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CHAPTER VI 

 SIZE OF FARM 



HE size of the farm is another of those 

 questions on which there is endless de- 

 bate and to which no general answer can be 

 given. There are, however, certain rather 

 definite principles which may help in 

 settling an individual problem. 



The size of the farm is related to the in- 

 come per acre. If one's ideal or purpose is 

 a gross income of $1,000 or $3,000 or $5,000 

 a year, he must consider how large a farm 

 will be necessary to bring this return. 



Assume, for the sake of discussion, it is 

 desired to obtain a gross income of $4,000. 

 In the eastern United States 200 acres of 

 tillable land devoted to general farming may 

 bring this amount. If the land is especially 

 adapted to potatoes, and this crop takes a 

 prominent place in the rotation, 100 acres 

 might be sufficient to return the income 

 named. Likewise a loo-acre retail milk 

 dairy farm may produce a similar result. 



