. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. i dot = ZO ac near Worcester, Fitchburg, and Bridgewater. Tlie scattered dots in Figure 13 chiefly represent potatoes and miscellaneous vegetaliles grown on general farms as cash crops. Tobacco and Onions. Tobacco and onions ai-e specialized intensive crops rather closely confined to a few towns of the Connecticut Valley. This is particularly true of onions. As seen in Figure 14, the onion and tol)acco towns coincide in the north while the tobacco extends south and ultimately on into the larger tobacco ar
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. i dot = ZO ac near Worcester, Fitchburg, and Bridgewater. Tlie scattered dots in Figure 13 chiefly represent potatoes and miscellaneous vegetaliles grown on general farms as cash crops. Tobacco and Onions. Tobacco and onions ai-e specialized intensive crops rather closely confined to a few towns of the Connecticut Valley. This is particularly true of onions. As seen in Figure 14, the onion and tol)acco towns coincide in the north while the tobacco extends south and ultimately on into the larger tobacco area in the state of Connecticut. Both crops are grown on small acreages, with large amounts of hand labor, and heavy applications of fertilizer. The fertilizer diagram gives an indication of the dependence of these two crops on commercial fertilizer. Growers of these crops have recently l)een faced with lowered prices and a declining demand for the particular type of jiroduct wliich is grown in the Valley. These factors may eventually make changes in the present type of farming. Figure li. Distribution of Fertilizer, Tobacco and Onions in the Connecticut Valley, Fertilizer 1 dot=$10,000. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974
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