The age-herald., 1901-11-12
SMALLEST CORN
 CROP IN 10 YEARS Yield Per Acre the Lowest on
 Record
  BUCkWHEAT DOES BETTER Apples, Pears and Grapes Are All Be- low the Ten-Year Average.
 Sweet Potatoes Slight
 ly Above Average.
BUCkWHEAT DOES BETTER

Washington, November 1.-The pre- liminary estimate of the average yield per acre of corn, as published in the monthly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture is 164 bush els, as compared with an average yield of 25.3 bushels per acre in 1900 and 1899 and ten-year average of 244 bushels. The present indicated yield per acre Is the lowest general average ever recorded for this crop. being 2.2 bushels per acre be- low the yield In 1881, which has stood for twenty years as the lowest on record. The indicated yield in bushels per acre in the seven principal states is ss fol- lows:
 Ohio, 261 Indiana, 19S; Illinois 21.4; Iowa, 25; Missouri 101 Kansas. 7.81: Me- braska, Al.
 Of the twenty-three states having l. 100000 acres or upward in corn, all but Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan re- port an average yield per acre below their respective ten-year averages. The gen. eral average as to quality Is 73.7 per cent as compared with 85.7 per cent in Mo- vember last and SIP per cent in Novem- Der, 1899. It Is estimated that 45 per cent of the corn crop of 1900 was still in the hands of farmers on November l. 1901, as compared with A per cent of the crop of 1899 in farmers hands on No- vember 1. 1900, and 59 per cent of that of 1898 in hand November 1, 1899. 6uskwheat is Better. The preliminary estimate of the aver age yield per acre of buckwheat is 1s9 bushels against a ten-year average of 16s bushels
 The general average as to quality Is 93.3 per cent.
 Preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of potatoes is 5e.9 bushels against an average yield per acre of sos bushels in 1900 SS6. bushels in 1899 and ten-year average of 7S.7 bushels. The present in- dicated yield per acre Is the lowest since 1899. Of the states having 10000 acres or upwards in potatoes all except Michigan and Maine report yield per acre conn., pairing unfavorably with their ten-year averages. Indiana, Illinois. Iowa, Kan sas and Nebraska report less than one half and Missouri less than one-fourth of an average crop, the average Is to quali- ty Is 78.4 per cent as compared with S6.1 in November last and 91.4 in November. 1899.
 The preliminary estimate of the aver age yield per acre of hay is l.S2 tons against an average yield of 1.2S tons in 1900, 135 tons in 1899 and ten-year aver age of 1.2S tons.
 Condition of Hay.
 While more than three-fourth of the forty-seven states and territories for which comparative data are available re- port yield in excess of their respective ten year average, such important states as Illinois, Iowa, Missouri Kansas, Me- braska South Dakota, Texas and Ar kansas are all included in the region re- porting less favorable. The average as to quality is 91.3 per cent, against S9.7 per cent in November last and 93.S per cent. in November 1899
 Of the fifteen principal tobacco states, nine, including Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, report and aver age yield per acre of tobacco in excess of their ten year averages while six, including Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri fell below such averages.
 The apple crop Is considerably below the ten year average; the pair and grape crops are slightly below and the sweet potato crop is slightly above.