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BULLETIN 997, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



7 acres per farm in wheat and practically the same acreage in hay. 

 The acreage devoted to these two crops was less in this county than 

 in any other studied. 



The average size of the farms in this county is greater than in any 

 other county studied in the investigation. However, the average 

 size of the farms visited in this county was considerably less than 

 those visited in some of the other areas. 



Knox County, Illinois. — The average size of the farms in this 

 county is 153 acres. In 1919 there were about 42 acres per farm in 

 corn, 20 acres in oats, 9 acres in wheat, and 15 acres in hay. 



In both Illinois areas corn is practically all husked from the standing 

 stalk. A considerable part of the corn is sold, most of which is shelled 

 before being marketed. Endgate seeders are used almost universally 

 for sowing oats. 



Table 2 gives the acreages in different crops during the year cov- 

 ered by the investigation on the farms visited in the different areas. 



Table 2. — Acreages in different crops in different areas. 

 [Averages.] 



Area. 



Madison County, Ohio . . . 



Seneca County, Ohio 



Madison County, Ind 



Montgomery County, Ind 

 Livingston County, 111. . . 

 Knox County, 111 



All 



Crop acres. 



129.0 

 40.6 

 66.0 

 83.1 



109.5 

 97.7 



50.8 

 38.9 

 39.4 

 32.3 

 7.6 

 17.4 



28. 



43.7 

 18.0 

 18.9 

 38.7 

 76.3 

 49.5 



44.1 



Sfe 



0.6 

 2.1 

 3.1 

 4.9 



oS 



1.4 

 .4 

 .1 



.3 



29.6 

 32.2 

 30.1 

 28.0 

 12.2 

 25.2 



25.1 



22.4 

 6.9 

 18.3 

 17.6 

 5.2 

 6.3 



276.1 

 140.1 

 176.2 

 204.7 

 210.8 

 198.0 



12.0 201.2 



86.9 

 61.8 

 41.9 

 64.8 

 36.5 

 58.0 



56.4 



= 8 



363.0 

 202.0 

 218.1 

 269.5 

 247.3 

 256.0 



257.6 



In each area corn is the principal crop; it has the greatest acreage 

 and makes the heaviest demands upon power and man-labor. The 

 practices in growing and harvesting the different crops are quite simi- 

 lar in the different areas, with the exception of the harvesting of corn, 

 and the common methods used in each area have been outlined above. 



The land is generally level in all areas, and on the farms visited 

 the fields were usually large enough to permit the efficient operation 

 of tractors. On very few farms were any fields less than 10 acres 

 in size included in the regular rotation. 



