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BULLETIN 941, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CROP MANAGEMENT. 



More records were obtained of farms having a small number of 

 acres cropped than of farms having a large number. Among the 

 upland farms in this region there seem to be many more small than 

 large farms, largely because of the topography and the limited 

 financial means of many of the operators. The labor incomes earned 

 indicate that the operators of the large farms have an increasing 

 advantage over the operators of small farms. In Table VII is 

 shown the acreage on the various farms devoted to growing different 

 crops. On all the farms, of course, the topography and the stone 

 content of the soil, as well as the scarcity of labor, influence the 

 number of acres that can be devoted to crops. From this table it 

 is seen that the farms having under 40 acres of crops had consider- 

 ably smaller acreage devoted to each of the various crops than did 

 the farms having a larger area of land cropped. 



Table VII. — Number q/Jarms reporting major crops, by acreages grown. 

 ROLLING AND HILLY FARMS. 





Farms having under 40 



Farms having over 40 













acres of cropped land. 



acres of cropped land. 















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+Tfl 



































Number of acres reported. 









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2 

 2 

 3 

 5 



4 



14 

 1 

 1 



11 

 5 



8 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 1 



7 

 6 

 3 





4 



5 

 6 

 4 



3 

 .... 



4 

 1 

 2 



4 



6 

 2 



2 



1 



2 



2 

 3 



8 

 9 

 6 

 1 



1 



18 

 1 

 5 

 4 

 3 



16 

 11 

 4 



11 



3 

 2 

 7 

 2 

 2 



11 



1-5 



12 



6-10 



"Y 



5 

 6 

 1 

 1 



4 

 4 

 3 



5 



11-15 



2 



16-20 









21-25 







1 



26-30 























31-35 • 



























36-40 































41-45 































46-50 















........ 



3 

 1 











3 

 1 





Over 50 





















































VALLEY AND LEVEL-UPLAND FARMS. 







9 

 2 

 1 



6 

 3 

 3 



6 

 2 

 3 

 1 



8 

 1 

 3 



1 

 1 

 3 

 11 

 6 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 2 



12 

 1 

 5 

 5 



4 

 5 

 2 



12 

 11 

 5 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 1 



6 

 1 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 7 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



22 

 4 

 6 

 3 

 1 



1 

 2 

 6 

 13 

 10 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 2 



21 

 3 

 6 

 5 



4 

 5 

 2 



18 

 14 

 8 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 1 



12 

 3 

 7 

 6 

 3 

 3 

 7 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



30 



1-5 



1 



3 

 2 



4 

 2 



5 



6-10 



9 



11-15 



3 



16-20 







1 



21-25 













26-30 













31-25 















36-10 













1 





1 







41-45 















46-50 













2 

 2 



1 







2 

 2 



1 







Over 50 





































Oats, kafir, millet, and sorghum crops are utilized as auxiliary 

 sources of feed, and the feed requirements of the farms determine 

 the acreage devoted to these crops. These crops were grown more 

 frequently on the hilly farms. 



