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located 15 to 20 miles from a flag station and 30 or more miles 

 from a town with more than one barber shop; while 85 farms were 

 reported by the last census in New York County, the center of the 

 most densely populated section of the western hemisphere. To 

 meet profitably these widely different conditions many types of 

 farming have been evolved. 



The early settlers brought with them their seeds and their 

 stock, their few crude implements, and the methods and practices 

 which had succeeded in their former homes. Immediatelv there 



Average Precifitatton, April to August, Inclusive 



Compiled November 11, 1915, from all available normals and averages published 



in Bulletin W. 



was begun an experiment of greater proportion and complexity 

 than any yet conducted by an experiment station. Each new 

 settler took an active part, for the results were vital to him per- 

 sonally. It was an experiment to determine what crops and 

 what varieties of each crop paid best on every farm that was 

 cleared; what methods of tillage and seeding were best; what 



