The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-01
TOBACCO AND ITS VALUE.
STATISTICS FROM a CENSUS OF.
FICB BULLETIN.

The Weed Produced to a Greater or
Less Rxtent in Forty Two States
and Territories-The Average Pre-
duction Per Acre for the Entirt
Country 7O5 Pounds The Average
Value $50 az Per Acre.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The census
bureau to-day issued a bulletin giving sta
tistics Of tobacco production in the United
States in the year 1889 by counties. and
also for the convenience OF comparison those
for the year 1872 1859 and 1859 as they ap-
pear In the reports of the tenth, ninth aud
eighth oensuses The report for 1889 is
based upon the returns Of the census emu
merators supplemented by an extensive cors
respondence and by Investigations In the
field. Tobacco Is produced to a greater or
less extent, says the bulletin. in forty-two
states and territories, the only non
producing states being Idaho, Nevada.
producing territories Oklahoma and Utah.
The entire crop Of the country amounted
ia 1889 to ABS, ,255.S .S96 pounds. the number
of planters being 205, ,s69, and the area de-
voted to tobacco culture, exclusive OF
counties cultIvating less than one
acre, 692,990 aores, or 1,023 $40 square
miles. The area and cultivation was
however, very unequally distributed, KEN
tucky having 80 62 per cent. of the total
acreage and producing 45 ~ per cent of the
entire crop, aud the six states next In rank
OF production 80 16 per cent. of the acreage
and 42.49 per cent. Of the crop, while the
twenty states and territories having the
smallest production had less than 900 acres
in tobacco and yielded an aggregate Of only
45l OBS pounds, or less than one-tenth Of 1
per cent. of the entire crop.
THE AVERAGE PRODUCTION.
The average production per acre Of the
entire country was 705 pounds, ranging
among the ssed leaf states producing s.
O00,OOO pounds or upward from e54 pounds
per acre in Ohio TO ], ,402 pounds per acre in
Connecticut, and In the more important of
the states In which tho manufacturing and
export variety predominate, from 375
pounds per aero in North Carolina to $50
pounds per acre in Missouri. The average
area cultivated by eaoh planter was 3.37
acres aud the average production OF each
planter was S,372 pounds.
VALUE OF THE CROP
WASHINGTON, Dec 81 Tho total value
OF the crop TO the producers, estimated on
the basis Of actual sales, was $34, ,S44, 449, an
"s1 ~, VI - NO"'9 pSi POuhui vi SoV %
acre. The average price per pound re-
ceived by the producers in states producing
5000, 900 pounds or upward, ranged from
45 cents in Missouri, and 4 cents Ia Mary
land, 70 II. cents in Connecticut and I4.2
cents ia North Carolina. The product OF
Louisiana averaged 25.2 conts per pound to
the producer.
DECREASE IN COUNTIES.
Although the total reported acreage in
tobacco shows an increase of SzS per osnt.
upon that in 1879, there is a decrease of OIL
in the number Of tobacco producing coun-
pared with l,7G5 in 1879. 1t is likewise
worthy of note that the proportion borne
by the crop Of Ken lucky to the entire pro-
duction of the country is steadily increas-
ing, having advanced from 1890 per cent.
in 1859 and 80. 30 per cont. Ia 1879 to 45.44
per cent. in 1889.