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POTATOES: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, ETC. 17 
SUMMARY FOR 1905-1914. 
The 10-year period 1905-1914 represents statistical conditions in 
regard to potatoes in this country free of war influences, except in so 
far as they affect 1914, and the effect of this abnormal year is quite 
lost in the 10-year average. 
During this period 343,394,000 bushels of potatoes were harvested 
annually from 3,541,000 acres, with an average production of 97.0 
bushels per acre, or more per acre than during any previous 10-year 
period. 
The production was 3.76 bushels per capita, or more than in any 
previous 10-year period, although the production per acre per 
1,000,000 population, 1.07 bushels, was less than in any previous 
10-year period. Production per acre in relation to population steadily 
declined from one period to the next until 1905-1914. 
During the latest 10-year period the average price of potatoes per 
bushel at the farm was 59.1 cents, or somewhat higher than at any 
previous period. This price computes the average total value of the 
potato crop at the farm at $202,855,000 during this period, so that 
the average value of this crop per acre during the period was $57.28, 
or considerably more than at any preceding period. The quantity 
of the production, still having this period in mind, is 99.1 per cent of 
the supply, and the value of the production is 99.3 per cent of the 
value of the supply. 
The average imports of potatoes during this period were 2,946,000 
bushels, with an import value of $1,506,000, or 51.1 cents per bushel. 
These imports were 0.86 per cent of the quantity of the production 
and the value of these imports was 0.74 per cent of the value of the 
production. Upon making a similar comparison with the supply, it 
is found that these imports were 0.85 per cent of the quantity of the 
supply and 0.74 per cent of the value of the supply. 
During this period the average annual supply of potatoes in this 
country has amounted to 346,340,000 bushels, or 3.79 bushels per 
capita, a ratio that considerably exceeds that of every preceding 
period. The average value of this supply amounts to $204,361,000. 
An average annual export of 1,608,000 bushels of domestic pota- 
toes appears for the 10-year period under consideration, and these 
potatoes had an average export value of $1,298,000, or 80.7 cents 
per bushel. The imports of potatoes have increased during the last 
30 years, and on the other hand it is plain that the exports of domes- 
tic potatoes have considerably increased, although the total is still 
small. The per capita exports of domestic potatoes in the latest 
10-year period are only 0.017 of 1 bushel per capita. The exports of 
domestic potatoes in this period were 0.47 per cent of the quantity 
of the production and 0.64 per cent of the value of the production. 
Corresponding percentages for the supply are nearly the same as 
