46 BULLETIN 654, V. S. DKI'AHTMKNT oi' AOMCULTTJBE. 



In the group of I 1 farms of exactly 160 acres each, were 17 strictly 

 dairy farms and :) upon which dairying was combined with hay or 

 grain. 'Jne strictly dairy farms were highly successful, producing 

 returns as follows: Receipts, $7,312; farm income, $4,976; labor 

 income, $1,958. The combinations of dairying with hay or grain 

 were comparatively unsuccessful, the three farms producing average 

 returns as follows: Receipts, $5,618; farm income, $2,353; labor 

 income, $343. There were 5 hay farms, 7 grain farms, and 2 farms 

 upon which hay and grain farming were combined. The average 

 results obtained on these 14 farms were: Receipts, $4,748; farm 

 income, $2,426; labor income, $416. 



The remaining 10 of the 44 farms in this group were devoted to 

 enterprises as follows: Three hog farms, 2 beef cattle farms, 2 pasture 

 farms, and 3 diversified farms. The 2 beef cattle farms produced 

 results somewhat lower than those obtained on the dairy farms, and 

 the 2 pasture farms produced results somewhat below the average 

 for the whole group. The diversified farms and hog farms were 

 comparatively unsuccessful. 



The average results obtained on 25 farms having a live stock 

 organization in which live stock contributed 75.7 per cent of the total 

 receipts were: Receipts, $6,784; farm income, $4,346; labor income, 

 $1,491. The corresponding results on 16 farms with an organization 

 based on the sale of crops, with crops contributing 81.6 per cent of 

 the total receipts, were: Receipts, $4,698; farm income, $2,534; labor 

 income, $486. The hve-stock organization shows an average return 

 of $1,812 more per farm than the organization based upon the sale of 

 crops. 



On the 50 farms ranging in size from 161 acres to 320 acres dairying 

 is not quite as prominent as on the farms below this size, beef cattle 

 coming into more prominence and largely taking the place of dairying 

 in the live-stock organization. Dairying is not entirely displaced by 

 beef-cattle farming, however, and there are still many successful 

 dauy farms among the larger farms. The enterprises found on 

 these 50 farms were distributed as follows: Dairying, 9 farms; beef 

 cattle, 11; beef cattle and hay or grain, 2 ; hogs and pasture, 2; sheep 

 and diversified animals, 2: hay, 6; gram, 6; pasture and alfalfa 

 seed, 3, and diversified, 9. 



The dairy farms gave the highest returns, the average for the nine 

 farms being: Receipt , $11,102; farm income, $6,606; labor income, 

 $2,567. The six hay farms were unusually successful for this type 

 of farming, the average returns being: Receipts, $9,556; farm income, 

 $5,593; labor income, $1,64 1. 



The farms devoted chiefly to beef cattle were more successful than 

 the average for the group, but did not produce as high returns as the 

 daiiy farms. The two farms that tried combining beef cattle with 



