The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-23
FOR FARMERS.
n Valuable Publication From the Agri
cultural D~partmsut


cultural Department.
The agricultural department has Just issued
the Album OF Agricultural Statistics" which
consists OF sixteen cciored plates of the United
states. showing BY ttnts and colors the follow
ing:
Percentage Of unoccupied and OF farm lands
comprising the superficial area OF each state:
percentage Of each grand disvision OF area In
each state; acreage in corn per Loo acres; acre
age In wheat per 900 acres. acreage in oats per
loo acres; yield Of corn per acre. yield of whea,
per acre yield Of oats per acre: acreage value
OF horses, Of cattle, OF mich cows OF sheep. OF
swine; rural population of the United States a.
percentage OF the total population by states:
average value of tenures in the United States
farm lands In the United States
The yolume Is designed 10 show by compari-
son the principal feature OF agriculture in one
state with another, aud the relative standing 10
the average OF the country - . whole. Not
only are the comparisons in tints and eoors
given. but each plate is accompanied BY com
plete statistics OF each state upon which the
colorings are based There are some very In
tcresting facts TO be found In the volume aud
some surprising comparisons. To the agricul-
tnrist II contains much valuable information.
which may be acquired without perusing large
volumes OF statistics and agricultural reports
The corn. wheat and cats belts are shown In
colors. also the relative average production in
the same manner. The yield of these leasing
cereals are shown In the same manner. The
value OF stock in different states is given In the
same comprehensive manner.
usoccurfEp LANDS.
OF course the West has the greatest area Of
unoccupied lands Minnesota's quota Is $50
cent OF the farm srea unused in Minnesota and
676 per cent In Dakota
THE COIN BELT.
The Middle wesiern states section Is the corn
belt. extending from Ohio 70 Kansas. Mime
sofa only grows II acres Of corn in every I 900
acres but raises sos bushels per acre. Dakota
has In Zoo, and the yield Is rs per acre.
WHEAT.
Minnesota IL in the wheat belt In every
1000 acres OF land 81 acres are devoted TO wheat
and the yield 10 lag bushels per acre Dakota
sows Il acres IN every 1000 20 wheat aud gets
fS-6 bushels par acre. The average wheat
acreage in the United States is % acres in each
t.0o8 Of lane surface. and the average yield is
1913 bushels per acre. The wheat states ia mum
Der OF acres planted to each coo acres are: In
diana. III: Ohio, 10s; Iowa. 20: Illinois Is; Min
nesota. 81. The highest yield per acre Is in
Colorado. 1876 bushels per acre. and the lowest
10 Florida with AZ bushels per acre.
OATS.
Minnesota sows % acres in every COO to oats,
aad raises .s.S bushels per acre. Dakota Is acres
ia each Loo and gets yield OF SIS bushels.
Illinois and Iowa are The greatest oars states.
The greatest yield OF oats is in Washington. with
g. bushels per acre. aud the smallest acreage is
in North Carolina, with only lo.i bushels per
acre.
yALrx OF STOCK
The average vaiue OF horses in the United
States Is tf6.u. In Minnesota they are worth
s-s.s2: in Dakota, s1e.t6. Horses cone highest
In New Jersey. being worth sso2i. and the
cheapest in Texas. where they are valued at
~. Al. Nf .fx-zs
mich cows, I'm the United States is 3is.s7, in
Minnesota. s2i.a6; in Dakota. s1s.e4; highest
value. Massachusetts,, $Si75. lowest value Flor
ida SIT. Mich cows vslued the country
ever ~ fas.5i In Minnesota. s2a95 Dakota,
s1s.77. hishes; valuation. Colorado, pig; low
est Florida. si3.sT. The average price OF sheep
IS g. q per head. III Minnesota s2.42; in Dakota,
sa5s. highest. New jersey, 81; lowest North
Carolina. 81 "a. Average value Of swine. per
head. tia7. tn Minnesota, $3.50 Dakota, s. II;
highest. Messaeh uketis. SEA-. lowest, fiords,
s2il
RURAL rorULArfcs.
In the chart showing the percentage of rural
population TO the total population, II S oh
served that the statcs OF Arkansas. Mississippi,
Alabama Georgia an.i the Caroifnas lead. The
average for the country Is ii per cent Mime
sofa has 81 ner cent. pskois. ~ PER cent nigga
es, Arkansas, So lowest, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island, per cent
LAND VALVES.
The average ysiue OF isnts In the United
states 10 sla.aa per acre, iu Minnesota. sltfs.
Dakota, <Sss. highest value, New Jersey. Ssa, lbi
lowest, Alabama. 81 II. Probably the most ia
,ercstiug chart in the slbsn - that which shows
the proportion oi farms cultivated by rrorTie
tors by tenants paying money rental ana tea
ants renting on shares. The total number 81
farms tn the United states is i.0n, su7, OF which
7.Sper cent are cultivated by the owners pcr
cent hy cash rental sud f. 5 per cent on SHARES
In Minnesota there are 1880 farms. :o9 per
cent cultivated BY owners. Is - cash reuisss
.na-s on sharos: in Dakota there are ls.tS5
farms s6 / Per oeni. cultivated 10y owners. hy
CASH renters ard So on shsrcs. In Wyoming
thc farmers cultivate their osa lard almost cS
cIusively, that territory having peToeHt2ee q
- ,. but 0uly A. farms. More than one-aaii
the farms in south Carolina are reniEd, ss.i par
cent being cultivated by he osncTs. 81 per
cent solns 10 cash rentals and y 3 f-es Cent. 60
share renters The farms In the SoatheEn siate>
are more generally leased than ia any other $40
tten on account ~ suSO farms hetns rcnted g.
,....see> ~ hile he Northern and Western farmer
generally eultiya,cs his Own land Illinois has
m. largest naulber al isrtns. with .tA74l. Rud
1b.a New York and Peansy iysnis r0usiag next,
"A the order named Although quite large
,it!ou o. the Album VIII &c pEiatc,i. Il Il pruha
tln thai there "a al aat 5s enough - supply Use
-.tf.I constituents 1t the congressman II ) 80
A., osspre hss sive a volumc of comparison II fsra
,r.turts ana ssstisgiCs 81 sii IRE states that 10
vii he In demand IN ST agricultural eowmUui-
tics --