Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-09
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GREATEST DECREASE IN CONNECTICUT. The total area devoted to the cultivation of cereals in the six New England states in 1889 58O 297 acres, compared with 74S, 12S acres in 1879, decrease of 165, ,S31 acres, 22 23 per cent. There was decrease of 84, ,401 acres in the total area of corn, of 63s97 acres in that in wheat of s1 s72 acres in that in rye, and of 3,S11 acres in that in buckwheat On the other hand, there was an increase in the area in oats of 21,476 acres, and in that in barley of
 In Maine the total area in cereals in 1889 was
 1879, decrease of +, $50 acres or 799 per cent. There was g decrease of 39 713 acres in the area 1,os4 acres in that in rye, partially offset by an
 increase of 42 226O and s66 acres, respective ly, in oats, buckwheat and barley.
 in New Hampshire the total area in cereals in 1889 was 61.49S acres, as compared with s8.559
 acres en a 1gs t nT Gf Sa 0s SeSS increase whatever in the area under cultivation
 in h this 8 state, the acreage having increased from | wheat, corn, oats, rye and wheat shows a de-
 crease of AIS, 12s6e, sse7, 2l6s and s,ss1 acres ! In Vermont the total area in cereal in 1889 was
 1s5, ,oo4 acres, as compared with 21o oe5 acres in 1 Buckwheat, corn, rye and wheat show a decrease
 of 22O, 450 2940 and F, 351 respectively
 and barley and oats an increase of 5,s75 and 2,0A l acres respectively.
 In Massachusetts the total area in cereals in 1889 was IS, s76 acres, as compared with 1o4, ,esl per cent. In this state all the cereal products | show diminished acreage, the decrease in bar l ley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rye and wheat being
 1,3s6, IA, 1s.545 6,s2s 11,00I and s51 acres ! spectively.
 | In Rhode Island the total area is cereals in
 1889 was 12, ,66l acres, compared with 19 575 in
 1879, decrease of 6,914 acres B. 32 per cent. As was the case in Massachusetts, each of the l six cereals shows decrease, the extent of such decrease ranging from 4,074 acres in the case of
 corn and 929 acres in that of oats to acres and
 64 acres, respectively, in the cases of wheat and | buckwheat, the production of which is insignif- l cant.
 ! In Connecticut the total in cereals in 1889 was &, 695 acres, as compared with 136 285
 acres in 1879 decrease of 50,590 acres, or 37.12 l per cent. In this state also each of the cereals | shows diminished acreage, the area in corn l having decreased by 15351 acres, and in barley | by 302 acres.
 In the entire group of states the greatest 1 absolute decrease in the total acreage devoted l to cereals was will be observed, in Connecti-
 cut 5p59o acres, or s7 12 per cent; the greatest
 relative decrease in Massachusetts, A. 255 acres, l or 39. .43 per cent. The greatest decrease in the | area in any single cereal product was that in
 wheat, in the state of Maine, 39,713 acres, and l the greatest increase was that in oats, in the
 same state 42 827 acres. All the six states show ! 8 decreased acreage in corn, rye and wheat; five l show a decrease and one an increase in the
 acreage in buckwheat; four decrease and two l an increase in that in oats and three @ decrease ! and three increase in that in barley.