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RURAL ECONOMICS 



The relation of the labour income to the number of days' work for 

 men and horses for farms divided into four groups based on the number 

 of man-work units (productive days' work per farm) is recorded in Table IX. 



Tabi,e IX. — Relation of units of work to labour income. 



Man work units per farm 



300 and less 



301 to 500 



501 to 700 



701 and over .... 



Average 



117 



129 



89 



43 



378 



Average 



size 

 of farm 



Acres 



49 



88 



116 



151 



90 



labour j Adjusted 

 income income 



836 



703 

 1083 

 I 608 



789 



Per cent 



78 



94 



112 



152 



Table X brings ottt a point of special interest. The small farmer 

 cannot afford an adequate equipment of labour-saving machinery, and the 



