393 BULLETIN 1458, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TREND IN COMBINED ACREAGE AND TOTAL PRODUCTION 
OF CORN, WHEAT, OATS, AND POTATOES 
For Selected Areas, 1885-89 — 1920-24 
CENT 
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES ee 0 
1885-89=100 
Total Production SS ; 
160 : 
150 
140 
130 
Acreage 
Z Jen | 
110 Ae 
ship liad eA ee [oe 
- 
100 aes hae - Keay Baas | 
30 
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180 7 
ree NORTHERN DIVISION 
170 OF ff 
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES Siwy 
160 $ 
Total Production ae 
eee cies iad | XA 
1890-94 
1895-99 
1900-04 
1905-09 
192024 
Fic. 9.—The curves show the increase in production resulting from the rising acre-yields 
in these areas. In the Middle Atlantic States, for instance, production is now 30 per 
cent greater than 35 years ago, whereas acreage is 10 per cent smaller. During the 
past 380 years the total acreage in the four crops in the Middle Atlantic States and the 
northern section of the South Atlantic States (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West 
Virginia, and North Carolina) was practically stationary, if we except the temporary 
expansion of the crop area during the war. In the East North Contral group expansion 
of the total area in the four crops continued until recently 
