14 BULLETIN 1258, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — Per cent of farm area in corn, small grains, and clover and timothy. 
Percentage in — 
Average per- 
centage of— 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1910 
and 
1913- 
1915 
1916- 
1919 
1910 
and 
1913- 
1919 
Corn: 
Total 
31.6 
31.5 
"""."I" 
30.3 
29.9 
CD 
.3 
33.7 
33.1 
(.4) 
.4 
.2 
33.3 
33.0 
(.2) 
.3 
34.5 
34.2 
(.3) 
.3 
39.1 
37.8 
(1.2) 
.9 
.4 
33.5 
32.1 
(1.6) 
1.2 
.2 
34.3 
32.8 
(1.6) 
1.5 
32.2 
31.9 
(.2) 
.3 
35.3 
34.2 
(1.2) 
1.0 
.1 
33.8 
33.1 
(.7) 
.6 
For grain 
Hogged off 
For silage 
For fodder... 
Small grains: 
Total 
29.5 
17.2 
12.2 
. 1 
25.4 
19.2 
5.7 
.5 
29.1 
19.9 
9.0 
.2 
31.8 
17.6 
13.5 
. 7 
26.8 
25.0 
1.5 
.3 
25.1 
22.8 
1.6 
.7 
30.4 
20.0 
7.1 
3.3 
29. 6 ' 29. 
17. 3 : 18. 5 
10. 8 10. 1 
1. 5 ! .4 
28.0 
21.3 
5.2 
1.5 
28 5 
Oats 
19 9 
Wheat- 
7 7 
Rye 
9 
Clover and timothy: 
Total 
25.2 
21.6 
12 7 
7.1 
"l~8~ 
29.5 
25.6 
10.9 
5.1 
.7 
8.7 
.1 
22.7 
20.6 
11.7 
6.0 
.5 
2.3 
.1 
20.0 
18.6 
10.2 
4.4 
.2 
3.7 
23.7 
22.1 
12 3 
6.8 
.2 
2.7 
.1 
20.9 
19.6 
10.3 
7.2 
.1 
1.9 
21.7 
20.6 
11.2 
7.3 
.1 
2.0 
22. 2 
20. 4 
12.1 
7.5 
""7s" 
24.3 
21.5 
11.4 
5.6 
.4 
4.1 
22.1 
20.6 
11.5 
7.2 
.1 
1.8 
23 2 
Medium red clover and timo- 
thy- 
Total 
21.1 
11 4 
For hay only 
6 4 
For pasture and seed 
For hay and seed ... 
.3 
For hay and pasture 
| — 
Mammoth clover — 
Total .. 
S.6 
3. e 
4.0 
4.0 
2.1 
.1 
1.6 
1.5 
1.6 
1.4 
1.4 
1.4 
1.1 
LI 
1.8 
1.4 
.4 
2.8 
2.8 
1.5 \ 2 1 
L3 20 
.1 1 .1 
Alsike clover for seed 
.2 
. 1 
Total of corn, small grains, and 
clover and timothy 
86.3 
85.2 
85.5 
85.1 
85.0 
85.1 
85.6 
86.1 
85.5 
85.4.J 85.5 
The proportion of the land put to corn varied with different farms, 
and often the same farm varied in different years. (See Table 5.) 
Less than 25 per cent of the land was in corn on a few farms, and 
more than 45 per cent on a few others. The greater number of all 
the farms had from 25 to 45 per cent of the land in corn, the propor- 
tion varying with conditions existing on each farm. Some farms 
were of such size that, with the labor and equipment available, a 
rather high percentage could well be put in corn; while with others 
there would have been considerable extra expense for labor or equip- 
ment if such a large percentage of the land had been put in corn. 
Ordinarily, one man with a 2-horse (1-row) cultivator cared for from 
20 to 30 acres of corn; and one man with a 3-horse (2-row) cultivator 
cared for from 30 to 50 acres. 
Table 5. — Variations in per cent of land in corn. 
Per cent of land in corn. 
Number of farms in 
- 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
5 to 14 . 
2 
13 
47 
24 
10 
2 
1 
3 
23 
40 
19 
3 
1 
1 
3 
15 to 24. 
8 
51 
27 
7 
3 
2 
1 
11 
45 
33 
4 
4 
2 
1 
8 
39 
38 
9 
4 
1 
1 
f> 
30 
35 
21 
4 
3 
1 
13 
44 
28 
12 
2 
1 
11 
25 to 34 
35 
35 to 44 
38 
46to54_. 
9 
55to64 
65 to 74 
5 
2 
75 to 84 
85 to 94 
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