Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1900 — This Year’s Potato Crop. [ARTICLE]

This Year’s Potato Crop.

The potato crop of the United Stated, according to the American Agriculturist, approximates 239,000,000 bushels, or nearly 5,000,000 bushels less than last year, and 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, ngainst 82 bushels in 1899, 73 bushels in 1898, and only 64 in 1897,