FARM MANAGEMENT OX IRRIGATED FARMS 
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Table 26. — An analysis of the business and organization of seven individual farms 
operating under widely differerwt sets of conditions, Yakima County, 1922 — Con. 
Unit 
Small farm 
Medium farm 
Large farm 
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 3 
No. 4 
No. 5 
No. 6 
No. 7 
Item 
Crops 
Crops 
and 
live- 
stock 
Crops 
Crops 
and 
live- 
stock 
Live- 
stock 
and 
crops 
on poor 
land 
Crops 
Crops 
and 
live- 
stock 
Labor used per farm: 
Month.. 
...do.... 
12 
1.3 
12 
12 
12 
I 
3 
0.1 
0.6 
3 
37 
7.7 
0.3 
10 
2 
2 
. 4 
11 
3.5 
55~ 
90 
8 
35 
""""Iio" 
180 
32 
12 
3 
12 
Other familv. .. .. _ 
5 
...do 
Extra hired 
Exchange 
Utilization of farm area: 
Farmstead, roads, and waste. __ 
...do.... 
...do.... 
Acre 
..do 
0.2 
0.3 
1 
19.7 
0.7 
0.5 
1.5 
18.5 
1 
7.5 
6.5 
2.5 
0.8 
1.3 
0.8 
39.2 
o.T 
32 
7 
2.1 
0.8 
2 
35 
2 
1 
11 
9 
6 
1 
3 
2 
5 
12 
32 
70 
16 
55 
108 
192 
70 
48 
2.7 
0.8 
6.3 
73.7 
1.5 
0.2 
46 
6 
20 
1.3 
1.3 
6.3 
74.7 
...do.... 
9.0 
Familv garden and orchard 
Alfalfa 
Potatoes. 
...do.... 
__.do.__. 
...do____ 
1 
8.5 
5.7 
0.7 
36 
13 
Wheat . 
..do 
16 
..do 
1.5 
Rutabagas.. 
...do. 
Miscellaneous 
_..do____ 
Ton .... 
...do.... 
Bushel. 
...do.... 
Ton 
3 
6 
10 
» 
Yields per acre: 
Alfalfa 
Potatoes 
Wheat . 
5 
6.6 
32 
4.5 
10 
4.1 
10 
42 
3.9 
5.6 
37 
Rutabagas 
Crop production (total): 
Alfalfa 
Potatoes 
Wheat . . 
...do.... 
...do.... 
Bushel . 
_ do 
51 
57 
112~ 
37.5 
43 
80 
144 
70 
189 
60 
840 

80 
83 
140 
73 
592 
Corn for grain 
Rutabagas ___ . ... 
Ton.... 
Crop production sold: 
Alfalfa 
Percent. 
...do 
54 
20 
98" 
56 
87 
64 
63 
Potatoes 
51 
100 
53~ 
80 
Wheat . 
...do.__. 
90 
Corn for grain. _. . 
...do..__ 
Rutabagas 
...do..__ 
83 
4 
Livestock on farms: 
Work animals 
Number 
...do. 
2 
2 
2 
. 
5 
4 
Other horses or mules. 
Bull 
...do.___ 
1 
6 
6 
7 
2 
Cows 
...do:... 
1 
1 
1 
' 
5 
5 
4 
1 
C 
...do 
3 
Hogs- 
Sows . 
...do.... 
Boars . 
...do.... 
Other hcgs 
...do... 
1 
44 
3 
200 
1 
Chickens 
...do 
30 
12 
300 
8 
249 
1 
CO 
36 
100 
Turkevs ... 
...do 
Livestock production per animal: 
Dairy cows- 
Butter fat . 
Pound .. 
Number 
-.do— . 
134 
1 
L1S.7F. 
72 
20 
105 
0.5 
250 
0.8 
7S.2F. 
75 
140 
0.8 
8S.7F. 
60 
3 
190 
Calves 
1 
Sows, "pigs born 
Hens, eggs. .. 
...do 
96 
10 
72 
12 
108 
16.50 
65 
Prices received for products sold: 
Potatoes, per ton.. 
Dollar .. 
...do.___ 
8.70 
Alfalfa hay- 
Loose 
Baled 
...do 
16.50 
T 
18 
0.99 
19 
Wheat, per bushel... ... 
...do.... 
1 
8 
2 
0.97 
Rutabagas, per ton . . . 
...do 
Cows, each 
...do . 
55 
28 
16 
Other hogs, each. . ... ... 
...do.::: ::::.::: 
5 
Turkeys, each.. 
...do... 
6 
3 
Financial summary: 
Receipts— 
Alfalfa hay 
Dollar.. 
.do 
429 
110 
840* 
45 
540 
2,628 
ISO 
693 
1,672 
Potatoes 
902 
190 
320 
>200 
---«-- 
487 
Wheat 
. do 
513 
Rutabagas... 
. do. 
Other crops 
...do... 
...do.... 
Total crops 
539 
885 
2,4,5 
1.612 
118 
3.471 
iThis amount was received entirely from table beets. 
