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ACREAGE IN ALL FARM CROPS,* AS REPORTED IN 1880, 

 1890, AND 1900.' 



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1880 



UNITED STATES 



All Farm Crops . . . 272,493,449 . . . 214,623,412 . . . 164,830,442 



Cereals 184,983,220 . . . 140,378,857 . . . 118,805,952 



Hay 61,691,069 . . . 52,948,797 30,631.054 



Cotton 24,275,101 . . . 20,175,270 . . . 14,480,019 



Cane 386,986 . . . 374,975 227,776 



Tobacco 1,101,460 . . . 695,301 . . . 638,841 



Hops 55,613 . . . 50,212 . . . 46,800 



NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION 



All Farm Crops . . . 21,957,338. . . 22,155,561. . . 22,024,776 



Cereals 8,957,452 . . . 8,869,351 . . . 9,913,840 



Hay 12,919,041 . . . 13,205,321 . . . '12,026,364 



Cotton ... ... 



Cane ... ... 



Tobacco 53,28i . . . 44,080 . . . 44,852 



Hops 27,564 . . . 36,809 . . 39,720 



SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION 



All Farm Crops . . . 26,481,330. . . 23,730,022. . . 22,135,566 



Cereals 16,964,662 . . . 14,790,108 ... 15,575,701 



Hay 2,161,201 . . . 1,925,753 1,128,420 



Cotton 6,842,489 . . . 6,746,292 . . . 5,165,175 



Cane 47,223 . . . 32,888 . . . 24,778 



Tobacco .... 465,754 234,981 . . . 241,480 



Hops i . . ... 12 



NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION 



All Farm Crops . . . 155,167,564 . . . 122,950,427 . . . 85,760,874 



Cereals 119,324,898 . . . 90,584,015 . . . 70,154,743 



Hay 35,676,042 . . . 32,220,468 . . . 15,490,866 



Cotton 45,749- 57,991- 3 2 ,n6 



Cane ... ... 



Tobacco 120,516 ... 86,789 ... 78,038 



Hops 359 . . . 1,164. - 5. in 



* ! By "all farm crops " is meant the following crops : Barley, buck- 

 wheat, cane, corn, cotton, hay, hops, oats, rice, rye, tobacco, and 

 wheat. These are all of the crops for which comparable data can be 

 had and they constitute nearly the whole of the crop acreage. The 

 only crops of any consequence, from the standpoint of acreage, and 

 not included are : Broomcorn, flax, hemp, potatoes, vegetables, and 

 orchard fruits. 



2 The data of hop acreage in 1879 au( ^ ^89 are taken from the Re- 

 port of the Eleventh Census, Agriculture II, p. 91 et seq. All other 

 data are taken from the Report of the Twelfth Census, Agriculture 

 II, p. 63 et seq. 



