2 BULLETIN 482, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Held crops per acre important secondary factors. Size of farm has 

 here no direct bearing upon labor income. It does, however, deter- 

 mine the character of the farm organization, the small farms natu- 

 rally turning more to the cultivation of tobacco and the large farms 

 10 grazing. 



METHOD OF STUDY. 



The farms selected to furnish the basis of study are located in three 

 counties — Mason, Scott, and Madison. These counties are typical of 

 the different parts of the region. They are widely separated. Mason 

 lies on the Ohio River, Scott is near the center of the region, while 

 Madison lies at the foot of the mountains and is representative of the 

 more distinctty stock t}^pe of farming. Tobacco and live stock are 

 important enterprises in all the counties studied. These two enter- 

 prises furnish the bases of all the types of farming found, with the 

 exception of 10 distinctly dairy farms, which have not been included 

 in the general analysis. 



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KENTUCKY 



Fig. 1. — Map of Kentucky with bluegrass area outlined and the three counties in which 

 farm records were taken shaded. 



The farms visited were those named by various men in the com- 

 munity as being operated on a business basis. It was thought ad- 

 visable also to select such farmers as were both willing and competent 

 to give a record of a year's business, March 1, 1913, to March 1, 

 1014. Many of the farms were visited twice and many three times. 

 In a preliminary survey about 25 complete records of each enterprise 

 in the county were taken in order to determine the average seasons 

 in which various operations were carried on and the amount of labor 

 and horse work required for each. At the same time, farmers' esti- 

 mates were secured as to the number of days available for field, work 

 in each month of the year. In the general survey that followed, 

 each farmer furnished a year's record of his business and such other 



