The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01
REPORT OF THE CROPS
Wheat Crop of 1900 Fstimat-
ed at 522,229, SOC.
Corn Crop Ore of the -Four Largest Ever Gath
ered. Hay Harvest One of Smallest
on Record.
tBy the Associated Press }

| Washington, Dec. 27.-The Statistic;an
| of the Department of Agrieulture esti-
mates the United States wheat crop OF
| l3oo at 522, 22y, 500 bushels the area actu-
| ally harvested being AZ 495, ,2g5 acres and
| average yield per acre 12 - bushels The
| production Of winter wheat is estimated
| at 3oo,0Z5, 400 bushels and that OF spring
wheat at 112,204 .o96 bushels. the area
actually being 26,235, ,S97 acres In the form
er case and 1928. .4SS acres in the lat
ter lhe winter wheat acreage totally
abandoned In Ohio, Michigan Indiana and
Illinois is finally placed at 3522 787 acres
and the spring wheat acreage totally
abandoned in North Dakota and South
Dakota at ], ,793, 567 acres The extraor
dinarily rapid rate at which the winter
average OF Nebraska is gaining upon the
spring wheat average OF that State has
necessltated special investigation OF th.
relative extent 10 which the two yarfe
ues were grown during the past year The
result OF the investigation is that while
no change is called for in the total wheat
hgures of the State $50 575 acres have
been added t. che winter wheat column
at the expense Of the spring variety
ne ne" seeded area Of winter wheat Ia
estimated at 80, 2S2 jG4 acres While this
acreage is slightly greater than that
so"n in the fall Of 1899 as estimated at
the time, 1t Is 60O,G54 acres less than the
area that was actually sown. the dis
crepahcy being due to remarkably rapid
development Of winter wheat growing IN
Nebraska with which, as above stated. the
Department reports had failed To keen
pace. comparison cf the newly seeded
acreage with that of the fall of 1sqg
shows that Of the eleven States and Ter
fltorles that sowed one million acres or
upward with winter wheat one wear ago
pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas, Califor-
MA ana Oklahoma report an increase
amounting 10 971 7o3 acres. and Ohio
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Texas and
IenneSsee decrease OF 1901 lg1 acres
Inc average condition Of the growing crop
on December lst was 81 per cent Of the
normal There are many complaints Of
the Hessian fly but low condition figures
reported from Ohio. Michigan. Kentucky
and Tennessee SO, so 81 and ST respec-
lively, are fully Offset by the exceptional
~ nigh condition reported from Kansas.
aissourl California, Oklahoma and other
states, in all Of which it is above nor
NAL.
The production Of corn in 1900 Is esti
mated at 2,165 $40 bushels oats. sos
1855 bushcle; barley. -. .9z5 223 bushels.
rye. 25,935.9z7 bushels: buckwheat. 9.556.-
300 buSheiS. potatoes. 2l0 .32s S57 bushels
and hay, % 1896 tons The area from
which these crors were gathered vas
as follows in acres:
Corn. S$.320.7S2; oats. 27264. 1876: barley,
2S94,2s2; rye. 1,99l.32s buckwheat. 6S7
$50; potatoes, 2,s11.054 and hay. 39ls2.
800
The corn crop of 1900 was one Of The
four largest ever gathered. while the
oat crop has only once been exceeded On
the other hand. the barley and rye crops
are the smallest with one exception In
each case since 1887; the buckw}aat cron
is the smallest since 1888 and she hav
crop the smallest with one exception since
1880.