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In 1954 the average Rappahannock farm (583) income was 83565. During the same year th% average income of her 16 farms classified by census takers as “dairy farms’* had an average gross of $8612. It could be that some of our farmers should be in the cow business rather than having beef cows as the major livestock enterprise. That is what some of the farmers are thinking and the above figures tend $o support this thinking. ■ > Agricultural economists say dairying is an intensive business while beef cattle production i* an extenssive business. It appears to me that both businesses can prosper in our county provided the | individual or the land does some sound thinking, planning and management. ■>
The average size of a Rappahannock farm is 185 acres. Actually 78.7% of our farms are lessf than 250 acres. You can’t be very extensive on 360 I also question that you con be very intensive in the dairy business with less than 100 acres, certainly not if this sized farm has the average amountof suitable crop land. There are 327 farms with less than 100 acres and 132 farms consisting of 100 to 259 acres. Seemingly, if dairying is to continue to expand in Rappahannock, and if the man whose land area falls into this area (100-259) is to- make a good living here is where the two ouui whom iuiu area might consider changing.
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