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[Jan. 



The soil of the Connecticut valley may be described as 

 loam, predominating in fine sand and silt, and is quite differ- 

 ent from soils found in other parts of the State. (C/. Table 

 IV.) It is remarkably free from stones, and well adapted 

 to the growth of onions, tobacco, pickle cucumbers and various 

 other crops. In some parts of the valley, where the soil is 

 mixed with coarser material, good greenhouse lettuce is grown. 

 The most important crops, however, are onions and tobacco, 

 and the former crop is considered better than that raised in 

 any other part of the State. Dr. Milton 'Whitney, chief of 

 the Soil Bureau, who has investigated and mapped the Con- 

 necticut valley soils, implies that they are not so well suited 

 to the growth of the best quality of tobacco as some of the 

 types of Connecticut soil, but they yield heavily, which en- 

 ables the tobacco grower to derive considerable income from 

 this crop. 



There is an oi^inion prevailing among farmers that some 

 of the Connecticut valley soils are better adapted to the growth 

 of onions than tobacco. The greater proportion of both crops 



