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The crops grown are just about the same on both the mushroom 
and mushroom-dairy farms, although the acreage of silage and of 
alfalfa was slightly higher on the latter, and the acreage of small 
grains slightly less. For these particular farms the livestock was 
just about the same for both types, the mushroom-dairy farms of one 
group averaging less cows and of the other group more cows than the 
corresponding groups of dairy farms. The mushroom-dairy farms 
did not use any more workstock than the dairy farms in one group, 
and only slightly more in the other. 
As shown in Table 34, except for mushrooms the receipts were 
about the same on both types of farms, the mushroom-dairy farms 
selling somewhat more crops and less miscellaneous livestock: prod- 
ucts than the dairy farms of the same size. The sale of dairy 
products varied with the number of cows, but in both groups trie 
value of the product per cow was higher for the mushroom-dairy 
farms than for the dairy farms. This indicates that the men operat- 
ing the mushroom-dairy farms were somewhat more efficient farmers 
than those operating plain dairy farms of the same size, and for that 
reason part of any extra profit they made may be due to this ability 
of the farmers rather than merely to the enterprise conducted. 
Table 34. — Sources of cash income on dairy and mushroom-dairy farms of the 
same size 
Farms 46 to 60 crop acres 
Farms 61 to 75 crop acres 
Item 
Dairy 
Mushroom- 
dairy 
Dairy 
Mushroom- 
dairy 
Number of farms. 
76 
6 
48 
7 
Cash receipts from: 
Dollars 
520 
Dollars 
689 
832 
211 
1,706 
286 
32 
Dollars 
707 
Dollars 
856 
3,917 
Dairy cattle... 
294 
2,031 
282 
66 
333 
2,150 
291 
97 
636 
3, 106 
284 
Other livestock and miscellaneous... 
Total. -. 
3. 193 
3,756 | 3,578 
8,799 
138 
145 
144 
154 
Table 35. — Financial results for dairy and mushroom-dairy farms of the same size 
Farms 46 to 60 crop acres 
Farms 61 to 75 crop acres 
Item 
Dairy 
Mushroom- 
dairy 
Dairy 
Mushroom- 
dairy 
Products sold 
Dollars 
3, 195 
L'77 
75 
Dollars 
4,949 
286 
207 
Dollars 
3,586 
252 
192 
Dollars 
10,628 
340 
178 
Total value of products 
3,547 
5,442 
4,030 
10,790 
Charges against product: 
1, 726 
328 
524 
3,273 
440 
566 
2,121 
213 
649 
4,780 
421 
931 
Total charges 
2. 578 
4,279 
2.983 
6.132 
Operator's earnings 
969 
1,163 
1,047 
4,658 
