46 BULLETIN 654, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
In the group of 44 farms of exactly 160 acres each, were 17 strictly 
dairy farms and 3 upon which dairying was combined with hay or 
grain. The strictly dairy farms were highly successful, producing 
returns as follows: Receipts, 87,312; farm income, $4,976; labor 
income, 81,958. The combinations of dairying with hay or grain 
were comparatively unsuccessful, the three farms producing average 
returns as follows: Receipts, $5,618; farm income, $2,353; labor 
income, 8343. There were 5 hay farms, 7 grain farms, and 2 farms 
upon which hay and grain farming were combined. The average 
results obtained on these 14 farms were: Receipts, $4,748; farm 
income, 82,426: labor income, $416. 
The remaining 10 of the 44 farms in this group were devoted to 
enterprises as follows: Three hog farms, 2 beef cattle farms, 2 pasture 
farms, and 3 diversified farms. The 2 beef cattle farms produced 
results somewhat lower than those obtained on the dairy farms, and 
the 2 pasture farms produced results somewhat below the average 
for the whole group. The diversified farms and hog farms were 
comparatively unsuccessful. 
The average results obtained on 25 farms having a five stock 
organization in which five stock contributed 75.7 per cent of the total 
receipts were: Receipts, $6,784; farm income, $4,346; labor income, 
$1,491. The corresponding results on 16 farms with an organization 
based on the sale of crops, with crops contributing 81.6 per cent of 
the total receipts, were: Receipts, $4,698; farm income, $2,534; labor 
income, $486. The five-stock organization shows an average return 
of $1,812 more per farm than the organization based upon the sale of 
crops. 
On the 50 farms ranging in size from 161 acres to 320 acres dairying 
is not quite as prominent as on the farms below this size, beef cattle 
coming into more prominence and largely taking the place of dairying 
in the live-stock organization. Dairying is not entirely displaced by 
beef-cattle farming, however, and there are still many successful 
dahy farms among the larger farms. The enterprises found on 
these 50 farms were distributed as follows: Dairying, 9 farms; beef 
cattle, 11 ; beef cattle and hay or grain, 2; hogs and pasture, 2; sheep 
and diversified animals, 2; hay, 6; grain, 6; pasture and alfalfa 
seed, 3, and diversified, 9. 
The dairy farms gave the highest returns, the average for the nine 
farms being: Receipts, $11,102; farm income, $6,606; labor income, 
$2,567. The six hay farms were unusually successful for this type 
of farming, the average returns being: Receipts, $9,556; farm income, 
$5,593; labor income, $1,644. 
The farms devoted chiefly to beef cattle were more successful than 
the average for the group, but did not produce as high returns as the 
dairy farms. The two farms that tried combining beef cattle with 
