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region, of broad, gently sloping ridges and level valleys. Xo drain- 
age is required. Some parts of this area are extremely rolling and 
rugged. These lands are used for grazing purposes. 
The country has not yet been fully developed. Only a few of 
the principal roads have been improved. On account of the extra 
large size of the farms the country is thinly populated, which makes 
it impracticable to have schools and churches conveniently near. 
Practically no timber is grown and the farmhouses and barns are 
built of a convenient soft native stone, which hardens when exposed 
to the air. The absence of trees around the farm homes gives to the 
country a rather desolate appearance. All the farm lands are fenced, 
the fence posts being of stone. 
Table XXX. — Tillage practices with corn in Russell County, Kans., 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 8 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.] 
O 
o 
o 
— 
ft 
0) 
Tillage 
after planting. a 
2 
s5 
O 
q 
© 
M 
ft 
X 
03 
J 
Cultivator. 
Total cultivations. 
"3 
Lister. 2-horse. 

C s_ 
« o 

C3 
1 
1 
ft 
s 
s 
EG 
ti. 
a 
I 
< 
9 
71 
Farm Xo. 
2-horso. 
4-horse 2-row . 
4-shovel. 
6-shovel. 
O 
ft 
z 
1 
o 
3 
4 5 6 7 8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
1 
3 
6 
5 
8 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
5 
3 
5 
5 
6 
4 
4 
5 
5 
6 
6 
7 
7 
1.2 
3 



2 
1 
1 

1 
1 


1 

1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 




3 
3 
3 
2 
4 
3 
3 
2 
3 
4 
4 
3 
4 
3 
4 
4 
3 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
5 
3 
3 
3 
3 
5 
3 
5 
3 
4 
3 
3 
4 
5 
3 
5 
4 
4 
5 
4 
3 
4 
3 
4 
3 
5 
3 
3 
10 
2 
1.2 
1.3 
1.3 
2.3 
1.2 
3 
31 
3 
2,4 
...... 
5 
20 
4 
2 
10 
~C5 :::::::: 
3 
2.3.4 
20 
6 
10 
1 
2 
25 
8 

1.3 
1.2 
1.2 
1.3 
1.2 
2.3 
2.3 
1 
3.4 
1.3 
1.3 
2.3 
1.2 
2 
1.2 
1.2.3 
1.2 
1.2 
15 
9 
3 
3.4 
4.5 
3 
25 
10 

25 
11 
2 

20 
12 
20 
13 
1 
1 

4' 
4.5 
4 
2.3.4 
5 
20 
14 

20 
15 
20 
16 
17 
2 
2 
...... 
1 
25 
25 
18 
2 
18 
19 
""'"3.4" 
4 
3 
3' 
4.5 
3 
3 
30 
20 
20 
21 
1 
20 
22 
20 
23 
20 
24 
20 
25 
20 
Farms using per cent . . 
Average 
"~5J" 
44 
8 
8 
92 32 
5G 
52 
3.2 
3 - 
20.4 
1 
n Xo tillage was given after plowing and before planting. 
Xo general rotations are practiced. TVTieat is the principal money 
crop, and on many farms it is the only crop grown. Corn, kafir. and 
