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BULLETIN 1258, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
FARM 
INCOME 
DOLLARS 
THOUSANDS 
AVERAGE OF FOUR YEARS 
i^— 1916 - 1919 
__-a 1910 AND 1913-1915 
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40 
80 
120 
160 200 240 
SIZE OF FARM IN ACRES 
280 320 360 400 
Fig. 11.— Farm incomes increased relatively more on the smaller farms than on the larger farms when 
the two 4-year periods are compared. The farm incomes on 40-acre farms increased 88 per cent; on 
^120-acre farms, 73 per cent; and on 240-acre farms, 70 per cent. 
LABOR 
INCOME 
DOLLARS 
THOUSANDS 
4 
AVERAGE OF FOUR YEARS 
— — — 1916 -1919 
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40 
80 
120 
160 200 240 
SIZE OF FARM IN ACRES 
280 320 360 400 
Fig. 12.— The labor incomes of 40-acre farms were about three times as much for the period 1916-1919 as 
for the period 1910 and 1913-1915; of 120-acre farms, four times as much; and of 240-acre farms, five times 
as mucn. 
