The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-29
CORN, OATS AND WHEAT IN
INDIANA.
Increase in Oats Acreage-The Three
Crops Fill 7,12e, ,ss9 acres-Corn
is Leading Crop.

Indianapolis, June 2e.-Some idea
is gained of the acreage of the wheat,
corn and oats crop in Indiana this
year, as shown by figures compiled
from the township assessors reports
for 1905 by Joseph Stubbs, chief of
the bureau of statistics, when it is
realized that, if the acreage of these
crops were combined, the area would
he equal to thirty-fve counties of
The size of Marion, or equal to one
third the area of the state OF Maine,
and larger than the area of Belgium.
he total acreage of these three crops
S 1926, 9ss, or about 1900 square
miles.
Corn is Indiana's leading crop, the
acreage for 1905 being 4,O11,432, or
6,26s 50, are miles. This is equal
to about eighteen counties the size
of Marion, or an acre larger than the
state of Connecticut and not quite as
large as New Jersey Indiana ranks
fifth in the production of corn, ac-
cording to the figures. Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois outranking
this state This years figures show
that the following are the ten coun-
ties having the highest acreage: Ben
ton, 99,54O, Tippecanoe 92,33s, Knox
s5,56s; Montgomery 20, 597, Clinton
74,327,, Boone, 1866, Warren 6s,672,
Jasper 67,432, Randolph 66,s75, and
Gibson 65,327.
The next largest acreage is found
in the oats crop 1,971,1T6 acres, or
35e,16 acres more than in the pre-
ceding year This. is an area equal
to nine counties the size of Marion,
or about one-third the size of the
leading in the acreage OF this grain
are: Benton 80 s92, Tippecanoe 5s,-
519, White 56,9s5, linton 50,71s, War
rem 5O,577, Newton $1,000, Montgom-
cry, 49,744; Jasper 4s,576, Allen 46,-
979, and Randolph 42,794. A COM
arison of the year 1905 oats acreage
with that of the preceding year
shows for Hamilton county an in
crease of 160 per cent; Clinton 80
per cent, and Carroll 62 per cent
The wheat acreage, after the slump
of last year, seems to be recovering
lis normal extent this year, the acre.
age being 1,641,934, an increase of 20
per cent, over 1904. This is-still
small, compared with the average ac-.
reage for the last ten years, 2,4O6,474,
the difference being 764,54O Taking
what is assumed to be fair estimate
of fifteen bushels per acre this year,
as shown by present conditions, the
total wheat production this year will
approximate 24,629,010 bushels, or
slightly under the 27,13s,6s1 bushels,
the average for the last ten years.
This wheat acreage is about equal to
eight counties the size of Marion, or
an extent larger than the state OF
Rhode Island, and slightly smaller
than the state of Delaware. The ten
counties leading in the acreage of
wheat follow: Posey 1852; Gibson
64,sO3, Knox 5O,125, Ripley 49,Ss0,
Dubois 42,959, Harrison 42,212, Shell
by 4O,sO6, Spencer 39,s57, Bartholo-
new 39,217, Rush 37,4s3.
In wheat acreage in the different
counties as compared with that of
1904, Benton shows the largest rela-
tive increase, though there were only
14O acres in wheat this year. Last
year, however, none was sowed.
Newton county shows an increase OF
753 per cent. Knox, $50, Laporte 256,
Marshall 254, Lagrange $50, Kosci-
usko 221, Wabash 211. The largest
per cent of decrease was found in
White county, 65 per cent, Putnam
65, Boone 81, Jasper, A, and Foun-
tain 34