UNIVERSITY OF HIN1rESOTA Depar tment of Agr icu l ture

and the TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

and the County Extension Serv i ces of

Br own J ackson Kandiyohi Eartir Nobles St evens INa t onwan and Yell ow Viedicine Counties

Cooper at i ng

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Annual Repor t of the

Far m Management Service for T V A Phospnat e-Test Demonst r ation Cooperators in Southwestern l-iinnesot a

1940

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Cooperator

~1imeographed Repor t Ho 126 Divi sion of Agricultural ~conomics

University Far m St Paul Minnesota

June 1941

FIRST AlfWAL REPORT OFlSE FA~middoti i iAl~AC+Zi i3TI~T S3RVI CE FOR TVA PEOSPHdTE IES~ DiOlSIBAIION COOPERATORS

E~ SOtTHESTEllJ~ HL~~30TA FOR T~-G Y3AR 1940

Prepared by T R Nodland G A Pond and J R Burkholder

INIlEX

2028-= Introduction bull 1 Surrtl12r~T of Far~n Inventories bull 4 Pmount of Livestock 5 Summarr of Farm Earnings (Cash State~nent) 6 Swnmary of ffarm Earnings (Enterprise Stater1ent) bull 7 Analysis of the Reasons for Differences in O~l)erator s Garnings 8 Effect of ~Jell-Balanced Efficiency on Oerators Earnings 10 Measures of Farm Organization and anage~ent Efflciency 12

lrTheFJoLleter Chart )

Distribution of Acres in FarLl 14 Yied of Crops 15

1 rPower and Eachinerltr Expense _0

Returns from Livestock 15 Farm roduce Used in Eouse and EO1seRe~1tal 17 Hous ehold and Personal ]xpeses 17 SUJJ1rJar~t of Farm Earnings ano Liventories Averaged by Counties 18 Ijiscellaneous Information Averaged by Counties 20

I iTRODUCT I m~

The Division of Agricultural Economics and the Division of Agricultural 3tenshysion of the Universi tyof iinnesota the Temlessee Valley Atthori t~r and the county extension services of several southwestern Minnesota counties are cooperating in a phosphate test demonstration project arld in a farm management service This service is offered to a selected group of farmers l10 have agreed to demonstrate the value of phosphate fertilizer and middotn o have also agreec to kee) far~ business recors The jJhosp1ate is provided by the T VA anti the fieldman is provided by the T VA ald the Agricultural Extension Serv-ice Each farmer pays the Leight and other mi scelshylarreous expenses that rlay occur betheen the l)oint- of shi1rnerrt and the far1 on a ll the T VA phosphate furnished and $1000 pe~ ~Tear to coer the summarization of the records ana other miscellaneous expenses The balance of the cost is defraye c o~r the University of Minnesota

1he analysis of the farm business record and the prep8ration of the r8l ort S

are h8gt1dl ed o~r the Division of Agricultural EconoJ1ics under the direction of G A Pond and T R HocUand The field organization is haneled by the Division of Agrishycul tural Extension Vii th C L IvlciJelly in charge of ttis lork J R Burkhol d_er has been fieldman since the o-rganization of the project Count~r abri~ul tural agents who cooperateo in this project include Paul Kunlcel L SOrfield Ronniei EcCaims C G Powell C E Stower Kenneth Hanks J R Gute ane1 Geori~e Gehnnt

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The follming tabulation shows by cOcUlties the nurloer of cooperators who cor]shypleted records in 1940

Brown 15 Stevens 10 Jackson 13 lJatonwan 10 Kandiyohi 9 Yellow jmiddotiedicine 14 lViartin 15 Nobles 15 101

The tables on page 4 and succeeding pEtges show ltlata for 99 farms 11110 farrs have been omitted from all the averlges in the tables because the records were not sufficiently complete fr ~ full analysis

The records kept by the ~ooperators include inventories at the begiK~ing and end of the yea r cCsh receipt~ and expenses and a record Dftne farm pro(luce used b~l the farE1 family Complete household and perso1alrecords were also kept by 46 coshyoperator s Supplementary information 1aS secured (turing the year regarding crop and livestock product-lon practiCes

At the end of Hie year the books were taken to the central office at Univershysi ty Farm where they were checked and sumrarized For the nU1Jose of c omparison the earnings as shown in this report are computed as if each op erlt or was a full owner however eachtenant is supplied a stater1entmiddot ofmiddot his earnings on the o asis of the rental system under vhich pe ~s pperating

TYPE OF FARIHNG

The farms in this area have a wide diversitJ of enterprises All classes of livestock are important although livestock kept for meat production tends to ) reshydominate The sale of crops constitutes an important source of income ~he princishypal feed crops grown are corn oats barley and hay In addition wheat flax sweet corn and canning peas are grown toa limited extent as cash crops

TOPOGRAPliY SOILS AtID WEATHER

The soils range from dark brown to heavy black 1middot0~11 The major part of the area is uridu1ating to gently rolling land interspersed with almost level tracts In the southvestern part of the area the surface ranges from undulating to sharp ly rolling ancl in the northwestern part the surface is nearly level Nearly all the land is tillable and well drained

For a more comp lete description of the area see Engene S A and Pond G bull A lIAgricultur21 Production and Types of Farming in Jiiiinnesota liinneso~a Bulletinmiddot ~J 0 bull 347 i~a~r 1940

FIRST AlfWAL REPORT OFlSE FA~middoti i iAl~AC+Zi i3TI~T S3RVI CE FOR TVA PEOSPHdTE IES~ DiOlSIBAIION COOPERATORS

E~ SOtTHESTEllJ~ HL~~30TA FOR T~-G Y3AR 1940

Prepared by T R Nodland G A Pond and J R Burkholder

INIlEX

2028-= Introduction bull 1 Surrtl12r~T of Far~n Inventories bull 4 Pmount of Livestock 5 Summarr of Farm Earnings (Cash State~nent) 6 Swnmary of ffarm Earnings (Enterprise Stater1ent) bull 7 Analysis of the Reasons for Differences in O~l)erator s Garnings 8 Effect of ~Jell-Balanced Efficiency on Oerators Earnings 10 Measures of Farm Organization and anage~ent Efflciency 12

lrTheFJoLleter Chart )

Distribution of Acres in FarLl 14 Yied of Crops 15

1 rPower and Eachinerltr Expense _0

Returns from Livestock 15 Farm roduce Used in Eouse and EO1seRe~1tal 17 Hous ehold and Personal ]xpeses 17 SUJJ1rJar~t of Farm Earnings ano Liventories Averaged by Counties 18 Ijiscellaneous Information Averaged by Counties 20

I iTRODUCT I m~

The Division of Agricultural Economics and the Division of Agricultural 3tenshysion of the Universi tyof iinnesota the Temlessee Valley Atthori t~r and the county extension services of several southwestern Minnesota counties are cooperating in a phosphate test demonstration project arld in a farm management service This service is offered to a selected group of farmers l10 have agreed to demonstrate the value of phosphate fertilizer and middotn o have also agreec to kee) far~ business recors The jJhosp1ate is provided by the T VA anti the fieldman is provided by the T VA ald the Agricultural Extension Serv-ice Each farmer pays the Leight and other mi scelshylarreous expenses that rlay occur betheen the l)oint- of shi1rnerrt and the far1 on a ll the T VA phosphate furnished and $1000 pe~ ~Tear to coer the summarization of the records ana other miscellaneous expenses The balance of the cost is defraye c o~r the University of Minnesota

1he analysis of the farm business record and the prep8ration of the r8l ort S

are h8gt1dl ed o~r the Division of Agricultural EconoJ1ics under the direction of G A Pond and T R HocUand The field organization is haneled by the Division of Agrishycul tural Extension Vii th C L IvlciJelly in charge of ttis lork J R Burkhol d_er has been fieldman since the o-rganization of the project Count~r abri~ul tural agents who cooperateo in this project include Paul Kunlcel L SOrfield Ronniei EcCaims C G Powell C E Stower Kenneth Hanks J R Gute ane1 Geori~e Gehnnt

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The follming tabulation shows by cOcUlties the nurloer of cooperators who cor]shypleted records in 1940

Brown 15 Stevens 10 Jackson 13 lJatonwan 10 Kandiyohi 9 Yellow jmiddotiedicine 14 lViartin 15 Nobles 15 101

The tables on page 4 and succeeding pEtges show ltlata for 99 farms 11110 farrs have been omitted from all the averlges in the tables because the records were not sufficiently complete fr ~ full analysis

The records kept by the ~ooperators include inventories at the begiK~ing and end of the yea r cCsh receipt~ and expenses and a record Dftne farm pro(luce used b~l the farE1 family Complete household and perso1alrecords were also kept by 46 coshyoperator s Supplementary information 1aS secured (turing the year regarding crop and livestock product-lon practiCes

At the end of Hie year the books were taken to the central office at Univershysi ty Farm where they were checked and sumrarized For the nU1Jose of c omparison the earnings as shown in this report are computed as if each op erlt or was a full owner however eachtenant is supplied a stater1entmiddot ofmiddot his earnings on the o asis of the rental system under vhich pe ~s pperating

TYPE OF FARIHNG

The farms in this area have a wide diversitJ of enterprises All classes of livestock are important although livestock kept for meat production tends to ) reshydominate The sale of crops constitutes an important source of income ~he princishypal feed crops grown are corn oats barley and hay In addition wheat flax sweet corn and canning peas are grown toa limited extent as cash crops

TOPOGRAPliY SOILS AtID WEATHER

The soils range from dark brown to heavy black 1middot0~11 The major part of the area is uridu1ating to gently rolling land interspersed with almost level tracts In the southvestern part of the area the surface ranges from undulating to sharp ly rolling ancl in the northwestern part the surface is nearly level Nearly all the land is tillable and well drained

For a more comp lete description of the area see Engene S A and Pond G bull A lIAgricultur21 Production and Types of Farming in Jiiiinnesota liinneso~a Bulletinmiddot ~J 0 bull 347 i~a~r 1940

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The follming tabulation shows by cOcUlties the nurloer of cooperators who cor]shypleted records in 1940

Brown 15 Stevens 10 Jackson 13 lJatonwan 10 Kandiyohi 9 Yellow jmiddotiedicine 14 lViartin 15 Nobles 15 101

The tables on page 4 and succeeding pEtges show ltlata for 99 farms 11110 farrs have been omitted from all the averlges in the tables because the records were not sufficiently complete fr ~ full analysis

The records kept by the ~ooperators include inventories at the begiK~ing and end of the yea r cCsh receipt~ and expenses and a record Dftne farm pro(luce used b~l the farE1 family Complete household and perso1alrecords were also kept by 46 coshyoperator s Supplementary information 1aS secured (turing the year regarding crop and livestock product-lon practiCes

At the end of Hie year the books were taken to the central office at Univershysi ty Farm where they were checked and sumrarized For the nU1Jose of c omparison the earnings as shown in this report are computed as if each op erlt or was a full owner however eachtenant is supplied a stater1entmiddot ofmiddot his earnings on the o asis of the rental system under vhich pe ~s pperating

TYPE OF FARIHNG

The farms in this area have a wide diversitJ of enterprises All classes of livestock are important although livestock kept for meat production tends to ) reshydominate The sale of crops constitutes an important source of income ~he princishypal feed crops grown are corn oats barley and hay In addition wheat flax sweet corn and canning peas are grown toa limited extent as cash crops

TOPOGRAPliY SOILS AtID WEATHER

The soils range from dark brown to heavy black 1middot0~11 The major part of the area is uridu1ating to gently rolling land interspersed with almost level tracts In the southvestern part of the area the surface ranges from undulating to sharp ly rolling ancl in the northwestern part the surface is nearly level Nearly all the land is tillable and well drained

For a more comp lete description of the area see Engene S A and Pond G bull A lIAgricultur21 Production and Types of Farming in Jiiiinnesota liinneso~a Bulletinmiddot ~J 0 bull 347 i~a~r 1940

