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Table 6. — Coarse forage (largely corn and “ cane ”) in 1909. 
Type area 
1 
Acres 
per 
farm 
1 
Tons 
per 
acre 
Tons 
per 
farm 
Index to 
yields, 
Cass — 
100% 
Northwest to North Central 
High Plains 
.90 
1.64 
1.48 
61 
Western Sand Hills 
.51 
1.76 
.90 
66 
Eastern Sand Hills 
.35 
2,51 
.88 
94 
Boyd — 
.53 
2.58 
1.37 
97 
Southwest to Northeast 
Chase 
7.89 
1.60 
12.62 
60 
Buffalo 
1.13 
1.99 
2.25 
75 
Custer 
.52 
2.48 
1.29 
93 
Wayne 
.22 
3.00 
.66 
112 
Southwest to Southeast 
Hitchcock 
12.82 
1.52 
19.52 
57 
Harlan 
3.68 
1.77 
6.51 
66 
Thayer 
.45 
2.51 
1.13 
94 
Cass — - 
.18 
2.67 
.48 
100 
Table 7.— Wheat per farm in 1909. 
Notice that on “hard land” the production of wheat per farm is great- 
est where the yields are lowest. 
1 
Type area 
Acres of 
winter 
wheat per 
farm 
Acres of ! 
spring 
wheat per 
farm 
Bushels of 
all wheat 
per acre 
Bushels of 
all wheat 
per farm 
Index to 
yields, 
Cass-- 
100% 
Northwest to 
High Plains 
1.2 
14.5 
10.9 
172 
' 
58 
North Central 
W. Sand Hills.... 
.3 
1.7 
8.0 
16 
43 
E. Sand Hills 
1.6 
1.3 
13.4 
39 
71 
Boyd 
1.7 
4.2 
10.5 
62 
56 
Southwest to 
Northeast 
Chase 
12.7 
15.5 
11.4 
320 
61 
Buffalo 
24.4 
.8 
18.3 
462 
97 
Custer 
10.6 
1.0 
19.3 
224 
103 
Wayne 
1.9 
5.7 
14.2 
108 
76 
Southwest to 
Southeast 
Hitchcock 
99.2 
4.9 
6.4 
667 
34 
Harlan 
45.6 
.4 
10.9 
501 
58 
Thayer 
30.2 
.3 
15.7 
480 
84 
Case 
13.2 
3.4 
18.8 
312 
100 
