Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-17
CENSUS BUREAUS
CROP STATEMENT
BnIEF SUMMARY or rnopCc.
TIoN OVER COUNTY,.
Land IN Leading Crops Decreased
since fsgD. Despite Large
Popuiasion---isice Gaining.

WASHINGTON, y c.. Dec. iG--
A preliminary statement OF the lead
ing food crops OF Tho United States
for 1909 and comparisons with tho
same crops Tor 1891 Was issued
Thursday by Director Duran, Of the
bureau OF census. department OF
Commerce and Labor. II proaenia
the statistics OF the acreage. prodnc-
,ion. average Yield per acre. aud aver
age number Of bushels per capita. to.
gethcr with figures for the Imports
and exports OF those products Al
computation 10 the amounts ROMAN.
Ing for home consumption ~ Included
which il derived from a comparison
Of the quantities grown and tho
quantities exported and Imported
The statement was prepared under
the direction OF Or Lc Grand Powers
chief statistIcIan Tor agriculture. b,
BENJAMIN ~ Hubbard, expert special
agent
The leading crops OF the United
States which are used mainly Tor hu
man food on are fed 20 meat produo
Ing animals. aud thus contribute tol
the food supply. are wheat. corn. 20
taioee. sweet POTATOES. and rice
Companions OF the crops for 1908
with those OF 1899 are based on sta.
tIssics showing the acreage and pro
ductlon or these crops iu the twol
years These figures show important
tcndcncien. but they are not equally
significant Comparisons of the guam |
titles produced in any single yvnr
with those produced in any other
single year may be misleading when
VA either of the years compared there
have been any abnormal conditions
affecting the crop Weather condi
tiona affecting the ylrld per acre
heSc large infmonc, iu dotetmlninr
the nggrcentc production licrcr the
acreage utilized FOR the growing OIL
ANY given CROP ~ a better Indication
of the provision which ~ bolug made /
for the satisfaction of the need for
this product than IN the quantity pro-
duced IN any one year unless this
quantity corresponds quite cloavly iol
M average production
Yield Per Are IN 1000.
As respects wheat. the year 1908
Wan very favorable one. ~ the
Yield per acre averaged : o. bushels
on the other hand, IN 1893 she yield
was low. ig.b bushels per acre These
two amounts represent probably
about the extremes Of fluctuations
In th. case OF corn tho yield per
acre IN 1899 WAS about the normal
while that OF ia0p was decidedly be
low the normal Tho year 1909 wac
good one for potNtocs. sweet potp'
toes and rice. tho Yields helng higher
that 10 years before and undouhi-
cdly higher somewhat above tho
averasc fof the decade.
Taking these five crops together
Il would seem. therefore tnat fulls
AS much foodstuff was produced from
The acreage plRnted IN 1909 ng can
be expected for an average year nm
der our preseni system Of farming.
During the decade from 1899 to
iapp the land used for prodncInr
,hes. five crops combined decrcaHei
from iht.aeiOoO acres 80 ii7.sab.
600 acres. q loss of a.s66. ooo acres
OF g.S per cent Population during
the same period Increased ~ per
cent Tho amount Of improved land
IN the United states in laoo wns 4 ~
aAs,ooo acres. IN 1919 u was as
$4,000 acres. an Increase 81 %
per cent ~ The improved lRnd In
iSaa aud ao.s per cent IN iaoa.
sicdactiun In Per Capita Wheat Pro.
ducsion.
The area planted 10 wheat decrcas.