THE YOUNG FARMER 



, Iowa ^ , Pennsylvania N 



Acres Income Acres Income 



Maize 40 $552.00 15 $340.85 



Oats 20 185.60 15 200.25 



Wheat 5 62.10 15 249.25 



Hay 15 151-95 35 655.90 



Total ------ 80 $951.65 80 $1,446.25 



If 50% is added for the increased yields 

 which may be expected on account of the 

 employment of better methods, the total 

 yield from 80 acres of arable land would 

 become for Iowa $1,428 and for Pennsyl- 

 vania $2,169. This does not mean that 

 farming is necessarily more profitable in 

 Pennsylvania than in Iowa. Not only 

 may the cost of cultivating an acre of 

 arable land be greater in Pennsylvania, 

 but usually a larger territory must be 

 owned in order to obtain 80 acres 

 of arable land. Eighty acres of these 

 four crops is probably as often grown on a 

 farm of 100 acres in Iowa as on one of 160 

 acres in Pennsylvania. The total farm 

 acreage in Iowa is, in round numbers, 35 

 millions; in Pennsylvania, 19 millions. In 

 Iowa about one-half the farm area is in the 

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