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Of 45 men with 181 to 240 crop-acres — 



31 own tractors. 



14 do not own tractors. 

 Of 30 men with 241 to 300 crop-acres — 



20 own tractors. 



10 do not own tractors. 

 Of 27 men with 301 or more crop-acres — 



19 own tractors. 

 8 do not own tractors. 



Over two-thirds of the 675 farms consisted of not over 120 crop- 

 acres. Tractors are owned on only about 15 per cent of such farms, 

 while they are owned on 55 per cent of those with more than 120 

 crop-acres. In most cases the reports did not show the size of the 

 tractor owned, but at least a part of the tractors owned on the 21 farms 

 with 60 or less crop-acres are small ones of only one or two draw-bar 

 horsepower, and are capable of doing the work of only about one 

 horse. 



The ownership of both motor trucks and tractors, even on the 

 large farms, has not resulted in a very great reduction in the number 

 of horses. The men who own both trucks and tractors and who have 

 from 61 to 120 crop-acres still keep nearly 4 horses on the average — 

 one horse for each 24 crop-acres — and only 6 of them are farming 

 with fewer than 3 horses. The men who have from 121 to 180 crop- 

 acres still keep an average of 5 horses — one for each 30 acres — and 

 only six of them are now farming with fewer than 4 horses. The 

 men who have over 180 crop-acres still keep an average of between 

 8 and 9 horses — one to each 39 crop-acres — and only 3 of them are 

 farming with fewer than 4 horses. 



The number of crop-acres per horse on the farms of different sizes 

 where trucks are owned, but not tractors, is only about 2 acres less 

 in each case than on the farms where tractors are owned, there being 

 22 crop-acres per horse on the farms with 61 to 120 crop-acres where 

 tractors are not owned, 28 per horse on those with 121 to 180 crop- 

 acres, and 37 per horse on those with over 180 crop-acres. 



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