The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-26

produced was 22.156.O41 bushels in
1909. or the improved farm land in
the state, 6.S per cent was devoted to
this crop in 1909, as compared with 40
in 1899. The per cent of increase in
the acreage Of barley between 1893 and
1909 was 46.9. The average yield per
acre was 27.1 bushels and the average
value per acre 1883 in 1909
Potatoes were reported by 1868
farms or 1915 per cent Of the whole
number in the state in 1909 as against
.S5.7 per cent in 1898 The number Of
acres harvested was 290126 in 1909.
The quantity produced was 31,962.977
bushels in 1909. OF the improved farm
land in the state, "a per cent was de
voted to this crop in 1909, as compared
with 2.S in 1899. The per cent Of in
crease in the acreage of potatoes be
tween 1899 and 1909 was 1919. The
average yield per acre was 1902 bush
els and the average value per acre
$272S in 1909
Increase in Tobacco Acreage.
Tobacco was reported by $3.50 farms
or So per cent of the whole number in
the state in 1909, as against Al per
cent in 1899 The number of acres
harvested was 40, 45S in 1909. The
quantity produced was 46,9O9,1S2
pounds in 1909. OF the improved farm
land in the state, O.3 per cent was de-
voted to this crop in both 1909 and
1899. The per cent Of increase in the
acreage of tobacco, between 1899 and
1909, was 1876. The average yield per
acre was 1884 pounds and the aver
age value per acre, $952S, in 1909
Rye was reported by 40,170 farms, or
22.7 per cent of the whole number in
the state in 1909, as against BOA per
cent in 1899. The number Of acres
harvested was 1892 in 1909, as com
pared with 362,19S in 1899, 275O58 in
1889, and 169,692 in 1879. The guam
tity produced was 4,797,775 bushels in
1909. OF the improved farm land in
the state, 2S per cent was devoted to
this crop in 1909, as compared with 80
in 1899. The per cent Of decrease in
the acreage of rye, between 1899 and
1909, was 6.3. The average yield per
acre was 14.1 bushels and the average
value per acre, 1898 in 1909
Great Decrease in Wheat Acreage.
Wheat was reported by 1914 per cent
Of the whole number of farms in the
state in 1909, as against 46.9 per cent
in 1899. The number of acres harvest
ed was 10000 in 1909, as compared
with 556614 in 1899. 744,0S0 in 1889,
and 1,94S,160 in 1879. The quantity
produced was 2,634,710 bushels = in
1909. OF the improved farm land in
the state, IL per cent was devoted to
/ this crop in 1909, as compared with
40 in 1899. The per cent of decrease
in the acreage of wheat between 1899
and 1909 was 74.S. The average yield
per acre was 1873 bushels and the av-
erage value per acre, S1S.46, in 1909
Winter and spring wheat were grown
by approximately the same number OF
farmers with nearly the same acreage
and yield Durum or macaroni wheat
has made but little headway.
Crop Comparisons.
Flaxseed has ceased to be a crop
of much CONSCIENCE in Wisconsin SO
far as extent of cultivation is concern
ed Among the hay and forage crops
timothy and clover predominated
None of the minor crops has as yet
become of any appreclable importance,
unless it be alfalfa, which yielded over
$50 per acre and was raised on about
one farm in forty
In the matter OF acreage harvested,
corn increased rapidly between 1879
and 1899 but fell off slightly between
the latter year and 1909 The same
is true of oats and rye. Barley made
a large gain between 1879 and 1879 and
1889, slight increase in the next de-
cade, and gained more than a quarter
of a million acres between 1899 and
1909 While there was a decrease of
/, 100000 acres in wheat between 1879
and 1909, there was a compensating
increase of nearly 100000 acres in
hay and forage.
Nearly three-fourths of the farmers
grow corn and over three-fourths oats,
the acreage of these two crops making
over 80 per cent of the improved land.
Wheat, buekwheat, and rye occupy
but a small place among the crops of
the state The acreage of rye in 1909
was more than double that of wheat,
though it showed decline of 6.9 per
cent. Nine farmers out of ten report
hay and forage of some sort and more
than one-fourth of the improved acre
age is used for such crops.
During the last decade the cereals
deceased in total acreage. In 1905
these crops had an average value OF
s1477 per acre The averages fol
corn wheat and barley were above