Pea ae 
FARM PROFITS. | al 
2. Insufficient horse power at critical periods, due to losses of or 
injuries to work stock. 
3. Curtailment of live-stock production, through losses from dis- 
ease, injury, failure in breeding stock, losses of calves, pigs, or lambs. 
\ 4. Lack of sufficient labor at critical periods, due to sickness or 
accident either to the farmer himself or to members of his family 
and the difficulty in obtaining hired labor. 
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROFITS OF DIFFERENT FARMS. 
While the preceding tables show wide yearly variations in the 
profits of most farmers, they also show that some farmers made 
much more money than others over the seven-year period. Some 
made enough in addition to their living expenses to reduce indebted- 
ness, make improvements, buy more land, or make other invest- 
ments. Others realized no more than enough to supply the neces- 
saries of life. Table IV shows how each farmer stood with reference 
to some of the important factors which aided materially in earning 
larger profits. 
TaBLE IV.—The seven-year average labor income, crop area, pasture area, productive ani- 
mal units, crop yields, live-stock returns and crop acres per man and per horse for each 
of the 25 farms, Washington County, Ohio, 1912 to 1918. 
Per cent 
Rank of ISEERS E ae oe live-stock Per cent 
eae ee ee Average Average | number | yields ee Crop Crop pi 
Mi 8 erage | acres in produc- | were of P acres per | acres per ; 
average labor |erop area. Ao : mal were ceipts 
: . pastures.| tive ani-| average 5 horse. 
labor in- | income. Paani (forall of the av- from 
come. | | ears erage for crops. 
| ’- |allfarms. 
| oe eas Hee $824 59 113 32 115 117 30 18 11 
Dee ae eae 722 60 83 22 120 - °128 42 5 15 
So ea ae 618 58 131 22 102 115 35 14 12 
2 a eS 616 40 22 11 98 136 28 15 35 
eae Gon eae | 488 48 78 19 112 119 35 22 2, 
Ga ee | 474 AT 45 14 117 130 38 17 23 
(eae oa 462 80 171 33 116 98 30 25 18 
(Ca ate eete 459 40 57 16 102 100 36 20 12 
OER acer s 47 36 92 16 111 111 27 18 12 
Tee eee | 386 | 50 64 10 91 128 36 | 24 30 
ia | 303 98 173 50 99 77 31 13 8 
[7s St 233 40 54 11 96 109 28 14 6 
13 224 24 4} 9 92 124 19 10 il 
14 201 34 16 8 94 98 29 14 13 
15 198 24 47 11 97 | 98 20 10 12 
Gases S55 137 PA 14 5 115 98 | 17 11 37 
idee 137 29 | 59 8 97 Us| 21 14 25 
18 116 38 21 it 86 | 96 29 | 12 21 
Qe Si 113 36 | 52 8 85 90 | 29 | 18 17 
Ooo. = 85 36 84 i 78 74 | 31 | 14 23 
7A iat merle eS 44 46 222 21 85 | 66 | 38 23 4 
O71 ee ee — “2 31 53 7 72 68 | 24 13 ral 
928 ae aerate — 8 38 62 13 97 | 90 30 19 6 
24 —161 48 120 10 98 77 | 36 15 35 
OMe eece cans | —178 44 78 10 98 83 31 22 | 28 
Average,all | 
os oF 276 44 78 16 100 100 30 17 17 
verage, 
pena 654 53 75 21 109 123 34 19 17 
verage, 
lowest... — 61 41 107 12 90 77 32 18 16 
