STUDY OF SMALL, FARMS NEAR WASHINGTON. 5 



Over 50 per cent of the crop area is devoted to vegetables and 

 fruits (fig. 1). When the farms increase in area the proportion of 

 land used for the general crops — corn, hay, and grain— increases, 

 more of these crops being needed to feed the increased number of 

 horses and other stock on the larger farms, and more land being 

 available for this purpose. On many of the smaller farms no corn 

 or grain is raised, necessitating the buying of feed. With a very 

 limited amount of land available for crops, the farmer finds it more 

 profitable to utilize the greater portion of it for raising crops of 



Fig. 2. — View of one of the small, highly intensified truck farms. 



high market value and such as will furnish profitable labor for one 

 or more men through the season. (See fig. 2.) 



The live stock kept on these farms was practically limited to 

 horses needed for farm work, and to cows, pigs, and chickens kept 

 for the production of food for the family. The sales of live-stock 

 products were negligible, with the exception of those of poultry 

 products. The average flock for these farms was 33 chickens. 



No greenhouses for raising vegetables for market were found 

 in this area. 



