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BULLETIN 1384, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF PRACTICES 
In addition to the extension means and agencies which were 
reported as having had some influence upon the adoption of improved 
practices, there are many other factors which have doubtless had 
their effect also. Among them the following might be mentioned: 
Condition of land occupancy, size of farms, distance from the county 
extension office, membership in the extension association, and par- 
ticipation in extension activities. A discussion of these factors 
will help to bring out differences between the farms adopting im- 
proved practices and those making no change as the result of exten- 
sion teaching. 
extension agents on the farm or in the home 
CONDITION OF LAND OCCUPANCY 
Owing to the greater interest in building up the productive powers 
of the farm and improving the farm home, owner operators might be 
expected to avail themselves of extension work to a greater extent 
than tenant operators. This is brought out in Table 10. Seventy- 
four per cent of all farms were operated by owners and 26 per cent by 
tenants. The owner group farmed 142 acres as compared with 
208 acres by tenants. Seventy-one per cent of the owners adopted 
improved agricultural practices as compared with 60 per cent of the 
tenants. Improved farm-home practices were adopted by 32 per cent 
of the owners and 34 per cent of the tenants. In spite of the smaller 
farms, a considerably larger proportion of owners than of tenants 
