30 BULLETIN 1458, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE V.—Potatoes: Five-year average yield per acre, by States, 1885-1889 to 
1920-1924 
| Average yield per acre by 5-year periods 
Division and State 1 
| 1885-89 eee 1895-99 | 1900-04 | 1905-09 | 1910-14 | 1915-19 | 1929-24 
| | 
| 
New England: _Bushels Bushels Bu shels Busheis Bushels| Bushels | an Bushels 
Maine ss =. 52s. fae ae se ae | 941) 114.9] 185.0] 168.1 | 193.6] 218.4] 183.7 245. 5 
New: Hampshire. --) « = - 2-88 | 8481) 103.8) 1043] 112.9| 117.7] 139.2) 1141 150. 5 
Vermont 552-2 shes ee | 86.1 101.0; 120.6) 116.5] 106.1) 133.8) 110.1 152. 4 
Massachusetts== = 25 ae eae | 88.3 on 1 He 108. 5 96.3 | 109.0] 121.9) 110.9 131.7 
Connechicuts= 2 oe Se eee | a6 04. 4 92.3 95.4 | 109.9 94. 4 130.8 
Middle Atlantic: | 
INGWCOnKes2 6 8 2 See bee i es 72.0 | - 88.5 81.6 95.2} 100.2 86.9 120.1 
ING WJ Crse y= i2e 37 a Ne 73.8 75. 8 83. 2 96.6 | 102.9 98.1 | 110.0 134.9 
Pennsylvania =os__ 5S sw aed | (68:4 (O45) 3865 81.4 85. 2 89. 1 82. 6 106.3 
East North Central: | 
ODIO Seed Br tg ee ES | 67.8 65. 2 65. 6 81.1 87. 6 83. 6 72. 5 87.5 
indiana} = 2.4 0s te et Bee 67.5 | 59. 6 66. 3 77.2 80. 4 78. 5 72. 8 85. 6 
nis See) ee ee 74. 5 55. 7 75. 6 85. 6 83. 5 | 67.0 77.7 | 76. 4 
Michigan — 22-55. __' 2 Sa 69. 8 | 70.7} 82.7 89. 0 87.0 | 104.5 75. 5 106. 4 
WASCORSIN 2522. 5 ee 77.6 |. 69.0] 97.1 94.8 90. 1 | 113.0 90. 9 104. 4 
West North Central: | | | 
Minnesota 3s. 2) 2 ae ot ee 87.8 68.6 | 169.0 82.7! 96.9] 108.0 93. 0 97.8 
TO Wae San Se aos an =. See 77.1 60.1; 88.0 78. 5 85. 2 78. 4 73.9 94. 2 
IMisseiiel 9562 ee 2 gu des ame 70.4| 66.8] 75.8] 80.4] 818] 569] 75.9 81.0 
INorth Dakota s*_2 Se a i Cee 76.8 | 105.3 90. 5 95. 2 98. 7 Cie 88. 6 
SOUPRsDAkGtas sce Ewe a eee 54. 3 | 81.2 75. 2 86. 4 78. 8 82. 3 82.0 
INebraska = =~ so be She ee lier 2763 47.8 77. 2 82.3 80.4} 641 81.5 85. 3 
QNSASS =a aes Ee 70.2} 49.7 70. 7 74. 4 (hse) ees OY) 67.3 77.9 
South Atlantic: | | 
Marvland=* Jae > 53.23 3 Ses 71.0 | 62.0 75. 4 73. 9 89.0 83. 1 93. 2 86. 7 
Wireinine Cie ee yok at ee 64.17] 68.95) 726) 275.14). 87.1.) Fee Pid Gree 109) 7; 
West) Marginia ges 208 see oe Be 68.8 67.5 70. 6 82. 3 89. 6 77.4 99. 7 105. 4 
North Carolina <= 320 23 8 4 2 61.5 72.3 70. 1 67.2; 78.3] 70.6 90. 2 93.3 
South Carolinas —-* 5 er 2 5 60. 2 68. 9 65. 8 77. 2 80. 6 | 79. 8 91.1 95. 2 
Georgians = ee sea Seri es 62.2} 68.4 53. 1 66. 4 75.5 | 74.4 70. 4 70. 7 
HloriGas = he ar al eee) Ee hae A) BES 66. 9 81.3 85. 8 85. 3 87.4 100. 8 
East South Central: | | 
ReeninicCioy, ee ee Ce pee ee | 63.8 58. 2 67. 4 67.9} 81.0 65. 9 88. 8 84.8 
ehennessee! = state: -_-) sae st es | 63.5} 64.4 53. 6 59. 5 | 78. 2 63. 7 80. 6 80. 9 
Alabama. pao e o8'. Ae. 2 iB | 63.9 65. 2 64. 0 62.3) 84.2 80.5; 79.2 79.0 
IVEISSISSED 1222s Neel Ue 25) See | 65.6] 68.4) 643 for 1e |) 90 |) s8d al SO: 79.1 
West South Central: 
2G ZTCEST ph a ea oO ee ER | °69:2:| 74:8.) (642) 673 |- WES |: <68:7 | 70: ees 
HeOWISianaAY = oho os eee eee 1 GShid 62. 3 69. 5 63. 0 66.3 | 67.1 67. 1 | 65. 6 
ORIBROMA Se eae ore E NS Aug eee ee eee es tie Fae (Jae Se 2 76. 2 WA OF he Oao9 61.1 | 68.3 
Wiexasee Jet ek Le Coke Fe ee | 62.0} 66.1) 69.0 65. 2 69.3 56. 8 | 60. 1 | 56. 5 
Mountain: | | 
Montara= 25226 irae ee 102.3 | 108.9 | 122.9) 155.2) 143.9 | 144.7) 113.7 110.6 
dl aho ss oat ea gs > Ive: Se 92.1 | 125.1 129.7 | 140.0] 154.0] 167.0] 155.5 179. 2 
RV VOTH ol Re Sot eee ee eee feat eel Pee Sa ae | 148.6 | 108.1] 138.8 107.4 
Colordot= = S=ss  et Eee) | 847] 93.5 88.3} 121.3} 138.9; 89.6) 143.6 127.2 
tah sss er eee a eee le ee | 82.3) 941) 1468] 1440) 146.6) 159.1} 165.0 176. 2 
Pacific: | 
Mashing LOn= 2." se = ae |} 116.1) 117.1 | 188.0] 128.1] 1845 142.6 | 135.9 144.9 
OrezOneeee area Sree e Sree 86.4 | 103.9} 101.1 98.1; 108.9; 126.9] 115.8 100. 7 
Waliionia==* 22 sent seaat Fic bee al 81.0) 84.7 ssa Es bet 7 7 137.9 | 130.6 | 138.6 141.6 
1 States producing less than 1,000,000 bushels annually during the period 1920-1924 not included in this 
table. 
2 Four-year average. 
