TEN DAIRY FARMS IN BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. 9 
FARM NO. 5. 
SIZE aliieemer ta shame eens ee eee hee ee Se acres. . 51 
iINtimlberolicowsiers ae es er eee. ee ee ee 15 
Number orotnerianimalmmitse. 2 25208 Cae ee 11 
plotallicaputa linger sisi opera eee tee Seo cS Se 2 oe ee $8, 843 
Wrorlinmereatnutalis a eee res ee sco Se an ake See 2,786 
otalineceip isms 3 veg henner ns soc Woe Se) ee ae 5, 449 
PeLLeccip ts Irom Calhy wane aes seme a te sso eet oe \ 3,405 
IE EXVEMSCS at airy Vans Sita ae Sree Pei en set Serenade sic BAe re 1, 811 
IB COM Cre get ay yy oo ieee ee eee cis tyais, 5 he oe Ae Seo 3, 638 
Walon COMO Meyer NOt eer es In) eye a a 3, 196 
This farm shows the possibility of profitable dairying on a small 
farm with a small amount of capital invested, and on which about. 
all the labor is done by the operator and his family. Here, again, 
high business efficiency was shown in that operating expenses were 
but 33 per cent of receipts and the labor income was among the 
highest of the group. This farmer has to buy more than the usual. 
quantity of feed, which cost him about $25 per cow. The receipts 
per cow were unusually high. This was due, no doubt, to high 
quality of cows kept and to the fact that he milked the cows himself. 
The milk was retailed at 8 to 10 cents per quart and the cream at. 
$1 per gallon. This farmer raised 34 acres of tobacco, which he sold 
for about $500. He sold 5 cows for $55 per head and bought better 
ones for $65 per head. Sales from poultry were $80, and a colt. 
was raised which increased in value $115. This farmer has been a. 
farm laborer 7 years, a tenant 10 years, and an owner 8 years. He is 
now 40 years old. He owns 40 acres and rents 11 acres additional 
for hay. ‘Twenty-five acres were devoted to permanent bluegrass 
pasture; the remainder, besides 2 acres counted as waste, were in 
crops. 
FARM NO. 6. 
SEARO NEM ee wer te te en es BO i eo acres. - 86 
INUIT ET Om COWSE ce Ne een o cee ee ea ee aod 9 
Numiberoroumeranimal units. =. 2.505 ..2e. 252222. e 33 
EAC AIR Al cree eer ne et as Once NSC Ss eee $16, 800 
Wonkineicapitalt: cies fk ie. We ee a! 2, 675 
so nalehe COntSe tees ae oe Soe ea las) aioe oe eet ee SURG 2, 982 
EVOCOND IAA TOUN CARY Mei cyto os i the a Se cai re al 2, 072 
GX ORE Sens eee Loe eC eyes aie hs el 1,021 
AMM TITC OMe eee a hae ae oe uh nisin 1, 961 
AD OUIRR CUTTS peer epee One rene TPE ee ay RENE Isl all 
This farm was only moderately successful. Profits could have been 
imereased greatly if the business had been made larger by increasing 
the income from cows. If the operator had hired a man he could 
have increased his herd to 20 or 25 cows and besides could have 
raised 5 to 6 acres of tobacco instead of 2. There were no receipts 
from hogs, although there must have been a large quantity of skim 
milk which should have been fed on the farm. Only $75 worth of 
