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over $75 per cow are the only ones who are making good 

 labor incomes. In this case $75 per cow indicates about 

 6,000 pounds of milk. 



Table 12. — Relation of Receipts per Cow to Profits, Tompkins 



County, N. Y. 



Recfipts per Cow. 



$30 or less 



$31 to $50 



$51 to $75, 



$76 to $100 



Over $100 



It will be seen that while farmers who get average crops 

 are often doing very well, it takes much better than average 

 cows to pay. 



Diversity of Industry. 



If a farmer raises nothing but crops he usually wastes 

 considerable material that could be used to a profit to feed 

 animals. If he raises animals only he spends all his time on 

 the farm enterprise that is least likely to pay good wages. 

 He does not get so much for his manure because a heavy ap- 

 plication on one acre does not usually bring as good returns 

 per ton as if spread on two acres. Il^or is he so likely to 

 keep horses and men fully employed. To care for a dozen 

 cows is about half work for a man. One man can do this 

 and raise the cows' feed and cash crops to sell besides. Table 

 13 shows such a comparison. The farmers who combine 

 cash crops and stock make more than those who go to either 

 extreme of specialization. 



Table 13. — Diversified Farming related to Profits on Farms selling 

 Wholesale Market Milk, Livingston County, N. F. 



Per Cent of Receipts from Crops. 



Number 

 of Farms. 



Average 

 Area. 



Labor 

 Income. 



15 or less, 



16 to 30, 

 31 to 50, 



209 

 218 

 264 



$769 

 1,210 

 1,225 



