48 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REporT. 
1905 1900 
En- New- N.Y. Gro- Caro- N.Y 
Ulysses field field State ton line State 
Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. 
GOnl ne ae Fe BAO MBA NSS BO OTe Or nae eae. cee 
Wheat... ou 218" 1976 P1717 2520 20a eo 
Oats. tem oe. sO) $38 R23 59" B42 tsa aes 
Barley <5. 2. 2004... 35.0276 24. Siok. 7a aes eer eee 
RYO Ly. bis OS NT I Saas ST I oR a 
Buckwheat... .... 23.19 2519 -10.3— 19-0) 22°Gratoreamrata 
Potatoes 0... ORE OR ae ae hie ee 
a; aie sis gle as ais si 
Play 00 8... 221.59 P5877 223) | 120 SEO sed eee 
We also raised the question of increase or decrease in soil fer- 
tility. Each farmer was asked how long he had lived on his farm, 
and whether the soil had increased or decreased in crop-producing 
power in the years that he had personally known the farm. Only 
those cases are recorded in which the farmer had known the con- 
ditions for five or more years. Many farmers had resided on the 
home farm for fifty years or more, but the results given in the 
following figures represent a knowledge of conditions for an average 
of about twenty-five years. The records of only two townships 
are given here, Ulysses and Enfield. Enfield township is often 
spoken of by those not familiar with actual conditions as being in a 
badly run-down condition. If the statements of farmers who are 
actually running the farms are to be credited the results seem to 
indicate that conditions are really improving: 
Percentage : 
reporting Percentage Percentage 
increase reporting reporting 
fertility. decrease. stationary. 
Hedivsses S Fests Pile See ie cement 53% 21% 26% 
Banter: ce ok ae ee eee eae 60% 16% 24% 
One finds good farms right in the so-called poor farming region. 
One man from two hundred acres sold last year over $5,700 worth 
of produce, raised under general farming operations. 
The number of acres per farm animal for these five townships 
of Tompkins County was also taken. It is often stated that the 
number of farm animals in this county is insufficient to keep up 
the fertility of the land. This may be partly true, yet in compari- 
