Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-13
IRISH POTATO IS KING.
Virginia is a Leader Among the
Producers of This New KING.
(Richmond Times-Dispatchl


Department of Agriculture, the potato
crop is the most profitable of all crops
of general cultivation in the United
States. 1t shows value per acre more
than four times as great as any of the
big cereal crops, and it runs ahead of
the cotton and tobacco crops in the
States where these are grown.
The per acre value of the potato crop
for the United States, based on the
price of potatoes on the first day of
December, 1906. was $50. %. The per
acre value of the 1906 wheat crop was
S10.S7; corn, $12.O6; oats, 50. 80; barley,
$11.74; rye, 1888; buckwheat, S11.O6,
and hay, 1885.
The per acre value of the wheat, corn.
barley, rye, oats, buckwheat, hay and
potato crops in some of the states will
afford an interesting contrast between
their relative value. The following are
some of them:
Virginia-Corn, $13.37; wheat, $40. 12;
oats, STA; barley, $16. OF; rye, So. SO;
buckwheat, $1l.O2; hay, Sl9.S7; pota-
toes, $50. rs.
West Virginia Corn, SIG &C; wheat,
$lo.29 oats, 1924; rye, 1854; buck
wheat, $l1.70; potatoes, S59.17; hay,
$500.
Ohio-Corn, $l6.sl; wheat, SI4.4s
oats, $l0.s2; barley, $1S. 80; rye, $II. .l2;
buckwheat, $40. SO; potatoes. $50. so ;hay,
$14.64.
Kentucky-Corn, $13 sc; wheat, SIC. %;
oats, $s.17; barley, $14.3O; rye, $40. Ga;
potatoes, $50.02; hay, $17.S9.
Tennessee-Corn, $13. sc; wheat, 50. 70;
oats, Ss.s2; barley, 80; rye, S9.62;
buckwheat, $l9.2s; potatoes, $40. 60;
hay, $2O.S1.
Texas-Corn, SLIPS; wheat, $S.S5:
oats, $14.27; barley, SASS; rye, Sl2.4l:
potatoes, $66.99; hay. $15.s so.
Though the potato crop is the best
paying of all the general crops per acre
there is smaller acreage of potatoes
planted in nearly every State in the
Union than any other principal crop.
In the United States as whole the
corn crop in 1906 covered 90, 737, 900
acres, the wheat crop az. 305, 900 acres,
and the potato crop 5000, 900 acres.
For the States above mentioned the
following comparisons are interesting
as to the relative acreage of wheat, corn
and potatoes.
Virginia = Corn acreage, 1853, 900;
wheat, 774,O00 acres; potatoes, 55, 900
acres.
West Virginia-Corn, ESQ, coo acres;
wheat, $4,000 acres; potatoes, "a, 900
acres.
Ohio-Corn, 1926, 900 acres; wheat
2,ll7,OOO acres; potatoes, 157, 600 acres.
Kentucky Corn, 1885, acres;
wheat, $4,000 acres; potatoes, "a, 900
acres.
Tennessee-Corn, 3,075,O 900 acres;
wheat, 81, 900 acres; potatoes, 81, 900
acres.
Texas-Corn, 1924, 900 acres; wheat.
l'228,OOO acres; potatoes, 81, 900 acres.
HORSES AND MULES.
According to the statistics prepared
by the Department of Agriculture, there
were on January l, 1907, 10, TAG, 5sS
horses in the United States, valued at
81, GAG, ,57S, Alp, or 500. 81 per head.
There were 1885, ,692 mules, valued
at $42s, O6S, ,61S, or SIP. 16 per head.
Texas is the real home of the mule.
There are 631. 900 of them in the Lone
Star State. The Missouri mule is lust
one-haif as numerous and two-thirds as
mean as the Texas mule, there being
315, 900 of them in Missouri.
The following are the statistics for
the states snamed:
Virginia has SO7, ,920 horses, valued at
$50, 4S1, 900, or 800 per head. She has
so, 7S3 mules, valued at Sc, 972, 900, or
$l37 per head.
West Virginia has ls6, $50 horses.
valued at SIT. 7O4, 900, or sos per head.
The State has 10, 1886 mules, valued al
81, Ill, 900, or $lOl each.
Ohio has $40, 440 horses, valued al
$105, 1893, 900, or $113 head; and 10 TBS
mules, valued at 81, $50, 900, or $1l4 pc,
head.
Kentucky has SS7, 1927 horses, valued
at $S9, ,679, 900, or $97 head; and 19S,.
$50 mules, valued at $2l, ,629, 900, or slOe
per head.
Tennessee has s15, 4s5 horses, valuec