The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-23
Statistics of A, ricuiture.

Washington, Jun, 30.-Tbe census office TO-
day issued the report of j r. Dodge, special
aseat The report OF statistics OF agriculture
giving The result OF the first counter the area
aau product of co"eais Of the several ates
and territories. Mr. ID 4dg5 says: 1t Is q CEN
sus taken IN 1850 Of the cro. Of 1879 and scre-
In comparison ~ iLh tho pr uuction Of 1856, re-
ported In The census OF $50. supplementary
and Correct Ietur m"y igntli change Iheae
Sg. r, gates in the flu | pub icat,on. Ihe
mo str king suggestion of tGe e Il ,ureS is un-
precedenteu advai ce in tue produetlon during
Gne la st d cade, amounting to ne my 100 per
cent, for all Elm DIS taken tOPelhyr, while the
increase of the IL years precc lug was out IL
per cent. This wioe d flerence Is largely real
from obvious causes, though IN part ohly appa
rent by l. a.On OF the par,iAl failure OF ths
corn C op OF 1866, and the h, ,avy yield of 1919.
he great increase between 1850 and 1860
psiiud of great agricultural gr with, was %
per cent, as ported by the cen us. The
acrt age Of tue crops now for the hrSt time
given by the cenr us, will in future prevent the
misleading effec OF II very low and OF an eX-
cessive production In census years.
C-RN.
The apparent increase in corn is 1873 per cent
.-three great crn growing states--l nois,
entire e,u"try In $40 The advance Ia Ill
nois rom 129 92l 1885 to S27 1856 sos is in part tie
result IF extension of area, bus largely due to
the tact that the crop of 1869 was q partial
failure, by reason Of DIR ught. the hve.fold
in, rease Ia Kansas Il caus by heavy immi-
grat n and cheap and fertile lauds, and
braska Yet In both of these sta'es there
was n belt of low yield from drouth and grass
hoppers. The cotton states show gain OF
abnuE 40 per cent. stpce 1870 The low ratio
between the figures of area and product In sew
prti Of these states Is pa TALLY explained by
he general preva ence ofdrouth. Tne Paci1c
coast reg on, not spe tally wei suited TO This
crop, exhib tsa credi.abie Increase in ia slr pio.
porJi us to the advance In population. AS was
exp acte there Is small extension OF maize
cultivation in the territories, which is tmprac.
ipA blp If not imOOSSlDle. on q Il but the lOWs
est elevations.
WHEAT.
The comparative steady and rapid increase In
wheat growing is shown oy comparison with
former enumerations again beii 70 per csnt
in the last decade and G6 and 90 resi ectVely in
those Immediately receding. All st ,tes ana
Terri tories, eXcep Florid and Wyoming In
cu ie wheat la their re orta. sev raj ates
on the Atlantic aud GoIf coasts ow d MIN
ished products. SeVen-Lenth5 OF the entlre
crop Is pSOdultd in nine states, In me folloW-
ing o. sr of precrd ence: Indiana, Ohio, Mich
igln, MinnesOia, Iowa, California, M SCOUT,
Wisconsin There has been for several years in-
crea ing interest In whe at cul ture In the south
ern states, especially | the PIelmont regions
ol til Car 'liias aud Georgia, and In the north-
ern cent al counties of Texas, and tho has
been d disposition 10 eNperim cut In the more
southera uor Ions of the cotton belt, even in
Lou u,sianI and Florida, con ned Ia the former
state to the northern par shes on the upands
ba ween tne Oulihita aud Red rivers. The
low ra of vie in the s. ulhern states is not
altogether due To the uns uitable soil or G. imat-
ic condition, but TO tue practice of using
wheat fields r winter pasture-a cOnsidera.
ton often deemed uore Important than har-
vsstipg ri pened grain. The season of 1879 was
also eXr eptionaly unfavOraDle In this region.
The average yield was but five or six bushels
In several OF these ct tea.
OATS.
The production of oats has been extended
mainly in he west ond south. FOur-t 'nths
Of the area of this crop, with nearly hnlfits
product, is found in four states, Illinois, Iowa,
.ud Pennsylvania Heretofore IL has been m
pn romising and unpopular rop in southern
latitude, eing extremely liable to blight
until the Introduction ol "rrt-p, oot' varie-
es and The practice cf fan gbg for winter
pasture.
BARLEY.
California and New York still produce nearly
halr this crop. Ri-cOnsin, Iowa, and Min
nesota have nade the ht ayiest increase, and
now produce the large part OF the remaining
half II Is making no appreciable advance In
tho south.
Tha increase of rye has been IL pr cen
showing dee line Ia production In proper 10
N population, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and
toew Yurk.st produce about half the crcr.
BUCKwUHAr
The increased DrOduc Ion OF thie minor cere-
al - az not b. en- In prJporti1n 20 the sdsabce
ln population, as, In 1879. II Is &C. rceiy
grown IN the south, and very little In the west
two t. irts OF the crop beng the product Of
New York aud Pennsylvania.