PART-TIME FARMING 



115 



Table 7. — Part-time farminki knteri'rises ceasstfied hy size of fakim. 



Size in acres Numbe 



Below 1 ISO 



I— 2.9 160 



3— 9.9 61 



10-19.9 41 



20—29.9 21 



30—39.9 10 



40—49.9 7 



50 or over 39 



Total 519 



Per cent 



31,. 7 



■W.S 



11. S 



7.9 



4.0 



2.0 



1.3 



7.5 



100.0 



kept large flocks of poultry, and a few of them even had a cow. Thirty-nine 

 operators, or 7.5 per cent of the total number, had enterprises which 

 ranged in size 50 acres and over. It must be added, however, that most 

 of the land in these large lioldings is covered by brush and woods, and 

 is too stony or hilly to use for agricultural purposes. The possession of 

 large areas of this submarginal land is largely responsible for the fact 

 that part-time farmers hold a larger area of land tlian regular farmers. 



Distribution of Live Stock in Farming and Part-Time Farming 



Of the total of 604 cows reported, 444 were found in farming and 

 160 in part-time farming. Exactly one-half of the part-time farmers 

 reporting cows had one cow each, 19 had two cows each, and only 4 had 

 five or more cows each. (Table 8.) 



Table 8. — Farmixg axd p.\rt-ti3ie farmixg enterprises ci^ssified by 



XUMBER OF cows. 



Farmers 



Part-time farmers 



Farming exceeded part-time farming also in the number of horses 

 reported, although not to the same extent as in the number of cows; but in 

 the number of chickens reported, part-time farming exceeded farming by 

 a considerable margin. In addition, swine, rabbits, ducks, geese, and 

 turkeys were found in a few part-time farming enterprises. ^ 