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_ --li-o-=r t hinston Fairmont villmoT ~f orrts ___ Pr ecipi- Depart- Precipi- Deprt- Precipi- Depart- Pr eci)i- Depart shytation ure from tation ure from tation ure from tation ure from

normal ______---=-n~o_rr1al _norm~ ___ HOTInpl Inches Inches Inches Inches Inches Inches Inches Inches

______ 1lonthly and ~mnal yrecipi tpoundt~o-n-______ ---_______

Januory Trace -063 023 -057 034 -012 018 -059 Fbbruarr 082 -1-005 070 -027 C91 -001 0 77 C109 liC1I c h 196 -1-070 135 -006 154 -1-029 362 -1-286 April 275 -1-067 1 57 -066 160 -016 153 -042 i4ay 120 -274 212 -193 169 -132 1 76 -145 June 567 -1-1 38 484 -1-050 329 - C79 1S -240 Jul 034 -305 060 -296 102 -2l2 1 2 2 -174 August 277 -099 380 -1-506 475 -1-112 5amp6 +2 55 Sep t em-o er 070 -28i 111 -222 106 -2()4 11oJ - -1684 -__

October 281 -1-112 338 -1-1 5~~ 275 -1-1 0 315 -1-1 ~-j2 November 272 -1-1 55 256 -1-105 209 -1-111 1 fif) -1-0 01 December 076 -I-Ol~ 116 -I-C26 -2 75 --=052~ 859 middot ~() 07

_1 C rshy1940 total 225~ -463 2872 -027 2189 J J D 23~72 - )22 1939 total 2~ 27 -286 2192 -707 1899 -585 21 70 -224

rO 001938 total 4050 -1-1337 - - -1-11 CO 26 28 -1-114 2305 --0 58

Normal annual ~Jre-cipitation 2713 2899 2484 2394

The ~rear 1940 as a hole vIas normal in regard to temperRtures Cool let weather in the early spring delayed the seeding of smnll grain hOgtJever the growing conditions in iiay and June Vlere fnvorable for most crops Conditions during June nnd July vere Jnfavorable for securing satisfnctor~T stnl1ds of grasses and legul1es over much of the area Corn VIas injured to some extent -by hot dry 1eather in the latter part of Ju13 Ileather conditions in September a1d October were very favor-shytble for late crol) S and pastur e bull

___________ Table 2 IIonthly TeJIlperatures J940 Worthington F8irmont middot- iJl _ ~I orris__ m=-=a~r--__

Temper- Depart- Temper- De~art- Temper- Depart- TeYl1pera- Depar t shyature ure from ature ure from ature u re fror1 ature ure from

normal normal normal 11 Olla1 (Degrees Fahrenheit)

January 72 -69 7L- -64 40 -71 iC -03 -1-35 17 -I-L1 7Febru8r~ 20 7 -1-35 203 -1-32 184

[arch 268 -32 25 ~3 -42 226 -49 22 ~ -45 -1 7 400 -t5April 421 -32 432 -2 8 426

Hay 565 -1-01 566 -Os 56 4 -1-03 532 -07 JunE 684 -1-24 69 Ll -1-11 576 -1-20 560 0 0

747 --37 nt --2 fiJul~r 750 1-38 748 --25 August 688 -0 ~5 582 -16 57 ~ -1 0 G70 -11

646 +51 62 8 +2J4September 654 ~43 647 +31 53 ~ 1- 6 9October 548 t-64 55G ~67 334 t-59

-37 25 Li -41November 271 -54 280 -49 256 IS5 1-3 8 December 240 -t-LI 6 237 +34 199 -t-42

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Summary of Farm Inventories (BeginninR of Year)(Z-l=oJLIJ)=-________

Items

Size of farm (acr~s)

Size of ousiness (work units)

Eorses Prod~ctive livestock (total)

Dairy and dual purpose cows Other dairy amp dual pUFpose cattle Be~f cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep (incl-ding feeders) Po~ltry (in~luding turkeys)

Crop seeltl and feed Hach amp equipP1ent (total)

Power mnch (f share)

Crop amp gen mach Livestock equip amp sun-olies

3ui~dings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

Your Average farm of 99

farms------~=~

20 most profitable farras

30 least profitable farms

225 490

296 617

173 oqlv J~

$- shy $ 352 2356

684 385 633 421 H5 88

2355 2200

840 1096

264 5917

10 538

$ 423 3206

718 512

1 184 588

79 125

3568 2908

1170 1411

327 8687

18185

$ 287 1674

505 306 456 ~05

41 51

1581 1671

648 82LJ

199 5148

-L 299

$-- $24008 $32977 $17650

Explanation of term nWork units

The total lwork unit S for anyone farm is a measure of size of that farm busishyness It is the accomplishment of a farrl viOrker in [ ten-hour day Jorking on crop s and productive livestock at average efficiency

The nllinber of work units for each animal and each acre of crops used in this reshyport are listed as follolls

Jo of No of It em Fer lork units Item Fer Hork units

Dairy and dual cow 135 Small grain 0cre 7 purpose CblS Soyteans for brain II 9

Other dairy amp dual ) 40 Sugar beets II 30 purpose cattle ) animal Sweet corn II 25

3eef breeding herd) unit 40 Corn husked II 13 Sheep - farm flock ) 16 Corn hogped II 8 I-ieL1s 100 hens 260 Corn shredded II 25 F~eder catt-le ) 35 Corn silage II 1 0 J

Feeder sheep ) 100 lbs 4 Corn fodder II 13 Hogs ) -produced _ 25 Alfalfa hay II 10 Turkeys ) 7 Soybean ha~r II 14 Canning peas acre 20 Other hay cros II 6

Anima l unit represents one cow one bull one feeder steer or heifer t wo hea(l of - other cattle seven head of sheep fourteen lambs five hogs ten-pigs 100 hens

oi 1400 los turkeys produced

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Sumr1ary of Farm Inventoriesmiddot (Jfuld 6f ~Y-ear -1940 _-___ Yocr Average 20 most 20 lecst farm of 99 profitable profi table

Items farfis farms farr1s

$ 285 1 838

546 365 Lt bull

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63 1679 1 893

729 960 204

5185 729 9

$18229

Horses Productive livestock (total)

Dairy amp clual purpose cows Other dairy 8 dual purnose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys)

Crop seeds and feed Jlach amp equipment (total)

ower machiner~T (f share) Crop and ge1 1achinery Livestock equix1ent amp supplies

Euildings fences etc Lanet

Total farm capital

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$ 332 2 826

739 396 814 596 180 101

2783 2408

937 1186

225 6066

10 828

$25243

$ 417 4074

802 418

1771 792 144 147

4379 3125

1187 1568

370 7122

16185

$35302 middot

___ --=-um=oa=r of 1jvestock____________ S m l-=of An 01)11 t 20 leas t pT ofi taDle farms

3 6 (

9 3 111

6 7 369

JO O 1middot1 529shy

51 78

J91

327 0 8 13 0 24 3 5 o

240 bull I~

32

Your far

Items

No of horses liIo of colts lio of dair~T t~ dual purpose cows Head of othe r dair~T ~ dual Purliose cattJe____ Head of cattle kep t in beef breecling lleId=--__ Pounds of bee f cattle p roduced

Litters of p igs Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheej) ( 2 1ambs= 1 head) No of hens

Total nf) of proetlivestock animal uni ts___

of tota l that are Da iry and dual 0urpose cows Other dairy anct dual purpose cattle In bee f breeding herd Feeder cattle Sheep - farm flock Sheep feeders Hogs Turkeys Chickens

Averaze of 99 farms

38 9middot

10 4 103

9Q ~

1112

130 C544

211 1 lt~ __LU

388

289 1 54 155

46 57 12

23 middot1 16 Z7

20 most p rofi taLle

_---=farms

4 v 7

1 3

102 116 11 2

4 214

176 28 841

15 8 180

501

22 7 114 171 120 2~5

20 254

7 u bull

3 5

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C+~+~-~~t) 1940____________---SUIDr==l1aI=y_ofFao=rrn Earni1gs (Cash - va v OUlOu

Your Average 20 most 20 least farm of 99 l)rofi table profitaDle

Items farms FAR1-1 EXPENSES

Horses bought $_shyDairy and dual purpose cows bought Other dairy amp dual purpose cattle bought Beef cattle bought (including feede~s) Hogs Dought Sheep Dought (including feeders) Poultry D~QGht (including turkeys) Hi sc crop eJpens es Feed Dought Power mach (farm share) (nei) Power mach (farm share) (unkee-p)

L bull bull

Custom liork hired Crop and general mach (ne) Crop and general mach (upkeep) Livestock equipment (new) Livestock equiument (upkeep) hisc livestock expense Buildings and fencing (neio) Buildings and fencing (upkeep) Hired labor Taxes Insurance General farm (1) Total f2Im purchases (2) Decrease in farm capital (3) Board furnished hired laDor (4) Interest on far~ capital (5) Unpaid family laDor (6) Total farm expenses (Sum of (1) to (5)~_~_

FARlI RECEIPTS Horses Dair and dual purpose cows Dairy products Other (iairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Shee) ald -rool (illcluding feeders) Poulmiddottry (LicluCLing turl-e~T s) Eggs Corn Small grain Other crops Poer machiner~T solo Crop and [oSl mach so1d Hisc Incole IroD work off the farm Agriculturol adjustment pa~ments (7) Total f8rl sales (8) Increase il far~ capital (9) Fara prodused in house + house rent

(10) Total farm receipts (7) + (8) + (9) (6) Total fnrm ex-oeilses (11) Operators labor earnings (10) - (5)

$ 26 27 37

258 78

106 67

219 497 304 318 124 266

50 50 13 58

897 130 251 228

9 33

3446

112 1231

246 5035

37 108 673 172 548

1075 204 273 188 302 537 154 115

61 252 115 419

5333 1235

455 7023 5035 1928

T$ 00

47 53

864 163 160 109 267 720 272 354 138 400

61 70 13 66

618 150 300 312

9 36

5215

139 1707

264 7325

27 107 738 119

1362 1588

215 523 258 623 933 140 133 104 353 119 508

7860 2325

551 10736

7325 3411

$ 36 14 28

113 31 13 29

160 375 192 273 94

256 38 25

4 27

134 176 230 154

3 23

2439

108 897 300

37pound14

27 84

pound175 182 386 693

58 84

103 207 427 122

8 20

141 106 331J

2 553 569 339

4511 3744

767

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______---__Su~middot1~~1arr of ParD Earnings (Enterprise Statement) J940 (A) Your Average 20 most 20 least

farm of 99 profi ta1l1e profi table Iter1s farms farrlsmiddot farDs

EXPENSES AND NET DECREASES Total power $_--- $ 550 $ 654 $ 480

Horses 130 161 127 Tractor 191 231 167 Truck 41 77 16 Auto (farm share) ll3 101 114 Gas engine (farm share) 3 2 4 El ec nlant or current (farm share)

~ 21 28 8 Hired power 51 54 44

Crop and general machinery 173 214 135 Livestock equipment 40 39 23 Euildings fencing and tiling 166 210 175 Misc productive livestock expense 58 65 26 Labor 638 738 560 Real estate taxes 197 265 142 Personal property t~~ 31 47 22 Insurance 9 9 3 General farm 33 36 23 Interest on farm capital 1231 1707 897

(1) Total expenses amp net decreases 3126 3984 2586

RETURNS AlIJD N8T INCREASES All productive livestock $~) 351 $L1663 $2234$_shy

Dair~r and dual pur-pose cows 768 830 574 Other dairy amp dual pillpose cattle 342 326 318 Eeef breeding herd 323 456 244 Feeder cattle 128 462 22 Hogs 1215 1713 856 Sheep - farm flock 94 74 28 Sheep - feeders 39 Ll6 0 Turkeys 146 323 24 Chickens 296 e33 168

Crops seed and feed 951 1727 503 Income from work off the farm ll5 ll9 106 Agricultural conservation payments 419 508 330 Miscellaneous 278 378 180

