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BULLETIN 603, U. B. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Where zero appears after a source of income, the receipts from it 

 were less than 1 per cent. Several other sources of income, the re- 

 ceipts from which were less than 1 per cent, are included in the 

 miscellaneous receipts. 



Seventy-five per cent and 85 per cent, respectively, of the farm 

 income on the share-rented farms of Wisconsin and Illinois studied 

 was from dairy cattle and their products, while but 54 per cent of 

 the income from such farms in Chester County, Pa., was from this 

 source. For comparison as to sources" of income, the table shows that 

 86 per cent of the income from the average of 115 farms in Ellis 

 County, Tex., is from the single crop, cotton, and that 57 per cent of 

 the average of 73 central Illinois stock farms comes from live stock. 



SIZE AND CROP AREAS OF FARMS. 



Table V. — Size and crop area* of farms. 

 SIZE. 





Item. 



Average of 84 Wis- 

 consin farms. 



Average of 59 Illi- 

 nois farms. 





Acres. 



Per cent 



of total 



area. 



Acres. 



Per cent 



of total 



area. 





201 

 140 

 84 

 16 

 102 



100 

 70 

 42 

 8 

 51 



184 

 139 

 58 

 10 

 116 



100 





75 





32 



Land in farmstead, woods, roads, etc 



5 



63 







CROP AREA. 



< rop. 



Per cent 

 of crop 

 area. 



Acres. 



Per cent 



of crop 



area. 



Corn 



Oats 



Wheat 



Rye 



Barley 



Timothy and clover 



Alfalfa 



Wild hay 



Fruit (apples) 



Potatoes 



Total 



38.2 



21.7 



.4 



1.7 



5.1 



23.9 



9.3 



1.2 



.3 



37.4 



21.2 



.4 



1.6 



5 



23.4 



9.1 



1.2 



.3 



.2 



59. 6 



23 

 4.1 

 1.4 

 3.5 



18.7 

 5.2 



51.4 

 19.9 



3.5 



1.2 



3 

 16.2 



4.5 



100 



116 



The average size of the farms of the Wisconsin group is 17 acres 

 greater than that of the farms of the Illinois group. (See Table V.) 

 A greater percentage of the land in the Illinois group of farms is 

 tillable and in crops and a less percentage is in pasture than on those 

 of the Wisconsin group. 



Corn is the chief crop in each area. The crops occupying the next 

 greater acreages are hay and oats. In the Wisconsin area, 9.1 per 

 cent of the crop area is in alfalfa, the limestone soils of the hilly sec- 

 tions of Green County being well adapted to this crop, while in the 



