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days’ work, with an average of 878, and 378 productive horse days’ 
work. Their average labor income was 52 per cent — the average 
of the community. 
RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO USE OF LABOR-SAVING EQUIPMENT. 
Table XXX shows quite conclusively one of the striking disad- 
vantages of the small farm as compared with the large farm. Not 
only is the relative expense of labor-saving machinery greater on the 
small farm because of the smaller use that can be made of such 
machinery. but the small farmer frequently can not afford an ade- 
quate equipment, especially in the case of the larger machines and 
implements. 
The region of this survey is one in which the disk harrow is par- 
ticularly useful. 
TABLE XXX.—Relation of size of farm to use of labor-saving equipment on 378 
owner farms, Chester County. 
Siriiahenris a st ee be acres. .|66and less.| 61 to 100. | 191 to 160. | Over 160. | All farms. 
Neier at perms 2. VS ae Pe = 445 128 113 22 378 
<< — fj ————_______ ee 
| Per cent of | Per cent of | Per cent of | Per cent of Per cent of 
Ttemsief equipment 2.2) tf Sec. | farms farms farms farms farms 
| reporting. | reporting. | reporting. | reporting. | reporting. 
_—_———————— 
PSK NRITOW= 5. Sten ose ee ee eee were 22 | 27 39 64 31 
BSS AS) i ees ee em ee 78 91 94 96 §8 
Cormplanter: =. 52.5222. 523 = Sse 58 2 2? 43 63 74 82 61 
Sprain yitl Che tee ee ee = ee 31 70 84 86 63 
Groin Grille 2. a 5 ss Haste s Se eee 49 74 90 96 73 
sy loader --) sass oa See eee eat of Oae Se cee ee 5 23 27 10 
TE Ae it eee ee ee eed Ser ees ak eee ee 51 69 81 86 68 
Manure Spreaders. =. 2. 22 S22 esse. sa 2 a 36 65 82 100 63 
SSO tes ee oe eee ee 3 12 24 45 15 
Ensilage cutter and feed grinder.--...-.---- 26 44 50 64 42 
PNGMOS 22. Se Bee es see ee eee se 23 38 50 64 38 
Grea Separators. 2: 225 See 2 a5 se See 16 9 10 5 11 
a Practically all farms reported wagons, buggies, plows, harrows, Mowers, rakes, cultivators, and harness. 
The soil is rather heavy, and the corn crop is usually planted on 
sod land. Under such conditions the disk harrow is a valuable im- 
plement in preparing the seed bed for corn, as well as for other 
crops. The table shows that only 22 per cent of the farms of 60 
acres or less possess this implement, while 64 per cent of the 160-acre 
farms and larger have disk harrows. The roller, being a less ex- 
pensive implement, is found on a much larger percentage of farms, 
but here again the percentage increases with size of farm. In the 
case of the corn planter, 43 per cent of the farms of 60 acres and 
under and 82 per cent of the very large farms own their own ma- 
chines. The farmers of this community overcome this difficulty to 
some extent by owning corn planters in partnership, which is a very 
satisfactory plan, for one corn planter can easily plant in season 
all the corn needed on three or four of these small farms. The same — 
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