ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 7 
area was rented out. These farms are discussed under u Tenure, " 
page 31. 
On 159 farms the leading enterprise is dairying, and on 190 the 
farming is general in type. The grouping of the farms into these 
two types was made on the basis of the size of the business enterprises 
contributing to the farm income. Farms on which dairying was the 
leading or one of the important phases of the farm business were 
classed as dairy farms. 
Inasmuch as dairying and general farming represent the two more 
important types of farming followed in this area, this inquiry natu- 
rally developed into a comparative study of the farms following these 
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Fig. 4.— One of the better dairy herds of the region. 
two types. In many ways the dairy and general farms are similarly 
organized, however, and in order to simplify some of the tables 
averages are given for both types together, any special differences 
being noted in the accompanying text. 
Until recently the so-called mixed or general type of farming was 
no doubt better adapted to the majority of farms in this area than a 
highly specialized type. While dairy farming has not been followed 
long enough to show any marked increase in profits over the other 
types, conditions over a large part of this area are especially favor- 
able for the development of dairying. The relatively large acreage 
and good yields of hay, together with fair yields of silage corn, good 
pasturage, abundance of good water, and a good market, indicate a 
promising future for the dairy business. (See figs. 4 and 5.) 
