4 BULLETIN 1446, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
the native pasture and all proceeds from the sale of livestock and 
livestock products and two-thirds of the crops produced. He 
furnishes all livestock and equipment, pays all cash operating expenses 
and delivers the landlord's share of the wheat to the local elevator or 
warehouse. 
LIVESTOCK 
The distribution of the different kinds of livestock, and their 
equivalent in animal units 3 per farm is shown in Table 2 and Figure 3. 
On most farms sufficient colts were raised to maintain the supply of 
Fig. 2.— General view of the region studied showing a portion of the land in summer fallow and 
the remainder in grain crops. The common practice is to leave the land in fallow one year and 
follow with a crop of grain the succeeding year 
work stock. The number of colts per farm averaged about 27 per 
cent of the number of horses kept. A majority of the farms kept 
enough milk cows, hogs, and poultry to supply the family needs and 
a little more. The small surplus was sold on the local market. Dur- 
ing the period of the survey there was a slight increase in the number 
of farms reporting cows, hogs, and poultry. The advisability of 
keeping more of these classes of livestock is considered later. 
3 An animal unit is a mature horse or cow, or as many other animals as consume the equivalent quantity 
of feed. Two colts, 2 head of young cattle, 5 hogs, 7 sheep, or 100 poultry constitute an animal unit. 
