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BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. 



The farms averaged 126 acres, with only 6 per cent of the land un- 

 improved. Twenty per cent of the land was in pasture and 74 per 



Fig. 8.— Distribution of the farm area on 100 farms, Forest and Johnson townships, Clinton County, 

 Ind. Nearly 90 per cent of the land in this area may be used for tillage purposes. Three-fourths of the 

 land area is devoted to crops under the present organization. A large portion of the pasture area is used 

 in the rotation system. 



cent in crops. Nearly one-half of the crop land was in corn, one-third 

 in small grains, mainly oats, and the remainder in hay. 



