The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-24
WHEAT YIELD IN
WESTERN STATES
Irrigated Lands. Yield the Most
Wheat to the Acre.
NEVADA LEADS IN VALUE
KANSAS LED ALL STATES IN
KANSAS LED ALL STATES IN
PRODUCTION LAST YEAR.

W. ASHINGTON, d. c., July 23.-E
w 1901 Kansas stood prominently al
the head of wheat producing
states, putting out nearly 20.000.Oe(
bushels more than the second state on
the list. According to statistics gath
cred by the department of agriculture
the wheat product of Kansas for last
year was s9,O79, SO4 bushels, valued al
$50. 456. 7S9
The second state was Minnesota, with
a total production of SO, l02, 627 bush
els. valued at S4S, 061 ,576- Other leading
wheat states were: North Dakota, SO,
310.669 bushels; South Dakota, 81. S.,
3O7 bushels; Nebraska, AZ. 006, SS5 bush
els; California, 34743111 bushels
1882, 551 bushels: Indiana, 81, 49,, 500
bushels; Missouri. 31,iST.097 bushels;
Illinois. 30052. 053 bushels: Pennsyl-
vania, 2S,660,797 bushels; Iowa, y, 04S,-
1Ol bushels; Oklahoma q, 55S, 761 bush
els; Oregon, 17,158.0 65 bushels; and 9TH
ers in lesser quantities.
The state of Washington reports the
highest yield per acre. 29-1 bushels for
1901, nearly six bushels per acre more
than were raised in that state the year
preceding, and five bushels more than
the greatest previous yield
Montana ranks second in this par
ticular, producing 26.5 bushels per acre
IN 1901, with Nevada third, Isl bush
els; Wyoming fourth, with PAS, and
Colorado fifth, with 24-1 bushels.
The heaviest productions occur in the
west. the yield per acre seeming to
gradually and steadily decrease as the
area nears the Atlantic coast, where the
lowest yields of eight bushels to the
acre are generally reported
Worth S23.1s an Acre.
There was a wide divergence in the
value per acre of wheat in 1901, as in
previous years. AT the head of the list
OF western states, in this classification,
stands Nevada, where wheat was worth
S22O9 per acre. Even this high price is
30 an acre less than was obtained in
1898
Naturally this enormous yield is aue
to irrigation. for the next ranking
states on the list are those where wheat
lands are generally under irrigation
bitches
Next to Nevada is Arizona, the value
per acre being reported at s1s.53; Non
tana is third, at SITS; then Wyoming.
1851; Colorado, $1615; New Mexico,
$l5-4S; Utah, $14.35; Washington, S13,e7:
Idaho, 1928; Oregon, s11.37. and so on
down. But the true head of this list is
S23.1S an acre. S. more than in 1900
vermont wheat also ran well, being
held at s17.5S an acre.
The last classification gives the aver
age farm price of wheat per bushel
on Dec. 1, 1901. First place is given to
South Carolina, whose wheat was
listed at 9S cents, Maine wheat standing
one cent lower. Vermont and Georgia
Wheat was then worth "a cents per
DuShel. Nevada and Ala haooo 60 Ma
slsSlppl, soc; Arizona, Soc: New York
ana North Carolina, SIC; and so on. CAL
norma being soc; Oregon, sac: Wash
lngton, 4le; Idaho. 61c; Utah, zoe: New
Mexico, nc; Colorado, &c; Wyoming.
CSC; Montana. &c: Nebraska. 54e- Min
nesota, Soc. 1t seems. from these fig
ufes, that no one state predmoinates
IN all respects; those having the
largest yield have lower values per
acre, and vice versa. Yet. withaI Kan
Sds readily earns the name of the lead
ing wheat producing state of the Union.