POTATOES : ACEEAGE, PBODUCTTOlSr, ETC. 



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Table 1. — Acreage, production, price, and value of potatoes in the United States, 1849- 



1917. 







Production. 





Price and value at farm. 























Production as 

 a percentage 





























Per 



capita. 









of supply. 















Aver- 





Aver- 

 age 

 value 







period. 



acreage. 



Total. 



Per 





Per 



age 

 price 



Total value. 













acre. 



Total. 



acre per 

 1,000,000 

 popula- 

 tion. 



bush- 

 el. 





per 

 acre. 



Quan- 

 tity. 



Value. 





Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bush. 



Bush. 



Bush. 



Cts. 



Dollars. 



Dolls. 



Per ct. 



Per ct. 



1849 





65,797,896 

 111,099,867 

 107,200,976 



'io6.'2' 



2.91 

 3.63 

 3.00 











99.7 

 100.0 

 99.8 





1859 















1866 



1,069,381 



2.78 



47.3 



50, 722, 653 



47.43 



99.8 



1867 



1, 192, 195 



97,783,000 



82.0 



2.68 



2.28 



65.9 



64,462,486 



54.07 



99.8 



99.8 



1868 



1,131,552 



106,090,000 



93.8 



2.86 



2.54 



59.3 



62,918,660 



55.60 



99.9 



99.9 



1869 



1,309,018 



143,337,473 



109.5 



3.79 



2.88 



42.9 



61,491,776 



46.98 



99.9 



99.9 



1870 



1,325,119 



114,775,000 



86.6 



2.98 



2.22 



65.0 



74,621,019 



56.31 



99.6 



99.7 



1871 



1,220,912 



120,461,700 



98.7 



3.03 



2.47 



63.9 



64,905,189 



53.16 



99.9 



99.9 



1872 



1,331,331 



113,516,000 



85.3 



2.78 



2.08 



63.5 



60, 692, 129 



46.69 



99.7 



99.7 



1873 



1, 295, 139 



106,089,000 



81.9 



2.52 



1.95 



65.2 



69, 153, 709 



53.39 



99.5 



99.5 



1874 



1,310,041 



105,981,000 



80.9 



2.45 



1.88 



61.6 



65,223,314 



49.79 



99.8 



99.7 



1875 



1,510,041 



166,877,000 



110.5 



3.76 



2.51 



34.4 



57,357,515 



37.98 



99.9 



99.8 



1876 



1,741,983 



124,827,000 



71.7 



2.74 



1.56 



61.9 



77,319,541 



44.39 



97.5 



97.9 



1877 



1,792,287 



170,092,000 



94.9 



3.64 



2.02 



43.7 



74,272,500 



41.44 



99.7 



99.7 



1878 



1,776,800 



124, 126, 650 



69.9 



2.59 



1.46 



58.7 



72,923,575 



41.04 



97.9 



98.2 



1879 



1,713,433 



169,458,539 



98.9 



3.46 



2.02 



43.6 



73,883,923 



43.12 



99.6 



99.6 



1880 



1,842,510 



167,659,570 



91.0 



3.34 



1.82 



48.3 



81,062,214 



44.00 



98.7 



98.9 



1881 



2,041,.670 



109,145,494 



53.5 



2.12 



1.05 



91.0 



99,291,341 



4S.63 



92.5 



95.5 



1882 



2,171,636 



170,972,508 



78.7 



3.24 



1.48 



55.7 



95,304,844 



43.89 



98.6 



98.9 



1883 



2,289,275 



208,164,425 



90.9 



3.86 



1.68 



42.2 



87, 848, 991 



38.37 



99.8 



99.8 



1884 



2,220,980 



190,642,000 



85.8 



3.44 



1.56 



39.6 



75,524,290 



34.00 



99.7 



99.7 



1885 



2,265,823 



175,029,000 



77.2 



3.10 



1.35 



44.7 



78,153,403 



34.49 



98.9 



99.2 



1886 



2,287,136 



168,051,000 



73.5 



2.91 



1.27 



40.7 



78,441,940 



34.30 



99.2 



99.3 



1887 



2,357,322 



134,103,000 



56.9 



2.27 



.96 



68.2 



91,506,740 



38.82 



94.2 



96.1 



1888 



2,533,280 



202,365,000 



79.9 



3.35 



1.33 



40.2 



81,413,-589 



32.14 



99.6 



99.6 



1889 



2,600,750 



201,200,000 



77.4 



3.26 



1.25 



36.4 



71,294,000 



27.41 



98.3 



98.1 



1890 



2,653,000 



150,494,000 



56.7 



2.39 



.90 



76.3 



113,291,000 



42.70 



96.6 



97.6 



1891 



2,732,000 



256,122,000 



93.7 



3.99 



1.46 



