FARM PROFITS. 47 
averaged $408, ranging from $56 in 1914 to $1,075 in 1917. The 
return on farm capital averaged 4.7 per cent, ranging from less than 
3 per cent in 1914 and 1915, to 7.7 per cent in 1917. Beginning 
with the year 1916, prices of farm products sold showed a marked 
UNPAID ae | WH 
Heel FAMILY LABORRSSA REPAIRS AND] } GOUSE ngs. VZ/ZATAXES AND INSURANCE 
RoR DEPRECIAT'N 
FRAG HIRED LABOR JAT'N (3 MACHINERY [777 
Rexza] FEED SEED PURCHASED 
eased PURCHASED 
1,‘ (MACHINE WORK HIRED 
es 
32 
PLL OOS 
ie | YEAR sig (917) oppure WEAR 
AVERAGE AVERAGE 
EXPENSES 882 1043 1,288 1,007 EXPENSES 
IN DOLLARS {N DOLLARS} 
Fic. 17.-Distribution of expenses on 60 farms in Verona and adjoining townships, Dane County, Wis. 
| Family labor is a considerable item on these farms. The poor corn yieldin 1915 and 1917 (see Table IX) 
made an increased feed expense necessary for these years. Expenses increased 46 per cent over the 
period of study, but the relative importance of the various items made only slight change, 
