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bushels, and the average value per acre as SI 0.01. In yield 

 per acre California leads, with 20.8 bushels, followed by 

 Vermont, with 18.2 ; Maine, with 18.1 ; and Xew Hampshire, 

 with 17.4. The lowest are Tennessee, with 8.5 ; Kentucky, 

 with 9.5 ; and North Carolina, with 9.7. All the others are 

 over 10. With the exception of California, Delaware and 

 Oregon, the only States showing a yield of over 14 bushels 

 per acre are in New England. In average value per acre 

 California leads, with $15.69, followed by New Hampshire, 

 with $10.90; Vermont, with $10.88 ; Oregon, with $10.23 ; 

 Maine, with $10.14: and Massachusetts, with $10.01. All 

 the others are under $10, with Tennessee lowest, with $5.66, 

 and North Carolina next, with $6.10. No figures of yield or 

 value per acre are given for South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Nevada, 

 Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Wyo- 

 ming. Buckwheat is by no means a general crop, the larger 

 portion being grown in New York and Pennsylvania. 



POTATOES. 



Averages of Ten Years (1880-89). 



The average yield per acre for the whole country is given 



as 76.2 bushels, and the average value per acre as $38.34. 



The average yield per acre in Massachusetts is given as 95.5 



bushels, and the average value per acre as $61.97. In yield 



per acre Washington leads, with 117.1 bushels, followed by 



Montana, with 107,4; Idaho, with 101.3; and Oregon, with 



100. The lowest are South Carolina, with 55 ; Georgia, with 



58.8 ; and Tennessee, with 59.2. In value per acre Nevada 



leads, with $76.25 ; followed by Montana, with $73.03 ; 



Florida, with $65.65 ; and Rhode Island, with $62.55. The 



lowest are Tennessee, with $30.49 ; Nebraska, with $30.68 ; 



Kentucky, with $30.90; and Indiana, with $31. Like oats 



the potato is adapted to the cool climates of the higher 



latitudes. 



TOBACCO. 



Averages of Ten Years (1880-89). 



The average yield per acre for the whole countr}' is given 



as 727.1 pounds, and the average value per acre as $61.51. 



The average yield per acre in Massachusetts is given as 



