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A STUDY OF FARM EQUIPMENT IN OHIO. 



Table II. — Acreages devoted to various enterprises on 23 farms and the value of the land 

 minus all improvements, u'ith the average and the percentage of the total for a group of 

 21 of these farms} 



' Nos. 5 and 11 omitted; Nos. 24 and 25 not included in average. 



An examination of tlie table shows that the mean average acre 

 valuation of bare land for 21 farms is $45.96. For farm 1 the acre 

 valuation of bare land is $61.62. For farm 2 it is $19.53. These are 

 both daily farms in the northeastern part of the State. Farm 1 is 

 1^ miles from town, on a stone pike, while farm 2 is 5 miles out, on 

 a dirt road. Part of the woodland of farm 1, but no distinct area, 

 produces maple sirup in commercial quantities. Farm 4, with an 

 acre valuation of $31.15, and farms 8, 9, and 10, with acre valuations 

 of $87.74, $65.99, and $71, respectively, are all level farms. No. 4 

 needs considerable drainage. Nos. 8, 9, and 10 are well equipped 

 with tile drains. Nos. 8 and 10 show high percentages (74 and 84.2, 

 respectively) of land in crops, as compared with the mean average 

 of 52.8 per cent for the 21 farms. Farm 25, with 91.9 per cent of 

 land in tilled crops, and situated within a stone's throw of an inter- 

 urban railway, shows a bare-land valuation of $40.10 per acre. 

 This farm, however, lacks tile drainage and is overequipped with 

 buildings as compared ^vith other farms. (See Table III for data 

 on building equipment.) Farm 3, with an acre valuation of $41.44, 

 has a very expensive building equipment, and even when the latter 

 is placed at a very low figure compared with its cost it leaves a low 

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