May, 1925] 



FARM PRODUCTION IN CHESHIRE COUNTY 



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season. A few acres of alfalfa and clover could well be substituted on each 

 farm for timothy or native hay. They would not only give a more even 

 distribution of labor, but would also furnish a hay of higher feeding value, 

 and tend to increase the yields of hay by shortening the time that one seed- 

 ing of hay is left in sod. They are to be recommended wherever they can 

 be grown. 



Some farms with fairly large tillable fields and sixty or more acres of 

 tillage land should also find it profitable by the use of modern machinery 

 to produce more of the grain feed that they use. A grain feed of oats, 

 peas and barley is being recommended as a dairy feed by the dairy special- 

 ist at Cornell University. This mixture can be grown successfully in this 

 county ; and if provision can be made for threshing and grinding at a rea- 

 sonable price, it might prove a very desirable crop. 



Every effort should be made to change the cropping system so as to get 

 a better distribution of labor throughout the year. Some farmers can 

 grow more alfalfa, others clover, while a few should be able by the use of 

 improved machinery, to profitably produce more of the grain feeds con- 

 sumed on the farm. 



Table XVII. — Acreage and production of hay. grain, forage crops and tobacco in 

 Cheshire County for year ehding September 30, 192^. 



Crop. 



Oats — grain 



hay 



Corn — grain 



ensilage 



Timothy 



Timothy and clover 



Alfalfa 



Native hay 



Barley — grain 



hay 



MiUet 



Tobacco 



Acreage. 



1923. 



1 



1 



3 



24 



iV 



520 

 ,298 



544 

 ,232 

 ,525 



628 



2i4 

 7 



24 

 133 



21 



1924. 



746 



1,317 



571 



1,359 



3,783 



24.311 



164 



10,548 



7 



37 



196 



159 



Yield per acre, 

 1924. 



33 bu. 



1.6T. 

 40 bu. 

 10.9 T. 



1 1 T. 



1.1 T. 



3. T. 

 .6T. 

 39  bu. 



1.8T. 



2.0 T. 



Total production, 

 1924. 



24,.580 bu. 

 2,050 T. 

 22,640 bu. 

 14,820 T. 

 4,120 T. 

 26,040 T. 



51 T.* 

 10,140 

 218 bu. 

 68 T. 

 319 T. 



Hay occupies nearly all of the crop acreage in this county. 



* Of the 164 acres, 147 were newly seeded, so that production is based on 17 acres. 



Table XVIII. — Acreage, production and sales of potatoes, by districts, for year ending 



September 30, 1934. 



