59 BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The price received for milk greatly affects the farm returns in this 
area. As previously pointed out, the decline in the price of milk | 
for the years 1914 and 1915 was the largest single factor tending to 
decrease the income. Comparing the first two years with the last 
Y VALUE: FOOD, FUEL, HOUSE RENT T7777 FARMERS WHO LOST MONEY BUT 
WA\ FURNISHED BY FARM FOR FAMILY USE GY RECEIVED FOOD,FUEL & HOUSE RENT 
AS WELL AS THEIR TIME 
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INCOMES INCOMES 
IN DOLLARS IN DOLLARS 
5000 5000 
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1913 1914 1915 1916 
AVERAGE YEAR 
Fic. 19.—The labor incomes of 60 farmers in Verona and adjoining townships, Dane County, Wis., 
1913-1917. Each dot represents the labor income of one farmer. The farmers shown in the shaded area 
had only the food products, fuel and house rent, as pay for their own labor, and received a return on 
capitalinvested oflessthan 5 per cent. Those shown below the shaded area had lossesin addition to this, 
