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$1,702; farm income, $1,161; labor income, $535. The 12 farms 

 devoted chiefly to raising crops, including the fruit and. truck farms, 

 produced average results as follows: Receipts, $1,163; farm income, 

 $698; labor income, $195. The corresponding figures for the 7 

 diversified farms were: Receipts, $1,250, farm income, $698; labor 

 income, $332. 



In the group of 54 farms, ranging in size from 21 to 39 acres, 17 

 farms were devoted chiefly to dairying, 3 to poultry, 2 to grain, 4 to 

 fruit, 8 to hay, 3 to cotton, and 17 to. diversified enterprises. Hay 

 farming pays proportionately better in this group of farms than in 

 other groups because of more intensive methods in cultivation, curing, 

 and marketing. The 8 hay farms averaged as follows: Receipts, 

 $1,848; farm income, $1,256; labor income, $469. The 4 fruit farms 

 produced by far the largest returns of any types found in the group, 

 as measured in net farm income, but because of the high valuation 

 placed on the land they failed to pay 8 per cent interest on the invest- 

 ment and therefore produced minus labor incomes. The returns 

 from these farms were as follows: Receipts, $3,191; farm income, 

 $2,447; labor income, $ — 37. The returns from the 17 dairy farms 

 were: Receipts, $1,795; farm income, $1,327; labor income, $526. 

 Dairying, therefore, is one of the most profitable enterprises found on 

 these farms. Diversified farming in which dairying was the leading 

 enterprise also paid well, the average returns from the 17 diversified 

 farms being: Receipts, $1,691 ; farm income, $1,249 ; labor income, $572. 

 The average returns for the 54 farms in the group were: Receipts, 

 $1,874; farm income, $1,317; labor income, $450. A considerable 

 number of the dairy farmers in this group as well as in the two groups 

 of smaller farms retail their milk, but the majority of them patronize 

 the creameries. 



On the farms of 40 acres, dairying is the most prominent as well as 

 the most profitable enterprise found. Of 84 farms studied, 34 were 

 devoted almost entirely to dairying, and 9 others were devoted to a 

 combination of dairying with some other enterprise, the two enter- 

 prises occupying about equal positions in the farm organization. 

 There were 13 hay farms and 16 diversified farms. Among the 

 remaining 12 farms, 1 was a hay and grain farm, 1 a fruit farm, 2 were 

 grain farms, 3 were cotton farms, 1 produced cantaloupes, 3 produced 

 alfalfa seed, and 1 was pasture. The average returns from the 43 

 dairy farms were: Receipts, $2,186; farm income, $1,557; labor 

 income, $653. Nearly all the dairy farmers in this group patronized 

 the creameries. The returns from the 25 farms obtaining 82.2 per 

 cent of their receipts from the sale of crops were: Receipts, $1,852; 

 farm income, $1,093 ; labor income, $181. Thus it is seen that a dairy 

 organization on these farms pays an average of $464 more per year 

 than an organization based upon the sale of crops. The average 



