The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-08
CORN BEST CROP ON
MARYLAND FARMS

Statistics relative to the lead
ing crops of Maryland collected at
the last census are contained in an
official statement issued today by
Acting Census Director Falkner.
The figures are preliminary and
subject to slight revision later,
when a few other farms, whose re-
turns, now incomplete, will be in
cluded in the final tables. 1t is
not expected that these additions
will materially modify the amounts
or rates given.
The leading crops in 1909, rank
ed in the order of valuation, were ::
Corn, $II,oI5,ooo; wheat, $685.
900; hay and forage, $,oI2,ooo !;
potatoes, ST. $4,000; tobacco, ST.
$4,000; oats, $584,o sweet po-
tatoes and yams, $484,ooo.
Between 1899 and 1909 corn de-
creased Io,oo8 acres, or II per
cent. From 1870, when oo4,o $40
acres were harvested, corn fell in
1880 to 58o,8I7, but by 1899 had
risen to 658,oIo, only to fall again
in 1909 to 647,oI2. Hence, corn
in 1909 had a smaller acreage than
80 years before. The total yield
in 1909 was I7,oII.43o bushels
the average yield per acre 28 bu-
shells, and the average value per
acre, Sly.
WHEAT SHOWS A DECLINE
Wheat in the decade from 1890
to 1909 decreased 44553 acres, or
7 per cent. From 5o9,29o acres
in 1879, it decreased by 1880 to
5Io,727, but in 1899 rose TO o34,-
446, the maximum acreage for the
period, only to fall by 1909 to $780,
,993. The aggregate yield in 1909
was 9,4o3,457 bushels, Of which O.
448,35I was winter wheat. The
average yield per acre was 10 bu-
shells; the average value per acre
was 10 bushels; the average value
per acre 5000.
Hay and forage showed an in
crease OF 1904 acres, or Ga pei
cent, between 1899 and 1900. From
259,5I1 acres in 1870, hay and for
age increased to 373,o2o in 1880,
and by 1899 rose to 374,S4S, and
again to 39S,S42 in 1909. The to-
tai yield in 1900 was 477564 tons,
valued at S6,oI2,ooo The average
yield per acre FOR all hay and for
age was LIZ tons; the average
value per acre, $3.50.
During the decade prior to 1909
potatoes increased 12,S47 acres, or
48.5 per cent. From 1850, when
24,0S7 acres were harvested, po-
tatoes rose by 1890 to 2o,472, and
again in 1900 to 39,3I9. The ag-
:gregate yield i'll 1909 was 3,444, sol
bushels, as compared to 1,0yI,357
bushels in 1900. The average
yield per acre was SO bushels; the
average value per acre, $45..55.
LESS TOBACCO PLANTED.
During the ten years preceding
1000 tobacco decreased I6,839
acres, or .'9.2 per cent. Since 1879
when its acreage was 1913, to-
bacco dropped to 2o,274 acres in
1880, but by 1899 rose to 42,9II,
only again to fall in 1909 to 26,-
o72. The total yield in 1909 was
I7,S45,69o pounds; the average
yield per acre, ga pounds; the
average value per acre, $500.
Oats during the lS99-l9oo ue-
cade increased 1885 acres, or 1913
per cent. From IoI,I27 acres in
1879, oats decreased to Soo,Io5 in
1880. and again to 44,625 i'll 1899,
but by 1900 rose to 1920. Hence
oats had in 1900 an acreage equal
to less than hall that Of 80 years
prior. The total yield in 1900 was
1,1oo,o63 bushels; the average
yield per acre, "a bushels; the
average value per acre, SLIGO.
The increase in sweet potatoes
and vans between 1900 and 1900
was 1928 acres, or POS per cent.
From 1921 acres i'll 1879 they rose
by 1880 to 1924, and again in 1879
to 600, until by 1900 they reach
ed 1871. The total yield in 1909
was l,9o5.95o bushels; the aver
age yield per acre, I37 bushels ;
the average value per acre, S62.o5.
The cereals had an aggregate
acreage of I,32o,2Io acres in 1900,
as against 1903, EOS acres in 1899
a decrease of 39,o55 acres, or 70
per cent. The average value OF
cereals per acre in 1900 was sos
slightly over that of hay and for