Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-06
CEREALS IN SEVEN STATES.
Census Figures That VIII Interest All the
Farmer Folk.

Census Figures That VIII Interest All the
Farmer Folk.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-The census bu-
reau has issued bulletin on cereal pro-
duction in 1889 in Michigan, Ohio, Ken.
lucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota.
Michigan.
1t shows that in Michigan the total
area devoted to cereals was 1891, 1886
acres, of which 99,305 were devoted to
barley, 7O.046 to buckwheat, 994, 597 to
corn, loss, 759 to oats, 140,740 to rye and
1901, 1895 to wheat. The product was
els of buckwheat, 28,785,579 bushels OF
corn, 36, 961 ,913 bushels of oats, 2, 101,-
713 bushels of rye and PATTI, III bush
els of wheat. There was an increase Of
about S23, 900 acres for the decade in the
area devoted to cereals, except which
there was decrease of 321 1924 acres in
wheat
Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin the total area devoted to
the cultivation of cereals in 1889 was
4,319,002 acres, as compared with 4,3S7,-
294 acres in 1879. There was an increase
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43, 431 acres in buckwheat, of 10, 94S
acres in corn, of 671 1904 acres in oats,
and of 105, 1854 acres in rye. This total
increase of / 1876, T39 acres was, however,
more than offset by a decrease of the
1,204, 900 acres or 61.91 per cent. in the
area in wheat. The product in 1889 was
15,559.S72 bushels of wheat, 1,O64, 17S
bushels of bulk wheat, "a ,204, 016 bush
els of corn, 60, 1906 bushels of oats,
4,250,5S2 bushels of rye and II 1893, 922
bushels of wheat.
South Dakota.
In South Dakota the total increase in
1889 was 3, 101 ,604 acres, compared with
BAG, 1888 acres in the corresponding por-
ton of Dakota territory in 1879. There
was an increase of 63, 772 acres in barley,
of 1878 acres in buckwheat, of 1858, 1856
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
drouth. The product in bushels in 1889
is stated to be as follows: Barley. 9O2.-
COS; buckwheat. II ,423; corn, 13, 152 ,00S;
oats, 7,469, S46; rye, 1913; wheat, 49,
541, 1888.
In North Dakota the total area in
cereals in 1889 was 1888, 1903 acres, az
compared with 105, sos 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 buckwheat, of II ,051 acres in
corn, of 1884, 400 acres in oats, of 1868
acres in rye and of 2.623,345 acres in
wheat. The product in 1889 in bushels
is given as follows: Barley, 1858, 1877:
buckwheat, $50; corn, $4,000; oats,
5,796, 994; rye, 2,i0S. 1893; wheat, $685.
455.
Minnesota.
In Minnesota the total area in cereals
in 1889 was 6,297 ,044 acres, as compared
with A, 234, 1880 acres in 1870 There was
increase Of 242, 400 acres in the area in
barley, of Is, Alb acres in buckwheat, of
462, 953 acres in corn. In twenty coun-
ties, principally in the southeast part of
the state, there was total decrease of
1906, 800 acres in the area in wheat.
The product in 1889 is given as follows
in bushels: Barley, 9,i00,653; buck
wheat, 251, 705; corn, "a, 800, ! 46; oats,
49, 955, 791; rye, 1852, 1858; wheat, 80 ,300,-
PAT.
e. In Ohio the total area devoted to cere-
ais was 6,7S5, 2S0 acres, producing ,509,-
GA bushels of barley, 1852, 1888 bushels of
buckwheat, II, 392,312 bushels of corn,
40, 1886, 732 bushels. of oats, 1907, 156
bushels of rye and 80, $50, 208 bushels of
wheat. Since 1879 there has been an in
crease of 1876, 900 acres in the area de-
voted to oats and rye and a decrease of
3O7, 900 acres in the area devoted to bar
ley, buckwheat corn and wheat.
Kentucky.
In 1889 Kentucky had 4,556,998 acres
devoted to cereals as compared with
4,9es, 2so in 1879; product for the year
1889 is given as 1866, 959 bushels of barley,
1904 bushels of buckwheat, 2,960, 1888
bushels corn, S,775,S14 bushels of oat.
423,S47 bushels of rye and 1,707, 745
bushels of wheat. There was an in
crease of 241 900 acres in the area of oats
and decrease of 1881, 900 in the other
cereals. -
A JONAH NAME,