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Show 83 further demonstrate that there to be larger. Consolidation The most cost of are not the smaller farmers to sell, is the necessary for the modern farm, established farmers and cattle order to obtain fewer farms but that the farms tend thus appears to be the trend in farm ownership. important factor, prompting machinery only ample land owners are for their buying large estated 10 to 180 acres up the average. bring In acres. Few farms are today. operated by ation are Wasatch citizens the older moving County over much land as of the County has grown actually 825 quite significant valley. in acres from 150 acres large, but a few Most of the farms range in size between generation. out of the more possible Hebel;' Valley the average farm stze is about 80 Another trend that is and as Thus, many operations. The average size of farms in Wasatch in 1919 to 825 65 high acres. 66 is that most of the farms are-owned This demonstrates that the younger gener The average age of the farm owners in is 49 years of age, with 39 farms being operated by senior the age of 65 years. 67 Farm Income By far the most and livestock products; 65Sargent, 66Interview important source of farm income is derived from livestock the sale of crops is op. cit. p. with Paul relatively insignificant. 16. Daniels, see note 64. 67Wasatch County Development Committee, loc. cit. The farm |
