north forty vs sticks

north forty

noun
  • A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch. 

  • Any remote place. 

  • Farms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively. 

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 north forty and sticks occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )