White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-03-24
KANSAS GRAIN YIELD.
A SPLENDID EXHIBIT.
rHEyARIoUs STATES COMPARED.
Look .t the Fact. n.d Figures.

Look at the Facts nnd Figures.
The January Report Of tbs Depart
aent Of Agricultnss contains a table.
showing the yield per acre Of the princi-
pal crsps r.iaed in tho several Statss. 10
tho year 1859 This table is .n intsIssta
ing study. ss it presents each State in
eompsrison with every other one. and
affords the most conclusive evijrncs Of
producing merit in each OF the leading
crops. ,....-....-...-....- --,..
We cannot give an opinion of the ,p-
proximats sccnracy Of these statistics.
We al know they can not be absolutely
correct; but thsy are. no doubt. reIiahl.
% any that can be secured through vol
unteer agencies. and if not correct in fact,
are SO ss . me.us OF comparison. mas
much ss they oil come through channels
Of the same character throughout the
country.
Now let us see how Kansas stands the
test of compari'on, by Commissioner
Csprou's carefully eolla.ed statistics, as
an Agricultural State. +! -
Thi embraces Winter and Spring va
rieties, and refers to the aggregate pro-
duct Of both. Ksns.s, 1875 bushels per
scrs. California exceeds this, and yield
ed 20.7 bushels. The average yield of
.hirty-two States was 1875 bushels per
scrs. or about A,rty per cent. less than
the yield OF Kansas.
WINTER WHEAT.
This ia given in a separate item, in
twenty-savsn States, Kansas leading the
list with ISL bushels per acre. her high
eat competitors being West Virginia and
Kentucky. each Of which produced IL 5
bushels. The svsrage yield of twenty
seven States was 10 9 bushels to the acre
only two-thirds that Of Kansas.
Kansas produced 25 bushels to the
aero. The yield of Californis was 3l5.
and it is the only State surpsssing Kan
sss. Nsbrasks is next-l9.l bushels
The aysrsge of thirty two States Was IA 6
bnshels per scrs--showing the yield Of
Ksusss to be forty.sir per cent. above the
average.
WINTER RYE. ar--
Kansas yielded 1919 bushels per acre
OF this grain. and was only beaten by
Nebrssks. which gave IA bushels. Thir-
ty States are represented. with an average
yield OF 10.I bnshels; or twenty tuo per
cent. less than the yield Of Kansas.
This embraces the entire product Of
Winter and Spring varieties. The pro-
duct of Kansas was 306 bushsIs to ths
acre. California produced 35 8. and is
the only State ahead of Kansas. Ne
bra.ka. however. il close upon her heels.
having yielded 30 2-only four-tenths of
bnshel less than Kansss. The averages
yield oftwenty five States was % bush-
els per acre. leaving the yield of Kansas
t,centy seren per cent above the average.
WINTER BARLEY.
Yield Of Kansas, IL busbels per acre;
Georgis being the only State above this,
i. yielding Ill bushels. Only sixteen
States are represented in the product OF
this grain. the yield being very uniform.
with an average Of 90 bushels per acre,
or ten per cent. less than the crop Of
Kansas.
In this important grain Kansas heads
the column Of thirty four States. with a
yield Of ALL bushels per acre; the lowest
being l3 bnshels. and the average Of the
whole number Of States 27.6. or thirty
four per cent. less than the yield Of Kan
sss.
CORN.
Here. again, Kansas ssserts her So
prsmacy, and stands at the head Of thirty
four Ststes. showing yield 4S4 bushels
to the acre. The next highest is Nebras.'
ks, with 42.2 bushels per acre, and CAL
iiornia. Ala. No other State touches
40 bushels. The average yield of the
thirty flour States combined was 26 bush
els per acre. or Mirty-sight per cent. less
than the yield OF Kansas.
BUcKwHBAT.
Few would anticipate . report Of this
crop hattering Kansas. 1t is. at best,
very cspricious. and of uncertain maturi-
ty. Hot weather at the period of bloom
will blast it, and the slightest frost kill
it. 1t must. therefore. be sown at Pc
riod most likely to carry it through the
gauntlet Of beat and cold. Our impress
sion has always been adverse to it as Q
crop for Kansas, on account of the bot
weather incident to midsummsr-s time
when buckwhest would have to be N stu-
ring, il early sown, or put in for early
Autumn maturity. 1t is little cultivated
South, ten States being nnrepresented in
this report, and Tennessee only giving
6 2 bushels to the acre; yet, strange to
say. North Carolina gives one.third lare-
er yield than any other State. Wig: 80 2
bushels per acre. against 22.5 in New
Hampshire. The yield of Kansas was
1876 bushels. sgsinst an average yield in
10 the twenty-ihree States Of 1856, and
With siI States above her.
IRISH POTATOES.
Ksnsss stands fourth in the yield Of po.
tstoes. at l49 bushels 10 the acre: Cali
fornia yielding 165. Vermont 160. and
New Hampshire $50. Virginia and Ten
nssse are the lowest. each standing at so
bushels: the average of thirty three Ststss