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The following statistics, taken from the U. S. 1910 Census, give 

 some notion of the fertility and returns of White County soils. 



(Table 1.) 



Total land area in acres 824,480 



Acres under cultivation : 



Cereals 165,106 



Hay 28,550 



Potatoes 750 



All other crops 893 



Small fruits 35— 195,334 



Per cent of total land area cultivated 60 



Number of farms 2,091 



Average number of acres per farm 150.4 



Value of all crops (except nuts, etc.) $2,951,637 



Expense: 



Labor $184,833, or 88% 



Fertilizer 23,758, or 12^— 208,591.00 



Net crop returns $2,743,146.00 



Net returns per acre 14.04 



Land value per acre 77.69 



Per cent of net per acre to value per acre 18.2 



. The total population in 1910 (U. S. Census) was 17,602 with only 

 6,511 as being included in towns. 



Nearly all of the 507 square miles in White County are drained 

 by the Tippecanoe River and its tributaries. The county as a whole is 

 I'ather flat and much dredging and tile-ditching has been done in recent 

 years. Parts of natural streams have been dredged several times and 

 also extended. Possibly in this case more erosion would be gladly wel- 

 comed. The Tippecanoe is a geologically young and very beautiful 

 watercourse, fed by clear lake-water at its head in Noble County and 

 by numerous springs along its banks. 



Since national and local intei'ests are crystallizing more and more 

 in the direction of natural beauty spots — parks and pleasure resorts — 

 I suggest that very appealing tracts can be found along the Tippecanoe, 

 especially north of Monticello, near Norway and up toward Buffalo. 



