Fanners' Wccl' in Agricultural College. 



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TABLE 3. SIZE OF FARM RELATED TO PROFITS, TOMPKINS COUNTY. 



TABLE 4. SIZE OF FARM RELATED TO TENANT'S LABOR INCOME AND 

 LANDLORD'S PER CENT. 154 FARMS OPERATED BY TENANTS, 



TOMPKINS COUNTY. 



*There were only eight farms of less than sixty-one acres, 

 the group of 100 acres or less. 



These are all included with 



Of 138 farmers on farms of less than 61 acres, only 10 made a 

 labor income as high as $600. Of 234 farmers with over 100 acres, 79 

 made over $600. 



Of 138 farmers on farms of less than 61 acres, only one man made 

 a labor income of $1,000. Of 34 farmers on farms of over 200 acres, 

 11 made over $1,000 labor income. 



Why the largest farms are most profitable. — Small farms have many 

 disadvantages. A large part of the farm work cannot be done econom- 

 ically without at least two men. Many of the smaller farms do not 

 have enough work to keep a hired man profitably employed. The cost 

 of labor per acre is excessive on small farms, also the cost of horse labor. 

 The cost of producing crops on the small farms is also increased because 

 of the lack of machinery. 



Labor cost and size of farm. — The receipts per acre are more on 

 small farms than on the larger ones, ])ut the single item of labor cost 

 is so great tliat it more tlian offsets tlie difference in receipts. Other 

 expenses are also more i>er acre on the small farms. 



