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SOIL SURVEY OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. 
strueted and painted; many of them are supplied with electric 
lights, telephone, and rural mail service. In 1920 there were 
2,043 silos arid 343 tractors in Outagamie County. In the more 
sandy and less developed sections of the county represented by 
the districts in the central and north central part, the farm 
buildings are not so well constructed, neither are they kept in 
as good repair, as in the Fox River Valley. Even in this re¬ 
gion, however, the condition may be considered, fair; and it may 
be said that the fertility of the soil is reflected in the character 
of the buildings and equipment on each farm. 
FARM TENURE AND LABOR. 
In 1920 there were 3,746 farms in Outagamie County, the 
average size of which was 92.9 acres. Of this number of farms 
only 688 are operated by foreign born farmers; 84.1 per cent 
of the land in the countv is in farms, and of the land in farms 
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68 per cent is improved. There are on each farm an average 
of 63.2 acres of improved land. 
Of all the farms, 90.81 per cent, or 3,400 farms, are operated 
bj 7 the owners, 42 by managers, and 304 are operated by tenants. 
Of the farms which are rented, somewhat more than 50 per 
cent are on a cash rental basis, and the remainder on a share 
basis. 
The census of 1920 reported 2,271 farms in the county upon 
which there was a mortgage debt. The same report indicated 
that 1,039 farms were free from mortgaged debt. There was 
no report on a number of farms. 
The supply of farm labor is fairly good. In many cases women 
and children assist in farm work. When men are hired by 
the year or month, the wage ranges from $40.00 to $70.00 a 
month, depending on the experience of the man. Married men 
are usually given a house in which to live as well as fuel and a 
garden. During harvest and haying times when extra labor is 
often needed, the wages are somewhat higher than this, when 
engaged by the day. 
METHODS. 
In general, the methods of farming which are followed are 
practically the same as those practiced throughout the general 
farming and dairying sections in Wisconsin. The silo is in 
common use, and about 60 per cent of the corn crop is handled 
