APPENDIX 



POTATO STATISTICS continued 



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Year 1904 Year 1908 

 Europe Bushels Bushels 



Great Britain 133,961,000 146,258,000 



Ireland 98,635,000 119,455,000 



(Total Great Britain 



and Ireland) (232,596,000) (265,713,000) 



Total 3,843,081,000 4,497,480,000 



Asia 



Japan 11,274,000 21,023,000 



Russia (Asiatic) 18,800,000 22,588,000 



Total 30,074,000 43,611,000 



Africa 



Algeria 1,655,000 1,803,000 



Cape of Good Hope. . . 1,942,000 1,304,000 



Natal 451,000 405,000 



Total 4,048,000 3,512,000 



Australasia 



Australia 16,777,000 14,021,000 



New Zealand 7,795,000 5,339,000 



Total 24,572,000 19,360,000 



Grand Total 4,298,049,000 4,927,576,000 



A comparison of the total value with that of other 1909 

 crops in the United States is interesting : 



Acreage Production Value 



Potatoes.. . 3,525,000 376,537,000 206,545,000 



Corn 108,771,000 2,772,376,000 1,652,822,000 



Wheat 46,723,000 737,189,000 730,046,000 



Oats 33,204,000 1,007,353,000 408,174,000 



Barley 7,001,000 170,284,000 93,971,000 



Rye 2,006,000 32,239,000 23,809,000 



Buckwheat 834,000 17,438,000 12,188,000 



Rice 720,225 24,368,000 19,341,000 



While of increasing importance in the United States, there 

 are other crops that outclass it here. This is due to the fact 

 that this is one of the great grain-producing countries of the 

 world, and that the potato industry is capable of almost 

 unlimited expansion here. In Europe its relative importance 

 is very much greater than in the United States. A resume 

 of the potato industry in the United States from 1866 to 

 1909 shows the increase in its importance and volume: 



