20 BULLETIN 651, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUBE. 



Table XIV. — Relation of favor ableness of size of farms to efficiency. 



Size group. 



Number 

 of iarms. 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Farm in- 

 income. 



Labor income al- 

 lowing on invest- 

 ment — 



Per cent, 

 return on 

 on invest- 

 ment. 



Income 

 per mule. 





8 per cent. 5 per cent. 





A 



27 

 4b 

 19 



$5, 487 

 5,452 

 5,776 



$501 

 374 

 339 



$62 

 - 62 

 -123 



$227 

 102 

 53 



5.68 

 3.52 

 2.45 



S379 



B 



315 



C 



301 







In Table XV it is seen that in every case the crops were produced 

 at the lowest cost on the farms having the more favorable sizes. In 

 addition to this, the average value of the dwelling was highest on 

 these farms, and not only were the dwellings the most valuable, but 

 these farms could also best afford them, for the value was only one 

 and one-half times as great as the farm income, while on the farms 

 of the groups having the least favorable sizes, the value of the dwell- 

 ings was twice that of the farm income. 



Table XV. — Relation of favorableness of size of farm to cost of producing crops, and 

 ratio of value of dwelling to farm income. 





Cost per 'unit. 



Average 

 value of 

 dwelling. 



Ratio of 

 value of 

 dwelling 

 t3 farm 

 income. 



Size group. 



Cotton 

 per 



pound, 

 gross 

 lint. 



Corn 

 per 



bushel. 



Oats 

 per 



bushel. 



Cowpea 



hay per 



ton. 



Wheat 



per 

 bushel. 



A 



$0. 1033 

 .1162 

 .1149 



$0. 914 

 1.089 

 1.118 



$0. 389 

 .400 

 .509 



$16. 77 

 18.05 

 16.71 



$0. S29 

 1.335 

 1.895 



$776 

 668 

 689 



1.549 



B 



1.786 



C 



2.032 



Farms having the more favorable sizes had a lower cost per pro- 

 ductive man day and mule day of work, and also higher yields of 

 crops than the others. (See Table XVI.) Each productive man 

 day's work cost $1.18 in the A groups as compared with $1.30 in the 

 C groups. The cost per productive mule day in the A groups was 

 $1.34 as compared with $1.36 in the C groups. These differences 

 were not great, but they show greater efficiency in the farms with 

 the favorable sizes. 



Table XVI. — Cost of man and mule labor and yields of cotton and corn per acre by 

 favorableness of size of farms. 





Cost per 

 man day. 



Cost per 

 mule day. 



Yield per acre. 



Size group. 



Net lint 

 cotton. 



Corn. 



A 



$1.18 

 1.27 

 1.30 



$1.34 

 1.37 

 1.36 



Pounds. 

 268 

 241 

 235 



Bushels. 

 19.0 



B 



18.1 



C 



16.4 







