. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. FACTORS AFFECTING RETURNS FROM POTATOES 73 in Chesterfield and Cumniington in Hanipsiiire County; the second in Granby in Hampshire County; the third in Concord in Middlesex County; and the fourth in Seekonk, Swansea, in Bristol County. These areas are referred to in the text as the Chesterfield, Granhy, Concord, and Seekonk areas, respectively. Fig 2. Location of Areas Studied and Average Niunber of Prost Free Chesterfield Area. The Chesterfield Area is characterized by a rolling to h
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. FACTORS AFFECTING RETURNS FROM POTATOES 73 in Chesterfield and Cumniington in Hanipsiiire County; the second in Granby in Hampshire County; the third in Concord in Middlesex County; and the fourth in Seekonk, Swansea, in Bristol County. These areas are referred to in the text as the Chesterfield, Granhy, Concord, and Seekonk areas, respectively. Fig 2. Location of Areas Studied and Average Niunber of Prost Free Chesterfield Area. The Chesterfield Area is characterized by a rolling to hilly topography with elevations on the farms visited varying from 1200 to 1600 feet. This altitude gives the area a shorter, cooler growing season than that of the others studied. The soils are extremely variable and in places very stony, but potatoes are usually grown on the heavier and more fertile land and where machinery can be used to better advantage. The amounts of labor used were greater than in the other areas, because of the stonier soils and rougher topography. Potatoes occupied 11 per cent of the total crop land on the farms studied as compared with 3 per cent' for the entire town of Chesterfield. Most of the remaining acreage was in hay and forage crops. The average total crop acreage per farm was 40 acres in 1926. Dairying is the principal source of income for most of the farmers who are chiefly dependent on the land for their livelihood. The potato crop in such a farming system is an imi^ortant supplementary source of cash income. The growers of Chesterfield and Cummington are from 20 to 24 miles from their market, but the roads are good and no diificulty is experienced in truck- ing except from some isolated farms. Chesterfield potatoes go chiefly to Northampton and those of Cummington to Dalton and Pittsfield. ' United States of Agriculture, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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