12 BULLETIN 1455, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 9. — Average valuation per farm of 4.8 orchard farms, average for 1916-1920 



Item 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



Average 

 1916-1920 



Real estate: 



Dolls. 



23,773 

 1,745 

 1,815 



DolU. 



23,968 

 1,860 

 1,785 



Dolls. 

 23, 412 



1,874 

 2,048 



Dolls. 



33,102 

 1,775 

 2,236 



Dolls. 



37, 672 

 1,980 

 2,774 



Dolls. 

 28,385 



Dwelling 



1,847 



Other buildings- 



2,132 









27, 333 



27, 613 



27, 334 



37, 113 



42,426 



32,364 





Livestock, equipment, and supplies: 



601 

 459 

 619 



197 

 1,296 



593 

 559 

 573 

 235 

 1,162 



540 

 715 

 541 

 462 

 1,140 



490 

 743 

 714 

 271 

 1,331 



439 

 660 

 907 

 281 

 1,593 



533 



Other livestock ..... 



627 





671 





289 



Operating cash 



1,304 







Total livestock, equipment, and supplies 



3,172 



3,122 



3,398 



3,549 



3,880 



3,424 





30, 505 



30, 735 



30, 732 



40, 662 



46, 306 



35,788 







Table 10. — Average distribution perform of valuation of 48 orchard farms; average 



for 1916-1920 



Item 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



Average, 

 1916-1920 



Distribution of valuation: 



Per cent 



77.9 



5.7 



6.0 



Per cent 

 78.0 

 6.0 



5.8 



Per cent 

 76.2 

 6.1 

 6.6 



Per cent 

 81.4 

 4.4 

 5.5 



Per cent 

 81.3 

 4.3 

 6.0 



Per cent 

 79.3 





5.2 



Other buildings. .. 



5.9 







Total . ... . 



89.6 



89.8 



88.9 



91.3 



91.6 



90.4 









2.0 

 1.5 

 2.0 

 .6 

 4.3 



1.9 

 1.8 

 1.9 



.8 

 3.8 



1.8 

 2.3 

 1.8 

 1.5 

 3.7 



1.2 

 1.8 

 1.7 



3! 3 



1.0 

 1.4 

 2.0 

 .6 

 3.4 



1.5 





1.8 



Machinery. .... . ... 



1.9 





.8 





3.6 







Total- 



10.4 



10.2 



11.1 



8.7 



8.4 



9.6 









Dollars 

 30, 505 



Dollars 

 30, 735 



Dollars 

 30, 732 



Dollars 

 40, 662 



Dollars 

 46,306 



Dollars 

 35,788 







DISTRIBUTION OF THE FARM AREA 



The orchard farms surveyed contained an average of 137 acres, 

 of which 99 acres were in crop land and 38 acres in waste, woods, and 

 pasture land. Most of the crop land was in orchard, with an average 

 of 52 acres per farm of bearing trees and 20 acres of nonbearing 

 trees. The remainder of the crop land, 27 acres, was distributed as 

 follows: Corn, 10 acres; wheat, 8 acres; hay, 8 acres; and other crops, 

 usually oats or barley, 1 acre. 



The 38 acres not in crop land included 5 acres of waste land, 8 

 acres of woodland not pastured, 19 acres of permanent pasture, and 

 6 acres of rotation pasture (Table 11). 



The crop acreage, aside from the orchard land, varied all the way 

 from nothing to 137 acres. Of the 48 farms, 8 had no crop land 

 other than that in orchard, 21 had less than 25 acres in crops outside 

 of the orchard, 11 had between 25 and 50 acres, 4 had between 50 and 

 75 acres, and 4 had more than 75 acres of crops outside of the orchard. 

 Only one of the latter had more than 100 acres. 



Additional crop acreage was obtained on a majority of the orchard 

 farms through intercropping of the bearing or young orchards. An 

 average per farm of 22 crop acres was added in this way, making a 



