126 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 266 



Table 21. — Average price paih for property by operator owners. 



Property purchased 



Lowell area 



Average 

 Number Per cent price 



Taunton area 



Average 

 Number Per cent price 



Land with buildings 69 



Land only 37 



Total 106* 



65.1 $2,546 



319 529 



700.0 1.842 



47 70.1 $.3,140 



20 S9.9 518 



67* 100.0 2,357 



*Does not include those who were previously engaged in regular farming on the same holdings. 



Table 22. — Ter.^ms of acquisition of property equipped with buildings. 



Lowell Area 



Terms of purchase 



Average Mort'ge Per cent 

 Number price debt of price 



Taunton Area 



Average Mort'ge Per cent 

 Number price debt of price 



Cash 4 



One mortgage 55 



Two or more 



mortgages 10 



$1,050 



2,654 $1.1.34 -JIO 



3,380 2,.590 7G.G 



7 $1,703 



28 3,107 $1,640 5.3.0 



12 



4,058 2.9S3 7-5.5 



Crop Acreage 



As shown in Table 2.3 about one-fifth of the total acreage was in crops, 

 exclusive of hay. This was about one half of the total improved acreage 

 in part-time farming, the other half being in hay and pasture. The 

 crops grown were almo.st exclusively vegetables and small fruits. 

 There were a few part-time farming enterprises which specialized in the 

 cultivation of fruit trees. The average number of acres in crops was 1..3 

 in Lowell area and 1.8 in Taunton, but more than half of the enterprises 

 had less than one acre each. (Tabic 24.) Only two of the operators in 

 Lowell area had more than 5 acres in crops; but in Taunton area, where a 

 number of operators raised vegetables on a commercial basis, ten of the 

 enterprises had more than 5 acres in crops. 



Table 23. — Land utilization in part-time farming enterprises. 



Lowell area 



Per cent Average 

 of total per 



area enterprise 



Taunton area 



Per cent Average 

 of total per 



Acres area enterprise 



Improved land 



Crop land exclusive of hay 

 Unimproved land 



