ORGANIZATION" AND MANAGEMENT OF FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

 DISTRIBUTION OF CROP AREA. 



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Table V shows the distribution of the crop area on 349 dairy and 

 general farms in the Grove City area. 



Table V. — Distribution of crop area on 159 dairy farms and 190 general farm,s, Grove 



City, Pa., area. 



General 

 farms. 



Average crop area (acres) 

 Total crop area in — 



Hay 



Oats 



Corn 



Wheat 



Buckwheat 



Rye 



Apples 



Potatoes 



All other crops 



48 



Per cent. 



48.1 



16.4 



14.4 



10.3 



3.9 



1.4 



3.8 



1.4 



.3 



There was little variation in the distribution of the area devoted to 

 different crops on the two types of farms. More corn and a little 

 less hay and wheat are grown on the dairy farms than on the general 

 farms. The leading crop, measured by acreage, is hay, which occu- 

 pies nearly one-half of the crop area. The leading grasses are tim- 

 othy and clover. On the dairy farms the corn from one- third of the 

 acreage devoted to corn was put in the silo, while less than 1 per cent 

 of the corn acreage on the general farms was handled in this manner. 



The grain crops raised in this area, in the order of their importance, 

 are oats, wheat, buckwheat, and rye. A comparison of the area 

 devoted to each of these on the two types of farms shows practically 

 no difference except in the case of wheat. For the farms reporting 

 wheat the average area per farm devoted to this crop was 4.8 acres 

 on the dairy farms and 5.4 acres on the general farms. 



Some fruit is grown throughout this area, but it is used mostly for 



home use. 



DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE STOCK. 



Table VI shows the distribution of live stock on 349 dairy and gen- 

 eral farms in the Grove City area. 



Table VI. — Distribution of live stock on 159 dairy and 190 general farms, Grove City, 



Pa., area. 



Total live stock per farm (animal units) 

 Animal units represented by- 

 Dairy cows 



Other cattle 



Horses and colts 2 



Sheep 



Hogs 



Poultry 



Dairy 



General 



farms. 



farms. 



18 



16 



Percent. 



Per cent. 



44 



28 



22 



30 



21 



23 



1 



5 



7 



8 



5 



6 



1 An animal unit is a mature horse or cow, or as many smaller animals as require the feed of a horse 

 or cow, namely, 2 head of young cattle, 5 hogs, 7 sheep, or 100 hens. 

 1 Includes 3 head of work stock. 



