The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15

n Fresentse-t IN EIsurative Psra % Certain
Statistics 81 the soti OF the Waited States.

partment OF Agriculture, n work intended to
take the place Of the previous annual report Of
that department OF the Government. which was
moro or less tho subject Of irony and sarcasm'by
those persons who hold most Government re-
ports to be useful only to dealers in Junk.
From the pages of the latest, or 1896, issue Of
that valuable annual we find that the United
States produced for that year 2.2s3,s 75, 184
bushels Of corn valued at S49l. o 1867. and
that 1t required 81 ,O27. l56 acres to produce It,
upward of twenty-eight bushels to the acre rs
an average, and 1t was worth about glib cents
o bushel.
Not much money In that to tho farmer, 10
therei
Tho wheat product was 427, 1884. 348 bushels
on 34.81s, e48 acres, and IL was worth 1910, 8O2,-
$50. That makes.l2.4 bushels per acre. worth
1919 cents q bushel.
Every State in the Union raised enough corn
to report 1t except Nevada, Idaho. and Arizona.
Iowa leads tho list OF corn growers with 32l,-
1854 bushels on s,249.219 acres; Kansas,
with q greater acreage, s.S47, 643 acres, and the
greatest of any State, produced PAT, 734.0o4
bushels. and Is fourth on tho list; Nebraska,
with $685. 800, 83S bushels on 1862. 657 acres.
coming second, and Illinois, with 1874, 572, 764
bushels on 7,026.4s6 acres, coming third. Mon
tana reports the smallest yield, "a, COG bushels
on 1881 acres; Florida, where grow the orange
and the pineapple, has 4s6, 694 acres to corn,
raising 4, 1850, $40 bushels. New York is pretty
we'll down In the list with 526,257 acres pro-
ducing IL, s82, 1888 bushels, valued at 90, 700, $40.
Connecticut has 46, 1858 acres to 1,773.OO4 BUSH
els; New Jersey has 2s2, $50 acres to 9,325,33s
bushels; Pennsylvania has 1911, $40 acres 10
81, 475,O 900 bushels, and Rhode Island has the
temority to report that she has enough terri
tory to put s,s4S acres Of 1t to corn, raising
thereon 3OO.s 32 Dushels.
In wheat the yield is divided among all the
States except Massachusetts,, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Florida, and louisiana. which re-
port no crop Of wheat, though they raise nearly
%. 900 bushels OF corn. Minnesota and
California lead all others, with Minnesota first,
having 1921 1924 acres to AS, 500, O8l bushels,
while California has 3.Oss. $40 acres to 45. O97.-
1875 bushels. California's product, however. is
valued at $37. 43O. 672 to Minnesota's $31 ,692,-
36l, an excess Of nearly So, O00, 600. New York
has 396.s73 acres producing 6.349, 96s bushels.
Pennsylvania has 1885, 49 acres to II. 1877 s6
bushels, about the same as her corn product. or
States reporting, Mississippi is the lowest with
4,462 acres producing 1892 bushels. Kansas
is third in the list with 3O,794,452 bushels on
1905, 1877 acres. The two Dakotas are the great
est wheat growers; with oyer 6.ooo.0o0 acres,
producing 81 800. 600 bushels.
bushels; in 1892 225. 665. sl2 bushels.
Every StAte anu lCTTltOTy TulScu OaJS except
Arizona and Nevada, and Iowa led with 3,s4i,-
522 acres. producing l05, 84l s55 bushels; III
raises $500, 400 bushels on 1O8. 4s5 acres; Penn
acresi Wisconsin is third in the list with 65.-
257, 675 bushels on 1884, sos acres; Rhode
IL 1sli iPs.b Il th su lSwsst ct Eth, tr,S RSo S!'s s S5ss. a srss
The total oat crop was 7o7. s4e,4o4 bushels on
OF eRE n2S o,rao ~ IL, al m . 0t 90 a2E 400
eighteen statos and Territories not producing
s soTnis, With " ES'P sls.ss IhG a larsos rai s ; u $751; i G .oat
bushels: Minnesota produces ll,330.35 on
4l8,o57 acres; and Iowa is next with l9,246,664
barley crop was 800. 49l PAL, and the acreage
was the largest on record and the yield the
Rhode Island had ssi acres. producing II. Oh;
AT interesting item is the potato crop. and
ducing 8 4.S5s.8iI bushels, valued at sio,64a.-
state. Pens Penn is Hsai,s e SSnH!s next next With Il az? gEl. csYf
09s bushels on l94, 1922 acres, valued at S5,7ls.-
plants 8.5ls acres and produces 6s4 800 bush:
sas; Se Hss ae 1HS b Psss out M as;oSS asTss n and
withstandins the population Of South Boston.
