Acreage and Value 



Table III. — Percentage of World's Potato Crop ^ Pro- 

 duced BY THE Continents, and Principal Potato-pro- 

 ducing Countries. For the Years 1908-1912 



Continents 



Bushels 



Per Cent 

 World's Crop 



Europe . . . 

 North America 

 Asia .... 

 South America 

 Australia . 

 Africa . . . 



4,817,830,200 



425,239,800 



54,329,000 



38,931,000 



13,813,600 



4,793,200 



89.72 



7.92 



1.01 



.73 



.26 



.09 



The cultivation of the potato is now extended over most 

 of the agricultural sections of the Ignited States and 

 Canada and it is becoming increasingly important as an 

 article of human food in this country. It ranks sixth in 

 agricultural importance in the United States. 



Table IV. — Relative Value op Crops in the United 

 States in Dollars (1908-1912) 



Corn 1,512,780,000 



Hay 768,330,000 



Cotton 724,710,000 



Wheat 666,940,000 



Oats 412,360,000 



Potatoes 209,720,000 



Barley 107,710,000 



Tobacco 94,429,000 



» Average of world's crop for 1908-1912 = 5,369,590,000 bushela. 



