The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-11-16

WASHINGTON, November 1.-THE following
crop report was issued this afternoon by the
Department of Agriculture.
The preliminary estimate of the average
yield per acre of corn, as published in the
monthly report of the Statistician of the De-
partment of Agriculture, is 1874 bushels, as
compared with an average yield of 25.3 bush
els per acre in 1900 and 1899, and ten year
average OF PA bushels. The present indi-
Gated yield per acre is the lowest general aver
age ever recorded for this crop, being %
bushels per acre below 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 as follows:
Ohio, 20. /; Indiana, 1913; Illinois, 2l.4; Iowa,
25; Missouri, 1901; Kansas, 7.8, and Nebras-
ka, AL. Of the twenty three States having
1000, 900 acres or upward in corn, all but
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan report
an average yield per acre below their respec
tive ten year averages. The general average
as to quality is 1877 per cent, as compared
with 85.5 per cent in November last, and ST.
per cent. in November, 1899. 1t is estimated
that As per cent. of the corn crop of 1900 was
still in the hands of farmers on November /,
1901, as compared with A per cent. of the
crop in 1899 in farmers hands ON November
/, 1900, and So per cent. of that of 1898 in
hand November l, 1899.
BUCKwHEAT.
The preliminary estimate of the average
yield per acre of buckwheat is 1879 bushels,
against an average yield per acre of 10 bushels
in 1900, 1876 bushels in 1899, and ten year
average of 1853 bushels. Of the six States
having 10000 acres or upward under this pro-
duct, including New York and Pennsylvania,
which together contain over three -fourths of
the entire buckwheat acreage of the country,
four report a yield per acre in excess of their
respective ten year averages. The general
average as to quality is 1878 per cent, against
90.2 per cent. in November last, and 1874 per
cent in November, 1899.
POTATOES.
The preliminary estimate of the yield per
acre of potatoes is 500 bushels, against an
average yield per acre of 80.9 bushels in 1900,
1856 bushels in 1899, and ten year average
of 1877 bushels The present indicated yield
per acre is the lowest since 1890. Of the
States having $4,000 acres or upward in pota-
toes, all except Michigan and Maine report a
yield per acre comparing unfavorably with
their ten year averages, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska report less than
one-half, and Missouri less than one fourth of
an average crop. The average as to quality
is 1874 per cent, as compared with 1871 in
November last, and Ola in November, 1899.
GOOD HAY CROP.
The preliminary estimate of the average
yield per acre of hay is 1.32 tons, against an
average yield of l. % tons in 1900, /. 35 tons in
1899, and a ten year average of 1.28 tons.
While more than three fourths Of the forty
seven States and Territories for which com
parative data are available report a yield per
acre in excess of their ten year averages, such
important States as Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas and
Arkansas are all included in the region re.
porting less favorably. The average as TO
quality is 9l.9 per cent, against 1877 per cent.
in November last, and 93.8 per cent. in No
vember, 1899.
Of the fifteen principal tobacco States, nine,
including Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina
and Tennessee, report an average yield per
acre of tobacco in excess of their ten year
averages, while six, including Ohio, Wiscon-
sin and Missouri, fall below such averages.
The apple crop is considerable below the
ten year average, the pear and grape crops
are slightly below, and the sweet potato crop
is slightly above,