Year Millions Of Acres 1866 30.0000 1867 32.1000 1868 35.1000 1869 35.8000 1870 38.4000 1871 42.0000 1872 43.6000 1873 44.1000 1874 47.6000 1875 52.4000 1876 55.3000 1877 58.8000 1878 59.7000 1879 62.2000 1880 62.5000 1881 63.0000 1882 66.2000 1883 68.2000 1884 68.8000 1885 71.9000 1886 73.9000 1887 73.3000 1888 77.5000 1889 77.7000 1890 74.8000 1891 78.9000 1892 76.9000 1893 79.8000 1894 80.1000 1895 90.5000 1896 89.1000 1897 90.0000 1898 87.8000 1899 94.6000 1900 94.9000 1901 94.4000 1902 97.2000 1903 93.6000 1904 95.2000 1905 95.7000 1906 95.6000 1907 96.1000 1908 95.3000 1909 100.200 1910 102.300 1911 101.400 1912 101.500 1913 100.200 1914 97.8000 1915 100.600 1916 100.600 1917 110.900 1918 102.200 1919 98.1000 1920 101.400 1921 103.200 1922 100.300 1923 101.100 1924 100.400 1925 101.300 1926 99.5000 1927 98.4000 1928 100.300 1929 97.8000 1930 101.500 1931 106.900 1932 110.600 1933 105.900 1934 92.2000 1935 96.0000 1936 93.2000 1937 93.9000 1938 92.2000 1939 88.3000 1940 86.4000 1941 85.4000 1942 87.4000 1943 92.1000 1944 94.0000 1945 88.1000 1946 88.5000 1947 83.9000 1948 86.1000 1949 87.0000 1950 81.8000 1951 81.3000