FARM PROFITS. 19 
pay for their labor almost every year, and one-fourth of them about 
one-half of the years, while the other one-half received reasonable 
pay for their labor only three years or less of the seven. 
7FA| VALUE: FOOD, FUEL, HOUSE RENT "7 FARMERS WHO LOST MONEY BUT 
V/A FURNISHED BY FARM FOR FAMILY USE WLA RECEWVED FOOD, FUEL & HOUSE RENT 
@ INCOME OF A FARMER ro) Pewee pone es 
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YEAR 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 
Fic. 7.—The labor incomes of 25 farmers, Palmer township, Washington County, Ohio, 1912-1918. Each 
dot in this figure represents the labor income of one farmer. The farmers shown in the shaded area of the 
chart had only the food products, fuel and house rent for their year’s labor, and less than 5 per cent on 
theirinvestment. The white dots below the shaded area represent farmers whose losses were in excess 
of average value of supplies furnished by the farm for family use. (Fig. 7 is drawn on the same scale 
as fig. 13 and fig. 19in order that some comparison of the profits in the three areas may be made.) 
