. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN" 117, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. leased on a straight half-share system, the landlord furnishing the land, one-half the working capital, paying one-half of all the expenses, and receiving a half share of all the farm sales. In this case the operator had a labor income of $1,528 and the landlord had a return of per cent for his capital invested. Table III shows the average size, crop area, capital, receipts, expenses, farm income, tenant's labor income, and landlord's per- centage on investment
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN" 117, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. leased on a straight half-share system, the landlord furnishing the land, one-half the working capital, paying one-half of all the expenses, and receiving a half share of all the farm sales. In this case the operator had a labor income of $1,528 and the landlord had a return of per cent for his capital invested. Table III shows the average size, crop area, capital, receipts, expenses, farm income, tenant's labor income, and landlord's per- centage on investment on the three rented farms. Table III.—Average capital, receipts, expenses, farm income, tenant's labor income, and landlord's percentage on investment on three rented farms %n Utah. [Average area of farms, acres; average crop area, acres.] Items of inquiry for three rented farms (averages). Tenant. Capital Receipts Expenses Farm income Labor income Percentage on investment. $13,145 1,226 323 903 The average labor income received by these tenants was $852, while the landlords received per cent on an investment of $13,145. DISTRIBUTION OF FARM RECEIPTS. In Table IV is given the distribution of receipts on 69 farms man- aged by their owners. Table IV.—Distribution of farm receipts on 69 farms operated by their owners. Source of receipts (averages). First group, 35 small farms. Second group, 30 fruit and beet farms. Third group, 4 grain and live-stock farms. Average for all 69 farms. $617 89 95 44 109 SI,325 126 150 126 242 $741 1,094 138 0 447 $932 Stock 163 122 77 186 Total 954 1,969 2,420 1,480 Table IV shows that two-thirds of the total receipts come from the sale of crops, about one-fifth from stock and stock products, and the remainder from miscellaneous sources. This proportion is very nearly the same on both classes of farms other than the grain and live-stock farms, where the proportion of receipts from crops is only about one-third of the tot
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