IRRIGATED FARMING IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO 25 
DISTRIBUTION OF LIVESTOCK 
The number of productive livestock (measured in animal units) 
Kept on the general crop farms was very scant. (Table 5.) During 
the four years of the study, there was an average of 12 to 13 animal 
units per farm. The work stock constituted a little more than one- 
third of all the livestock. Cattle, kept mainly to furnish the farm 
with butter, cream, and milk, made up almost another third. Al- 
though there was a slight increase in the cattle animal units each 
year, there were less than five per farm in 1922. Sheep were rarely 
found on the small farms. The number of hogs decreased in 1920 
and 1921 and then increased in 1922. Few colts were raised in 1919 
and the number decreased each year thereafter. The number of 
poultry remained about the same throughout the study. 
TABLE 5.—Distribution of livestock,! on general crop farms, 1919-1922 
Item 1919 1920 1921 1922 
Number | Number | Number | Number 
SLAG TTS TS Ud Ch1 OG eee ene er SE ee ce ee 190 178 169 67 
AINA UTS Cr Tare = eae oo Sle AA he deer os es eee 12.2 12.8 12.5 12.8 
TS eS Pe ee ceeetes 4.2 4. 4 | 4.7 4.6 
PPerOdUeblye: StOCK = e544 - Ss ee Ree ee a Bh Ree 2 SST 8.0 8.4 7.8 hi 
Gaiias 1 29el 391A FE tle ANON ane f 3.8 3.9 4.5 | 4.9 
QUE D0e Eo Se ee ae ee ee .O 1.8 1.3 ne 
TOS Serene en ret ene ns eae on ee eee eee 1.6 1.4 =f IE 
ABTOOGMATES ali GtColtSs eas ers £o- es 2S Es eet ey 1? oD .4 2 
JRO ares Ben Et a. Sa ae ee eee eee & .9 .8 .9 aS 
1 In order to compare the livestock kept on the different farms, it is necessary to have a standard of com- 
parison. The standard here used is the ‘‘Animal unit.”’ It is represented by one mature horse, mule, 
cow, or steer. Also by as many smaller animals as require the feed of one of these mature animals. Usually 
2 head of young cattle, 2 colts, 5 hogs, 10 pigs, 7 sheep, 14 lambs, or 100 chickens are considered equivalent 
to one animal unit. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL 
Table 6 shows the average capital per farm for the period 1919- 
1922. The table also shows the average size of farm and the average 
value of real estate per acre. The values of real estate per acre are 
intended to represent sales values and are based on estimates of 
the farm operators. The average value of real estate per acre dropped 
from $373 in 1919 to $250 in 1922. Likewise, the average capital 
decreased approximately $10,000 during the same period. This is 
a decrease of about 32 per cent in each case. Though land values 
reached their highest peak during the first nine months of 1920, the 
depression was weil under way before the close of the farm year, 
March 1, 1921. For the earning value of real estate from 1919 to 
1922, see Table 9. 
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