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TABLE 1. Acreage and Production (in Bushels) since 1879, of Dry Edible Beans 

 in the Five Largest Bean-Producing States and in the United States 



The figures in table 2, taken from statistics compiled by order of the 

 New York State Food Commission (1919), give the acreage and pro- 

 duction during 1917 of important bean-growing counties in the State 

 and show the location of the bean area. A larger yield to the acre was 

 obtained by some of the other counties which planted a smaller acreage. 



TABLE 2. Acreage and Production of Field Beans in the Ten Largest-Producing 



Counties of New York State in 1917 



County 



Livingston 



Wyoming 



Genesee 



Ontario 



Wayne 



Monroe 



Orleans 



Erie 



Yates 



Schuyler 



New York State 



Pro- 

 duction 

 (bushels) 



325,245 

 200,949 

 101,158 

 82,353 

 86,105 

 42,751 

 38,561 

 46,547 

 70,442 

 59,650 



1,477,061 



