. Yearbook of agriculture . 5 ?< as UJ — aeoc^Lnoys — s = s ^o^pg-virt eg r-i — Q ?< RSi^tSJi J O eg < - f v^ S^ y#i li. UJ UJ u < bJ ce C J < o. / \ N SisS=1 \ \ 3 it) ,^, ^^JSezo>o Fi«. 37.—Nearly 90 per cent of the tobacco acreage is in six States—Kentucky, NorthCarolina, Virginia, Tennessee. South Carolina, and Ohio. But there are also importantcenters of production, especially of certain types, in southern Maryland, in LancasterCounty, Pa., in the Connecticut Valley, and in .southern Wisconsin. Tobacco is veryeensitive to soil conditions, but these requirements vary with
. Yearbook of agriculture . 5 ?< as UJ — aeoc^Lnoys — s = s ^o^pg-virt eg r-i — Q ?< RSi^tSJi J O eg < - f v^ S^ y#i li. UJ UJ u < bJ ce C J < o. / \ N SisS=1 \ \ 3 it) ,^, ^^JSezo>o Fi«. 37.—Nearly 90 per cent of the tobacco acreage is in six States—Kentucky, NorthCarolina, Virginia, Tennessee. South Carolina, and Ohio. But there are also importantcenters of production, especially of certain types, in southern Maryland, in LancasterCounty, Pa., in the Connecticut Valley, and in .southern Wisconsin. Tobacco is veryeensitive to soil conditions, but these requirements vary with the different types. Rice production is now largely confined to the coastal prairies of Louisiana and Texas,the prairie district of eastern Arkansas, and the flat valley of the Sacramento in Cali-fornia, all areas of heavy sul)soils which hold the irrigation water. ^ ,, .. Flax is grown in the Spring Wheat and Northera Great Plains Areas. Nearly half ofthe hemo is raised in Wisconsin. A Graphic Svnnmary of American Agriculture. 447
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