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BULLETIN 1455, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



In Table 15 a detailed statement is given of the distribution of 

 receipts. There was a large number of sources of receipts, but the 

 receipts from products other than fruit, wheat, and corn, were very 

 small. Not all of the orchard farms had as great a diversification 

 of income as is indicated by the average figures in this table. 



Table 15. — Distribution of receipts per farm on ^8 orchard farms; average for 



1916-1920 



Sources of receipts 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



Average 

 1916-1920 



Percent- 

 age of 

 total 



Crops: 



Dolte. 



9,216 



255 



106 



2 



4 



18 



3 



12 



Dolls. 



5,356 



220 



163 



4 



Dolls. 



11,115 



261 



78 

 1 



Dolls. 



9,298 



246 



45 



4 



Dolls. 



12, 335 



153 



19 



Dolls. 



9,464 



227 



82 



12 



il 



24 



4 



13 



Per cent 

 93, 

 2 



Wheat 





1 



Oats 



( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 



Barley .. - .. 



Hay 



15 

 6 

 13 



20 

 9 

 20 



23 

 1 

 10 



46 



Rve. 



Other crops . . . .. . 





Total 



9,616 



5,777 



11, 504 



9.627 



12, 561 



9,817 



96 







Livestock: 



Dairy products ... _ . _ 



12 



77 

 52 

 25 

 60 

 67 

 2 



16 

 91 

 43 

 40 

 125 

 78 



24 



89 



37" 



177 

 88 



1 



24 

 87 

 46 

 25 

 76 

 81 



24 

 14 

 „ 



35 

 65 



20 

 72 

 328 

 26 

 95 

 76 



( 2 ) 



1 



Cattle 





( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 



1 



Sheep and wool ... ~ • 



Hogs - 





1 



Bees . 















Total 



295 

 38 

 31 



393 

 225 

 34 



416 



39" 



339 



9 



24 



139 

 --- 



317 



354 



29 



3 





1 





( 2 ) 





Total farm receipts.. .. 



9,980 



6,429 



11, 959 



9,999 



12, 717 



10, 217 



100 







i Receipts were not given for all years. 



2 Less than half of 1 per cent. 



3 1918 and 1920 did not have receipts. 



* Other receipts include cash rent, income from lumber, wood, etc. 



FAMILY LIVING FROM THE FARM 



The orchard farmer in nearly every instance received, in addition 

 to the returns in cash for his labor and for his investment, substantial 

 returns in the form of food, fuel, and housing. The value of this 

 additional return amounted to an average of $444 per farm. (Table 

 16.) Of this $444, $159 was for the use of the house, $276 for food 

 and $9 for fuel. There was little variation over the five years in 

 the quantities or values of the different items furnished the family 

 by the farm. The total value of these items varied from $416 in 

 1920 to $462 in 1916. 



Use of the house was valued at $150 to the family in 1916, and 

 $170 in 1920. The food furnished by the farm to the family was 

 valued at $238 in 1920 and $302 in 1916 but there were more people 

 on these farms in 1916 than in 1920. There was an equivalent of 

 four adults to the farm and the value of the family living furnished 

 by the farm was $111 per year for each adult equivalent. 



