14 SURVEY OF FOUR TOWNSHIPS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



larger farms, but have live stock and equipment to run these farms. 

 The poorer 20 farmers do little or nothing, and get SI 9 a year for their 

 work. The better 20 farmers are utihzing the farm and equipment, 

 and receive S935 for their year's work. 



Table XII. — Average of various factors showing the relation between the better and the 



poorer poultry farms. 



Items covered by survey. 



Number of hens per farm 



Receipts from poultry and poultry products sold for each dollar invested in poultry 



Total sales of poultry and poultry products 



Crop receipts ". 



Expenditure for grain 



Amount paid for grain per dollar invested in all live stock 



Better 20 

 farms. 



618 



$4.39 



2,145.00 



288.00 



1,138.00 



1.33 



Poorer 20 

 farms. 



232 



$3.30 



613.00 



102.00 



420.00 



1.06 



According to Table XII the average poultry farmer of the poorer 

 class not only has a small number of hens, but does not take care of 

 what he has. The gross receipts for every dollar invested in poultry 

 can not be counted as the receipts from hens alone, because several 

 poultry men raised broilers, the receipts from which are all figured in 

 the amount given in the table. The poorer 20 poultry men, having 

 but a few hens to care for, might be expected to devote their time to 

 growing crops. That they do not do this is shown by the amount 

 received for crops by the two classes of farmers. Comparison of the 

 quantity of grain purchased does not show that the poorer men are 

 spending all their income for grain, but rather the reverse, the good 

 farmers spending proportionately more. 



Table XIII. — Comparison of average areas, capital, receipts, expenses, and profits for the 



better and the poorer general farms. 



The general farm represents variations or combinations of some of 

 tlie other types, as poultry and fruit or dairy and poultry. 



There were 46 general farms which had a labor income above $150, 

 and 53 which were below this amount. 



Table XIII gives the findings of the survey as applied to general 

 farming in the territory under consideration. 



This type of farming follows the others in most respects. The 

 poorer men have considerably less capital and do very little work in 

 any one farming operation. 



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