O. E. Baker

The decade since the World War has been in many ways the most extraordinary period in American agriculture. For the first time in the Nation's history, the census of 1925 showed a decrease (since 1920) in crop acreage, in farm animals, in number of farms, and in farm population. Nevertheless, agricultural production increased more rapidly from 1922 to 1926, inclusive, than in any period since 1900, and probably since 1890, when the agricultural occupation of the prairies approached completion.

"This circular contains maps showing the dates when planting, harvesting and other operations are preformed in the culture of staple crops in different parts of the United States, and also graphs showing the seasonal distribution of labor by 10-day periods on typical farms in several important agricultural regions. The inscriptions under the maps and graphs afford information as to the hours of labor per acre required in growing the staple crops in certain sections of the country."--Page .