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over 45 ac^cs of crops the acreage of small grains exceeded that of 

 corn. That the farmers who did not raise over 30 acres of crops had 

 a greater proportion of the crop area in corn and a smaller propor- 

 tion in small grains than those who raised larger acreages of crops 

 is quite natural, when the number of stock kept on the different 

 groups of farms is considered in connection with the fact that prac- 

 tically all the feed consumed on these farms is produced on them and 

 that the farmers consider corn the cheapest source of concentrates. 



The average amount of stock kept on the farms with 30 acres or 

 under of crops was 2| work horses, 2^ cows, 4 head of young cattle, 

 13 sheep, 5 hogs, and 110 chickens. This complement of stock required 

 concentrates equivalent to 280 bushels of corn and roughage equiva- 

 lent to 12 tons of hay. With the average yields of corn and hay on 

 this group of farms it would require 7 acres of corn and 11 acres of 

 hay to produce the required amount of feed, and these correspond 

 with the acreages actually raised. These farms had an average crop 

 area of only 24 acres. With 18 acres used in aiming to grow enough 

 feed for the stock, and with 2 acres in fruit, etc., if may readily be seen 

 that only 4 acres, or a considerably smaller area than the acreage in 

 corn, could be used in growing small grains. 



The farmers with 31 to 45 acres of crops would require 10 acres of 

 corn and 16 acres of hay to grow all the feed required for the stock 

 they kept. They did grow 9 acres of corn and 17 acres of hay, or 

 practically enough feed for their stock. With 26 acres used in grow- 

 ing corn and hay and 2 acres in fruit, etc., they had left of their total 

 crop area of 38 acres 10 acres that were used in growing small grains. 



The farmers that raised over 45 acres of crops would require 13 

 acres of corn and 22 acres of hay to produce all the feed required for 

 the stock they kept. They did grow 13 acres of corn and 26 acres of 

 hay, or a little larger acreage than required to furnish feed for the 

 stock. Thus, with 39 acres used in growing corn and hay and 3 acres 

 in fruit, etc., they had left from their total crop area of 57 acres 15 

 acres that were used in growing small grains. 



Fewer silos have been built on the farms with 30 acres of crops or 

 under than on the larger farms. Only three of these farms have silos, 

 and two of these were not filled in 1916. The farms with so small a 

 crop acreage seldom raise enough corn to fill a silo and have enough 

 grain feed for a minimum number of stock. They more often do not 

 raise enough to fill a silo. Of the farms with 30 acres and under of 

 crops, one in six had silos in November, 1916 ; of those with 31 to 45 

 acres of crops, one in four had silos ; and of those with over 45 acres 

 of crops almost one-half had silos. 



Most of the sheep were found in the larger farms, the flocks being 

 larger on the large farms than on the small farms, and a greater 



