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that, while the quantity of whole miik 

 produced per 100 acres upon farms be- 

 tween 50 and 300 acres in extent was 

 2841 gallons, the quantity produced on 

 farms between 5 and 50 acres was 3307 

 <,^allons per 100 acres. Small farmers 

 were also much larger producers of butter. 

 Thus, on farms between 1 and 5 acres 

 in extent, the butter produced per 100 

 acres was 154 lb.; that produced on farms 

 of 5 to 50 acres was 206 lb.; while on the 

 larger farms of 50 to 300 acres the yield 

 reached only 119 lb., the largest farms of all, 

 those over 300 acres, producing only 41 lb. 

 per 100 acres. 



Poultry-keeping, again, is a guide to the 

 productive powers of the small holder. On 

 farms between 1 and 5 acres in extent the 

 number of fowls kept per 100 acres was 946, 

 of ducks 80, of geese 8, and of turkeys 7; 

 on farms of 5 to 50 acres the number was 

 244 fowls, 21 ducks, 4 geese, and 3 turkeys; 

 while on farms from 50 to 300 acres the 

 number of fowls kept per 100 acres was 77, 

 of ducks 7, of geese 2, and of turkeys l?; 

 the poultry kept upon the largest farms 

 of all being almost insignificant. The 

 small holder, therefore, not only keeps 



