The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-12

pounds compared with so5.Ios 600
POUNDS last year, and the record crop
OF l,1O3,415,O00 pounds in 1910. Yield
per acre 1904 pounds, with
1891 pounds last year and $3.50
pounds the 10-year average. Quality
lo0.5 per cent Of the 1o-year average.
Apples.-Total production. prelim-
lnarlly estimated, $50 per cent Of a
1uli crops, compared with SPA per
cent of a full crop last year and 51.3
per cent the 10-year average. Quality
% per cent, compared with 18.2 per
cent last year and 72.1 per cent in
1910.
Wheat-Total production. prelimi-
narlly estimated, 72O,333,OOO bushels,
compared with ~e21,33S,OOO bushels
last year and the record crop of 49,
100000 bushels in 1901. Yield per
acre, $50 bushels, compared with
12.5 bushels asst year and 40 BUSH
els the 1O-year average. Average
farm price 1878 cents per bushel COM
pared with 91.5 cents last year.
Weight per measured bushel. $50
pound compared with SIS pounds last
year, and ST. pounds the 1O-year av-
Ell age. The farm value of the wheat
crop on December l last year was
$543,063, 900.
- plOU1clIOu DCct1I11-
narily estimated, 1,417,I2,OO0 bush
els, compared with 922,298.0OO bush
els last year and the record crop of L.
186,341,0O bushels in 1910. Yields
per acre., 37.4 bushels, compared with
24.4 bushels last year and 29.5 bush
els the 10-year average. Average
farm price, 1876 cents per bushel,
compared with 4S.8 cents last year.
Weight per measured bushel 3s
pounds compared with 31.1 pounds
last ear and 31.3 pounds the 10
year average. The farm value Of the
oats crop OF December / last year
was $414,663,o00. Z
Bariey.-Total production, pre-
liminarily estimated. 224,619,0O0
bushels, compared with 16O,24O,0 900
bushels last yea and the recor crop
Of 1~7S,e16,OOO bushels in 1906. Yield
per acre, 29.7 bushels, compared with
21.0 bushels last year and 25.4 bush
els, the 1O-year average. Weight per
treasured bushel, 46.S pounds, COM
pared with 400 pounds last year and
46.9 pounds in 1910. The farm value
of the barley crop December l last
year was $139.1S2.000-
Rye.-Total production, prelimi
nairly estimated 35,422,000 bushels
compared with 33.11s,O00 last yea
ana the IcCOIO CIOp VI Ofo 0,VV<
bushels in 1910. Yield per acre, 16.
bushels, compared with 1876 bushel
last year and 16.1 buhels, the tel
year average. Average farm price
6S.8 cents per bushel, compared wit
S3.1 cents last year. The farm a
of the rye crop December l, last yea
was $27.557,000.
, Hay.-Total production. prelimi
, narily estimated. 72,425,00O tor
compared with 54.916,000 tons la:
. year, and the record crop OF 70, 1913, 90
tons in 1908. Yield per acre, Ia
ton, compared with LA tons las
!, year and 1.43 tons the 10
1 year average: Average farm valu
e. $11.89, compared with $14.62 la
year. The farm value Of the hs
= crop December /, las year was $6s4
:. $4,000.
- Final estimates of the crop report
a.. ing board giving the harvested acre
: age. production and value, of impo
Il tant farm crops OF the United Stat
: will be announced by the departme1
e Of agriculture early in December.
= The yield per acre, and productie
! of corn and tobacco In Virgini
g North and South Carolina follows:
p Corn:
3 State Yield
h Virginia 24.0 1880
D South Carolina S. 17.9 34,278
n Nor+h Carolina 1872 51106