December, 1931] Daiey Faeming in Grafton County 99 



factors. The five factors used were: (1) man work units per farm, (2) 

 man work units per man, (3) production index, (4) milk price per 

 Jiundredweiglit, and (5) milk cost per hundredweight. 



Table 88 — Effect on labor income of having certain selected factors 



as good as average. 



* Averages for the five selected factors by which the farms were sorted. 

 Because it is desirable to have low cost of milk production, this factor was 

 selected in reverse order of size. 



There were 34 farms out of the 326 for which cost of milk production 

 Avas figured that had none of these five factors as good as average. The 

 average labor income of the group was — $455. The average labor in- 

 come for the group of 56 farms that had only one factor as good as 

 average was — $126. The group of 72 farms that had two factors as 

 good as average barely provided a positive labor income. When more 

 than half of the factors were up to average, the operators obtained an 

 average labor income of $468. Four-fifths of the factors up to average 

 made possible average labor incomes of $1,202 for a group of 55 farm- 

 ers. The 31 operators having all factors up to average had farms large 

 enough to provide an average of 733 man work units ; they were effi- 

 cient enough to get an average of 313 man work units of productive 

 labor per man; thej^ had a production index 18 per cent higher than 

 the average for the table; they got $3.45 a hundredweight for milk, 

 and they produced it at a cost of $2.34. Their average labor income was 

 $1,985. 



CONCLUSIONS 



Grafton County is located in the west central part of New Hamp- 

 shire and borders on the Connecticut River. It is rather far north for 

 growing corn for grain and for tree fruits. Corn for silage can be 

 grown to advantage near the river. Oats and potatoes are well adapted 

 and possibly cabbage. 



This survey was confined largely to the western part of the county 

 along the river and included only a few adjacent hill towns to the east 

 and one town in Coos County to the north. Some farm records were 

 taken in 15 out of the 39 towns in the count5^ 



