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expected to have a direct positive influence on yield. The relationship of 

 this factor and the rate of planting, to yield, is shown in table 77: 



TABLE 77. RELATION OF FREQUENCY OF CULTIVATION AND RATE OF PLANTING, TO YIELD, 

 ON 349 STEUBEN COUNTY FARMS IN 1912 



Four of the groups studied in table 77 contain too few farms to give 

 reliable results, yet the study shows clearly enough that the average yields 

 increased as the frequency of cultivation increased, irrespective of the 



TABLE 78. RELATION OF. FREQUENCY OF CULTIVATION AND VALUE OF MANURE 

 AND FERTILIZER, TO YIELD, ON 147 STEUBEN COUNTY FARMS IN 1912 



Value of manure and fertilizer 



