42 
BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Most of the farms are worked by the owners, and by having large 
fields and using heavy teams and improved machinery the minimum 
amount of labor is required. Xo definite cropping system is main- 
tained, but usually the land is in corn for three or four years, in 
oats one year, and then wheat for three or four years. Some timothy 
and clover is' grown, but most of the hay is produced from alfalfa, 
which does well in this region. Bluegrass does well and is often 
grown for pasture. 
Table XX. — Tillage practices with corn in Hamilton County, Neor., showing 
depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is 
used, and normal yield of the crop. 
[In columns 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 
farms; as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 
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1 
3. 
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p 
Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
.5 
09 
Harrow. 
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a 
fi 
si 
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c 
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to c3 
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Total cultivations. 
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Farm Xo. 
5 - 
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ft 
CO 
5 
Harrow, weed er, 
or roller. 
other Imple- 
ments. 
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> 
5 
2 
.2 
>> 

c 
1 
o 
3 
i 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 11 
12 
13 
1 
6 
5 
5 
7 
5 
6 
6 
6 
5 
5 
7 
5 
6 
7 
6i 
5| 
5 
7 
6 
6 
5 
5 
6 
6 
6 
1,3 
2 
1.3 
1,3 
1 
1,3 
1,3 
1,3 
1 
1,2 
1,3 
~"i" 
1,3 
1 
1,3 
1 
2,3 
1,3 
2 
1,3 
1.3 
1,3,4 
2 
1 
9 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
1 
3 
1 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
4 
2 
1 
1 
1,2 
1 
1 
1,2 
1,2 
1,2,3 
1,2 
1 
1,2 
1,2 
1 
1 
1,2 
1,2 
1 
1 
1.2 
1,2 
1,2 
1,2 
1,2,3 
1 
...„. 
2 too 
2,3,4 
3.4,5 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
3 to 6 
3,4,5 
4 to 7 
3,4,5 
2,3,4 
3 to 6 
3 to 6 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
3,4,5 
3 to 6 
3 to 6 
2,3,4 
2 to 5 
3 to 6 
3,4,5 
3,4,5 
3 to 6 
4,5,6 
2 to 5 
1 4 
1 3 
2 3 
1 3 
1 3 
2 4 
2 3 
3 4 
2 3 
5 
4 
5 
1 
5 
4 
6 
6 
4 
4 
5 
6 
6 
4 
5 
6 
5 
5 
6 
6 
5 
40 
9 
30 
3 
30 
4 
33 
6 
S 
9 
90 
10 
1 
2 
2 
i 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
9 
2 
2 
3 
1 
3 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
4 
4 
3 
4 
3 
3 
4 
3 
4 
40 
11 
2 
1,2 
2 
'"~2~ 
35 
12 
45 
13 
30 
14 
40 
15 
30 
16 
2 
40 
17 
30 
IS 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
30 
19 
35 
20 
30 
21 
30 
22 
40 
23 
35 
24 
35 
25... 
9 
32 
Farms using . . .per cent. . 
"o.'8" 
96 
84 
4 
2.5 
100 4 i 100 
100 
Average 
3.4 
5.1 
35 
A considerable number of cattle and usually from 75 to 100 
hogs are kept on a farm. Practically no fruit or truck is produced, 
and the farm incomes are largely from hogs, grain, ha}', and cattle. 
The tillage practices with corn are very uniform. Usually the land 
is disked before plowing, which cuts up the stalks and puts the land 
in better condition. Practically all the plowing is done with a 
