back forty vs sticks

back forty

noun
  • The remote part of a farm. 

  • The most remote or inaccessible part of any place. 

sticks

noun
  • rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region. 

  • Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over. 

  • crutches 

How often have the words back forty and sticks occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )