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BULLETIN 997, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
7 acres per farm in wheat and practically the same acreage in hay. 
The acreage devoted to these two crops was less in this county than 
in any other studied. 
The average size of the farms in this county is greater than in any 
other county studied in the investigation. However, the average 
size of the farms visited in this county was considerably less than 
those visited in some of the other areas. 
Knox County, Illinois. — The average size of the farms in this 
county is 153 acres. In 1919 there were about 42 acres per farm in 
corn, 20 acres in oats, 9 acres in wheat, and 15 acres in hay. 
In both Illinois areas corn is practically all husked from the standing 
stalk. A considerable part of the corn is sold, most of which is shelled 
before being marketed. Endgate seeders are used almost universally 
for sowing oats. 
Table 2 gives the acreages in different crops during the year cov- 
ered by the investigation on the farms visited in the different areas. 
Table 2. — Acreages in different crops in different areas. 
[Averages.] 
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Madison County, Ohio 
34 
34 
42 
56 
60 
60 
129.0 
40.6 
66.0 
83.1 
109.5 
97.7 
50.8 
38.9 
39.4 
32.3 
7.6 
17.4 
43.7 
18.0 
18.9 
38.7 
76.3 
49.5 
0.6 
2.1 
3.1 
4.9 
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29.6 
32.2 
30.1 
28.0 
12.2 
25.2 
22.4 
6.9 
18.3 
17.6 
5.2 
6.3 
276.1 
140.1 
176.2 
204.7 
210.8 
198.0 
86.9 
61.8 
41.9 
64.8 
36.5 
58.0 
363.0 
202.0 
Madison Countv, Ind 
218.1 
Montgomery County, Ind 
269.5 
247.3 
Knox"County, HI.".' 
1.9 
256.0 
All 
286 
89.6 
28.0 
44.1 
2.1 
.3 
25.1 
12.0 
201.2 
56.4 
257.6 
In each area corn is the principal crop ; it has the greatest acreage 
and makes the heaviest demands upon power and man-labor. The 
practices in growing and harvesting the different crops are quite simi- 
lar in the different areas, with the exception of the harvesting of corn, 
and the common methods used in each area have been outlined above. 
The land is generally level in all areas, and on the farms visited 
the fields were usually large enough to permit the efficient operation 
of tractors. On very few farms were any fields less than 10 acres 
in size included in the regular rotation. 
