4 BROOM-CORN CULTURE 
TABLE 2, ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 
1889, 1899, AND 1909 OF ALL STATES AND 
TERRITORIES GROWING MORE THAN 100 
ACRES OF BROOM-CORN., 
Acres | Pounds 
State or Territory 
1909 1899 1889 1909 1899 1889 
Alabama........--. 52 152 61 17,910 56,290 25,698 
Arkansas _. 332 879 135 106,576 304,690 52,701 
California. _ 1,023 1,669 815 614,250 | 1,146,000 611,975 
Colorado . 5,631 | 1,241 301 | 1,187,791 226,550 60,165 
Florida. ae 34 171 3,390 196,820 
Tllinois 38,452 | 95,137 | 34,340 | 19, 309, 425 60,665,520 15,932,502 
Indiana 28 323, 815 413 153,259 384,170 167,231 
Indian Territory. meee 397 ete wee 147,020 eae 
TOW <sescssnesecs 156 | 2,220] 1,108 75,370 | 1,178,130 567,072 
Kansas ____.-...-.] 41,064 | 34,383 | 30,717 | 8,768,853 | 11,813, 310 10,809, "434 
Kentucky .....--. 342 839 195 157,286 "384550 93,063 
Louisiana ...._.. 320 107 24 92,208 41,120 11,420 
Minnesota _ 13 149 80 10,259 76,960 42,090 
Mi ississippi - 154 214 41 60,574 143,750 24,776 
Missouri - 5,339 | 10,219 2,618 | 1,774,536 | 3,693,370} 1,051,139 
Nebraska - 458 | 6,627 | 16,792 157,116 23733,290 6,514,763 
New Mexico. 4,470 14 102 644,892 5,800 24,500 
New York - 2 356 993, 1,001 201,060 450,380 
Ohio.. 802 | 1,574 92,292 537,160 801,957 
Oklahoma. . a 12,366 59 | 42,741,725 | 3,418,490 16,650 
Pennsylvania ___- 108 221 57 45,582 114,610 36,319 
South Dakota_.__. 64 239 237 35,400 100,570 117,200 
Tennessee - 1,348 3,444 1,489 347,064 | 1,015,460 409,436 
Texas ...- 9,448 3,743 696 | 2,368,490 | 1,638,150 315,741 
Virginia . 107 | 1,762 140 46,016 663,390 43,159 
Washington = 183 eee vee 45,040 eo ae 
Wisconsin __._-.-. 28 64 157 14,830 38,850 92,468 
grower and his inability to take care of the brush. 
The marked decline in price which follows this over- 
production of low-grade material discourages many 
farmers, and the acreage is greatly reduced for the 
next season. 
In 1881, Illinois grew 17,800 acres, and the aver- 
age price received for the crop was $128 a ton. The 
year following, 43,000 acres were planted and the 
price declined to $80 a ton. This low price prevailed 
until 1891, when, with a planting of 15,800 acres, 
