CHAPTER IV. 



Group III 

 Findings on the Basis of Type of Agriculture Pursued 



It was found in Table 3 that there are 256 general farms and 

 81 dairy farms among the 400 farms studied. Tables 22 and 23 

 show the number of farmers per hundred on the general farms who 

 do certain construction and repair work in wood, and Tables 24 and 

 25 give similar results for dairy farms, while Table 26 gives a com- 

 parison of construction work as performed on the three principal 

 groups of farms ; namely, the group containing all farms, the one 

 containing general farms and the one made up of dairy farms. 

 Table 27 gives a comparison of repair work as performed on the 

 groups of farms just mentioned. 



Interpretation of Facts Found in Group III. The comparative 

 tables show that, as regards the kinds of work studied, there is 

 much similarity in the three groups of farms. There are several 

 reasons for this. In the first place the group headed "General 

 farms", makes up approximately 70 per cent of the first group which 

 contains all of the farms included in the study. Again, the farmers 



Table 22 



Showing the number of farmers per hundred who perform certain con- 

 struction work in wood. Data secured from 256 farmers operating general 

 farms. 



Job Frequency 



1. Wire fence 



2. Farm gate 



3. Nest for laying hens 



4. Milking stool 



5. Chicken coop 



6. Hatchet handle 



7. Nest for setting hens 



8. Hammer handle 



9. Rail fence 



10. Board fence 



11. Yard gate 



12. Feeding trough for chicks 



13. Plank drag 



14. Horse manger 



15. Sledge handle 



16. Pig pen 



17. Hog house 



18. Feeding trough for swine 



19. Cattle manger 



Job Frequency per 100 



Poultry house 37 



File handle 36 



Mortar Box 35 



Pick handle 35 



Saw horse 34 



Chicken feeder 33 



Trellis for grapes 33 



Fruit ladder 32 



Horse drawn sled 30 



Hand sled 30 



Bins for grain 30 



Jockey stick 30 



Hay rack 29 



Watering trough 2$ 



Evener 28 



Saw buck 27 



Wagon box 27 



Wood picket fence 26 



Chicken crate 26 



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