8 BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE I.—Summary of the farm business over a period of seven years, 1912-1918, Palmer 
township, Washington County, Ohio (average of 25 farms). 
7-year 
1912 1913 |° 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 | aver- 
= age. 
AGreS per farm ese cays tee are se 158 156 154 154 156 164 167 tS 
ACTESINE PAStUTe tere ose ae eee 7 77 79 7 76 80 83 78 
A CTOSAN COMM ees ne oo eee 10 10 10 11 il 12 11 11 
INCTESHMAWHeAGeaae hoa hee ene 9 10 6 10 10 10 11 10 
INCTES MONA yen ae es eee 20 18 18 18 21 19 21 19 
AGTeSAIFOENeEMCrOpSa- === ee eeeee ae 5 4 5) 5 4 5 5 4 
Comper acre..02 = 42 seeese bushels. . 45 52 41 42 34 43 29 41 
Wiheat peracresas== secs. aces doz 15 9 18 18 LOR eels 13 14 
EPty peraere so ee ee tons. . 1.5 igi 9 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.2 ie 
Productive animal units. .........--- 13.5 14.4 15.3 14.9 16.1 ifs 17.2 15.5 
OWSE sence ees number 2.8 Stal 3.4 3.8 4.3 4,7 4.6 3.8 
ES WESEses Sess coe eae ty) 18.9 PAL 13.4 14.2 12.6 11.5 14.0 15.2 
BIOOdISOWS. 3-2 282-22 ee do 1.0 1.0 1.1 peat 1.0 ial 1.0 1.6 
@hickenseee ss4 sees do...-| 117.0} 130.0] 131.0] 143.0] 148.0] 148.0| 140.0 135.0 
Wiorkist0eksis=438 2s. are dor: 2.6 Pat 2.6 2.8 WET 2.9 2.8 2.7 
Receipts per animal unit.......-- $43 $45 $46 $45 $52 $73 $69 $53 
Mont hslonla bor! acs 17.4 17.0 17.6 Ce Tee 17.8 18.0 1785 
Farm capitali: se 53s ee eee ee $6, 087 | $6,214 | $6,422 | $6,527 | $6,639 | $7,163 | $7,726 | $6,682 = 
Rea lestatec-= 60s. See erento 4,728} 4,711 | 4,785] 4,811 | 4,878 | 5,247] 5,275 4,912 
AVE STOC Kei ceaete ees 781 929 | 1,029] 1,076} 1,097| 1,228; 1,565 1,101 
Machinery <x: sense Soe ane 295 323 326 345. 353 364 330 
ANN OUNeR Secs eee ae eee eee 283 339 314 319 335 522 339 
Reakestatemeriactes:—-5--4sees=-oeee 30 31 31 31 32 32 31 
Receiptss- oe a eee eee $868 $934 $916 | $1,112 | $1,571 | $1,476 | $1,096 — 
Per ct Perct.| Perct.| Perct.| Perct.| Perct.| Perct. 
Dairy) products. c= 2. hies saree 3 5 i 7 6 6 6 
attle Rs 2 esis e ta ee Sees 16 18 21 23 27 25 22 
Poultry-andepgs!= = 2 a ee 7 19 18 18 16 18 18 
sheep and woolen.) seen oe 20 13 12 12 18 15 15 
EEO PS See Sas Sees ee eee 7 16 13 13 13 15 13 
OLOps Pere te ee eo ee 26 16 20 16 14 13 7 
VAN Other se=se" ss aocet hae cecee oes 11 13 9 1 6 8 9 
expenses esa. ee ae Seo ae $412 $423 $430 $456 |, $547 $757 $486 — 
Per ct Perct. | Perct. | Perct. | Perct.\ Percts|-Perct: 
EuTed aboIrse-< sce see eee 12 11 10 13 14 11 12 
Wanilyilaborces.- esse ee 21 22 21 18 19 18 20 
Repairs and depreciation, ma- 
CHING Y..o o eee eeee ee if 7 7 7 6 5 6 
Repairs and depreciation, house. 4 + 4 3 3 2 3 
Repairs and depreciation, othe 
buildings 425-028 ss. Saas. Ee 6 6 6 6 6 4 6 
Reyuirs silences.) 22s ae 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 
Heed purchasedes: - 2s eee 11 13 11 14 17 28 16 
Beed purchased. == 222 S38 2-2 5 6 6 5 3 4 5 
Wertilizen= se ie oe te 10 10 il 10 10 9 10 
Machine work, hired..........--- 5 3 4 5 2 4 4 
Taxes and insurance.......-..--- 12 12 13 12 11 9 12 
OCHRE aes eee ae eee 4 3 4 5 7 | 4 4 
arm in COMe= 5-22-52 cee $456 $511 $486 $656 | $1, 024 $719 $610 == 
Interest on capital, 5 per cent. -.-..---- 304 321 327 332 358 386 334 
Laborincome. 22525... -2222 2: 152 190 159 324 666 333 276 = 
Operator's labor- 5226: Sea 288 295 290 298 332 347 304 
Return on capital........per cent-.- 2.8 3.4 3.0 5.4 9.7 4.8 4.6 
Value of family labor................. $86 $92 $90 $82 $105 $133 $96 
Interest on indebtedness. ........-.-- 19 14 12 12 
Family-income: = 52206 =.) oa-- se 523 589 564 729 | 1,122 847 694 
Family living from farm!........... 300 311 317 345 443 494 359 
Amount sold: 
Cattle = eres ee number. - 3 2 3 3 3 2 ae ee 3 
IS ESS oe ean a oee es ani dozen. - 628 648 779 725 696 623 642 67 
WOODS. Sea: pounds... 419 405 294 316 335 165 170 301 = 
OPS ee aise cee number. . 5 7 11 11 8 9 9 : 
Wiheat=a.22.: ol.22-6e2 5. bushels. - 57 15 35 83 32 55 35 45 
Prices 
Cattle eee cwt $5.70 | $7.13 | $6.97 | $7.29 | $8.20] $8.32 | $10.24 $7. 69 ; 
PS PSone et dias bceeins ox dozen 19 -19 -19 .19 22 31 34 23 
OOlFeser eae escee pound 23 . 20 25 . 26 31 65 65 36 
LOGS a a2 ee ees Se ae noe ewt 6.52 8. 20 8.10 6. 60 8.50 | 12.94] 15.87 9. 53 
Wiheate ose s.r ns bushel 98 97 1.19 1A5 152 2.01 2.02 1.40 
1 Figures obtained from the farmers for 1916 and computed for the other years with aid of index figures 
shown in War Industries Bulletin No. 1. 
per Aamt:; 
