Figure 1 it will be noticed that the central and south central parts 

 of the state do not possess many vocational agricultural schools. 

 The farming in these sections is very probably more general there 

 than in the rest of the state owing to soil, topography, climate and 

 distance to large markets. Professor Warren* says that "if we ex- 

 cept the cotton farms, probably over 95 per cent of the United 



Table 3 



Showing how the Supervisors of Agriculture classified 365 of the 400 farms 

 studied, as to type of farming. 



Classification Number of farms Per cent 



General 256 70.1 



Dairy 81 22.2 



Truck 16 4.4 



Fruit 9 2.5 



Poultry 2 .5 



Stock 1 .3 



Table 4 



Showing the major farm enterprisest, as reported by the Supervisors of 

 Agriculture, on 369 of the 400 farms studied. 



Enterprise Number Per cent. 



Stock 112 30.3 



No Major 77 20.9 



Dairy 71 19.2 



Crops 63 17.2 



Truck 18 4.9 



Fruit 17 4.6 



Poultry 5 1.3 



Flowers 1 .3 



Sundry 5 1.3 



States derive most of their income from a combination of crops 

 and animals general farming". 



Table 3 shows that the only other type of farm largely repre- 

 sented, is the dairy type, whereas truck, fruit and poultry farms oc- 

 cur in negligible quantities. In studying these facts in relationship 

 to agricultural education, it must be kept in mind that practically 

 all Pennsylvania farmers keep in the neighborhood of fifty hens,, 

 produce their own milk and butter, and grow their own vegetables.. 



Farm Enterprises are Diversified. As may be expected in a 

 state in which general farming is predominant the major enterprises- 

 are diversified in nature. The facts shown in Table 4 confirm the 

 validity of the practice obtaining in the vocational agricultural 



*Warren, G. F., Farm Management, page 10"). 



tThose from which 407r or more of the income was derived. 



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