Garfield County News | 1926-09-03 | Page 2 | U. S. Crop Area Decreases

U 8 crop area decreases vt t washington on Ie despite respite spite wr ot of acres in the area ot of bai harvest vesi ed crops during the past five years the crop area in the united tates still la Is sufficient to maintain a largo volume of exports says saya the united states department of agriculture analyzing the latest census figures this Is 11 the first time in the history ot the united states that a decrease in crop area has bai been beah shown in any census period bec decreases ceases in crop acreage havo have occurred principally in the eastern cotton belt in the corn ond and winter wheat bells belle the eastern and southern portions of the corn belt the hay belt and dairy region from lake michigan Ilc higan to tho hudson valley and in eastern washington and california