i5i8 



RURAI. ECONOMICS 



tage relation of the income actuallj' realised to the average or normal in- 

 come of the class to which the farm belongs. Thus if the normal income is 

 called, 100 for each class, the index varies as a function of the factors which 

 can, in their turn, be isolated and studied according to the method described 

 below. Table VI, for instance, gives only the detailed figures for corn 

 (maize). Here are set out the limits, for the district studied, between which 

 the adjusted labour income of the farmer varies, as a percentage of the total 

 area under this crop, and as a percentage of the total cash receipts derived 

 from the sale of corn, beyond that fed to stock on the farm. 



Table V. — Distribution of receipts. 



Size of farms in acres 



Number of fanns 



13 to 

 40 



54 



41 to 



60 



61 to 



80 



3i to 



100 



68 



loi to 

 120 



121 to 



Over 

 160 



All farms 



378 



Source C'f income : 

 Dairy products . . . ■ 



Dairy cattle 



B ef cattle 



Horses 



Hogs 



Sheep and wool . . . 

 Poultry and eggs . . . 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Wheat 



Oats . . . 



Hay 



Fruit 



Truck 



Special (a) 



Miscellaneous (b) . . . 

 Feed and supplies (c) . 



% 



28.9 

 4-9 

 0.2 

 o.i 



4.5 



18.7 

 1.2 

 9-3 

 5.8 

 0.2 

 9.6 

 1,4 

 3.0 

 0.7 



5-1 



6.4 



33,1 

 6.4 

 o.i 



0.3 



2.8 



0.1 



11.6 



2.5 



12.4 



8.2 



0.2 



lO.O 



1-3 



1.8 

 0.7 

 4.2 

 4-3 



35-9 

 5.8 

 2.5 

 1.4 

 1.2 

 0.1 



11.7 

 2.5 

 8.6 



9.4 

 0.2 



13-4 

 i.o 

 0.1 



3-1 

 3-1 



% 



38.0 



5-7 

 0.8 

 0.1 

 2.8 

 0.3 

 8.5 

 2.1 



1 1.0 

 8.4 

 0.1 



13.6 



0.1 



3-9 

 3-6 



3-3 



0.2 

 2.6 

 0.9 

 6.0 



2.3 

 8.2 



8.5 

 0.1 

 12.4 

 0.6 

 0.2 



1-7 

 4-9 



39-5 

 4.8 

 1.8 



0-5 

 3.8 

 0.4 

 6.4 

 2.2 

 6.9 

 9.0 

 0.2 



18.4 

 0.2 



(^) 



1-9 



4.0 



40-5 

 4.4 

 4.8 

 0-3 

 2.3 

 I.I 

 3.3 

 3.1 

 7-5 

 8.0 



0.3 



16.9 



0.2 



0.4 



2.7 

 4.2 



39.1 

 5-0 



1-5 



0.4 



2.8 



0-5 

 8.2 



2.3 

 8.9 

 8.5 

 0.2 



14-3 

 0.7 



0.5 

 0.1 



2.9 

 4-1 



a) Sweet peas, i farm 

 lumber, or wood sold, etc. 



; tobacco, i farm. — b) Miscellaneous crops (rj'c, millet, straw, etc.) 

 — c) Increase in in^entoty. — d) Less than 0.05 per cent. 



labor, 



The practical conclusions drawn from these statistical data have been 

 given already. It will be sufficient to note the fact that the course followed 

 by the most able farmers is fully justified. They have increased their corn 

 production to suit the changed economic conditions, wliile the majority of 

 their fellows lag behind and continue to grow corn chiefly for consumption 

 on the farm. 



