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BULLETIN 341, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table IX. — Percentage of receipts from different sources, by size of farms, on 

 378 Chester County farms operated by owners. 



Size of farms in acres. 



13 to 40. 



41 to 60. 



61 to 89. 



81 to 100 



101 to 120. 



121 to 160. 



Over 160. 



All farms. 



Number of farms 



54 



61 



60 



68 



52 



61 



22 



378 



Source of income: 

 Dairy products... 



Dairy cattle 



Beef cattle 



Per cent. 



28.9 



4.9 



.2 



.1 



4.5 



.0 



18.7 



1.2 



9.3 



8.8 



.2 

 9.6 

 1.4 

 3.0 



.7 

 5.1 



6.4 



Per cent. 



33.1 



6.4 



.1 



.3 



2.8 



.1 



11.6 



2.5 



12.4 



8.2 



.2 



10.0 



1.3 



1.8 



.7 



4.2 



4.3 



Per cent. 



35.9 



5.8 



2.5 



1.4 



1.2 



.1 



11.7 



2.5 



8.6 



9.4 



.2 



is! 4 



1.0 

 .1 



Per cent. 



38.0 



5.7 



.8 



.1 



2.8 



.3 



8.5 



2.1 



11.0 



8.4 



.1 



13.6 



1.0 



.1 



Per cent. 



48.1 



3.3 



.0 



.2 



2.6 



.9 



6.0 



2.3 



8.2 



8.5 



.1 



12.4 



.6 



.2 



Per cent. 



39.5 



4.8 



1.8 



.5 



3.8 



.4 



6.4 



2.2 



6.9 



9.0 



.2 



18.4 



.2 



(d) 



Per cent. 



40.5 



4.4 



4.8 



.3 

 2.3 

 1.1 

 3.3 

 3.1 

 7.5 

 8.0 



.3 

 16.9 



.2 



.4 



Per cent. 



39.1 



5.0 



1.5 



.4 





2.8 



Sheep and wool.. 

 Poultry and eggs. 



.5 

 8.2 

 2.3 





8.9 



Wheat 



8.5 





.2 



Hay 



14.3 



Fruit 



.7 



Truck 



.5 





.1 



Miscellaneous *>.. . 

 Feed and sup- 



3.1 

 3.1 



3.9 

 3.6 



1-7 

 4.9 



1.9 

 4.0 



2.7 

 4.2 



2.9 

 ' 4.1 







a Sweet peas, 1 farm; tobacco, 1 farm. 



b Miscellaneous crops (rye, millet, straw, etc.), labor, lumber, or wood sold, etc. 



<= Increase in inventory. 



d Less than 0.05 per cent. 



It will be noticed that the largest increase between two successive 

 groups is between the 81 to 100 acre group and the next larger, 

 while the second largest is between the 13 to 40 acre group and the 

 41 to 60 acre group. As previously stated, there are indications in 

 much of the data collected in this survey that the 41 to 60 acre farms 

 are approximately the proper size for a one-man dairy farm in this 

 locality, while the 101 to 120 acre farms appear to be about the 

 proper size for a two-man dairy farm. Dairying is therefore rela- 

 tively slightly more important in these two groups than in the others. 

 The third group (61 to 80 acres) is slightly too large for a one-man 

 farm and yet not large enough for a two-man farm, as ordinarily 

 organized. In this group wheat, hay, and beef cattle are all some- 

 what more prominent sources of income than the position of these 

 farms in this table calls for. Being rather large for a one-man exclu- 

 sive dairy farm, some of these farms are conducted on a less intensive 

 plan. The percentage of income from wheat in this group is the larg- 

 est of that of all the groups, while the income from beef cattle is 

 relatively larger than in any other group except the last, consisting 

 of the largest farms found in the survey. 



The 81 to 100 acre group of farms approaches nearer the proper 

 size for a two-man dairy farm, and many of them are thus organized. 

 The two groups of largest farms, being somewhat too large for two- 

 man exclusive dairy farms, are on the average conducted in a some- 

 what less intensive manner, beef cattle becoming more prominent in 

 the last group than in any other. Sheep are also most prominent in 