(2) Total retuIns amp net increases 5ll4 7395 3353

(1) Total ex~ens~s amp net decreases 3126 3984 2586

( 3) Oper lab or earnings (2) minus (1) 1988 34ll 767

(A) Cash receipts and expenses are a ct justed for changes in inventor~r for each entershyprise and for each item of eX]Jense in order to sho total receij)ts and net increases and total expenses and net decreases ~ne operators labor earnings are the same as those on page 6

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Al~ALYSIS OF THE REASONS FOE DIFFTRENCES IIi OPERN[ORl S EAR1iINGS

The financial statement on the ~Oreceding pages shows that there is a wicce range in earnings The average operatorls labor earnings for the 20 most profitable far~s was $3411 and for the 20 least profitable farms $767 The difference betveen the averages for these two groups was $2644 Some of the causes for these differenceo in earnings n~T be beyond the control of the farmer I t is significant however that the data ia this report middot indicate that there are several factors which S110l

defini te rela tionships with operator 1 s labor earnings and which suggest opp 0 tuni ties for increased earnings The more important of these factors and their relationship vi th earnings are presenteo in the following tables

Table 3 Relation of Cron Yields to Farm Earnings Per cent crop yields were of No of Average operator l s the average for all 99 farms farms labor enrnings Gr~ Aver_~=g _~e-__

3810w 90 75 25 $1666 90-113 103 50 2058 114 a nd [bove 120 24 2176

Hig h production per acre up to c~rtain limits t ends to lower the cost l)er bushel of grain or per ton of har An~r possible method of management tha t Jill inshycrease crop yields nnd therefore lowor cost of production more than the extra expens e incurred in securing the higher yielc1s should be 6iven considerOtiol1

Taole 4 Relation of Choice of Cromiddot)s to Farm E8rnings Per cent of tillable land Ho of Average operators in high return croOs farms labor earnings Groumiddoto _____ Averag(~___

Bel01- 310 267 25 $1559 310-399 353 53 2045 400 l aoove 439 21 2353

Cro)s are marked on ~9age 14 as (A) (B) (C) and (D) All of acres in (A) crops one llalf of acres in (B) crops and one-fourth of acres in (C) crop s are used in calculating p er cent of tillable land in high return crops

As a rule Oll these farms such crops as alfalfa clover canning crops sugar beets corn aml flax bring a higher net return per acre than other crops usually grovm Addi tions can be made to earnings by putting as high a percentage as I)Ossible of the tillable land into those higher return crops

Table 5 Relation of Retllrns from Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings Inclex of gross returns lJo of Average operator l s from middotproouctive livestock farms labor earnings Group Average

Be10-1 88 74 23 $1635 89-115 101 53 2053 115 8~ above 124middot 2~ 2166

Feed records were not kept on most of these farms The index represents gross returns and is eighted by tha number of animal units of each class of liveshystock

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The uajori ty of these farms ar2 livestock farms High gross returns fro11 liveshystock are eccomponied by high farm incone A lEuge )Jroportion of the crops r jsed are fed on the f orm and some addi ti onal feed is purchased Feed is the maj or item of cost in livestock produc tion and 1 ivestock consti tute an im~oortant source of income on these farms There are a number of reasons for differences among farras in liveshystock returns High productivi ty per animal and economy in the use of feed ane labor are important Other factors of considerable importance are kind of feed us ed quality of pastures balance of ration degree of sanitation and kind of shelter and equipment

Ta-Dle~ Relation of Amount of Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings ___ Procluctivo middotlivestock rIo of Average operator IS

units Del 100 acres farmsla-bor earnings Grou-) Average

-----~------------------------ Below llB 95 16 $1981 118-24 4 187 61 1927 245 amp above 294 22 2160

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Acres in timber not pastured roads waste anet farmstead were not included

The information in Table 6 shovrs the farms with a small [ulOunt of livestock to be as profitable as those with an aTlerage amount of livestock HOltlever a n examinashytion of the farms in these tVIO groups shows that sevelal ver specialized crop f a r ms with very little livestock are incluoecc in the group hwing less than 11 8 productive livestock units per 100 acres If the four farmers rec e iving more than 50 per cent of their income frOL1 crops were to be omitted from the averages the o~)erato IS

labor earnings of the group with a small amount of liventock would be $1770 If trQ lJvestQck ~LyJeldinf- a netetyrn an increase d amount of livestock 3dcLs to size of business and the opportuni ty to increase the fariil middotearnings LiTestock p roouces manure and aids in keeping up the fertility of the land 1md utilizes ade lJror1uc ts on the f a rm Livestock also helps to provide productive employment throughout the year Any method that aids in utilizing the avai~a-ole resources to full and effishycient ealJaci ty should add to the farminco1e

lable 7 Helation of Size of Business (Work Ul1i t~ to Farm Earnings No of Nor1 uni ts -r7o of JTlerage operator IS

Group Average f2IlS labor eaJ_nings _----____

Below 350 295 23 $1489 350-624 494 56 1 857 625 amp above 705 20 2926

Average farm earnings tend to incre as e vii th an increase in size of bus iness For farmers operating their iarlgt1S at a loss the larger the volu1e of ousiness the larger ill be the loss but a i a rler who is making a profi t cOll1d jaake a large r profit if he irlcreased his sizo of business providing that in so doing ho does not 1011er materially the efficiency in some one or more important branches of his busishyness Those farLers who have large businesses usually have )1ore flcxibili t~T of their organizE)tion than doe s the Jan with a flnall business aicl can utilize more efshyficiently and to better actvantage available labor p0ler Dachinery and building The s ize of the farm businesf3 r1ay be increased by farDillf [1ore lano by ke eping nOTe

livestock or by keeping livestock or groling crops of a Dor8 intensive t~rfJe

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______---__Su~middot1~~1arr of ParD Earnings (Enterprise Statement) J940 (A) Your Average 20 most 20 least

farm of 99 profi ta1l1e profi table Iter1s farms farrlsmiddot farDs

EXPENSES AND NET DECREASES Total power $_--- $ 550 $ 654 $ 480

Horses 130 161 127 Tractor 191 231 167 Truck 41 77 16 Auto (farm share) ll3 101 114 Gas engine (farm share) 3 2 4 El ec nlant or current (farm share)

~ 21 28 8 Hired power 51 54 44

Crop and general machinery 173 214 135 Livestock equipment 40 39 23 Euildings fencing and tiling 166 210 175 Misc productive livestock expense 58 65 26 Labor 638 738 560 Real estate taxes 197 265 142 Personal property t~~ 31 47 22 Insurance 9 9 3 General farm 33 36 23 Interest on farm capital 1231 1707 897

(1) Total expenses amp net decreases 3126 3984 2586

RETURNS AlIJD N8T INCREASES All productive livestock $~) 351 $L1663 $2234$_shy

Dair~r and dual pur-pose cows 768 830 574 Other dairy amp dual pillpose cattle 342 326 318 Eeef breeding herd 323 456 244 Feeder cattle 128 462 22 Hogs 1215 1713 856 Sheep - farm flock 94 74 28 Sheep - feeders 39 Ll6 0 Turkeys 146 323 24 Chickens 296 e33 168

Crops seed and feed 951 1727 503 Income from work off the farm ll5 ll9 106 Agricultural conservation payments 419 508 330 Miscellaneous 278 378 180

(2) Total retuIns amp net increases 5ll4 7395 3353

(1) Total ex~ens~s amp net decreases 3126 3984 2586

( 3) Oper lab or earnings (2) minus (1) 1988 34ll 767

(A) Cash receipts and expenses are a ct justed for changes in inventor~r for each entershyprise and for each item of eX]Jense in order to sho total receij)ts and net increases and total expenses and net decreases ~ne operators labor earnings are the same as those on page 6

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Al~ALYSIS OF THE REASONS FOE DIFFTRENCES IIi OPERN[ORl S EAR1iINGS

The financial statement on the ~Oreceding pages shows that there is a wicce range in earnings The average operatorls labor earnings for the 20 most profitable far~s was $3411 and for the 20 least profitable farms $767 The difference betveen the averages for these two groups was $2644 Some of the causes for these differenceo in earnings n~T be beyond the control of the farmer I t is significant however that the data ia this report middot indicate that there are several factors which S110l

defini te rela tionships with operator 1 s labor earnings and which suggest opp 0 tuni ties for increased earnings The more important of these factors and their relationship vi th earnings are presenteo in the following tables

Table 3 Relation of Cron Yields to Farm Earnings Per cent crop yields were of No of Average operator l s the average for all 99 farms farms labor enrnings Gr~ Aver_~=g _~e-__

3810w 90 75 25 $1666 90-113 103 50 2058 114 a nd [bove 120 24 2176

Hig h production per acre up to c~rtain limits t ends to lower the cost l)er bushel of grain or per ton of har An~r possible method of management tha t Jill inshycrease crop yields nnd therefore lowor cost of production more than the extra expens e incurred in securing the higher yielc1s should be 6iven considerOtiol1

Taole 4 Relation of Choice of Cromiddot)s to Farm E8rnings Per cent of tillable land Ho of Average operators in high return croOs farms labor earnings Groumiddoto _____ Averag(~___

Bel01- 310 267 25 $1559 310-399 353 53 2045 400 l aoove 439 21 2353

Cro)s are marked on ~9age 14 as (A) (B) (C) and (D) All of acres in (A) crops one llalf of acres in (B) crops and one-fourth of acres in (C) crop s are used in calculating p er cent of tillable land in high return crops

As a rule Oll these farms such crops as alfalfa clover canning crops sugar beets corn aml flax bring a higher net return per acre than other crops usually grovm Addi tions can be made to earnings by putting as high a percentage as I)Ossible of the tillable land into those higher return crops

Table 5 Relation of Retllrns from Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings Inclex of gross returns lJo of Average operator l s from middotproouctive livestock farms labor earnings Group Average

Be10-1 88 74 23 $1635 89-115 101 53 2053 115 8~ above 124middot 2~ 2166

Feed records were not kept on most of these farms The index represents gross returns and is eighted by tha number of animal units of each class of liveshystock

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The uajori ty of these farms ar2 livestock farms High gross returns fro11 liveshystock are eccomponied by high farm incone A lEuge )Jroportion of the crops r jsed are fed on the f orm and some addi ti onal feed is purchased Feed is the maj or item of cost in livestock produc tion and 1 ivestock consti tute an im~oortant source of income on these farms There are a number of reasons for differences among farras in liveshystock returns High productivi ty per animal and economy in the use of feed ane labor are important Other factors of considerable importance are kind of feed us ed quality of pastures balance of ration degree of sanitation and kind of shelter and equipment

Ta-Dle~ Relation of Amount of Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings ___ Procluctivo middotlivestock rIo of Average operator IS

units Del 100 acres farmsla-bor earnings Grou-) Average

-----~------------------------ Below llB 95 16 $1981 118-24 4 187 61 1927 245 amp above 294 22 2160

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The information in Table 6 shovrs the farms with a small [ulOunt of livestock to be as profitable as those with an aTlerage amount of livestock HOltlever a n examinashytion of the farms in these tVIO groups shows that sevelal ver specialized crop f a r ms with very little livestock are incluoecc in the group hwing less than 11 8 productive livestock units per 100 acres If the four farmers rec e iving more than 50 per cent of their income frOL1 crops were to be omitted from the averages the o~)erato IS

labor earnings of the group with a small amount of liventock would be $1770 If trQ lJvestQck ~LyJeldinf- a netetyrn an increase d amount of livestock 3dcLs to size of business and the opportuni ty to increase the fariil middotearnings LiTestock p roouces manure and aids in keeping up the fertility of the land 1md utilizes ade lJror1uc ts on the f a rm Livestock also helps to provide productive employment throughout the year Any method that aids in utilizing the avai~a-ole resources to full and effishycient ealJaci ty should add to the farminco1e

lable 7 Helation of Size of Business (Work Ul1i t~ to Farm Earnings No of Nor1 uni ts -r7o of JTlerage operator IS

