TEN DAIRY FARMS IN BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. 3 
product. Near the smaller towns the milk is mostly bottled and is 
marketed at the door of the customer. In the vicinity of larger cities 
‘itis mostly shipped in and retailed through local distributors. When 
this was done the farmer received 15 to 20 cents per gallon for milk 
and paid 14 to 2 cents per gallon ‘to ship it 30 to 50 miles. 
The labor incomes‘ on most of the farms were large, as compared 
with those of successful farms of other types in this region. The 
average labor income on 187 farms was $750, while the average of 
these ten dairy farms was $1,773. 
Table I shows plainly that of the ten farms studied those which 
sold market milk and which had high net receipts per cow made the 
most money. 
OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME. 
While dairy products furnished the main source of income on these 
farms, the farmers found it profitable to diversify to some extent. 
Other common sources of income were tobacco and wheat. In some 
cases a few steers were kept. There was some income from the sale 
of dairy cows, young stock, and calves. In some cases also there was 
a substantial income from swine and poultry. The percentage 
receipts from dairy products and tobacco on these farms were as 
follows: ; 
TaBLeE II.—Percentage receipts from dairy products and tobacco. 
Receipts | Receipts Receipts | Receipts 
Farm No. from from Farm No. from from 
dairy. tobacco. dairy. tobacco. 
Per cent. | Per cent. Per cent. | Per cent. 
De ee AGN Tuy it peg at: 80 1 TRB os Be Ener san ah | 90 0 
Dy en ea ee ali Sa 67 HDS ll ated eyes once el paca i AA 55 0 
Pe Bl neat opaapO Va eat 82 DAMEN Ls Bete Oi). Ree © MS AE a Se 49 15 
AS STIS en AE PI Sipe i 72 CO Mies 1 is ea Rae fas 2a aA re 51 0 
et oe ete MAE Ei. oe 85 9 
Os ee ee ea Bes 80 9 Average........- 71 5. 8 
Tobacco is a crop specially adapted to the region, and on many 
farms it is the main source of income. The percentage receipts from 
dairying on the ten farms in question, as shown in Table IT, included 
net receipts from dairy stock and from calves. During the past two 
years (1915 and 1916) Farm No. 4 has found hemp a profitable crop, 
not only because of recent increase in price of this product, but 
because during its growing season hemp requires no attention, while 
the harvesting is done in a few days by machinery and the other 
operations in preparation for marketing may be let out to negroes 
who are experienced hemp workers. 
1 Labor income is what the farmer makes above expenses, which include current interest on the money 
he has tied up in his business. 
