AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PRODUCTION OF CANNING CROPS 43 



to the Curtice Brothers Company's plant in Rochester. Most of the farms 

 visited in Niagara County were in this vicinity. The township borders on 

 Lake Ontario. The protection against frost is probably better in this 

 locality than in the Orleans area. The land in this section is nearly level. 

 The soils are chiefly Clyde loam and fine sandy loam, and Dunkirk loam 

 and fine sandy loam. 



TABLE 40. CROPS GROWN IN 1920 ON FARMS FOR WHICH COST DATA ON TOMATOES 



WERE OBTAINED 



The most important farm enterprise is the production of fruit partic- 

 ularly apples, peaches, and pears, altho cherries, plums, and grapes also 

 are grown. A few acres of hay, winter wheat, corn for grain or silage, 

 and a variety of truck crops, are raised on each farm (table 40) . The most 

 important of the truck crops are tomatoes, cabbage, and sweet corn. 

 The total acreage and crop acres per farm are smaller than on the farms 

 in the Orleans area. 



Chautauqua area 



The farms included in the Chautauqua area are located in both Chau- 

 tauqua and Erie Counties, but only a few are in the latter county. The 

 principal tomato-producing section in this area occupies a narrow strip 



