COSTS AXD FARM PRACTICES IX PRODUCING POTATOES. 
YIELD 
BUSHELS 
160 
150 
1UO 
130 
120 
110 
100 
90 
80 
70 
60 
50 
40 
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AND PRODUCTION OF POTATOES 
UNITED STATES 1896-1321 
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- TOTAL ACREAGE 
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MILLIONS OP 
ACRES | BU. 
4 400 
300 
1/2 
50 
1900 
1905 
1910 
1915 
1920 
Fig. 2.— The acreage of potatoes reached a maximum in 1917, while total production has varied 
greatly under the influence of the yields per acre. 
Table 1. — Acreage, yield, and production of potatoes for the six leading potato- producing 
States and for the United States, 1 1913 to 1921, inclusive. 
Minnesota. 
Wisconsin. 
Year. 
Acreage. 
Yield 
ppr acre, 
bushels. 
Produc- 
tion, 
bushels. 
Acreage. 
Yield 
per acre, 
bushels. 
Produc- 
tion, 
bushels. 
1913 
275,000 
270, 000 
285, 000 
280,000 
300,000 
312.000 
300,000 
295, 000 
367,000 
110 
114 
106 
60 
112 
105 
87 
95 
75 
30,250,000 
30, 780, 000 
30,210,000 
16, 800, 000 
33,600,000 
32. 760, 000 
26,100.000 
28,025,000 
27, 525, 000 
295,000 
304,000 
298,000 
290,000 
307,000 
295,000 
300,000 
308,000 
315,000 
109 
124 
87 
47 
114 
112 
94 
108 
68 
32,155,000 
37, 696, 000 
25,926,000 
13,630,000 
34,998,000 
33,040,000 
28, 200, 000 
33,264,000 
21.420,000 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
10-vear average 1911-1920 
279,000 
104 
2S, 748, 000 297.000 
103 
30,631,000 
1 Yearbook United States Department of Agriculture. 
