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SIZE OF FARM AND CROP YIELDS 

 TOWNSHIPS OF ITHACA, DRYDEN, DANBY, AND LANSING 



Contrary to popular opinion, the medium-scale farms are pro- 

 ducing as good yields or crops as the small farms, except in the 

 case of hay. The hay yields are slightly less on the bigger farms. 



SIZE OF FARM RELATED TO PROFITS 



58*) FARMS OPERATED BY OWNERS. (TOWNSHIPS OF ITHACA, DRYDEN, 

 DANBY, AND LANSING) 



These figures help to explain why, according to the census 

 of 1910, the small farms are disappearing. It is also true that 

 the large farms, of 500 acres and over, are disappearing. The 

 tendency is undoubtedly toward the medium-scale farm as the 

 most efficient agricultural unit. 



