82 BULLETIN 341, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE XLVII.—RFelation of divesity index to labor income, 378 Pennsylvania 
owners. # 
Average | Average | Average 
Diversity index. ae labor adjusted size of 
‘| income. | income. | farms. 
Per ce nt. 
MessithanilstO2.9. 2 seek Se ee ee aati oe eee eee 79 $663 82 83 
LILO) SO eee ae ne ye IR he a are eis hs Seen 107 718 90 90 
AVI) CLO) as See SS a eg eugene tar a 125 888 114 94 
Oa CvOVCR a -< 3c ees cecis Se eraciat Seen see Re Ree Gs oe eee 67 866 112 90 
TOG aes sc ees cee te = Ace ee eee ee 378 789 100 90 
On 125 farms the diversity index was 4 to 4.9. These made labor 
incomes 14 per cent above the average. The remaining 67 farms 
had a degree of diversity of 5 or more. Their labor incomes were 
12 per cent above the average. ‘Thus, under the conditions prevail- 
ing in this area, the greater the degree of diversity the higher the 
labor income until the diversity reaches about the equivalent of 4 to 5 
equal enterprises. Beyond this there is a slight decrease in profits. 
The largest number of farms falls in the class where the profits are 
largest, so that on the whole the farmers of this locality practice a 
degree of diversified farming suited to their conditions. There 
appears to be little or no relation between the diversity of the farm 
business and size of farm, there being little difference in the average 
size of the farms in each of the classes of Table XLVII. 
Essentially the same thing is shown by the data given in Table 
XLVIII. Here the same farms are classified by the proportion of 
income received from the sale of crop products. As in the previous 
table, there is here very little relation between size of farm and 
degree of diversity as indicated by percentage of receipts from crops. 
There is, however, a distinct relation between crop sales and profit 
as indicated by labor income. 
TABLE XLVIII.—Relation of per cent of income from crops to labor income, 378 
Pennsylvania owners. 
‘Number of} “AVerage | Average | Average 
Per cent of total income from crops. meme size of labor in- | adjusted 
: farms. come. income. 
Acres. Per cent. 
OLOSG Ee Serra shan oS Scat oer wie ieee Seem See 19 86 $718 9 
LOGO RIO soe eS Se Cesk os oe ee ae eee Snes 35 81 807 117 
20 GOP20 SS eet Sh es Sat Ee. cee ae On nie Meee 84 86 804 104 
SOSOSO Kes sa ae ets Be aero ewe Se ae aR eee 85 95 884 114 
AQWO4 Deities. Asa oc ers Malate ace Sisco tee aes areas tere 70 92 793 94 
DOOM OR ee Nie cGy Sec me aaron tees TER ae 45 90 732 84 
GOrandloversse see) tat es ee ee: SB ee ke 40 92 629 83 
Motaloraversees st. cesses ee eeEee 378 90 789 100 
Those farms deriving from 10 to 39 per cent of their income from 
the sale of crops make considerably higher labor incomes than those 
deriving either more or less of their incomes from this source. There 
appears to be considerable latitude in this matter, since three of the 
