Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-01-27


on s5.O2S.OOO acres. and the wheat crop
s5s.5os.0OO bushels. produced on G6.67s.-
900 acres.
The five states leading in the produc-
ton OF oats for the ten-year period were
Illinois, lowe. Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and Nebraska. The diagram shows the
proportion of the total crop of the
United States grown in each of the
states producing more than 10000, 900
bushels The is states shown grew
nearly 80 per cent of the total crop. II
linois and Iowa each produced nearly IA
per cent, while approximately =, S, and
s per cent were produced in Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Nebraska, respectively In
acreage devoted to oats Iowa slightly
exceeds Illinois Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and Nebraska follow in the order named.
The world production of oats In BUSH
els is greater than that of either corn
or wheat, but as its weight per bushel
is much less. the total production in
pounds Is smaller than that OF either of
those crops. The average annual world
production of oats for the past five years
was s.es410e.oo0 bushels; of corn. 3,44s.
$4,000 bushels; and OF wheat, 8. 3s6, 7ss coo
bushels. The actual world production of
all these crops particularly of oats and
wheat. is considerably larger than these
figures, no statistics being available for
South America and for a large part of
both Asia and Africa The production
OF oats in Africa is small, but in South
America and in some portions of Asia
for which no figures are published n Is
considerable. The 1903 crop OF the world
was about one-fifth larger than that of
any of the previous four years, reaching
total of 4295,S65. 900 bushels For the
I'VE years the average European produc-
NJ . 900 -ar
practically two-thirds of the crop of the
world. Russia, Germany, France, and
Austria Hungary are the leading Euro
pean countries in the production of oats.
North America produced LIZ. 124 200 BUSH
els. nearly four-fifths of which were
produced in the United States.
For 1910, the fifth crop in the United
States, in point of value is oats, the
value of which is $sSo.o0O.O 600 or y per
cent above the average of the fiyN pre-
ceding years. In quantity the oats cron
this year is magnificent. The crop ex-
ceeds L0oo,ooO 900 bushels, the precise es-
innate standing at 1.os6, 900 bushels. or
p per cent greater than the average of
the five preceding years.
The production of oats is practically
confined TO the temperate zones. The
crop does best in cool, moist climates
and will not thrive in the warmer re-
glons unless the water supply is ample
Good spring oats are seldom produced
In the southern part Of the United States
or in southern Europe. while the north
ern limit of production is near the Are
tic Circle, in Norway and Alaska. The
crop Is very generally grown in the CEN
trail and northern portions of the north
temperate zone.
The greater portion of the oat crop
of the United States is fed on the farms
where IL is grown. During the last ten,
years only &.T per cent OF the crop was
shipped out Of the section OF the country
where Il was grown.
The average annual shipment for ten
years was 246.O00O00 bushels. The small
est proportion of the crop shipped out
OF the county where grown was of the
small crop Of 1901, 1875 per cent, and the
largest proportion was of the crop of
1893, 1927 per cent. The largest shipment
of any one crop was that Of 1909, nearly
$50 10000 bushels