The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-10-14
SCANT CROPS.
a Summary Of the Wheat and Corn
Yield for 1851, Compared with Pre-
yioms KeapS.

~ summary Oh the Nncat uno SoTn
Yield for 1851, Compared with Pre-
viOus Years.
Reports to Brddstreets (of New York; num-
boring 3,000 in response to inquiries sent to all
wheat and corn growing counties in the United
States, enables that journal to summarize the
wheat and corn crops Of the United States for
1881 While the returns at hand, as might be
supposed, do not contradict the gloomy ac-
counts Of total ruin to farmers Of the West, 1t
not be said that the situation and outlook are
30 forbidding as some operators would have the
world believe. As regards wheat and the yield In
Illinois, slight increase in acreage is reported,
but the yield per acre has declined from 1853
bushels, the figure of the census for 1879, to
75 bushels per acre in 1881. The total yield OF
wheat for the season in Illinois is estimated at
"a, 676 900 bushels, as compared with 81 ll0, 5O2
bushels in 1879, these being the census figures,
and sc. 500, 600 bushels last year. The story or
this decline in the yield Of Illinois is OF q Sc
we're winter, chinch bugs and drought. The
falling off from last year is about 81 per cent.
The returns from Ohio indicate total yield
Of wheat for the season Of $685. 900 bushels,
az compared with the census figures OF Al, 0l9,-
900 bushels for the crop OF 1879, and AZ, $780,
900 bushels for 1880, these latter being our
own estimate, corrected in the light of the
revelations of the census q falling of OF % per
cent. The two influences which have affected
the Ohio wheat vie Il are the severe winter and
drought The average per acre In Ohio is esti-
mated at 1873 bushels as compared with IL
bushels In 1879
The wheat crop OF Michigan. this year. We
place at Is. GAO, 900 bushels, against the census
return Of 81, $50, 900 bushels for 1879, and our
own estimate of 1886, 900 bushels for 1880.
The average yield per acre in Michigan this
year is put at 1915 bushels. The census return
indicates yield of 10 bushels per acre in 1879.
The falling of against last year Is AZ per cent.
Minnesota promises yield fully equal to
that Of last year, but the late and severe rains
have caused falling of. The average yield
per this year is given at OIL per acre, the
average for 1879 having been lib per acre.
The total yield for this year is placed at 80 no.
600 bushels, falling of OF S,3S0,O0O bushels
since last year.
The yield Of wheat in Missouri this year is
estimated at Is, $50, 900, against "a 966, 900 in
1879, and %, 600 900 in 1880. Insects have been
the cause of great damage i'll Missouri. The
falling of in yield, compared with last year, is
80 per cent.
The yield in Iowa for this year is 24,969, 900
bushels. The census reported the yield of 1879
at 81, 154 900. The crop OF 1880 IA put down at
"a, 75O, GOO, In the light of the census return.
Nebraska has been fortunate this season.
Never great wheat State, its yield is always
comparatively normal. The census gives the
average yield per acre in Nebraska for 1879 as
"a bushels, while the yield III Michigan was 10
bushels per acre. The outturn OF wheat in
Nebraska this year is ii, $50, 600 bushels, against
IL, 900, 600 last year. thus showing slight in
crease.
Kentucky is included in the Western States,
and its yield for this season is put down at g.
087,0O0 bushels, against 1885, 600 bushels
in 1879.
Indiana reports total wheat yield for 1881
of q, 1856 600 bushes against AZ, 284 600 in 1879
and 48, 4OO, 900 in 1880, falling of Of 80 per
cent.
The reports from Wisconsin arc comparative
~ favorable, and show gain IN yield over
last year, but falling of as compared with
1879.
The wheat yield OF Kansas for this year is e.
tmated at 10, 949,0 900 bushels. A substantial
increase in acreage keeps the total out-turn
about up to that of last year, notwithstanding
a decline i'll the yield per acre owing to the bad
season. The census report gives II, 1924, 900 as
the yield for 1879.
Summarizing the above gives the following
yield of wheat in the Western States in bushels: