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TABLE 5. SIZE OF FARM RELATED TO RECEIPTS, EXPENSES AND 

 FARMS OPERATED BY OWNERS, TOMPKINS COUNTY. 



LABOR. 



*Total amount paid for labor, value of board of labor, value of unpaid labor by members 

 of the family, and the farmer's labor estimated at $326 for the year. 



tProflt after deducting expenses, interest on capital at 5%, and all labor as defined above- 



TABLE 6. SIZE OF FARM RELATED TO LABOR. 586 FARMS IN TOMPKINS 

 COUNTY OPERATED BY OWNERS. 



Acres. 



Area farmed per 



$100 worth of 



labor.* 



*Total labor cost includes wages paid, board of labor, value of unpaid labor by members 

 of the family, and $326 for the labor of the farmer. 



If the farmer's labor is worth $326, which is the average value 

 placed on it by the farmers in Tompkins county, then there is a net 

 loss of $1.47 per acre on farms of 31-60 acres, and a gain on the larger 

 farms. (Table 5.) 



The area that is farmed with. $100 worth of labor is six times as 

 great on the largest farms as on the smallest (Table 6). Six times as 

 much labor increases the receipts by only two and one-half times. With 

 each group of farms the farmer's labor income is about twice the value 

 of the labor that he directs, that is, twice the value of all labor 'except 

 his own (Table 10). 



Number of horses and size of farm. — Tal)le 7 and figure 2. show how 

 the number of horses increases with the size of farm. Colts are not 

 included with horses. The figures are for horses old enough to work. 

 The farms of less than 30 acres average 1.4 horses per fami. Three or 

 four horses ai'e tlie smallest mnnber tliat ciiii ])o used efficiently witli 



