FARM PROFITS. 99 
In figure 11 the proportion that each of the more important 
classes of expense represents of the total expense is shown for each 
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Fic. 11.—Distribution of expenses on 100 farms in Forest and Johnson townsnips, Clinton County, Ind, 
The low yield of corn for the years 1917 and 1918 (see Table V) made necessary the purchase of a large 
amount of feed. 
year and as an average for the seven years. For the first two years 
family labor and hired labor represented 29 per cent of the total, 
while for the last two years it represented 23 per cent of the 
