The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-20
CORN STILL KING
Leads All Kansas Crops in Value.
Says Bulletin.
State Potato Crop Worth Three
and Half Millions.
DECREASE IN FORAGE
Oats Show Gain During Decade,
Census Report Shows.
Tremendous Gain in Wheat in
Ten Years.

Washington, June 2O.-Statistics re'a-
tive to the leauing crops for the state
of Kansas collected at the thirteenth
decennfaI census. April 10, 1910, are con-
tanned in an official statement issued
today by Acting Census Director FAX
ner. 1t IS based on tabular suLlIusel le9
prepared under the direction OF Dr. i-e
Grand Powers, chief statistician Tor
acgriculture in the bureau OF the census.
The figures are preliminary ana SUD
5ect to slight revision later, when rev
other farms. whose returns now ~
complete will be included IN the maj
tables It is not expected that tnese
additions will materially modify the
amounts or rates given in the present
statement -
The leading crops Of the state 19r
1909 ranked in the order OF ValuatlOR'
were: Corn, $50 660, 9oO wh d5a ooo s'4,SS
600: hay and forage, 81 99O,OoO: oatS,
s9.713.O00; potatoes, $S,46S, 600; kanr corr
and milo maize, s3,O43,O00; and barley.
S1.0S0.000
Corn Decreases Slightly.
From 1899 to 1909 there was a de-
crease in corn of 164,3l3 acres, OF Z per
cent. The acreage in 1879 was SAT- 81
,,cres. in 1889 it was 1914, 765; in 1893
fl was S266,O1S; but in 1909 it decreaSeu
10 S1O1 645 acres. The total yield n
1909 was 154. 4S6.377 bushels; the aver
age yield per acre, 10 BUSINESS the aN-
erage value per acre, SlO- -
Wheat during the 10 years ehdlns ~
1909 Increased 2166,5S9 acres, or 81 per
cent Starting with 1,66l,4O2 acres III
1879 wheat dropped to 1,9Sz,ooo III lo9s,
hut rose to 3,8O3,S1S in 1893 ana dsal /
ia 800 4O7 in 1909 a net gain or over
900 per cent for the 80 years The tOlaI
Weld in 1909 was 77.524795 bushels, OF
which 1929 500 bushels was Wllleel
wheat. The average yield per acre was
IS bushels; the average value per acre
During the 10 years between 1899 ana
1909 hav and forage decreased 5oo'1o.
acres, or So per cent. from A'zo1'9S,
acres in 1879 there was an increase -
2 793 ASP in 1889, and to 4'337 ,S42 IN !S99
hut a decrease to 3,95l955 In l9U9- me
total yield in 1909 was o,szI 100 TONS
the average yield per acre, Id tons;
and the average value per acre $S.lO
A Gain in Oats.
During the decade in question oats
Increased 32972 acres, or 81 per cent
Starting with 435, $50 acres in 1879, there
Vas an increase to 1,463. 526 in 1889, a
falling off to 90O, 1858 in 1899 and gam
10 923. 325 in 1909. The total yield IN
1909 was p. 9O8. 1893 bushels; the average
yield per acre. % bushels' the aNeia59
value per acre 5000.
For the decade ending in 1908, "Kafir
corn and milo maize" showed gain or
233.17 acres, or 1907 per cent, lncreas-
ING from 154 FOG acres in 1899 to 3Sl,Sio
in 1909. Inc census DuACcu 4Ae'S liz -
uorts for this crop prior to 1899. The
total weld in 1909 was 5,1O8,92S bushels,
valued at s3.043.455. The average yield
per acre was IL bushels: the average
value per acre $1S5.
Important Gain in Barley.
Barley increased 46.937 acres. or PA
pe- cent between 1899 and 1909 The ac-
reage in 1879 was 1898 acres, and in
1889 it fell to 1901. but rose to 119.15S
in 1892 and again in 1909 to 166095.
Hence, in the so years from 1879 to
1909, the acreage of barley increased
sevenfold. The total yield in 1909 was
2.221,316 bushels; the average yield per
acre, Is bushels; and the average value
per acre, $3.50.
The cereals had an aggregate acreag &c
in 1909 Of 15627179 acres, as compared
with 1895, $40 acres in 1899, an increase
of 1900 239. or 17.3 per cent. Wheat
showed the greatest increase. Wheat
also showed the highest average value