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threshed at the factory, and at three outlying viner stations from which 

 the shelled peas were hauled by motor trucks to the factory. These 

 viner stations increased the territory from which the factory could procure 

 peas, because the distance which peas can be hauled economically before 

 being threshed is limited. The viner stations were located, in relation 

 to the factory, 5 miles east, 7 miles north, and 8 miles west, respectively. 

 There were several other smaller factories that packed peas in Orleans 

 County. 



There is no soil survey of Orleans County, but the soils on which peas 

 are grown would probably be classed chiefly as Ontario loam, silt loam, 

 and fine sandy loam, Lockport stony clay loam, and Dunkirk gravelly sandy 

 loam. The land is, in general, level. This county is located in the Lake 

 Ontario fruit belt, and in the section in which peas are grown, apples are 

 the most important crop. Hay, winter wheat, oats, tomatoes, pears, 

 and peaches are also important, and a great variety of other crops are 

 grown (table 4). 



TABLE 4. 



CROPS GROWN IN 1920 ON FARMS FOR WHICH COST DATA ON PEAS WERE 

 OBTAINED 



Genesee area 



The farms included in the Genesee area are located in Genesee and 

 Monroe Counties. The factory for which they raised peas was located 

 at Bergen and was operated by the Curtice Brothers Company. All the 

 peas were threshed at the factory because there was a sufficiently large 

 acreage of land adapted to peas close enough to the factory to supply 

 its requirements. The acreages grown per farm in this section were rather 

 large, and all the farms that raised any considerable acreage had several 

 varieties. Since the different varieties ripened at different dates, the time 

 in which the peas could be harvested in condition suitable for canning 

 was extended and it was possible for the farms to grow larger acreages. 



