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BULLETIN 853, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



On dairy farms, the dairy cows made up 44 per cent of the total 

 number of animals, when expressed in the terms of a mature cow or 

 horse, and 28 per cent on the general farms. On the dairy farms 66 

 per cent of the total number of animal units were cattle, and on the 

 general farms 58 per cent. Seven per cent of the other cattle were 

 beef cattle and 19 per cent young cattle, bulls, or breeding stock. 



Two and seven-tenths per cent of all the animal units were colts. 

 On the 349 farms 80 colts were raised during the year, or 1 for every 

 13 horses kept. 



Most of the sheep in the area are found on the general farms. 

 Only 3.1 per cent of all the stock on the 349 farms were sheep. 



About 90 head of poultry were kept per farm. 



EXPENSES. 



The expenditures for most purposes were practically the same on 

 the two types of farms under study. The dairy farms, however, had 

 an average expense of $199 more per farm than the general farms, 

 due principally to extra expenditure for feed and labor. 



In operating a farm there is a direct relation between the type of 

 farming and the percentage of receipts required for operating ex- 

 penses. Fifty per cent of the total farm receipts were required for 

 operating expenses on the dairy farms and 42 per cent for operating 

 expenses on the general farms. Taking both groups together, 46 per 

 cent of the receipts were required for operating expenses. 



Table VII.- 



-Distribution of expenses on 159 dairy and 190 general farms, Grove City, 

 Pa., area. 



Item. 



Distribution. 



Dairr 



General 



farms. 



farms. 



Per cent. 



rer cent. 



9.0 



9.2 



15.0 



13.9 



1.6 



1.5 



4.0 



4.8 



1.6 



2.3 



.9 



.6 



21.1 



10.4 



1.7 



1.9 



2.5 



4.2 



4.7 



6.4 



1.9 



2.5 



1.6 



2.6 



1.2 



1.5 



8.1 



11.4 



3.2 



1.2 



5.0 



5.5 



Hired labor and board 



Family labor 



Repairs: 



Machinery 



Buildings 



Fences 



Feed bought: 



Hay, etc 



Grain, etc 



Breeding fees and veterinary 



Seeds 



Fertilizer 



Thrashing and clover hulling 



Baling, machine work, fuel, and oil 



Insurance 



Taxes 



Milk hauling 



Miscellaneous ' 



Total current expenses 



Depreciation: 



Buildings 



Machinery 



83.1 



9.3 

 7.6 



79.9 



11.0 

 9.1 



1 Includes feed grinding, silo filling, fodder shredding, horseshoeing, spray material, twine, pasture rent, 

 and barrels. 



