Show returns in 1923 slightly better 1020 average return made for use of capital and labor red by I 1 the h a un I 1 tva states state department or of A er an ti average cash caeli balance of was returned to owner operators lit hi 1023 on farms farina surveyed by the united states department of agriculture in addition to tills margin of cash receipts over cash expenses these farms increased inventories of crops live stock machinery and finking tin nn average return of 1020 for the use of 17 nn of capital and tile lie labor of the lie farmer and ills his fal faintly lillY these farms also produced food and fuel consumed on the farm estimated to be worth on tile the average better belter than than in 1922 tills this Is slightly better thain shown by n survey for 1022 1922 on fakilis averaged it ansh bi linnee ofT of lr Inc rend inventory of 1202 and produced produce food and fuel worth at 21 1 I on oil capital amounting to 0 o lc 16 dlo the califia balance of in fit 11 was till all tile the average of these dicso finni maffe made ava lInGle to tile oviver to pay ills his living expenses take cure care of af debbs delit rf and make inake interest paid on in deeta during tit the e year 1023 averaged aveni cd M nil and the reported outlay for or improvements eni ent aveni ged 1 10 sales ot of crops in 1023 on the average totaled or 33 per cent of total tal cash receipts of 2240 sales of live ive stock or live stock products were CYK 1310 1310 or 58 per cent of tile total re elata miscellaneous receipts 1 vide v er a 80 cash expenses amounted to 1350 which included hired labor worth WO for the year seir lle live stock feed fertilizer GO 60 seed 40 taxes machinery and miscellaneous size and value the size sae of the farms was ia acres on tile the average and tile the reported vatne value of land and Imil dings avns 1130 the size and vilil milne ne of the farms being larger than the average reported le pored in tile lie 1020 census the value alne of crops live stock tin and supplies on hand at the beginning of the ho year was 2060 the acreage of the lie farms reporting in 1022 1922 ans was 22 acres acrea and the average avera gk capital the department points out unit that the figures apply appl only to tile farms faring rei orting and to the form farm business in each year blany far have property pi opert besides the farms they work or sup their form farm returns with outside work nork wid many drew on savings or borrowed borrow cd to meet expenses not cov co cred by b current receipts it la Is probable however that the figures give a fairly accurate picture of tile the state of the business of owner operators lit in the years 3 ears covered by the surveys the department says |