The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
GOVERNMENT GRAIN REPORT.
Total Production Winter and Spring
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Washington. pae. mhc- 2T-The statistician
Of the department 1T agriculture estimates the
United States wheet crop of 1900 at 522.-
229. SOS bushels the area actually harvested
being ~. 4e5. 3S5 acres and the average yield
per acre 1929 bushels
The production Of winter wheat IS estimated
at $50 OPS. 400 bushels and that OF spring
wheat IS estimated at ne, 2o4, O96 bushels, the
area actually harvested being 26. 255, 5g7 acres
in tho former case and 6.259. 483 acres in the
latter. The winter wheat acreage totally abau-
doned in Ohio. Michigan. InIiana and Illinois
is finally placed at 3, 522. 1877 acres. and the
spring wheat acreage totally abandoned IN
North Dakota and South Dakota At I7o3,-
467 acres. The extraordinarily rapid rate az
which winter wheat acreage in Nebraska IS
gazing upon the spring wheat acreage Of that
state has necessitated a special Investigation
of the relative extent to which the two varie-
ties were grown during the past year The re-
suit of the investigation Is that while no
change Is called for IN the total wheat figures
Of the state, $50, $50 acres have been added
to the winter wheat column At the expense 0f
the spring variety.
The newly seeded area % winter wheat Is
estimated at 80, 282, 551 acres while this acre
age is slightly greater thai that source ii the
fail of 1899. as estimated al she time. Ii is
600. 654 acres less then tine area which Is nc
tually sown. the discrepancy being due TO rhst
remarkably rapid ae.el opa,ent of winter wheat
growing in Nebraska with which. rs above
to keep pace.
a comparison Of tho newly seeded acreage
with that of the fan OF i8o9 shows that of tie
eleven states and territories that soved Z 600
oCo acres or upward with winter wheat one
year ago. Pernsy ivaria. Missouri. Kansas Cal
ifornia and oklahoma report an Increase
amounting to S7t.7-T0 acres and ohio Nfioh-
isan, Indiana. Illinois. Texas and tennessee
a decrease OF l,72O.I9f acres
Th. average condition Of the growing rran
on Decembe~ lst was GIL per cent Of tbe
normal There are many complaints OF tbe
Hess;on fly. but the 'ow condition figures re-
ported from Ohio. Michigan Kentucky and
Tennessee-86. So 81 and e. respectively
are fully offset by the exceptionally high CON
diton reported from Kansas. Missouri Cali
fornia. Oklahoma and other states, in all Of
which II is above normal
The production Of corn in 1900 is estimated
at z. los. | o2,5l6 bushels; oats 500. I25. os9
bushels; barley SIS. e25.833 bushels: rye 23-
S95. 927 bushels: huckwheat G. Soc. S66 bushels.
/ goo tons.
The area from which the crops were gathered
was as follows. n acres: Corn 60 800 9T2.
oats ~ ,796: harley 2. G9I-oe2: rye sol
32S: buckwheat $3.50: potatoes 2eii.054
and hay 1912. $50
The crop Of 900 was one Of the fourth
largest ever gathered while the oats ,ror has
only once been exceeded. ON the other hand
the barley and rye crops are the smallest with
one exception In each case since 1897 tha
buckwheat crop is the smallest since 1888 and
the hay crop the smallest with one excep-
ton since 1888.