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Farm 129 had a few more crop acres but only half as many 

 cows. There were 294 work units. Its size was only 71 per cent 

 as large as the average. Its crop yields were 15 per cent better, 

 but the cattle were very poor. So its production was only 88 per 

 cent of the average. This farai was a little better diversified than 

 the average. The tendency in that region is toward too great spe- 

 cialization on the dairy, but this farm had 49 per cent of its re- 

 ceipts from crops. Hay was the only $500 product. The diversity 

 of this farm may be called a little better than the average. The 

 work rate, however, was low, only 67 per cent of the average. 

 There was not enough work on the farm to keep the men busy. 

 This business was weak in size, weak in production, fair in diver- 

 sity and weak in work rate. As a result the labor income was only 

 $146, or less than hired man's wages, for the operator. 



Farm 110 had a still smaller business. There were only 24 

 acres of crops and 8 cows, or 175 work units altogether. The 

 business was not half so large as the average, but the production 

 was good — 52 per cent better than the average. Both crop yields 

 and receipts per cattle unit were good. This was the '' little farm 

 well tilled." Xo crops at all were sold and milk was the only 

 large product. So there was practically no diversity. With such 

 a small business and no diversity the work rate was naturally low. 

 Only 13 acres of crops per man were farmed and 10 per horse. 

 In spite of very good production the labor income was only $106. 

 The other factors overshadowed the one good one. 



Farm 29 had a business 56 per cent larger than the average. 

 There were 99 crop acres and 27 cows; 648 work units altogether. 

 But production and diversity were very low. The work rate was 

 about average. With such poor production, the more cows and 

 land this man had the worse off he was. His labor income was 

 $177; that is, he failed to make interest on his investment — he 

 paid $177 for the privilege of operating that farm. 



On Farm 528 the business was about two-thirds as large as the 

 average. It included 72 crop acres and 10 cows, or 267 work 

 units. The crop yields were 28 per cent better than the average, 

 and the receipts per cattle unit were $100, or $39 more than the 

 average. Production on that farm was 44 per cent better than 

 the average. It also had very good diversity. Forty per cent of 



