, show that labor income on dairy farms 

 of that section bears a direct relation to income per cow. 



Table XV. — Relation of receipts per coiv to labor income, 212 owner-farms, Lenaiuee 



County, Mich. 





Having 5 or more cows. 



Receipts per cow. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Average 

 of num- 

 ber of 

 cows. 



Average 

 size of 

 farms. 



Average 

 receipts 

 per cow. 



Average 



labor 

 income. 



$40 and less 



38 

 37 

 35 

 37 

 41 

 24 



8 

 9 

 10 

 9 

 11 

 10 



113 

 104 

 132 

 105 

 133 

 113 



$29 

 46 

 56 

 65 

 79 



105 



$245 



$41 to .$50 



361 



$51 to 860 



401 



$61 to $70. 



542 



$71 to $90 



915 



Over $90 . 



1,053 





A 1 1 far m s 



212 



9 



117 



61 



564 







In Table XV is shown the relation of receipts per cow to labor 

 income on the owner-farms covered in this study. The 38 farms 

 with average receipts of $29 per cow made an average labor income 

 of $245 per farm; the 37 farms with receipts ranging from $40 to 

 $50 and averaging $46 per cow made an average labor income of 

 $361 ; the 35 farms with average receipts of $56 per cow made an 

 average labor income of $401 ; the 37 farms with average receipts 

 of $65 per cow made an average labor income of $542; the 41 fanns 

 having average receipts of $79 per cow made an average labor 

 income of $915; while the 24 fanns with average receipts of $105 

 per cow made an average labor income of $1,053. Throughout this 

 table the figures show a constant increase in the average labor 

 income when the average receipts per cow increase. There was 

 only a small variation in the different groups of the number of cows 

 per farm. 



