Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-16
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WASHINGTON, June 16.-Statis
tics relative to the leading crops TO
the state of North Dakota collected
at the thirteenth dscennial census
April Is, 1910, are contained in an OF
fetal statement issued by Acting Cen
sus Director Falkner. The figures ar
preliminary and subjec, to slight re
vision later, when a few other forms
whose returns, now incomplete, vii
be included in the final tables. 1t i:
not expected that these additions will
materially modify the amounts OF
rates given in the present statement
The leading crops in 1909, ranked II
the order of valuation, were: Wheat
1891, 900; oats, $21,S02,000; fla,
seed, $14,347, 900; barley, $l1 1000;
hay and forage, $11,123, 900; corn
$2,398,00O; potatoes, $1,S66,000, ano
emer and spelt, $1,041,0O0.
Immense Increase in Wheat.
From 4,451 PSI acres in 1899 the
wheat acreage increased by 1909 to
S,178,3O4 acres, or 1877 per cent. The
wheat acreage, although practically
doubling itself during the past decade,
has steadily maintained it's immense
lead over oats, the second largest
cereal acreage. The total wheat
! acreage in 1909, as in 1899, exceeds
the combined acreage Of all other
| cereals. The yield of wheat per acre
! was reported at IA bushels, the value
an acre $12.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
oats increased from 7S0,517 acres to
2143,546, or 1746 per cent. During
the preceding decade the increase
was 93.7 per cent. Following the lead
of wheat, the oats crop almost doubled
its acreage in the decade from 1889
to 1899, while from 1899 to 1909 it
nearly tripled. The aggregate yield
in 1909 was 65,7S7,236 bushels, the
average yield an acre 81 bushels, the
average value an acre $10.17.
:. Steady Gain in FIaxseed.
The acreage devoted to flaxseed has
increased from 1899 acres in 1899
to 1,O65, 239 acres in 1909, or 37.6 per
cent. The increase during the past
decade, although not so large as that
for the one preceding, is steady, and
consistent with the immense gain in
the other crops. The total produc-
ton in 1909 was 10,319,062 bushels.
the average yield an acre ten bushels,
and the average value an acre $3.50.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage In
barley increased from 287,092 acres to
1 ,213,239 acres, or 1926 per cent. Since
1889, when 1O9,40O acres were har-
vested, this crop has multiplied more
than eleven-fold. Although the grain
in acreage from 1889 to 1899 was re-
markable, the increase during the last
ten years is even more conspicuous.
During the decade preceding 1899
barley increased 1924 per cent. The
total yield in 1909 was 26,336,755
bushels, the average yield an acre
was % bushels, the average value an
acre 1910.
Hay and Forage Increase.
The acreage devoted to hay and
forage in 1909 was 2,537,1S1 acres.
1t has been constantly increasing.
From 558,720 acres in 1889, it rose
to 1,41O,534 in 1899, and again to
2,537,1S in 1909. The increase since
1899 has been 1913 per cent. The to-
tai yield in 1909 was 2,723,741 tons,
the average yield an acre 1.07 tons,
the average value an acre $40.
Corn Acreage Growing.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage of
corn increased from 62,373 acres to
1S6,7S7, or 1895 per cent, as CON-
pared to an increase of 421.8 per cent
during the ten years preceding. Corn
acreage has steadily increased, but
not so rapidly as that of oats. Thu
total yield in 1909 was 4,999,703 BUSH
els, the average yield an acre q
bushels, the average value an acre
$12.S4.
From 1899 to 1909 potatoes in
creased in acreage from 1886 to 49,
O06 acres, or 1884 per cent. The to-
tai yield in 1909 was 5,176,93S BUSH
els, the average yield an acre 106
bushels, the average value an acre
$3SO7.
Emmer and Silent.
In 1909 there were devoted to the
of emmer and splent 95,-
474 acres, yielding in the aggregate
2 .421 ,434 bushels, valued at $1,O41, 900. |
The average yield an acre was Is
bushels; the average value an acre
$1,000. We have no report of ,emmer
and splent for 1899.
The cereals had an aggregate acre.
age of 11.S66,349 acres in 1909, as
against 5,610,349 acres in 1899, an
increase of 6.256,422 acres, or 1855
per cent. Wheat showed the larg-
est increase, gaining 3,727,053 acres.
The average value of cereals an acre
in 1909 was $11.40, over two and a
half times that Of hay and forage.
Corn shows the highest average
value per acre Of the cereals; rye
the lowest. OF the hay and forage
crops, alfalfa is well above the rest
in average value per acre. There are
but a small number of miscellaneous
crops, though the acreage values an