The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-07
MINNESOTA'S CROP
STATISTICS OUT.
BUREAU or THE CENSUS TELLS
or GAINS I'M POTATOES AND
BARLEY, RYE NEARLY DOUBLED
DURING pEcENNIAL PERIOD,
WHEAT ACREAGE SMALLER.

Statistics relative to the leading
crops for the state of Minnesota coll
lected at the thirteenth decennial
census, April 15, 1910, are contained
in an Official statement issued yester-
day by Acting Census Director kalk-
ner. 1t is based on tabular summaries
prepared under the direction OF Dr.
LIE Grand Powers, chief statistician Tor
agriculture, in the bureau of the CEN
sus. The figures are preliminary and
subject to slight revision later when
a few other farms, whose returns are
now incomplete, are included In the
final tables. 1t is not expected that
these additions will materially MODIFY
the amounts or rates given in the pres
ent statement.
The leading crops in 1909, ranked in
the order OF valuation, were: Wheat,
s56 COS, 900; oats, $34,020,000; corn,
$50, 451, 900; hay and forage, s2e,724,OQo;
barley, $17,215,000; potatoes, $77O7,OO0;
fiaxseed, $4,s61 ,O0O;- and rye, s2,6SO,OOo.
Potatoes Make Big Increase.
From 1899 to 1909 potatoes increased
in acreage from 1869 to 2S0, 71S acres,
or 57.3 per cent. The. total yield in 1909
was 26,s03,145 bushels; the average
yield per acre, lie bushels; the aver
age value per acre, $3.50.
Important Gain in Barley.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
barley increased from ST., 845 acres to
1,573,SS6, or 1913 per cent. Since 1879,
when 116,020 acres were harvested, this
crop has multiplied more than thirteen
fold. In 1889 there were 35S,510 acres
in barley and in 1899, s77,S45, the in
crease in the last 10 years being most
conspicuous. During the decade pre-
ceding 1899 barley increased 144.9 per
cent. The total yield in 1909 was a.,
92S,545 bushels; the average yield per
acre, 20 bushels; the average value
per acre, $1,000.
Rye More Than Double in Extent.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage of rye
increased from 1889 acres to 266,604,
or 124.3 per cent. The figures for 1899
had indicated an increase of $4,000
acres, or s9.1 per cent over those of
1889. The total yield in 1909 was A.
426,20S bushels; the average yield per
acre, II bushels; the average value per
acre, s1o.O5.
Great Failing OF in Wheat.
From $3.50, 7o7 acres in 1899 the wheat
acreage fell off in 1909 to S,277,0S9
acres, a decrease of 80 per cent. Prior
to 1909 each census showed an in
crease. In 1879 the wheat acreage was
3,044,67O and in 1889, $685. 27. Hence
at the present time the wheat acreage
is less than 1t was 20 years ago and
but slightly more than it was 80 years
ago. In 1899 wheat had an acreage
larger than that OF all other cereals
combined, while in 1909 1t exceeded
the acreage in oats by less than 10
was reported at IL bushels, the value
per acre $17.1O.
Increase in Acreage Of Oats.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
oats increased from 2, 2O1,825 acres to
2,977,264, or 35.2 per cent. During the
preceding decade the increase was 1914
per cent. Since 1879 the increase in
acreage has been constant. From 617,-
469 acres in that year 1t rose to L.
579,25S in 1889 and again to 2.201,3 1926
in 1899. The aggregate yield in 1909
was sS,Ss5,164 bushels; the average
yield per acre, so bushels; the average
value per acre, s1I.40.
Increase in Acreage of Corn.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage Of
corn increased from 1,441,5sO acres to
2,O04.to7, or 80 per cent. as compared
to an increase OF 5s.9 per cent during
the ten years preceding. Corn acreage
has increased steadily but not so rapid
ly as that of oats. From 438. 1877 acres
in 1879 1t advanced to sO1.6s0 in 1882
and then to 1,441, $50 In 1899. The total
yield in 1909 was 67,777,912 bushels;
the average yield per acre, 81 bushels: