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acreage of crops grown. Tables 8 and 9 give such compari- 

 sons for general farming where hay, grain, potatoes, cab- 

 bage and apples are the usual crops, and where a consider- 

 able proportion of the farmers keep dairy cows. 



Table 8, — Relation of Size of Farm to Profits, 586 Farms, Tomp- 

 kins County, N. Y. 



Table 9. — Relation of Size of Farm to Profits, 578 Farms, Livingston 



County, N. Y. 



Acres Farmfd. 



Number 

 of Farms. 



Average 



Size 

 t. Acres). 



Tillable 



Area 

 (Acres). 



Labor 

 Income. 



30 or less, 



31 to 50, 

 51 to 100, 



101 to 150. 

 151 to 200, 

 Over 200, 



17 

 35 

 147 

 178 

 89 

 112 



20 

 43 

 79 

 127 

 175 

 305 



17 

 37 

 61 

 104 

 142 

 241 



$54 



295 

 437 

 593 

 934 

 1,082 



In these regions the average farmer with less than 50 

 acres would make more money if he sold his farm, lent his 

 money and hired out as a farm laborer, or better yet, be- 

 came a tenant on a larger farm; or in many cases he might 

 better go in debt for a large farm and own it. 



Comparatively few farmers with less than 100 acres made 

 very good profits. Of the 551 farmers who farmed 100 acres 

 or less, only 6 made labor incomes of $1,500. But of 292 

 farmers who farmed over 150 acres, 60 made over $1,500. 



