32 BULLETIN 41, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
given in this table are for the entire farm, including both landlord 
and tenant. 
TABLE XXIV.—Relation of the type of farming to the income on farms operated 
by tenants in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. 
Live-stock farms. Crop farms. 
r=) | @ | 
Farms. | & Farms. | 5 | 
\¢ be ame 
State. alice specu ees rales é 
x Baa = = nD Masi) = = 
a2 ae eelieatS 5-7] ase ala to 8 
a1 8 |gs 2 ere oar ten pstes 2 £ 
hi fie ee leh na S| eclnoat eens 8 
Be leo > at eS ese alles > 3 
A) <a | & < SR ZA see al fake < = 
have lipwat. 5 He eee Se eens shee peels 46 124 4 1$19, 623 | $589 | 37 134 4 |$20,879 | $354 
MOIS eerie ae eee eee ee enna 13 | 198 30 | 42,087 {1,066 | 58 | 204 12°) 38; 732 e545 
OWA ere een ta en ees See nace 58 | 179 37 | 23,238 | 496 | 35 | 199 30 | 23,654 | 82 
To taltoraverag Gk ses bee sans 117 167| 24 28, 316 717 |130 179 |. 15.3 | 27,755 | 327 
On these farms the crop men had a larger area and nearly the 
same capital, yet their income was less than half that of the live-stock 
men. This wide margin of profit in favor of the live-stock farmer 
Fic. 9.—Beef cattle and hogs in a feed lot, showing a method of feeding which utilizes 
labor during the winter months. 
is due primarily to two reasons, the most important of which is that 
the crop men sold their corn at about 41 cents per bushel. (See 
Table XXV.) The live-stock farmer fed his corn to hogs, which he 
sold at a price ranging from 7} to 9 cents a pound. Many men also 
fed cattle, which likewise sold on a high market. 
TABLE XXV.—Average price (in cents per bushel) received for crops sold on 
owner and tenant farms in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. 
Corn. Oats. | Wheat. 
State. 
Owners. | Tenants.| Owners. | Tenants. | Owners. | Tenants. 
; 
indiana. Sse eee eee ee eee eee 42.6 41.1 31.9 32. 4 89.8 | 92.3 
DUANOISSE Se Soe eee Ce eo eee OE eee 42.9 41.7 32.3 32. 2 95. 6 96.1 
LOW aks eee ae a anes Sea ee eee 39.8 38.7 28.1 28. 3 88.9 88. 2 