Group Average f2IlS labor eaJ_nings _----____

Below 350 295 23 $1489 350-624 494 56 1 857 625 amp above 705 20 2926

Average farm earnings tend to incre as e vii th an increase in size of bus iness For farmers operating their iarlgt1S at a loss the larger the volu1e of ousiness the larger ill be the loss but a i a rler who is making a profi t cOll1d jaake a large r profit if he irlcreased his sizo of business providing that in so doing ho does not 1011er materially the efficiency in some one or more important branches of his busishyness Those farLers who have large businesses usually have )1ore flcxibili t~T of their organizE)tion than doe s the Jan with a flnall business aicl can utilize more efshyficiently and to better actvantage available labor p0ler Dachinery and building The s ize of the farm businesf3 r1ay be increased by farDillf [1ore lano by ke eping nOTe

livestock or by keeping livestock or groling crops of a Dor8 intensive t~rfJe

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Al~ALYSIS OF THE REASONS FOE DIFFTRENCES IIi OPERN[ORl S EAR1iINGS

The financial statement on the ~Oreceding pages shows that there is a wicce range in earnings The average operatorls labor earnings for the 20 most profitable far~s was $3411 and for the 20 least profitable farms $767 The difference betveen the averages for these two groups was $2644 Some of the causes for these differenceo in earnings n~T be beyond the control of the farmer I t is significant however that the data ia this report middot indicate that there are several factors which S110l

defini te rela tionships with operator 1 s labor earnings and which suggest opp 0 tuni ties for increased earnings The more important of these factors and their relationship vi th earnings are presenteo in the following tables

Table 3 Relation of Cron Yields to Farm Earnings Per cent crop yields were of No of Average operator l s the average for all 99 farms farms labor enrnings Gr~ Aver_~=g _~e-__

3810w 90 75 25 $1666 90-113 103 50 2058 114 a nd [bove 120 24 2176

Hig h production per acre up to c~rtain limits t ends to lower the cost l)er bushel of grain or per ton of har An~r possible method of management tha t Jill inshycrease crop yields nnd therefore lowor cost of production more than the extra expens e incurred in securing the higher yielc1s should be 6iven considerOtiol1

Taole 4 Relation of Choice of Cromiddot)s to Farm E8rnings Per cent of tillable land Ho of Average operators in high return croOs farms labor earnings Groumiddoto _____ Averag(~___

Bel01- 310 267 25 $1559 310-399 353 53 2045 400 l aoove 439 21 2353

Cro)s are marked on ~9age 14 as (A) (B) (C) and (D) All of acres in (A) crops one llalf of acres in (B) crops and one-fourth of acres in (C) crop s are used in calculating p er cent of tillable land in high return crops

As a rule Oll these farms such crops as alfalfa clover canning crops sugar beets corn aml flax bring a higher net return per acre than other crops usually grovm Addi tions can be made to earnings by putting as high a percentage as I)Ossible of the tillable land into those higher return crops

Table 5 Relation of Retllrns from Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings Inclex of gross returns lJo of Average operator l s from middotproouctive livestock farms labor earnings Group Average

Be10-1 88 74 23 $1635 89-115 101 53 2053 115 8~ above 124middot 2~ 2166

Feed records were not kept on most of these farms The index represents gross returns and is eighted by tha number of animal units of each class of liveshystock

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The uajori ty of these farms ar2 livestock farms High gross returns fro11 liveshystock are eccomponied by high farm incone A lEuge )Jroportion of the crops r jsed are fed on the f orm and some addi ti onal feed is purchased Feed is the maj or item of cost in livestock produc tion and 1 ivestock consti tute an im~oortant source of income on these farms There are a number of reasons for differences among farras in liveshystock returns High productivi ty per animal and economy in the use of feed ane labor are important Other factors of considerable importance are kind of feed us ed quality of pastures balance of ration degree of sanitation and kind of shelter and equipment

Ta-Dle~ Relation of Amount of Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings ___ Procluctivo middotlivestock rIo of Average operator IS

units Del 100 acres farmsla-bor earnings Grou-) Average

-----~------------------------ Below llB 95 16 $1981 118-24 4 187 61 1927 245 amp above 294 22 2160

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Acres in timber not pastured roads waste anet farmstead were not included

The information in Table 6 shovrs the farms with a small [ulOunt of livestock to be as profitable as those with an aTlerage amount of livestock HOltlever a n examinashytion of the farms in these tVIO groups shows that sevelal ver specialized crop f a r ms with very little livestock are incluoecc in the group hwing less than 11 8 productive livestock units per 100 acres If the four farmers rec e iving more than 50 per cent of their income frOL1 crops were to be omitted from the averages the o~)erato IS

labor earnings of the group with a small amount of liventock would be $1770 If trQ lJvestQck ~LyJeldinf- a netetyrn an increase d amount of livestock 3dcLs to size of business and the opportuni ty to increase the fariil middotearnings LiTestock p roouces manure and aids in keeping up the fertility of the land 1md utilizes ade lJror1uc ts on the f a rm Livestock also helps to provide productive employment throughout the year Any method that aids in utilizing the avai~a-ole resources to full and effishycient ealJaci ty should add to the farminco1e

lable 7 Helation of Size of Business (Work Ul1i t~ to Farm Earnings No of Nor1 uni ts -r7o of JTlerage operator IS

Group Average f2IlS labor eaJ_nings _----____

Below 350 295 23 $1489 350-624 494 56 1 857 625 amp above 705 20 2926

Average farm earnings tend to incre as e vii th an increase in size of bus iness For farmers operating their iarlgt1S at a loss the larger the volu1e of ousiness the larger ill be the loss but a i a rler who is making a profi t cOll1d jaake a large r profit if he irlcreased his sizo of business providing that in so doing ho does not 1011er materially the efficiency in some one or more important branches of his busishyness Those farLers who have large businesses usually have )1ore flcxibili t~T of their organizE)tion than doe s the Jan with a flnall business aicl can utilize more efshyficiently and to better actvantage available labor p0ler Dachinery and building The s ize of the farm businesf3 r1ay be increased by farDillf [1ore lano by ke eping nOTe

livestock or by keeping livestock or groling crops of a Dor8 intensive t~rfJe

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The uajori ty of these farms ar2 livestock farms High gross returns fro11 liveshystock are eccomponied by high farm incone A lEuge )Jroportion of the crops r jsed are fed on the f orm and some addi ti onal feed is purchased Feed is the maj or item of cost in livestock produc tion and 1 ivestock consti tute an im~oortant source of income on these farms There are a number of reasons for differences among farras in liveshystock returns High productivi ty per animal and economy in the use of feed ane labor are important Other factors of considerable importance are kind of feed us ed quality of pastures balance of ration degree of sanitation and kind of shelter and equipment

Ta-Dle~ Relation of Amount of Productive Livestock to Farm Earnings ___ Procluctivo middotlivestock rIo of Average operator IS

units Del 100 acres farmsla-bor earnings Grou-) Average

-----~------------------------ Below llB 95 16 $1981 118-24 4 187 61 1927 245 amp above 294 22 2160

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Acres in timber not pastured roads waste anet farmstead were not included

The information in Table 6 shovrs the farms with a small [ulOunt of livestock to be as profitable as those with an aTlerage amount of livestock HOltlever a n examinashytion of the farms in these tVIO groups shows that sevelal ver specialized crop f a r ms with very little livestock are incluoecc in the group hwing less than 11 8 productive livestock units per 100 acres If the four farmers rec e iving more than 50 per cent of their income frOL1 crops were to be omitted from the averages the o~)erato IS

labor earnings of the group with a small amount of liventock would be $1770 If trQ lJvestQck ~LyJeldinf- a netetyrn an increase d amount of livestock 3dcLs to size of business and the opportuni ty to increase the fariil middotearnings LiTestock p roouces manure and aids in keeping up the fertility of the land 1md utilizes ade lJror1uc ts on the f a rm Livestock also helps to provide productive employment throughout the year Any method that aids in utilizing the avai~a-ole resources to full and effishycient ealJaci ty should add to the farminco1e

lable 7 Helation of Size of Business (Work Ul1i t~ to Farm Earnings No of Nor1 uni ts -r7o of JTlerage operator IS

Group Average f2IlS labor eaJ_nings _----____

Below 350 295 23 $1489 350-624 494 56 1 857 625 amp above 705 20 2926

Average farm earnings tend to incre as e vii th an increase in size of bus iness For farmers operating their iarlgt1S at a loss the larger the volu1e of ousiness the larger ill be the loss but a i a rler who is making a profi t cOll1d jaake a large r profit if he irlcreased his sizo of business providing that in so doing ho does not 1011er materially the efficiency in some one or more important branches of his busishyness Those farLers who have large businesses usually have )1ore flcxibili t~T of their organizE)tion than doe s the Jan with a flnall business aicl can utilize more efshyficiently and to better actvantage available labor p0ler Dachinery and building The s ize of the farm businesf3 r1ay be increased by farDillf [1ore lano by ke eping nOTe

livestock or by keeping livestock or groling crops of a Dor8 intensive t~rfJe

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Taole 8 Relation of AmoWlt of Hork Accomplished per 1lorker to Farm Earnin~--_____~

fork 1)ni ts per Jorker l~o of Average operator IS

Grou-J) Average farms labor earnings

Below 200 170 20 $1279 200-299 246 57 2034 300 (~ ab ove 349 22 2511

More units of IOrk aCCOml)lished pel worker reduces the labor charg )er uni t of business Higher labor accomplishment can be securedin several ways In the first place the business must be large enough so that there will be at least sufficient work available for the falily labor The farm should be so organized that the labor requireraentG are well distributed throughout the year Eandling pastures in such a way that as large a proportion as j)ossible of the year1s feep for live~tock may be obtained from them helps to reduce labor requirements Proper planning of tle farm work and economical use of labor-saving machinery help to increase the work accomshyplished per worker

Table 9 Relation of Pover middotbchinery Equipment and Building Expense to Farm Earnings

Expense per work unit No of Average operator1s Group Average _____farr~____ labor earnings

$235 amp above $296 21 $1788 $150-$234 190 58 1961 Be10v $1 50 1 23 20 2273

Inclur1es building fencing all crop machinery and livestock eQuipment horse feed and miscellaneous horse e~)ense

The expense factor does not show as high relationship with earnings when prices are high as when they are low Some f~rms are under-equipped On a fe- farms exshycessive expenses constitute the main factor causing earnings to be very low

Some of the cash expenses can be kept down b~r carefulmariagementOftentimes necessary repoirs and improvements can be lade by using the available farm iabor rather than by hiring extra help Repairs -and overhauling shciuld be done before spring work begins insofar as possible or on rainy days or in other spare time ourshying the summer Reducing the number of horses to the minirmm reQuired for efficient operation of the farm helps reduce the power expense In soi-ne cases farmers Can offset some or all of the power and machinery expense by using their equipment for outside work -

EFFECT OF WELL-]ALANCEDEFFICIENCY ON FARi-l PROFITS

It is quite evident from this report that fevi farmers have a rnonopoly on efshyficiencJr bull Qui t e often farm operators show efficient management in one part of the farm bUsine ss 1Jiich is offset by poor results in other phasE8 These farmers get medi u n returns while tJ-gt se who fall clown all along the line bet the lowest returns and on the other hand those fuv who ean manage to attain high efficiency in all parts of their ol eanization receive returns well above the average This is ell illustrated in Table 10

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Ta ble 10 Relation of Operators Labor Earning s to t he Numb e r of Fa ctors in wh ich the Farrller is Above Aver age

l~ o of Av er a gteo

factors in No The length of the shaded lines o-oerators VJhich farm of Your are in proportion to the average labor excels farms farm operators labor earnings earnings

lgtT one or one 9 x Ymiddotr middot middot middotYmiddotyx $1215J 4 J)_~~AJ~ bull middot IJ ~_J

110 or thr ee 47 JCcxCCXXXXXXCCCxxxxxxxx 1681

Four or fiv e 29 )C~uXX)G~JJC_~XJmiddot~~~~X middotmiddot~ middot~Jxcr- 2228

Six or seve n 14 X~X~~~JCJrGQ) jXXCC~ middotXXmiddot xxx6~~~ ~ ~j= ( 301 6

The array in Table 10 indicates thet it will Qe iortl1-Jhile for each coop era tor to study care fully his ranking on page s 12 a1d 13 and learn his standing in r e spe ct t o each of the above factors and the el ementscif str tmg th and weakness in h is farm bus ines s

