44. 



Plcv/in^ 



t:; 



For tho yoar of tho study, only 11 percont of tlie vineyard acreage 

 was not plov7od, and 4 percent v;as only partly plov/ed* (table 59,) The 

 least plowing was reported by the Girard. growers; an average of 31 percent 

 of their acreage v/as not plowed • The Finr^er Lakes grov/ers did the most 

 plowing; 31 percent of their acrea^^o was plowed once and 63 percent tv/ice 

 during tho season* In tho Hudson Valley 58 percent of the acreage v/as plowed 

 twice. There were as many growers intervieiTod in Michigan who plowed their 

 vineyards twice as there v/ere who plov/ed but once during the season. 



Tabic 39 • - Importance of plowing as a vineyard tillage operation, 



by areas, 1928 season 







VINE'.'iRD AGREilGE PLCY^ED 









Percentage of vineyard : 











acreage plowed 





Partly : 

 Dlowed : 



Not : 





Area : 



1 J 



; 2 : 



3 



, Total 





tiiiG : 



times : 



tlnew : 



1/ : 



plowed : 







; Porcont: 



x-'erccnt : 



Percent: 



Percent: 



Percent ; 



Percent 



Finger Ictkos, N,Y. 



: 30.7 ; 



; 53.2 ; 



• •. * 



: 5,7 \ 



; 0,4 ; 



■ 100,0 



Hudson Valley, N*Y, 



: 39,8 ; 



: 58.0 ; 



► -• : 





! 2.2 : 



. 100, Q 



North East, Pa. 



: V0,6 ' 



: 25.3 ; 



; 1*2 



: 0.0 : 



; 4,9 ; 



; 100,0 



Michigan 



: 44.4 



: 43,1 



: 1*2 





; 9,0 



: 100.0 



ChautraiTua Co., IT.Y^ 



: 52.3 



' i^O% */ 



: 1.8 : 



\ 4.7 



: 17.3 



: 100,0 



Niagara Go» , N.Y. 



: 5S.4 



: - 



; 



: 23.8 



: 23.8 



: 100.0 



Ai^kansas (1929) 



: 50,1 



: 10.0 



m» 



: 12.5 



: 27.4 



: 100,0 



Qirard, Pa. 



: 53.2 



: 10.9 



\ - 



: 4.7 



: 31.2 



; 100.0 



All areas 



: 49,8 



: 33.6 



: 0.9 



: 4.3 



: 11.4 



: 100.0 







'^/INEYiJlDvS. REPPJ;SEN1^ED 









, Nu>-4bor : 



Nuiaber : 



. Numb or ; 



Nurabor ; 



, Mtunbor ; 



Number 



Einger Lakes, N.Y. : 



50 : 



: 73 : 



_ ; 



; 8 : 



1 : 



112 



Hudson Valley, N^f. : 



11 : 



23 : 



; 



: - ; 



; 1 : 



t 35 



North East, Pa. 



: 55 : 



: 16 



; 1 ! 



! - i 



: 4 : 



: 76 



Michigan ; 



; 42 : 



: 43 : 



; 1 ; 



; 3 ; 



: 3 ; 



: 92 



Chautnuqua Co., N.Y. ; 



: 66 : 



; 21 



: 2 ! 



: 6 ; 



; 18 : 



! 115 



Niagara Co., N.Y. : 



\ 14 : 



; - : 



t - 



: 4 



: 2 I 



: 20 



ilrkansas (1929) 1 



\ 40 ; 



: 7 : 



; 



! 8 



: 23 ; 



1 78 



Girard, Pa.^ : 



; 12 ' 



: 3 



: - 



: 2 



: 5 



: 22 



Total : 



: 270 



: 186 



; 4 



: 31 



: 57 



; 548 



1/ Usually 2 furrows per row, 



