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Table VII. — Effect of increasing yield per acre on success in hay farming . 



Yield. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Average 

 yield. 



Average 

 price. 



Average 

 area. 



Num- 

 ber 

 failing 

 to make 



8 per 

 cent on 

 invest- 

 ment. 



A vcrage 

 receipts. 



Average 



farm 

 income. 



A vera^c 



labor 



income. 



Tons per acre. 



17 

 22 

 17 

 21 

 22 



3.7 

 5.1 

 6.0 

 7.0 

 9.0 



$7.70 

 8.70 

 8.30 

 9.00 

 9.10 



Acres. 

 113 

 119 

 134 

 95 

 61 



14 

 7 

 5 

 4 

 3 



$2, 606 

 3, 851 

 5,167 

 3,779 

 3,478 



SI, 318 

 1,981 



2,804 

 2,202 

 2,321 



— 8312 



4.6to5.5 



101 



5.6to6.5 



464 



6.6to7.5 



Over7.5 



524 

 1, 037 







The price of the product also has a great influence on success in 

 hay farming. Before the considerable expansion of the area in alfalfa 

 in Arizona due to increased water supply, and while the Reclamation 



Fig. 6. — Curing alfalfa hay in cocks — Salt River Vallev. 



Service was actively engaged in operations requiring a large amount 

 of team work, the demand for alfalfa hay was strong and prices were 

 comparatively high, but about the close of the year 1913 prices 

 dropped to low figures and remained low through 1914 and 1915. 

 The market was again stimulated in 1916 by the presence of United 

 States troops on the Mexican border and prices rose to an abnormally 

 high figure. Comparatively high prices were obtained late in the 

 season of 1915 and early in the season of 1913, so that a considerable 

 range in price is represented in the records used for this study. The 

 price is also affected by the manner of curing and handling the hay, 

 those farmers who cure in cocks (see fig. 6) and handle with pitch 

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