Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-31
AVERAGE YIELD AND HOME PRICE
OF FARM CROPS.

YIELD PER ACRE.-The average yield of
corn per acre, as reported by correspondents,
stands highest in Iowa. 40S bushels, the Ill
inois average being 1916, that of Indiana
1913, and of Ohio 39.5. The average of the
States of the fortieth parallel is within
traction of 40 bushels, those of Pennsylvania
and Nebraska being 80 bushels, and that of
New Jersey 39.5 bushels. New England,
with her garden-patches of corn, returns
81 bushels for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, 32.2 for Connecticut, 36.1 for Maine.
and 3S2 for New Hampshire In New
York the average presented is 37.5. Texas
makes the highest southern average, 2S.5
bushels, declining to 24.3 in Arkansas, and
"a in Tennessee, and to 17,5 in Mississippi,
to IL in Georgia; the lowest average bein G
90 in Florida.
The highest wheat returns are those of
Minnesota, California and Texas; the low
est are those Of South Carolina, the range
being from GA to 1871 bushels per acre.
The rate is materially higher in the Gulf
coast States than in the Southern Atlantic
States, increasing from Georgia westward.
The rate of yield for rye stands lowest in
South Carolina, and highest in California,
the range being from 60 bushels to 29.1
bushels. A 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 8 bushels for
South Carolina. Averages ranging from 40
down to 80 bushels come in the following or.
der: Nebraska Iowa, California, NJ iunesota,
Illinois, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecti-
cut, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New
Hampshire, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio
and Michigan.
Kansas makes an average of 2S.2 bushels
for barley, and West Virginia lis. The
only averages above 100 bushels of potatoes
per acre are those of Minnesota, Texas, Ore
gon, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts,
and North Carolina.
The averages for hay range from seven.
tenths Of ton in Maryland to l,45 tons in
Illinois.
PmcEs.-Prices of cereals rule compare,
lively low, corn especially bearing prices that
can scarcely repay the expense Of cultivation
in many of the Western States. Where fuel
is scarce and dear, the old practice of burn.
ing corn has been revived. In some instan.
ces it has been economically used in manu-
factories There is wide range of prices
in the several counties in state, those upon
through lines of railroad showing higher
rates Lut wider differences are caused by
disparities between local supply and demand
There are new counties in frontier regions
with small production and increasing popula.
ton from immigration, in which prices are
almost as high as in eastern cities.
Averaging the local prices of corn, the low
est rate is Is cents per bushel in Nebraska
and Iowa, while that of Kansas is %, and
Illinois "a. Going eastward it rises to %
in Indiana, "a in Ohio, go in Pennsylvania
and 62 in New Jersey. The range in New
England is from 81 in Vermont to 95 il
New Hampshire. The average for New
York is 20 cents. One bushe of corn il
Massachusetts, appears to be worth five il
Iowa. In the South the rate is highest il
Florida, Sl.2O per bushel, and lowest il
Texas, 43 cents. The price increases from
Delaware to South Carolina, the rates being
in their order, respectively, SO, 81, So, 6.
and SO cents; in Alabama 7S, Georgia Sc
and SS in Mississippi and Louisiana,
The averages for wheat range between
Sl,95 in Massachusetts and "A cents in Ore
gon, the next lower being, respectively, 7S
cents for Nebraska, SO for Minnesota, anC
50 for Iowa. The crop being poor in Kan.
sas and Missouri, local prices average il
those states respectively sl.42 aud sl4I
about the same as in Tennessee and West
Virginia. Department Of agriculture Re-
port,