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BULLETIN 853, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



pared with that of a general farm, and for this reason separate tables 

 are presented showing data on these fundamental factors of efficiency 

 for each type. 



DAIRY FARMS. 



In Table VIII is shown a summary of the farm business on 159 

 dairy farms, arranged in groups according to size of farm. 



Table VIII. — Summary of the farm business of 159 dairy farms , Grove City, Pa., area. 



Averages by farm area groups. 



70 acres 

 or under. 



71 to 100 

 acres. 



101 to 130 

 acres. 



Over 130 

 acres. 



Number of farms. 



37 



66 



24 



Farm area (acres) 



Crop area (acres) 



Months of labor 



Productive animal units . 

 Work stock 



113 

 54 

 19 

 17 

 4 



161 

 75 

 22 

 22 



4 



Investment 



Receipts 



Expenses 



Farm income 



Interest on investment at 5 per cent. 

 Labor income 



Value of farmer's labor . . . 

 Per cent on investment ' . 



Farm income 



Value of unpaid family labor 



Family income 2 



Interest paid on indebtedness 



Amount available for family living. 



Crop yields per acre 3 



$5,606 

 1,010 

 484 

 526 

 280 

 246 



$7, 259 

 1,218 

 607 

 611 

 363 

 248 



$9,318 

 1,532 

 771 

 761 

 466 

 295 



$12,712 



2,098 



1,067 



1,031 



635 



396 



3.2 



$337 

 3.8 



4.2 



$526 

 57 



583 

 15 



568 



$611 



106 



717 



7 



710 



$761 



110 



871 



16 



855 



$1,031 



153 



1,184 



32 



1,152 



102 



100 



104 



1 After deducting farmer's labor from farm income. 



2 The sum of farm income and value of unpaid family labor, or the amount available for family living had 

 there been no interest to pay. i 



3 Percentage of average for all farms. 



The dairy farms 70 acres or under in size with an average of 33 

 acres of crops, 10 units of productive live stock, and $5,606 capital, 

 returned the operator a labor income of $246. In operating farms 

 of this size it required 15 months of man labor and an average of over 

 two work horses per farm. 



On the farms of over 130 acres in size, 75 acres of crops were raised 

 and 22 productive animal units were kept per farm. With $12,712 

 capital these farms returned their operators an average labor income 

 of $396. An average of 22 months of man labor per year was required 

 in operating farms of this size and nearly four work horses. 



The per cent returned on investment, found by -deducting the value 

 of the farmer's labor from the farm income, varies from 3.2 per cent 

 on the smallest size-group to 5 per cent on the farms in the largest 

 size-group. 



In operating farms under conditions similar to those in this area 

 the family income is of much interest, as it is the amount of money 



