16 BULLETIN 694, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
and live stock sold. In some sections and under some conditions 
it is best to sell practically all crops, while in others it is better and 
more profitable to derive the greater part or almost all the income 
from live stock. The size of farm undoubtedly has some bearing 
upon this phase of the farm business. (See Table IX.) 
TaBLE 1X.—Relation of per cent of total receipts from live stock to profits on 300 owner 
farms, Lenawee County, Mich. 
‘a Receipts ‘< 
eres per pro- verage 
Per cent receipts from live stock. uniber per aes ductive labor 
‘| farm r animal | income. 
unit. a 
OHA ere Oe ete mney eT Ree Uy eg ae eh Pes lt AT |. 94 104 $51 | $504 
ORDO DO ears base era ee ete cee hs acre ae ae ee ne eae 41 105 107 56 535 
(4A) LE) OS Eira 5 ea a Be Ae Me Te GAT Ae ens 57 120 100 63 666 
CADAIOY AS) SSR iis eal ie ie eee am eee SR ee Na 2 75 110 102 63 432 
BOWES Dee a eeu esamey ace ates Ra arc gel ate aeeimr rage nah na 49 95 98 68 430 
COTO REH ANG bea (8) pies ey naa toon yk NEN eg os Ape rte oe Ce aR ae 31 86 92 62 Dey 
PANT OWMeGTaTmSeaoet taa oeeere oe ge ee i 300 104 * 100 61 481 
a Includes all live stock on the farm excepting work stock. 
Of the 300 owner farms studied the greater number received 
relatively a large proportion of their receipts from live stock, so - 
that the variation in this respect is very wide. The farms which 
received 50 per cent and less of their income from live stock show 
slightly lower average labor incomes than those that received from 
50 to 70 per cent of their income from this source. In this, how- 
ever, it must be borne in mind that the farms receiving 50 per cent 
and less are comparatively smaller. In this connection it is difficult 
to draw any hard and fast conclusions, but it seems quite worthy 
of note that the most prosperous of the owner farms of the area 
studied are getting from 50 to 70 per cent of their income from 
the sale of live stock and stock products. In special cases and 
with farms of peculiarly radical departures in organization it is 
quite probable that the percentage of receipts from live stock may 
well be higher than normally found. 
A similar condition arises in the study of the relative per cent of 
total receipts received from the sale of crops, as shown in Table X. 
TABLE X.—Relation of per cent of total receipts from crops to profits on 300 owner farms, 
Lenawee County, Mich. 
Acres Receipts | Average 
Per cent receipts from crops. | eee per or0p per ani- labor 
meee |e ATIIT index. | malunit.| income. 
INIONG See erat Cee ine ee Leh Sa Lees Ft ye ee ete 46 91 96 60 $276 
OJ YG V2) gis Opec ee eae hae ka ai ne ear MG NAN 64 « 98 99 66 455 
LONG OWL scissors ee Stee Ske Oe ions ele cee Ne hme ean cen corse 66 110 102 65 636 
DOGO 29 Sa sak ahs See eee een ec Snes Cerra cere 66 117 104 61 569 
BUR Bee Ree ee chp aeons i ae ko poepote ASE | 30 108 103 54 503 
AQ TO:AG 2 nx Seis ai, SAE ee eee ee estes amieeiece | 16 111 106 54 324 
5Qiandiove4nc6 hohe So eee eee Ree mae aoe | 12 83 101 39 231 
Pl Woy ig oss dec 0d eee eee tn ent epee oe Seriya | 300 104 100 61 481 
