FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 
9 
Table III shows that in the regions where land is less expensive 
and labor cheap the farms are large, with a small percentage of the 
land under cultivation. Where land is more expensive the farms are 
smaller, with a larger percentage of it under cultivation. Of the 
regions surveyed, the 10 having the highest priced land have an 
average farm size of 201 acres, with 80 per cent of the farm land 
tillable. For the 10 regions having the lowest priced land, the aver- 
age farm size is 291 acres, with only 63 per cent of the farm land 
tillable. 
Table III. — Number of farm projects surveyed, area in farms, average acreage 
per head of live stock, and average cost of farm labor in twenty-one regions 
of the United States. 
Region covered (fig. 1). 
Date of 
survey. 
d 
M 
o 
o 
Average land per 
farm. 
Average 
cultivated 
land per 
head. 
Average 
land per 
horse. 
Average 
price of 
farm labor. 
CO 
County and State. 
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1 
A 
B 
c 
D 
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F 
G 
H 
I 
J 
K 
L 
M 
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P 
Tipton, Ind 
Montgomery, Ohio 
Mercer, N. J 
Moultrie, 111 
Tama, Iowa 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Maury, Tenn 
Hartford, Conn ... 
Bradford, Pa 
Christian, Ky 
Hamilton, Nebr... 
Rockwalland Gray- 
son, Tex 
Scotland, N.C... 
Augusta, Va 
Waushara, Wis . . . 
Bates, Mo 
July, 1913 
do 
Aug., 1913 
Oct., 1912 
Aug., 1914 
Oct., 1913 
Nov., 1913 
Oct., 1913 
Sept., 1913 
Nov., 1913 
June, 1913 
Apr., 1913 
Nov., 1912 
Sept.,1913 
June, 1913 
Aug., 1914 
Nov. 1913 
May, 1913 
Mar., 1913 
Apr., 1913 
Aug., 1914 
29 
29 
32 
59 
25 
26 
15 
25 
28 
26 
25 
24 
38 
28 
26 
25 
14 
21 
21 
25 
25 
Acres. 
184.6 
86.5 
109.6 
192.9 
148.8 
172.8 
389.0 
93.5 
109.4 
404.0 
261.0 
271.6 
274.1 
209.4 
170.4 
184.8 
236.0 
214.9 
328.4 
401.8 
655.0 
Acres. 
153.0 
76.3 
93.8 
177.6 
109.7 
138.9 
303.3 
62.7 
83.7 
345.0 
240.0 
230.4 
170.8 
142.6 
126.8 
146.8 
97.8 
134.3 
198.0 
215.0 
331.0 
$209. 48 
146. 96 
101. 87 
198. 30 
196. 40 
101.40 
110.38 
138. 80 
51.20 
69.04 
158. 38 
103. 41 
113. 50 
71.80 
48.27 
95.00 
39.14 
50.00 
36.50 
22.40 
43.20 
Acres. 
7.8 
9.8 
10.3 
24.7 
4.6 
20.3 
7.1 
4.6 
6.3 
29.2 
13.3 
41.3 
37.6 
9.2 
14.0 
8.1 
14.6 
13.3 
20.8 
11.7 
7.0 
Acres. 
2.2 
2.4 
21.5 
11.3 
1.6 
4.3 
7.6 
2.2 
16.8 
7.0 
3.1 
25.0 
14.4 
14.2 
14.4 
3.1 
13.8 
4.8 
5.8 
18.9 
7.7 
Acres. 
21.9 
17.9 
17.0 
18.4 
18.8 
28.6 
40.3 
17.8 
28.3 
34.9 
27.4 
30.9 
24.7 
33.8 
30.8 
23.3 
32.6 
23.1 
31.3 
24.7 
29.0 
Acres. 
7.4 
6.2 
6.9 
8.8 
7.5 
5.7 
7.2 
5.4 
2.6 
8.5 
9.6 
17.6 
19.3 
4.7 
8.9 
8.0 
11.2 
15.0 
24.2 
21.7 
14.5 
$1.21 
1.42 
1.50 
1.18 
2.00 
1.50 
.75 
1.68 
1.30 
"i'94" 
1.12 
.75 
1.08 
1.34 
1.45 
.77 
1.12 
.71 
.69 
1.90 
$24. 90 
19.00 
26.46 
28.67 
33.68 
24.67 
17.95 
26.67 
22.00 
17.43 
34.44 
25.00 
'i6."40 
31.11 
24. 25 
Q 
R 
S 
T 
U 
Alexander, N. C . 
Oklahoma, Okla. . 
Pike, Ala 
Holmes, Miss 
Russell, Kans 
'22.' 92 
14.13 
10. 69 
27.10 
The number of cattle and hogs found in a region is undoubtedly 
governed by the available pastures and the price of feeds. Where 
good pastures abound and where grain and hay can be produced 
cheaply more cattle and hogs are found. 
Less acreage is worked per horse in the regions where improved 
implements and heavy teams are employed than in the regions where 
small teams and 1-horse implements predominate. This is probably 
due partly to the fact that in the Central West, where a small acreage 
is worked per horse, many colts are raised, and extra mares are kept 
on the farm for this purpose. The fact that larger yields of crops 
are made and more live stock kept on the farms in the Middle West 
where these heavy horses and implements are used makes also for a 
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