The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-13
WINNsBOR0 DENIES THE STORY.
a Lesson in Figures for Our Farne ers.

| A Lesson in Figures for Our Farmers.
To the Editor of The Herald and
News: I have before me remarkably
interesting statistical table-one that
ought to be of special interest TO all our
farmers, Just at this time when they are
beginning to put in their crops. I will!
therefore ask leave to defer for the pres
ent he task of showing the difference
between tweedledum and tweedledee,
or between our sage's financial scheme
and that of the French "Assignatsn or
Argentine "Cedulas," while I pass in
review few of the chief points of this
table. It is a table published by the
National Agricultural Department, and
shows by States the product of the three
leading food articles-corn, wheat and
oats for 1891. It gives the acreage cul-
tivated, the number of bushels pro-
duced, and the value to the farmer of
each article.
I will take the wheat crop first as the
table does. The State having the larg-
| est product of wheat was Minnesota;
55, 33S, 900 bushels. The acreage sown
| was 8, 1887, and the value to the far
mer of the entire crop of S43, l59, ,692.
| This would make an ACREAGE yield per
acre of II $40 bushels, and value per
acre of Sl4.96.
The second largest product was that
of Kansas; 54,666,000 t'shels; value
$40, ,052, ,3S4; acreage $3.50, ,760, yield per
acre Is! bushels; value per acre Sl3.l7.
No wonder the Kansas farmers are pay
ing off their mortgages so fast, and
abandoning the Alliance.
The third largest yield was Indiana;
81, 2,SO7, 600 bushels, value S45, ,4l4, ,095;
acreage 2,917,516 yield per acre IS Ito
bushels; value per acre 1882.
The fourth largest yield was the new
State of North Dakota; So, 105, 900 BUSH
els; value $50, 473, ,S34; acreage 2,927, ,274.
Yield per acre II $40 bushels; value per
acre Sl5.13.
And so of all the Northern, North
western and Pacific States we find the
| average yield per acre about the same,
from Is to is bushels. But as soon as
We cross Mason and DiXon's line We
find quite a change. Maryland it is
true runs up to about Is bushels per
acre, and Delaware, West Virginia,
kentucky, Missouri and Texas 60 up
to 10 bushels or over. But all the rest
came under 10 bushels.
Vireinia's product was 1861, 900
bushels, on S50,O73 acres, yield per acre
8 bushels. North Cardinals product
1878, 600 bushels on 731 ,573 acres; yield
per acre $40 bushels. South Carolina
Yields only $4,000 bushels on 1S0, 1896
acres; yield per acre of only 5! bushels.
This is the lowest weld per acre of any
State reported. Georgia on the other
side of us goes up to over I! bushels.
Florida and Louisiana are not reported
for wheat. Why is our yield so low
com pared even with the States along
side of US? We all know it is not due
either to soil or climate. 1t must then be
due to the mode Of cultivation.
The yield for the entire country was
Gil, 100000 bushels; acreage sown 3d.
S19,S97. Total value 1913 AZ, III; aver
age yield per acre Is $40 bushels; value
per acre $3.50; value per bushel S.
cents.
The product for 1890 was 800, ,262, 900
bushels, and the value 1891, 1857
ticle Iowa takes the lead over any other
State by over 100000, 900 bushels. Her
product was 35O,S7S,0 900 bushels on o.
$50, ZIG acres; value to her farmers Sl05,-
o63, 4S3; average yield per acre 36 10
bushels.
Next to Iowa comes Illinois, with a
product of 234, $50, 900 bushels on 7,01l,-
336 acres; value SS6, SO; yield per
acre 33 10 bushels.
Next comes the State of Missouri,
with a product of 03,2l0,G0O bushels;
acreage 6,796,3lS; value S77,219, 765;
Weld per acre % 9-l0 bushels.
Then come in their order as to pro-
duct, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio,
etc. Coming south Of Mason and Dix
on's line, we find Kentucky taking the
lead with 81, 795, 900 bushels; acreage p
759, $50; value S33, III, ,9S4; yield per acre
30 bushels.
Close behind comes Tennessee, with
S2,552, ,000 bushels, but on an acreage of
1886, ,664; value S35, ,497, All; yield per
acre % 40 bushels.
Virginia's product was 39,4SG,OOO
bushels; value SO, ,742, ,946; acreage p
004 $50; yield per acre 10 40 bushels.
South Carolina's product was IS, $780,
900 bushels; value Sl3,054,97l; acreage
2,6O7. 755; yield per acre l-l0 bushels.
This yield per acre is less than halfthat
OF even our Rip-van-Winkle neighbor
to the north of US, and is the lowest
Weld per acre Of any State reported.
Even Florida produces about II bushels
per acre. And yet South Carolina has
had the largest yield of corn on single
acre, l54 bushels, on record.
Again I ask, why is this? Is it not
mainly, if not solely, on account of our
rude and imprOvident methods Of culti-
vation? The yield for the entire couu-
try was 2,G60, 154 900 bushels; value
1886, ,439, OBS: acreage IS, 204 ,515; average
WELD per acre 273 bushels; value per acre
Sll: value per bushel il $40 cents. The
product Of 1890 was ,4S9 $40, 900 BUSH
els; value $751;, 4535 45335 Isl or so 6-10 cents
per bushel.
Lastly, We come to the oat crop, and
i am glad to see that in this, at least,
South Carolina does not stand at the
very tail end Of the list. in this article
the State of Illinois carries off the palm
with III ,095, COG bushels; value S333, lO6,-
674: yield per acre 81 bushels.
Iowa comes next with 102, ,5T7,0 900
bushels; value S26,G69,Gl9; yield per
acre SO 10 bushels.
Then come in their order as to pro-
duct, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
New York. ETC., none with a yield of
1o.., tI,op 70 l,,ci,olc