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ESTIMATED PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF CEREAL CROPS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1886 TO 1898 — Continued Barley i
Total Average Calendar Year Production Area of Crop A'alue of Crop Value per Bushel Yield per Acre Value of Yield per Acre Bush el H Acres Dollars Cents Bushels Dolhi rs 1886 . 59,428,000 2,652,957 31,840,510 5:3.6 22.4 12.00 1SS7 . 56,812,000 2,901,95:3 29,464,390 51.9 19.6 1(M5 1S88 . 63,884,000 2,996,382 37,672,032 59.0 21.3 12.57 1893 . 69,869,495 3,220,371 28,729,386 41.1 21.7 8.92 1894 . 61,400,465 3,170,602 27,134,127 44.2 19.4 8.56 1895 . 87,072,744 3,299,973 29.312,413 33.7 26.4 8.88 1896 . 69,695,223 2,950,539 22,491,241 32.3 23.6 7.62 1897 . 66,685,127 2,719,116 25,142,139 37.7 24.5 9.25 1898 . 55,792,257 2,583,125 23,064,359 41.3 21.5 8.92 Buckwheat ^ 18S6 . 11,869,000 917,915 6,465,120 54.5 12.9 7.04 1887 . 10,844,000 910,506 6,122,320 56.5 11.9 6.72 1SS8 . 12,050,000 912,630 7,627,647 63.3 13.2 8.:36 1893 . 12,132,311 815,614 7,074,450 58.3 14.9 8.67 189-4 . 12,668.200 789,232 7,040,238 55.6 16.1 8.92 1895 . 15,341,399 76;3,277 6,936,525 45.2 21.1 9.09 1896 . 14,089,783 754,898 5,522,339 39.2 18.7 7.32 1897 , 14,997.451 717,836 6,319,188 42.1 20.9 8.80 1898 . 11,721,927 678,332 5,271,462 44.9 17.2 7.77
1 No estimates of crops prepared by Agricultural Department for 1889 to 1892. The following table shows the acreage, product, and value of the tobacco crop of the United States from 1888 to 1896 ; with the exception of the years 1889 to 1892, inclusive :
Year Total Area Product Value 1888 .... 1893 .... 1894 .... 1895 .... 1896 .... Acres 747,326 702,952 523,103 633,950 594,749 Pounds 505,795,000 483,023,963 406,678,385 491,544,000 403,004,320 Dollars 43,666,665 39,155,442 27,760,739 35,574,220 24,258,070
The comparative acreage and production of cotton for 1896 and 1897 are shown in the following table :