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ieasllres of Farm Organization and gtIanagcment Efficiency 1940~______ 20 most 20 least

Average profit- profit shyliifeasures used in chart Your of 99 able ab1 8 on ~e 13 ---shy _______________farm __farms farms farms

~)eratorls labor earnings $- $1988 $3411 $767

(1) Crop yields 100 109 93

(2) of tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

(3) Gross returns from prodlivestock 100 103 96

(4) Prod livestock uni ts per 100 acres 196 19 6 188

(5) Size of business - work units middot190 617 381

(6) Work units ~er worker 253 299 197

(7) Power mach equip amp bldgexp per work uni t$___ $1 99 $189 $224

~ieasures and items related to some of the above measures

(3) Index of gross returns from -DairJT cot tle 100 103 81 Dual purpose cattle 100 78 103 Beef cattle - breeding herd 100 115 108

Beef ca ttle - feeders 100 105 69 Liogs 100 101 98 Shee farm flock 100 133 69

Sheep - feeders 100 118 Turke3Ts 100 93 116 Chickens 100 105 87

(5) Hork units on crops 169 29 127 Work units on productive livestock 292 358 22 7 Other vOrk units 29 30 27

(6) Total number of workers 20 2 1 2Q l1umber of famil~T workers 15 15 16 HUIlOer of h ired workers 5 r

0 4

(7) Power ex-pense pe r ltork unit $___ $118 ~112 $130 Crop machinery eA~ense per work unit 37 37 38 Livestock equi expense per work uni t 08 06 06 Bldgs a11d fencing expo per worgt unit 36 3~ 50

Given as a percentae of the average Crops are marked on page 14 as (A) (B) (C) and (D) All of acres in (A) crop s

one flBlf of acres in (3) crops and one-fourth of acres in (C) crops 2re used in calculating y er cent of tillable land in high return crops

An index leighted by the animal llni t s of livestoclc Acres in timber not pastured rO~1(l s lmste 8l1d farmste ad were not included

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Using yOilr figures froT1 flage 12 locate ~Tour stancting vii th respect to the various neasUIes of farr organiztion andrJanager1ent efficiencr The averates for the 99 farms included in thiG sW-1r1ary are located oet-veen the dotted lines acioss the center of this p age

Oper Return Pr 1 s Work P0 1 L1ac11 labor Eifh froD pro- uni ts uni ts elt1 amp bldg earn- ero- return ciuctive ner iork Der exp o -) e1

Yi~icts crops I iivestock ioo A units ~J0liker wo~~ u~i_t_

140 ~ 47oH li 356 ~ 77~ 370 fl ~ 80~1 135i=l 455Fj 13 - 336 I 73~J

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Distribution of Acres in Farm 1940 -=-C--op-~(-A-)--7(-=B)----(C=-)--a-n-=d-=(cD7) =r=-e~fer No Your Ave rage 20 most 20 least to ranking used in calculating growing farm of 99 profi tshy l)rofi t shyof tillable land in High Return this fcmns able able Cro~~ (see page 12) crop Jalms farms Canriing peas (A) 3 6 3 o Flax (B) 89 ---- 226 295 169 Barley (C) 56 162 196 165 Bar1ey a1d bats ( C) 9 3 2 7 7 o Spring heat (C) 48 72 6 L 47 Oats (D) 94 357 485 296 Oats undwheat (D) 7 19 10 33 Rye CD) 12 18 13 2 Soybeans for grain (D) 11 15 36 10 Hiscellaneous (D) 3 3 12 1

Total Small Grain and Peas ===--_~10 1192 722 -S-u-g-ar- beets l~~brid seed corn

potatoes and truck crops (A) 31 15 32 4 Sweet corn (B) 3 ~4 9 o Corn grain (B) 95 442 675 290 Corn silage (C) 60 --- 71 77 53 Corn fodder (D) 32 _-=-= 2middot5 1 7 57

- __ _-_ Total cuI tivatedmiddot crops ___ 55~ middot 7 810 404

Alfalfa hay (A) 87 141 17~3 87 rshySweet clover hay (B) 15 10 18 0

Soybean 11ltY (C) 2619 middot 18 21 lHxed le61unes f non-legumes (C) 18 22 1 1 23 Legumes for seeel (C) 9 86 18 Timothy 821dor brome (D) 13 823 Other annual ha~r (D) 33 ____ 19 27 26

Total tillaole land in hay 227 258 183

Alfalfa pastme Swect clover pasturemiddot Mixture incl alf swclov Other les-wnes a1d mixtures Sudan grass pasture Other tillable pasture

(A) (B)

brome(B) ( C) (C) (D)

29 49 18 17 22 46

14 11 13 81 12~ 41 25middot 15 9 20 19 13 17 9 13

73 122 82

Totai tillable land in pasture 230 300 ]71

Tillable lano not cropped (D) 15 12 11 o Total tillQule land 1936 2571 1481

Phalaris hay (non-tillnble) Wild hay (non-ti11aole) 35 Hon-tillaole pasture 45 Timber (not p~stured) 11 Roads nncl las t e Farms tead

) bull I bull

41 92

8 90 77

o 1 4 73

8 101 90

o 42 63

71 70

Total acres in farm 2246 2857 1733 18nc1 tillable 865 896 358tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

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er01) Yie_1ds_ per Acre 1940 Your Avorage farm of 99

Cro]2 _____ _fsect-rms

Canning peas value above seed cost $ $2689 Flax bu 136 Barley bu

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middot 419 Barlel and oats bu 557

Spring wheat bu 260 Oats bu 595 Oats and wheat bu 557 Rye bu ~37

Soybeans for grain bu~ 191

Sweet corn tons 35 Corn grain bu 495 Corn silage tons 89 Corn fodder tons 30--shy

Alfalfa hay tons 19 Sweet clover hay tons JB SOTbean ha~r tons 15 Mixeo_ le~ume Be nm1-legune hay tons 14 Legumes for seed lbs 2459

Tif1othy aYldj or broEie hay tons 20

Other an_Dual hajT tons 15 Phalaris ha~r 01 non-tillable land tons 13 Wild hay tons 11

Power and Machiner7 Exoense----------__-----_ --=-=-- ~~---

20 most profi tilble farfls

152 456 698

340 657

325 157

30 537 95 35

21 29 11 13

2219

14

9

20 least -oTofi table farms

1l3 384

226 562 il55

210

52 G 88 2 2~

15 12 13 12

778

20 15

10

Your Average farm of 99

Item f(lrLlS

Crop acres per farm 737

Tr8ctor ano_ horse expo per crop acre $195 Crop and gen [1ach ex~) per cro) acre l08--shy

Number of farms withtractors 93 NULlber of farms without horses 3

20 TlOst 20 least profi table profi table faros farT18

2274_ 1352

$184 $215 99 102

20 17 1 2

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

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4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

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Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

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Ta ble 10 Relation of Operators Labor Earning s to t he Numb e r of Fa ctors in wh ich the Farrller is Above Aver age

l~ o of Av er a gteo

factors in No The length of the shaded lines o-oerators VJhich farm of Your are in proportion to the average labor excels farms farm operators labor earnings earnings

lgtT one or one 9 x Ymiddotr middot middot middotYmiddotyx $1215J 4 J)_~~AJ~ bull middot IJ ~_J

110 or thr ee 47 JCcxCCXXXXXXCCCxxxxxxxx 1681

Four or fiv e 29 )C~uXX)G~JJC_~XJmiddot~~~~X middotmiddot~ middot~Jxcr- 2228

Six or seve n 14 X~X~~~JCJrGQ) jXXCC~ middotXXmiddot xxx6~~~ ~ ~j= ( 301 6

The array in Table 10 indicates thet it will Qe iortl1-Jhile for each coop era tor to study care fully his ranking on page s 12 a1d 13 and learn his standing in r e spe ct t o each of the above factors and the el ementscif str tmg th and weakness in h is farm bus ines s

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ieasllres of Farm Organization and gtIanagcment Efficiency 1940~______ 20 most 20 least

Average profit- profit shyliifeasures used in chart Your of 99 able ab1 8 on ~e 13 ---shy _______________farm __farms farms farms

~)eratorls labor earnings $- $1988 $3411 $767

(1) Crop yields 100 109 93

(2) of tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

(3) Gross returns from prodlivestock 100 103 96

(4) Prod livestock uni ts per 100 acres 196 19 6 188

(5) Size of business - work units middot190 617 381

(6) Work units ~er worker 253 299 197

(7) Power mach equip amp bldgexp per work uni t$___ $1 99 $189 $224

~ieasures and items related to some of the above measures

(3) Index of gross returns from -DairJT cot tle 100 103 81 Dual purpose cattle 100 78 103 Beef cattle - breeding herd 100 115 108

Beef ca ttle - feeders 100 105 69 Liogs 100 101 98 Shee farm flock 100 133 69

Sheep - feeders 100 118 Turke3Ts 100 93 116 Chickens 100 105 87

(5) Hork units on crops 169 29 127 Work units on productive livestock 292 358 22 7 Other vOrk units 29 30 27

(6) Total number of workers 20 2 1 2Q l1umber of famil~T workers 15 15 16 HUIlOer of h ired workers 5 r

0 4

(7) Power ex-pense pe r ltork unit $___ $118 ~112 $130 Crop machinery eA~ense per work unit 37 37 38 Livestock equi expense per work uni t 08 06 06 Bldgs a11d fencing expo per worgt unit 36 3~ 50

Given as a percentae of the average Crops are marked on page 14 as (A) (B) (C) and (D) All of acres in (A) crop s

one flBlf of acres in (3) crops and one-fourth of acres in (C) crops 2re used in calculating y er cent of tillable land in high return crops

An index leighted by the animal llni t s of livestoclc Acres in timber not pastured rO~1(l s lmste 8l1d farmste ad were not included

130

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Thermometer Chart

Using yOilr figures froT1 flage 12 locate ~Tour stancting vii th respect to the various neasUIes of farr organiztion andrJanager1ent efficiencr The averates for the 99 farms included in thiG sW-1r1ary are located oet-veen the dotted lines acioss the center of this p age

Oper Return Pr 1 s Work P0 1 L1ac11 labor Eifh froD pro- uni ts uni ts elt1 amp bldg earn- ero- return ciuctive ner iork Der exp o -) e1

Yi~icts crops I iivestock ioo A units ~J0liker wo~~ u~i_t_

140 ~ 47oH li 356 ~ 77~ 370 fl ~ 80~1 135i=l 455Fj 13 - 336 I 73~J

~

440t-1 l3CII I

1 31 6 ~1 70f1 340

000 i=

t=i I bull

1 25 r=shy

120 ~ 410t-i IJ~ 276~1 63~ 310~i -- L - I r f- ~-

I L 1- I j- I - I - - 1 1-- I t- r- i

llO ~- 380 I llq- - 236 -I 56rf-4 280 ~j 170 _

E 1- - 1 -I I -- - - I 1

_ 1

- shyI 11051~- 365[ 105- 216--1 525-~ 255~-1 185t - - 1 r- I rshy -

_ ----middot~i-i~l -----~-mu 1o6qU 49CL lu50i=i U2oOi-Lu u fl ~ f--- i ~ ~ 1 t 1t i I ~ I (= f

u

-- 9 51--1 335t-- 9Ei-- 175--1 45~- I 2351--j 2 15

-I f- I - I -I LFl111- - I - l-

I ~ - 1- C iJ= - c -i 8 5

I=--l 30 5F-i 8 13 6 38 20 5 ~-- 2 ~5 _~ -I E = r= 1=- 1 1-1

60 1=1 29 O~-i 8c1-1 11oj 3~i 190 [-I 2060l-1 - tI - I 1 C 1 - ~

1 75r-1 275 7tt- 96---middotj 319=- 175Fi 275 -1

(t= I i= i 1-shy70 260 shy 7f- 76~1 28~1 r~160~ 290~ -I r-=-I = EiE - -r I I

69=-1 5 6 I 24~--i 145 -i 3~05Ei245= I t r- I 1--1 1

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() j ( bull () u 65

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Distribution of Acres in Farm 1940 -=-C--op-~(-A-)--7(-=B)----(C=-)--a-n-=d-=(cD7) =r=-e~fer No Your Ave rage 20 most 20 least to ranking used in calculating growing farm of 99 profi tshy l)rofi t shyof tillable land in High Return this fcmns able able Cro~~ (see page 12) crop Jalms farms Canriing peas (A) 3 6 3 o Flax (B) 89 ---- 226 295 169 Barley (C) 56 162 196 165 Bar1ey a1d bats ( C) 9 3 2 7 7 o Spring heat (C) 48 72 6 L 47 Oats (D) 94 357 485 296 Oats undwheat (D) 7 19 10 33 Rye CD) 12 18 13 2 Soybeans for grain (D) 11 15 36 10 Hiscellaneous (D) 3 3 12 1

