Farm Types in Nebraska 
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Fig:. 3'fi. — The key to the boundaries of type areas in i\enrasKa as ueierimned 
for the year 1909. 
no doubt will show the need of redrawing nearly all lines aside 
from those determined by the Sand Hills. For example, it 
would not be surprising to find that the small island of winter- 
summer cropping in south-central Nebraska had grown larger, 
that the summer-winter type was covering more of the south- 
eastern counties, and that certain size-of-farm lines had moved 
a little farther west. 
For the crop year 1909 Nebraska has been divided into 
twelve type areas. The three northwestern areas are named 
according to the regions they occupy. All other areas bear 
county names. (See Fig. 37.) To one who is familiar with 
the State, county names serve to characterize and locate an 
area almost as well as regional names. If it had been possible, 
however, regional names would have been given to all areas. 
THE DETERMINATION OF FARM TYPES 
The average type of farm for each type area was calcu- 
lated from the county agricultural data of the census. Since 
