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pared with that of a general farm, and for this reason separate tables 
are presented showing data on these fundamental factors oi efficiency 
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dairy farms. 
In Table VIII is shown a summary of the farm business on 159 
dairy farms, arranged in groups a:: rding to size of farm. 
Tablz VIII. — Summary of the farm business of 159 dairy farms. Grove City. Pa., area. 
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The daiiy farms 70 acres or under in size with an average :f 33 
acres of crops. 10 units of pr luctive live s: k. and 85.606 capital. 
returned the operator a la: r inc me : ?246. In operating farms 
of this size it required 15 months of man lain: r and an average of over 
two work horses per farm. 
On the farms of over 130 acres in size. 75 acres of crops were raised 
and 22 productive annual units were kept per farm. With $12,712 
capital these farms returned thei:^ > :: -rat as ^n average labor income 
of$306. An average of 22 months of man labor per ye rv - aired 
in operating farms a: this size and nearly four work horses. 
The per cent returned on investment, found by deducting the value 
: the farmer's labor from the farm income, varies from 3.2 per cent 
on the smallest size-group to 5 per cent on the farms in the larg si 
size-group. 
In i ting farms under conditions similar : those in tins area 
family income is of much interest, us it is the amount of money 
