The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-21

cent, reaching the average OF 81
TOT 900, zoe bushels per annum. Thus,
from 1S95-1S99 to 1905-1S09 the oat
production had Increased IT per cent.
an average Of nearly 2.7 per cent. a
year. The production In 1910 was A.
$4,000, 900 bushels. The average
yield per acre for all countries Is
about 29s bushels. having been 2s.2
in 1897. 27.7 in 1908, a2.2 In 1909, and
s0.3 in 1910. The world" area "
about 135.000.000 acres, an area
equivalent to about four-tifths the size
of the State OF Texas.
Barley.
The worlds barley crop averaged
100000 bushels yearly In the five
year period 1s95-1s99; 1t increased
20 per cent. to 1.135. 100000 bushels
yearly. during the next fve-year pc
Rod, 1900-1904: and increased IA per
cent. to 1898, 900, 900 bushels. in the
five-year period 1so5-1s0s. The 1910
crop was about 1888, 100000 bushels.
From the period 1S95-199 to 1906
1909 the barley crop increased IS per
cent. or nearly g., per cent. per an
num- This is the greatest gain OF all
the cereals The average yield per
acre OF barley Is about EOS bushels,
being 20.1 In 1907. 1873 In 1908. 22.2
in 1909, and eos in 1910. In 10 years
the acreage has increased nearly 20
per- cent, and the average yield per
acre about IL per cent. The barley
crop is produced ON about $4,000. 900
acres. an area about the slit Of Ne
vada, or nearly twice that OF the State
Of Illinois.
Rye.
The production OF rye has in
creased less rapidly in recent years
than any of the important cereals. In
the iive-year period 1s95-1S99 the
average yearly production WAS 1.462.-
ace, ee0 bushels; In the following Ave-
wear period it was 1905. 10000 BUSH
els. an increase Of about 10 per cent;
in the following five-year period
l905-i909, 1t was only 1850, 600, 900
bushels. In 1910 the world produce
ton was about 1.S6y.000,000 bushels.
From the period 1S95-1S99 to 1906
1909 the increase In production was
nearly Z per cent. and tho yearly In
crease little under OF per cent. The
worlds average yield per acre is about
sla.a ha.shals: 1t was about .I4~1 bush
els IN 1907. 1+.s In 1908. 1862 In 1909.
and 1876 In 1910. Russia alone pro-
duces nearly half Of. the entire rye
crop. and Russia and Germany to-
gether more than three-fourths OF It.
The world" acreage is approximately
ioT million acres. an area slightly
more than twice the area of Kansas.
Other Crops.
Other crops have been increasing
i'm production as we'll as these cereals.
The world crop OF rice. which aver
aged about los, 000,000.000 pounds
annually in the five years 1s00-1904.
increased to an annual average of
1ll4,0O0. 900. 600 pounds In the fol-
| lowing five-year period. 1905-1s0s. an
average yearly incre!ise Of 1900. 000.-
! 600 pounds. or about IL per cent
each year. Between the same periods
/ the productina OF sugar had increased
from 26,200, 000. 000 pounds to 31.700.-
average OF about per cent. increase
J yearly. Potatoes likewise increased
/ from 4.4s7.0o0,000 bushels to $685..
! 000.0 bushels. 10 per cent. or about
! per cent. increase each year To-
bacco increased only about Q per cent.
{, between the two periods: that 10, from
an average OF 227s,0OO. 900 pounds
! yearly to 2.424. 900. 900 pounds. The
naxseed crop expanded from $1,000
/ 900 bushels to 100000 bushels to
/ $4,000 900, more than Is per cent,
! in five years. and the cotton crop from
i7,487. 900 bales to 19.729.0O0 bales,
more than IL per cent :.
/ The eleven products here enumer.
ated. wheat. corn. oats. barley. rye.
| rice, sugar. potatoes. tobacco. dAx.
! HAed. and cotton, comprise. in the
i United States. more than three-fourths
tus the acreage and 10 per cent Of the
saiue OF all agricultural crop produc-
fsou. Tho list Is sufficiently broad in
scope and uniform in evidence Of in
crease 70 indicate that agricultural
production. during recent Years ~ On