Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-04

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 The product o9 New England consists roughly of 56 per cent in crops; 25 per cent in livestock products; and 20 per cent. in forest products and miscellane- ous. In the production of vegetables, New England exceeds any corresponding
 area except the country around New York city and Philadelphia. Our con
 centration of cities insures, 8 further development Of market gardening and a
 continuing, dairy industry,
 Excluding the South Atlantic states which produce for the early market and which, for soil and climatic reasons do not raise hay, no other section of the country ears almost as much from grow ing vegetables as from the production | ,of nay and forage. New England stands 1 high in dairy products along with New l York Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wfscon- | sin. In addition New England prospers l rom making butter and condensed milk, | canned corn and other rnerchandist I
 manufactured from local products. This 1
 means that many. people earn their lfv- , ing through the pursuits Of New Eng | ! land farms. New England farms. total an invest
 nent of close to. s1oo,oeo, 900 in ma 1 cfnnery, more per acre of improved land l i than any other part of the country. In l 1913 they paid for labor $50, ,o0o, 900, for | feed $69,000,0 900, for fertilizer, $1S,o00.- | 000 That farming pays is evidenced
 by the fact that Maine is one of but three
 states in which more people live on
 property than they. own free and clear, l than in rented homes
 Our farming is- becornfns more and more diversified. Some of the special lines which are profitable and in which New England has a high standing are
 diarying, potatoes, market gardening, to- bacco, sweet corn, maple sugar, cran-
 berries, apples, fresh eggs and poultry,
 noions, hay, seeds. nursery stock and
 garden flowers. For all of these there IS an assured future in this section If
 we give increasing attention to products
 or quality: In diarying the number of
 cows during the past five years has ad-
 vanced in Maine and Vermont and, counting New England az a whole there
 has been q gradual increase for the past
 half century,,
 The diary indurtry will always have
 tendency to remain anchored relatively
 near to the great metropolitan centers As for potatoes the wonder story of 1 Aroostook county which has increased E it's acreage from .42,oo0 to 100000 acres
 in twenty years, is known to all true New
 Englanders Vermont Is claiming it's
 place in the potato world by It's reputa-
 tion or prime potato seed
 Hhe Connecticut Bailey has raised 5 tobacco for tIree-yuarters of a century. g Nowhere In the country is the yield per ? acre as great as in Connecticut and r Massa ci1usetts. and where tobacco stops t onions begin.
 t Although me do not in general raise 9 cereals, New England is making a real 9 speciality of sweet corn. It Is one Of the e largest producers Of this native crop In the entire Upitsd. States, standing c fourth In rank, Sweet corn Is of par : ticular value. to us as a large part of |. the crop is turned immediately over to =, New Enr1and fctories to be canned. y i For two or three decades, the west
 has advertised strenuously its apples. un. e til New Flng.and was almost in daneer r of for%etting to eat it's own fruit. Dur. n ing the past few years. however. there Il has been steaTy increase in the plant II inc. cF apple trees. particulsriv in Con- l. nec+'N'a. Rhode Island. Massachusetts V and southern New Hampshire Many y varieties of a9nles oriSreted here an6 z cannot be duplicated for flavor.
 e Much, Of the land which is being used 0 for orchar@s could not be employed te q advantsee for any other purpose. Goof g nkrofits are gained from truft because = the picfin~ and n7H-h 0? the other la " Dor must be done hy hand. ,
 Althouon New Eneiaud probably vii If always import hay from the west ant ,4 Cana@a Q very large prooortion 1, v, drawn. from Maine and Vermont Rauou n for its Morean horses and pure bra, ,e sheen The abundance of grazing iana ,t in Vermont is a euarsntee of the con e, -fr'1an"e Of its dai-y industry.
 ,d ThH desire for fancv fresh egos wnicI ,s IS perhaps stronger in New Eneland tha1
 anywhere else and you cannot fool 1 l. New. F1@?soded on e@@s. is a basic roc $ on, which. the. poultry inaustry can res 70 stfAiy. Our poultry InHustry must de ar vA'on more ard more into a quality pro 1- position. Cheap feed raised near a S hand enables the west to raise hen a' cheaDer. than in New Enelaud. but a U, our cities grow nore ana more snecia as poultry farms for fancy e~~s vii! surin lo up, within the uuick exp-.ss rs @irs
 There remain three or four minor spe " "'a'tiAs wht"r however. are of excAr le tioral interest. Vermont maple suear hs ne rrnutstion wHsch 'rs,r-es market fo sn ou that the state VIII propduce. ld Na a6huF~tts is tha hrrra of nav he leo ding stains of seeds and nurs.r,
 stock. Connecticut sweet com seed ha or an urevcelled standing. The growth ca our cities insures a sSeai1v increase S. the raisiry of hot house flowers.
 Tt Sti!l another 5y-oroauct of u oA "rowtt of our New England cities Is a 5e expansion of 300 per cent in the numb. Ae of hoss fed from municipal waste in u OK last ten years. This shows how an o ne situation is being turIrea win new V ne sion and chararteristic New England fl ut genu!ty to economic advantage
 Ter Aiorg fourteen, or fifteen lines Ne ad. Englapd can sefeiv count a substantf trs agriculturai business
 en Tucked in between Massachusetts ar be Connecticut ard with the smallest ar, Is- in the Union, Rhode Island scarcely Iii
 a chance to play real role in agricn ed ture. As in Connecticut, Ma searhuset 25, and New Hamnshire. many of the fau- lse have been turned into spn!e orcharf by For the balance. the agriculture of t, iss state must consist of market eardenir at eggs and poultry and a little soecializ ng 7airving for tbe nearby markets. ng Tie story of farming in Connec is- cut is ,nuch the same az for Massach on. sets. Connecticut has several lar Ice cities within it's firits, which tends .g- .dayelopneut of market gsrdenipg, a
 mixed far1ning. The, other chief a-ric,
 a. tlral interests are the .tobarco indust ,d- and the constantly incrAastne. acrea tbe l devoted 10 fruit. one-third of the far ib- CTS, fn the state are. of foreign Dir sba PerhaDs. we can blame unon thern | ted fact that in these days of .prohibiti, 1ed grape culture. has increased 100 per ce, ,o- in tfe last ten years. Since the civ Fer i war there has been 4an increase of .daII
 ine in the state. This. is due. to the