FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 2) 
TaBLeE VI.—Intensity of live-stock farming on 378 owner farms, Chester County. 
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Acres per animal 
Es unit. Crop 
Size of farms in acres. pe oe acres 
: : per cow. 
Crops. | Pasture. 
Acres 
i? tt 40 s.ac caceaeet SSO eee Ss Sac AE Snes ee anemia 54 28 3.41 0. 88. 4, 82 
Hl £0 GO. cas ee ara ere 61 52 3 Sir 1.C8 4, 46 
EL (© BO. SRS SSE S as a ee ne ee ae oe 60 7 3. 45 1.10 5. 02 
ST TD WOD sce gee aga ee re pa 68 93 3. £8 1.08 4, 93 
HOI WO IQ). Ae stecemaaes Ae ae ee ne ee ene ae ee 52 110 3. 31 1. 23 4, 31 
Pe bOR G02. =. = Nae aB alee Nene Cy NG Pvt a ei nas ied One eh 61 136 3.61 SPH. 5. 20 
WD 5 se cee eee ere ee ae a oe 22 203 3. 39 1. 41 5. 44 
ENMU SUAS = CRs 2 Se Ps ore en a Dire TS Be a ee a 378 90 3.47 1.18 4.89 
The relative intensity of the various live-stock enterprises on 
farms of different size is shown in more detail in Table VII. Except 
in the case of bulls and colts, this table gives the number of animal 
units per hundred acres of crops. 
TABLE VII.—Average number of animal units per 100 acres of crops for different 
hinds of live stock on 378 owner farms, Chester County. 
Size of farms in acres. 
Kind of live stock. | —= Allfarms. 
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| 40 orless.| 41 to 60. | 61 to 80. | 81 to 100. }101 to 120. 121 to 160.) Over 160. 
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Walby COWS....-.--.-- 20.3 NY 19.1 19.7 2552. | 19.2 | 18.4 20.4 
IBeeiCOws....-..- ae 5 58 38 5 Fy | RU te ne [Pagers | ee ye .3 
Mouneicattle........- 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.3 203 2.4 2.6 2.4 
CSC 51 a 1 4 4 6 aoe a7 £8 25 
SCO. eae 1 3 D3 A (yale elt adalat a 4.6 1572 
URC. 3 aaa 11/2 8.9 (ath Tao 6.8 | 6.2 ui 7.2 
COCA aan 1 8} .5 4 4] wT .6 5 
PINCCO Meee? ee ine See il sil I) 13) 4. 3% 4 
BOGS eden eee 126 .9 .4 39 9) 2.0 1eN is il 
Poultry 206 Oe eae ts Pest Dy eli ter 1.4 | 2.0 
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a Number of animals per farm. 
Attention is called to the fact that farms of 41 to 60 acres and 
those of 101 to 120 acres are relatively more heavily stocked with 
dairy cows than are farms of other sizes. This is believed to be 
due to the fact that the first of these two groups represents farms of 
about the proper size for one-man dairy farms, while the second is 
made up of farms about the proper size for two-man dairy farms. 
Evidence of this will appear in other tabulations, 3 
The number of hens per farm is approximately the same for each of 
the size groups. For this reason the number per hundred acres of crops 
decreases in about the same proportion that size of farm increases. 
The number of horses increases slightly as the size of farm in- 
creases, but not in the same proportion, so that there is some decrease 
in the number per hundred acres of crops on the larger farms. 
The cattle reported as beef cows in Table VII are really dairy 
cows which are not milked but which are utilized in raising calves 
bought from near-by dairy farms that dispose of their calves at 
