BULLETIN 412 



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FlG. 6. LOCATION OF AREAS IN WHICH STUDIES WERE 

 MADE ON THE COST OF PRODUCING SWEET CORN 



three areas Orleans, Ontario, and Livingston. Accounts were kept 

 on nine farms in Orleans and Genesee Counties; this area is designated as 

 the Orleans area. Cost figures were obtained on twelve farms in north- 

 western Ontario County. Records were obtained by the survey method 

 on thirteen farms located on the Genesee River flats between Geneseo 

 and Mount Morris in Livingston County. The location of these areas is 

 shown in figure 6. 



AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS STUDIED 



The agricultural conditions in these three sections differ somewhat. 

 The most important crops grown on the farms in the Orleans area were 

 apples, winter wheat, hay, and various crops for canning factories. The 

 most important crops grown in the Ontario area were winter wheat, hay, 

 alfalfa, apples, potatoes, and peas and sweet corn for the canning factory. 

 The topography is rolling, and the soils are principally loams and sandy 

 loams well drained and well supplied with lime. In the Livingston area 

 the most important crops were peas and sweet corn for the canning factory, 

 winter wheat, hay, and beans. This area is located on the level land along 

 the Genesee River. The soil is a silt loam, very deep and productive. 

 Most of this land is subject to over-flow nearly every year. In July of 1920 

 a considerable proportion of the land in sweet corn in this area was flooded. 