Total Small Grain and Peas ===--_~10 1192 722 -S-u-g-ar- beets l~~brid seed corn

potatoes and truck crops (A) 31 15 32 4 Sweet corn (B) 3 ~4 9 o Corn grain (B) 95 442 675 290 Corn silage (C) 60 --- 71 77 53 Corn fodder (D) 32 _-=-= 2middot5 1 7 57

- __ _-_ Total cuI tivatedmiddot crops ___ 55~ middot 7 810 404

Alfalfa hay (A) 87 141 17~3 87 rshySweet clover hay (B) 15 10 18 0

Soybean 11ltY (C) 2619 middot 18 21 lHxed le61unes f non-legumes (C) 18 22 1 1 23 Legumes for seeel (C) 9 86 18 Timothy 821dor brome (D) 13 823 Other annual ha~r (D) 33 ____ 19 27 26

Total tillaole land in hay 227 258 183

Alfalfa pastme Swect clover pasturemiddot Mixture incl alf swclov Other les-wnes a1d mixtures Sudan grass pasture Other tillable pasture

(A) (B)

brome(B) ( C) (C) (D)

29 49 18 17 22 46

14 11 13 81 12~ 41 25middot 15 9 20 19 13 17 9 13

73 122 82

Totai tillable land in pasture 230 300 ]71

Tillable lano not cropped (D) 15 12 11 o Total tillQule land 1936 2571 1481

Phalaris hay (non-tillnble) Wild hay (non-ti11aole) 35 Hon-tillaole pasture 45 Timber (not p~stured) 11 Roads nncl las t e Farms tead

) bull I bull

41 92

8 90 77

o 1 4 73

8 101 90

o 42 63

71 70

Total acres in farm 2246 2857 1733 18nc1 tillable 865 896 358tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

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er01) Yie_1ds_ per Acre 1940 Your Avorage farm of 99

Cro]2 _____ _fsect-rms

Canning peas value above seed cost $ $2689 Flax bu 136 Barley bu

---~

middot 419 Barlel and oats bu 557

Spring wheat bu 260 Oats bu 595 Oats and wheat bu 557 Rye bu ~37

Soybeans for grain bu~ 191

Sweet corn tons 35 Corn grain bu 495 Corn silage tons 89 Corn fodder tons 30--shy

Alfalfa hay tons 19 Sweet clover hay tons JB SOTbean ha~r tons 15 Mixeo_ le~ume Be nm1-legune hay tons 14 Legumes for seed lbs 2459

Tif1othy aYldj or broEie hay tons 20

Other an_Dual hajT tons 15 Phalaris ha~r 01 non-tillable land tons 13 Wild hay tons 11

Power and Machiner7 Exoense----------__-----_ --=-=-- ~~---

20 most profi tilble farfls

152 456 698

340 657

325 157

30 537 95 35

21 29 11 13

2219

14

9

20 least -oTofi table farms

1l3 384

226 562 il55

210

52 G 88 2 2~

15 12 13 12

778

20 15

10

Your Average farm of 99

Item f(lrLlS

Crop acres per farm 737

Tr8ctor ano_ horse expo per crop acre $195 Crop and gen [1ach ex~) per cro) acre l08--shy

Number of farms withtractors 93 NULlber of farms without horses 3

20 TlOst 20 least profi table profi table faros farT18

2274_ 1352

$184 $215 99 102

20 17 1 2

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

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474 5787 3776 2011

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Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

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ieasllres of Farm Organization and gtIanagcment Efficiency 1940~______ 20 most 20 least

Average profit- profit shyliifeasures used in chart Your of 99 able ab1 8 on ~e 13 ---shy _______________farm __farms farms farms

~)eratorls labor earnings $- $1988 $3411 $767

(1) Crop yields 100 109 93

(2) of tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

(3) Gross returns from prodlivestock 100 103 96

(4) Prod livestock uni ts per 100 acres 196 19 6 188

(5) Size of business - work units middot190 617 381

(6) Work units ~er worker 253 299 197

(7) Power mach equip amp bldgexp per work uni t$___ $1 99 $189 $224

~ieasures and items related to some of the above measures

(3) Index of gross returns from -DairJT cot tle 100 103 81 Dual purpose cattle 100 78 103 Beef cattle - breeding herd 100 115 108

Beef ca ttle - feeders 100 105 69 Liogs 100 101 98 Shee farm flock 100 133 69

Sheep - feeders 100 118 Turke3Ts 100 93 116 Chickens 100 105 87

(5) Hork units on crops 169 29 127 Work units on productive livestock 292 358 22 7 Other vOrk units 29 30 27

(6) Total number of workers 20 2 1 2Q l1umber of famil~T workers 15 15 16 HUIlOer of h ired workers 5 r

0 4

(7) Power ex-pense pe r ltork unit $___ $118 ~112 $130 Crop machinery eA~ense per work unit 37 37 38 Livestock equi expense per work uni t 08 06 06 Bldgs a11d fencing expo per worgt unit 36 3~ 50

Given as a percentae of the average Crops are marked on page 14 as (A) (B) (C) and (D) All of acres in (A) crop s

one flBlf of acres in (3) crops and one-fourth of acres in (C) crops 2re used in calculating y er cent of tillable land in high return crops

An index leighted by the animal llni t s of livestoclc Acres in timber not pastured rO~1(l s lmste 8l1d farmste ad were not included

130

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110

lo40~

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Thermometer Chart

Using yOilr figures froT1 flage 12 locate ~Tour stancting vii th respect to the various neasUIes of farr organiztion andrJanager1ent efficiencr The averates for the 99 farms included in thiG sW-1r1ary are located oet-veen the dotted lines acioss the center of this p age

Oper Return Pr 1 s Work P0 1 L1ac11 labor Eifh froD pro- uni ts uni ts elt1 amp bldg earn- ero- return ciuctive ner iork Der exp o -) e1

Yi~icts crops I iivestock ioo A units ~J0liker wo~~ u~i_t_

140 ~ 47oH li 356 ~ 77~ 370 fl ~ 80~1 135i=l 455Fj 13 - 336 I 73~J

~

440t-1 l3CII I

1 31 6 ~1 70f1 340

000 i=

t=i I bull

1 25 r=shy

120 ~ 410t-i IJ~ 276~1 63~ 310~i -- L - I r f- ~-

I L 1- I j- I - I - - 1 1-- I t- r- i

llO ~- 380 I llq- - 236 -I 56rf-4 280 ~j 170 _

E 1- - 1 -I I -- - - I 1

_ 1

- shyI 11051~- 365[ 105- 216--1 525-~ 255~-1 185t - - 1 r- I rshy -

_ ----middot~i-i~l -----~-mu 1o6qU 49CL lu50i=i U2oOi-Lu u fl ~ f--- i ~ ~ 1 t 1t i I ~ I (= f

u

-- 9 51--1 335t-- 9Ei-- 175--1 45~- I 2351--j 2 15

-I f- I - I -I LFl111- - I - l-

I ~ - 1- C iJ= - c -i 8 5

I=--l 30 5F-i 8 13 6 38 20 5 ~-- 2 ~5 _~ -I E = r= 1=- 1 1-1

60 1=1 29 O~-i 8c1-1 11oj 3~i 190 [-I 2060l-1 - tI - I 1 C 1 - ~

1 75r-1 275 7tt- 96---middotj 319=- 175Fi 275 -1

(t= I i= i 1-shy70 260 shy 7f- 76~1 28~1 r~160~ 290~ -I r-=-I = EiE - -r I I

69=-1 5 6 I 24~--i 145 -i 3~05Ei245= I t r- I 1--1 1

-I - gt-- -- f--- l ) _ ~ j- f-

() j ( bull () u 65

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Distribution of Acres in Farm 1940 -=-C--op-~(-A-)--7(-=B)----(C=-)--a-n-=d-=(cD7) =r=-e~fer No Your Ave rage 20 most 20 least to ranking used in calculating growing farm of 99 profi tshy l)rofi t shyof tillable land in High Return this fcmns able able Cro~~ (see page 12) crop Jalms farms Canriing peas (A) 3 6 3 o Flax (B) 89 ---- 226 295 169 Barley (C) 56 162 196 165 Bar1ey a1d bats ( C) 9 3 2 7 7 o Spring heat (C) 48 72 6 L 47 Oats (D) 94 357 485 296 Oats undwheat (D) 7 19 10 33 Rye CD) 12 18 13 2 Soybeans for grain (D) 11 15 36 10 Hiscellaneous (D) 3 3 12 1

Total Small Grain and Peas ===--_~10 1192 722 -S-u-g-ar- beets l~~brid seed corn

potatoes and truck crops (A) 31 15 32 4 Sweet corn (B) 3 ~4 9 o Corn grain (B) 95 442 675 290 Corn silage (C) 60 --- 71 77 53 Corn fodder (D) 32 _-=-= 2middot5 1 7 57

- __ _-_ Total cuI tivatedmiddot crops ___ 55~ middot 7 810 404

Alfalfa hay (A) 87 141 17~3 87 rshySweet clover hay (B) 15 10 18 0

Soybean 11ltY (C) 2619 middot 18 21 lHxed le61unes f non-legumes (C) 18 22 1 1 23 Legumes for seeel (C) 9 86 18 Timothy 821dor brome (D) 13 823 Other annual ha~r (D) 33 ____ 19 27 26

Total tillaole land in hay 227 258 183

Alfalfa pastme Swect clover pasturemiddot Mixture incl alf swclov Other les-wnes a1d mixtures Sudan grass pasture Other tillable pasture

(A) (B)

brome(B) ( C) (C) (D)

29 49 18 17 22 46

14 11 13 81 12~ 41 25middot 15 9 20 19 13 17 9 13

73 122 82

Totai tillable land in pasture 230 300 ]71

Tillable lano not cropped (D) 15 12 11 o Total tillQule land 1936 2571 1481

Phalaris hay (non-tillnble) Wild hay (non-ti11aole) 35 Hon-tillaole pasture 45 Timber (not p~stured) 11 Roads nncl las t e Farms tead

) bull I bull

41 92

8 90 77

o 1 4 73

8 101 90

o 42 63

71 70

Total acres in farm 2246 2857 1733 18nc1 tillable 865 896 358tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

6

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er01) Yie_1ds_ per Acre 1940 Your Avorage farm of 99

Cro]2 _____ _fsect-rms

Canning peas value above seed cost $ $2689 Flax bu 136 Barley bu

---~

middot 419 Barlel and oats bu 557

Spring wheat bu 260 Oats bu 595 Oats and wheat bu 557 Rye bu ~37

Soybeans for grain bu~ 191

Sweet corn tons 35 Corn grain bu 495 Corn silage tons 89 Corn fodder tons 30--shy

Alfalfa hay tons 19 Sweet clover hay tons JB SOTbean ha~r tons 15 Mixeo_ le~ume Be nm1-legune hay tons 14 Legumes for seed lbs 2459

Tif1othy aYldj or broEie hay tons 20

Other an_Dual hajT tons 15 Phalaris ha~r 01 non-tillable land tons 13 Wild hay tons 11

