A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . 643,,9622,,2402,1561, STATE ACRES STATE ACRES ! N. Y. .I M[ch. Mm. Mo. ..1 III. . ,97310,3458,1978,1236,230 5,651 5,,:339 ^ .y 129,689 Fig. 71.—The centers of cranberry acreage are Cape Cod Mass., southern New Jersey,and central Wisconsin—all districts of sandy, marshy, acid soils. The centers of bushfruit acreage are southern New Jersey ; the Marlboro district in the Hudson Valley ofNew York • the district east an
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . 643,,9622,,2402,1561, STATE ACRES STATE ACRES ! N. Y. .I M[ch. Mm. Mo. ..1 III. . ,97310,3458,1978,1236,230 5,651 5,,:339 ^ .y 129,689 Fig. 71.—The centers of cranberry acreage are Cape Cod Mass., southern New Jersey,and central Wisconsin—all districts of sandy, marshy, acid soils. The centers of bushfruit acreage are southern New Jersey ; the Marlboro district in the Hudson Valley ofNew York • the district east and southeast of Rochester; the belt along Lake Erie fromBuffalo to Cleyeland ; the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, especially Berrien County;the eastern shore of Puget Sound, especially the Puyallup district; and the WillametteValley In Oregon, especially the district around Salem. This latter district specializesin loganberries grown for canning and bottling. Minor centers may be noted near manyof the_^large cities. 470 Ycaihooh of the Department of Agriculture, IfiG. 72.—Cattle in 1920 constituted the leading class of live stock in the TTnited Stateson the basis of value. This value waS almost equally divided between the dairy andbeef types. Between 1910 and 1920 the total value of cattle in the United States in-creased 143 per cent, due mostly tp an incjease iii value per head of 125 per cent;whereas the value of all horses decreased 14 per cent, due to exactly the saine decreasein value per head. Cattle constituted 46 per cent of the value of all fkifin ai^liiials,hoi*ses and mules 32 per cent, swine 12 pei* ceht, sheep .and goats 5 per cent, jtnd poultiynearly 5 per cent. TTie swine, howfeVer,. produce annually pork and lard having a valuegreater than that of the beef and veal from the cattle.
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