The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-08-19
NUMBER 81.
Estimates Of the Minnesota Com
missioner Of Statistics for 1880.


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BuREAu OF ofA1lD1Ics, 81. HAuI. Aug. 10. 10!
To The Newspapeu Of the STATE: 80
According - hw. I hsesby present ths fol.
lowing statsusnts Of acrsags and yield OF the
principal cereals Of tho State fox The yea. 1879,
and also tho acreage for 1851. - compiled By
mo from odlcial returns made to this bazeau:
The counties of.Aitksa. Carltou. Grow Wing.
Murray and Hpestoas havs not reported to thi.
date, but have besn oazsfully estimated. and
ars included in the total results, ~ shown In
tho tables.
Tho total acreage In wheat for 1879 10 given
in the table to bs 2.7e0. .62l acres, and the crop
therefrom IL reported to be 81. 3l8. ga bushels.
which givee aa avsreee yisad per aors for th<
sta:e Of ll.so bushels, but - The reports. made
s1e vely incomplete. and il many
aaseaoor With ':farms9s Tsfsss to lias' OF
''this il statsnsat OF tWsnty.three farmers
ont OF s6oes etxty. most OF them refuse to
give any infosmaaoo," Il must be ststed, that
The above result y far from true and correct
returns with tho shipmonts Of WHEAT In tho
State and tho reoeipts q places Of destinatioD
tho oommissione9 II fully co0vlnoed, that at
least twenty per oent. ahoud b added to the
total yield. which thus elbows the wheat crop OF
1879 to have bssn 81, Asa, $50 bushsls.
acre ahould pefhaps be increased BY . eorres-
ponding percentage. but - It 10 impoeaible to
4x IN enact standard Of increase between
the acreage and the yield, it IL
given - Tie result Of ths reports re-
oeived BY the buree1. The long, dry spell
In tho summer OF 1879. followed BY very hot
weather just before the ripenioe Of the wheat,
IL eyA& % h. T.
tain localities and brought the yield in ono
county down to 3. 16 bushels to tie acre.
The crop harvested was however Of good
quality. bsinR mostly No. l, and oats and corn
yielded abunda.tly.
Tho averafeyiald Per .ors fo. The State of
the other prineipsle eere:ls wss for 1879: Oats,
g. sS bushel'; eosn. So. Is bushels; and barley,
The increase In tho acreage In wheat in 1880
mai1ly In tho northwestern part Of The 6tate.
In the southern pa1t several oounties show NO
change at Ill, while Others have falling of Of
from ,766 acres In Jsekson county to 1888
acres in Fillmore county. The full acreage
In wheat in 1880 - reported below 10 ,96S. .S26
ACRES. and from the 70 ports % far received. -
wen from Official - from other soarces. the
averags yield psr aore at The present out
lsok Il certainly not less than fifteen bushels,
which, according to tho reported acreage. gives
the result 70 b A. As, ,S75 busheis. Add to
this total eetimated yield ths same psfosntags
(20 per cent? - absve explained, and The pres
ont crop Of wheat, now being harvested in the
State viii not fall short Of IS, $50 $50 bushels.
With the exceptions OF . few tracts in the
northwestern part of tho State, where several
dry seasons have induced tho cultivation Of
wheat on low lands. which consequently Wa
injured by tho severe rain storms early in the
season. and tho damage done by the ohinoh.
bugs In some of tho southwestern counties
1850. must certainly be recorded % favor
able year for Minnesota cereals. aud 1t the ex-
act acreage could be had. and the total yield
viii hold out - compared with 1879, and for
mer years, tho average yield per aero would un-
doubtedly be somewhst higher.
The increase in acreage Of the other princi.
pal cereals Of the State for 1880 10 Oats, 81 SO
per cent; corn, 1895 per cent, aud barley
22.69per can't. and At this date they give
promise of very abundant yield. Very 70.
spectfully, F. &. OaR1srxNsEN,
Assistant Secretary of State and Commissions,
of Statistics.