For more and better corn in the Northwest .. . Imp. Land, 11 275 203 135 LIVE STOCK: Hogs, Jan. 1, 1912 359,000 1,104,000 9,689,000 Sheep, Jan. 1,1912 .... 287,000 605,000 1,201,000 Milk Cattle, Jan. 1, 12 272,000 376,000 1,393,000 Other Jan. 1, 1912 446,000 894,000 2,773,000Horses and Mules, Jan. 1,1912 699,000 688,000 1,625,000 Total 2,063,000 3,667,000 16,681,000 DIVERSIFY FARMING CROPS: Corn—acreage 290,000 2,310,000 9,850,000 Acreage per farm-_, 4 30 32 Yield per acre* Wheat—acreage 9,150,000 3,700,000 647,000 Yield per acre* Oats—acreage 2,180,000 1,540,000
For more and better corn in the Northwest .. . Imp. Land, 11 275 203 135 LIVE STOCK: Hogs, Jan. 1, 1912 359,000 1,104,000 9,689,000 Sheep, Jan. 1,1912 .... 287,000 605,000 1,201,000 Milk Cattle, Jan. 1, 12 272,000 376,000 1,393,000 Other Jan. 1, 1912 446,000 894,000 2,773,000Horses and Mules, Jan. 1,1912 699,000 688,000 1,625,000 Total 2,063,000 3,667,000 16,681,000 DIVERSIFY FARMING CROPS: Corn—acreage 290,000 2,310,000 9,850,000 Acreage per farm-_, 4 30 32 Yield per acre* Wheat—acreage 9,150,000 3,700,000 647,000 Yield per acre* Oats—acreage 2,180,000 1,540,000 4,950,000 Yield per acre* Barley—acreage 1,050,000 1,020,000 500,000 Yield per acre* 23 Flax-acreage 1,200,000 607,000 16,000 Yield per acre---. ._ 8 Hay—acreage 192,000 459,000 3,240,000 Yield per acre * (tons) North Dakota, as indicated by the statistics, can hardly be said to have more than begun mixed farming, while South Dakota has made a very considerable start in this Mouey Makers Iowa, 30 to 40 years ago, was very nearly the center of the wheatproducing area and did very little mixed farmiing, but the sta-tistics now show that mixed farming is very generally practiced,and the value per acre of land indicates that such a system isvery desirable. It will be noticed that the farms of Iowa are less than one-half the size of those in North or South Dakota, and that aboutone-fourth of the entire farm is devoted to corn. In SouthDakota one-seventh of the farm is devoted to corn, while inNorth Dakota only one-seventieth of the farm is devoted tocorn. The number of live stock on the farm, it will be noticed,is almost in proportion to the amount of corn grown. In Iowa there is one head of live stock to every two acres ofland; in South Dakota, one head to each fourteen acres, while inNorth Dakota, there is one head to every twenty-one acres. The •Average yield per acre—10 years average 1900-1909 8 PRACTICE C
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