438 THE ESSENTIALS OF AGRICULTURE 



A. THE SIZE OF THE FARM AS RELATED TO THE EFFICIENCY 



OF MAN LABOR 



SIZE OF FARM (ACRES) AcRES FARMED WITH 100 WORTH 



OF LABOR 



30 or less 5 



31-60 12 



61-100 18 



101-150 22 



151-200 26 



Over 200 30 



B. THE SIZE OF THE FARM AS RELATED TO THE EFFICIENCY 



OF HORSE LABOR 

 SIZE OF FARM (ACRES) ACRES PER HORSE 



30 or less . . 15 



31-60 21 



61-100 30 



101-150 37 



151-200 41 



Over 200 49 



Average 33 



C. SIZE OF FARM AS RELATED TO EFFICIENT USE OF 

 MACHINERY AND TOOLS 



Sl7F OF FARM f ArRF<^ ACRES FARMED WITH #IOO WORTH 



OF MACHINERY AND TOOLS 



30 or less 17 



31-60 20 



61-100 24 



101-150 25 



151-200 30 



Over 200 29 



Average 25 



The first table shows that on the smallest farm $100 worth 

 of man labor farmed about 5 acres, while on the largest farms 6 

 times as much land is farmed with the same labor outlay. The 

 labor was utilized 6 times more efficiently on the 2OO-acre farm 

 than on the 5 -acre farm. The second table shows that the horse 

 on the small farm will do the work for 1 5 acres, while on the 



