26 BULLETIN 1388, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 15. — Variations in farm incomes on farms of different sizes, 1921 and 
Number of farms 
Farm income 
Small 
Medium 
Large 
1921 
1922 
1921 
1922 
1921 
1922 
Number of farms having receipts greater than ex- 
penses: 
$2,500 and over,. ' 
4 
1 
4 
9 
10 
l. r i 
12 
1 
1 
3 
20 
13 
15 
7 
2 
3 
..... 
6 
4 
1 
3 
1 
3 
$2,000 to $2,499 
1 
$1,500 to $1,999 
1 
$1,000 to $1,499 
1 
5 
12 
6 
2 
1 
4 
18 
9 
1 
6 
$500to$999 
5 
0to$499 
11 
Number of farms having receipts less than expenses: 
$lto$499. 
9 
$500 to $999 . 
$1,000 and over 
3 
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26 
33 
60 
67 
25 
39 
Table 16. 
-Average real estate mortgages on farms having real estate mortgages 
1921 and 1922 
Unit 
1921 
1922 
Item 
26 
small 
farms 
60 „. 
farm's '< arms 
33 
small 
farms 
67 
medium- 
sized 
farms 
39 
large 
farms 
Farmers having real estate 
mortgages. 
Average amount of real estate 
mortgage on mortgaged 
farms. 
Ratio of mortgage debt to 
total value of real estate on 
mortgaged farms. 
Number _. 
Dollars ... 
Tor cent .. 
13 
2,415 
36 
28 
4,889 
43 
13 
7.077 
37 
21 
2, 680 
45 
41 
3,988 
37 
30 
5, 124 
28 
Table 17. 
Families using different amounts of commodities -produced at home, 
1921 
Farms using following products 
Value of product 
Butter. 
milk, and 
eggs 
Meat 
Garden 
produce 1 
$50 and less 
Number 
6 
44 
37 
17 
7 
Number 
58 
39 
12 
2 

Number 
67 
$51 to$100 
36 
$101to$150 
5 
$151 to $200 
3 
$201 and over 

1 Includes potatoes and fruit. 
SATISFACTORY FARM INCOMES DEPEND UPON SEVERAL FACTORS 
Even in such a year as 1922, when farm returns were generally dis- 
couraging, some farmers in this area made good incomes from farm- 
