264 



DAIRY FARMING 



Much other work may be done, such as repairing machinery 

 and buildings, taking care of work horses, mowing the lawn, 

 and the like, but it is the productive work that limits the 

 income. 



On farms in Jefferson County, New York, the average 

 amount of productive work per man varied from 102 work 

 units on the small farms to 294 on the largest farms. Each 

 man on the largest farms is accomplishing nearly three times 

 as much work as a man on the small farms. It must be 

 remembered also that the crop yields and the returns per cow 

 are as good on the larger farms. Each horse on the large 

 farms is accomplishing twice as much as each horse on the 

 small farms. The farms of less than 100 acres are very waste- 

 ful of both man and horse labor. 



TABLE 37. RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO EFFICIENCY IN THE 

 USE OF HORSES. 1248 FARMS, JEFFERSON AND LIVINGSTON 

 COUNTIES, NEW YORK 



226. Relation of Size of Farm to Efficiency in the Use of 

 Horses. The discussion given above is the best way of com- 

 paring horse labor. Another comparison is shown in Table 

 37. On the large farms, twice as many acres of crops are 

 raised per horse as on the small farms. The average cost of 

 keeping a horse, as shown by cost accounts, is about $100 to 



