12 BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
per cent, in supplies and operating cash. The value of land, exclu- 
sive of buildings, averaged $2,982 per farm, or 45 per cent of the 
total farm capital. Real estate averaged $31 per acre, with only a 
1 CATTLE & DAIRY BOnETER Ex weeat 
2 POULTRY AND EGGS — 
3 SHEEP AND WOOL 4 OTHER 
4 HOGS 
5 OTHER = MISCELLANEOUS 
3 FRUIT 
7 YEAR 
YEAR 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916- 1918 AVERAGE YEAR 
AVERAGE, pe AVERAGE 
RECEIPTS 868 796 934 S16: 3112 - = 4,571 ..1,476-. 096 RECEIPTS 
IN DOLLARS cae i: de ee ke. ane _IN DOLLARS} 
Fic. 4.—Distribution of receipts on 25 farms in Palmer township, Washington County, Ohio, 1912-1918. 
Live stock contributed the greatest share of the incomein thisarea. In 1912 crops contributed 26 percent 
of the year’s income and in 1918 only 11 per cent. 
slight increase during the seven years. It is doubtful if the increase 
shown covered the cost of additional improvements put on these 
farms, 
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