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BULLETIN 648, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SIZE OF BUSINESS. 



Farm-management surveys, this one included, have uniformly 

 shown that the size of the farm business is probably the most impor- 

 tant factor in determining the returns the farmer secures for his 

 year's work. It is obviously impossible to secure a large return from 

 a business of small volume, even if the margin of profit be a wide one. 

 On the other hand, the larger the business the greater the possibility 

 of both profits and losses. The influence of the size of the farm 

 business on the returns is shown in Table VI. The sources and 

 amounts of the farm receipts and expenses, and the net returns, 

 presented from several different points of view, are shown for the 

 groups of farms of different sizes and for the white and colored 

 farmers separately. 



Table VI. — Relation of size of farm and race of operator to farm receipts, 

 expenses, and net income (Brooks County, Ga.). 





Farms with total crop area 



of— 



All 

 farms. 



All 

 white 

 opera- 

 tors. 





Item. 



Less 

 than 



50 

 acres. 



50 to 



74 

 acres. 



75 to 



149 



acres. 



150 to 



249 

 acres. 



250 

 acres 



and 

 over. 



ored 

 opera- 

 tors. 





18 



24 



27 



21 



16 



106 



86 



20 









33 



63 



111 



192 



389 



145 



166 



54 









$2,091 



$4,049 



$7,180 



$11,110 



$24, 500 



$8, 992 



$13,329 



$3,275 





Receipts: 



$413 



101 



35 



11 



$845 

 185 

 39 

 23 



SI, 420 



460 



92 



70 



$2, 560 



931 



99 



14 



$5, 527 



1,482 



155 



118 



$1,964 



584 



81 



46 



$2, 213 

 702 



87 

 49 



$896 



Live stock (exclusive of work stock)... 



80 

 53 





31 









560 



1,092 



2,012 



3,604 



7,282 



2,675 



3,051 



1,060 







Expenses: 



$232 

 44 

 21 



37 



$541 

 88 

 40 



63 



$996 

 124 

 83 



71 



$1,846 

 172 

 138 



114 



$4, 195 



325 



92 



198 



$1,416 

 142 



75 



90 



$1,639 

 158 



84 



101 



$453 





73 





36 



Decrease live stock (including work 



42 









334 



732 



1,274 



2,270 



4,810 



1,723 



1,982 



604 









$226 

 167 



$360 

 324 



$768 

 575 



$1,334 

 888 



$2, 471 

 1, 959 



$952 

 720 



$1, 069 

 826 



$456 





262 









59 



267 



12 



33 



39 

 377 



14 

 53 



193 



479 



14 



98 



446 



544 



16 



133 



512 

 612 



18 

 306 



232 



453 



15 



116 



213 



507 



15 



132 



194 





228 





14 





40 









371 

 $61 



480 

 $118 



784 

 $98 



1,139 

 $119 



1,448 

 $102 



816 

 $101 



897 



$88 



476 





$159 









432 



598 



S82 



1,2.58 



1,550 



917 



985 



635 







Estimated value of operator's labor 



8153 



S270 



$372 



S442 



$900 



$405 



$446 



$231 





4.4 



4.6 



6.4 



8.9 



6.7 



6.2 



6.2 



6.2 







a Unweighted averages. 



