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BULLETIN 1404, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
net increases in the value of farm real estate whereas the best owner- 
accumulators received from this source an average of $6,345 or nearly 
seven times that of the former group. Increase in the valuation of 
land was not included in the figures on wealth accumulated but it 
was evidently directly or indirectly connected with the process of 
accumulation. 
RELATION OF RATE OF ACCUMULATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS 
ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH IN RELATION TO VALUE AND SIZE OF FARM 
That there is a close relation between operators of small accumu- 
lative ability and those having farms of small value is evident from a 
glance at Table 15. The poorest class of tenant accumulators operated 
farms worth on the average $1,151, those of the medium class, 
$1,515, and those of the best class, $2,305. The poorest class of 
owner accumulators operated farms averaging $2,713, medium 
accumulators, $4,407, and best accumulators, $12,532. 
There was much less difference in the average crop acreage of the 
different classes of tenant accumulators than between the valuations 
of farms of these classes. The poorest tenant accumulators had an 
average of 28.6 acres in crops, whereas the best had an average of 
36.6 acres. The difference, however, between the value of equipment 
on these farms was fully as great as the difference in value of the 
farms themselves, the poorest accumulators having on an average 
$293 worth of equipment as compared with $605 worth for best 
tenant accumulators. The difference in number of work stock 
between these classes was not nearly so large as the difference in 
equipment value. Although the quality of work stock may vary 
between the poorest and best accumulators, it is doubtful if this 
accounts for all the difference in value of equipment as between the 
classes. It is probable that the poorest tenants are rather poorly 
equipped with farming implements and machinery as compared with 
the best accumulator classes. 
Table 15. — Average relation between different classes of accumulators of wealth 
and various items indicating size of farm business for 261 operators 
Oper- 
ators 
Value 
Acreage 
in crops 
Work 
Class of accumulators 
L and d E^P- 
buUdings i ment 
stock 
per 
operator 
Tenant class: 
Poorest 
Number 
37 
37 
38 
49 
50 
50 
$1,151 i $293 
1,515 I 383 
2,305 ; 605 
2,713 ! 457 
4,407 1 613 
12,532 1,912 
Acres 
28.6 
35.2 
36.6 
28.1 
42.9 
74.1 
Number 
1.4- 
Medium 
1.5 
Best. 
2.0 
Owner class: 
Poorest 
2.1 
Medium 
2.5 
Best.. 
4.3- 
When the various grades of accumulators among owner operators 
are compared in a similar way, it is found that there are as great 
relative differences in valuation of equipment as in the case of the 
various classes of tenants. Likewise, medium accumulators operated 
about 53 per cent more acres in crops than the poorest class, and the 
best class operated 164 per cent more than the poorest class. 
