Author : George Augustus Pond
Release : 2018-02-02
Genre : Business & Economics
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A Study of Farm Organization in Southwestern Minnesota (Classic Reprint) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Study of Farm Organization in Southwestern Minnesota (Classic Reprint) write by George Augustus Pond. This book was released on 2018-02-02. A Study of Farm Organization in Southwestern Minnesota (Classic Reprint) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from A Study of Farm Organization in Southwestern Minnesota The farms studied are located in Cottonwood and Jackson Counties. They are grouped about Windom, the county seat of Cottonwood County. This city had a population of in 1920. It is the princi al market town of the community. The townships in which these arms are located are outlined on the State ma in Figure 1. The prevailing soil type in this area is a rich b ack bowlder clay With a pebbly clay loam subsoil. By far the larger part of the soil of southwestern minnesota is of this type. Small areas of outwash sand and gravel are found, but the contain sufficient clay to be fairly productive. Most of this area is level. Natural drainage has to be supplemented with tile on the majority of these farms to make the entire area tillable every year. There is no natural timber except along the streams and lakes. Practically the entire acreage of every farm is tillable except for some low, undrained areas that are pastured or cut for hay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.