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Figure 13. Distributiou of Out-of-roor Vegetables. 



i dot = ZO ac 



near Worcester, Fitchburg, and Bridgewater. Tlie scattered dots in Figure 

 13 chiefly represent potatoes and miscellaneous vegetaliles grown on general 

 farms as cash crops. 



Tobacco and Onions. 



Tobacco and onions ai-e specialized intensive crops rather closely confined 

 to a few towns of the Connecticut Valley. This is particularly true of 

 onions. As seen in Figure 14, the onion and tol)acco towns coincide in the 

 north while the tobacco extends south and ultimately on into the larger 

 tobacco area in the state of Connecticut. 



Both crops are grown on small acreages, with large amounts of hand 

 labor, and heavy applications of fertilizer. The fertilizer diagram gives an 

 indication of the dependence of these two crops on commercial fertilizer. 



Growers of these crops have recently l)een faced with lowered prices and 

 a declining demand for the particular type of jiroduct wliich is grown in 

 the Valley. These factors may eventually make changes in the present type 

 of farming. 



Figure li. Distribution of Fertilizer, Tobacco and Onions 

 in the Connecticut Valley, 1924. 



Fertilizer 

 1 dot=$10,000 



Tobacco 

 1 dot=50 acres 



VS!^^ 



Onions 

 1 dot=50 acres 



