16 BULLETIN 482, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE VI.—Relation of size of farm to receipts from crops and live stock. 
Per cent | Per cent | Per cent 
Number Average | receipts | receipts | receipts 
Range. of . : s 
ates. size. from from from live 
allcrops.| tobacco. | stock. 
Acres 
POOFLCTES OLN GSS fer eh ee nae Be Ja tee ee ee nes 19 7 63 44 34 
OPS O/ 200 ACRES $e Sees ace Se eee eee 48 156 58 37 41 
OTTO OO ACh OSS ea ere sere rer meme ale eee ee ee 51 251 56 34 43 
SOR Os00M CRES. a8 8s. ee ees a 33 382 50 30 49 
UNE TD NAT A UGX EY Res Sel tap rie ieee ho Sein 15 571 48 25 50 
OWCHOOACTOS SOF ca BBS Baten) oa kh A esd ee 12 1,020 43 19 55 
UST OTS et oc By secre Sean IS Ra He SN pee aera Pi 17 310 55 34 44 
RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO DISTRIBUTION OF CROPS. 
The percentage area in crops decreases and the percentage area in 
pasture increases as the size of the farm becomes larger, as shown in 
Table VII. This relative variation is consistent with the facts 
brought out in Table VI, since the increase in percentage area in 
pasture would mean more live stock and thus a higher percentage of 
receipts from this source. The percentage area in tobacco is largest 
on the small farms. The small farmer increases the size of his 
business by this means. More labor is thus employed per acre and a 
greater income realized. In the case of other-crops the size of the 
farm apparently affects the distribution but little. 
TABLE VII.—Percentage distribution of farm area in various crops (farms 
grouped on the basis of size). 
Per cent 
| Per cent 
, Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent of farm 
Give offa Ruuber offarm | offarm | offarm | of farm | of farm oees area in 
Ha cords, | 2reain | areain | areain | areain | areain | “Gino, | hay and — 
recors- | crops. | pasture.| corn. | tobacco.| wheat. | (oreajs. | muxed 
== lan * | forage 
| | 
100 acres or less....--- 19 56 39 41 | SABES 13 13 14 
101 to 200 acres....... 48 58 41 32 | 11 26 10 19 
201 to 300 acres....--- 51 42 54 36 | 10 23 13 17 
301 to 500 acres...._-- 33 44 53 35 | 9 23 16 15 
501 to 700 acres....... 15 46 53 39 | 8 23 16 13 
Over 700 acres......-. 12 35 59 40 rf | 23 14 14 
Allfarms...... 178 47.9 48.9 | 36 | 9 | 24 14 15 
RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE STOCK. 
Cattle predominate among: the live-stock enterprises, an average 
of 60 per cent being of this class, and about this percentage dis- 
tribution is maintained on farms of all sizes, excepting farms over 
700 acres in size, which show 75 per cent of animal units in cattle. 
These facts are shown in Table VIII. Steers predominate on the 
larger farms, while a larger percentage of cows and young stock are 
kept on the smaller farms. The distribution of other kinds of ani- 
mals is not influenced in any important way by the size of the 
farm. The fact, however, that all farms have about the same amount 
