Show U S crop area decreases washington despite a reduction of acres in the area of harvested crops during the past five years the crop area in ili the united states still Is sufficient to maintain EL a large volume ot of exports says the united states department of agriculture analyzing analysing ana lysing the latest census figures this Is the first time in the history of 0 the united states that a decrease in crop area has been shown in an aar v census period decreases in crop acreage lave have bocc occurred ur principally in the eastern cotton belt in the corn and wint r wheat belts the eastern and southern portions of the corn belt the hay belt and dairy region from lake michigan to the hudson valley and in eastern washington and california |