. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. POTATO POTATO 521 rioas crop, as in northern Europe, potato-grow- ino; has been extensively developed. Yields of 1,000 to 1,200 bushels of potatoes per acre con- taining 10,000 pounds of starch are on record. About 30,000,000 acres of potatoes are grown an- nually in Europe, and of this area one-third is in Russia, the average yield per acre being about 95 bushels ; Germany is sec- ond in total area with 8,000,000 acres and a yield of nearly 1,600,000,- 000 bushels, an average of 200 bushels per acre. France grows between 3,500,000 and 4,0
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. POTATO POTATO 521 rioas crop, as in northern Europe, potato-grow- ino; has been extensively developed. Yields of 1,000 to 1,200 bushels of potatoes per acre con- taining 10,000 pounds of starch are on record. About 30,000,000 acres of potatoes are grown an- nually in Europe, and of this area one-third is in Russia, the average yield per acre being about 95 bushels ; Germany is sec- ond in total area with 8,000,000 acres and a yield of nearly 1,600,000,- 000 bushels, an average of 200 bushels per acre. France grows between 3,500,000 and 4,000,000 acres, Austria nearly 3,000,000, Hungary 1,500,000 and the United Kingdom 1,250,000. The average yield of England is about 230 bushels per acre, that of Ireland about 150 bushels. The United States grows about 3,000,000 acres, and the average yield for the past ten years is bushels. Since the potato thrives best in a cool climate, potato-growing has been developed to the greatest extent in the Northern states. (Fig. 745.) According to the report of the Twelfth Census, the five states reporting the greatest number of bushels in 1899 were New York, bushels; Wisconsin, 24,641,498 bush- els ; Michigan, 23,476,444 bushels; Pennsylvania, bushels; and Iowa, 17,305,919 bushels. Fig. 746 shows the average yield per acre in bushels for the period 1900-1904. In Canada, the potato crop has always been important, although the output has not shown so great an increase as some other crops, notably oats and wheat. In 1871, the potato crop was 47,330,- 187 bushels. In 1901, it reached 55,362,635 hushols, raised on 448,743 acres. The production in bushels. Fig. 746. Fig. 745. Potatoes. To show actual yield in bushels by states. by provinces in 1901 was as follows: Ontario, 20,042,258; Quebec, 17,135,739; Prince Edward Island, 4,986,633; New Brunswick, 4,649,059; Nova Scotia, 4,394,413; Manitoba, 1,920,794 ; The Territories, 1,277,793; British Columbia, 955,946.
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