FARMING 01^ CUT-OVER LANDS. 5 



future for the dairy type of farming. The survey records indicate 

 that dairying and hog production, combined with a moderate acreage 

 of one or two money crops, is proving a satisfactory type of farming 

 on a large percentage of the farms of tliis region. Mixed farming 

 rather than a highly specialized type is apparently well adapted 

 to the majority of farms in this district. 



Table 1 shows the average area, capital invested, and income i 

 of 801 farms in the cut-over district. The average size of these 

 farms is 108 acres, of which 55.2 acres, or practically one-half, 

 are tillable and 52.8 acres are nontillable. In addition to aU the 



Fig. 2. — In some parts of the region lakes and streams are numerous. 



unimproved land that may possibly be brought under cultivation, 

 the term "nontillable area" as used here includes the nonproduc- 

 tive lands taken up by farmsteads, roads, streams, timberland, etc. 



1 The foUowmg defmitions may be found helpful in studying the tables: & 



a. Family labor is the unpaid farm labor furnished by the family, not including the operator's labor. 



h. Labor income is the amount left the farmer far his services after all expenses, except the value of his 

 labor, have been deducted. Family labor, depreciation, and interest on total investment, are included 

 among these expeases. In addition to labor income, the farmer has his home and what the farm furnishes 

 directly tov/ard the family living. 



In this bulletin interest is figuref] at o per cent. 



c. Farm inome is total receipts minus all expenses except the value of the operator's lal)or and interest 

 on lota) investment; or, farm income is labor income plus interest on total inv^estmenl . 



d. Family labor income is total income minus all expenses except the value of the operator's labm- and 

 lamily labor; or, family labor income is labor income plus value of family labor. 



e. Family income is total income minus all expenses except the value of the operator's labor, family 

 labor, and interest on total investmeni , or, family income is labor income olus value of family labor, plus 

 interest on total Investment. 



