The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-12

Minnesota ..... $3.50 900 1878 S2,16O,00o
North Dakota w g $50 900 1885 55, 100 900
South Dakota ...... 100000 11.Ss 41,600OOO
Total ............ .13, ,41O 900 1884 7S,s5O,0oo
THE JONES ESTIMATE, 1901.
Acres. Average. Bushels.
North Dakota ..:::. 5,2Ooooo i4.S 75,oOo'o0o
South Dakota ...... 5000 900 100 80, 900, 900
Totals ........... ..1445o,oo 1915 1888, 900, 900
GOVERNMENT REPORT, 1901;
Acres. Average. Bushels:
Minnesota ..... 5, 464, 600 14.4 7S,6S2.000
North Dakota ...... 900 1884 57,312 goo
South Dakota ...... 3,604,0 900 1924 e4,925, O0o
Totals ...........1 IL, 600 1906 600
H. V. Jones of the Commercial West es-
Inmates the wheat crop of Minnesota and
the two Dakotas for 1902 at 17S,S50,O0O
bushels.
AS the above table shows, Mr.. Jones
places the acreage considerably below
that of year ago. Accepting his own es-
Inmates of that time, the acreage this
year is 1,040,00O less than year ago.
This great difference is not offset by the
gain in the average yield of this year,
which Mr. Jones places only SO of
bushel in excess Of last year. The differ
ence for Minnesota, accepting Mr.. Jonesc
estimates for both years, is 26O, 900 acres
in favor Of last year; that for North Da-
kota is 1,250,0OO against the current year;
of this year. The total difference as
against this year is thus over a million
acres.
Last year the average, according to esti-
mates, was 1915 bushels per acre for the
three states. This year it is 1884 bushels
per acre. For the states individually this
runs 1878 for Minnesota, 1896 for North
Dakota, 11.S8 for South Dakota. 1t is
noteworthy that the average as estimated
of North Dakota this year is 80 Of a BUSH
ell less than the estimated yield of year
ago-145.. For Minnesota last year the
average was 1875, and for South Dakota
1t was an even 10.
The government estimates of the 1901
crop, made after the crop was gathered,
gave the crop as nearly 100000 bushels
in excess of the estimate of Mr.. Jones,
made just before the harvest. The gov
ernment's figures, however, are based
upon much lower acreage and a consid
erably higher average yield
Instead of 6,250,000 acres in wheat in
Minnesota, the government said there
were only 464,00O; but where Mr. Jones
thought there were 1875 bushels to the
acre, the government said there were 14.4.
The figures are wide apart, but the total
result was nearly the same-Mr. Jones,
7S.O0O,00O bushels, and the government
7S. 6S2, 900.
The difference in North Dakota was
marked. Mr.. Jones gave the acreage at
Jones the average yield at 145, the gov
ernment at 1884 Mr.. Jones total yield
for the state at 100000 the government
at only 57,372,000
This difference in North Dakota was
largely Offset by the difference the other
way in South Dakota, where Mr.. Jones
placed the acreage at 5000, 900, the gov
ernment at 1904 900; Mr.. Jones the av-
erage yield at 10, the government at 1924 !;
Mr. Jones the total yield for the state at
900 and the government at 81 925, 900.
The difference in the acreage showed Mr.
Jones with an excess over the government
figures of 1,760OO0 for the three states,
whereas the difference in the average for
the same area showed Mr.. Jones' estimate
to be 2.3 bushels per acre under that OF
the governments with total results in the
estimates as given above.
In acreage, Mr.. Jones estimate of this
year is not widely different from that o1
the government for a year ago, being
100000 acres in excess. He places the
average yield per acre for the three
states, however. as considerably unde1
that of the government estimate for
year ago, bringing the total of this years
crop a round 100000 bushels below that
Of the governments estimate.