TEN DAIRY FARMS IN BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. 7 



FARM NO. 2. 



Size of farm acres. . 290 



Number of cows 30 



Number of other animal units 28 



Total capital $26, 890 



Working capital 6, 881 



• Total receipts 8,383 



Receipts from dairy 4, 500 



Expenses 3, 385 



Farm income 4, 998 



Labor income 3, 654 



Of the larger sized farms among the ten studied this one is the most 

 efficiently organized. The diversity is much greater than that of 

 farm No. 1. About 46 per cent of receipts were from sources other 

 than dairying, mainly wheat and tobacco. Sales of live stock 

 amounted to $1,200 above purchases. The operator owned 132 

 acres and rented 158 additional, for which he paid $800 a year. All 

 the feed except concentrates was raised on the farm. Only one man 

 was hired, the operator and his family doing most of the dairy work. 

 The manure from the dairy was applied to his own land. This made 

 his crop yields much higher than the average. Eleven acres of to- 

 bacco and 10 acres of corn were raised by a cropper. Thirty-three 

 acres of corn for grain, 12 acres of silage corn, 50 acres of wheat, 25 

 acres of meadow hay, and 5 acres of tobacco were raised by his own 

 and hired labor. The owner had been in the dairy business about 

 40 years and is about 60 years of age. A large family had been raised 

 and educated. 



FARM NO. 3. 



Size of farm : acres. . 247 



Number of cows 19 



Number of other animal units 16 



Total capital -. $15, 396 



Working capital : 3,046 



Total receipts 5, 105 



Receipts from dairy 3, 796 



Expenses 4, 438 



Farm income 2, 509 



Labor income 1, 739 



This farm had 10 acres of corn for grain, 8 acres for silage, 10 acres 

 in rye which was grazed, and 20 acres in hay. There were 153 acres 

 in pasture, 2 acres in garden and orchard, and the remainder, 44 

 acres, was considered waste land. The topography was hilly and not 

 well adapted to cultivated crops. The land was valued at $40 per 

 acre, though the more level land in the community was valued at 

 $100 to $150 per acre. Three year-hands were employed on this 

 farm and seven head of work stock were kept. Both man-labor and 

 horse-labor were poorly utilized. A better utilization could have been 

 achieved and the income considerably increased if a few acres of 



