46 
BULLETIN 941, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SI, 550 was left, of which $1,159 was the operator's labor income for his year's work, 
which is a very successful showing under the conditions existing in this area. 
This farm was so organized that the farmer could pay his family labor for the work 
performed, pay interest on investment, and at the same time be well paid for his 
own year's work. 
FARM NO. 5. 
DISTRIBL T TIOX OF FARM AREA. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 
Crop area acres. 
Woods and waste do... 
67 
293 
70 
10 
Land and buildings 
... §4,000 
Live stock 
. 2 170 
Pasture do. . . 
Rented out do. . . 
Machinery 
Feed and cash 
643 
590 
ACREAGE AND 
YIELD OF 
CROPS. 
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 
Crop. 
Total 
yield. 
Acres. 
Class. 
Begin- 
ning of 
year. 
Pur- 
chased. 
Pro- 
duced. 
.bushels.. 
....do.... 
tons.. 
....do.... 
....do.... 
.bushels.. 
700 
300 
10 
4 
13 
400 
20 
17 
15 
3 
7 
4 
1 
2 
Corn 
Wheat 
Cows 
12 
3 
8 
1 
15 
5 
1 
4 
5 
78 
Hav 
Heifers 
Calves 
Bull 
Steers 
Horses 
Colts 
Millet hay 
Alfalfa 
2 
14 
Apples 
Peas 1 
.bushels.. 
8 
1 
Brood sows 
Hogs 
31 
Poultry 
99 
DISTRIBUTION OF RECED?TS. 
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 
Source. 
Amount 
sold. 
Value. 
Hired labor 
Family labor 
. . . S105 
396 
Repairs to machinery 
50 
. . bushels . . 
do.... 
tons.. 
..bushels.. 
225 
400 
2 
200 
$428 
400 
40 
350 
76 
850 
60 
342 
136 
Repairs to buildings and fences 
90 
Wheat 
Apples 
Hay 
Corn 
Feed 
Seed 
Fertilizer 
49 
86 
72 
. . . 153 
Depreciation, buildings and machinery 
Total expenses 
88 
Cattle 
Colts 
... 1,089 
Hogs 
Poultry and eggs 
Total receipts.. 
2, 682 
1 Second crop. 
Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) SI, 593 
5 per cent interest on capital 370 
Labor income 1, 223 
This was perhaps the most successfully operated of all the hilly-upland farms from 
which records were obtained, and in this connection it is interesting to note that when 
this operator moved to the farm 20 years ago he bought it from a man who had made 
a failure of its operation. 
The present operator has taken in more land than was under cultivation when he 
first bought it and has expended an immense amount of work in picking up and 
hauling stones off the place. For hay he had 15 acres of meadow. 7 acres of alfalfa, 
and 3 acres of millet. Two acres of cowpeas were planted in the apple orchard. 
The other crops consisted of 20 acres of corn and 17 acres of wheat. The live stock 
consisted of 12 cows, 15 feeding steers, 5 horses, 1 colt, 4 brood sows, and other voting 
