540 APPENDIX 



POTATO STATISTICS 



The world's production of various food crops for 1908 is as 

 follows: 



Bushels 



Potatoes 4,927,576,000 



Cora 3,478,328,000 



Wheat 3,176,479,000 



Barley 1,267,561,000 



Rye 1,587,733,000 



A comparison between potatoes and rice given in pounds : 



Pounds 



Potatoes 334,431,840,000 



Rice 135,186,068,000 



The Year Book of the Department of Agriculture gives 

 the potato crop of the principal potato-growing countries as 

 follows: 



(No statistics for Switzerland, Portugal, Argentina, Trans- 

 vaal, Egypt and some other less important potato-growing 

 countries.) 



North America Year 1904 Year 1908 



Bushels Bushels 



United States 332,830,000 278,985,000 



Mexico 527,000 469,000 



Newfoundland 1,350,000 1,350,000 



Canada 55,436,000 74,746,000 



Total 390,143,000 355,550,000 



South America 



Chile 6,131,000 8,063,000 



Europe 



Austria-Hungary 520,461,000 639,407,000 



Belgium 91,632,000 82,846,000 



Denmark 24,214,000 29,752,000 



Finland 15,465,000 20,432,000 



France 451,039,000 375,000,000 



Germany 1,333,326,000 1,702,803,000 



Italy 29,000,000 29,000,000 



Malta 733,000 692,000 



Netherlands 94,421,000 96,695,000 



Norway 17,253,000 28,030,000 



Roumania 3,001,000 4,310,000 



Russia (European).... 893,908,000 1,060,135,000 



Servia. 718,000 645,000 



Spain 84,000,000 84,000,000 



Sweden 51,314,000 78,020,000 



