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36,599 acres, or approximately 76 per cent, of the total crop. In 1909 

 the total acreage in the 17 States of largest production was 43,151 acres, 

 or 90 per cent, of the total onion acreage in the United States. 



The States of surplus production and their onion acreages were as 

 follows : — 



In 1909 Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Tennessee were displaced by New Jersey, 

 Minnesota, Oregon and Colorado. 



The total area in onions in 1914 was 54,476 acres in the 12 States of 

 surplus production. Their estimated onion acreage in 1916, excluding 

 "Wisconsin, was 31,548. These 12 States produced 69 per cent, of the 

 total onion crop in the United States in the census year 1909. The yield 

 in 1914 was 21,901,000 bushels, as compared with the yield of 9,962,012 

 bushels for 1915, and the estimated yield of 10,852,873 bushels for 1916. 

 It should be noted that in the above estimate only States producing late 

 onions are included. Texas, with approximately 10,000 acres devoted 

 to onions of the Bermuda variety, is omitted. 



1 Seventy-six per cent, of entire acreage. ^ Ninety per cent, of entire acreage. 



