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Table 21. — What were approximately equivalent acreages in 
1909 . 
Cultivated land Crop la'nd Crops and pasture 
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Type area 
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High Plains 
59 
40.4 
100 
57.7 
1129 
169.5 
W. Sand Hills 
40 
23.8 
185 
101.5 
1781 
188.2 
E. Sand Hills 
63 
51.0 
152 
102.0 
859 
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Boyd 
96 
78.9 
182 
136.5 
591 
244.5 
Southwest to Northeast 
Chase 
122 
67.9 
133 
73.S 
831 
163 5 
Buffalo 
119 
98.8 
138 
113.1 
260 
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Custer 
121 
102.9 
145 
117.1 
345 
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Wayne 
126 
118.0 
142 
163.5 
229 
233.5 
Southwest to Southeast 
Hitchcock 
200 
83.2 
205 
86.2 
674 
171.7 
Harlan 
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74.1 
148 
79.9 
278 
133.9 
Thayer 
117 
89.8 
124 
95.1 
184 
147.0 
Cass (the base) 
10S 
108.0 
117 
117.0 
171 
171.0 
*The value of land cannot be judged from such equivalent acreages as appear 
in this table. In some cases tbe so-called equivalent acreage of Cass land is made 
up largely of pasture and wild bay and in other cases it contains a large share 
of cultivated land. For example, the 1781-acre farm in the Western Sand Hills 
appears to be equivalent to 188 acres of average land in the Cass area. This is 
17 acres greater than the average Cass farm. When one stops to consider, how- 
ever. that the equivalent acreage of Cass land (1SS acres) is made up of 23 acres of 
good cultivated land in the Cass area. 78 acres of Cass wild hay land, and S> 
acres of Cass pasture land, it is readily seen that it is not equivalent to an 
equal acreage of average land in the Cass area. Furthermore, in studying the 
equivalent acreages given above it must be borne in mind that it is more ex- 
pensive to harvest a given quantity of a crop where yields are low than where 
yields are high and also that where farms are large the distance to market is 
greatly increased. 
Table 22. — Crop indexes in 1909 * 
Type area 
Crop index of 
cultivated land. 
Cass — 100% 
Crop index of 
crop land. 
Ca&s = 100% 
Crop index of 
the farm area. 
Cass = 100% 
Northwest to North Centra] 
High Plains 
68.5% 
57.7% 
15.0% 
Western Sand Hills 
59.5 
54.8 
10.6 
Eastern Sand Hills 
80.9 
67.1 
21.5 
Bovd 1 
82.2 
75.0 
41.4 
[Southwest to 
Northeast 
Chase 
55.6 
55.4 
19.7 
Buffalo 
83.0 
82.0 
70.4 
Custer 
85.0 
80.8 
57.4 
Wayne 
117.4 
115.0 
102.0 
i Southwest to 
Southeast 
Hitchcock 
41.6 
42.1 
25.5 
Harlan 
53.7 
54.0 
48.2 
Thayer 
76.7 
76.7 
79.9 
Cass 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
*The equivalent acreage divided by the actual acreage. 
