44 BULLETIN 659, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XVIII. — Average value of feed per farm and per animal unit a (115 
farms, Ellis County, Tew.) 
Number of work stock per farm 5. 25 
Number of productive animal units per farm 4. 26 
Total animal units per farm— ~ 9. 51 
Value per farm: 
Feed raised $578 
Feed bought 91 
Increase in inventory — 9 
Feed sold : 162 
Feed consumed 516 
Value of feed consumed per animal unit j; 55 
Value of feed consumed per work animal 83 
Value of feed consumed per productive animal unit 19 
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Fig. 13. — Proportionate cost of various items and the total annual cost of maintaining 
workstock per year (115 farms, Ellis County, Tex.). 
Table XVIII shows the stock kept and feed on the average cotton 
farms of the region. The average value of feed raised per farm is 
$578 and the average value of feed bought per farm is $91. The 
total value of feed consumed per farm amounts to $516 or $55 per 
animal unit. Other data (see fig. 13) shows that the value of feed 
consumed by work stock is $83 per head. The average value of feed 
consumed by productive stock is therefore $19 per animal unit. 
The following diagram, showing factors affecting the principal 
enterprises, is practically self-explanatory. It is intended to visu- 
alize briefly the summary of conditions, favorable or unfavorable, to 
the principal enterprises of the region. 
a For definitions of the term " animal unit " see p. 3. 
