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Acreage of Farm Crops. 

 There will be a marked increase in the acreage of corn, 

 especially for grain, and a slight decrease in that of pota- 

 toes. This increase in corn prodnction has been steady for 

 the past few years, and shows that our farmers are alive to 

 the high cost of grain, and to the necessity of doing some- 

 thing to offset it. Corn seems to be the grain that can be 

 grown to best advantage in Massachusetts, and the feeding 

 value of the stover forms an important item in addition. 

 There is a marked increase reported in the acreage of onions 

 in the onion-growing section of the Connecticut valley. 

 There are no strictly new enterprises in agriculture, but a 

 considerable increase of interest in fruit growing, especially 

 in apples, is noted. This shows itself in the setting out of 

 orchards and in greater attention to spraying on the part 

 of the farmers. Considerable areas of new cranberry bog 

 are reported as having been made in the southeastern section. 



