A FIVE-YEAR FARM MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN OHIO. 
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available for the farmers and their families, and when the least and 
the greatest reductions were made in the farm indebtedness. 
The year of least profits was the year with lowest wheat yields; 
the apple crop was also almost a failure. Wool sold lower, and the 
price of sheep was lower than in any other year, except 1914. Had 
the sales of these four items amounted to as much as the five-year 
average, the profits in 1913 would have reached those for the five-year 
average. 
The main factors contributing to the greater profits of 1916 were 
the higher prices received for most farm products and the greater 
quantities sold of a few products. All classes of live stock, as well 
as eggs and wool, brought higher prices in 1916 than in any other 
year. All crops, except hay and clover seed, sold higher in 1916 than 
the five-year average, although a few crops brought higher prices 
some other years than in 1916. (See Table XL) 
Table XI. — Prices received for farm products on 25 farms over a period of five 
years, 1912-1916 (Palmer Township, Washington County, Ohio). 
Product. 
Unit. 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
Five- 
year 
average. 
Corn 
Bushel.. 
...do.... 
$0.46 
.98 
.35 
.62 
11. 38 
.59 
12.00 
1.40 
.19 
.23 
5.70 
3.22 
6.52 
.42 
SO. 76 
.97 
.64 
1.07 
13.73 
1.00 
7.00 
1.00 
.19 
.20 
7.13 
3.00 
8.20 
.43 
SO. 76 
1.19 
SO. 72 
1.15 
.45 
SO. 81 
1.52 
.50 
SO. 70 
Wheat.... 
1.16 
Oats 
...do.... 
.48 
Rye.. 
...do.... 
1.00 
14.67 
1.50 
9.33 
1.05 
.19 
.25 
6.97 
2.97 
8.10 
.41 
.90 
Hay 
Ton 
Bushel.. 
...do.... 
11.81 
.51 
10.34 
1.44 
.19 
.26 
7.29 
4.30 
6.60 
.45 
8.7*5 
1.54 
9.10 
1 35 
.22 
.31 
S.20 
4.56 
8.50 
.48 
12.07 
1.03 
Clover seed . 
9.55 
Barrel... 
Dozen... 
Pound . . 
Cwt 
Head . . . 
Cwt 
Head . . . 
1.25 
Eggs 
.20 
Wool. 
.25 
Cattle 
7.07 
Sheep 
3.61 
7.58 
Chickens 
.44 
More cattle and clover seed were sold in 1916 than in any other 
year, a few more chickens than in any other year except in 1913, 
more hogs than in any other year except 1915, and more hay than in 
any other year except 1912. (See Tables XII, XIII.) 
Table XII. — Quantity of various farm products available for sale on 25 
farms over a period of five years, 1912-1916 (Palmer Township, Washington 
County, Ohio.) 
Product. 
Unit. 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
Five- 
year 
average. 
Bushels . 
.. .do.... 
721 
1,421 
124 
3 
198 
105 
14 
855 
15, 695 
10, 483 
165 
386 
109 
8 
82. 
40 
8 
49 
16, 190 
10,115 
702 
878 
750 
2,080 
112 
410 
812 
40 
550 
Wheat 
1, 115 
Oats 
. do . . . 
77 
Rve 
.. .do 
30 
42 
6 
2 
1,161 
19, 468 
7,348 
8 
Hay 
Tons.... 
Bushels . 
...do 
58 
254 
7 
289 
18, 121 
7,900 
158 
68 
80 
372 
17, 400 
8,374 
108 
95 
22 
Barrels.. 
Dozen . . 
Pounds . 
545 
Eggs 
17, 373 
Wool 
8,844 
