FARMING IN THE BLUKGRASS KKOION. 



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of poultry makes the percentage amount kept on small farms much 

 larger than on large farms. 



Table VIII. — Percentage distribution of different classes of animal units. 



Size of farm. ■ 



Number 



of 

 records. 



Per cent 



cows and 



young 



stock. 



Per cent 

 steers. 



Per cent 

 total 

 cattle. 



Per cent 



horses 



and 



mules. 



Per cent 

 sheep. 



Per cent 

 swine. 



Per cent 

 fowls. 



100 acres or less 



101 to 200 acres 



201 to 300 acres 



301 to 500 acres 



501 to 700 acres 



Over 700 acres 



19 

 48 

 51- 



33 

 15 



12 



24 

 26 

 22 

 14 

 12 



11 



39 

 26 

 35 



48 

 50 

 64 



65 

 52 

 56 

 61 

 62 

 74 



7 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 ■ 2 



3 



10 

 15 

 11 

 12 

 6 



19 

 26 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 17 



6 



6 



4 

 2 

 2 



1 



Tota averages . 



178 



16 44 



60 



5 | 11 



20 1 4 



RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO CAPITAL AND INCOME. 



Table IX shows the amount of capital invested on farms of vari- 

 ous sizes, and shows also the farm income and labor income. The 

 farm income increases with the size. The labor income similarly in- 

 creases Avith the size of the farm. There is an exception in the 

 group of farms of from 301 to 500 acres. There falls into this 

 group a large number of farms classified as " general mixed farms " 

 (see p. 18), which stand between the types specializing in either to- 

 bacco or live stock, and which are the least efficient of all types. (See 

 also Table X.) 



Table IX. — Capital and incomes on farms of different sizes. 



Size of farm. 



Number 

 of records. 



Average 

 size of 

 farm. 



Total 



capital 



invested. 



Invest- 

 ment in 



real 

 estate. 



Invest- 

 ment in 

 working 

 capital. 



Farm in- 

 come. 



Labor 

 income. 





19 



48 

 51 

 33 

 15 



12 



Acres. 

 73 

 156 

 251 

 382 

 571 

 1,020 



§12, 502 

 21, 241 

 30, 697 

 48,618 

 75, 836 

 97,009 



§10, 338 

 18, 203 

 26, 548 

 41,856 

 66,612 

 82, 952 



§2, 164 

 3,03S 

 4,149 

 6,762 

 9,224 



14,057 



$1,083 

 1,537 

 2,015 

 2,554 

 4,809 

 6,504 



S473 



101 to 200 acres 



518 



201 to 300 acres 



595 



301 to 500 acres 



299 



501 to 700 acres 



1,542 





2 130 









178 



310 



37, 793 



32, 585 



5,20S 



2,419 



686 







Table X.- 



-Relation of size of farm to utilization of labor, power, 

 chinery. 



and ma- 



Size of farm. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Per cent of 

 available 



time 

 utilized by 

 man labor. 



Per cent of 

 available 



time 

 utilized by 

 work stock. 



Cost of 



work stock 



per power 



unit. 



Cost of 



machinery 



per power 



unit. 





19 

 48 

 51 

 33 

 15 

 12 



78 

 95 

 87 

 84 

 80 

 80 



27 

 28 

 33 

 33 

 37 

 48 



S2.68 

 1.S4 

 1.54 

 1.78 

 1.36 

 1.18 



§0.46 



100 to 200 acres 



.35 



201 to 300 acres 



.21 



301 to 500 acres 



.17 



501 to 700 acres 



.13 



Over 700 acres 



.07 







