44 BULLETIN 654, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
returns from the 16 diversified farms upon which live stock contrib- 
uted 58.6 per cent of the total receipts and crops 39.5 per cent were: 
Receipts, SI, 971; farm income, $1,389; labor income, $489. 
Of 103 farms ranging in size from 41 to 79 acres there were 33 dairy- 
farms, 27 of which were devoted almost entirely to dairying and 6 to 
dairying and 1 other enterprise. In addition to these there were 
23 diversified farms upon which dairying was the leading enterprise. 
There were 21 hay farms and 5 hay and grain farms. The remainder 
of the farms in the group were devoted to various enterprises as 
follows: Beef cattle, 3; poultry, 2; alfalfa seed, 4; fruit, 3; cotton, 7; 
bees, 2. 
The 4 alfalfa-seed farms gave remarkably high returns, as follows: 
Receipts, $4,646; farm income, $2,961; labor income, $1,855. The 2 
bee farms likewise gave high returns, but bee farming is a specialized 
enterprise for which the demand is limited. 
Thirty-eight farms with a live stock organization based upon 
dairying, and upon which live stock contributed 84.2 per cent of the 
total receipts, gave returns as follows : Receipts, $2,775 ; farm income, 
$1,931; labor income, 8721. Forty farms with an organization based 
upon the sale of crops, and upon which crops contributed 81 per cent 
of the total receipts, gave returns as follows: Receipts, $3,174; farm 
income, $1,834; labor income, $574. Twenty-three diversified farms, 
upon which live stock contributed 53.7 per cent of the total receipts 
and crops 46.3 per cent, produced the following average returns: 
Receipts, $2,651; farm income, $1,736; labor income, $490. 
Also on farms of 80 acres, dairying occupies a prominent place, there 
being 24 farms out of 75 devoted chiefly to dairying and 4 to dairying 
and 1 other enterprise. There were 10 hay farms, 8 gram farms, and 
15 diversified farms, dairying being the leading enterprise on the 
diversified farms. The remainder of the farms in the group were 
devoted to enterprises as follows: Poultry, 2; beef cattle, 1; alfalfa 
seed, 2; hogs, 1; cotton, 4; pasture, 3; potatoes and grain, 1. 
Thirty-two farms with a live-stock organization in which live 
stock furnished 83.3 per cent of the total receipts produced average 
returns as follows: Receipts, $3,842; farm income, $2,671; labor 
income, $1,264. The corresponding figures for 28 farmc with an 
organization based upon the sale of crops and upon which crops fur- 
nished 82.8 per cent of the total receipts were: Receipts, $3,155; 
farm income, $1,820; labor income, $548. The average results 
obtained on the 15 diversified farms were: Receipts, $2,688; farm 
income, $1,683; labor income, $427. The five stock organization 
gave returns averaging $851 better than the crop organization and 
S better than an organization based upon diversified enterprises. 
In the group of 47 farms ranging from 81 to 119 acres, dairying was 
not as prominent as in preceding groups, and about half of the men 
