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BULLETIN 1258, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRTCULTUBE. 
Table 46. — Relation of per cent return on capital to size of farm (acres), 
yields per acre, and livestock receipts per animal unit 
crop 
Average per cent return on capital. 
Aver- 
Aver- 
Groups. 
age 
Aver- 
age 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1016 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1910, 
and 
1913- 
1915. 
age 
1916- 
1919 
1910, 
and 
1913- 
1919. 
Farms below average 
size (acres) : 
Crop yields per acre— 
Below average — 
Livestock re- 
ceipts J — 
Below average. 
2.4 
3.6 
1.6 
0.9 
5.7 
1.7 
3.8 
3.8 
2.1 
3.8 
2.9 
Above average. 
5.3 
4.6 
2.6 
3.8 
5.6 
5.4 
9.8 
7.4 
4.1 
7.0 
5.6 
Above average— 
Livestock re- 
ceipts *— 
Below average. 
4.2 
3.2 
3.0 
3.2 
6.6 
5.7 
7.9 
5.5 
3.4 
6.4 
4.9 
Above average- 
5.9 
8.3 
4.4 
5.8 
8.3 
9.7 
9.8 
9.3 
6.1 
9.3 
7.7 
Farms above average 
size (acres) : 
Crop yields per acre — 
Below average — 
Livest ock re- 
ceipts •— 
Below average . 
3.2 
2.8 
3.3 
3.0 
5.8 
3.0 
6.4 
6.3 
3.1 
5.4 
4.2 
Above average . 
6.3 
5.1 
4.2 
5.0 
6.2 
4.1 
6.1 
7.5 
5.2 
6.0 
5.6 
Above average— 
Livestock re- 
ceipts > — 
Below average . 
3.4 
4.4 
4.2 
4.5 
5.4 
6.8 
8.5 
3.4 
4.1 
6.0 
5.1 
Above average . 
6.8 
5.5 
4.8 
6.2 
8.3 
10.9 
10.6 
8.6 
5.8 
9.6 
7.7 
1 Per animal unit. 
Table 47. — Relation of family living from the farm to size of farm (acres), crop 
yields per acre, and livestock receipts per animal unit. 
Average family living from the farm 
Aver- 
Aver- 
Groups. 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
age 
1910, 
and 
1913- 
1915. 
Aver- 
age 
1916- 
1919. 
age 
1910, 
and 
1913- 
1919. 
Farms below average 
size (acres) : 
Crop yields per acre— 
Below average— 
Livestock re- 
ceipts *— 
Below average. 
$250 
$221 
$221 
$232 
$250 
$370 
$375 
$416 
$231 
$353 
$292 
Above average. 
277 
230 
198 
235 
296 
331 
446 
391 
235 
366 
300 
Above average — 
Livestock re- 
ceipts »— 
Below average. 
255 
240 
240 
239 
264 
372 
450 
417 
244 
376 
310 
Above average- 
232 
230 
230 
237 
288 
355 
448 
411 
232 
376 
304 
Farms above average 
size (acres): 
Crop yields per acre— 
Below average — 
Livestock re- 
ceipts l — 
Below average. 
191 
275 
284 
295 
332 
420 
550 
514 
261 
454 
358 
Above average- 
300 
293 
303 
292 
352 
509 
596 
583 
297 
510 
404 
Above average — 
Livestock re- 
ceipts !— 
Below average. 
330 
275 
393 
256 
299 
431 
483 
534 
314 
437 
376 
Above average. 
314 
337 
300 
301 
422 
459 
624 
618 
313 
531 
422 
1 I'or animal unit. 
