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necessary all around and the limit of economy 

 under one management is reached. 



The relative capital tied up in barns and 

 house is much greater on the small farm than 

 on the large one. 



The records show that in one county in New 

 York State the average farmer having eighty 

 acres of land earned only $370.00 for his own 

 labor, while the one farming a hundred and 

 seventy-five acres received $635.00 for his time ; 

 and the farmer cultivating two hundred and 

 sixty acres received a labor income of $1,000.00. 

 Less than 3% of the farmers having only one 

 hundred acres made a labor income of $1,000.00, 

 but 33% of those using two hundred acres or 

 more earned $1,000.00. It is true that a man on 

 a large farm has a chance to lose more than the 

 one on a small farm, but he has, at least, a much 

 greater chance to make more. 



We must not go to the other extreme and 

 decide that the larger the farm the bigger the 

 return. At a certain place complete duplica- 

 tion of equipment becomes necessary and the 

 distances between fields will more than offset 



