FARM PROFITS. 
THE FARM BUSINESS. 
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A summary of the farm business for the 100 farms over the seven 
years, 1910 and 1913 to 1918, is shown in Table VY. 
Taste V.—Sumimary of the farm business over a period of seven years, 1910 and 1913- 
1918, Forest and Johnson townships, Clinton County, Ind. (average of 100 farms). 
| . ‘ e : 7-year 
a A ¢ C O1 
1910 1913 1914 1915 | 1916 1917 | 1918 average. 
CLES Mer faniOlse ear eee 116 124 126 129 130 130 127 126 
FAACTeS 1M PASCULC ==) m2. er eee 23 27 28 25 28 25 26 26 
ACHES IMICOMMeet eer wae eee 37 37 42 43 44 49 4} 42 
ACS IN OMiSeecasesoooddeuaas 20 24. 25 22 32 27 24. D5 
Acresin wheat. :....2-----:-- 14 | 11 17 2, 2 9 a) 
JNO WO ION is Seoacaasasees6e 10 17 10 10 12 12 11 12 
Acres in other crops..-.-.-..-.- D 6 4 4 3 5 8 5 
Corn per acre: ..--.- bushels. . 52 55 Ad 47 4 34 32 45 
Oantsipenacresssee es ClOse= 47 36 38 53 37 36 52 43 
Wheat per acre. .....-.- dass 20 20 19 i9 6 15 27 18 
Hay per acre.........- tons. . 1.4 155 1.0 1.4 1.4 1B 1.4 1:3 
Productive animal units ..... 18.2 19.2 Pe B 21.0 PAE AL 20.0 20.7 20. 2 
Brood sows... ...-- number .. 7.0 6.4 Healt Use 6.9 | 6.4 6.2 7 
VOL KaStOCKs = aaeaeee: doe 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.7 
Receipts per animal unit... -. $61 $63 $59 $59 $83 $116 $128 $81 
Total labor, months.....--.--. 18.2 18.8 18.9 19.6 19.4 19.6 19.0 19.1 
Farm capital... .:5.:-.-23:-- $19, 055 | $24,936 | $25,724 | $26,436 | $26,599 | $27,822 | $31,135 | $25,958 = 
Real estateke: sum. tea tae 16,977 | 22,672 | 23,084 | 23,728 | 23,888} 24,571 | 27,720 23, 234 
HoiVe|StOC kas ere tes ee 1,355 1, 482 1, 709 1,677 1, 788 2,084 2, 294 1,770 
Machinenysemceee tes eee 286 376 397 406 399 433 459 394 
ANT OTHER eines 437 406 534 625 624 734 662 560 
Real estate per acre.....-- 147 182 183 183 184 188 218 183 
Receipts:. ee ae Sa $1,911 | $2,261 | $2,158 | $2,377 | $3,004; $3,412 | $4,386 $2, 787 = 
Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent |Per cent.| Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent. 
FLOSS 2. cet ecteierss seer 4 35 40 34 42 53 42 42 
Comme Deena nme | 10 15 15 15 20 8 8 13 
Oats seh e eeeecces ese 12 9 13 15 13 13 14 13 
Chttic beh ee 8 10 9 9 i il 13 10 
Wihea terre Saisie eee ‘ 11 4 6 12 (1) 1 10 6 
Dairy products.........- | 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 
WEG io Greer cocdsaade te 17 23 12 11 11 10 9 12 
XPeNSeS 2.0 “esas enlese seco | $624 $758 $828 $868 $864 | $1,169 | $1,408 $931 
‘Per cent |Per cent.'Per cent.|Per cent.|Per cent.| Per cent. ‘Per cent.| Per cent. 
inedulaboreeeeene see eeee 21 17 18 18 18 15 15 1 
Unpaid family labor... -- | 8 11 8 9 9 8 8 
Repairsand depreciation: 
= eMachinenyeas------2 8 8 il 7 7 6 6 7 
IL OUSe Seas SE aie 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 
Other buildings...... 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 
Repairs, tencesees ssee- 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 
Feed purchased....-...-- 11 10 19 15 16 33 25 18 
Seed purchased.........-. 3 3 2 4. 4 |: 3 | 8 4 
WEKGMMNIZOL see aes eee (#) 1 1 1 (a) @y > 2 1 
Machine work hired.....- 6 8 7 6 5 4 6 6 
Taxes and insurance. .... 23 22 20 21 22 18 15 20 
Others ne ewer eee ses 6 8 6 | 8 7 | 5 7 8 
MATM IN COMER ee meee ae $1,287 | $1,503 | $1,330 | $1,509 | $2,140 | $2,243 | $2,978 $1, 856°" 
Interest on capital at 5%. .-.-- 953 1, 247 1, 286 1,322 1,330 1,391 1,557 1, 298 
Habor incomesese pe 334 256 44 187 810 852 1,421 558 
Operator’s Jabor.....-..--..- 312 325 332 338 349 402 527 369 
Return on capital.per cent. . bial 4.7 3.9 4.4 6.7 6.6 7.9 5.7 
Value of family labor......... Ag | 85 70 78 79 89 120 81 
Interest on indebtedness... .. b 47 47 42 49 59 57 55 | 51 
Mamily/incOme esis. soe 1, 288 1,541 1, 358 1, 538 2, 160 2) 275 3, 043 1, 886 
Family living from farm! _.} 356 361 368 373 416 551 620 435 
Amount sold: 
MEO SS eR ey tony number 46 47 59 49 53 45 46 49 
Corie bushels 455 593 482 601 | 645 274 | 239 | 470 
Ontses ee ee 0) 718 630 750 984 976 750 | 979 824 
Wineatsecee con: do 238 ili 178 302 | 8 24. | 220 154 
Prices a ear 
LOSSES Sess wavsait esas ewt 8.16 8. 25 8. 21 7.04 9.45 15. 44 17.39 10. 56 
Cormkeyseee bushel .43 BOW . 67 .59 - 93 1.03 1,41 .80 
Oatswr sen cee een dose: a2, 84 7 B35 . 40 61 . 62 43 
Wicca do: ..| . 93 81 . 80 . 98 1.40 2.11} 2.08 1.30 
@ Less than 1 per cent. 
b No data, but estimated the same as for 1913. : ; 
1 Computed from U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 410 and War Industries Bulletin No. 1. 
