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BULLETIN 853, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table II. — Products sold or added to inventory per farm on 
general farms, Grove City, Pa., area. 
159 dairy farms 
and 190 
Unit. 
Amount per farm. 
Value per unit. 
Product. 
Dairy 
farms. 
General 
farms. 
Range. 
Average. 
Head 
1.8 
1,565 
0.3 
935 
338 
62 
1,122 
265 
5 
4 
22 
8 
1 
14 
19 
2.3 
5 
96 
.2 
.5 
2 
14 
5 
1 
2,171 
.2 
1,235 
391 
543 
429 
273 
39 
6 
32 
16 
1 
16 
16 
5.1 
4 
6 
.1 
.4 
2 
8 
10 
S40.00 toSlOO.OO 
.06 to .09 
25.00 to 300.00 
.08 to .12 
.12 to .17 
. 065 to . 10 
.36 to .52 
.20 to .40 
.32 to .65 
.80 to 2.00 
1.55 to 3.00 
.70 to 1.00 
1.10 to 1.60 
.60 to 1.20 
1.50 to 3.00 
9.00 to 15.00 
1.50 to 3.00 
.08 to .12 
2.50 to 4.00 
8.00 to 13.00 
1.00 to 2.00 
3.00 to 5.50 
1.00 to 3.50 
Cattle 
Pound 
Head 
SO. 0779 
Horses 
Hogs 
Chickens 
Sheep 
Butter fat 
Pound 
do 
do 
do 
.0962 
.15 
.0838 
.43 
Eggs 
Dozen 
Pound 
Bushel 
do 
.25 
Wool 
.36 
.98 
Wheat 
1.70 
Oats 
do 
.72 
Eve 
do 
1.06 
Buckwheat 
do 
1.03 
Potatoes 
do 
2.04 
Hay 
Ton 
11.32 
Apples 
Barrel 
1.83 
.09 
Timothy seed 
Bushel 
do 
3.36 
Clover seed 
11.46 
Gallon... 
Day 
1.32 
Man and team labor 
4.54 
do 
2.57 
It will be noted that in only two principal sources of receipts did 
the dairy farms exceed the general in amount produced for sale. The 
production of cows and butter fat was greater on the dairy farms. 
It should not be inferred that all of the farms sold those products, 
but the figures given simply represent the average of the farms taken 
as a whole; for example, of the 349 farms only 75 farms reported 
sales of sheep or wool, 36 of corn, 159 of wheat, 61 of oats, 16 of rye, 
101 of buckwheat, 138 of potatoes, 105 of apples, 10 of strawberries, 
134 of hay, 37 of clover seed, and 15 of timothy seed. 
Woodland also has a share in the farm production of this area. 
While, as shown in Table IV, the cash receipts from this source were If 
small, its contributions in the way of fuel and repair material for the 
upkeep of fences and buildings were of considerable importance. 
The range of prices is due to the quality of the product at the time 
of selling, the fluctuations of market prices, and the marketing ability 
of the farmer selling them. It is hardly practicable to itemize all of 
the smaller items of farm receipts, but the above list represents over 
90 per cent of the farm receipts and all of the principal sources of 
receipts. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 
The farm area on 349 farms in the region considered averaged in 
size 101 acres, and in respect to utilization was distributed as follows: 
Tillable area: Percent. 
Crop area 48 
Tillable pasture 12 
Untillable pasture 20 
Woodland (pastured) 10 
Woodland 4 
Waste. 6 
