464 Effective Farming 



The Cornell Experiment Station has published in Bulletin 

 295 some very interesting figures secured from an agricultural 

 survey made in the state. Table XVI gives the results found 

 as to size of farm and labor income : 



TABLE XVI 



SIZE OF FARM AND LABOR INCOME 

 ACRES LABOR INCOME IN DOLLARS 



30 or less 168 



31-60 254 



61-100 373 



101-150 436 



151-200 635 



over 200 . . . 947 



239. Farm labor. Both man and horse labor are included 

 in this term. Regarding the efficiency of man labor, a very 

 interesting condition was found by the Cornell Station in the 

 survey referred to above. The results given in Table XVII 

 show that on small farms man's labor is not utilized to the 

 best advantage : 



TABLE XVII 



SIZE OF FARM AND EFFICIENCY OF MAN LABOR 



ACRES FARMED 



ACRES IN FARM WITH $100 WORTH 



OF MAN LABOR 



30 or less 5 



31-60 12 



61-100 18 



101-150 .22 



151-200 26 



over 200 30 



Horse labor on farms varies from six to sixteen cents an hour. 

 Obviously the more a horse is used, the less he costs his owner 

 for each hour. The term horse hour is used to indicate the 

 work of a horse in one hour. Table XVIII shows the relation 

 of the size of farms to the efficiency of horse labor as found in 

 New York State : 



