2092 



Farm Bureau Circular No. 5 



The average labor income on these eighty-seven farms in 19 13 was found 

 to be $1215. Dividing these farms into five groups according to labor 

 income, it was found that the labor income averaged by groups increased 

 or decreased according to the area of bearing fruit, to the area of bearing 

 apples, to the area of bearing peaches, and to the total farm receipts. 

 It was found also what the labor income was in relation to the capital 

 invested. Table 6 shows labor incomes when these farms are gnjuped 

 according to area of bearing fruit : 



TABLE 6. — Effect of Number of Acres of Bearing Fruit on Labor Lmco-me 



Acres bearing fruit 



Below 5 

 5 to 9. 

 10 to 19 

 20 to 30 

 Over 30. 



Average 



acres 



of fruit 



3 

 7 



15 

 25 

 47 



. I 



■7 

 .0 



•5 

 .0 



Labor 

 income 



5 312 



471 



1,172 



1. 513 



2,335 



Number 

 of farms 



II 

 20 

 22 

 15 

 19 



Farms 

 making 



labor 

 income 



over 

 $2000 



I 

 o 



5 

 4 

 9 



Eleven farms had less than 5 acres of bearing orchard and made an 

 average labor income of $312; one of the farmers made over $2000 by 

 selling $3300 worth of cabbage. There are 20 farms with from 5 to 9 

 acres of orchard. None of these made as much as $2000. Their average 

 labor income was $471. The 31 farms with less than 10 acres of bearing 

 orchard did not make one-third as much as the average. Farms having 

 from 10 to 19 acres of bearing orchard made about average profits. The 

 two groups having the most orchard land made much better than the 

 average. The 19 farms averaging 47 acres of fruit made an average labor 

 income of $2335. These farms made twice as much as the average. 

 About half of them made labor incomes of $2000. 



It paid best to have a large business with a large orchard acreage in 

 this part of Niagara County in 19 13. In considering these data, however, 

 it should be remembered that while the records show that farming was 

 profitable in this section in 19 13, the results for the season of 19 14 were 

 very much less satisfactory. It is the intention to make another survey 

 of these farms for 1914. 



PRESENT agricultural TENDENCIES AND OPPORTUNITIES 



The statistics given tell the story of the natural resources of Niagara 

 County and their present utilization. On the other hand, there are many 

 opportunities that have been, and are being, neglected. 



Cooperative business organization. — In such a highly specialized section 

 as Niagara County, the best of opportunities are offered for farmers to 



