The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-29
GIVES FIGURES ON
STATE FARM CROP
Indiana Statistician Brolley
Tells of the Record for
Last Year.


Tells of the Record for
Last Year.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 28.-Two
things stand out prominently in the
statistical figures just completed in
the office of Thomas w. Brolley,
state statistician, concerning the
farm crops in Indiana for 1910. One is
that many of the counties which have
large acheages and large productions
of wheat, corn and oats, are not pro-
ducing as large an average yield an
acre as is produced in the smaller
counties, where the acreage Is not so
great nor the production SO large.
Another Is that the average yield for
the staple crops is not growing less,
but has maintained q fair average for
the last twenty years, and is increasing
slightly.
Many conditions affect the average
yield, but persons who have studied
crop conditions throughout the state
declare the better yield in counties
which do not have the greatest acreage
or production is due to so-called "in-
tensive". farming.
The 1910 statistics show the fol-
lowing:
In wheat production Posey county
led In point of acreage, but did not
show up In the list Of ten counties
having the highest average yield, and
was second in point OF total produc-
ton. 1t was second to Knox in this
respect. having about 1880 bushels
less than Knox. although it had eight
thousand more acres sowed.
OF the ten counties having the great.
est average yield. eight were not in
cluded in the list Of the ten having the
greatest acreage. or the list of the ten
having the largest production. One
Of these, Tippecanoe, led the list. An.
other was Wabash, second In point Of
average, and another, Porter. third
In point Of average. The lists Of coun.
ties. in order. as to wheat production
we're:
Acreage-Posey. Shelby. Knox, Glib
son. Bartholomew, Rush. Kosciusko,
Elkhart. Noble and Laporte.
Total Production-Knox, Posey.
Kosotusko. Gibson. Noble. Elkhart,
Laporte. Rush, Cass and Marshall.
Average Yield-Tippecanoe. Wa.
bash. Porter. Kosciusko. Lake. Miami,
In corn, Benton county led in acre
age. but was second in total produc-
ton. and did not show up at all in the
list OF ten counties having the highest
average yield an acre. Rush county,
which led in the total production. stood
second in average yield and eighth in
point Of acreage. Upton county,
which led in the average yield an acre.
did not show up in the list Of ten
counties with the largest acreage. or in
the similar list with the greatest pro-
duction. The lists Of ten, In order,
were ~ follows:
Acreage-Benton, White, Tippe-
canoe. Montgomery. Knox. Shelby,
Clinton. Rush, Madison and Warren.
Total Professionalism. Benton.
Montgomery. Clinton. Tippecanoe,
Knox. White. Shelby. Madison. Boone.
Average Yield-Tipton. Rush. How
ard, Fayette. Clinton, Hancock. John
son. Boone. Union and Madison.
It Ia thus seen that six of the ten
counties having the highest average
yield do not appear in the lists Of
greatest acreage or greatest produc-
ton. Among these 10 johnson coun-
ty, the home Of l.. B. Clore. who has
done much to make corn raising
scientific pursuit.
A like condition 10 shown In the fig
ures for oats. OF the ten counties hav-
ing the highest average yield of oats,
seven do not appear In the list of ten
having tho greatest acreage or that
showing the greatest production. Al
len county. with the greatest average
yield. was second in total production
and third in point Of acreage. Benton
county. which was first in both acre
age and total production. does not ap-
pear In the list Of ten having the high
ct average yield. The lists as con-
Germs oats. In order, are as follows:
AcreaSe-Benton. White. Allen, War
'rsn. Tippecanoe. Newton. Jasper, Jay,
Montgomery and Clinton.
Total Production-Benton. Allen.
White. Warren. Tippecanoe. Newton.
Montgomery. Clinton. Jay and Hunt
! ington.
Average Yield-Allen. Lake, How.
ard. Wabash. Huntington. Upton.
, Rush, Elkhart, Hamilton and Clinton.
Interesting Totals Shown
The total acreage OF the three prin-
cipal crops and the total production
for the last five years were as fol.
lows:
Wheat
Year. Acres. Production
1910 ......... 2,25O.142 36,l52.022
1909 ......... 2,212.SO1 35,203.51S
1908 ......... 2,160,369 33,952 $50
1907 ......... 2,391.47S 34,S47,726
1906 ......... 2,lO5,l97 40,62O, 1888
Corn
Year. Acres. Production
1910 ......... 4,297.S77 156.52O.795
1909 ......... 4.625.574 1891, 439
1908 ......... %.O17.<49 12l.SS5,25l
1907 ......... +.025.506 15O.502,420
1906 ......... 4,020.232 165.026,971
Oats
Year. Acres. Production