8 BULLETIN 1446, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 4. — Average receipts, expenses, and earnings, 1920-1922 
Item 
Owned farms 
1920 
Rented farms 
Total for farm 
1920 1921 1922 
Tenant's share 
1920 1921 1922 
Landlord's share 
1920 1921 1922 
Farms. number.. 
Cash receipts per farm: 
Wheat ...dollars.. 
Other crops do 
Live stockproducts 
dollars.. 
Livestock sales.. .do 
Outside labor do 
Summer fallow sold 2 
dollars.. 
Other do 
Total cash receipts 
dollars.. 
Cash outlay per farm: 
Man labor dollars.. 
Contract labor... do 
Normal repairs on ma- 
chinery, buildings, 
and fences... dollars.. 
Fuel and oil do 
Seed do 
Feed.. ...do 
Livestock purchases 
dollars.. 
Sacks and twine. do 
Taxes and insurance 
dollars.. 
Auto for farm use 
dollars.. 
Summer fallow bought 2 
dollars.. 
Interest on borrowed 
working capital 
dollars.. 
Other do 
Total cash outlay 
-- dollars.. 
Unpaid family labor 
dollars.. 
Inventory decrease 3 
-. dollars.. 
Total expensc.do 
Earnings per farm: i 
Farm income 6 ...do 
Interest on farm capi- 
talization at 6 per 
cent ..dollars.. 
Labor income do 
Operator's labor. do 
Return on farm capi- 
talization e — per cent.. 
Family income 7 
dollars.. 
Family living from 
farm 8 dollars.. 
Adult equivalent 
number.. 
10, 239 
70 
5,961 
54 
132 
205 
345 
28 
2 
9,410 
43 
5,925 
44 
6,178 
3,783 
20 
106 
169 
428 
4,200 
162 
3,232 
145 
11, 841 
11,095 
5,727 
13, 683 
10, 182 
, 685 
4,519 
4,375 
3,400 
2,030 
238 
279 
1,192 
273 
1,912 
1,361 
257 
1,108 
173 
1,912 
333 
1,361 
254 
1,108 
173 
5,526 
4,256 
529 
4,671 
3,752 
3,203 
236 
1,216 
200 
1,575 
103 
1,541 
72 
103 
134 
152 
7,446 
6,i 
6,031 
5,537 
6,376 
4,906 
4,701 
764 
4,395 
3,825 
570 
1,179 
5 
4,631 
711 
4 
4,406 
4,166 
240 
3,891 
-3195 
833 
-.2 
896 
3,402 
3,218 
1,214 
9.5 
4,645 
3,370 
1,275 
1,067 
6.4 
4,765 
496 
3. 
3,148 
-1859 
840 
3,054 
491 
2,563 
1,214 
22.5 
3,126 
550 
3.5 
497 
1,512 
1,067 
11.4 
2,129 
-182 
376 
-558 
840 
-16.3 
-79 
556 
3.5 
5.5 
1 Receipts and expenses to landlord and tenant when combined are in some instances more than the 
total for the farm. This is due to transactions between landlord and tenant which are not considered as a 
receipt or an expense for the farm. 
2 Refers to work on summer-fallow land which was sold or bought before the crop was planted. 
3 Difference in inventory values of feed and supplies, livestock, machinery, and buildings, and summer 
fallow. 
4 Minus sign denotes loss. 
8 Difference between the farm receipts and the farm expenses. 
8 Farm income minus the value of the farmer's labor and management divided by the total farm capital- 
ization. 
7 Sum of the farm income and unpaid family labor. 
* Value of farm-produced food and a rental value for the farm dwelling. 
