May, 1925] 



FARM PRODUCTION IN CHESHIRE COUNTY 



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that the supply of apples in the United States will remain about the same 

 during the next ten years. 



Apples are also meeting increased competition from the sale of citrus 

 fruits. The acreage of these fruits that will come into bearing during 

 the next ten years makes it improbable that the demand for apples from 

 an increasing population will be any larger than at present. 



— Cut loaned by New Hampshire Department of Agriculture 

 MORE THRIFTY ORCHARDS OF THIS TYPE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE 



PROFITABLE IN THE COUNTY 



Production. — There are very few conunercial orchards in the coimty, and 

 most of the present production is in small farm orchards. The industry is 

 much more important in District V, where conditions are similar to those 

 in the apple-producing section of Hillsboro County, than in other dis- 

 tricts of the county. 



The number of trees and total production of apples by districts are 

 estimated in Table XII. 



Table XII. — Number of npple trees and production by disifricfs. 



