The Washington times., 1901-11-12
THE MONTHLY CROP REPORT.
Estimate of the Yield Per Acre OF
Corn VERY Low.

The November crop report of the Statis-
tician of the Department of Agriculture.
giving preliminary estimates of the yield
per acre Of corn and other crops, and the
average of quality is as follows:
The preliminary estimate of the aver
age yield per acre of corn as published
in the monthly report of the lStatistician
Of the Department of Agriculture. is 1914
bushels, as compared with an average
yield of 25.3 bushels per acre in 1900 and
1893. and ten-year average Of IA BUSH
els The present indicated yield per acre
is the lowest general average ever re-
corded 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. 261; Indiana, 1873; Iii
nois, 2l-4: Iowa. %; Missouri, 10.1; Kan
sas, rs. and Nebraska. 14l. OF the TWEEN
ty-three States having 100000 acres or
upward in corn, all but Pennsylvania.
Virginia. and Michigan report an average
yield per acre below their respective ten
year averages. The general average as
to quality is 73.7 per cent, as compared
with $50 per cent in November last ahd
So per cent in November. 1883 1t is esti-
mated that As per cent of the corn crop
of 1900 was still in the hands of farmers
on November J. 1901, as compared with
"A per cent of the crop OF 1888 in farmers
hands on November l, 1900. and % per
cent of that of 1893 in hand November l.
1899
The preliminary estimate of the aver
age Weld per acre of buckwheat is 1873
bushels against an average yield per
acre of Is bushels in 1900. l6e bush.
els in 1899 and a ten-year average or l69
bushels of the six States having lO,O)J
acres or onward under this product, in
Guiding New York and Pennsylvania.
which together contain over three-fourtns
OF the entire buckWheat acreage or the
country four report a yield per acre
in excess of their respective ten-year aV-
erages The general average as TO quar-
ity is s33 per cent against S0.2 per cent
in November last. and s6.4 per cent in
November, 1893
The preliminary estimate of the yield
per acre of potatoes is 599 bushels
against an average yield per acre OF 5O.S
bushels in 1900, $50 bushels in lSs9. and
ten-year average of S.4 bushels The
present indicated yield per acre is the
lowest since 1880. OF the States having
$1,000 acres or upward in potatoes, an
except Michigan and Maine report yleiu
per acre comparing unfavorably with
their teIi-yCar averages. Indiana I'M
nOis, Iowa. Kansas. and Nebraska report
less than One-haIf and Missouri less than
oue-fourth of an average crop Inc aver- .r
age as to quality is 7S-4 per cent. as com
nared with SS1 in November last. ana
9l.4 in November. 1879.
The preliminary estimate of the aver
age Weld per acre OF hay IS LIZ tons.
AGAINST an average yield of is tons in
1893 l 35 tons in 1899. and ten-year aver
age of l2s tons While more than three
Courths OF the fOrty-seven States and Ter
rito-ies for which comparative data are
available report q yield per acre In ex-
ce IS of their respective ten-year averages.
such important States as Illinois. Iowa,
Missouri Kansas. Nebraska, South Da-
kota. Texas. and Arkansas are all in
cIuded in the region reporting less favor
ably The average as to quality is 9l3
per cent. against S9.I per cent in Novem-
her last, and 95S per cent in November,
lSs9 D-
OF the fifteen rrincipal tobacco States.
nine Including Kentucky. Virginia. North
Carolina. and Tennessee. report an aver
age yield per acre Of tobacco in excess
of their ten-year averages. while six.
including Ohio. Wisconsin. and Missouri.
fail below such averages.
T'he apple crop is considerably below
the ten-ycar- average the pear and
grape crops are slightly below. and the
sweet potato crop Is slightly above.