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r.TTJ.ETTX 1236, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The tendency for the farmers of a community, particularly those 
who are in debt for their land, to approach the type of farm organi- 
zation which yields the greatest returns on the capital invested is 
clearly brought out in the study of these farms. In 1921 there were 
mortgages on 37 per cent of the 70 poultry and fruit farms and on 
only 22 per cent of the 80 dairy and mixed farms. As shown in 
Table 11, 40 per cent of the poultry and fruit farms included in the 
study were settled after 1915 and only 16 per cent of the dairy and 
mixed farms. In other words, the majority of the recent settlers 
who assumed large mortgages on their farms when they settled are 
following the types of farming which pay the highest return for the 
capital invested. 
If there had been no debts or interest to pay, the average farmer 
in 1921 would have had in addition to the farm income ($-114) the 
value of unpaid labor, which amounted to $166, and the value of the 
food, shelter, and fuel furnished bv the farm, which amounted to 
$316. 
Table 11. — Types of farming followed in 1921 by farmers v:ho settled at different periods. 
Date of settlemen: . 
Type of fanning. 
Before 
1898. 
1898-1903 
1904-1909 
1910-1915 
1916-1921 
Total in 
1921. 
Dairy 
Poultry 
Fruit 
9 j 18 
1 1 2 
3 3 
4 | 5 
11 
9 
6 
7 
9 
9 
8 
10 
22 
7 
57 
43 
27 
4 3 
23 
All larms 
17 
2.8 
33 
30 
42 
PRICES RECEIVED FOR FARM PRODUCTS. 
Prices received by farmers for their products have perhaps as great 
an influence as any other single factor upon their profits. The 
period covered by this survey was disturbed somewhat by the fall 
in prices, the dairymen suffering more, apparently, than the poultry- 
men. 
The average farm price by months and the relation of the total 
production to receipts from milk and eggs on 36 dairy and 35 poul- 
try farms in 1921 arc shown in Table 12. The maximum production 
on the dairy farms occurred from April to July, inclusive, when 
approximately 42 percent of the total amount of milk was produced. 
This netted about 36 per cent of the total milk receipts for the year. 
The greatest production on the poultry farms occurred during March, 
April, and May,when 31.6 percent of the eggs were produced, which 
amounted to 20.6 per cent of the yearly egg receipts. 
