The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-25
THE PRODUCTS OF 1872.

Y ercrt OF the Department. Of A2rfcul-
sHre fog November ana December
Condition aiaolQ, 5saltty of Farm Crops
Earsei hast tar--The Average ateid
Per Acre e.sti Es:cc of the PRINCIPAL
Products.
hereport of,the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture for the months
Of November and December is one of
unusual interest 10 all concerned IN the
development of our Agricultural re
sources. The following is synopsis
OF the document.
AVERAGE yIEIo AND HOME PRICE.
The average yield of corn per acre as
reported by correspondents, stands
highest IN Iowa 1913 bushels, the Hi.
nois average beng 500 that of Indi
ana 1913, and oi Ohio 39.5. The aver
age Of the states Of the 40th parallel is
within fraction of 40 bushels, those
of Pennsylvania and Nebraska beipg 80
bushels, and that of New Jersey 80. 5
bushels. New England with her gar
den patches Of corn, returns 81 bush
els FOR Massachusetts and Rhode Island,
32.2 for Connecticut, 36.1 for Maine,
and $50 for New Hampshire. In New
York the average presented IS 80.
Texas makes the highest southern av-
GRACE, 2o.5 bushels, declining to "a. 3
in Arkansas, and "a III Tennessee, and
to 175 in Mississippi, to ID III Georgia;
the lowest average being Sci Florida.
The highest wheat returns are those
of Minnesota, California and Texas ;
the lowest are those of South Carolina,
the range being from ca to 1877 bush
els per acre. Tn. rate is materially
| higher IN the Gulf coast states than III
from Georgia wrtward,
The rate of yield for rye stands low
est in South Carolina and highest N
California, the range being from 60
bushels to 29.1 bushels. 4 reference
to the tables will show the variation in
these averages, which are in most cases
higher than those of wheat
The highest average for oats Is 40
bushels for Nebraska; the lowest is s
bushels for South Carolina. Averages
ranging from 40 down to 80 bushels
cone IN the following order: Nebraska,
Iowa, California, Minnesota, Illinois,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut,
Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,,
New Hampshire, Texas, Kansas, Indi-
ana, Ohio and Michigan.
The averages for hay range from
seyen-tenths of ton IN Maryland to
!. ID tons III Illinois.
Prices of cereals rule paratively
low, corn especially bearing prices that
can scarcely repay the expense Of culti-
walton in many Of the western states.
Where fuel is scarce and dear, the old
practice OF burning corn has been re.
viyed In some instances il has been
economically used IN manufactures.
There is ID wide range OF prices III the
several counties IN q state, those upon
through lines ofrai'road showing high
81 rates; but wider differences are
caused by GIsparities between local
supply and demand. There are new
counties III frontier regions, with small
production and increasing population
from immigration, IN which prices are
almost as high as IN eastern cities
Averaging theiocal prices Of corn, the
lowest rate IS Is cents per bushel il
Nebraska and Iowa, While that OF
Kansas IS 70, and Illinois %. Going
eastward IL rises to % IN Indiana, 81 IL
Ohio, 80 III Pennsylvania, and 81 IL
New Jersey. The range In New Eng
land is from 81 in Vermont to % IN New
Hampshire. The average for New
York IS 70 cents One busbcl Of corn
in Massachusetts appears to be worth
five III Iowa. In the south the rate il
highest IN Florida, at 81 20 per bushei
a9d lowest III Hexas--43 CONS Tx
price increases from Delaware to Soutl
| CaroiinI, the rates being. IN theil
order, respectively, So, 81, IS, 50, and
96 cents III Alabama IS, Georgia &c
and IS i'll Mississippi and louisiana
The average FOR wheat range between
81. 90 in Massachusetts, and "A cents j
Oregon, the next lower being, reBpec
for Minnesota, and 50 cents fer Iowa
The crop being poor IN Kansas anJ
Missouri, local prices averaging II
those states respectively, 81 ~ ant
SI-41, about the same as III Tennessee
aud West, Virginia.
CORN.
At the close of the season. the corn
crops ripened, mostly gathered III al
parts OF the country, and sufticien
amount Of it shucked to determine it:
quality. It ie manifest that 4 product
as large as 1870 mot that IN 1859, al
reported IN the census, which was
partial fallure), has been produced
When the returns from distant points
are. completed, and calculations are
perfected, it is probable that the croE
OF about 100, 000,0 600 bushels Will be
indicated Very little failed to rip4n
Greater success than usual attended
efforts at corn growing at high eleva-
tons, as III the Rocky Mountain area
though 1t was injured at many points
by frost, aud it is not deemed a safe
crop at elevations Of 5000 feet north
OF 80 degrees.
In the Carolinas the bottom lands
were IN many places too wet for crop,
either in yield or quality, while The
uplands gave results which were scarce.
~ ever surpassed As is ever the case
there late paintings III ali sections Which
were either injured by drouth OF failed
Of lull condition and perfect maturity
There were in all the states fields un.
drained, In bad filth, or suffering from
poverty, which were partial failures.
though the frJctltying rains and gener
GUS warmth of the season went far Il
make amends for the cultivator's neg
hgcnce.
The returns OF 'srroduct compared
with last year, which take into con.
sideration both area aud rate 81
weld pei acre, average above leo in
all hut seven states, VIZ: Rhode Is
land, 96s Delaware, 81; Maryland, SO;
Virgins, SO; Florida. 81; Wisconsin,