A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fig. 56.—Green peas, like cabbages, are a cool-climate crop, but in pea productionWisconsin is more important than New York, having, indeed, one-third of the Nationsacreage. The Wisconsin districts include Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Sheboygan,and Washington Counties in the southeast, Barron and Chippewa Counties in the north-west and Marinette and Oconto in the northeast. The New York district, which ranksnext in importance, extends from Buffalo to Utica. Eastern Maryland and Delawarerank third in importance
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fig. 56.—Green peas, like cabbages, are a cool-climate crop, but in pea productionWisconsin is more important than New York, having, indeed, one-third of the Nationsacreage. The Wisconsin districts include Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Sheboygan,and Washington Counties in the southeast, Barron and Chippewa Counties in the north-west and Marinette and Oconto in the northeast. The New York district, which ranksnext in importance, extends from Buffalo to Utica. Eastern Maryland and Delawarerank third in importance, followed by California (San Francisco Bay district) andMichigan. A small acreage is found in southern New Jersey, and in the Salt Lakedistrict and Jordan Valley of Utah. 462 Year-look of the Department of Agriculture, Fig. 57.—Sweet com is primarily an eastern, middle-latitude crop, but It is extensivelygrowu also in New York and New England, owing in large measure to the excellentquality produced, and the (act that it need not mature. Maryland ranks first in acre-age, followed by New York, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania in close Jersey, relative to Its area, has a large acreage. The acreage in these States isconcentrated in a few counties, as can be seen on the map. It is interesting to note thatalthough there is almost no corn giown for grain in Maine or California (see Fig. 24),there is a considerable acreage of sweet corn in these States.
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