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over 45 acres of crops the acreage of small grains exceeded that of 
corn. That the farmers who did not raise over 30 acres of crops had 
a greater proportion of the crop area in corn and a smaller propor- 
tion in small grains than those who raised larger acreages of crops 
is quite natural, when the number of stock kept on the different 
groups of farms is considered in connection with the fact that prac- 
tically all the feed consumed on these farms is produced on them and 
that the farmers consider corn the cheapest source of concentrates. 
The average amount of stock kept on the farms with 30 acres or 
under of crops was 2J work horses, 2-J cows, 4 head of young cattle, 
13 sheep, 5 hogs, and 110 chickens. This complement of stock required 
concentrates equivalent to 280 bushels of corn and roughage equiva- 
lent to 12 tons of hay. With the average yields of corn and hay on 
this group of farms it would require 7 acres of corn and 11 acres of 
hay to produce the required amount of feed, and these correspond 
with the acreages actually raised. These farms had an average crop 
area of only 24 acres. With 18 acres used in aiming to grow enough 
feed for the stock, and with 2 acres in fruit, etc., it may readily be seen 
that only 4 acres, or a considerably smaller area than the acreage in 
corn, could be used in growing small grains. 
The farmers with 31 to 45 acres of crops would require 10 acres of 
corn and 16 acres of hay to grow all the feed required for the stock 
they kept. They did grow 9 acres of corn and IT acres of hay, or 
practically enough feed for their stock. With 26 acres used in grow- 
ing corn and hay and 2 acres in fruit, etc., they had left of their total 
crop area of 38 acres 10 acres that were used in growing small grains. 
The farmers that raised over 45 acres of crops would require 13 
acres of corn and 22 acres of hay to produce all the feed required for 
the stock they kept. They did grow 13 acres of corn and 26 acres of 
hay, or a little larger acreage than required to furnish feed for the 
stock. Thus, with 39 acres used in growing corn and hay and 3 acres 
in fruit, etc., they had left from their total crop area of 57 acres 15 
acres that were used in growing small grains. 
Fewer silos have been built on the farms with 30 acres of crops or 
under than on the larger farms. Only three of these farms have silos, 
and two of these were not filled in 1916. The farms with so small a 
crop acreage seldom raise enough corn to fill a silo and have enough 
grain feed for a minimum number of stock. They more often do not 
raise enough to fill a silo. Of the farms with 30 acres and under of 
crops, one in six had silos in November, 1916 ; of those with 31 to 45 
acres of crops, one in four had silos ; and of those with over 45 acres 
of crops almost one-half had silos. 
Most of the sheep were found in the larger farms, the flocks being 
larger on the. large farms than on the small farms, and a greater 
