A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . STATE BUSHELS STATE BUSHELS \y^ .. ..Or« . 20,845,77411,,,704,8675,650,7265,054,500 4,428,3723,540,3343,265,0173,198,5293,021,4482,987,747 ^ ^^ U. S .. 98,] FiQ 63 —The commercial crop of apples in 1919—that is, the quantity sold or tabe sold ^was nearly 100 million bushels, according to the census, constituting three-fourths of the total crop. The West produced over two-flfths of this commercial crop,Washington alone reporting over one-flfth of the tot
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . STATE BUSHELS STATE BUSHELS \y^ .. ..Or« . 20,845,77411,,,704,8675,650,7265,054,500 4,428,3723,540,3343,265,0173,198,5293,021,4482,987,747 ^ ^^ U. S .. 98,] FiQ 63 —The commercial crop of apples in 1919—that is, the quantity sold or tabe sold ^was nearly 100 million bushels, according to the census, constituting three-fourths of the total crop. The West produced over two-flfths of this commercial crop,Washington alone reporting over one-flfth of the total quantity in the United per cent of the commercial crop was produced in the 15 apple districts alreadyreferred to It will be noted that the production of the commercial crop of apples ismore concentrated than the total production, and the total production in turn, moreconcentrated than the acreage. Diseases and pests diminish the production of theunsprayed home orchards several years before they kill the trees. Tearhook of the Departrmnt of Agriculture, Fig. .64.—Three major centers ot peach acreage are shown on the map—^the earlypeach district in central Georgia, the late peach district along Iiake Ontario in NewYork, and the canning and dried peach districts in California. An important peachdistrict is rapidly developing in Moore County, N. C. Minor centers inay be aoted insouthern New Jersey, in western Maryland sLnd adjacent counties of West Virginia, alOUgthe Michigan shore of Iiake Michigan, In western Arkansas, and in northeastarjtt Texas,Cold, dry winters prevent peaches beinggrown to the noithwest of a line dra\^n fiomChicago t6 Omaha, thence to Amarlllb, Tex. The influence of the Great liiikes intempering winter temperatures on their leeward shores and retarding growth in springtill danger of frost is past is evident on the map.
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