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Table 9. -Puerto Rico (United Statea): Totacco acreage, 

 production, yield per acre, 1850-193^ 



Year : 

 beginning : 

 July : 



Acreage 



: Production 



: Yield per acre 



• 



1850 : 

 I860 : 

 1870 ! 

 1880 : 

 1890 ! 



Acres 



Pounds 



2,973.?08 

 2,557.^0+8 



S.Q^0.''22 

 12,188,517 

 3»977,987 



Pounds 



1896 : 



1897 : 



1898 : 





6.255*953 

 6,613.800 



7.U29,502 





1899 : 



1900 : 





6,613,800 

 8,818.^00 





1910 1 



1911 J 



1912 : 



1017 • 



22,1^3 

 18,000 

 23,000 



18 000 



10,827,672 

 12,800,000 

 15,000.000 

 17-000 000 



U89 

 711 

 652 

 722 



191^ i 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



17,000 



; 3U,5Up 

 x 51tto 



12,000.000 



25. ^9. 55s 

 25.771. 99^+ 



706 



736 

 501 



1919 



1920 

 1921 

 1922 



1 U2,232 

 : Uo,000 

 : 35.000 

 : 41,500 



! Uo 000 



25.338.791 

 25,000,000 

 22,500,000 

 26,000,000 



PR 000 000 



600 

 625 

 6U3 

 627 



I92U 



1925 

 1926 



1927 

 1928 



I 3*+.023 

 : 58.000 

 : 81,900 

 : ^.3^5 

 s 39.075 



23,000,000 

 36.000,000 

 50,000,000 

 27.000,000 

 28,000,000 



676 

 621 

 611 

 669 

 717 



1929 

 1930 

 1931 



1932 



1933 



1 1+3.312 



; 50,000 



: 10.079 

 : 25.300 

 : U5.50O 



32,500.000 

 37,300,000 

 6,000,000 

 l6.78'5.000 



25,000,000 



W W 1 



5U9 



193^ 

 1935 

 1936 



1937 



1918 



I 38,000 

 : 43. 809 

 : ^5,000 



22,500,000 

 26,000,000 

 27,000,000 



592 



|93 



Compiled from Census of Porto Rico, 1899; annual reports of the 

 Governor of Puerto Rico; International Institute of AgricTilture; and 

 letter, Puerto Rican Leaf Tobacco Company to Puerto Rican Executive 

 Council, November I3, I915. 



