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94 BULLETIN 1458, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TREND IN COMPOSITE YIELD PER ACRE 
FOR CORN, WHEAT, OATS, AND POTATOES 
(WEIGHTED BY ACREAGE ) 
For Selected Areas, 1885-89 — 1920-24 
PER 9 
CENT ey 
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES : A 
140 : 
ieee cunonee Me Aeraee 
130 
NORTH ae DIVISION 
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES 
1885-89 
1890-94 
1895-99 
1900-04 
1905-09 
1910-14 
1915-19 
1920- 
Fig. 10.—The general trend in all three areas has been upward since the early nineties. 
The downward break in the East North Central area during 1920-1924 was owing in 
part to unfavorable weather conditions for wheat during the years 1920-1922, in- 
clusive, and for corn in 1924 ; 
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