Table 2.- Medium tobacco-livestock farms, Kentucky Bluegrass: Organization, production, co3ts, and returns, 



1957, with comparisons 



Item 



Unit 



Average 

 1937-U1 



191*7-1*9 



1951* 



1955 



1956 



1957 

 1/ 



Land in farm—- 



Cropland harvested 



Plowable pasture 



Other land 



Crops harvested: 



Tobacco 



Corn 



Small grain 



Hay 



Crop yields per harvested acre: 



Tobacco 



Corn 



Wheat 



Hay 



Livestock on farm, January 1: 



All cattle 



Milk cows 



Beef cows 



Sheep and lambs 



Chickens 



Horses and mules 



Pigs raised 



Tractors on farm -- 



Total labor used 



Operator and family- 

 Hired 



Cropper 



Total farm capital, January 1 



Land and buildings 



Machinery and equipment 



Livestock- 



Crops for sale , feed and seed- 



Total cash receipts 



Tobacco 



Livestock 



Livestock products 



Other, including Government payments- 



Total cash expenditures 



Feed purchased 



Livestock expense 



Crop expense 



Machinery 



Farm buildings and fences 



Hired labor 



Cropper labor 



General farm and miscellaneous- 



Net cash farm income 



Perquisites for cropper and hired labor- 

 Total value of perquisites 



Change in inventory: 



Crops and livestock 



Machinery and buildings 



Net farm income- 



Charge for capital 2/- 



Return to operator and family labor 2/ 



Purchasing power in 1937-la dollars 2/- 

 Return per hour in current dollars 2] — 



Index numbers (19l*7-l*9"100): 



Gross farm income 



Net farm income 



Net farm production 



Crop yields per acre 



Production per hour of man labor 



Production per unit of input 



Operating expense per unit of production- 

 Total cost per unit of production 2/ 



Power and machinery, January 1 



Prices received for products sold 



Prices paid, including wages to hired 



labor 



1/ Preliminary. 2/ Revised. 



Acre 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Pound 

 Bushel 

 do. 

 Ton 



Number 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Hour 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Dollar 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do . 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Percent 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. : 



95 

 21* 

 1*7 

 21* 



U.7 



6.9 

 3.2 



9.1* 



982 



3U.6 



16. h 



1.3 



6.8 



3.7 



.6 



20.8 



51 



2.9 



10.8 



.01* 



i*,060 



2,910 



61*0 



5io 



8,070 



6,670 



370 



780 



250 



1,1*81 



935 



293 



157 



96 



695 

 75 

 23 

 79 



152 

 79 

 ?8 

 70 



119 



786 



30 



282 



1*5 

 29 



1,112 



323 



789 

 789 

 .27 



37 

 37 

 85 

 80 

 83 

 90 

 1.7 

 1*7 

 67 

 U3 



1*6 



95 

 26 

 1*5 



21. 



li.8 



6.0 



2.1 



13.3 



1,21*8 



1*3.8 



18.3 



1.5 



9.9 

 5-2 

 1.6 

 9.8 

 1*9 

 2.5 

 10.1* 

 .22 



3,960 



2,850 



51*0 



570 



15,900 



12,51*0 



850 



1,810 



700 



1*,109 



2,71*2 



879 



1*1*1* 



W* 



1,776 

 210 

 1.9 

 279 

 1*02 

 11*0 

 21*8 

 229 

 219 



2,333 

 85 



3 



90 



3,030 



636 



2,391. 



1,218 



.81* 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



100 



95 

 26 



1*3 

 26 



li.it 



6.0 



2.e 



12.6 



1,626 



38.0 



25.0 



1.6 



12.5 

 5.3 

 2.7 

 9.8 

 1.7 

 1.8 



10.2 

 .39 



3,820 



2,660 



1*1*0 



520 



19,210 



15,200 



1,680 



1,550 



780 



I*, 878 



3,509 



81*2 



1*93 



31. 



2,387 

 211* 

 57 

 1*1*1* 

 698 

 158 

 21*9 

 268 

 299 



2,1*91 



71 



719 



-17 

 81, 



3,206 



768 



2,U38 



1,103 



.85 



116 

 106 

 119 

 122 

 123 

 110 

 111. 

 108 

 151 

 97 



120 



95 

 26 

 10. 

 25 



3.3 

 5.7 

 2.1* 



11*. 8 



1,1*22 



51.0 



21.0 



1.7 



12.3 

 5.1 

 2.6 



10.2 



1*6 



1.7 



11.6 

 .1*0 



3,1*80 



2,680 



31*0 



1*60 



19,160 



15,200 



1,760 



1,1.60 



7U0 



li,0U7 



2,738 



71*3 



528 



38 



2,218 

 199 

 57 

 1*15 

 679 

 170 

 190 

 200 

 308 



1,829 



61 



676 



163 

 65 



2,672 



766 



1,906 

 866 

 .71 



102 



88 



97 



113 



111 



96 



128 



121* 



156 



105 



118 



95 

 26 

 1*1. 

 25 



3.3 

 5.6 



2.1 

 11*. 6 



1,529 



57.0 



21.0 



1.8 



12.6 

 5.1 

 2.6 



10.7 



1*1* 



1.7 



12.2 



.la 



3,590 



2,800 



310 



1*80 



19,310 



15,200 



1,910 



i,51»o 



660 



1*,1*73 



3,11.0 



731* 



5U* 



55 



2,228 

 187 

 59 

 397 

 696 

 170 

 178 

 229 

 312 



2,21*5 



62 



681. 



62 



50 



2,979 



772 



2,207 

 985 

 .79 



109 



98 



99 



122 



110 



96 



127 



126 



162 



110 



119 



95 

 21* 

 1.5 

 26 



3.3 



5.3 



1.8 



11*. 1 



i,5oo 



1*7.0 



17.0 



1.6 



13.0 

 5.1 

 2.7 



11.0 



US 



1.6 

 12.3 



.la 



3,580 



2,800 



300 



1.80 



20,91.0 



16,U1*0 



2,01*0 



1,720 



71*0 



U,U17 



2,896 



912 



550 



59 



2,250 



198 

 58 



lao 



700 

 175 

 181* 

 212 

 313 



2,167 



65 



706 



-175 

 32 



2,665 



1,131 



1,531* 

 667 

 .55 



103 



88 



95 



116 



105 



92 



135 



11*1* 



165 



107 



121 



