92 BULLETIN 1271, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 56. — Present cropping system 
Real estate and crops 
Acres Yield 
Total produc- 
tion 
Corn and grain 
85 
11 
77 
15 
34 
5 
40 bushels 
2 tons 
3,400 bushels. 
22 tons 
Cornfodder 
Oats 
38 bushels 
25 bushels 
\ z /i tons. 
3 tons 
2,926 bushels. 
Barley . 
Timothy and clover .- -.- 
Alfalfa 
Total 
227 
81 
9 
Pasture . 
Farmstead and lanes 
Total farm area - -- .-- ._. .. 
317 
The buildings are equipped for keeping 20 cows and their calves, 8 
horses, and 15 hogs for breeding purposes and their pigs. 
Productive livestock : 
14 cows and their calves 1,750 pounds butterfat. 
36 head 1 and 2-year-old cattle 15,000 pounds beef. 
10 brood sows 7,500 pounds pork. 
Labor supply : 
Man laoor — 
The operator for the entire year. 
A 19-year-old son for the entire year. 
A 14-year-old son for chores during winter and full time 
from May to August, inclusive. 
The operator's wife assists with dairy utensils throughout 
the year and with dairy chores during the crop season. 
Horse labor — 8 horses for the entire year. 
Machinery — The farm is fully equipped with machinery for the 
production of corn, hay, and small grain. 
The weekly distribution of man labor for this organization and the 
supply of labor available for use are shown in Figure 29. The de- 
mand for labor exceeds the supply at three different times during the 
year. In early June the cultivation of corn was responsible for a 
slight peak requiring three days of extra hired labor. Ten days of 
extra labor were necessary for the harvest of oats and barley in July. 
Again in November extra hired labor was used for corn husking. 
However, a part of this work might have been done by the regular 
labor supply had it been allowed to wait until later in the season. A 
relatively high yield of corn was partly responsible for the peak of 
labor during October and November. 
Prices used in making calculations for the future. — The following 
are the 1922 prices of the crops and livestock products produced on 
this farm. These will be used in calculating returns from proposed 
plans for reorganization: Corn, 50 cents per bushel; oats, 30 cents 
per bushel; barley, 40 cents per bushel; rye, 70 cents per bushel; 
timothy and clover hay, $10 per ton; butterfat, 45 cents per pound; 
beef, 6 cents per pound; 20 pork, 8 cents per pound. 
The normal requirements of labor, feed, and other materials for 
crop and livestock production on tnis farm were determined by 
50 This price is higher than that usod in the previous illustration because a more finished product is 
marketed. 
