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42 per cent and machine setters on Si per cent of the farms. Fewer 

 plants and less fertilizer and manure were used per acre than in New York. 

 Less time was required to haul these materials, to set the plants, to apply 

 the fertilizer, and to spread the manure. The majority of the farmers 

 used two-horse cultivators and cultivated only three or four times. More 

 of the growers in New York used one-horse cultivators and cultivated 

 five or six times. The land in this part of Ohio can be prepared for plant- 

 ing in less time than is required on New York farms, because the soil 

 is more easily worked. Natural advantages, such as a more easily worked 

 soil or land capable of producing high yields per acre without heavy 

 applications of fertilizer, are likely to be offset, in part at least, by higher 

 land value. 



SWEET CORN 



The most important States in the production of sweet corn for canning 

 are the Middle-Western States of Iowa and Illinois. However, a con- 

 siderable quantity of corn is packed in the Eastern States, particularly 

 in Maryland, Maine, and New York. The high quality of corn grown in 

 a cool climate explains the importance of corn canning in States that 

 are not ordinarily considered as important corn-producing States. The 

 location of the factories canning corn in New York State in 1920 is shown 

 in figure 5. Data on the cost of producing sweet corn were obtained in 



FlG. 5. LOCATION OF FACTORIES CANNING SWEET CORN 

 IN NEW YORK STATE 



Each dot represents the location of a factory where corn is 

 packed, as reported in the Canners' Directory for 1920 



