Putnam patriot., 1923-03-23
STATE FARMERS LOSE $S,OOO,O 900
 BECAUSE OF PRICE REDUCTIONS
LEONARD H HEALEY OF NORTH WOODSTOCK DECLARES THAT AGRICULTURAL SITUATION IN coNNEc-
 TIeUT PRESENTS MANY ALARMING ASPECTS
Relief Only Through Better Price For Commodities Re
 duetion In Cost of Things He Purchases

reached the total of sf4s22,sTI, an increase ef about s725e .004 in ten years.
 The poultry indastr ef the state shows some interesting facts. The number Of chicken was SLf2o .0e6 and they produced 8U4 3-0 dozens of eggs. the value Of winch was s. 536, 1929.
 The farm produce attained fhe Eur- prlslBg total of 8f 962es5 on the 1920 census basis. of HaIeh S14-928.= sll were dairy pra4lrts s3.5ad ad.3-t. poultry; and the balance came from the soil
 Increasing Potato Acreage
 Connecticut farmer afa Increasing their acreage plansed 70 potatoes. h 1921 the total foE tte state was Zs.- 900 acres. an inerease = 33 per cent and showed a production af i$o bush els per acre aEaInsf ia5 bushels the year before. Thz result of the better methods employed The early potatoes amounted fo 8 -a60. GOO bush els as against 2369 GOO bushels the year before, and Q per cent better than the general average fer five years Last year E creH was the best since 1914. Hartford county leads in potato production Hth AaZ ,56s bush els. having also the best sIeid per acre The number of acres cultivated u the county was 5,97k
 Hartford County Leaas State
 Hartford county leads the state. and New England la tobacco raising The acreage planted last Hear was Zl.= 95sl or s.4 per cent les sHar the year before. The acreage set ta broad leaf was curtaiiea 24 Der cent and Havana priced 5a per cent. Havana seed was increased 29 per cent and shade grown increased [ Der cent. Because of unfavarahle condition the production was 34.as7 Soc pounds. aH 2 per cent less tE8H tHe yeaH before The figures arc based oH preliminary estimates. so far as 1929 crop E concerned
 Hartford county RH soon take itz place as one of the greatest fruit pro- apeing counties n tIe state. having over % .000 tree HHt af bearing age and 25i ,000 trees bearing, which eX- ceeds other counsE reports. Fairfield county. however. IzI taa stata for 1920 in fruit production with haF= Vest of 3ss 900 bushels af all fruits New Haven eountF second with 375,- 900 bushels FaIfzeiI Is the leading apple plum and cherry producing county New HaseH the peach and pear producing county
 I he apple crop a was l.800.. a00 bushels. q e##a of per cent over 1921. HeveHsHeltes nearly 2 per cent lower than a geafs pre- Eioas general Byefaze
 New Haven Lead. in Vineyard,
 SaW Haven leads in vineyards pro ductl1n. having had harvest of Hrac- ticaliy .000 ,000 pounds af grapes iH 1920, nearly half what was raised in the state. l. is Interesting t1 observe that Connecticut in 1920 had 5.60t farms reporting having grape tHHes of bearing age. as against 4.l7O in 1910 The production increased from Isl f.- 6s2 pounds in 1910 to 2.les s.5 pounds In 14Z0. and while quantity production increased 100 per cent the crop value increased 400 per cent.
 The five leading crops of Connecti= cut in 1922 were Hay, Sll, ,4a3, ,iQ0t tobacco. S4450. GOO; potatoes. s. 360. o0o, corn for grain. sl.s19,2o0i corn for silage. Sl,s5s, $50; apples. S1 ,560. .000
 The estimate Of the value of all crops iH Connecticut last year was s36.5i6 000, compared with S47.767,- 900 in 1921 a decline of 23.5 per cent