has only 20, S54 acres. on which she raises 2. 9OO,-
$50 bushels, scarcely n bushel per capita for the
The total yield Is 252, 234,54o bushels on
2.!67,465 acres valued at w., ls2; $50
43. $50. $50 acres valued at 1885. 1854. Iowa
is the chief hay raiser. with 4,6l2 $50 acres pro-
ducing 1923. 1914 tons; Kansas comes next with
York is third. with 3.434,22s tons on 1850 ss
acres, which, however; is the second largest
1885 tons. The least acreage. is In Florida.
6.7l9. producing 9,4o7 tons. New Jersey has
S ssS, s s54 sSnss q 1lF m q W;6 Hn T Sas a r snS rsisss
63G, 6s2 tons. She stands twenty first in the list.
cotton. amounting to 7,l6i .o94 bales on 90.
ls4.sOs acres; and Texas leads with 5.s26,42s
next with phc s.0Sa.ss 25 5'S acres. pro Sfaeii I i,S67. " =
bales: Oklahoma has 2G.093 acres. producing
l4.l03 bales, which is "a OF a bale TO the acre,
Kansas has 40 acres to cotton. raising Is bales,
Or :3s bale per acre. which is .O5 higher than
Is the lowest. Utah raises lO3 bales on 400
acres and Virginia 1904 bales on A, 1923 acres
IL n Of to & sslS Per Per e 9otsl , nn1n ISTe rai yisdIq ls of I'll: ioa
07o; As was TO be expected. Kentucky leads
North Mort tS;% . Is DeRt Win I'll 49, So a aSrss' p pne
ducing SO, 629, ITO pounds. Virginia is third
S StsR e gc;T So2 tS SqF a Ssp pFESSaf'Hss t 81; $50 So ;2e UpPi Hlu %ith
1920 acres. produeing 3.ss6. 900 pounds; Con,
% peSnds, an has oS SlIo7 has sG ss,65i rSs's ss4ss, l p o;asS1;atSS
There arc ia. 1854 ,es7 horses in the United
stntc hIiu hohtuShS ~ uOt own III " tnem
the list. with only 400 $40, valued at &l3, O56,.
62l. an average of $32.5f. per horse. Texas.
where 1t is heresy and hanging to steal a horse,
leads with l 100. lo1. valued at 800 ST. 1862. an
average Of $l7.73 per horse. hardly enough to
follows with l.os7,492, valued at $si.:
4B9,63l, an average of $2s.94, and Hi.
n 2 saS comes n next with l;972. 200. valued
valued at $49.67 each, the fifth In the list OF
values. The highest priced horses are In Rhode
Island. with 10. 1919 valued at &75.2 IS each; Mas.
sschnsetts is next with 90. 800 at $64.67 each.
The lowest priced horses are In Oklahoma, which
has ~, 200 at only $l3.9l each. In Washington,
whore horses have been reported rs selling at 81
there are lT6.69l valued at $20.i7 each.
The champion mule State Is Texas, with 26l,
46S, valued at $29. SO a head. Georgia leads in
value, with 1914. $50, valued at $lO.343, 80s, an
average Of ,$62.8s a mule. The New Jersey
mule for individual worth leads ali his kind, al
$76,1 per mule, and there are 1892 OF him.
The New York mule Is worth only 800. OF, and
he numbers 1894. New Mexico turns out thC
cheapest mule in the bunch, his average value
down there being 1919, and there are 1850
Of that kind. Tho Kentucky mule averages
put at S33,97. and he numbers ZIG, lsf
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachu'
sotts. Rhode Island. and Connecticut report