, 1882-03-25
rl. c.r..l Crop. Of 1881.


The cereal estimates of he Department
of Agriculture for the year 1851 are eom-
pleted, showing moro general reduction
ia weld than for many yeais. During
the five preceding years no ose Oh the
grain crops met with serious : lsas'er
In 1875 the wheat product was reduced
while the corn crop vas above an aversse
In 1874 the reverse WAS true, wheat max
ing an average crop, and corn nearly as
bad failure as in 1881 lu 1869 cora
was comparative failure, while wheat
produced more than an average yield In
no season since the Inauguration of crop
reporting has there been so general disas-
ter, involving corn, wheat, barley, buck
wheat and rye, oats alone being exempt
from loss
The aggregate of corn estimates Is
I, ,l94, 9l6, 600 bushels, grown upon o.
262 .O2o acres, or Is6 bushels per acre
This is a reduction of 81 per cent from
the crop of 1880.
The wheat crop aggregates 3sO, 5000
bushels, a reduction of % per cent
grown on 81, ,7O9, ,O20 acres, yield OF lo.i
per acre, the lowest rate of yield yet re-
port for the entire crop
Rye, 20, 704 $50 bushels, reduction ct
q per ceat, area, l,159, 100 acres, yield
ing l1G bushels per acre
Tie product Of oats is 4l6, 4sl :Ooo
bushels, against All ,SS5, $50 in 1885.
The area is IL, ,S3l coo acres, and the
Weld "a. Z bushels per acre.
Barley, Al, l6l, $50 bushels, reduction
OF 3 per cent, grown On l 96l 80 acres,
or at the rate of 209 bushels per acre.
Buckwheat, 9,4s6, 200 bushels, grown
on SIS, SIS acres, yielding lL4 bushels
per acre.
The aggregate product OF all the cereals
Is u DushciS, -j'O'
1913. sol, decrease of "a per cent.
The aggregate value of cereals grown IN
1881 is greater than the total valuation
for 1880.
Corn and oats, mainly consumed at
home and used INTERCHANGEABLE, are most
" affected by the failure Of maize.
The average value of corn has advanced
from 39.G cents in 1880, to 63- 6 in 1881;
oats from A to 41.4 cents; wheat has ad-
vanced from an average Of 50 cents to
81 10 per bushel.
The aggregate quantity, area and valu-
alton of these cereals was 2,O63, O29,570
bushels, grown on 123, 3S3, ,O70 acres, and
valued at 81, ACT ,s5S, 200.
While the reduction Of product OF corn
in the seven surplus yielding states
amounts to about four -tenths of the usual
crop, the aggregate still equals 62 per
cent. of the crop of the country, leaving,
as the produc ion Of 81 states and ten
territories but three-elghts of the maize
product.
The yield per acre, which should be 80
bushels in a year of moderate production,
is but u. 3 bushels, yet this is larger than
the average yield of the remaining states,
which is 16. 4 bushels.
The price per bushel is less, being 90
cents instead Of 81 cents in the remaining
states.
There are but ten states east Of the
Rocky Mountains that ever have sur
plus Of wheat. These with California
and Oregon on the Pacific Coast, and
Washington and Dakota territories, yield
all thc wheat for the supply of non-sup-
porting sections and foreign countries.
The ten Western States produced "a
per cent. of the wheat crop Of 1881, and
20 per cent of the oat crop. These ten
states are Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Hi
nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Mis-
souri, Kansas and Nebraska, Ohio lead
ing in wheat production and Illinois in