The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-28
CROP REPORTS FOR 1900
PRODUCTION OF WHEAT REACHED
A TOTAL OF 522,229,5O5
BUSHELS
PRESENT OUTLOOK FOR 100
Acreage of Winter Wheat Is 3d.
2S2, 564-PrOductiOn of Other
Crops for the
Year.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The statis-
tician of the department of agriculture
estimates the United States wheat crop
of 1900 at 522, 229, 800 Blu, the area actually
harvested being A. 1885, 1856 acres, and the
average yield per acre 1919 bu The pro-
duction of winter wheat is estimated at
300 bu and that of spring wheat at
1920, 026 bu, the area actually harvested
being 26,235,8 acres in the former case
and 1929, 4SS acres in the latter. The
winter wheat acreage totally abandoned
in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois
is finally placed at 1892, 7S7 acres, and the
spring wheat acreage totally abandoned
in North Dakota and South Dakota at
1,793, 567 acres. The extraordinarily rapid
rate at which the winter wheat acreage
of Nebraska is gaining upon the spring
wheat acreage of that state has necessi>
tated 4 special investigation of the rela-
tive extent to which the two varieties
were grown during the past year. the
result of the Investigation is that while
no change is called for in the total wheat
figures of the state, 590575 acres have
been added to the winter wheat column
at the expense Of the spring variety.
The newly seeded area Of winter wheat
is estimated at 30,2S2,564 acres. While
this acreage is slightly greater than that
soWn in the fall of 1899, as estimated at
the tine, it is 600, 654 acres less than the
crepancy being due to that remarkably
rapid development of winter wheat grow
ing in Nebraska with which, as above
stated, the departments reports had
failed to keep pace.
A comparison Of the newly seeded acre
age with that of the fall of 1885, shows
that OF the eleven states and territories
that sowed 100000 acres or upward with
winter wheat. one year ago, Pennsyl-
vania, Missouri, Kansas, California and
Oklahoma report an increase amounting
to ,704 acres, and Ohio, Michigan, IN
diana, Illinois, Texas and Tennessee a
decrease of 1,7S0,191 acres. The average
condition of the growing crop on Dee. /,
was 81 per cent Of the normal. There
are many complaints Of the Heszian fly.
but the low condition figures reported
from Ohio. Michigan, Kentucky and Ten
nessee, Sc, 80, 81 and 81 respectively, are
fully offset by the exceptionally high
condition reported for Kansas, Missouri,
California, Oklahoma and other states, iii
all of which it is above normal.
OTHER CROPS.
The production of corn in 1906 is esti-
mated at 2,105, 102,5 SIS hu; oats, 500, i25, $3.50
blu; barley, $685. 1913 bu; rye, 29. $3.50 BIZ;
bucl1wheat 1856, 966 blu; potatoes, 90, 49,
S97 bu and hay, O,110,9O6 tons.
The area from which these crops were
gathered was as follows, in acres:
Corn, S3,32O,S72; oats, 1854 1855; barley,
2,S54.2S2; rye, 1,591, 1926; buckwheat, G37, $50;
potatoes, 2,6l1,054, and hay, 80, 1880.
The corn crop of 1900 was one of the
four largest ever gathered, while the oat
CROP has only once been excee:1e /.
On the other hand, the ba ley and rye
crops are the smallest, with one eXcep-
ton in each case since 1857, the buck
wheat crop is the smallest since 1888, and
tho hay crop the smallest with one ex-
Ception since 1885,