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Bloomington and other places at $200 to $250 per acre, and buying 

 these lands for one-half the money. The improvement in yield here 

 has been brought about by drainage. 



You will notice the minus sign before some of the figures in the 

 northeastern and many of those in the southern part of the State. 

 Those in the northeastern section are confined to the twelve coun- 

 ties comprising what is known as the Western Reserve, a territory 

 originally settled by immigrants from Connecticut, who brought 



CHART VI. 



Cuj.T/1/ATrB ACPIA&I AA/U 1/VF STOCff I N &VZAT 'BfHTM N. 



i%sa i%(>o /'Sjo /Sfo lifo 1900 



with them the custom of measuring corn by the bushel of ears and 

 not by the shelled bushel. Of late years the yields have been more 

 generally reported as shelled bushels, and it is probable that the ap- 



