WORLD PRODUCTION OF POTATOES 425 



each. Germany leads the world in total production of pota- 

 toes as well as in the average yield per acre. The six leading 

 countries and their average annual production for 1905-1909 

 are as follows: Germany, 1,689,000,000 bushels; European 

 Russia, 1,048,000,000 bushels; Austria-Hungary, 709,000,000 

 bushels; France, 529,000,000 bushels; United States, 

 307,000,000 bushels; and the United Kingdom, 242,000,000 

 bushels. The immense total world production indicates the 

 very general and extensive use of this crop. The average 

 acre yields obtained in some of the leading potato-producing 



2.4.35% 



Fig. 131. Percentage of the potato crop of the United States which is pro- 

 duced in each of the fifteen states of largest production, 1902-1911. 



countries for the ten years, 1900-1909, inclusive, are as follows : 

 Germany, 200 bushels; United Kingdom, 194 bushels; Aus- 

 tria-Hungary, 141 bushels; France, 134 bushels; Russia, 100 

 bushels; and the United States, 92 bushels. 



556. Production in the United States. As shown by the 

 preceding paragraph, the United States produces only about 

 6 per cent of the world's crop of potatoes. For the ten years, 

 1902-1911, inclusive, an average of 3,230,000 acres was de- 

 voted to the potato crop in the United States, from which 

 304, 158,000 bushels were produced, worth $177,503.000. 



