The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-08
MICHIGAN. SECOND
AS POTATO STATE
NEW YORK FIRST IN LIST. MANY
TusERs EXPORTED, ALSO
IMPORTED IN LAST
TEN YEARS.

| The recent announcement that large
Quantities OF potatoes are being i'm
ported into the United States lends in
terest to a statement prepared by the
Bureau OF Statistics, Department OF
Commerce and Labor, showing the i'm
ports and exports of potatoes during
a term Of years. While the production
of potatoes In the United States is us
ually sufficient to meet the require
ments Of its population. there have
been a number of occasions following
short crops In the United States on
which considerable quantities were i'm
ported. on other occasions. when
there were shortages abroad and large
crops I'm the United States, consldera-
BILE quantities were exported. The to-
tai imports of potatoes into the United
States in the last ten years aggregated
22,S45,634 bushels. valued at SIO,sS5, 77O.
or about IS cents per bushe, this val
uation being based upon the Wholesale
market price i'm the countries from
which imported and does not, there
fore, include the cost of transportation
or duties paid, the rate of duty being
20 cents per bushel of so pounds both
under the present law and its immedi-
ate predecessor. The exports OF pota-
toes from the United States during the
same decade amounted TO 10000. 5G6
bushels. valued at S,4i3,675. an average
of II cents per bushel
Potatoes imported into the United
Tod oh aH fta. ~. A.
leo. and Bermuda in America, and
Scotland, England. Ireland, Germany,
and France I'm Europe. while i'm recent
years small quantities have also been
brought from China. Australia, and the
Canary Islands. The potatoes export
ed go chiefly to the West Indies, Cen
trail America and Canada. the largest
quantities usually 10 Cuba, Canada,
ana Panama and lesser quantities to
other Central American states and the
West Indian Islands. Small quanti-
ties have also been sent I'M recent years
to China. Hongkong. British Guiana,
the Philippine Islands. French Oceania.
and certain Of the South American
countries. but practically none to Eu-
rope which. although large consumer
of potatoes. Is also a large producer
The Worid'srPotatoC Crop.
The worlds potato crop. SO far as IL
can be measured statistieally. runs be-
tween and billion bushels per an
mum. but these figures do not include
the production OF China. North Africa,
and most of South America. the orig
inal home Of the potato. which was
found under cultivation in South Am
erica by the Spanish discoveries and |
to spain and thence To |
other parts of Europe Germany IL by |
far the largest single producer of po- |
tatoes. her total crop for 1909, the hat |
est available figures. being 1.7l6 mill
lion bushels. against 1l73 million I'm |
European Russia, 6i3 million in France.
$50 million I'm Austria, 1874 million in
Hungary. 1877 million in Great Britain,
100 million in Ireland, SO million in
Canada. and 81 million in the United
States.
New York is the largest potato pro-
iucing state in the United States, her
1roduct is 1910 being 44h million
bushels against S5 million in Michi-
gan. rs million insMaine. 2S million in
Pennsylvania, 20 million in Wisconsin.
b million in Ohio. IL g-S million in
illinois, l2h million in Iowa. and about
- million bushels each in Minnesota
md New Jersey. while practically all
he remaining states are represented
With totals ranging from one million
o million bushels each.
The largest importation of potatoes
Turing the past decade occurred in
.sos, being s rs million bushels; the
arsest exports of the decade occurred
n 1911. being 2 1S million bushels.