•11 BULLETIN 659, r. s. DEPARTMENT OP A< iliicl' LTTJRE. 



Table XVIII. — Average value o) feed per farm and per animal unit" ul5 

 farms, Ellis County, 7 < x. I 



Number of work stock per farm 5.25 



Number of productive animal units per farm 4.26 



Total animal units per farm 9. HI 



Value per farm : 



Feed raised $578 



Feed bought 91 



Increase ill inventory _ — '.) 



Feed sold 162 



Feed consumed 516 



Value of feed consumed per animal unit •">.") 



Value of feed consumed per work animal 83 



Value of feed consumed per productive animal unit 19 



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°- INTEREST 



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g FEED 







° TOTAL AVERAGE 



ANNUAL 



* .23 

 .95 

 6.38 

 10.73 

 83.08 

 101.37 



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Pig. 13. 



-Proportionate cost of various items and the total annual cost of maintaining 

 workstock per year (115 farms, Ellis County, Tex.). 



Table XVIII shows the stock kept and feed on the average cotton 

 farms of the region. The average value of feed raised per farm is 

 $578 and the average value of feed bought per farm is $91. The 

 total value of feed consumed per farm amounts to $516 or $55 per 

 animal unit. Other data (see fig. 13) shows that the value of feed 

 consumed by work stock is $83 per head. The average value of feed 

 consumed by productive stock is therefore $1!) per animal unit. 



The following diagram, showing factors affecting the principal 

 enterprises, is practically self-explanatory. It is intended to visu- 

 alize briefly the summary of conditions, favorable or unfavorable, to 

 the principal enterprises of the region. 



I'm- definitions of the term " animal unit " sec p. 3. 



