Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-01
0H|0CENSUSR REPORT
SHOWS INCREASE IN ALL cERE-
AIS EXCEPT WHEAT, WHICH
SHOWS LARGE DECLINE.
POTATOES ALSO INCREASE
Rapid Growth In the Production Of
Tobacco Shown.-crop Com
parison for the Past
Ten Years.

Columbus.-Statistics relative to
the leading crops of the state of Ohio,
collected at the thirteenth decennial
census, April 15, 1910, are contained
in an official statement issued by Cen
sus Director Durand. 1t is based on
tabular summaries prepared under the
direction of DR.. LIE Grand Powers,
chief statistician for agriculture in the
bureau of the census. The figures are
preliminary and subject to slight re-
vision later, when few other farms,
whose returns, now incomplete, will
be included in the final tables. 1t is
not expected that these additions will
materially modify the amounts or
rates given in the present statement.
The leading crops Of the state for
1909, ranked in the order of valuation,
were: Corn, ss2,327 900; hay and for
age, $42,357 900; wheat, sS1 ,113,00o;
oats, s23,212,0O0; potatoes, $9,37s.O0o;
and tobacco, $S,999,000.
Slight Increase in Corn.
During the ten years from 1899 to
1909 corn increased 90,037 acres, or
"a per cent. Starting with 3,2s1,92S
acres in 1879, corn fell to 8, ,553 in
1889, rose to 3,S26,01S in 1899, and
again to 3,916,050 in 1909. The total
yield in 1909 was 157, $4,000 bushels;
the average WELD per acre 40 bushels;
the average value per acre, $21.
Increase In Hay and Forage.
For the decade ending 1909 hay
and forage showed an increase Of 291,-
200 acres, OF 81 per cent. From q SO, :
1872 acres in 1879, hay and forage in
creased to 2,992,026 in 1889, to 3,015,-
261 in 1899, and again to 1906, ,461 in
1909. The total yield in 1909 was
4.521,397 tons; the average yield per
acre, IA tons; the average value per
acre, $3.50.
Big Drop In Wheat.
Wheat, in the decade from 1893 to
1909, decreased 1,3S1,142 acres, or 43
per cent. From 2,556,134 acres in 1879,
wheat dropped by 1889 to 2,269,5S5,
rose by 1899 to 3,209.O74, but again
fell by 1909 to 1928 The aggre'
gate yield in 1909 was 30,663, ,7O4 bush
els, of which 30,651 $50 bushels was
winter wheat. The average yield per
acre was IL bushels; the average val
ue per acre, SIT.
Large Gain in Oats.
Oats, between 1899 and 1909. in
creased 672,347, or 603 per cent. From
910,3SS acres in 1879, oats rose tc
1,215,355 in 1889, fell to 1,115,149 il
1899, and rose again by 1903 to 1,7S7,
496. The total yield in 1909 was 81,
791,046 bushels; the average yield pei
acre, 80 bushels; the average value
per acre, $13.
Increase in Potatoes.
During the decade prior to 1903 po
tatoes increased 45,21S acres, or 2
per cent. From 1889, when 1888
acres were harvested, potatoes fell b.
1899 to $3.50, and again rose by 19O
to 212,SOS. The aggregate yield il
1909 was 20,322, 1884 bushels; the aver
age yield per acre, 80 bushels; tn
average value per acre, $44.10.
Rapid Increase in Tobacco.
For the decade ending 1909 tobacc
showed an increase of 35,055 acres, o
491 per cent. Starting with 34,67
acres in 1879, tobacco rose to 44,30
in 1889, to II, ,422 in 1899, and again t
106,477 in 1909. The aggregate yiel
in 1909 was SS,6O3,30S pounds tn
average yield in 1909 was Ss,603,SO
pounds; the average yield per acr'
S32 pounds; the average value pc
acre, $3.50.
Crop Comparisons.
The cereals had an aggregate of
649,S73 acres in 1909, as compared
S.214,s60 acres in 1899, decrease {
SOS 5,0S7, or IA per cent, the decreas
in the acreage of wheat, together wit
a small decrease in that of barle
being much more than enough to offs,
the increases in the other cereal
Among the cereals corn exceeded a
others in acreage and value, beiI
equal to more than oneh-alf and nea
1y three-fifths, respectively, of the
tai acreage and total value of the C
reals. Wheat ranked second, havir
an acreage and value, respectivel
slightly less than one-fourth as gre
as the total cereals. Oats stood thir
equaling more than nine-tenths al
about three-fourths the acreage al
value, respectively, of wheat. The a
erage value of cereals per acre
1909 was SIS, being about one al
one-half times that of hay and forae
and slightly more than one-fifth tn
of tobacco Corn showed the highe
average value per acre; rye the 10
est. There were q number of misc
laneous crops, and the most of the
were we'll above the more usual GRO
in value per acre.
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