COST OF PRODUCING WINTER WHEAT IN OREGON 
Table 5. — Family living from the farm, 1920-1922 
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Quantity and value of farnvproduced food 
Year 
Farms 
studied 
Fruits 
and vege- 
tables 
Butter 
Milk 
Beef 
Pork 
1920 
1921 
1922 
No. 
145 
153 
152 
Dolls. 
37 
40 
36 
Lbs. 
112 
119 
115 
Dolls. 
67 
49 
39 
Gals. 
289 
306 
316 
Dolls. 
112 
76 
76 
Lbs. 
27 
64 
102 
Dolls. 
5 
6 
8 
Lbs. 
475 
536 
433 
Dolls. 
70 
54 
45 
Quantity and value of farm-produced food 
Value 
of house 
rent 
Value 
of all 
items 
Adult 
units 
Value 
Year 
Poultry 
Eggs Mutton 
Total 
value 
adult 
unit 
1920 
No. 
20 
22 
Dolls. 
14 
17 
25 
Doz. 
202 
212 
180 
Dolls. 1 Dolls. 
100 1 
63 1 1 
Dolls. 
406 
306 
275 
Dolls. 
236 
240 
238 
Dolls. 
642 
546 
513 
No. 
3.8 
3.8 
3.8 
Dolls. 
169 
1921 
144 
1922 
4 
3 
45 
1 
135 
Of the total average value of all items the value of house rent 
constituted about 42 per cent, dairy products about 25 per cent, 
poultry and poultry products about 16 per cent, pork about 10 
per cent, and fruit and vegetables about 7 per cent. The total value 
of the family living contributed by the farm varied from an average 
of $169 per adult in 1920 to $135 per adult in 1922. The average 
family consisted of an equivalent of 3.8 adults. 
There was a wide variation on individual farms in the value of the 
family living furnished by the farm. In 1920 on 19 farms the total 
value per farm of farm-produced supplies was less than $200, on 60 
farms it was from $200 to $400, and on 65 farms it was $400 and over. 
In 1922 this value on 37 farms was less than $200, on 97 farms it 
was from $200 to $400, and on 18 farms it was $400 and over. 
Taken as a whole, however, the value of the family living fur- 
nished by the farm was rather significant. For all years it was 
somewhat higher on owned than on rented farms. In 1920 the total 
value per farm of the family living furnished by the farm amounted 
on owned farms to $711 and on rented farms to $550. In 1922 on 
owned farms it was $569 and on rented farms $439 per farm. 
COST AND UTILIZATION OF IMPORTANT FACTORS OF PRODUCTION 
MAN LABOR 
Human labor was the largest single item of expense on these farms. 
The amounts and cost of hired man labor, unpaid family labor, and 
the operator's labor will be found in Table 6, for the years 1920 to 
1922 inclusive. The total man labor per farm in 1920 amounted to 
an average of 26.5 months, in 1921 to 28.1 months, and in 1922 to 
26.4 months. In the latter year the range in months of man labor 
on individual farms was from 12.2 to 91.4 months per farm. Approxi- 
mately 44 per cent of the total months of man labor was hired, 11 
per cent was represented by unpaid family labor, and 45 per cent by 
