MARKETS AND MARKETING 



STATES CULTIVATING IOOO ACRES OR MORE OF BEANS 



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Michigan 167,025 1,806,413 $2,361,020 10.8 $1.31 434,014 



New York 129,298 1,360,445 2,472,668 10.5 1.82 1,111,510 



California 45,861 658,515 1,022,586 14.4 1.55 713,480 



Florida 9,189 176,304 139,349 19.2 0.79 6,613 



Maine 10,252 137,290 290,885 13.4 2.12 149,710 



Virginia ... x . 6,411 56,189 66,066 8.8 1.18 24,048 



North Carolina.. 5,381 49,518 50,703 9.2 1.02 36,909 



Tennessee 5,563 48,736 57,660 8.8 1.18 29,780 



Missouri 4,376 45,647 73,850 10.4 1.62 29,632 



Minnesota 3,290 36,3U 49,685 11.0 1.37 61,009 



New Mexico.... 3.349 36,022 73,001 10.8 2.03 7,843 



Indiana 2,999 30,171 46,281 10.1 1.53 34,988 



Illinois 3,451 30,122 46,084 8.7 1.53 21,308 



New Hampshire 2,892 29,990 62,799 10.4 2.09 44,589 



Colorado 2,634 28.570 49,169 10,8 1.72 7,265 



Vermont 2,404 27,172 51,629 11.3 1.90 31,880 



Iowa 2,427 24,903 38,296 10.3 1.54 33,769 



Pennsylvania .. 2.182 23.957 38,719 11.0 1.62 11,356 



Ohio 1,828 19,042 33,307 10.4 1.75 30,213 



Alabama 1,756 17,865 15,507 10.1 0.87 4,841 



Georgia 1,927 17,489 17,982 9.1 1.03 19,619 



Arkansas 1.490 15,582 17,046 10.5 1.09 8,570 



South Carolina.. 1,657 14,925 13,936 9.0 0.93 8,018 



NOTE. These figures are from the United States census of 

 1900, and it should be distinctly understood that they do not 

 wholly apply to dry or field beans. They refer in part to beans 

 grown and marketed whole, and fresh, as string beans. The 

 leading states for dry beans are Michigan, New York and Cali- 

 fornia. The acreage has largely increased in recent years. In 

 1904 Michigan alone reported 350,895 acres and a yield of 5,050,000 

 bushels; in 1905 the rate of yield to the acre was larger than the 

 preceding year. 



The price of beans one year with another varies 

 considerably. In such large distributing markets 

 as Chicago, pea beans sold in the late go's as low as 

 70 cents a bushel wholesale, and since that time have 

 been well above $2. What may be regarded as a 

 normal price range in the wholesale western mar- 

 kets is $1.50 and $2 a bushel; in New York and 

 Boston the usual freight difference in the way of a 

 premium. The weight in the wholesale markets, 



