SIZE OF FARMS 



251 



2S 



~ to 



} 



Tf 



40 



80 



/20 J60 



Act-*.* 



200 



240 280 32.0 



FIG. 63. Relation of size of farm to acres farmed with $100 worth of 



labor. 



age value placed on it by the farmers, then there is a net 

 loss of $1.47 per acre on farms of 31-60 acres, and a gain 

 on the larger farms. (Table 41.) 



In Livingston County, New York, the area farmed with 



TABLE 42. SIZE OF FARM RELATED TO EFFICIENCY OF LABOR. 

 586 FARMS OPERATED BY OWNERS 



ACRES 



AREA FARMED PER $100 

 WORTH OF LABOR l 



1 Total labor cost includes wages paid, board of laborers, value of 

 unpaid labor by members of the family, and $326 for the labor of the 

 farmer. 



