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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



greatly increased amount of work other than tillage. Labor, how- 

 ever, is more efficient and a greater acreage is cultivated per man 

 where more horses and better equipment are used. The quality of 

 labor available, the type of farming, and the topography of the land 

 largely regulate the size of teams to be used. With very cheap labor, 

 1-horse implements may be more economical than heavier imple- 

 ments, since slightly more land is worked with two 1-horse teams 

 than with one 2-horse team. 



The cost of labor given is the average of what the farmers inter- 

 viewed actually pay. Where cheap labor is available crops which 

 require much hand labor predominate. 



ACREAGE AND CROP YIELDS. 



Table IV gives the reader a general idea of the types of farming 

 practiced in each region surveyed. The normal acreages and normal 

 crop yields, as shown, represent the averages for the farms visited 

 in each region. 



Table IV. — Normal average acreage per farm and yield per acre of various 

 crops on the farms surveyed in twenty-one regions of the United States. 



Region covered (fig. 1). 



Corn. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Hay. 



County and State. 



Per 



farm. 



Yield 

 per 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield 



per 



Per 



farm. 



Yield 

 per 



Per 



farm. 



Yield 

 per 



Tipton, Ind 



Montgomery, Ohio 



Mercer, N. J 



Moultrie, 111 



Tama, Iowa 



Kalamazoo, Mich 



Maury, Tenn 



Hartford, Conn 



Bradford, Pa 



Christian, Ky 



Hamilton, Nebr 



Rockwall and Grayson, Tex 



Scotland, N. C 



Augusta, Va 



Waushara, Wis 



Bates, Mo 



Alexander, N. C 



Oklahoma, Okla 



Pike, Ala 



Holmes, Miss 



Russell, Kans 



Acres. 

 52.1 

 20.4 

 18.0 

 83.5 

 44.0 

 27.6 

 54.4 

 9.3 

 7.8 

 55.4 

 83.8 

 40.8 

 40.0 

 20.0 

 18.3 

 49.0 

 25.3 

 47.2 

 56.0 

 112.5 

 125.0 



Bushels. 

 57.4 

 52.3 

 51.1 

 49.3 

 46.6 

 41.5 

 40.9 

 39.9 

 38.2 

 36.9 

 35.0 

 33.6 

 33.0 

 33.0 

 30.4 

 29.3 

 25.2 

 23.9 

 23.1 

 22.0 

 20.4 



Acres. 



24.1 



6.1 



Bushels. 

 51.0 

 40.4 



28.7 

 26.6 

 19.9 

 26.1 

 1.4 

 9.1 

 25.0 

 19.0 

 49.7 

 3.0 



16.4 

 21.4 



7.0 

 16.7 

 10.0 



4.0 



41.2 

 35.5 

 37.2 

 31.7 

 30.0 

 30.0 

 30.0 

 28.7 

 45.6 

 49.7 



22. * 

 29.0 

 10.5 

 31.5 

 35.7 

 25.0 



A cres. 

 19.6 

 17.5 

 7.1 

 6.2 



39.4 

 72.0 



Bushels, 

 21.4 

 21.8 

 24.2 

 21.2 

 20.0 

 19.8 

 18.5 



2.5 

 111.6 

 77.0 

 41.7 



37.1 



24.9 

 19.1 

 9.9 



185.0 



20.6 

 16.8 

 23.5 

 18.9 



Acres. 

 35.3 

 16.8 

 24.0 

 13.5 

 21.5 

 24.0 

 47.0 

 21.0 

 25.0 

 77.9 



a 26. 2 



16.0 



19.0 

 11.0 

 16.6 



5.3 

 30.1 

 17.7 

 31.9 



17.5 



Tons. 

 1.89 

 1.67 

 1.79 

 1.75 

 1.50 

 1.45 

 1.57 

 1.72 

 1.70 

 1.08 



a 3. 50 



1.10 

 1.01 

 1.04 

 1.00 



a 3. 67 



a Alfalfa. 



