CHARACTER OF FARMS STUDIED. 



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reduce the equipment investment to an abnormally low figure. Fig- 

 ures from both these farms, as well as from a number of farms on 

 wliicli the analysis could not be completed, arc nevertheless made 

 available for comparison. 



The 21 farms represented in the tables showing average distribu- 

 tion of investment range in area from about 50 to 400 acres, the 

 average being about 166 acres. In this and other particulars tliey 

 differ materially from the State averages as reported in tlie Twelfth 



WEST VIRGINIA 



Fig. 1.— Map of Ohio, showing the location and the numbers of the farms referred to In the tables ol 



this bulletin. 



Census (1900). According to the census report 32.4 per cent of the 

 farms of the State were between 50 and 100 acres in area, and 24.3 per 

 cent were between 100 and 175 acres. Table I presents a compari- 

 son of the average values for all farms in the State, as shown by the 

 census, with the average values for the 21 farms. It will be remem- 

 bered, however, that the census valuations are made on the basis of 

 sale values. In taking the inventories of the farms included in this 

 investigation, consideration was given to both the sale value and the 



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