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Table 20. — The calculation of Hitchcock crop indexes using 
the Cass type of farm as a basis. 
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Kinds of crops 
Acreage of various crops 
grown on the Hitchcock type 
of farm. 
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Total yield from the acreage 
of various crops grown on 
the Hitchcock type of farm. _ 
Yield per acre of various 
crops grown on the Cass type^ 
of farm. £ 
Acreage of the Cass type of 
farm equivalent in 1909 to a^ 
given acreage of the Hitch-'-' 
cock type of farm. (Figures 
in Col. 3 divided by corre- 
sponding figures in Col. 4.) 
Hitchcock crop indexes (fig- 
ures in Col. 5 divided by cor- 
responding figures in Col. 2) 
Cass — 100% 
Rye 
$0.48 A 
4 bu. 
14.22 bu. | 
0.28 A 
Winter wheat 
99.20 A 
(All wheat) 
(All wheat) 
(All wheat) 
Spring wheat 
4.88 A 
667 bu. 
18.81 bu. 
35.45 A 
Oats 
4.16 A 
78 bu. 
24.43 bu. 
3.19 A 
Barley 
10.00 A 
260 bu. 
21.23 bu. 
12.25 A 
Emmer 
1.09 A 
21 bu. 
16.88 bu. 
1.25 A 
Grains cut green.... 
0.19 A 
0.18 T 
1.37 T 
.13 A 
Potatoes - 
0.50 A 
25 bu. 
88.00 bu. 
.28 A 
Corn 
48.70 A 
468 bu 
27.62 bu. 
16.94 A 
Millet 
21.56 A 
3.31 T 
1.96 T 
1.09 A 
Kafir 
0.97 A 
8.80 bu. 
46.17 bu. 
.54i A 
Cane 
0.21 A 
0.28 T 
3.45 T 
.08 T 
Coarse Forage ... 
12.82 A 
19.25 T 
2.67 T 
7.32 A 
Timothy 
1.52 T 
Timothy and clover 
1.54 T 
Clocer 
0.20 A 
0.20 T 
1.49 T 
.13 A 
Alfalfa 
5.05 A 
10.1© T 
2.84 T 
3.58 A 
Other tame grasses 
0.11 A 
0.11 T 
1.47 T 
.08 A 
Small fruit 
Total 
200.12 A 
S3. 19 A 
cultivated 
land 1 
Index 1 
41.6% J 
Wild hay 
4.66 A 
4.6 T 
1.53 T 
2.99 A 
Total 
204.78 A 
86.18 A 
Crop land 
index 
42.1% | 
Pasture 
469.00 A 
85.50 A* <1 
Total 
673.78 A 
\ 
171.6S A j 
Crop and 1 
1 
pasture 
land 
Tndex 
26.5 % 
*The acreage of pasture in the Hitchcock type of farm (460.OOA) is to be 
equivalent acreage of pasture in the Cass type of farm (85. 50 A) as the prioe of land 
in the Cass area ($S5.90) is to the price of land in the Hitchcock area ($15.67.) 
