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Table IV. — Expenses of and income from the 95-acre hill farm of Mr. English 
for the year ended March 31, 1911. 
Investment. 
Amount. 
95 acres of land, at $16.32 per acre 
$1,550 
400 
1 950 
Expenses. 
Cost. 
Income. 
Gross 
receipts. 
Net 
receipts. 
$18. 00 
14.00 
6.80 
12.00 
4.80 
4.80 
2.40 
16.00 
4.00 
150 bushels of oats, at 45 cents 
58 bushels of buckwheat, at 60 cents. 
180 bushels o f po tatoes , at 60 cents . . . 
10 head of young cattle pastured 6 
$67. 50 
34.80 
108. 00 
30.00 
4,000 pounds of lime 
400 pounds of fertilizer for potatoes. . 
20 bushels of seed potatoes, at 60 
800 pounds of acid phosphate for oats . 
8 bushels of seed oats, at 60 cents 
4 bushels of buckwheat, at 60 cents. . 
Total . . . 
Total 
82.80 
240. 30 
Owner's income (interest on 
investment is not deducted) 
$157. 50 
The owner's income amounts to 8.08 per cent on the investment 
of $1,950. In this calculation no account is taken of the owner's 
supervision, as the exercise of it did not detract from that of the 
home farm. 
In addition, the farm was very materially improved by deeper 
plowing, better cultivation of the crops, and by cleaning up around 
the place. 
MANAGEMENT THE SECOND YEAR. 
The following year about 9 acres of sod land were plowed 7. or 8 
inches deep and thoroughly prepared for potatoes. Unfortunately, 
the tenant left pome of the cut seed potatoes exposed for several days 
without the owner's knowledge, and these made a very uneven stand 
when planted. Three plantings were made. The first from freshly 
cut seed gave a fine stand and yielded 150 bushels to the acre. The 
next was the largest and made a very poor stand, yielding only 50 
bushels to the acre, while the last was good and yielded 150 bushels 
to the acre. From the whole field 816 bushels were dug, an average 
of about 90 bushels per acre, a very low yield. These were worth $1 a 
bushel at the farm, however, which in part made up for the low yield. 
In spite of a very dry season the clover sown the previous year 
came up very well. From a 2-acre plat over 4 tons of fine clover hay 
were cut, while the remainder of the new seeding cut about 1 ton of 
good hay per acre. Eight acres of oats in which the usual seeding of 
clover and timothy with lime and acid phosphate was made yielded 
