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CENSUS SHOWS FEWER
BEARING APPLE TREES

A preliminary statement Of the gen
eral results Of the thirteenth census
relative to the number Of farms report
in apple trees Of bearing age and those
not yet of bearing age. together with
the number Of trees in each class as OF
April Is, 1910. and giving the number
Of bushels Of apples produced IN lSU9
and the value Of the crop, has been
issued by Director Ourand, of the bu-
reau OF the census, department Of conf
merce and labor. Comparable data are
gwen for 1900 wherever possible. The
report was prepared under the direction
Of lie Grand Powers, chief statistieian,
and John Lee Coulter, expert special
agent, for agriculture Further analy-
sis of the report may result in slight
notifications Of the totals here pre-
sented before final publication, but 1T
is not expected that they will affect
materially the figures given herein.
At the census Of 1900, taken as Of
June |, there were reported 20l. 794, 600
apple trees of bearing age, as against
l5l, 1923, 600 trees in 1910 census taken
as of April l5), decrease of 80, All 900
trees or 1874 per cent.
| In 1910 there we're 1880, 39S farms
reporting the growing Of apple trees,
46.8 per cent Of the total number Of
farms in the United States. The av-
erage number Of trees per farm report
ing is given as ST. No report was re-
ceived in 1900 showing the number of
farms reporting.
The returns Of the 1900 census, like
wise, did not secure the number OF
trees under bearing age. In 1910, how
ever, l,498, TAG farms, or 23.6 per cent
of the total. had 65. 1872, 900 trees not
of bearing age, an average OF "a per
farm.
The present census shows that in
1909 there were produced in the United
States 47,522, 600 bushels of apples,
having a total value of $S3, 22l 600.
| The production at that time was some
what less than it was 10 years previ-
ously, when us, 397, 900 bushels were
gathered. TheIrepOrt Of the 1900 cen
sus gives no information as to the
value Of apples.
Among the several states, Missouri,
New York and Illinois, together con.
tanned in 1910, almost 25 per cent of all
apple trees of bearing age in the
United States.
The number Of trees of bearing age
in Missouri at the census of 1910 was
ID, 800, 900, this being a decrease since
1900 of $3.50, 600 trees. The production
of apples in 1909 amounted to 8, 1863, ,OOC
bushels, while in 1900 it was 6.496. OOC
bushels, a gain of 3,473. 600 bushels.
The value of the 1909 crop was 81, 1886.
600.
New York reported II ,24S, 600 trees
of bearing age in 1910, against Is, 055,
900 trees in 1900. This state alone
produced more apples in 1909 than the
entire east north central division, 25-
49, 900 bushels valued at $l3, ,343. 900.
In 1899, a crop of "a, 900 bushels
was gathered.
In 1910, there were 1901 900 trees OF
bearing age in the state of Illinois,
while in 1900 the number was l3. 43O..
900 trees. Over 1893, 900 bushels OF
apples were produced in 1909. against
9, l78, 900 bushels in 1899, falling of
of over 5000, 900 bushels. The value
of the 1909 crop was So. ll2,00
While the states of Pennsylvania anC
Michigan did not report as large {
number OF trees in 1910 as the above
named states, they each produced 1
considerably greater quantity of apples
than Missouri or Illinois.