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the latter years of the study the crop area was slightly increased 

 by reduction of tillable land in pasture. Some of the woodland 

 was also cleared for pasture. Woodland and land taken up by 



Fig. 3.— Distribution of crop area on 25 farms, Palmer township, Washington County, Ohio, 1912-1918, 

 The years 1915 and 1917 show the largest proportional areas of corn and small grains. In 1918 the poor 

 yield of corn (see Table I) made it necessary to use nearly one-half the crop in filling the silo. 



roads, streams, waste, etc., occupies a considerable proportion of the 

 farm area in this section. 



Figure 3 shows graphically the average distribution of the crop 

 area. This chart shows the importance of the three crops, corn, 



