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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table IX. — Com culture in regard to planting, replanting, average number of 

 cultivations, and yields per acre in twenty-one regions of the United States. 



Region covered (fig. 1). 



Farmers 



planting 



in — 



Drill averages. 



Check averages. 



Farmers 

 practic- 

 ing — 





CD 



ft 



2 



CD 

 <D 

 CD 



County and State. 



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O 



a 

 s 



43 o 

 pq 



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ft . 



CD 



ft>; 

 ©ft 



o rt 



a M 



02 



d 



43 o 



cd u 



M 



g 



CD • 



pq 



CD 

 ft . 



14 



CD 



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a 



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A 

 B 



C 



Tipton, Ind 



Montgomery, Ohio . . 



P.ct. 

 13.8 

 96.6 

 28.1 



P.ct. 



86.2 

 3.4 



71.9 

 100 

 100 



96.2 



20 



32.1 



73.1 



96 



12.5 



39.3 



50 

 88 



4.8 



Feet. 

 3.5 

 3.4 

 3.8 



Feet. 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.2 



1 



1 

 1 



Sq.ft. 

 4.2 

 4.4 

 4.6 



Feet. 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 3.9 

 3.4 

 3.5 

 3.7 



Feet. 

 3.5 

 3.7 

 3.8 

 3.4 

 3.5 

 3.7 



2.5 



4 



3 



2.4 



3 



2.5 



Sq.ft. 

 4.9 

 3.2 

 4.9 

 4.8 

 4.1 

 5.5 



P.ct. 







17.3 

 68.7 



1.7 

 24 



7.7 

 13.3 



"25" 

 7.7 

 8 



4.1 

 76.3 

 42.8 



3.8 

 40 

 71.4 



4.8 

 52 

 30 



p.e£. 



10 



55.1 

 75 

 35.6 

 24 

 26.9 

 16.7 

 68 



71.4 

 15.4 

 8 



87.5 

 81.6 

 82.1 

 3.8 

 40 

 92.9 

 42.8 

 66 

 72 



5.5 



4 



5.9 



4.4 



5.3 



5 



5.4 



3.8 



4.4 



5.1 



5.1 



3.9 

 4.3 

 4.1 

 5.4 

 4.8 

 5.1 

 3.9 

 4.7 

 4.7 

 3.8 



Bu. 



57.4 

 52.3 

 51.1 



T) 





49.3 



F, 













46 6 



F 

 O 



Kalamazoo , Mich 



Maury, Term 



Hartford, Conn 



Bradford, Pa 



Christian, Ky 



Hamilton, Nebr 

 Rockwall and Gray- 

 son, Tex 



Scotland, N.C 



3.8 

 100 

 80 

 67.9 

 26.9 



4 



87.5 

 100 



60.7 



50 



12 

 100 



95.2 

 100 

 100 

 100 



3.7 

 3.7 

 3.4 

 3.3 

 3.7 

 3.5 



3.4 

 5.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 4.1 

 3.5 

 5.3 

 3.8 

 3.5 



1 



1.4 

 2.1 

 .9 

 1.7 

 1.2 



2.1 



1.6 



1.8 



1.1 



1.3 



2.1 



1.4 



2 



2.2 



1.6 



1 



1 



3.4 

 1.4 

 1 



1.1 



1.3 



1.2 



1.1 



1 



1 



1 



1.4 



1.3 



1 



3.7 

 5.2 

 2.1 

 2.1 

 6.3 

 4.2 



6.5 

 6.8 

 5.2 

 3.5 

 4.6 

 8.6 

 4.9 

 7.6 

 6.4 

 5.6 



41.5 

 40 9 



H 



I 

 J 

 K 

 L 



M 



3.3 

 3.3 



3.7 

 3.5 



3.6 



3.3 

 3.3 

 3.8 

 3.5 



3.5 



4.2 

 3.7 

 2.1 

 2.6 



1.5 



2.5 

 2.9 

 6.7 



4.7 



8.4 



39.9 

 38.2 

 36.9 

 35 



33.6 

 33 



N 



3.5 



3.5 

 3.5 



3.6 

 3.5 

 3.6 



2 

 2 

 2.5 



6.3 

 6.1 



5 



33 





 P 



"Waushara, Wis 



30.4 

 29.3 



Q 



Alexander, N. C 



Oklahoma, Okla 



Pike, Ala 



25 ?, 



R 



3.5 



3.5 



2 



6.1 



23.9 

 2.3.1 



T 



Holmes, Miss 



Russell, Kans 











22 



TT 











20.4 



















GENERAL FARM PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS. 



SURVEYS IN TIPTON COUNTY, IND. 



The tillage records for Indiana were taken in the central part of 

 Tipton County (Table X). This is in the corn-belt prairie section 

 (fig. 1, A). The soil is a silty clay loam about 8 inches deep with a 

 heavier clay-loam subsoil. The soils are dark brown to almost black 

 in color and are very productive, especially the darker type. The 

 country is very flat and appears as a continuous plain. 



Many improvements have been made in this county. Practically 

 all the land has been tile drained, the farmers having cooperated in 

 establishing central drainage systems to dispose of the water. Ex- 

 ceptionally good roads are maintained. Every section line is a public 

 road and nearly all the roads have been graveled. A system of cen- 

 tral schools has been established to take the place of the local county 

 schools. The land is worked mainly by the owners. The farmers 

 live in good houses and have well-kept barns and outbuildings, which 

 give to the country a very prosperous appearance. 



The farm practices for the section are very uniform. Most farm- 

 ers maintain a general rotation of corn one year, wheat or oats one 

 year, and hay or pasture one or two years. Some timothy is grown, 

 but most of the hay is clover. Considerable truck, such as garden 

 peas, tomatoes, and sweet corn, is grown for the canning factories. 



