The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-08-05
NEVADA CROP STATISTICS
Preliminary Statement of 18th
Census Results Issued by the
Census Bureau

Washington. d. o, August 2, 1911.-
Statistics relative to the leading crops
for the State Of Nevada, collected at the
Thirteenth Decennisl Census, April 15.
1910. are contained in an official state
ment issued to-day by Acting Census
Director Falkner. 1t is based on tabular
summaries prepared under the direction
OF DIR. LIE Grand Powers, chief statis-
tician for agriculture in the Bureau of
the Census. The figures are prelimi-
nary and subject to slight revision
later, when few other farms, whose
returns, now incomplete, will be in.
cluded In the final tables. Is is not
expected that these additions will ma
terially 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: Hay and forage, $4.l04 900; po-
tatOes. $500. 600; wheat, $500. 900; barley.
$29l 900; and oats, 1885,. 200.
Increase In Hay and Forage
During the decade from 1899 to 1909
hay and forage increased so, ,42l acres,
or l7.9 per ceut. From 74,923 acres in
1879 hay and forage increased to 140,-
1919 in 1889. to 292, ,l34 in 1899, and to
344. $50 in 1909. Hence. hay and forage
during the last 80 years has increased
more than three and one.half times
The total yield in 1909 was 512. All tons;
the average yield per acre. i.5 tons; the
average value per acre, sll 90.
Potato Acreage Doubled
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage devoted
to potatoes increased 2630 or 117.7 per
cent. From 1901 acres in 1889 potatoes
rose to 2235 in 1899. and to 1865 in 1909
The total yield in 1909 was 766. .093
bushels; the average yield per acre, 15s
bushels; the average value per acre,
$S2 15.
Wheat Acreage Decreases
Wheat in the decade between 1899
and 1909 decreased 4611 acres, or 24.9
per cent. Starting with 1914 acres in
1879. wheat dropped in 1889 to 1851,
rose in 1899 to is, ,537, and again fell in
1909 to l3. 926. The total yield in 1909
was 3SS, 100 bushels, Of which 3l3,9
bushels was Spring wheat; the average
yield per acre. 2S bushels; the average
value per acre. $2S.
Gain In Barley
The gein in barley for the decade
ending 1909 was 4234 acres. or COL per
cent. From 1879, when 1880 acres
were harvested. barley fell by 1889 to
S0Sl. again by 1899 to 7043. but rose by
1909 to IL, ,277. The aggregate yield in
1909 was 3s4, sos bushels; the average
yield per acre, "a bushels; the average
value per acre, $3.50.
Increase In Oats
From 1899 to 1909 there was an in
crease in oats of 3055 acres, or 63.s per
cent. Starting with 5937 acres in 1879,
oats dropped to 349O in 1899, rose to
47S6 in 1899, and in 1909 to 7S41. The
aggregate yisld in 1909 was 1856. .474
bushels; the average yield per acre, 43
bushels; the average value per acre.
$24.40
Crop Comparisons
The cereals had an aggregate acreage
in 1909 of 1865 acres. as compared to
| 81 ,075 in 1899, an increase of 2610 acres,
or S.4 per cent. OF the cereals. wheat
ranked first. not only in acreage bu.
also in value. having more than two
ffths of their total acreage and total
value. Barley with a slightly smaller
acreage was second. Corn showed the
hig hest average value per acre among
the cereals; rye the lowest. The
average value per acre of the cereals
was $500 over twice that of hay and
forage. Among the hay and forage
crops. "Wild, salt, or prairie grasses, p"
ranked frs. in acreage and second In
value, comprising more than one-half
and one third, respectively, of the total
acreage and total value. Alfalfa, with
an acreage less than one.half that OF
"Wild, salt or prairie grasses. ranked
second in acreage but first in value,
while "Other tame or cultivated
grasses" stood third in acreage and
| value. The value Of the entire hay and
forage crop was over four and one-half
times that of the combined cereals, and
| nearly three aud one-third times the
com bined values Of all other crops here
reported. Potatoes ranked second In
value among the principal crops, being
equal to more than two'ffths that OF
the combined cereals. There were
small number Of miscellaneous crops
reported.
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