The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15

WASHINGTON, Oct. e.--The census bu-
production in 1889 in Michigan, Ohio,
Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Da-
lsota. 1t shows that in Micht-
gan the total area devoted to ce-
reals was 1891, CSC acres, of which co..
sO5 were devoted to barley, 7O,o46 to
buckwheat, o94, 597 to corn, 1,0s5, 759 to
oats, 140,740 to rye and 1901, 1925 to
wheat. The product was 9,522, ,376
bushels of barley, s11,97 bushels of
buckwheat, 2s 7s5, $40 bushels of corn,
SO, 961, ,913 bushels of oats, Q, 1O1, ,713 BUSH
els of rye and PATTI, III bushels of
wheat.
There was an increase of about S23,-
900 acres in the decade in the area de-
voted to cereals, except which there
was decrease of 321, 1924 acres in
wheat
In Ohio the total area devoted to cere-
ais was 6,7S5, $50 acres, producing 1,5O9,-
914 bushels of barley, 1922 s38 bushels of
bulk wheat, 1902, ,312 bushels of corn,
40, 1856, ,732 bushels of oats, 1, 1,OO7, 156 BUSH
els of rye and $780, ,2OS bushels Of
wheat. Since 1879 there has been an
increase of S85, 600 acres in the area de-
voted to oats and rye and decrease of
307, 900 acres in the area devoted to bar
| ley, buckwhca corn and wheat.
In 1889 Kentucky had 1856, 99s acres
devoted to cereals as compared with
4,965, $50 in 1879; product for the year
| 1889 is given as 1866, $50 bushels of bar
| ley, $500 bushels of bulk wheat, $780,
$50 bushels of corn, S,775, S14 bushels OF
oats, 423, s47 bushels of rye and /, 1,7O7, ,745
bushels of wheat There was an in-
crease of 241, 900 acres in the area in
oats and a decrease of 3S1, 900 in the
other cereals.
In Wisconsin the total area devoted
to the cultivation of cereals in 1889 was
4,319, ,OO2 acres, as compared with 4, 1927, =
204 acres in 1879. There was an in-
crease of 270,570 acres in 1879. There
was an increase of 27O, $40 acres in the
area of barley, of 43, 431 acres in bulk
wheat, of l9,94S acres in corn, of 671, 554
acres in oats, and Of 1O5, 354 acres in rye.
This total increase of l, ,195, 1888 acres
was, however, more than offset by de-
crease of the 1904, 600 acres or 61.S1 per
cent. in the area in wheat. The pro-
duct in 1889 was 1850, s72 bushels of
wheat, 1,OG4, 17S bushels of bulk wheat,
"a, 2O4, ,O1G bushels of corn, go, 739 O52
bushels of oats, 1880, ,5S2 bushels of rye
and II, sos, 922 bushels of wheat.
In Minnesota the total area in
cereals in 1889 was 6,297, O44 acres as
compared with 1924, 1877 acres in 1879.
There was increase of 242, 400 acres in
the area in barley, of 15,413 acres in
bulk wheat, of 462, ,953 acres in corn.
In twenty counties, principally in tho
southeast part of the state, there
was total decrease of 1866, 800 acres
in the area in wheat. The product in
1889 is given as follows in bushels:
Barley, 9,1OO, G53; buckwheat, 251, ,7O5;
corn, 24,696, 446; OATS 40, ,955, ,791; rye,
1852, ,663; wheat, $780, ,247.
In North Dakota the total area in
cereals in 1889 was 1888, ,993 acres as
compared with 1O6, ,5O5 acres in the COR
responding portion of Dakota territory
in 1879. There was an increase of 107,-
OO1 acres in the area in barley, of ia
acres in bulk wheat, of 11,051 acres in
vi IL, VI OSf,1OO tlCLCo III OdJS, VI l,OOO
acres in rye and of 2,62S,845 acres in
wheat. The product in 1889 in bushels
is given as follows: Barley, 1859, 1877;
buclSwheat, 939; corn, 1S3, ,929: oats, 81
79G, 204; rye, 2,7Os, 1885, wheat, 26, 1888, ,455.
In South Dakota the total increase in
1889 was 3,101, ,604 acres, compared with
S46, 7S3 acres in the corresponding por-
ton of Dakota Territory in 1879. There
was an increase of 63, 772 acres in bar
ley, of 1,27S acres in bucllwheat, of 663,-
3SG acres in corn, of $50, Ala acres in
oats, of 6, ,S44 acres in rye and of 2,O79,-
4O2 acres in wheat. AS in the case Of
North Dakota the production of cereals
in 1889 was considerably reduced by
drought The product in bushels in
1889 is stated to be as follows Barley,
9O2, OO5; buckwheat, II, 423; corn, 49,
1872, OOS; oats, 7,469, $40, rye, s5,1s3;
wheat, 16,54113S