Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1919 — Berry Acreage Falls Off. [ARTICLE]

Berry Acreage Falls Off.

The preliminary estimate of the strawberry acreage this year by the bureau of markets gives Alabama 1,190; Arkansas, 8,100; California, 4,000; Delaware, 2,585; Illinois, 1,496; Kentucky: 3,100; Louisiana, 8,940; Maryland, 5,273;; Michigan, 1,820; Missouri, 4,597; New York, 1,521; North Carolina, 2,000; Tennessee, 6.102; Virginia, 1,298; several other states, under 1,000 acres each. The total is 58,159 acres, compared to 83,139 last year, 107,000 in 1917 and 109,398 in 1916. ... ,