40 BULLETIN 997, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 28. — Cost of keeping workstock in different areas. 
Area. 
Num 
berof 
farms, 
Aver- 
age 
num- 
ber of 
-work- 
stock 
per 
farm. 
Cost per head. 
Feed. 
Shoe- 
ing. 
Vet- In- 
er- Chores.! ter- 
inary. est. 
Har- 
ness. 
De- 
pre- 
cia- 
tion. 
Total. 
Ma- 
nure 
credit 
Net 
cost 
per 
head. 
Madison Count v, 
Ohio 
Seneca Conntv, 
Ohio 
Madison County, 
Ind 
Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Ind 
Livingston Countv, 
111 
Knox County, 111.. 
All 
8.1 
5.0 
5.4 
6.0 
8.4 
7.0 
$135. 96 
160. 25 
135. .56 
123. 10 
128. 78 
135.13 
S3. 05 
3.75 
3.13 
2.23 
1.27 
1.41 
133.64 
2.16 
SO. 58 
S15. 43 
.66 
22. 58 
1.19 
16.52 
1.04 
10.47 
1.69 
1.03 
14.07 
14.65 
1.13 
15.83 
9.02 
7.87 
8.86 
S5. 43 
5.21 
4.87 
3.52 
5.10 
4.97 
S3. 36 
4.64 
1.20 
13.68 
6.72 
12.09 
S173. 38 
206.11 
-170. 34 
168.53 
168. 49 
177.36 
S15. 00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
S158. 38 
191. 11 
155. 3 i 
153.53 
131.49 
162. 36 
.62 
4.82 
7.79 
173.99 | 15.00 
The average net cost per farm of keeping the workstock during the 
year was $1,076. The costs per farm in the different areas were: 
Madison County, Ohio $1, 278 
Seneca County, Ohio 956 
Madison County, Ind 839 
Montgomery County, Ind 926 
Livingston County, 111 1, 280 
Knox County, 111 1, 133 
The greater number of workstock kept on the larger farms (see 
Table 9) naturally makes the cost per farm greater. The average 
cost per farm on the farms of different sizes was : 
Less than 80 crop acres S621 
80 to 119 crop acres. 660 
120 to 159 crop acres 849 
160 to 199 crop acres 1, 006 
200 to 239 crop acres 1, 120 
240 to 279 crop acres 1 ; 292 
280 to 319 crop acres 1, 367 
320 or more crop acres 1, 966 
No attempt was made to obtain figures on the cost of housing the 
animals or on taxes and insurance. These items, however, would 
amount to only a small percentage of the total. United States 
Department of Agriculture Bulletin 560, "The Cost of Keeping Farm 
Horses and the Cost of Horse Labor," based on detailed cost account 
records, shows that for the period of 1909 to 1914 these charges 
.amounted to about 10 per cent of the total cost of keeping horses in 
Illinois and Ohio. Figures presented in the University of Illinois 
Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 231, "The Horse and the 
Tractor," shows that for the six years, 1913 to 1918, the charge for 
shelter there amounted to 3.1 per cent of the total cost of keeping 
