The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
NEW ENGLAND,s CROPS.
Some Important Ones Showed a Large ss- Increase Last Year.

Some of the crop figures contained in the Department of Agricultures s year book for 1914, issued recently, show that on the whole last year was England farmers. Not only was
 there in the case of some of the ixh- portant food crops a decided increase in the total production and the value
 to the farmers. but there was also an increase in the average yield per acre, which is the measure. of good farm, ing.
 Although there were 1, 1000 less acres planted to corn in 1914 than in 1913,o the New England states showed a total production of this great cereal crop of. g, ,341soo0 bushels This compared with 7,781,o in 1913 and 8,238, 1894 in 1909, the year covered by the last census. The New England states show an average yield per acre of 46.2 bush els against 3s.3 in 1913. The corn raised last year in New England had a total value to the Farmers of more than $S,000s0Oo.~
 < Last year 1os3O2. 900 bushels of oats were raised on New England farms compared with 9,776, 900 in 1913, and 7,850.00O in 1909. There were 1000 more acres planted to oats than in 1913, but it was to the greater amount raised per acre that the increase in the crop was due, the. returns showing an average of 40s56 bushels of oats per acre as against 38.2i in 1913. This crop of oats was worth to the farmers sbs799,o0O
 There were 1000 more acres of land used for growing potatoes in 1914 than the previous year. That the production rose from 39 .1o2.0 bush els to 49,073, 900 bushels is chiefly ac- counted for. however, by the fact that the average for New England as a al GHa T1es1x f1Sk k1,ei acre as compared with 173 bushels in 1913.
 New England's potato crop was worth to the farmers last year $20,- 483,00O; which was less by over $3,- 100000 what the crop of the previous year was worth, due to lower prices.
 Strangely enough. there was an actual decrease of over 5000 acres in the amount of ground used for grow ing potatoes last year as compared with. 1909, most of this shrinkage be- ing found in Maine, the potatao state. But in the total production and value the potatao crop of 1914 greatly ex- ceeded that of the census year.
 New England's banner crop is hay and this increased from 4 ,O44, 900 tons to 4,371 ,0O0 tons and in the amount raised per acre from 1.12 tons to 1.19 tons In va1ueSthe hay crop last year reached the large figure of $70,155,- | 900. This compares with $65s S2S,o0O | in 1913 and $59.112.700 in 1909.
 Another New England crop in | which increases are shown was the | tobacco crop. Last year 2,3o0 more acres of land were cultivated for to- l bacco than in the previous year, the 1 average yield per acre for the tobac- | co district as a whole was increased l from 1, $50 pounds to 1,713 pounds, and the total crop rose from 38,295,-l 900 pounds to 47,651 900 pounds. As further reaecting the prosperous con dition of this industry. the value of | the crop last year amounted to $S,-l 721,000. compared with $S,033, 900 in f 1918 and $5,67osOoo in 1909.
 The following table shows the values of the five crops mentioned arove in 1914 as compared with 1913: