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Title: A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Beker, Oliver Edwin, 1883-
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: (Washington
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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,463 2OT2,19!2.1221,76314,082 1 i iitiMii = i lll!Sil3sl i iiiUdiisi i ijilllili i ;;;;;;p.;; i ili;^disi ■J PIG. 48.—Field beans are produced principally In five areas—In western New Yorli andcentral Michigan, where the leading varities are white pea, white medium, and redkidney; on the high plains of New Mexico and eastern Colorado, where the native Mexi-can or pinto bean mostly is grown ; in California, where practically the entire commer-cial crop of limas and nearly half of the crop of white beans is raised ; and in Idaho,where both the white and Mexican, also various other varieties, are grown and shippedto all parts of the United States to use as seed. The acreage of peanuts shown on the map does not include the crop hogged oflE bystock. The peanuts for human consumption are grown mostly in the North Carolina-Virginia district; those grown in Georgia and Alabama are largely fed to hogs or madeinto peanut butter. 456 Yearbook of the Defwrtment of Agriculture, 1921.
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Fig. 49.—The regions of heaviest potato- production lie to the north of the Corn Belt.This is due partly to the fact that the quality and vield of potatoes are better In regionsof cool climate, and partly to the fact that corn, which requires labor at the same time,is very productive and gives a greater return. Many of the large centers of potato pro-duction are in regions of sandy or loamy soils—Aroostook County (Me.), Long Island,New Jersey, eastern Vii^nia, western Michigan, central Wisconsin, and Anoka County(Minn.). Many of the minor centers of production are located near large cities, sincepotatoes are a bulky crop, expensive to transport, and can be sold at a profit by localgardeners and farmers in competition with the crop from the large production centers. A Graphic Siemmary of Americaii Agricultv/re. 457 I ^5.».S.=S R.55 i ?;;i I u* S S^ Sft tl? p3 S S — — — — n UJ lij (O ■ a: w Htec - Id U a. < SfS-U o ir _ 0-- V«j* (n

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