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BULLETIN 920, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



live stock consists mostly of dairy cows and accompanying young 

 stock. From 1913 there has been a gradual increase hi the number 



Fig. 15 — Distribution of crop area on 60 farms in Verona township, Dane County, Wis. Corn, oats, and 

 hay are the leading crops. The season has a great influence upon the practices for various years in 

 handling the corn crop. The years of poorest corn yields were 1915 and 1917. 



of cows and some decrease in the number of brood sows. Compar- 

 ing the first two years with the last two, cows increased 14 per cent 

 and brood sows decreased 16 per cent. 



