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a more accurate idea of open farming country than the first. 
Another very important point in favor of the second method 
is its freedom from any arbitrary rulings concerning very 
small farms. 
When the total area of the county is used, it gives a 
stable basis from which to measure any change in the aver- 
age size of farm brought about thru either an increase or a 
decrease in the number of farms. Table 3 illustrates the im- 
portance of this fact. In the first column of the table are 
found the names of the type areas in Nebraska and also the 
Table 3. — The size of farm as affected by the number of 
• farms ivithin a given area. 
Nebraska type areas. 1 
The figures indicate 
the total acreage of 
counties chosen to 
represent a type area. I 
Number 
of all 
farms in 
.1900 
Numbei 
of all 
farms ii 
1910 
Total ares 
divided by total 
number of farms 
Size of farm 
given in census 
1900 
loir 
1900 
1910 
(1) 
(2) 
v3) 
~ (4) 
(5) 
(61 
(«) 
2,314,240 acres used ' 
14,520 
13 52 1 
159 
171 
155 
164 
Cass type area 
— 
4* 
Thayer 
— 
4~ 
4- 
5.959,680 
34,657 
32.323 
172 
184 
169 
178 
Wayne 
-j- 
— 
— 
4,747,987 
20 ; 254 
20,743 
234 
229 
232 
213 
Buffalo 
+ 
' — 
— 
2,542,720 
9,083 
9,777 
280 
260 
263 
240 
Harlan 
— 
4* 
4 . 
5,521,280 
20,361 
19,83C* 
271 
278 
250 
264 
Custer 
4~ 
— 
— 
2,829,440 
6,939 
8,194 
408 
345 
321 
316 
Boyd 
4~ 
— 
+ 
2,369,920 
3,764 
4,007 
629 
591 
320 
549 
Hitchcock 
■T 
— 
4- 
3,091,840 
3,619 
4.588 
855 
674 
514 
531 
Chase 
4~ 
— 
4~ 
4.231,040 
2,545 
5,093 
1,662 
831 
473 
502 
E. Sand Hills 
+ 
— 
4- 
2.994,560 
2,016 
3,486 
1,486 
859 
439 
629 
High Plains 
4- 
— 
4 
4.753,280 
2,654 
4.203 
1,789 
1,129 
709 
746 
W. Sand Hills 
+ 
— 
4 . 
5,818,240 
1,334 
3,266 
4,359 
1,781 
661 
859 
total area of the counties used in determining the average size 
of farm. The second column contains the number of all farms 
in 1000 that were located within the area of land indicated 
