SIZE OF FARMS 



243 



be less with larger farms. This may be true for very large 

 farms, but is not usually true for the good-sized farms com- 

 pared with the small ones. 



THE RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO FARM EFFICIENCY 



161. Size of farm and profits. Records of a year's 

 business on 586 farms operated by owners were secured in 

 Tompkins County, New York. This is a region of general 

 farming. The products sold are milk, butter, hay, pota- 

 toes, eggs, buckwheat, wheat, and apples. Hay, oats, 

 and corn are raised for feed. 



In this region, the farmers with 31 to 60 acres of land 

 made less than hired-man's wages. 1 They made interest 

 on their money and an average labor income of $254. 

 They could have lent their money and hired out for about 

 $30 per month, or better yet, could have been tenants on 

 larger farms. (Table 36.) 



TABLE 36. SIZE OP FARM RELATED TO PROFITS, 586 FARMS, 

 TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 



Farmers who had from 61 to 100 acres made about the 

 same as hired-men. The farmers on farms of over 200 



1 New York, Cornell Bulletin 295, pp. 414-423. 



