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BULLETIN 941, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
obtained by planting more corn and forage crops, and returns from stock were not 
commensurate with the value of the feed consumed, especially from the great number 
of horses. This farm had for three years belonged to the present owner, who stated 
that at the outset he had $2,000 cash, in addition to that used in purchasing and 
equipping the farm, but had used this entire amount in addition to the farm returns 
for the three years' living. The year's analysis of the business shows quite clearly 
why this was necessary. His horse enterprise is large and unprofitable. 
FARM NO. 7. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 
Crop area acres. . 5G 
Waste and. woods do 109 
Pasture do 35 
Total farm area do 200 
Land and buildings $9, 500 
Live stock 1, 761 
Machinery and tools 505 
Cash 100 
Total capital 11, 866 
ACREAGE ANT) YIELD OF CKOrs. 
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 
Corn bushels. . 
Corn and soy beans for silage. tons. . 
Wheat bushels. . 
Rye do 
Rye (pastured) 
Oats bushels. . 
Kafir corn (seed) do 
Hay tons. . 
Soy beans do 
Sorghum gallons. . 
Cane after oats do 
Apples 
Blackberries crates. . 
Total 
yield. 
200 
100 
32 
12X 
10 
4 
15 
40 
10 
Acre: 
Class. 
4 
10 
10 
4 
4 
4.5 
2 
5 
6 
1.5 
4.5 
4 
1 
Cows 
Heifers 
Calves 
Bulls 
Horses 
Mules 
Mule colt . . 
Boar 
Brood sow; 
Hogs 
Chickens . . 
Begin- 
ning 
of year. 
10 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
2 
7 
12.") 
Pur- 
chased. 
Pro- 
duced. 
19 
DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 
Source. 
Wheat bushels. 
Rye 
Oats 
Hay 
Blackberries 
Dairy products.. 
Cattle 
Colts 
Hogs 
Poultry and eggs. 
Wood 
..do... 
..do... 
..tons. 
.crates. 
Total receipts 
Amount 
sold, 
Value. 
$160 
4 
30 
48 
43 
658 
374 
25 
252 
118 
12 
Hired labor $40 
Family labor 500 
Repairs to machinery 22 
Repairs to fences 7 
Feed 212 
Seed 46 
Other expenses 166 
Depreciation, machinery, and buildings 120 
Total expenses 1, 113 
1,724 
Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) $611 
5 per cent interest on capital v 593 
Labor income 18 
This farm had an improved area of 91 acres. The stock on hand at the beginning 
of the year consisted of 10 cows, 9 heifers, and 1 bull; three horses, 1 mule, and 1 colt; 
2 sows and 8 other hogs, and a flock of chickens. Fifty-six acres of crops were raised and 
good yields obtained. 
This represents one of the farms where dairying receives considerable attention. 
When the present operator purchased this farm, six years ago, it was in a badly run- 
down condition, and his good management in inaugurating a cropping system and 
