The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-01
CROP STATISTICS
FOR THE COUNTRY
Official Statement by United States Cen
sus Department Was Made
To-day.

hhNSOoi iuidhu VI Lne bureau OF the
census, department of commerce and la
Dor. II is based on tabular summaries
prepared under the direction of DIR. lie
Grand Powers, chief statistiean for ag-
riculture in the bureau of the census.
The statistics presented cover acreage
production, and value for the crop wear
1909, as compared with 1890. In making
comparisons between the two censuses
the data for acreage are the most sig
nitcant, as changes in the area planted
to given crop are due largely to broad
economic tendencies, which are fairly
well indicated by returns of one year olrl
OF ten. The production, however, flue-
tuates from year to year in accordance
with current conditions of rainfall, tenn
perature, etc, so that comparison be-
tween one decennial year and another
may not show the true general tenden-
cies. Such temporary annual fuctua-
tons in prod ction also affect current
prices and consequently the aggregate
value of the crop for any given year.
of course there are broad tendencies
with respect TO average yield per acre
and with respect TO values in addition
TO such temporary fluctuations, but these
broad tendencies are not always fully
indicated by decennial statistics.
General Summary for the United States.
The land in oats increased from 90
$4,000 acres in 1899 to 35l $4,000 acres
in 1909, an increase of 100000 acres, or
10 per cent. The percentage Of increase
in production, however, was only a lit
tie over one-third as great, the actual
production amounting to 1907, 10000
bushels in 1909, as compared with 943-
$4,000 bushels in 1899, an increase of
63,740000 bushels, or 6.s per cent. The
average production per acre, doubtless
by reason of temporary weather eondi-
tions, decreased from 3l9 bushels to
2s.6 bushels. On the other hand, the
value of the oats crop increased enor-
mousIy, from S2l7 10000 TO S4l4,692, 600,
an increase of nearly S200000,000, or
OIL per cent. The average value of oats
per bushel thus increased from 20 cents
TO Al cents, or about rs per cent.
The land in oats increased from 49,
$4,000 acres in 1879 to 2s,32l,000 in
1880. 29,540,000 acres in 1890. and S.
$4,000 acres in 1909. The acreage in
oats in 1909 exceeded that in 1879 by
about lis per cent, whereas the popu-
lation of the country during the same
period increased little over so per cent.
The production Of oats in 1879 was
40T $4,000 bushels, as compared with
1907 10000 bushels in 1909.
Distribution Of Acreage.
OF the total of 35,l5g,2l7 acres in oats
in 1909, the two north central divisions
contained over three fourths, ll,2250al
acres lying in the eastern section, and
l5,7l0,495 acres lying in the western
section. The south Atlantic, east south
central, and west south central divisions
together contained 3,5l6,l28 acres the
New England and middle Atlantic dvi-
sions. 2,T42,307 acres; and the mountain
and Pacific divisions, ,965, 266 acres.
Changes in Acreage Of Oats, by Divisions
Conspicuous changes in the acreage of
oats occurred in the two north central
divisions and the mountain division. In
the two north central divisions, the land
in oats rose from 22,I96.s79 acres in 1899
to 2G,935,5l6 acres in 1909, an increase
of 4, Tss, 637 acres, or over 81 per cent, an
increase of 3,600,737 acres being found
in the north central division and l,l37,-
900 acres in the east north central diyi-
sion. Especially large increases in acre
age are 10 be noted in North and South
Dakota.
In the mountain division, the land in
oats increased 752,0l4 acres, or 1924 per
cent, the largest actual increases oc-
curing III Idaho, Montana and Colorado,
The increases in the New England,
south Atlantic, east south central, and
Pacific divisions were comparatively UNI
important in absolute amount, although
in the Pacific division the percentage OF
increase was AIS. A decrease of l95,9lS
acres, or 1873 per cent, is found in the
west south central division, and of 60,673
acres, or "a per cent? in the middle
Atlantic division.
Production, by Divisions.
OF the total production of oats in
1909, 1907, l29,447 bushels, the west
north central division contributed over
two-ffths, and, together with the east
north central division, produced S06,460,- |
SIT bushels, or so per cent, Of the crop
of oats.
The increase in production between |
1900 and 1909 was distributed mainly !
among three of the geographical divi- !
sions: The west north central, which |
showed an increase OF 1861 ,S66 bushels,
or lis per cent; the mountain, with an |
increase of 2S,0S4,602 bushels, or 2243 |
per cent.-by far the largest percentage |
increase of any of the divisions and |
the Pacific, with an increase Of ll,2lS,30T |
bushels, or $50 per cent In the west
north central the percentage of increase
in production was much less than that |
in aereage The south Atlantic and the |
east south central divisions together
showed an increase of s,497,774 bushels,
the percentage of increase in production
in each division being much higher than
that in acreage.
The largest actual decreases in produ-
ton occurred in the middle Atlantic and
west south central divisions, the former
showing a decrease of over 100000
bushels and the latter decrease OF
nearly 100000 bushels. The east
north central division, although it con-
tributed considerably over one-third OF
the production of 1909. showed de-
crease of 3,5l0,5l5 bushels as compared
with $780,
State Figures,
In 1900, as in 1890, the largest acreage
In oats was found In Iowa and Illinois,
these two states combined having 1881
$3.50 acres In oats, or over one-fourth Of
the total land planted to that crop,
In acreage the 10 states ranking high
est for the two census years We're;
1909. 1890.
/ Iowa. !, Iowa.