Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1900 — This Year’s Potato Crop. [ARTICLE]

This Year’s Potato Crop.

The potato crop of the United States, according to the American Agriculturist, approximates 239,000.<MH> bushels, or nearly o.lMMl.rttttl bushels less than last year, ami a fairly good yield, compared with the average of the last ten years. Extremes in climatic conditions were responsible for holding the crop within bounds. The total area under the crop is placed by this authority at 2,897,000 acres, with an average yield of 83 bushels an acre, against 82 bushels iu 1599, 73 bushels in 1898, and only 64 in 1897, when the crop was 174,600,000 bushels.