ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 15 
DISTRIBUTION OF CROP AREA. 
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 farms, Grove 
City, Pa., area. 
Dairy 
farms. 
General 
farms. 
Average crop area (acres) 
Total crop area in— 
Hav 
Oats 
Corn 
Wheat 
Buckwheat 
Rye 
Apples 
Potatoes 
All other crops 
48 
Per cent. 
47.6 
16.2 
16.2 
9.0 
3.9 
1.6 
3.5 
1.5 
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... 
Dairv 
General 
farms. 
farms. 
IS 
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. 
2 Includes 3 head of work stock. 
