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able. Some changes are made from preliminary figures issued 

 earlier. 



Apples were a small crop and poor in quality. The entire 

 crop is estimated at 1,125,000 bushels compared with 3,187,000 

 shown by the census for 1919. Commercial apples are esti- 

 mated at 172,000 barrels compared with 375,000 in 1920, and 

 335,000 in 1919. The severe ice storm at the close of Novem- 

 ber destroyed an important part of the older trees throughout 

 the State, with a few exceptions. Young trees suffered less. 

 Four to five years will be required to replace the bearing ca- 

 pacity of orchards. 



Peach buds escaped most of the spring freezes and produced 

 a good crop, estimated at 185,000 bushels compared with 

 213,000 shown by the census for 1919. Peach trees suffered 

 heavy loss from the ice storm. Much work is being done to 

 repair both apple and peach orchards. 



The season, as regards weather and insects, was unfavorable 

 to cranberries. The crop is estimated at 165,100 barrels com- 

 pared with 279,500 in 1920 and the twenty-year average of 

 268,230. 



Area of corn for grain is put at 29,000 acres, about the same 

 as in 1919; average yield per acre, 48 bushels; production, 

 1,392,000 bushels. Area of ensilage corn is 24,000 acres; aver- 

 age yield per acre, 12 tons; production, 288,000 tons. 



The census reports 409,843 acres of all tame hay in 1919; 

 average yield, 1.3 tons; production, 533,400 tons. Estimates 

 for 1921 are: area, 423,000 acres; average yield, 1.25 tons; 

 production, 528,750 tons. 



Oats for grain in 1919 are reported by the census thus: area, 

 9,533 acres; average yield, 30.2 bushels; production, 287,881 

 bushels. Berkshire County produces over 50 per cent of this 

 crop. Estimates for 1921 are: area, 9,000 acres; average yield, 

 31 bushels; production, 279,000 bushels. 



Census figures on onions include those for home use, those 

 for sale green, and the important crop of late onions in the Con- 

 necticut valley. Total area, 1919, 4,411 acres; average yield, 

 340 bushels; production, 1,499,740 bushels. Estimates on the 

 Connecticut valley late crop: area, 1919 and 1921, 4,000 acres 

 in round figures; average yield, 1919, 340 bushels; 1921, 260 



