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Table 2. — Average Crop Yields per Acre ix Massachusetts in 



THE 1937-1941 Period. 



Crop Yield per Acre 



Corn, all 40.2 bushels 



Tobacco 1,497.0 pounds 



Potatoes . 140.0 bushels 



Oats for grain 32.8 bushels 



Hay, all tame 1.43 ton 



Hay, wild...... 0.98 ton 



Table 3. — Production of Livestock and Livestock Products 

 IN Massachusetts in 1944'. 



January 1 

 Livestock on Farms, number 



Horses, mules, and colts .. 18,000 



Cattle and calves, all .. 202,000 



Cows kept for milk, 2 years+ 141,000 



Other cows, 2 years + . 1,000 



Sheep and Iambs, all . 8,000 



Ewes, 1 year + 6,000 



Hens and pullets 61144,000 



During the Year 



Livestock on Farms, number 



Sows farrowed, spring^ , 16,000 



Sows farrowed, falP 11,000 



Chickens raised* 10,483,000 



Commercial broiler production... 3,096,000 



Turkeys raised 227,000 



Milk cows, average during the year 132,000 



Livestock Products 



Milk produced .777,000,000 pounds 



Wool shorn 42,000 pounds 



Eggs produced . 78,700,000 dozen 



Hogs, net production^ . 31,265,000 pounds 



^By the Bureau of .\gricultural Economics. 

 "December 1 (of previous year) to June 1. 

 ''June 1 to December 1. 

 ■^Excluding commercial broilers. 

 ""Twelvemonth period beginning on October 1. 



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