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visited, however, are very similar to those on other farms in the 
respective areas. 
• Table 1. — Location, number, and size of farms. 
Location. 
Number 
of farms. 
Average 
size of 
farms 
(acres). 
Average 
number 
of crop 
acres. 
34 
34 
42 
56 
60 
60 
363 
202 
218 
270 
247 
256 
276 
140 
Madison County, Indiana 
Montgomery Comity, Indiana 
Livingston County," Illinois 
Knox County, Illinois 
176 
205 
211 
198 
All 
286 
258 
201 
Fig. 1. — Areas in which investigation was made. 
Madison County, Ohio. — The average size of all farms in this 
county, as determined by the 1920 census of agriculture, is 164 acres. 
Corn is the principal crop, occupying in 1919 about 46 acres per farm. 
A considerable part of the corn is cut by hand and husked by hand 
from the shock. Where this practice is followed no horse labor is 
used in the corn harvest except for hauling the husked corn from the 
field to the crib. 
Wheat is the crop next in importance from the standpoint of 
acreage. There was an average of 28 acres per farm in this crop in 
1919. Wheat usually follows corn in the rotation. It is sown after 
the corn is cut, without any preparation of the ground except disking. 
Oats is usually planted in the same way. Oats occupied an acreage 
less than half as great as that of wheat in 1919. 
