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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



region, of broad, gently sloping ridges and level valleys. No drain- 

 age is required. Some parts of this area are extremely rolling and 

 rugged. These lands are used for grazing purposes. 



The country has not yet been fully developed. Only a few of 

 the principal roads have been improved. On account of the extra 

 large size of the farms the country is thinly populated, which makes 

 it impracticable to have schools and churches conveniently near. 

 Practically no timber is grown and the farmhouses and barns are 

 built of a convenient soft native stone, which hardens when exposed 

 to the air. The absence of trees around the farm homes gives to the 

 country a rather desolate appearance. All the farm lands are fenced, 

 the fence posts being of stone. 



Table XXX. — Tillage practices with, corn in Russell County, Kans., showing 

 depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is 

 used, and normal yield of the crop. 



[In columns 3 to 8 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several farms; as, 

 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 





B 



SO 



a 

 o 



o 



ft- 

 A 



Tillage after planting.a 







1 



03 



o 

 o 



a 

 ft - 





Cultivator. 



Total cultivations. 



"3 

 ■Si 



3 





1 



Lister. 2-horse. 



o 

 C 



O 



1 



1 

 ft 

 J 



» 



o 



60 



.s 



M 



M 



O 



< 



CD 



O 



C3 



Farm No. 



O 



o 



CN 



a 



o 



*© 

 > 

 o 



o 



ft 



% 



e 



o 



1 



o 





4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



1 



3 



6 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 7 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 7 









1.2 







3 





 

 2 

 1 





 1 

 1 

 

 



1 







1 

 1 







1 

 1 

 1 

 1 







1 





 

 

 



3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 3 



3 

 3 

 5 



5 



3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 3 



10 



2 



1.2 

 1.3 

 1,3 

 2,3 

 1,2 



3 

 5 



31 



3 



2,4 

 1 







20 



4 



2 





10 



5 



4.5 -. 



20 



6 







2,3,4 





10 





1 

 2 







25 



8 







1,3 

 1,2 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 2.3 

 2.3 



1 

 3,4 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 2.3 

 1.2 



2 



1.2 



1,2,3 



1.2 



1,2 



15 



9 







3 



4 



3.4 

 4,5 



3 

 4,5 



4 

 2.3.4 



5 



25 



10 









25 



11 



2 





20 



12 



1 



20 



13 : 



1 

 1 





20 



14 





20 



15 





20 



16 



17 



2 

 2 



1 





1 



25 

 25 



18 



2 





18 



19 



3,4 



4 

 3 



3 



4,5 

 3 

 3 



30 



20 







20 



21 



1 







20 



22 







20 



23 









20 



24 









20 



25 









20 













Farms using per cent - . 



Average 



5% 



44 



8 



8 



92 



32 



56 



52 





- 





3.2 



3.8 



20.4 



















a No tillage was given after plowing and before planting. 



Xo general rotations are practiced. Wheat is the principal money 

 crop, and on many farms it is the only crop grown. Corn, kafir, and 



