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Table VI. — Intensity of live-stock farming on 378 owner farms, Chester County. 



Bize of farms in acres. 



Number 

 of farms. 



Average 

 area. 



Acres per animal 

 unit. 



Crop 

 acres 





Crops. 



Pasture. 



per cow. 



13 to 40 



54 

 61 

 60 

 68 



61 



22 



Acres. 

 28 

 52 

 73 

 93 

 110 

 136 

 203 



3.41 

 3.37 

 3.45 

 3.58 

 3.31 

 3.61 

 3.39 



0.88 

 1. 08 

 1.10 

 1.08 

 1.23 

 1.27 

 1.41 



4. 82 



41 to (10 



4.46 



61 to 80 



5. 02 



81 to 100 



4.93 



101 to 120 



4.31 



121 to 160 '. 



5. 20 



160+ 



5.44 









378 



90 



3.47 



1.18 



4.89 







The relative intensity of the various live-stock enterprises on 

 farms of different size is shown in more detail in Table VII. Except 

 in the case of bulls and colts, this table gives the number of animal 

 units per hundred acres of crops. 



Table VII. — Average number of animal units per 100 acres of crops for different 

 kinds of live stock on 378 owner farms, Chester County. 



Kind of live stock. 



Size of farms in acres. 



All farms. 



40 or less. 



41 to 60. 



61 to 80. 



81 to 100. 



101 to 120. 



121 to 160. 



OverlGO. 





20.3 

 1.0 



:! 



11.2 

 .1 



21.2 

 .3 



2.3 

 A 

 .3 



S.9 

 .3 

 .1 

 .9 



2.7 



19.1 

 .8 



2.0 



.4 



'2.3 



7.7 

 .5 

 .1 

 .4 



2.5 



19.7 

 . 5 



2.3 

 .6 

 .5 



7.2 

 .4 

 .2 

 .9 



2.1 



23.2 



19.2 



18.4 



20.4 





.3 





2.3 

 .8 



"n.'s' 



.4 



.8 



.9 



1.5 



2.4 

 . 7 

 .8 



6.2 

 .7 

 .4 



2.0 



1.4 



2.6 



.8 

 4.6 

 6.3 



.6 



1.1 



.7 



2.4 



Bulls a 



Steers 



.5 

 1.2 

 7.2 



Colts a 



. A 



Sheep 



A 



Hogs 



1.0 



4.5 



1.1 



Poultry 



2.0 







a- Number of animals per farm. 



Attention is called to the fact that farms of 41 to 60 acres and 

 those of 101 to 120 acres are relatively more heavily stocked with 

 dairy cows than are farms of other sizes. This is believed to be 

 due to the fact that the first of these two groups represents farms of 

 about the proper size for one-man dairy farms, while the second is 

 made up of farms about the proper size for two-man dairy farms. 

 Evidence of this will appear in other tabulations. 



The number of hens per farm is approximately the same for each of 

 the size groups. For this reason the number per hundred acres of crops 

 decreases in about the same proportion that size of farm increases. 



The number of horses increases slightly as the size of farm in- 

 creases, but not in the same proportion, so that there is some decrease 

 in the number per hundred acres of crops on the larger farms. 



The cattle reported as beef cows in Table VII are really dairy 

 cows which are not milked but which are utilized in raising calves 

 bought from near-by dairy farms that dispose of their calves at 



