OKGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 11 
maintain itself adequately as a business organization. By this is 
meant farm receipts of sufficient amount not only to cover the yearly 
cash outlay, but to pay for the labor and supervision of the farmer 
and members of his family, and depreciation and interest on invest- 
ment as well. After the farmer has obtained these various products, 
ITEMS 
ACRES 
70 OR 
UNDER 
71-100 
I0I-13O 
OVE-R 131 
AVERAGE. 
(ALL FARMS ) 
DOLLARS 
VALUE SUPPLIED BY THE 
FARM TOWARDS FAMILY'S 
LIVING EXPENSE 
(Estimated) 
FARMER'S LABOR INCOME 
UNPAID FAMILY LABOR 
INTEREST ON INVESTMENT 
DEPRECIATION ON EQUIPMENT 
TAXES AND INSURANCE- 
REPAIRS 
MISC. CURRENT EXPENSES 
FEEDS PURCHASED 
HIRED LABOR 
I 
! 
l i 
^ 
i 
1 
2000 
I 600 
120 O 
- 80O 
40 
Fig. 7.— Distribution of the farmer's gross income. 
he has the option of either turning them into cash or using them in 
increasing the size of his business. 
Table II shows an itemized account of the various farm products, 
averaged for the dairy and general farms under study. The dairy 
enterprise was the one showing the greatest development in this area, 
and most of the dairy cows were kept for increasing the size of the 
herd. Part of the young stock was kept in this connection, but most 
of the other products were turned into cash. 
