590 



READINGS IN RURAL ECONOMICS 



TABLE 9. RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO EFFICIENCY IN THE 

 USE OF MEN AND HORSES. 670 FARMS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, 



NEW YORK 



Acres 



Units of 

 Productive 



Work 

 PER Horse 



30 or less 



31-50 

 51-100 . 

 101-150 

 151-200 

 Over 200 



35 

 41 

 57 

 62 



65 

 76 



The average amount of productive work per man varied from 

 102 work units on the small farms to 294 on the largest farms. 

 Each man on the largest farms is accomplishing nearly three 

 times as much work as the men on the small farms. It must be 

 remembered also that the crop yields and the returns per cow 

 are as good on the larger farms. Each horse on the large farms 

 is accomplishing twice as much as each horse on the small farms. 

 The farms of less than 100 acres are very wasteful of both man 

 and horse labor. 



TABLE 10. RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO EFFICIENCY IN THE 



USE OF HORSES. 1248 FARMS, JEFFERSON AND LIVINGSTON 



COUNTIES, NEW YORK 



Acres 



Number 



OF 



Farms 



Acres 



Crops 



Number 



OF 



Horses 



Acres of 



Crops 

 PER Horse 



30 or less 



31-50- 

 51-100 . 

 101-150 . 

 151-200 . 

 Over 200 



42 



64 



315 



364 



226 



237 



14.2 

 28.4 

 46.8 



73-5 



98.7 



152.8 



1-5 



2-3 



31 



4.2 



5-0 



7-2 



9-5 

 12.3 



I5-I 

 17-5 

 19.7 

 21.2 



Relation of size of farm to efficiency in the nse of horses. The 

 discussion given above is the best way of comparing horse labor. 



