Acreage and Value 5 



The following table illustrates graphically the distribu- 

 tion of potato-growing in the United States (see Fig. 2). 



In the United States, New York has led in potato pro- 

 duction for the last twenty-five years. The leading states 

 and yield to the acre are as follows : ^ 



Table V 



In the last few years, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine and 

 Minnesota have been rapidly gaining in production, and 

 are now all close rivals of New York. 



For the ten years 1902-1911 inclusive, an average of 

 3,230,000 acres was devoted to the potato crop in the 

 United States, from which 304,158,000 bushels were pro- 

 duced, w^orth $177,503,000. This comprises only about 

 one-sixth of the w^orld's crop. 



Ten states along the northern border, where the climate 

 is cooler and the crop is supplied with more moisture, pro- 

 duced nearly two-thirds of the potato crop of the United 

 States (see Figs. 3 and 4). Potatoes are grown, however, 

 in more or less quantity in every state of the Union. 



As the agriculture in the United States becomes more 



' After Montgomerj.'. 



