FARM MANAGEMENT IN CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA. 
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These figures serve to illustrate something of the changes occurring 
in the sizes of the different farms of this area over the period of 
this investigation, and how unstable even the number of acres 
operated as a farm unit may be from year to year. 
USES OF THE LAND. 
„ From the standpoint of crops, these 100 farms were organized, in 
the main, for the production of corn, mostly for grain, a little for 
silage; small grains, oats, wheat, and rye; and clover and timothy, 
for hay, pasture, and clover seed. (See Fig- 1.) 
CORN 
AVERAGE 
SIZE OF 
FARM PER CENT OF FARM AREA 
i 
ACRES 
20 30 
OATS WHEAT TIMOTHY AND 
CLOVER 
PER CENT OF PER CENT OF PER CENT OF FARM AREA 
FARM AREA FARM AREA 
O in ?n O io O 10 20 30 40 
10 
20 
Fig. 1. — Some increase is shown in the average size of the 100 farms. The 1910 and 1920 census data show 
increases in average size of farms from 99 to 103 acres for the State of Indiana, and from 93 to 104 acres 
for Clinton County. The percentage of land in wheat varied more than other crops from year to year. 
There were tendencies toward an increasing percentage of the land area in corn, and a decreasing per. 
centage in clover and timothy the later years of the investigation. These tendencies were probably 
more of a temporary than permanent nature, from agronomic and economic causes. In 1919, the last year 
covered by this study, the percentage Of the total farm land in each crop closely approximated the per- 
centages in 1910. 
Corn was the outstanding crop of the area in acreage and value. 
It was not only the main feed crop, but 26 per cent of all the corn 
produced during the eight years was sold as a cash crop; and this 
represented 36 per cent of the crop receipts, and 14 per cent of the 
total farm receipts. Corn as a cash crop was second only to hogs 
as a source of receipts for the 100 farms. Seventy-four per cent of all 
the corn was used on the farms where it was produced. 
The production of the small grains — oats, wheat, and rye — fitted 
well into the crop organization just outlined. The labor require- 
ments for these crops conflicted out little with those for corn, and 
required but a few days' additional labor at harvest time; the crops 
served as excellent nurse crops for clover and timothy seedings, 
and as cash crops they added materially to the total farm receipts, 
representing 55 per cent of the crop receipts and 20 per cent of the 
total farm receipts. Seventy-six per cent of the oat production, 82 
per cent of the wheat production, and 51 per cent of the rye production 
were sold as cash crops. (See Fig. 2.) 
