Excerpt from Farm Vacation Enterprises in Ohio Fifty-three farm families in 13 Ohio counties are members of an unusual coopera tive-the Ohio Farm Vacation Association. Ohio apparently is the only State where farm families have organized associations to help themselves establish and promote the farm vacation business, although farmers in many States are engaged in this enterprise. The first local farm vacation association in Ohio, formed in 1959 in Monroe and Belmont Counties, had 14 members. Similar associations were organized in three neighboring counties in 1961. The Ohio Farm Vacation Association was organized in December 1961 to help members publicize the farm vacation opportunities available on their farms. Capital expenditures for establishing a farm vacation enterprise vary. Some successful enterprises have been started with no additional capital investment in the farm and with space available for as few as two guests. Investments have ranged up to several thousand dollars where extensive remodeling was done. Space available for vacation guests at the farms included in this study ranged from one or two Spare bedrooms in the farmhouse to several spare rooms and a separate farmhouse, cottage, or trailer. Most members of the Ohio Farm Vacation Association provide rooms in their own homes. Rates for room and meals range from $35 to $50 per week for adults and from $25 to $30 per week for children. During the first year of business, farm families usually had a small number of guests. At some places, the number of guests increased markedly the second year of business and continued to increase during the third and fourth years. At others, the number of guests fluctuated from year to year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.