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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
greatly increased amount of work other than tillage. Labor, how- 
ever, is more efficient and a greater acreage is cultivated per man 
where more horses and better equipment are used. The quality of 
labor available, the type of farming, and the topography of the land 
largely regulate the size of teams to be used. With very cheap labor, 
1-horse implements may be more economical than heavier imple- 
ments, since slightly more land is worked with two 1-horse teams 
than with one 2-horse team. 
The cost of labor given is the average of what the farmers inter- 
viewed actually pay. Where cheap labor is available crops which 
require much hand labor predominate. 
ACREAGE AND CROP YIELDS. 
Table IV gives the reader a general idea of the types of farming 
practiced in each region surveyed. The normal acreages and normal 
crop yields, as shown, represent the averages for the farms visited 
in each region. 
Table IV. — Normal average acreage per farm and yield per acre of various 
crops on the farms surveyed in twenty-one regions of the United States. 
Region covered (fig. 1). 
Corn. 
Oats. 
Wheat. 
Hay. 
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c 
County and State. 
Per 
farm. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Per 
farm. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Per 
farm. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Per 
farm. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
A 
Tipton, Ind 
Acres. 
52.1 
20.4 
18.0 
83.5 
44.0 
27.6 
54.4 
9.3 
7.8 
55. 4 
83.8 
40.8 
40.0 
20.0 
18.3 
49.0 
25.3 
47.2 
56.0 
112.5 
125.0 
Bushels. 
57.4 
52.3 
51.1 
49.3 
46.6 
41.5 
40.9 
39.9 
38.2 
36.9 
35.0 
33.6 
33.0 
33.0 
30.4 
29.3 
25.2 
23.9 
23.1 
22.0 
20.4 
Acres. 
24.1 
6.1 
Bushels. 
51.0 
40.4 
Acres. 
19.6 
17.5 
7.1 
6.2 
"'39.' 4' 
72.0 
Bushels. 
21.4 
21.8 
24.2 
21.2 
20.0 
19.8 
18.5 
Acres. 
35.3 
16.8 
24.0 
13.5 
21.5 
24.0 
47.0 
21.0 
25.0 
77.9 
a 26. 2 
Tons. 
1.89 
B 
Montgomery, Ohio 
1.67 
c 
Mercer, X. J 
Moultrie, 111 
Tama, Iowa 
Kalamazoo, Mich 
Maury, Tenn 
Hartford, Conn 
Bradford, Pa 
Christian, Ky 
Hamilton, Xebr 
1.79 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
28.7 
26.6 
19.9 
26.1 
1.4 
9.1 
25.0 
19.0 
49.7 
3.0 
41.2 
35.5 
37.2 
31.7 
30.0 
30.0 
30.0 
28.7 
45.6 
49.7 
1.75 
1.50 
1.45 
1.57 
1.72 
I 
J 
K 
2.5 
111.6 
77.0 
41.7 
20.6 
16.8 
23.5 
18.9 
1.70 
1.08 
a 3. 50 
L 
Rockwall and Gravson, Tex. 
Scotland, X. C... 
Augusta, Va 
Waushara, Wis 
Bates, Mo 
Alexander, X. C 
Oklahoma, Okla 
M 
5.3 
30.1 
17.7 
31.9 
1.10 
N 
37.1 
16.0 
1.01 

16.4 
21.4 
7.0 
16.7 
10.0 
4.0 
22.4 
29.0 
10.5 
31.5 
35.7 
25.0 
1.04 
P 
Q 
R 
24.9 
19.1 
9.9 
19.0 
11.0 
16.6 
1.00 
a 17. 3 
a 3.67 
s 
Pike, Ala '. 
Holmes, Miss 
Russell, Kans 
T 
r 
185.0 
17.5 
a 10.0 
a 2. 00 
a Alfalfa. 
