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fair-sized farms. Table 34 gives results for one county. 

 Thi average number of men per farm as given in the table 

 incl ides all human labor. Work of women and children is 

 expressed in terms of the number of men that would have 

 bee;i required to do the same work. On the smallest farms, 

 very little work was done by any one except the operator. 

 On the farms of over 200 acres, the hired labor and labor by 

 mei ibers of the family amounted to the time of one and one- 

 thir-i men, or, counting the time of the farmer, these farms 

 had the equivalent of 2.35 men. 



The farms of less than 30 acres had an average of 3.5 animal 

 unii s per farm besides work horses. Those of over 200 acres 

 had an average of 34.2 animal units besides work horses. 



The producing enterprises on most farms are the acres of 

 crops grown and the animals other than horses. 



TABLE 34. RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO EFFICIENCY IN THE 

 USE OF LABOR. 670 FARMS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK 



The acres of crops grown, the yields of these crops, the 

 number of producing animals, and the production of these 

 animals are a measure of the amount that is being accom- 

 plished on a farm. The crop yields and the production of 



