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the dairy industry has been the means of building up the farm until he now gets 
yields far above the average of the region. He covers 14 acres a year with 7 tons of 
manure per acre. The cows of a dairy herd were kept for dairy purposes (steer calves 
not being raised), and consumed most of the feed raised on the place. In addition, 
$213 worth of feed was bought. The average annual production of butter fat per cow 
was only 130 pounds, an inadequate return for the feed consumed. In consequence, 
as the capital investment was rather high, a labor income of only $18 was earned by 
the operator. Increasing the production of the dairy cows is of prime importance on 
.this farm. 
FARM NO. 8. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 
Crop area acres. . 52 
Woods and waste do 25 
Pasture do 43 
Totalfarm area do 120 
DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 
Land and buildings $7, 800 
Live stock 1, 812 
Machinery and tools 986 
Cash 200 
Total capital 10, 798 
ACREAGE AND 
YIELD OF 
CROPS. 
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 
Crop. 
Total 
yield. 
Acres. 
Class. 
Begin- 
ning 
of year. 
Pur- 
chased. 
Pro- 
duced. 
.bushels.. 
....do.... 
....do.... 
....tons.. 
....do.... 
800 
230 
160 
16.5 
2 
20 
10 
4 
11 
2 
2 
1 
2 
Corn 
Wheat . . 
Cows 
9 
4 
4 
8 
1 
3 
1 
9 
11 
2 
Oats 
Hay 
Alfalfa. . 
Steers 
12 
Bulls 
Colts . 
1 
11 
Brood sows 
24 
Chickens 
100 
50 
DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 
Source. 
Corn bushels. 
Wheat do . . . 
Oats do... 
Hay tons. 
Dairy products 
Cattle 
Colts 
Sheep and wool 
Poultry. 
Total receipts. 
\moun1 
sold. 
100 
180 
25 
1 
Value. 
S150 
360 
23 
27 
658 
455 
65 
217 
797 
255 
3,007 
Hired labor $44 
Family labor 600 
Repairs to machinery 50 
Repairs to buildings 75 
Feed 100 
Seed 38 
Fertilizer 
Other expenses 
Depreciation, building, and machinery... 
Total expenses . 
54 
92 
105 
1,158 
Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) SI, 840 
5 per cent interest on capital 549 
Labor income - 1, 309 
This farm contained 95 acres of improved land. It is interesting to compare this 
farm with farm No. 7 as to crop area, size of business, and returns. The stock on hand 
at the beginning of the year consisted of 9 cows and 17 head of other cattle, 3 horses, and 
a colt, 2 brood sows, 20 sheep and lambs, and a flock of chickens. Manure was saved 
