4 BULLETIN 848, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table I. — Average distribution of crop area on 152 small farms near Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
10 acres 
and under 
Tillable area (per cent of total crop area). 
11 to 20 
acres. 
21 to 30 
acres. 
Over 30 
acres. 
Field crops: 
Corn 
Hay 
Grain 
Total 
Vegetables: 
Potatoes 
Sweet corn 
Tomatoes 
Spinach 
Sweet potatoes 
Turnips 
Kale 
String beans 
Cantaloupe 
Peas 
Cabbage 
Lima beans 
Lettuce 
Squash 
Peppers 
Radishes 
Asparagus 
Onions 
Beets 
Carrots 
Cucumbers. 
Black-eyed peas 
Parsnips 
Rhubarb 
Eggplant 
Miscellaneous vegetables 
Total 
Fruits: 
Strawberries 
Apples 
Raspberries 
Blackberries 
Miscellaneous fruits 
Total 
Flowers, total 
10.2 
11.4 
.3 
6.8 
2.9 
2.8 
3.5 
3.1 
5.7 
2.9 
3.5 
1.5 
4.2 
.2 
.2 
.2 
2.1 
5.0 
.3 
1.5 
2.5 
1.2 
10.5 
.7 
6.6 
12.8 
.2 
13.5 
5.7 
8.1 
5.1 
4.8 
3.7 
3.2 
2.6 
2.3 
2.0 
2.8 
1.0 
. 5 
1.1 
1.0 
2.7 
1.0 
6.3 
.1 
17.3 
17.2 
4.0 
38.5 | 
i2.i ; 
7.5 | 
3.8 
3.5 I 
2.8 
2.9 
2.8 
2.4 
2.1 j 
1.4 
2.2 
1.2 
2.0 
.4 
.6 
.2 
.4 
.3 
.5 
.6 
.3 
.3 
.6 
.3 
.3 
1.1 
52.6 
3.0 
2.2 
L8 
1.0 
(*) 
19.2 
20.6 
3.7 
43.5 
10.7 
8.6 
4.0 
2.5 
3.1 
2.1 
2.2 
2.5 
2.0 
1.1 
.7 
(«) 
CO 
.1 
1.3 
2.9 
3.4 
1.9 
.5 
3.3 
(a) 
12.0 
a Less than 0. 1 per cent. 
TILLABLE 
AREA 
GROUPS 
5 10 
ACRES IN FARM 
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 
I0.0A. AND LESS 
10. J - 10 
20. 1 - 3 
OVER 30 A. 
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Fig. 1. — Distribution of farm area on 152 small farms near Washington, D. C. 
