390 



TOBACCO LEAF. 



NUMBER OF PLANTERS AND ACREAGE. 



New Hampshire, 

 Vermont, 

 Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, 



No. of Growers. No. of Acres. 



1896 1892 1896 1895 1892 



29 32 43 54 85 



48 69 120 108 164 



953 1,165 2,849 2,768 3,666 



2,970 3,353 8,262 8,170 9,851 



Total for New England, 4,000 4,619 



New York, 2,324 4,1 7 5 



*Pennsylvania, 9,500 13.425 



*Ohio, 7,500 8,OoO 



*Wisconsin, 2,800 5,160 



11,274 11,100 13,766 



4,535 5,712 12,272 



17 463 19.435 30,000 



19 OuO 22.500 25.010 



10,500 11,381 20,000 



Total, 26,124 35,379 62,772 70,128 101,038 



*In the absence of the complete system of keeping tab upon the 



crop in these States which we have perfected for New York and New 



England by a farm-to-farm census, the data for Pennsylvania, Ohio 



and Wisconsin are partly estimated. 



YIELD PER ACRE AND TOTAL CROP. 



New Hampshire, 

 Vermont, 

 Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, 



Total for N. E., Av., 

 New York, 

 Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, 

 Wisconsin, 



Total, 



221,708 191,587 299,871 



PRICES AND VALUES. 



Average prices at which the '95 crop sold and at which the market, 

 for '92 leaf opened are given in this table, together with total value of 

 the 1896 crop at (a) the prices paid in 1895 and (b) could growers get the 



average open prices of 1892. 

 Average Price. 



New Hampshire, 

 Vermont, 

 Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, 



9c 25c 



9c 25c 



9c 27c 



9c 26c 



Total for N. E., 



New York, 8c 15c 



Pennsylvania, 6c 12c 



Ohio, 5c 9c 



Wisconsin, 4c lOc 



Total, 



Total Value of Crop. 



1896 (a) 1896(6) 1895 1892 



$7,000 $19,500 $8,000 $35.000 



17,000 48,000 lo.OOO 64 000 



436,000 1,308,000 410,000 1,445.000 



1,302,000 3,762,000 1,265,000 4,507,000 



$1,762,000 $5,137,500 $1,699,000 $6,053,000 



90,000 918,000 581,000 2,278,000 



1,580,000 3,143,000 1,166,000 3,600,000 



759.000 1,368,000 675,000 1,7X7,500 



420,000 1,050,000 318,668 l,7!>.!>xo 



$3,011,000 $11,616,500 $4,439,668 $15,518,480 



