Table 1.- Snail tobacco-Uveetock taima, Kentucky Blu«grasst Organization, production, costs, and 



retumfi, 195'*- vltb comparisons 







Average 





: 



: 



: 



: 



Iteo 



: Unit : 







_: 1951 



: 



: 1952 

 : 



t 1953 

 1 



: 1954 





1937-41 : 



19Jt7_U9 



: 1/ 



TATid In farm 



: Acre : 



50 



50 



50 



50 



50 



50 



Cropland barvested 



> do. : 



16 



16 



16 



17 



16 



16 



Plowable pasture 



t do. : 



25 



2U 



24 



23 



24 



23 



Otber land 



: do. : 



9 



10 



10 



10 



10 



u 



Crops harvested: 

















Tobacco 



: Acre : 



3.3 



3.1 



3.2 



3.2 



3.0 



2.8 



Com 



; do. : 



h.3 



3.5 



3.4 



3.3 



3.2 



3.1* 



Snail grain 



: do. J 



2.5 



l.U 



1.1 



1.3 



1.5 



1.5 



Hay 



: do. : 



5.7 



8.1* 



8.2 



8.8 



8.2 



7.9 



Crop yields per barveflted etcret 

















Tobacco 



• Pound : 



96U 

 3U.6 



1,226 

 43.3 



1,371 



1,382 



1.315 

 43.0 



1,606 



Com 



1 Bushel : 



39.5 



39.0 



37.0 



Wbeat 



: do. : 



16.U 



18.3 



16.0 



21.0 



22.0 



25.0 



Hay 



: Ton : 



1.3 



1.5 



1.4 



1.4 



1.5 



1.6 



Livestock on fams, January 1: 

















AH cattle 



: Humber : 



k.6 



5.2 



5.3 



5.1 



5.5 



5.6 



Milk cows 



: do. : 



3.1 



3.2 



3.3 



3.2 



3.1 



3.2 



Sbeep and lambs 



: do. : 



6.9 



5.4 



5.6 



5.5 



5.3 



5.2 



Chickens 



: do. : 



U5 



44 



1*3 



44 



42 



41 



Horses and mules 



: do. ! 



Z.h 



2.1 



1.7 



1.7 



1.6 



1.5 



Fl£s raised 



: do. : 



6.8 



8.5 



8.5 



7.3 



6.9 



7.4 



Tractors on farm 



: Rumber : 



.Ok 



.15 



.23 



.25 



.27 



.28 



Total labor used 



: Hour t 



2,950 



2,710 



2,630 



2,620 



2,510 



2,51*0 



Operator and family 



: do. : 



2,770 



2,600 



2,560 



2,560 



2,450 



2,480 



Hired 



: do. : 



180 



no 



70 



60 



60 



60 



Total farm capital, January 1 



: Dollar : 



'*,730 



9,190 



11,010 



11,990 



U,520 



10,870 



lAnd and buildings 



: do. : 



3,790 



7,150 



8,550 



9,350 



9,000 



8,600 



Machinery and equipment 



: do. : 



260 



480 



680 



790 



860 



930 



Livestock 



t do. : 



520 



1,140 



1,280 



1,380 



1,120 



860 



Crops for sale, feed and seed 



t do. ! 



160 



420 



500 



470 



540 



480 



Total cash receipts 



Dollar : 



976 



2,612 



3,191* 



3,070 



2,857 



2,960 



Tobacco 



do. : 



61*1 



1,772 



2,129 



2,239 



2,060 



2,204 



Livestock 



do. : 



163 



482 



624 



416 



399 



412 



Livestock products 



do. : 



116 



330 



414 



392 



378 



322 



Other, Including Oovemment payments 



do. t 



56 



28 



27 



23 



20 



22 



Total cash expenditures i 



Dollar : 



365 



898 



1,058 



1,136 



1,123 



1,185 



Feed porcbaeed ! 



do. : 



"♦5 



163 



158 



176 



127 



157 



Livestock expense 1 



do. t 



16 



35 



38 



38 



36 



38 



Crop expense i 



do. : 



52 



173 



215 



232 



253 



266 



Machinery : 



do. : 



103 



259 



362 



398 



411 



428 



Farm buildings and fences : 



do. ] 



58 



100 



108 



112 



no 



102 



Hired labor : 



do. : 



27 



51* 



38 



34 



3^ 



36 



General farm and nlsceUaneoos I 



do. : 



&i 



114 



139 



11*6 



152 



158 



Net caab farm income : 



Dollar : 



611 



1,711* 



2,136 



1,934 



'■IS. 



1,775 



Value of percjulBltes j 



do. : 



230 



554 



587 



604 



567 



Change In Inventory: : 

















Crops and livestock : 



Dollar : 



36 



10 



-158 



44 



-4 



-13 



Machinery and buildings : 



do. : 



18 



51* 



83 



88 



69 



46 



Het fern incooe : 



Dollar : 



895 



2,332 



2,648 



2,670 



2,383 



2,375 



Charge far capital : 



Dollar : 



225 



446 



562 



616 



604 



568 



Return to pperator and fanlly labor : 



Dollar : 



670 



1,886 



2,086 



2,054 



1,779 



1,807 



Purchasing power la 1937-'+l dollars : 



do. : 



670 



960 



966 



942 



820 



818 



Return per hour In current dollars : 



do. : 



.24 



.73 



.81 



.80 



.73 



.73 



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

















Gross farm Incooe : 



Farcest i 



39 



100 



U4 



117 



108 



m 



Het fam Income : 



do. : 



38 



100 



114 



114 



102 



102 



Het farm production i 



do. : 



89 



100 



107 



109 



102 



112 



Crop yields per acre t 



do. : 



80 



100 



107 



108 



105 



123 



Production per hour of man labor : 



do. : 



82 



100 



111 



113 



Ul 



119 



Production per unit of input : 



do. t 



90 



100 



104 



106 



101 



108 



Operating ejqwnse per unit of jxroductlon t 



do. : 



47 



100 



K)8 



115 



123 



121 



Total cost per unit of production : 



do. : 



1*7 



100 



107 



110 



118 



112 



Power and machinery, January 1 : 



do. : 



83 



100 



113 



126 



138 



146 



Prices received for products sold : 



do. t 



k3 



100 



108 



108 



107 



99 



Prices paid, including wages to hired labor: 



do. : 



50 



100 



114 



116 



U5 



116 



1/ Prellmlaary. 



