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 



State 



New York 

 Michigan . . 

 Wisconsin . . 

 Minnesota 

 Maine . . . 

 Pennsylvania 



Production in 



Millions op 



Bushels, 



1911-1915 



33.35 



33.27 

 32.80 

 .30.04 

 2.5.67 

 23.13 



Yield to 

 THE Acre, 

 1906-1915 



97 



94 



102 



102 



204 



85 



Average Price 

 I A Bushel, 

 I 1906-1915 



Cents 



63 

 59 

 87 

 44 

 54 

 68 



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, worth 8177,503,000. This comprises only about 

 one-sixth of the world'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-mpre 



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