THE YOUNG FARMER 



eggs, or a pound of butter is of compara- 

 tively small consequence unless a sufficient 

 quantity is produced. 



A recent investigation by the Cornell 

 station appears to show that with the type 

 of farming now existing in Tompkins and 

 Livingston counties, New York, where the 

 investigation chanced to be made, the larger 

 farms yielded the most profitable returns 

 and that while present conditions exist, the 

 size of farms is likely to increase rather than 

 decrease. The fundamental reason seems to 

 be the substitution of horse-drawn machin- 

 ery for hand labor. 



The following table shows the labor in- 

 come on 586 farms operated by the owners, 

 classified according to size: 



Average 103 $415 



While the larger the farm, the more pros- 

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