PRODUCTION OF BROOM-CORN 3 
178,584 acres, with a total production of 90,947,370 
pounds, or an average yield of $99 pounds per acre. 
In 1909 the planting was 326,102 acres, which pro- 
duced 78,959,958 pounds of brush, valued at 
$5,134,434. 
Of the total crop produced in the United States 
in 1879, the states of Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New 
York, Nebraska, Ohio and Iowa furnished 94 per 
cent. 
In 1889, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri 
produced 8g per cent of the total crop. 
In 1899, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, 
Nebraska, Texas, Iowa, California and Tennessee 
produced 96 per cent of the crop. Of these states 
California gave the highest yield, 686 pounds per 
acre, and Oklahoma the lowest yield, 276 pounds. 
In 1909, four states, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas 
and Texas, produced 93 per cent of the entire broom- 
corn crop of the United States. 
Table 2, on the page following, gives the acreage 
and production for the years 1889, 1899 and 1909, of 
all of the states growing more than Io0 acres. 
A comparison of the acreage and production for 
individual years reveals a great variation, accom- 
panied by a great fluctuation in price. The high 
price of $150 to $200 a ton which the crop sometimes 
commands offers good profit to the successful 
grower. His success induces a large number of 
poorly equipped farmers to plant, with the result 
that a large quantity of inferior brush is thrown 
upon the market the following year. The poor 
quality of the crop is due to the inexperience of the 
