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Seneca County, Ohio. — -The average size of all farms in this county) 

 as determined by the census of agriculture, is about 107 acres. The 

 principal crops in order of the acreage occupied in 1919 are wheat, 

 corn, hay, and oats. The acreage in corn in 1920 on the farms 

 visited was slightly greater than the acreage in wheat, but the per- 

 centage of the acreage in corn was less on the farms visited in this 

 county than in any other area. 



A large part of the corn grown is ensiled, or cut and shocked and 

 later run through a husker-shredder. Corn binders are used more 

 generally in this county than in any other visited. As in Madison 

 County, Ohio, wheat usually follows corn in the rotation, and is 

 planted after the corn is cut, with no seed-bed preparation except 

 disking. Commercial fertilizer is applied with wheat on most farms 

 in both areas. 



Madison County, Indiana. — The average size of all farms in this 

 county is 84 acres, less than in any other county included in the in- 

 vestigation. The size of the farms visited in this county, however, 

 was larger than of those visited in Seneca County, Ohio. 



The principal crops in order of the acreage occupied in 1919 are 

 corn, wheat, oats, and hay. The portion of the corn in this area 

 husked from the standing stalk is greater than in either of the Ohio 

 areas. 



Wheat usually follows corn in the rotation, and on some farms part 

 of it is sown with a one-horse drill between the rows of standing corn, 

 without any preparation of the ground. 



Montgomery County, Indiana. — The average size of all farms in 

 this county is 118 acres. The chief crops in order of the acreage 

 occupied in 1919 were corn, oats, hay, and wheat. In both of the 

 Ohio areas and in Madison County, Indiana, wheat occupies a greater 

 acreage than oats, while the reverse is true of this county and the 

 two visited in Illinois. 



Oats is usually sown on land which was planted to corn the pre- 

 vious year, and with end-gate seeders capable of covering an average 

 of 30 to 50 acres per day. A large part of the corn is husked from the 

 standing stalk. 



In both the Indiana areas motor trucks are used very generally 

 for hauling on the road. A few of the farmers visited in these areas 

 owned motor trucks with which they did the bulk of their road 

 hauling during the year, and nearly all the remainder hired trucks to 

 haul part of their produce to market. On this account the amount 

 of road hauling done with horses was less in these areas than in the 

 Ohio and Illinois areas. 



Livingston County, Illinois. — According to the 1920 census the 

 farms in this county have an average size of 171 acres. Corn and 

 oats are the principal crops. In 1919 there were on the average only 



