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1,485.4 pounds, and the average value pcv acre as S204.2b. 

 In yield per acre Massachusetts leads, with 1,4><5.4 pounds, 

 followed by Connecticut, with 1,417.1; New York, with 

 1,339.6 ; Pennsylvania, with 1,205.3 ; Wisconsin, with 1)67.2 ; 

 and Ohio, with 912.8. All the others are below 900 pounds 

 per acre. In value per acre Massachusetts leads, with 

 $204.28, followed by Connecticut, with $196.58 ; New York, 

 with §159.56; Pennsylvania, with $143.22; and Wisconsin, 

 with $101.45. All the others are below $100. No figures 

 for yield or value per acre are given for any States or Terri- 

 tories west of the Mississippi River except Missouri and 

 Arkansas, or for Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode 

 Island, New Jersey, Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Minnesota and Iowa. The 

 highest yields and prices per pound are for seed-leaf tobacco, 

 used exclusively for cigars, and grown solely in the Northern 

 States, and mainly in a few counties on the Connecticut River, 

 three in New York, three in Pennsylvania, and in limited 

 districts in Wisconsin and Ohio. 



HAY. 



AVEKAGES OF TeX YeAHS (18W-89). 



The average yield per acre for the whole country is given 

 as 1.19 tons, and the average value per acre as 811.08. The 

 average yield per acre for Massachusetts is given as 1.09 

 tons, and the average value per acre as $18.82. In yield 

 per acre California and Oregon lead, with 1.39 tons, followed 

 by Minnesota, with 1.32; Nebraska and Washington, with 

 1.31 ; and Dakota, with 1.30. The lowest is New Hampshire, 

 with .93, followed b}^ Rhode Island, with .96 ; Maine, with .97 ; 

 Florida, with .98 ; and Connecticut, with .99. All the others 

 are above one ton per acre. In value per acre Massachusetts 

 leads, with $18.82, followed by Georgia, with $17.31 ; New 

 Jersey, with $16.79; Alabama, with $16.54; Florida, with 

 $16.37; Rhode Island, with $16.19 ; Mississippi, with $16.16 ; 

 and California, with $16.02. The lowest are Nebraska, with 

 $4.82 ; Dakota, with $5.10 ; and Kansas, with $5.55. All the 

 others are over $6.35. There is a great difference in the 

 State values of hay. Massachusetts has naturally the highest 

 average, $18.82 per acre, having the fewest numbers engaged 