36.6 



91,229,000 



33.39 



99.9 



99.8 



1892 



2,650,000 



164,516,000 



62.1 



2.51 



.94 



66.6 



107,83.5,000 



40.09 



97.4 



98.1 



1893 



2,722,000 



195,040,000 



71.7 



2.92 



1.07 



58.4 



113,886,000 



41.84 



98.5 



98.9 



1894 



2,891,000 



183,841,000 



63.6 



2.70 



.94 



52.9 



97,330,000 



33.67 



99.3 



99.4 



1895 



3,101,000 



317,114,000 



102.3 



4.56 



1.48 



26.2 



83,151,000 



26.81 



99.9 



99.8 



1896 



2,974,000 



271,678,000 



91.4 



3.84 



1.29 



29.0 



78,757,000 



26.48 



99.9 



99.8 



1897 



2,813,000 



191,025,000 



67.9 



2.65 



.94 



54.8 



103,442,000 



30.77 



99.4 



99.5 



1898 



2,841,000 



218,772,000 



77.0 



2.98 



1.06 



41.6 



90,897,000 



31.99 



99.8 



99.7 



1899 



2,938,778 



259,027,000 



88.6 



3.47 



1.18 



39.6 



102,610,000 



34.88 



99.9 



99.9 



1900 



2,987,000 



247,759,000 



82.9 



3.26 



1.09 



42.3 



104, 764, 000 



35.07 



99.9 



99.8 



1901 



2,996,000 



198,626,000 



66.3 



2.56 



.85 



76.3 



151,602,000 



50. 60 



96.3 



98.0 



1902 



3,078,000 



293,918,000 



95.5 



3.71 



1.21 



46.9 



137, 730, 000 



44.75 



99.9 



99.8 



1903 



3,080,000 



262,053,000 



85.1 



3.24 



1.05 



60.9 



169,620,000 



61.82 



98.8 



98.8 



1904 



3,172,000 



352,268,000 



111.1 



4.27 



1.35 



44.8 



167,646,000 



49.70 



99.9 



99.9 



1906 



3,195,000 



278,885,000 



87.3 



3.32 



1.04 



61.1 



170,340,000 



63.31 



99.3 



99.5 



1906 



3,244,000 



331,685,000 



102.2 



3.87 



1.19 



50.6 



167,796,000 



51.72 



99.9 



99.9 



1907 



3,375,000 



322,954,000 



95.7 



3.70 



1.10 



61.3 



197,863,000 



68.63 



99.9 



99.9 



1908 



3,503,000 



302,000,000 



86.2 



3.40 



.97 



69.7 



210,618,000 



60.13 



97.3 



98.3 



1909 



3, 668, 855 



394,553,000 



107.5 



4.36 



1.18 



54.2 



213,679,01)0 



68.24 



99.9 



99.9 



1910 



3,720,000 



349,032,000 



93.8 



3.79 



1.02 



55.7 



194,566,000 



52.30 



99.9 



99.9 



1911 



3,619,000 



292,737,000 



80.9 



3.12 



.86 



79.9 



233,778,000 



04.60 



95.5 



97.0 



1912 



3,711,000 



420,647,000 



113.4 



4.41 



1.19 



50.5 



212,550,000 



57.28 



99.9 



99.9 



1913 



3,668,000 



331,525,000 



90.4 



3.42 



.93 



68.7 



227,903,000 



62. 13 



98.9 



99.2 



1914 



3,711,000 



409,921,000 



110.5 



4.16 



1.12 



48.7 



199,460,000 



53.75 



99.9 



99.9 



1915 



3,734,000 



359, 721 000 



96.3 



3.59 



.96 



61.7 



221,992,000 



59.45 



99.9 



99.8 



1916 



3,565,000 



286,953,000 



80.5 



2.82 



.79 



14611 



419,333,000 



117.62 



98.9 



98.9 



1917 (pre- 























limma- 























ry).... 



4,390,000 



442,536,000 



100.8 



4.28 



.97 



122.9 



543,865,000 



123. 89 











1849 





65,797,896 

 111,099,867 

 112,803,794 





2.91 



' 









99.7 





1859 





'"gi.'o' 



3.63 

 2.89 















1866-1874. 



1,242,743 



2.34 



56.6 



63,798,982 



51.34 



99.8 



99.8 



1875-1884. 



1,910,062 



160,196,519 



84.6 



3.22 



1.72 



49.6 



79,478,873 



41.61 



98.7 



98.7 



1885-1894. 



2,569,231 



183,076,000 



71.3 



2.94 



1.16 



50.5 



92,438,067 



35.98 



98.4 



98.6 



1895-1904. 



2,998,078 



261,224,000 



87.1 



3.45 



1.15 



44.8 



117,011,900 



39.03 



99.6 



99.4 



1905-1914. 



3,541,486 



343,393,900 



97.0 



3.76 



1.07 



69.1 



202,855,200 



57.28 



99.1 



99.3 



