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1911 Eecord. Monkob Cottntt, N. Y., Farm 

 Labor Income $4,110 



Size of business. — Forty-seven acres in crops: 8.8 potatoes, 10 cabbage, 10 

 oats, 5 wheat, 8 haj", 5 peas. Two cows, 650 hens. 



Diversity. — Fifty per cent of receipts from crops. Five important receipts : 

 eggs $2,231, cabbage $1,670, potatoes $788, poultry $593, peas $250. Three 

 and sixth-tenths crop acres per animal unit. 



Production. — Crop yields: potatoes 307, cabbage 15, oats 55, wheat 30, 

 hay 1.5, peas 20. One hundred and forty -three eggs per hen. Three dollars 

 and forty-three cents egg receipts per hen. 



Labor. — One year man, one 3 months, family help = 2.5 men. Nineteen 

 acres of crops per man. Five and two-tenths animal units per man. Eight 

 acres of crops per horse. 



Notes. — Land value about $150. Excellent soil and favorable climate. 

 Adapted to general crops. All land tillable. Hens constitute stock end of 

 business. Good balance. Intensive cropping system practiced making business 

 larger than it first appears. Grain grown only for rotation purposes and 

 straw. Most of grain for hens purchased. Land devoted to more profitable 

 crops. Good cabbage prices that year. High egg production. Not a common 

 type but one that has the essentials of good organization. 



