CONTENTS. 9 



Department Bulletin No. 848. — An Economic Study of Small Farms 



near Washington, D. C: Page. 



Introduction 1 



Summary of results 2 



Description of area 3 



Kind of farming 3 



Profits... 6 



Farm receipts 7 



Farm expenses "7 



Capital 8 



Comparison of individual farms 9 



Truck-crop yields 11 



Maintaining soil fertility 12 



Increasing acreage by double-cropping 13 



Machinery and tools 15 



Marketing the produce 16 



Farm products retained for home use 17 



Tenure. 18 



Department Bulletin No. 849. — City Milk Plants: Construction and 

 Arrangement: 



Statement of present conditions 1 



Primary considerations in establishing a plant 2 



Hints to prospective builders 3 



Location of plant 4 



Classes and types of plants 6 



Construction of plant 9 



Size of building and number of stories 9 



Type of building 9 



Materials of construction 10 



The cold-storage room 12 



Arrangement of plant 12 



Handling the milk at entrance 12 



Milk pumps compared with elevators 14 



Loading delivery wagons 16 



Unloading delivery wagons 19 



Division of rooms 19 



Size of rooms ■ 21 



Arrangement of rooms 24 



Arrangement of equipment and machinery 25 



Effect of arrangement of plant on labor requirements 27 



Sanitary requirements 30 



Cost of plant 33 



Conclusions 34 



Department Bulletin No. 850. — Rent Contracts in Typical Counties 

 of the Wheat Belt: 



Sources of information 1 



Description of areas 1 



Systems of renting found 3 



Minor factors concerned in renting of farms '. 7 



Share rent of land without buildings 9 



Leases 10 



The lease year 10 



Tenants' preferences and prospects 11 



The landlord's opinion as to the long lease 11 



Prospective ownership by tenants 11 



Belief of tenants as to trend of rents 12 



Probable increase in tenancy in areas visited 13 



Publications relating to farm tenancy 15 



