The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-08
els and the average value per acre
s27.2S in 1909
Increase in Tobacco Acreage.


1929 in 1909.
Increase in Tobacco Acreage.
Tobacco was reported by $3.50 farms,
or 5.3 per, cent of the whole number
IN the state in 1909, as against Al per
cent IN 1899. The number of acres
harvested was 4O,45S in 1909. The
quantity produced was $1,000, 1S2
pounds in 1909. Of the improved farm
land IN the state, 0.3 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
1908, was 1876. The average yield per
acre was 1884 pounds and the aver
age value per acre, $95.2S 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 1914
per cent in 1899. The number of acres
harvested was 339,213 in 1909, as COM
pared with 362,193 in 1899, 275O58 in
1889, and 9,692 in 1879 The guam
tity produced was ;4,797,775 bushels in
1909. Of the improved farm land in
the state, rs per cent was devoted to
this crop in 1909, as compared with
30 in 1899. The per cent of decrease
in the acreage of rye, between 1899 and
1909, was Go. The average yield per
acre was AL 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 556,614 in 1899, 744,0S0 in 1889,
and 1,948,160 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, scompared with 40 in
1889. The per cent of decrease in the
acreage Of wheat between 1899 and
1909 was 74.8. The average yield per
acre was 1873 bushels and the average
value per acre, $18.46, in 1909. Win
ter 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 Roadway.
Crop Comparisons.
Flaxseed has ceased to be q crop of
much consequence in Wisconsin so far
as extent of cultivation is concerned
Among the hay and forage crops,
timothy and clover predominated.
None of the minor crops has as yet be-
come of any appreciate 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 1889, a
slight increase in the next decade, and
gained more than a quarter of a mil
lion acres between 1899 and 1909.
While there was decrease of 1900, 900
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, buckwheat, 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 a decline Of 6.3 per cent.
Nine farmers out of ten report hay
and forage of some sort and more than
one-fourth Of the improved acreage is
used for such crops.
During the last decade the cereals
decreased in total acreage. In 1909
these crops had an average value of.
sl4,T per acre. The averages for corn,
wheat, and barley were above this
figure, while those for oats, rye and
buckwheat were below It.