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BULLETIN 696, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 7. — Corn: Trend of yields per acre, 1871 to 1915, and geographic 
comparisons. 
[Natural limitations, reflected in yields per acre, as qualifying price factors.] 
States and geographic 
divisions. 
Yields to the acre., in 5-year averages. 
Measurement of changes in percentages 
of the United States average as base 
(100 per cent). 
1911- 
1915. 
1901- 
1905. 
1891- 
1895. 
1882- 
1S86. 
1871- 
1875. 
1911- 
1915. 
1901- 
1905. 
1891- 
1895. 
1882- 
1886. 
1871- 
1875. 
United States 
Bush. 
26 
Bush. 
25 
Bush. 
24 
Bush. 
24 
Bush. 
27 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
New England 
44 
39 
24 
36 
26 
22 
19 
28 
32 
32 
32 
19 
32 
26 
19 
18 
25 
26 
36 
32 
16 
29 
24 
19 
19 
22 
25 
32 
30 
15 
29 
30 
18 
18 
23 
26 
32 
36 
18 
32 
33 
20 
20 
""32" 
168 
149 
92 
138 
102 
84 
73 
108 
123 
129 
129 
78 
129 
105 
75 
74 
98 
103 
149 
132 
69 
119 
99 
79 
78 
93 
104 
131 
124 
63 
120 
124 
l\ 
75 
98 
108 
119 
Middle Atlantic 
133 
South Atlantic 
65 
East North Central 
West North Central 
East South Central 
West South Central 
Mountain 
120 
122 
75 
73 
Pacific 
120 
New England: 
Maine 
42 
44 
<2 
45 
42 
47 
37 
38 
41 
33 
36 
25 
31 
19 
18 
15 
15 
40 
37 
33 
34 
35 
33 
35 
25 
24 
27 
23 
18 
26 
25 
17 
19 
20 
20 
16 
20 
28 
23 
19 
24 
31 
34 
33 
32 
28 
31 
37 
33 
29 
31 
34 
31 
35 
28 
34 
35 
29 
33 
23 
25 
14 
10 
11 
10 
33 
33 
34 
31 
30 
27 
30 
28 
23 
25 
28 
22 
25 
22 
13 
15 
16 
18 
22 
18 
23 
28 
20 
25 
22 
26 
37 
36 
39 
38 
31 
34 
32 
32 
31 
22 
24 
18 
23 
13 
10 
12 
10 
29 
30 
30 
27 
27 
26 
30 
29 
20 
17 
22 
22 
26 
22 
13 
15 
16 
21 
33 
32 
33 
31 
30 
30 
29 
30 
30 
18 
23 
16 
23 
12 
9 
11 
9 
31 
31 
27 
29 
26 
29 
28 
29 
} « 
35 
32 
24 
21 
13 
14 
16 
18 
28 
37 
36 
34 
28 
30 
33 
38 
37 
21 
24 
21 
28 
15 
10 
11 
10 
37 
32 
30 
32 
31 
33 
35 
30 
33 
34 
29 
22 
14 
16 
16 
20 
162 
169 
162 
173 
162 
181 
142 
146 
158 
127 
138 
96 
119 
73 
69 
58 
58 
154 
142 
127 
131 
135 
127 
135 
96 
/ 92 
i 104 
88 
69 
100 
96 
65 
73 
77 
77 
62 
77 
108 
88 
73 
92 
119 
131 
127 
123 
108 
119 
142 
132 
116 
124 
136 
124 
140 
112 
136 
140 
116 
132 
92 
100 
56 
40 
44 
40 
132 
132 
136 
124 
120 
108 
120 
112 
92 
100 
112 
88 
100 
88 
52 
60 
64 
72 
88 
72 
92 
112 
80 
100 
88 
104 
154 
150 
162 
158 
129 
142 
133 
133 
129 
92 
100 
75 
96 
54 
42 
50 
42 
121 
125 
125 
112 
112 
108 
125 
121 
83 
71 
92 
92 
108 
92 
54 
62 
67 
88 
138 
133 
138 
129 
125 
125 
121 
125 
125 
75 
96 
67 
96 
50 
33 
46 
38 
129 
129 
112 
121 
108 
121 
117 
121 
} 104 
146 
133 
100 
88 
54 
58 
67 
75 
104 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
137 
133 
Massachusetts 
126 
Rhode Island 
104 
Connecticut 
111 
Middle Atlantic: 
New York ... 
122 
New Jersey 
141 
Pennsylvania 
137 
South Atlantic: 
Delaware 
78 
Marvland ... 
89 
Virginia 
78 
West Virginia 
104 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
56 
37 
41 
Florida 
37 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
137 
Indiana 
119 
Illinois 
111 
Michigan 
119 
Wisconsin 
115 
West North Central: 
Minnesota 
122 
Iowa 
130 
Missouri 
111 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
122 
Kansas 
126 
East South Central: 
Kentucky 
107 
Tennessee. , . . 
81 
Alabama ; 
52 
Mississippi 
59 
West South Central: 
Louisiana 
59 
Texas 
74 
Arkansas 
19 
26 
24 
20 
22 
20 
21 
20 
26 
23 
79 
108 
100 
83 
92 
83 
88 
83 
108 
■—££-- 
83 
88 
96 
100 
92 
108 
104 
112 
85 
Mountain: 
Montana 
Colorado 
28 
20 
21 
23 
24 
22 
26 
25 
27 
""28" 
37 
Mew Mexico 
Utah 
Idaho 
28 
22 
24 
31 
24 
19 
25 
31 
112 
88 
96 
124 
100 
79 
104 
129 
Pacific: 
Washington 
Oregon 
104 
137 
