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RURAL NEW YORK 



have three-fourths of this area. The average yield 

 is also largest iu that region. The three counties of 

 Wyoming, Genesee and Monroe each have an average 

 yield of 40 bushels or more to the acre. The northern 

 and eastern counties fall considerably below the av- 

 erage yield. 



There has been a continual decrease in the area 



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Fig. 22. Graphs showing by five-year periods the area in 

 buckwheat, barley, rye, apples, and tobacco. 



devoted to corn for grain in the last thirty years. 

 In the census of 1880, 780,000 acres of corn were 

 reported. The decrease has been most pronounced 

 in those counties outside of the corn-belt of the State 

 but has occurred in all parts. When combined with 

 the area devoted to silage corn, the total is about 

 the same as the maximum acreage the State grew in 

 1880. 



Oats occupy nearly three times the acreage of corn 

 and four times that of any other cereal. They are 

 largely produced in all sections of the State. The 

 acreage amounts to 1,300,000 and the ten-year aver- 

 age yield is 32.2 bushels or about half as much sub- 



