10 SURVEY OF FOUR TOWNSHIPS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Table Nl.— Average area, capital, receipts, expenses, and profits for 266 farms, by types 



of farming. 



Items covered by survey. 



Area acres. . 



Tillable area do 



Capital invested 



Receipts 



Expenses, including unpaid family labor 



Interest at 5 per cent 



Labor income 



Profit on investment per cent. . 



General (99 

 farms). 



100.1 

 31.6 



$4,972 



$1,386 



$838 



$248 



S300 



5.0 



In Table VI the farms are classified according to the sources of 

 income.! Tj-^g ^je difference in the profits between some of the 

 types would seem to indicate that under present conditions poultry 

 and fruit growing are much better adapted to that locahty than 

 either dairying or general farming. The results shown under the 



heading of fruit 

 farms can not be 

 taken as fairly rep- 

 resentative of that 

 type, because of the 

 few farms in that 

 class. But there is 

 every reason to be- 

 lieve that the fruit 

 industry is particu- 

 larly well suited to 

 portions of southern 

 New Hampshire and 

 should be given spe- 

 cial attention. Inas- 

 much as dairying 

 and general farming are usually associated with extensive farming 

 operations, these types are limited in this respect by the rugged 

 character of the country. 



The figures in Table VI should not be taken to indicate that dairy 

 farming is not a desirable type of farming. One of the troubles is 

 that the farms in this region are too small for dairy and general 

 farming. If their area was larger so that the farmer could either 

 raise his own grain or else raise hay — which, under existing circum- 

 stances, is very high priced in New Hampshire — and thereby have 

 an income to offset the enormous grain bills shown in Table V, even 

 these dairy farms. would show a satisfactory profit. More intensive 



Fig. 3.— Diagram showing the total production of cereals in New 

 Hampshire from 1850 to 1900. (U. S. Census. ) 



1 Average prices of farm products during 1908, in the region surveyed: Milk, Z\ cents a quart; eggs, 28 to 

 32 cents a dozen; hay, the better grades, $20 a ton; concentrated mill feed, $30 a ton. 

 [Cir. 75] 



