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highest in the Ontario area and lowest in the Steuben area. The variations 

 in value are due to differences in the productivity of the soil, the character 

 of the crops grown, the location relative to markets and towns, and other 

 local conditions. 



TABLE 1 6. VALUE PER ACRE AND CHARGES FOR USE OF LAND IN PEAS, 



262 FARMS, 1920 



* Includes only value of land owned or worked on shares. 



On a few farms a second crop was grown after the pea crop was harvested. 

 This was most common in the Ontario area. Buckwheat, the principal 

 crop so grown, was grown on 15 farms after 48 acres of peas. Fodder 

 corn was grown on 2 farms after 13 acres of peas. The land was prepared 

 for the buckwheat or the corn by disking without plowing. This practice 

 was followed only after the early varieties of peas Alaska and Surprise. 

 When the land was so double-cropped, the peas were charged one-half 

 the land cost. 



The proportion of the peas grown under different tenures is shown in 

 table 17. In calculating costs no division was made between tenant and 

 landlord. Usually the returns from shelled peas and the expenses for 

 seed and fertilizer are divided equally; the tenant pays all the cash cost 

 of human labor, and the landlord all the land costs ; the horse and equipment 

 costs are divided in varying proportions between the two. Considering 

 the pea crop alone, more than half of the costs are ordinarily borne by the 

 tenant. 



TABLE 17. PROPORTION OF ACRES OF PEAS GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT 



TENURES, 1920 



Per cent of acres of peas grown 