Power and Machiner7 Exoense----------__-----_ --=-=-- ~~---

20 most profi tilble farfls

152 456 698

340 657

325 157

30 537 95 35

21 29 11 13

2219

14

9

20 least -oTofi table farms

1l3 384

226 562 il55

210

52 G 88 2 2~

15 12 13 12

778

20 15

10

Your Average farm of 99

Item f(lrLlS

Crop acres per farm 737

Tr8ctor ano_ horse expo per crop acre $195 Crop and gen [1ach ex~) per cro) acre l08--shy

Number of farms withtractors 93 NULlber of farms without horses 3

20 TlOst 20 least profi table profi table faros farT18

2274_ 1352

$184 $215 99 102

20 17 1 2

--

--

--

--

--

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

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4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

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Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

130

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Thermometer Chart

Using yOilr figures froT1 flage 12 locate ~Tour stancting vii th respect to the various neasUIes of farr organiztion andrJanager1ent efficiencr The averates for the 99 farms included in thiG sW-1r1ary are located oet-veen the dotted lines acioss the center of this p age

Oper Return Pr 1 s Work P0 1 L1ac11 labor Eifh froD pro- uni ts uni ts elt1 amp bldg earn- ero- return ciuctive ner iork Der exp o -) e1

Yi~icts crops I iivestock ioo A units ~J0liker wo~~ u~i_t_

140 ~ 47oH li 356 ~ 77~ 370 fl ~ 80~1 135i=l 455Fj 13 - 336 I 73~J

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440t-1 l3CII I

1 31 6 ~1 70f1 340

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120 ~ 410t-i IJ~ 276~1 63~ 310~i -- L - I r f- ~-

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llO ~- 380 I llq- - 236 -I 56rf-4 280 ~j 170 _

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60 1=1 29 O~-i 8c1-1 11oj 3~i 190 [-I 2060l-1 - tI - I 1 C 1 - ~

1 75r-1 275 7tt- 96---middotj 319=- 175Fi 275 -1

(t= I i= i 1-shy70 260 shy 7f- 76~1 28~1 r~160~ 290~ -I r-=-I = EiE - -r I I

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Distribution of Acres in Farm 1940 -=-C--op-~(-A-)--7(-=B)----(C=-)--a-n-=d-=(cD7) =r=-e~fer No Your Ave rage 20 most 20 least to ranking used in calculating growing farm of 99 profi tshy l)rofi t shyof tillable land in High Return this fcmns able able Cro~~ (see page 12) crop Jalms farms Canriing peas (A) 3 6 3 o Flax (B) 89 ---- 226 295 169 Barley (C) 56 162 196 165 Bar1ey a1d bats ( C) 9 3 2 7 7 o Spring heat (C) 48 72 6 L 47 Oats (D) 94 357 485 296 Oats undwheat (D) 7 19 10 33 Rye CD) 12 18 13 2 Soybeans for grain (D) 11 15 36 10 Hiscellaneous (D) 3 3 12 1

Total Small Grain and Peas ===--_~10 1192 722 -S-u-g-ar- beets l~~brid seed corn

potatoes and truck crops (A) 31 15 32 4 Sweet corn (B) 3 ~4 9 o Corn grain (B) 95 442 675 290 Corn silage (C) 60 --- 71 77 53 Corn fodder (D) 32 _-=-= 2middot5 1 7 57

- __ _-_ Total cuI tivatedmiddot crops ___ 55~ middot 7 810 404

Alfalfa hay (A) 87 141 17~3 87 rshySweet clover hay (B) 15 10 18 0

Soybean 11ltY (C) 2619 middot 18 21 lHxed le61unes f non-legumes (C) 18 22 1 1 23 Legumes for seeel (C) 9 86 18 Timothy 821dor brome (D) 13 823 Other annual ha~r (D) 33 ____ 19 27 26

Total tillaole land in hay 227 258 183

Alfalfa pastme Swect clover pasturemiddot Mixture incl alf swclov Other les-wnes a1d mixtures Sudan grass pasture Other tillable pasture

(A) (B)

brome(B) ( C) (C) (D)

29 49 18 17 22 46

14 11 13 81 12~ 41 25middot 15 9 20 19 13 17 9 13

73 122 82

Totai tillable land in pasture 230 300 ]71

Tillable lano not cropped (D) 15 12 11 o Total tillQule land 1936 2571 1481

Phalaris hay (non-tillnble) Wild hay (non-ti11aole) 35 Hon-tillaole pasture 45 Timber (not p~stured) 11 Roads nncl las t e Farms tead

) bull I bull

41 92

8 90 77

o 1 4 73

8 101 90

o 42 63

71 70

Total acres in farm 2246 2857 1733 18nc1 tillable 865 896 358tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

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er01) Yie_1ds_ per Acre 1940 Your Avorage farm of 99

Cro]2 _____ _fsect-rms

Canning peas value above seed cost $ $2689 Flax bu 136 Barley bu

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middot 419 Barlel and oats bu 557

Spring wheat bu 260 Oats bu 595 Oats and wheat bu 557 Rye bu ~37

Soybeans for grain bu~ 191

Sweet corn tons 35 Corn grain bu 495 Corn silage tons 89 Corn fodder tons 30--shy

Alfalfa hay tons 19 Sweet clover hay tons JB SOTbean ha~r tons 15 Mixeo_ le~ume Be nm1-legune hay tons 14 Legumes for seed lbs 2459

Tif1othy aYldj or broEie hay tons 20

Other an_Dual hajT tons 15 Phalaris ha~r 01 non-tillable land tons 13 Wild hay tons 11

Power and Machiner7 Exoense----------__-----_ --=-=-- ~~---

20 most profi tilble farfls

152 456 698

340 657

325 157

30 537 95 35

21 29 11 13

2219

14

9

20 least -oTofi table farms

1l3 384

226 562 il55

210

52 G 88 2 2~

15 12 13 12

778

20 15

10

Your Average farm of 99

Item f(lrLlS

Crop acres per farm 737

Tr8ctor ano_ horse expo per crop acre $195 Crop and gen [1ach ex~) per cro) acre l08--shy

Number of farms withtractors 93 NULlber of farms without horses 3

20 TlOst 20 least profi table profi table faros farT18

2274_ 1352

$184 $215 99 102

20 17 1 2

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

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4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

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Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

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Distribution of Acres in Farm 1940 -=-C--op-~(-A-)--7(-=B)----(C=-)--a-n-=d-=(cD7) =r=-e~fer No Your Ave rage 20 most 20 least to ranking used in calculating growing farm of 99 profi tshy l)rofi t shyof tillable land in High Return this fcmns able able Cro~~ (see page 12) crop Jalms farms Canriing peas (A) 3 6 3 o Flax (B) 89 ---- 226 295 169 Barley (C) 56 162 196 165 Bar1ey a1d bats ( C) 9 3 2 7 7 o Spring heat (C) 48 72 6 L 47 Oats (D) 94 357 485 296 Oats undwheat (D) 7 19 10 33 Rye CD) 12 18 13 2 Soybeans for grain (D) 11 15 36 10 Hiscellaneous (D) 3 3 12 1

Total Small Grain and Peas ===--_~10 1192 722 -S-u-g-ar- beets l~~brid seed corn

potatoes and truck crops (A) 31 15 32 4 Sweet corn (B) 3 ~4 9 o Corn grain (B) 95 442 675 290 Corn silage (C) 60 --- 71 77 53 Corn fodder (D) 32 _-=-= 2middot5 1 7 57

- __ _-_ Total cuI tivatedmiddot crops ___ 55~ middot 7 810 404

Alfalfa hay (A) 87 141 17~3 87 rshySweet clover hay (B) 15 10 18 0

Soybean 11ltY (C) 2619 middot 18 21 lHxed le61unes f non-legumes (C) 18 22 1 1 23 Legumes for seeel (C) 9 86 18 Timothy 821dor brome (D) 13 823 Other annual ha~r (D) 33 ____ 19 27 26

Total tillaole land in hay 227 258 183

Alfalfa pastme Swect clover pasturemiddot Mixture incl alf swclov Other les-wnes a1d mixtures Sudan grass pasture Other tillable pasture

(A) (B)

brome(B) ( C) (C) (D)

29 49 18 17 22 46

14 11 13 81 12~ 41 25middot 15 9 20 19 13 17 9 13

73 122 82

Totai tillable land in pasture 230 300 ]71

Tillable lano not cropped (D) 15 12 11 o Total tillQule land 1936 2571 1481

Phalaris hay (non-tillnble) Wild hay (non-ti11aole) 35 Hon-tillaole pasture 45 Timber (not p~stured) 11 Roads nncl las t e Farms tead

) bull I bull

41 92

8 90 77

o 1 4 73

8 101 90

o 42 63

71 70

Total acres in farm 2246 2857 1733 18nc1 tillable 865 896 358tillable land in high return crops 349 356 307

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er01) Yie_1ds_ per Acre 1940 Your Avorage farm of 99

Cro]2 _____ _fsect-rms

Canning peas value above seed cost $ $2689 Flax bu 136 Barley bu

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middot 419 Barlel and oats bu 557

Spring wheat bu 260 Oats bu 595 Oats and wheat bu 557 Rye bu ~37

Soybeans for grain bu~ 191

Sweet corn tons 35 Corn grain bu 495 Corn silage tons 89 Corn fodder tons 30--shy

Alfalfa hay tons 19 Sweet clover hay tons JB SOTbean ha~r tons 15 Mixeo_ le~ume Be nm1-legune hay tons 14 Legumes for seed lbs 2459

Tif1othy aYldj or broEie hay tons 20

Other an_Dual hajT tons 15 Phalaris ha~r 01 non-tillable land tons 13 Wild hay tons 11

Power and Machiner7 Exoense----------__-----_ --=-=-- ~~---

20 most profi tilble farfls

152 456 698

340 657

325 157

30 537 95 35

21 29 11 13

2219

14

9

20 least -oTofi table farms

1l3 384

226 562 il55

210

52 G 88 2 2~

15 12 13 12

778

20 15

10

Your Average farm of 99

Item f(lrLlS

Crop acres per farm 737

Tr8ctor ano_ horse expo per crop acre $195 Crop and gen [1ach ex~) per cro) acre l08--shy

Number of farms withtractors 93 NULlber of farms without horses 3

20 TlOst 20 least profi table profi table faros farT18

2274_ 1352

$184 $215 99 102

20 17 1 2

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

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4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

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Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

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er01) Yie_1ds_ per Acre 1940 Your Avorage farm of 99

Cro]2 _____ _fsect-rms

Canning peas value above seed cost $ $2689 Flax bu 136 Barley bu

---~

middot 419 Barlel and oats bu 557

Spring wheat bu 260 Oats bu 595 Oats and wheat bu 557 Rye bu ~37

Soybeans for grain bu~ 191

Sweet corn tons 35 Corn grain bu 495 Corn silage tons 89 Corn fodder tons 30--shy

Alfalfa hay tons 19 Sweet clover hay tons JB SOTbean ha~r tons 15 Mixeo_ le~ume Be nm1-legune hay tons 14 Legumes for seed lbs 2459

Tif1othy aYldj or broEie hay tons 20

Other an_Dual hajT tons 15 Phalaris ha~r 01 non-tillable land tons 13 Wild hay tons 11

Power and Machiner7 Exoense----------__-----_ --=-=-- ~~---

20 most profi tilble farfls

152 456 698

340 657

325 157

30 537 95 35

21 29 11 13

2219

14

9

20 least -oTofi table farms

1l3 384

226 562 il55

210

52 G 88 2 2~

15 12 13 12

778

20 15

10

Your Average farm of 99

Item f(lrLlS

Crop acres per farm 737

Tr8ctor ano_ horse expo per crop acre $195 Crop and gen [1ach ex~) per cro) acre l08--shy

Number of farms withtractors 93 NULlber of farms without horses 3

20 TlOst 20 least profi table profi table faros farT18

2274_ 1352

$184 $215 99 102

20 17 1 2

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

1-m D

4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

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Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

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--

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Returrs frOjl Productive Livestock~ 1940 Your Average 20 highest 20 10est fan1 of 99 in livestock iYl livestock

