16 SURVEY OF FOUR TOWNSHIPS IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



enough concentrates on the present area of tillable land and yet keep 

 the same number of Hve stock. Furthermore, when hay is bringing 

 $20 a ton, and when it is necessary to pay S30 a ton for concentrated 

 feeds, it will not pay to raise the small grains on land that will grow 

 two tons of first-class hay to the acre, except as those grains are 

 grown in connection with a rotation of ensilage and a nurse crop for 

 reseeding. The results of this survey show that the quantity of grain 

 that the poorer farmer buys is not alone responsible for his low labor 

 income. 



Table XVI shows the increase or decrease in the number of ani- 

 mals on the farms under consideration during a period of one year, 

 and the average value of these animals in the different towns. 



Table XVI.- 



-Comparison of total number and individual value of certain kinds of farm 

 animals on ^66 farms, by towns. 



Items of comparison. 



Number of cows on Apr. 1, 1908 

 Number of cows on Apr. 1, 1909 



Average value per head 



Number of fowls on Apr. 1, 1908 

 Number of fowls on Apr. 1, 1909 



Average value per head 



Number of horses 



Average value per head 



Amherst 

 (60 farms). 



592 



551 



$38 



4,934 



4,862 



$0.66 



137 



$115 



Hollis 

 (95 farms). 



756 



700 



$43 



5,549 



6,640 



$0.77 



252 



$117 



Lyndeboro 

 (43 farms). 



429 



427 



$36 



5,935 



5.883 



$0.68 



96 



$120 



Milford 

 (68 farms). 



468 



433 



$39 



15.308 



15, 932 



$0.90 



129 



$121 



Total (266 

 farms). 



2,245 

 2,111 



31,726 

 32, 317 



614 



Table XVI shows that the number of dairy cows has decreased in 

 every town, while the poultry, which has increased in two and 

 decreased in the other two towns, shows an increase in the total of 

 all the towns. 



The table also shows some interesting data as to the average va lue 

 of the individual animals in the separate towns where one type of 

 farming is developed more than another. 



Table XVII. — Average relation of the labor incomes to the ages of the fanners. 



The relation between the age of the farmer and his earning capacity 

 is set forth in Table XVII. A general correlation exists between 

 the ages of the farmers and their profits, but there are many excep- 

 tions to this rule. Not all the old men are losing money. It is 

 interesting to note what a large percentage of the farmers in that 



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