COST OF PRODUCING APPLES WESTERN NEW YORK. 7 



Table II. — Average working capital per farm and average investment per farm 

 in Iwrses, stock, and poultry, and number of horses and stock (218 farms, 

 western New York). 





Working 

 capital. 



Investment. 



Number of head. 



County. 



Horses. 



Stock 



and 



poultry. 



Horses. 



Cows. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



iiogs. 





S3, 091. 31 

 3, 791. 46 

 3,222.78 

 3, 314. 68 

 3, 069. 96 



$945 

 1,147 

 1,150 

 1,186 

 1,134 



$518 

 804 

 541 

 480 

 376 



5 

 6 

 

 6 

 6 



4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 



2 



4 

 3 



1 

 2 



8 

 33 

 13 

 27 



5 





9 





5 





3 











Table III. — Principal field crops and acreage and yield of each (218 farms, 



western New York). 





Rec- 

 ords. 



Acres 

 per 



farm. 



Till- 

 able 

 area. 



Acres. 



in 

 fruit. 



Hay. 



Corn. 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Beans. 



County. 



O 

 O 



< 



2 



S-t 



o 



2 



a 



u 

 o 



< 



2 

 J* 



o 



o 



< 



2 



n 



a 



< 



2 



Wavne 



44 

 42 

 47 

 50 

 35 



103. 34 

 139. 21 

 116.03 

 121. 10 

 113.24 



Acres. 

 91.67 

 127. 74 

 105.59 

 110. 57 

 105. 66 



33 

 22 

 31 

 40 



48 



16 

 30 

 17 

 19 

 17 



Tons 

 lh 

 2 

 if 

 if 

 n 



8 

 10 

 6 

 6 



7 



Bu. 

 70 

 86 

 85 

 86 

 SO 



5 



14 

 14 

 11 



8 



Bu. 

 21 

 28 

 24 

 24 

 25 



10 

 12 

 10 



8 

 10 



Bu. 

 45 

 49 

 51 



50 



47 



3 



5 

 7 

 7 

 3 



Bu. 



18 



Ontario 



17 



Monroe 



17 



Orleans 



18 



Niagara 



20 







FARM ORGANIZATION. 



The agricultural area of western New York is given over mainly 

 to general farming, with orchard fruit as one of the principal sources 

 of income. The major field crops grown are hay, winter wheat, oats, 

 corn, beans, and potatoes (see Table III). Buckwheat, barley, and 

 rye are minor crops. Limited areas are devoted to truck crops and 

 small fruits. 



The classification of farming is often based on the principal source 

 of income, and for that reason many of the farms in the areas studied 

 may be classed as " fruit farms." There is considerable variation in 

 the intensity of this type of farming, depending to a large extent on 

 such factors as proximity to the lake, kind of soil, size of farm, and 

 nearness to market. These conditions govern to a great extent the 

 amount and kind of crops or fruits grown. In Niagara County, for 

 instance, the soil and climatic conditions are such that the growing 

 of peaches has become one of the State's greatest farming enterprises. 

 A large percentage of the farms considered in this county have more 

 acres in peaches than in apples. In Wayne County there are sections 

 that are particularly adapted to raising peaches, truck crops, and 

 small fruits. In Ontario County 83 per cent of the tillable area of 

 the farms studied is in field crops, while 17 per cent is in fruit, 



