FACTORS OF SUCCESS IN FARMING 



583 



Similar results for three other states are given in Bulletin 41 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture, pp. 19-22. In 

 these states Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana - more capital is re- 

 quired because the land is higher in price, but the same principles 

 are shown to hold. 



Relation of size of farm to profits. Tables 6 and 7 and diagrams 

 on pages 585 and 586 show the relation of size of farm to profits. 



TABLE 6. RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO LABOR INCOME. 

 1988 FARMS, TOMPKINS, LIVINGSTON, AND JEFFERSON COUN- 

 TIES, NEW YORK 



30 or less 



3 T -5 

 51-100 . 

 101-150. 



1 51-200 . 

 Over 200 



Number 

 of Farms 



74 

 141 

 616 



572 

 34 

 281 



Average 



Number of 



Acres per 



Farm 



44 



79 



126 



177 



28 1 



Average 

 Labor 

 Income 



$121 

 252 

 402 

 568 

 776 



995 



TABLE 7. VARIATIONS IN LABOR INCOMES WITH DIFFERENT 



SIZES OF FARMS. 1988 FARMS, TOMPKINS, LIVINGSTON, AND 



JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK 



Acres 



30 or less 

 31-50 . . 

 51-100 

 101-150 . 

 151-200 . 

 Over 200 



Per Cent of Farms of Each Size Making Labor Incomes 

 as Designated 



These tables include all the farms in Tompkins, Livingston, and 

 Jefferson counties for which records were obtained, except twenty-six 



