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STATES CULTIVATING lOOO ACRES OR MORE OF BEANS 



States 



Michigan 167,025 



New York 129,298 



California 45,861 



Florida 9,189 



Maine 10,252 



Virginia 6,411 



North Carolina.. 5,381 



Tennessee 5,563 



Missouri 4,376 



Minnesota 3,290 



New Mexico 3.349 



Indiana 2,999 



Illinois 3,451 



New Hampshire 2,892 



Colorado 2,634 



Vermont 2,404 



Iowa 2,427 



Pennsylvania . . 2.182 



Ohio 1,828 



Alabama 1,756 



Georgia 1.927 



Arkansas 1,490 



South Carolina.. 1,657 



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 90'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, 