Iteus farw returns returns DAIRY CATTLE-~47 farms

Gross returns per dairy COJ $___ $8075 $9844 $ 1 gt0_ bull 74 Pounds of butterfat per COv 246 281 No of head of cous 144 127 Gross ret per head other [airy cattle $=--= $3430 $3691

174 132

$2309 Gross retDer an1 uni t all dairy cattle$___ $7020 $8616 $4578 No of al1i units all dairy cattle 216 195 195

DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE --35 fanls Gross ret per dual purpose cow $___ $6020 $6938 $4606 Pounds of butterfat per co 188 214 134 No Df head of cows 100 104 106 Gross ret pel head other dupurcattle$___ $2763 $3153 $1792 Gross ret ~ er ani unit a11dupur cattle$___ $5621 $6516 $3611 No of ai1i rlal units all dual pur cattle 151 168 203

Pric~ recdper lb butterfat sold asshyjvapufactuling ~ream (cents) 309 31 5 308 Retail milk or cream (cents) 43 6 434

BEEF-BREEDING HERIl--34 farms Gross returns per animal unit $ P5771 $9040 $3000 No beef cows and bulls peT herd 2-3 24 157 No animal ~Jait s per herd 183 112 267

FEEDER CATTLE--20 farms Gross ret per cwt oroduced $ $1002 $1258 $ [ 71 Lbs feeder cattle produced 6045 13175 5153 Price recdper cwt sold $_- $ 798 $ 897 $ 709

SHEEP- FAlijoJi FLOCK--32 farms Gross ret l)er head $ $ 630 $ 790 $ 4 92 No of head of sheep 508 521 94 3 No of e~J e s kept for lambing 346 345 lamb crop 103 113

663 101

Lbs wool per sheep sheared 87 85 86 Price recl~ per lb wool sold (cents) 295 320 287

SHEEP- FEEDERS--7farms Gross ret per cwt produced $ $1065 $11 50 Lbs feeder sheep produced 4669 4641 Price recd p~r cwt sold $_- $ 915 $ 974

HOGS--99 farms Gross ret per ~wt 9roduCed $_-- $ 585 $ 6-12 $ 5 97 Lbs hogs procluded 20544 18783 17778 Total no litters raised 130 121 110 Pigs per litter 65 58 66 Price recd per cwt sold ~ $ 536 $ 577 $ 537

CHICKENS--75 farms Gross ret J)er ilea $___ $ 232 $ 216 $ 2 3~ No of hens 167 187 133 Eggs laid per hen 1 26 130 110 Price r ecd Der dOE eggs sold (cents) 149 151 141

TURKEYS--I0 farm s Gross ret 7)e1 cJt nroduced $1255 $1117

Price r ecld ~ er los sold (cents) 153 137

t Los tureys proctuced 12794 12273

$1315 3573 172

Two l amb s uncer 6 mo of a re consi de r ed as on8 teacl

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Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

1-m D

4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

-lEQ

191 9b

Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

-------

-17shy

Farm Produce_Used in House and Ho~se Rental_ 1940 ~ntities Value

---=--~ -Your Average 20 Bost 20 least Your Average 20 lost 20 least farm of 99 profi t- profitshy farm of 99 ]Jrofi tshy profi t-

farms able able farrls able abie Items farms farms farms farms

Whole milk 1090 qts 1321 1191 $ $2975 $3328 $3289 Skimmilk 250 qts 346 174 81 112 56 Cream --shy 278 pts 387 293 25 2t~ 344 2656 Farm made butter 13 Ibs 38 0 371 1092 0 Eggs --shy 144 doz 207 97 2166 30S3 1421 Cattle 321 Ibs 327 304 2361 2600 1437 Hogs 649 Ibs S17 656 3403 4203 311 45 She ell Poultry

--shy--shy

5 Ibs 112 Ibs

4 178

0 74 -shy-

33 1289

35 2085

0 8n

Potatoes 24 bu 36 22 1366 2151 1146 Vegetables ampfrui t~ 4671 6626 3765 Farm fuel ---shy 2524 4123 1155 Rental val of house -1719 22220 19709

Total ----shy 45483 55102 36901

Household and Personal EX]1enGes for Those arms Which Zee--QQrn0Jpoundl~ Account~ of the_~5l E~~penses 1940

Your Average 9 most 9 leas t farm of 46 profi tshy profi t-shy

farms a-ble dole Items farms farms

Number of persons - family 42 46 40

Nwlber of Jer sons (Fa1i ly 33 34 3 2 adult equivalent (Other 6 7 4

Food and meals bought $_- $277 $320 $236 Operating and supplies 107 121 104 Clothing and clothing materials 141 169 122

~nPersonal care personal spending 50 6S vl

Furnishings and equipment 106 103 127 Education recreation and developrl1ent 89 102 11S Hedical care and health insurance 91 91 39 Church velfa re nnd gifts 77 71 25 Personal share of auto expense 81 130 46 Household share of elect amp gas eng e~p 24 27 17 HH amp persshr of new auto- gas eng amp motorsbot~__ 75 246 o Life insurance and other investllents 74 112 riB

Total household ai1d ger s on~il casheh1lenses 1193 15S0 931

Food furnished bv the far 208 260 179 ~

Fuel furnished by thefarn 28 57 13 House rental 213 215 210

Total household alld personal expenses 1642 2112 1333

llired ilelp or othe-s -boarded

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

1-m D

4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

-lEQ

191 9b

Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

Summary oy years (continued)

FARvI RBCEIPTS

Horses Dairy and dual purpcse cows Dairy products Other dairy and dual purpose cattle Beef cattle (including feeders) Hogs Sheep and wool (including feeders) Poultry (including turkeys) Egg~ Corn Small grain Other crops Power machinery sold Crop and gen mach sold Misc Income from work off the farm Agricultural adjustment payments (7) Total farm sales (8 Increase in farm capi tai (9) Farm prod used in house plus house

rent (10) Total farm receipts (7) ~ (8) ~ (9)(6) Total farm expenses

(11) Operators laoor earnings (10) - (6)

FARv INVENTORIES (ileginning of year)

Horses Productive livestock Crop seeds and feed Machinery and equipment Buildings fences etc Land

Total farm capital

30 115 763 155 756

1246 27 8

88 15b 303 510 244

45 59

146 79

_ill 5340 1276

537 7159 5485 1674

p400 2508 2501 1876 7303

12285

26879

553ltj

blb 124

1419 1441 190 170 224 544 900

89 135 101 274 120

353_ 6944 1560

461 8965 6359 2606

~337 2723 2645 2928 b03S

14633

29359

24 159

1054 middot 223 173 606 134

71 92 5

565 45

142 122 313shy300 )46

4379 836

419 5684 4201 1423

p2971670 1432 2078 4987 5644

16108

20 97

344 150 550middot

1516 326 191 205 238 396 264 137

38 240 112 ~ 5794 1056

455 7305 5337 1968

$354 2988 2663 2442 7090

1llTh

26878

78 76

575 313 397 392 330

1172 370 498 637 133 109

24 373shy

39 Jplusmn2 6461 1420

446 8327 5343 2484

p3762312 3018 1923 5537

42 116 475 211 141 822 1igt1 262 74

269 6i3

27 65 34

189 102

JplusmnQl4030 1047

370 5447 369 8 1749

$454 2185 1503 2357 4555

~ bol

25115 17bb5

29 119 662 96

303 10S5

44 33

130 325 557

49 214 90

333 190

_ill 4682 1300

419 b401 4721 1680

p340 2535 2207 1995 5282

11098

23457

16 121 432 112 342 720 58 65

165 143 902 241 98 46shy

1(461 1

t-

1-m D

4117 1196

474 5787 3776 2011

j)264 1639 2171 2016 5370

-lEQ

191 9b

Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

Miscellaneous Information - e~d_b~yL-~ ~________~____________~___Averabg~ Co~w~n~t~1~e~s~~1~9L4~0Yellow

Brown Jackson Kandiyohi jlartin Nobles Stevens Vlatonan Medicine

~ eas of farm org amp management Index of crop yields

efficiency 109 112 74 1)6 103 72 100 104

10 tillable land in high return crops 39middot0 349 286 346 32 middot5 306 35middot6 33middot6 Index of returns from livestock Plod Iivestock uni ts per 100 acres

97 219

107 19middot0

104 19middot3

105 23 4

104 220

90 15middot5

95 19middot9

95 140

Size of business - work units -middotVo-rk uni ts middot per worker

PO 7er mach eq bldg exp per w uni t

4~4 235

-208

500 268

lt+gt221

546 256

+gt143

527 270

$191

515 261

1middot99

485 257

~1middot93

457 246

V1 middot96

415 235

~219

Amount of livestock

middot ~o i~o

of work horses of colts

44 6

3middot2 10

3middot3 12

40 12

3middot7 11

42 i ~4

3middot9 middot5

3middot6 6

No of dairy and dual purpose cows Head other dai ry and dual purpose cattle Head in beef-breeding herd ounds of feeder cattle produced

12middot3 112 3 4

3559

8 middot9 4middot9

142 middot2777

15middot7 164 22 118

11 2 144 7middot2 865

8middot9 9middot2

142 420

10middot7 111 140 o

9middot2 104 13middot8 o

7middot8 66

112 883

~ o I

L1 tters of pigs raised 13middot7 146 81 184 12middot9 8middot7 14middot9 9middot7 Pounds of hogs produced Head of sheep

21017 33middot4

25441 14middot3

12584 224

26996 25middot5

209bO 25middot1

13809 315

22025 9middot6

16~51 01

No of hens 127 156 78 157 203 65 92 111

Total no of prod livestock units of total prodbull livestock units that are

ilii~y and dual purpose cows Other dairy and dual purpose cattle

Beef-breeding herd Feeder cattle

42middot3

320 162 41 9 6

38middot9

23middot5 7middot5

22middot3 112

35middot0

46middot7 24middot3 3middot2

7

44middot5

25 6 17middot2 11 7 26

43middot2

220 146 201 14

37middot2

29middot9 16middot3 23middot6 o

360

29middot0 18middot3 19middot7 o

29middot9

234 126 204 7middot3

Sheep (farm flock) Sheep (feeders)

80 24

42 10

36 o

5middot5 24

3middot5 26

110 o

3middot0 o

3middot8 o

Hogs 24middot3 260 142 304 210 15middot8 26middot9 23middot2 Turkeys Chickens

1

3middot3 o 4middot3

o 2middot3

10 3middot6

9middot0 5middot2

14 20

o 3middot1

2 41

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14

Miscellaneous Information (continued)

Distribution of acres in farms Acres in small grain 812 99middot2 102middot5 73middot2 808 119middot7 75middot9 107middot7 Acres in cultivated crops 47middot5 64middot3 416 67middot3 59middot2 55 4 506 53middot2 Tillable acres in hay 22middot3 19 4 19middot8 211 264 27middot8 242 221 Tillable acres in pasture 15middot8 21 8 27middot1 27middot0 23middot2 301 263 17middot3

~illable land not cropped middot3 4 middot3 middot3 0middot7 middot7 24 Total~acres in farm Ib7middot1 204middot7 1914 189 4 139middot9 239middot7 17 ~52 202middot7 p of land tillable 80 88 83 90 90 86 88 86

Crop yields per acre Fll1x bu 144 101 9middot0 14middot3 15middot5 86 13middot6 13middot2 Barley bu 424 49middot 7 311 540 40middot7 32middot3 44middot3 45middot0 Wheat bu 264 302 17middot9 282 27middot3 20middot9 23middot1 30middot7 Oats bu 666 67 4 401 61 7 006 418 62middot5 58middot9 Corn grain bu 526 546 330 53 4 49middot1 38middot3 45middot6 521

ICorn silage tons 9 4 1O~3 7middot0 9middot2 9middot3 66 82 9middot8 01

Corn fodder tons 2middot9 4middot3 17 2middot9 3middot0 19 7middot0 2middot9 ~

Alfalfa bay tOllS 24 22 19 2middot3 19 11 19 14 Soybean hay tons 24 10 15 13 19 middot7 19 10 Wild hay tons 13 11 8 middot9 12 middot9 20 14