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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Table 3. — Relation of Capital to Profits on 615 Farms operated by 

 Owners, Tompkins County, N. Y. 



Capital. 



Average 



Labor 

 Income. 



$2,000 or less, 

 $2,001 to $4,000, 

 $4,001 to $6,000, 

 $6,001 to $8,000, 

 $8,001 to $10,000, 



$10,001 to $15,000, 



Over $15,000, 



$192 

 240 

 399 

 530 

 639 

 870 



1,104 



County over one-third of the farmers had less than $4,000 

 capital, but not one of these made a labor income of $1,000. 

 About two-fifths of the men with $10,000 capital made over 

 $1,000 labor income. The figures for all the other regions 

 show the same results. 



Table 4. — Comparison of Profits on Same 615 Farms. 



Per Cent of 

 the P'armers 

 Capital. ^^^„?1^1^.°^ making Labor 



Incomes of 

 Over $1,000. 



$2,000 or less, 



$2,001 to $4,000, 



$4,001 to $6,000, 



$6,001 to $8,000, 94 14 



$8,001 to $10,000, 45 22 



$10,001 to $15,000 44 32 



Over $15,000, . . 13 46 



Table 5. — Relation of Capital to Labor Income on 578 Farms, North- 

 ern Livingston County, N. Y. 



