A STUDY OF SHAKE-RENTED DAIRY FARMS. 
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Table VIII. — Relation of kind of dairy products sold to profits. 
[Average figures.] 
Item. 
84 Wisconsin farms. 
3 farms 
selling 
butter fat. 
49 farms 
selling 
milk to 
cheese 
factory. 
32 farms 
selling 
milk to 
condens- 
ery. 
59 Illinois farms. 
33 farms 
selliug 
market 
milk. 
2G farms 
selling 
milk to 
condens- 
ery. 
Average total capital 
Average size farms (acres) 
Average number of cows 
Average dairy receipts per cow 
Average receipts from hogs 
Tenant's average labor income 
Average per cent on landlord's investment . . 
$22,496 
179 
18 
$56 
$656 
$413 
3.3 
$29,879 
206 
23 
$64 
$795 
$677 
3.9 
$33,609 
195 
29 
$77 
$352 
$842 
4 
$37,977 
182 
$147 
$1,038 
4.6 
$37,794 
187 
47 
$91 
$173 
$1,004 
4.6 
Both tenant's labor income and landlord's profits are least on the 
Wisconsin farms selling butter fat ($431 and 3.3 per cent), and most 
($812 and 1 per cent) on the group of farms selling milk to the con- 
densery. The per cent the landlord makes on his investment in the 
Illinois group is 1.6, both where the milk is sold on the market and 
where it is sold to the condensery, and the tenant's average labor in- 
come is practically the same in the two groups. None of the Illinois 
farms visited sold butter fat. 
RELATION OF BREEDING OF COWS TO PROFITS. 
Whether the cows are grade or pure bred is frequently the deciding 
factor in reference to profits on dairy farms. The influence of breed- 
ing on the profits of the landlord and of the tenant on these farms is 
shown in Table IX. 
Table IX. — Influence of breeding of cows on profit. 
Item. 
Total capital 
Land in farms (acres) 
Number of cows 
Per cent of cows raised 
Dairy receipts per cow 
Labor income 
Landlord's per cent on invest 
ment 
84 Wisconsin farms. 
59 Illinois farms. 
3 farms 
with 
pure-bred 
Holstein 
cows. 
$42, 615 
163 
22 
20 
$1,368 
9 farms 
with 
part 
pure-bred 
Holstein 
cows. 
$41,318 
206 
33 
26 
$83 
$1,164 
62 farms 
with 
grade 
Holstein 
cows. 
$30, 652 
205 
25 
20 
$69 
$716 
3.6 
10 farms 
with 
mixed or 
other 
grade 
cows. I cows. 
3 farms 
with 
part 
pure-bred 
Holstein 
$20, 689 
186 
20 
15 
$42 
$234 
2.8 
$38, 279 
148 
33 
19 
$103 
$1, 059 
3.7 
Z3» mixed or 
S™k i other 
grade 
cows. 
Holstein i 
cows. I 
$39, 542 
192 
43 
9 
$92 
$1,041 
$35, 301 
176 
43 
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In the Wisconsin area only three farms had pure-bred cattle ex- 
clusively, and in the Illinois area only three farms had part of the 
herd pure bred. This number, although averaged in the table in 
each case, is not great enough to give a reliable average. On two of 
