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TABLE 3 
THE ACREAGE REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT 
TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY 
Types of Agricultural Economy Acreage i of 
Wheat-corn economy with significant minor crops. 16,391.0 25.35 
Wheat-corn COONOUNY ois osc 2 tie ed oe Pee 16,022.0 24.74 
Corn-wheat COONOMIY os eur el eet oa ee 10,862.0 16.74 
; OLY iy ines oad bs oe ne Cae ye acre 6,084.5 09.39 
Diversified products-livestock economy. ........ 4,429.0 06.84 
Grain-dairy products CORON i es 3,428.0 05.29 
Grain-horseradish econ WY ee a a 3,351.0 05.17 
MI-POEREO ECOMOMY,. . oss. bake vc oh bo bo das 3,162.0 04.88 
Cantaloupe-grain economy.................... 1,020.0 01.57 
FOUN fo ees els is nce 64,749.5 99.93 
Except in the section with a grain-dairy products economy and the 
section with a diversified products-livestock economy, livestock are 
maintained on farms chiefly to supply family needs. In the two sections 
mentioned, a significant proportion of the family income is derived from 
the sale of animals and animal products. 
The American Bottoms includes seven sections! with a wheat-corn 
€conomy, four sections with a wheat-corn economy with significant 
minor crops, two sections with a corn-wheat economy, and two sections 
With a truck economy (Fig. 17). Each of the other five types of agricul- 
tural economy is represented by only one section. The sections in- 
cluding (a) the wheat-corn type with significant minor crops, (b) the 
wheat-corn type, and (c) the corn-wheat type comprise over two-thirds 
of the total farm acreage. The sections representing the various 
types of agricultural economy show a marked differentiation in the 
relative importance of various kinds of field crops (Table 4). 
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A section is a group of contiguous farms with th ty g y 
