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The least stuiiy (jI the upland >.)ils are easy V) till except 

 on the steeper slopes and the soil is naturally pr(>ducti\"e. 

 These sections are used j)rincipally tor dairying and the pr<j- 

 duetion of hay, corn and i)otatoes. This soil is an excellent 

 apple soil. 



The meadow lands are covered with a glacial debris which 

 in some sections is a sandy loam and in others a heavier loam. 

 'Idiis class includes the tobacco areas and also the best agri- 

 cultural land in the state. 



The areas of muck are swampy and but little eff(jrt has 

 ijeen made to farm them. They are well adapted t(j the 

 growing of cranberries, and, if drained, would produce good 

 crops of corn, hay, onions, celery and cabbage. 



PRIXCIPAL CROPS 



There were 3.jO,()(M) acres devoted to the raising of hay in 

 IIJIT, a reduction from the 1916 acreage of 20,000 acres. This 

 condition again existed during the growing season of 1918 

 and is explained by the fact that the farmers put much more 

 land into small grains in 1917 and 1918. The total value of 

 the product in 1917 was $10,238,000. Tobacco is extensively 

 grown, especially through the Connecticut River A'alley, the 

 product of 21,100 acres being valued at $11,3-13,000. The 

 average yield of potatoes for the past ten years has been 105 

 bushels per acre. In 1917 the potato acreage of Connecticut 

 was 29,000 acres and the value of the crop was $5,232,000. 

 Corn had an average yield in 1917 of 51 bushels to the acre, 

 thus leading every other state in the Union in this respect. 

 The total production was 4,848,000 bushels, the value of 

 which was $10,417,000. The acreage given to oats, barley, 

 lye and wheat has been materially increased during the year 

 1918, records having been obtained of yields per acre as high 

 as 70 bushels for oats, 50 bushels for rye and 30 bushels for 

 wheat. 



Connecticut is a very thickly settled state in itself and is 

 at the very door of the largest markets in the United States. 

 From this it may be seen that truck gardening is an im- 

 portant type of Connecticut agriculture. Connecticut's soil 

 is well adapted to fruit raising, and right here let us say that 

 no finer fruit can be grown than here in the "Xutmeg State.'' 



