Farm Types in Nebraska 
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Table 4. — The number of all farms compared with the number 
reporting domestic animals. 
Type area 
Approximate 
acreage of the 
counties chosen 
to represent an 
area 
Number of 
all farms (1910) 
in the counties 
chosen 
Number of 
farms (1910) 
reporting' 
domestic 
animals 
Boyd 
2,369,920 
4,007 
3,955 
Buffalo 
2.542,720 
9,777 
9,588 
Cass l 
2,314,240 
13,521 
13,297 
Chase 
4,231,040 
5,093 
4,915 
Custer .. 
2,829,440 
8,194 
8,097 
E. Sand Hills .... 
2,994,560 
3,486 
3,382 
Harlan 
5,521,280 
19,839 
19,331 
High Plains 
4,753,280 
4,203 
3,988 
Hitchcock 
3,091,840 
4,588 
4,410 
Thayer 
5,959,680 
32,323 
31,833 
Wayne 
4,747,987 
20,743 
20,435 
W. Sand Hills.... 
5,818,240 
3,266 
2,993 
Boyd, Chase, Custer, Wayne, and Cass areas belong to the 
summer-spring type; that the Buffalo, Harlan, and Thayer 
areas belong to the summer-winter type; and the Hitchcock 
area to the winter-summer type. The key to boundary lines 
(Fig. 36) shows that the Wayne area is separated from the 
Custer area by a line following 5 per cent winter annuals. The 
figures determined from county groups indicate 2 per cent 
winter annuals in the Wayne area and 10 per cent winter an- 
nuals in the Custer area. 
The relation that exists between the size-of-farm bound- 
aries and the average size of farm determined for county 
groups can be seen on comparing figure 36 with figure 38. The 
average size of farm determined for a group of counties in no 
case exactly agrees with the average indicated by the size-of- 
farm lines. This is in part due to the fact that the size of 
farm does not change at a uniform rate from one line to an- 
other. 
Each type area outlined holds a wide range of farm con- 
ditions. This is particularly true of western areas. For ex- 
ample, there is not a great deal of difference between lowland 
and upland farms in the eastern part of the State, but in 
western areas lowland farms that are either naturally or 
artificially irrigated resemble in many ways eastern farms 
