6 BULLETIN 341, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Jt will be observed that the area is well covered with country 
roads, though these are laid out quite irregularly. Several stretches _ 
of these roads have been macadamized. Others are fairly well graded — 
and ordinarily in good condition, though many of the roads are poor. 
By far the most important industry in the county is the produc- _ 
tion of market milk. Practically all the farms studied are less than . 
5 miles from a shipping point. Kennett Square is the largest village, — 
but has little effect on the local agriculture. Its population is about 
2,000. a 
There is practically no relation between types of farming and dis- 
tance from shipping point in this area, since all the farms are fairly 
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Fig. 2.—Map of survey area. Farms surveyed indicated by dots. 
close to a shipping point. The principal type of farming, namely, 
production of market milk, is one which, by proper cooperation in 
delivering the product to the shipping station, is within rather wide 
limits little influenced by distance to the shipping point. In the 
absence of collective delivery of milk, distance to shipping point — 
becomes a very important matter. 
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TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE. 
Figure 3 shows the topography of the area surveyed. The heavier ; 
shading represents the higher land, the shading decreasing in density _ 
toward sea level. The lowest elevation is found in London Britain — 
