44 BULLETIN 654, -U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



returns from the 16 diversified farms upon which live stock contrib- 

 uted 5S.6 per cent of the total receipts and crops 39.5 per cent were: 

 Receipts, $1,971; farm income, $1,389; labor income, $489. 



Of 103 farms ranging in size from 41 to 79 acres there were 33 dairy- 

 farms, 27 of which were devoted almost entirely to dairying and 6 to 

 dairying and 1 other enterprise. In addition to these there were 

 23 diversified farms upon which dairying was the leading enterprise. 

 There were 21 hay farms and 5 hay and grain farms. The remainder 

 of the farms in the group were devoted to various enterprises as 

 follows : Beef cattle, 3 ; poultry, 2 ; alfalfa seed, 4 ; fruit, 3 ; cotton, 7 ; 

 bees, 2. 



The 4 alfalfa-seed farms gave remarkably high returns, as follows: 

 Receipts, $4,646; farm income, $2,961; labor income, $1,855. The 2 

 bee farms likewise gave high returns, but bee farming is a specialized 

 enterprise for which the demand is limited. 



Thirty-eight farms with a live stock organization based upon 

 dairying, and upon which live stock contributed 84.2 per cent of the 

 total receipts, gave returns as follows: Receipts, $2,775; farm income, 

 $1,931 ; labor income, $721. Forty farms with an organization based 

 upon the sale of crops, and upon which crops contributed 81 per cent 

 of the total receipts, gave returns as follows: Receipts, $3,174; farm 

 income, $1,834; labor income, $574. Twenty-three diversified farms, 

 upon which live stock contributed 53.7 per cent of the total receipts 

 and crops 46.3 per cent, produced the following average returns: 

 Receipts, $2,651; farm -income, $1,736; labor income, $490. 



Also on farms of 80 acres, dairying occupies a prominent place, there 

 being 24 farms out of 75 devoted chiefly to dairying and 4 to dairying 

 and 1 other enterprise 1 . There were 10 hay farms, 8 grain farms, and 

 15 diversified farms, dairying being the leading enterprise on the 

 diversified farms. The remainder of the farms in the group were 

 devoted to enterprises as follows: Poultry, 2; beef cattle, 1; alfalfa 

 seed, 2; hogs, 1 ; cotton, 4; pasture, 3; potatoes and grain, 1. 



Thirty-two farms with a live-stock organization in which live 

 stock furnished 83.3 per cent of the total receipts produced average 

 returns as follows: Receipts, $3,842; farm income, $2,671; labor 

 income, $1,264. The corresponding figures for 28 farmc with an 

 organization based upon the sale of crops and upon which crops fur- 

 nished 82.8 per cent of the total receipts were: Receipts, $3,155; 

 farm income, $1,820; labor income, $548. The average results 

 obtained on the 15 diversified farms were: Receipts, $2,688; farm 

 income, $1,683; labor income, $427. The live stock organization 

 gave returns averagmg $851 better than the crop organization and 

 $988 better than an organization based upon diversified enterprises. 



In the group of 47 farms ranging from 81 to 119 acres, dairying was 

 nut as prominent as in preceding groups, and about half of the men 



