THE PEANUT— THE UNPREDICTABLE LEGUME 



Table 1. — Peanut Acreage and Production in Specified Areas and Countries." 

 Sources of data: Foreign Crops and Markets, U. S. Dept. Agri. 55 (22): 371-373; 



57 (22): 427-430. 



Continent and 

 Countries 



Average 1935-39 



Acreage Production 



Average 1943-47 



A creage Production 



Average 

 1943-47 



Acre 

 Yield 



tons 



tons 



pounds 



North America 



Mexico 



United States. . . . 



Cuba 



Dominican Republic 

 Total"" 



Europe 



Bulgaria 



Italy 



Spain 



Total'' 



Russia 



(Europe & Asia) . . . 



Asia 



Burma 



China proper 



Manchuria 



French India 



French Indo China 



India 



Japan proper 



Formosa 



Kwantung 



Netherlands Indies 



Philippine Islands . 

 Totalb 



South America 



Argentina 



Brazil 



Paraguay 



Uruguay 



Totalb 



Africa 



Anglo-Egyptian' 



Sudan 



Belgian Congo .... 



Tanganyika 



Uganda 



Gambia 



Egypt 



Fr. Equatorial 



Africa and 



Cameroun 



33,000 

 1,659,000 



1,800,000 



5,000 



2,000 



24,000 



35,000 



29,000 



784,000 

 3,639,000 



7,000 



42,000 



7,535,000 



19,000 



77,000 



101,000 



572,000 



18,000 



13,200,000 



207,000 



29,000 



5,000 



400,000 



43,000 

 245,000 

 277,000 

 156,000 



23,000 



388,000 



12,200 



614,700 



8,400 



3,800 



640,000 



2,200 



1,600 



23,300 



28,000 



192,200 



2,913,400 



121,600 



5,600 



16,000 



3,295,700 



14,600 



57,700 



91,100 



289,100 



4,700 



7,040,000 



87,300 



14,800 



19,400 



1,200 



129,000 



8,100 

 65,100 

 23,400" 



2,200= 

 58,100 

 17,200 



58,800 



98,333 



3,409,000 



95,800 



35,400 



3,494,000 



3,400 



7,600 



16,333 



33,000 



636,250 

 3,444,000 



7,000 



107,000 



10,123,800 



430,400 

 15,238,000 



330,800 

 87,000 

 21,500 

 16,400 



520,000 



55,000 

 540,000 



333,333 



25,800 



43,750 

 1,052,580 



27,200 



8,180 



1,136,200 



940 



5,320 



11,433 



20,000 



127,050 

 2,614,300 



5,633 



27,000 



4,005,258 



19,800 



190,440 

 7,246,600 



154,120 



34,133 



13,250 



4,700 



208,000 



500 



6,620' 



9,550" 



84,900 



19,760 



890 

 618 

 568 

 462 

 650 



553 

 1,400 

 1,400 

 1,212 



399 

 1,518 



1,609 

 505 

 791 



885 

 951 



932 

 785 

 1,233 

 573 

 800 



418 



1,532 



