The Ely miner., 1911-06-09
CROP REPORT OUT
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT is
ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE,
ON MINNESOTA GRAIN STATISTICS
Cereal Acreage Less Than Formerly.
Value Of Wheat Crop for
1909 Over Fifty-six
Millions.

washington. d. c. = Statistics rela-
tive to the leading crops for the
state of Minnesota collected at the
thirteenth decennial census, April Is,
1910, are contained in an official state
ment issued by Acting Census Director
Falkner. 1t is based on tabular sum,
maries prepared under the direction of
DR.. LIE Grand Powers, chief statistician
for agriculture, in the bureau of the
censIs.
The figures are preliminary and SUBJ
ject to slight revision later, when
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, $56,OO9, 900; oats, $34,-
100000; corn, $50, ,451 900; hay and for
age. $26,724, 900; barley, $17,215 900;
potatoes, $7,707,O00; fiaxseed, $4,S61,-
900. and rye. $2,6SO.OOO.
Acreage Falls Off.
FlOlh O,oOO,dUI dCT0S Ill 1889 the
wheat acreage fell off in 1909 to 3,277,-
O39 acres, decrease of so per cent.
Prior to 1909 each census showed an
increase. In 1879 the wheat acreage
was 3,044,67O and in 1889, 3,372,627.
Hence at the present time the wheat
acreage is less than it was twenty
years ago, but slightly more than it
was thirty years ago.
In 1899 wheat had an acreage larger
than that of all other cereals com.
bined, while in 1909 it exceeded the
acreage in oats by less than 10 per
cent. The yield of wheat per acre was
reported as seventeen bushels, the
value an acre $17.1O.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
oats increased from 2,2O1,325 acres to
2,977,264, or 35.2 per cent. During the
preceding decade the increase was 39.4
per cent. Since 1879 the increase in
acreage has been constant From 617,.
469 acres in that year it rose to 1879
258 in 1889 and again to 2,201,325 in
1899. The aggregate yield in 1909 was
1885, ,164 bushels; the average yield
per acre, 80 bushels; the average value
per acre, s11.4O.
Corn Acreage Increases.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage of
corn increased from 1,441, $50 acres to
2,004,107, or 39 per cent as compared
to an increase of 59.9 per cent during
the 10 years preceding. Corn average
has inceased steadily, but not so rap
idly as that of oats. From 438,737
acres in 1879 it advanced to 901 500 in
1889, and then to 1,441,5 in 1899.
The total yield in 1909 was 67,777,91
bushels; the average yield per acre,
81 bushels; the average value per acre,
$500.
The acreage devoted to hay and for.
age in 1909 was 3,944,422. 1t has been
constantly increasing. With 1,053,37S
acres in 1879 it rose to 2,709,191 in
1889 and 3,157,69O in 1899. The in.
crease since 1899 has been 249 per
cent The total yield in 1909 was g..
041,8 1888 tons; the average yield per
acre, 1.5 tons; the average value per
acre, $3.50.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage in
barley increased from 877,854 acres to
1,573,836, or 1913 per cent. Since 1879,
when 116,O20 acres were harvested,
this crop has multiplied more than thir-
teenfold. In 1899 there were 358,51O
acres in barley and in 1899 S77,S45, the
increase in the last 10 years being
most conspicuous. During the decade
preceding 1899 barley increased 1449
per cent. The total yield in 1909 was
34,92S,545 bushels; the average yield
an acre, % bushels; the average value
an acre, $1,000.
From 1899 to 1909 potatoes increased
in acreage from 146,659 to 23O,713
acres, or 57.3 per cent The total yield
in 1909 was 26,SO3,145 bushels; the
average yield an acre 116 bushels; the
average value an acre, $33.40.
From 1899 to 1909 the acreage of
faxseed increased from 566,SO1 acres
to 358,565, or 36.7 per cent. The total
yield in 1909 was 3,27S,000 bushels;
the average yield an acre, 9 bushels;
the average value an acre, $780,
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 1899. The total yield in 1909
was 4,426,20S bushels; the average
yield an acre. II bushels; the average
value an acre, $10.05.