RURAL ECONOMICS 



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Table VII. — Returns jrom the different groups of farms, arranged according 

 to the percentage of the total area devoted to cereals, forage plants and in- 

 dustrial crops respectively. 



Group 



Percent- 

 age 

 of 

 total 

 area 



Econo- 

 mic 

 emplace- 

 ment 



Pro- 



ductivity 



Percent- 

 age 

 of farms 

 yielding 

 an interest 



of 

 more than 

 4 per cent 



age 

 of total 



area 



devoted 



to 



industrial 



crops 



A. Cereals. 



I 



II 



Ill 



IV 



V 



VI 



B. Forage plants. 



I 



II 



Ill 



IV 



V 



VI 



C. Industrial Crops. 



I 



II 



Ill 



VI 



V 



VI 



59.0 



55.9 

 53.4 



50,8 



45,7 

 42,1 



41,6 

 35,9 

 32,8 

 30,6 

 27,2 

 23,5 



20,2 

 19,8 

 16,7 

 14,0 

 12,1 

 9.8 



4,0 

 3,9 

 4.0 

 4.2 

 3.9 

 3.7 



3.9 

 3.9 

 4.0 

 3,9 

 4.1 

 3.9 



4.2 

 4,1 

 4.0 

 4,0 

 4,1 

 3.7 



points 



3.6 

 3.5 

 3,6 



3,8 

 3,8 

 3,7 



3,8 

 3,9 

 3,7 

 3,5 

 3,7 

 3,8 



4,1 

 3.9 

 3.9 

 3.8 

 3,6 

 3,4 



65 

 65 

 65 

 60 



55 

 50 



50 

 65 

 65 

 60 

 70 

 65 



80 



75 

 80 



65 



50 

 50 



12,5 



12,7 



13.4 

 14,0 



15,1 

 14,5 



11,6 

 14.1 

 13,7 

 13,2 

 14,8 

 15.8 



Generally speaking, the lower profit ol Gained when smaller areas 

 are devoted to industrial crops must be attributed to the lower economic 

 value of the emplacement and to the low productivity of the soil. High 

 profits are also obtained in some of the groups in which the areas devoted 

 to the definite crops are far below the maximum limits. This emphasises 

 the necessity of studying the economics of various combinations of crops 

 on more abundant statistical data than the author has used in these research- 

 es, because when the number of farms in each group is relatively small 

 the influence of extraordinary factors does not permit of general conclusions 

 being drawn. 



