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BULLETIN 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



cow, and therefore having to buy all the milk and butter used, in- 

 cluded three-fourths of the families on the smallest farms, one-half 

 of those in the second size-group, and one-fourth of the families on 

 the 21 to 30 acre tillable area. The size of poultry flocks was larger 

 on the larger farms and the consumption of home-produced poultry 

 and eggs was also greater on those farms. The average consumption 

 of home-produced pork for family use was 223 pounds on the farms 

 of 10 tillable acres and under, and 447 pounds per family on the 

 farms of 21 to 30 acres. No attempt was made to determine the 

 quantity of fruits and vegetables kept for home use, but a great 

 variety of these are raised on all farms and the variation in home 

 consumption on different-sized farms was probably not great. 



To the family moving from the city to a small farm the farm 

 products furnished directly by the farm may seem very important, 

 but comparing them to the value of those usually furnished on the 

 larger farm, they are relatively unimportant. The man on the small 

 farm usually specializes in production and often does not find it 

 profitable to keep a cow, chickens, and pigs, for raising food for 

 home consumption only. On larger farms these stock are more often 

 kept as regular farm enterprises, making much more meat and other 

 animal products available for home use. 



TENURE. 



Table VII shows the relation of tenure to profits and type of farm- 

 ing. Only 16 per cent of the farms studied were operated by tenants. 

 Twenty of the tenants paid a cash rent, and four gave a share of the 

 crops as rent. The share was usually one-half of the crops, the land- 

 lord paying one-half of the expenditure for seeds and fertilizer, and 

 all the taxes, insurance, and repairs on buildings. 



Table VII. — Relation of tenure to type of farming and profits on 152 small 

 farms near Washington, D. C. 



Number of farms 



Tillable area, acres 



Acres of crops 



Per cent crop receipts are of total receipts 



Capital 



Fami income l 



Interest on investment 2 



Owners. 



Owners 



renting 



additional 



land. 



92 

 18.3 

 18.9 



89 



$5, 633 



8666 



36 

 20.5 

 23.0 



89 



$4, 475 



$845 



11.3 



Rented farms. 



Tenants. Landlords. 



24 

 13.6 

 16.6 



96 



$464 

 S405 

 25.0 



$5,222 

 $152 

 2.9 



i Farm income: Receipts less expenses. 



- Percentage farm income less value of farmer's labor is of the investment. 



The type of farming followed by the renters is very clearly indi- 

 cated by the fact that 96 per cent of receipts are from crops. The 

 average rent paid for the 24 farms was $162 a year. It is to the ad- 



