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BULLETIN 678, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
On the other hand, in the potato type and general mixed type a much 
larger amount must be kept on hand to meet current expenses. 
Table XII. — Relation of type of farm to distribution of capital on 96 farms in Jefferson 
County, Ky. 
[Values are averages.] 
Type of farm. 
Num- 
ber of 
records. 
Total 
capital. 
Market 
value of 
real 
estate.o 
Work- 
ing 
capi- 
tal^ 
Invest- Invest- 
ment ment 
in live i in ma- 
stock, c ^hinery. 
Cash 
to run 
farm. 
Invest- 
ment in 
work 
stock. 
Value 
of 
dwell- 
ing. 
Value of 
other 
build- 
ings. 
General mixed 
39 
22 
11 
24 
$34,700 
27, 782 
35, 000 
20,000 
$30,589 
23,247 
31,406 
17,511 
$4,111 
4,535 
3,594 
2,489 
$1,977 
2,911 
1,358 
847 
$722 
697 
769 
620 
$785 
448 
1,100 
698 
$1,050 
661 
923 
697 
$2,619 
2,950 
3,545 
2,062 
$1, 626 
2,349 
2,002 
946 
Potato-truck 
All farms — 
96 
30, 084 
26,198 3,859 
1,986 | 691 706 
844 
2,660 
1,707 
a Value of real estate includes value of dwellings and other buildings. 
b Working capital includes feed and supplies, but these are not separately given in this table. 
c Investment in live stock includes the value of work stock. 
THE UTILIZATION OF LAND AREA. 
The potato-truck and truck farms have about 80 to 90 per cent of 
their improved land area in crops and about 10 to 20 per cent in 
pasture. These two types of farms show a better utilization of im- 
proved land area than other types, from the fact that 10 to 30 per 
cent of their improved area is double cropped. A very small amount 
of double cropping is practiced on the more extensive types of farms. 
Table XIII shows the utilization of land area by types of farms. 
Table XIII. — Relation of type of farm to the utilization of land area. 
Number of 
records. 
Acres of 
improved 
land in 
farm. 
Per cent improved land- 
Type of farm. 
In crop 
area. 
In pas- 
ture. 
Double- 
cropped. 
39 
22 
11 
24 
270 
205 
192 
62 
70 
48 
77 
86 
29.7 
51.6 
23.0 
14.0 
1 
4 
6 
20 
All farms 
96 
195 
69 
31.0 
8 
The pasture area on small and intensively cropped farms is usually 
the rougher portions of the farm along creeks and sometimes the 
stony and ill-drained parts. On the larger and more extensive types 
there is, besides the permanent pasture, pasture in rotation with 
other crops. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CROP AREA. 
Table XIV would indicate that about 50 per cent of the crop area 
on the average truck and potato-truck farms is used in growing truck 
and potatoes, crops which represent intensive farming. The 
remainder of the area is used for growing corn, hay, and miscellaneous 
crops, principally for feeding the work stock, dairy cows, and hogs. 
In the other type groups also a small percentage of the farm area is 
