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RELATION OF SIZE OF ANIMAL TO EFFICIENCY: 



Size of Cows and Profits 222 



Size of Horses 226 



Size of Animal and Meat Production 227 



PURE-BRED vs. GRADE STOCK : 



Profits from Pure bred Stock 227 



" Grading up " Pure-breds ....... 230 



Pure-bred Poultry 230 



DEPRECIATION ON LIVE-STOCK : 



Depreciation on Cattle 231 



Depreciation on Horses 233 



Depreciation on Mules 234 



Depreciation on Sheep . 235 



Depreciation on Hogs 235 



Depreciation on Hens 235 



INCREASING VALUE OF YOUNG STOCK . . . . . 237 



CHAPTER 7 



SIZE OF FARMS 



The American Family-farm ... .... 239 



How Large Should a Family-farm Be ? . . . . 241 



RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO FARM EFFICIENCY: 



Size of Farm and Profits 243 



Relation of Size of Farm to Efficiency in Use of Labor . 250 



Relation of Size of Farm to Efficiency in Use of Horses . 255 



Relation of Size of Farm to Efficiency in Use of Machinery 257 



Relation of Size of Farm to Efficiency in Use of Capital . 260 



Relation of Size of Farm to Size of Fields . . . . 262 



Relation of Size of Farm to Economy in Buying and Selling 262 



Are the Results Due to the Man ? 263 



Best Size of Farm 264 



Profits on Very Large Farms ...... 266 



Relation of Size of Farm to Crop Yields .... 267 



Relation of Size of Farm to Keeping Boys on the Farm . 268 



CHAPTER 8 



SIZE OF FARMS AND OTHER FACTORS IN DIF- 

 FERENT REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



A County in the Cotton Belt 270 



Cotton Farms of White Farmers . . ... 274 



