APPENDIX 



543 



The variation in price is worthy of notice, and the fact 

 that the average yield per acre is practically the same now as 

 forty years ago shows the possibilities of advanced work and 

 methods. The acreage has been increasing gradually with 

 the development of the country. 



The annual imports from Europe bear a direct relation to 

 the total home production. 



The acreage, production, and value of potatoes in the 

 United States in 1909 follow: 



State, territory or division 



Maine 



New Hampshire. 

 Vermont ....... 



Massachusetts. . 

 Rhode Island... 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania. . . 



North Atlantic 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



West Virginia. . . 

 North Carolina.. 

 South Carolina. . 



Georgia 



Florida. . . 



South Atlantic . 



Ohio 



Indiana. . 

 Illinois. . . 

 Michigan. 

 Wisconsin 



N.C.E. of Miss. River. 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



North Dakota.. 

 South Dakota. . 



Nebraska 



Kansas.. .- 



Acreage 



130,000 

 21,000 

 30,000 

 34,000 

 6,000 

 36,000 



438,000 

 80,000 



305,000 



N.C.W. of Miss. River. 



1,080,000 



9,000 

 35,000 

 60,000 

 39,000 

 25,000 



9,000 

 10,000 



5,000 



192,000 



182,000 

 95,000 

 164,000 

 348,000 

 262,000 



1,051,000 



160,000 



145,000 



88,000 



40,000 



50,000 



105,000 



91,000 



679,000 



Production 



29,250,000 

 2,730,000 

 4,650,000 

 4,250,000 

 750,000 

 4,320,000 



52,560,000 

 7,200,000 



23,790,000 



129,500,000 



864,000 



2,800,000 



5,520,000 



3,822,000 



1,850,000 



765,000 



810,000 



475,000 



16,906,000 



16,926,000 

 9,025,000 

 14,924,000 

 36,540,000 

 26,724,000 



104,139,000 



18,400,000 

 12,905,000 

 7,480,000 

 4,400,000 

 4,000,000 

 8,190,000 

 7,189,000 



62,564,000 



Farm Value 

 December ist 



$13,748,000 



1,747,000 



2,046,000 



3,358,000 



600,000 



3,586,000 



26,280,000 



5,904000 



15,464,000 



72,733,000 



622,000 



1,848,000 



3,864,000 



2,599,000 



1,498,000 



880,000 



810,000 



570,000 



12,691,000 



9,479,000 



4,693,000 



9,104,000 



12,789,000 



10,155,000 



46,220,000 



6,440,000 

 7,098,000 

 5,012,000 

 1,908,000 

 2,520,000 

 4,914,000 

 5,679,000 



33,643,000 



