The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-06-22
DIVERSIFIED CROPS
| MARK Development
OF DAKOTA FIELDS
decrease in Wheat Area Met
BY Gains in Corn and
Minor Cereals.

washington, June 20.--Statistics rel
live TO the leading crops for the state
south Dakota collected at the Thir-
Zenith Decennial census, are contained
an official statement issued today by
cling Census Director Falkner. II is
ased on tabular summaries prepared
nder the direction OF DIR. LeGrand
bowers, chief statistician for agricul-
IRE in the bureau of the census. The
cures are preliminary and subject to
.irht revision later, when few other
arms. whose returns, now incomplete
I'm be included in the final tables. II
not expected that these additions
IN materially modify the amounts or
ptes given in the present statement.
The leading crops in 1909, ranked In
he order OF valuation, were Wheat,
AZ. SS1 900; corn, S26,385 900; oats, &c.
as 600; hay and forage, $15,240,00
barley. S10.S70, 900; flaxseed, $685. 900;
INNER and spelt, s2.626,00O; potatoes
,967 900.
Decrease in Wheat.
From 3,984.659 acres in 1899 the
kheat acreage fell off in 1909 to S,104,-
|22 acres, a decrease Of 22.1 per cent.
The preceding census showed an in
rease; the acreage being In 1889, g.
5O,S46 acres. Although wheat de-
reased In acreage during the past dec
Ide. the aggregate yield increased for
he same period from 41,SS9,3S bushels
1899 to 45,2S9,S1S bushels In 1909.
fhe yield of wheat per acre was re-
korted as Is bushels; the value per
Icre $3.50.
Corn Makes Big Increase.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage Of corn
Increased from 1,196,3S1 acres to 1875
5S, or 65.1 per cent. Notwithstanding
he enormous gain by oats during the
bst decade, corn has retained it's posi-
Ion among the cereals, ranking second
b acreage and first in production. The
acreage in 1889 was 753.309. The total
held for 1909 was 53.612,093 bushels, q
lad over its nearest competitor in pro-
uction, wheat, OF more than 100000
Bushels. The average yield per acre
has q bushels; the average value per
cre $685..
Immense Increase in Oats.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
ats increased from 691,16 acres to L.
SOO75, or 114.1 per cent. During the
bast 10 years oats have more than
doubled their acreage and are now
PRESSING close upon corn for second
blace among the cereals. The acreage
h 1889 was 5S0.2S9 acres. The aggre-
,ate yield in 1909 was 41,255,569 BUSH
ls; the average yield per acre, 2S bush
$ls. the average value per acre, $1,000.
Great Gain in Hay and Forage.
The acreage devoted to hay and for
Ice In 1909 was 3,429,527 acres. It has
>een constantly increasing. With L.
t54,913 acres In 1889. it rose to INSISTS
1892 and again to 3.429,527 in 1909.
The increase since 1899 has been 49.9
Der cent. The acreage in 1889 was L.
54913 acres. The total yield In 1909
Tas 3,649.577 tons, the average yield
be per acre $40.
Barley Triples Its Acreage.
| From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in bar
! y increased from 299,510 acres to L.
D57,533, or 1881 per cent. Since 1889,
when 1880 acres were harvested, this
krop has multiplied more than tenfold
The increase In the decads from 1889 tC
1899 was notable, but that for the past
DO years has been ever more remark
&ble. The total yield in 1909 was &C.,
B25,49S bushels, the average yield per
Rcre 10 bushels, the average value per
pcre $10.25.
Flaxseed Shows Increase.
The area devoted to fiaxseed In 1909
@as 507,2S6 acres, as compared to 302,"
Do acres in 1899, an increase Of 60 per
fent. The acreage in 1889 was ,951
Fhe total yield In 1909 was 4,649,237
bushels, a gain Of over 100000 bushA
fls The average yield per acre was z
bushels, and the average value per acre
kl3.S0.
From 1899 to 1909 potatoes increased
q acreage from 33.567 acres to $1,000
pr 496 per cent. The total yield In
ls09 was 3,439,6S6 bushels, the average
yield per acre So bushels, the average
value per acre 1920.
Crop Comparisons.
The cereals had an aggregate acreags
bf 7,S92,4S2 acres In 1909, as against
E,2ll,202 acres in 1889, an increase OF
$751; ESQ acres. or ~ per cent, as COM
pared to an increase for the preceding
decade Of 67.8 per cent. The averagt
value of cereals pS' acre in 1909 was
El2.50, over twice that Of hay and for
hge. Wheat shows the highest aver.
hge value per acre of the cereals; buck.
wheat the lowest OF the hay anG
forage crops alfalfa is well above the
rest in average value per acre. There
pre- but small number Of misce1-
paneous crops, though the average val.
|ues per acre Of several of them are
|well above those of the more usual
drops.
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