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Taiile 9. — Farming and part-time farming enterprises classified by 

 number of horses. 



Number of horses 







1 



2 



3 



4 or over 



Total 



Table 10. — Farming and part-time farming enterprises classified by 

 number of chickens. 



Types of Part-Titne Farming 



The majority of part-time farming? enterprises were of a mixed nature, 

 that is, having both crops, principally vegetables, and live stock. However, 

 a large number of operators raised only crops, keeping no live stock. 

 (Table 11.) 



This tai)le shows also a considerable difference in the make-up of the 

 enterprises that had a surplus for sale, as compared with those that 

 produced only for their own consumption. While 89.6 per cent of the 

 first group had both crops and live stock, only 37.7 per cent of the second 

 were of a mixed type, the rest of them specializing almost exclusively 

 in the raising of vegetables. 



Table 11. — Types of part-tiime farming enterprises. 



All enterprises 



Enterprises with 

 surplus for sale 



Enterprises without 

 surplus 



Crops only 



(princi|)ally vegetables). . . . 207 



Live stock only 11 



Both live stock and crops .301 



Total 519 



Per cent Number Per cent Number Per cent 



39.9 



S.l 



5S.0 



1 00.0 



17 



4 



182 



203 



S.O 



89.6 



100.0 



190 



119 

 316 



60.1 

 S.f 



37.7 

 100.0 



