SIZE OF FARMS 



249 



this should be subtracted the other farm expenses and the 

 value of farm work done by other members of the family, 

 to see what the farmer received for his time. (Table 39.) 



The average farm family on farms of 50-99 acres, there- 

 fore, received considerably less than $311 for its year's 

 work. It is evident that these farmers failed to receive 

 wages, and it appears as if those on farms of 100 to 174 

 acres made farm wages, and that those on larger farms 

 made more than farm wages. The high figures for the 

 farms of less than 3 acres are due to the inclusion of sheep 

 ranches on free ranges. These were farmers with little or 

 no land, but they used large areas. 



The chances of an individual are certainly poor if he has 

 a very small farm. The Census gives the percentage of 

 farms of each size with given values of products not fed to 

 live-stock. Table 40 shows that of the farms of 3 to 49 

 acres, only about one in 200 produced as much as $2500 



TABLE 40. PERCENTAGE OF FARMS OF VARIOUS SIZES IN THE 

 UNITED STATES IN 1899 PRODUCING $ 1000 WORTH AND 

 $2500 WORTH OF PRODUCTS NOT FED TO LIVE-STOCK l 



1 Twelfth Census, Vol. V, p. xlvii. 



