FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 



of increase is caused in all cases by this extra preparation. Suppose 

 we place this increase at 10 per cent. Soils yielding normally 60 

 bushels per acre would then be increased 6 bushels by such extra 

 work. With soils, however, having a normal yield of only 20 bushels 

 per acre the increase for the same amount of work would be but 2 

 bushels. This latter amount might be too small to warrant such 

 practice. 



Table II. 



-Com culture in the United States, showing farm practice averages 

 summarized by divisions. 





Area of farms. 



Per 



acre. 



Fall plow- 

 ing. 



Spring plow- 

 ing. 



Fall 



and spring 



slowing. 



Regions covered 

 (fig. 1). 



Total. 



Culti- 

 vated. 



Price of 

 land. 



Normal 

 yield. 



Farm- 

 ers 

 prac- 

 tic- 

 ing. 



Depth. 



Farm- 

 ers 

 prac- 

 tic- 

 ing. 



Depth. 



Farm- 

 ers 



prac- 

 tic- 

 ing. 



De 



pth. 





Fall. 



Spring. 



Ten regions: 



Best 



A arcs. 

 189. 1 

 294.6 



Acres. 

 154. 4 

 179.4 



$132. 3S 

 62.32 



Bushels. 

 45.4 

 27.4 



r.ct. 



24.0 

 17.2 



In. 

 6.6 

 7.0 



P.ct. 

 73.8 

 72.6 



In. 



6.4 

 5.7 



P.ct. 

 2.1 

 10.2 



In. 

 8.2 

 7.8 



In. 

 6.0 

 4.8 







Average of all... 



242.7 



170.3 



100. 25 



36.3 



20.0 



6.8 



74.1 



6.0 



5.9 



7.9 



5.1 



Divisions: 



Central western . . 

 Northeastern 



South central 



Southwestern 



Southeastern 



176.4 

 104.2 

 343.0 

 380. 5 

 334.7 



150.6 

 80.1 

 248. 7 

 231. 9 

 194.6 



167. 42 

 97.29 

 72.85 

 65.54 

 57.46 



45.0 

 43.1 

 34.3 

 26.0 

 26.0 



21.1 

 19.2 

 35.9 

 12.4 

 2.9 



6.1 

 6.6 

 7.0 

 5.9 

 9.0 



78.9 

 SO. 8 

 45.2 

 71.5 

 91.1 



5.9 

 6.5 

 6.7 

 5.3 

 5.4 











18.9 

 16.1 



6.0 





 



8.1 

 6.5 



8.7 











5.3 



5.9 



4.3 





Cultivations given. 



Area per horse. 



Farmers 

 practic- 

 ing hand 

 labor. 



Cost of labor. 



Regions covered (fig. 1). 



After 



plowing 



and 



before 



planting. 



After 

 planting. 



Culti- 

 vated 

 land. 



Inter- 

 tilled 

 crop. 



Per day. 



Per 

 month. 



Ten regions: 



Best 



3 



1.6 



4.9 

 4.5 



Acres. 

 24.4 

 28.4 



Acres. 

 6.6 

 14.5 



Per cent. 

 39.8 

 56.9 



$1.39 

 1.09 



$24. 14 





21.45 









2.3 



4.6 



26.4 



10.5 



46.4 



1.25 



23.55 







I >i visions: 



2.9 

 2.8 

 2.3 

 1.0 

 1.4 



4.8 

 4.7 

 5.2 

 3.9 

 4.6 



21.6 

 21.0 

 35.9 

 27.7 

 26.9 



7.9 

 5.0 

 9.0 

 15.7 

 21.7 



28.8 

 71.4 

 41.6 

 43.4 

 73.2 



1.53 



1.49 



.76 



1.38 



.71 



27.49 





25.04 





17.69 



Southwestern 



25.00 





12.41 







It is shown in Table II that in the regions making the highest 

 yield of corn the least handwork is done. It is not thought, however, 

 that there is any relation between the amount of hand labor and the 

 yield of corn. Where the topography of a region is level and corn 

 is grown in large acreages in a field, it is usually planted in checks 

 and cultivated in alternate directions. Where this is done, wvy Little 

 hand labor is employed. Where the fields are small or where the 

 land is rolling, checkrowing is not as a ride practiced. In this case 

 hand labor is more extensively employed. Hand Labor, therefore, 

 compared with yield must be considered merely as an associated 

 rather than a related factor. 



