FARM PEACTICE IjST THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 



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Table III shows that in the regions where land is less expensive 

 and labor cheap the farms are large, with a small percentage of the 

 land under cultivation. Where land is more expensive the farms are 

 smaller, with a larger percentage of it under cultivation. Of the 

 regions surveyed, the 10 having the highest priced land have an 

 average farm size of 201 acres, with 80 per cent of the farm land 

 tillable. For the 10 regions having the lowest priced land, the aver- 

 age farm size is 291 acres, with only 63 per cent of the farm land 

 tillable. 



Table III. — Number of farm projects surveyed, area in farms, average acreage 

 per head of live stock, and average cost of farm labor in twenty-one regions 

 of lite Untied States. 



Region covered (fig. 1). 



Countv and State. 



Tipton, Ind 



Montgomery, Ohio 



Mercer, N. j 



Moultrie, 111 



Tama, Iowa 



Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Maury, Term 



Hartford, Conn ... 



Bradford, Pa 



Christian, Ky 



Hamilton, Nebr... 

 Rockwalland Gray- 

 son, Tex 



Scotland, N. C 



Augusta, Va 



Waushara, Wis . . . 



Bates, Mo 



Alexander, N. C . 

 Oklahoma, Okla.. 



Pike, Ala 



Holmes, Miss 



Russell, Kans 



Date of 

 survey. 



July, 1913 



do.... 



Aug., 1913 

 Oct., 1912 

 Aue., 1914 

 Oct., 1913 

 Nov., 1913 

 Oct., 1913 

 Sept., 1913 

 Nov., 1913 

 June, 1913 



Apr., 1913 

 Nov., 1912 

 Sept., 1913 

 June, 1913 

 Aug., 1914 

 Nov. 1913 

 Mav, 1913 

 Mar., 1913 

 Apr., 1913 

 Aug., 1914 



Average land per 

 farm. 



Acres. 

 184.6 



86.5 

 109.6 

 192.9 

 148.8 

 172.8 

 389.0 



93.5 

 109.4 

 404.0 

 261.0 



271.6 

 274.1 

 209.4 

 170.4 

 184.8 

 236. 

 214.9 

 328. 4 

 401.8 

 055. 



Acres. 

 153.0 

 76.3 

 93.8 

 177.6 

 109.7 

 138.9 

 303.3 

 62.7 

 83.7 

 345. 

 240.0 



230.4 

 170.8 

 142.6 

 120.8 

 146.8 

 97.8 

 134. 3 

 198.0 

 215. 

 331.0 



$209. 48 

 146. 96 

 101. 87 

 198. 30 



196. 40 

 101.40 

 110.38 

 138. 80 



51.20 

 69.04 

 158. 38 



103. 41 

 113. 50 



71.80 

 48.27 

 95.00 

 39.14 

 50. 00 

 30.50 

 22.40 

 43. 20 



Average 



cultivated 



land per 



head. 



Acres 



7.8 



9.8 



10.3 



24.7 



4.6 



20.3 



7.1 



4.6 



6.3 



29.2 



13.3 



41.3 

 37.6 



9.2 

 14.0 



8.1 

 14.0 

 13.3 

 20.8 

 11.7 



7.0 



Average 



land per 



horse. 



Acres.' Acres. 



2.2 



2.4 



21.5 



11.3 



1.6 



4.3 



7.6 



2.2 



16.8 



21.9 

 17.9 

 17.0 

 18.4 

 18.8 

 28.6 

 40.3 

 17.8 

 28.3 



7.0 34.9 



3. 1 27. 4 



25.0 



14.4 

 14.2 

 14.4 



3.1 

 13.8 



4.8 



5.8 

 18.9 



7.7 



30.9 

 24.7 

 33.8 

 30.8 

 23.3 

 32.6 

 23.1 

 31.3 

 24.7 

 29.0 



Acres, 

 7.4 

 6.2 

 6.9 

 8.8 

 7.5 

 5.7 

 7.2 

 5.4 

 2.6 

 8.5 

 9.6 



17.6 



19.3 

 4.7 

 8.9 

 8.0 

 11.2 

 15.0 

 24.2 

 21.7 

 14.5 



Average 



price of 



farm labor. 



51.21 

 1.42 

 1.50 

 1.18 

 2.00 

 1.50 

 .75 

 1.68 

 1.30 



1.94 



1.12 



.75 



1.08 



1.34 



1.45 



.77 



1.12 



.71 



.69 



1.90 



$24.90 

 19.00 

 26.46 

 28.67 

 33.68 

 24.67 

 17.95 

 26.67 

 22.00 

 17.43 

 34.44 



25.00 



16.40 

 31.11 

 24.25 



22.92 

 14.13 

 10. 09 

 27.10 



The number of cattle and hogs found in a region is undoubtedly 

 governed by the available pastures and the price of feeds. Where 

 good pastures abound and where grain and hay can be produced 

 cheaply more cattle and hogs are found. 



Less acreage is worked per horse in the regions where improved 

 implements and heavy teams are employed than in the regions where 

 small teams and L-horse implements predominate. This is probably 

 due partly to the fact that in the Central West, where a small acreage 

 is worked per horse, many colts are raised, and extra mart's are kept 

 on tlf farm for this purpose. The fact that larger yields of crops 

 are made and more live stock kept on the farms in the Middle West 

 where these heavy horses and implements are used makes also for a 



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