The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-12
GREATEST CROP Of
CORN IN THE WORLD
BY Any Single Country Raised
in United States
MORE BY 281 MILLIONS
Is Present Years Banner Yield.
Most Remarkable Year in
History
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
washington. d. c., Nov. S.-A corr
crop Of 3,169,1S7,00 70 bushels, or ISL
$4,000 bushels more than the great
est crop Of corr ever grown in anv
country Of the world is the feature
OF the country'S most remarkable ag- |
rlcultura1 year in history, according |
to the November crop report OF the
United States department of agricul-
ture. issued today. The report COM
pleted the governments preliminary !
estimates Of the principal farm crops.
This great crop Of corn was worth on
November l to farmers $1,85O,776.-
900.
The enormous sum of $4,171,134,OOO
represented the farm value on No
vember l, Of the United States crops
or corn, hay, wheat oats, potatoes,
flax-seed, y and buckwheat. With
the value Of the growing cotton crop
and the crops of tobacco, rice and
apples, the aggregate value Of these
principal farm products will amount
well beyond five billion dollars.
" n General Increase.
= There was an increase in the total
value Of each Of these crops,%e excepting
buckwheat, potatoes, barley and rye.
The increase netted $515,O57,O0 over
the value of last years crops. Rec
. ord crops of corn, potatoes, flaxseed,
oats, barley, rye and hay were har-
vested this year. The governments
official estimates of the value Of the
various crops and its final estimates
of total production will be
in December.
Heretofore the stimates Of the corn
crop have been based upon condition
reports. The November report, made
up from reports of gents and cor
respondents of the departments bu-
reau Of statistics and issusd at 2:15
p. m, announced also the preliminary
estimates of the total production Of
buckwreat. potatoes. flaxseed, and
tobacco; the yield per acre of each;
- the average farm price on Novem-
Der 1 OF the country's principal crops,
and the moun Of corn Of the 1917
crop remaining on farms November /.
Details of the report follow:
COrn.-Total production prelimina-
rily estimated, 3,169,137,00 o, COM
pared with 2,531,488.0 900 bushels last
veal n the record crop of 2,s27,-
416.0OO bushels in 1906. Yield per
acre. 1913 bushels compared with
23.9 bushels last ear and 26.7 bush
els. the 10-year average. Average
farm price, 58.4 cents per bushel, COM
pared with SAT- cents last year. DUAL
ity 101.1 per cent, compared with the
l0-year average. Corn Of 1911 CROP
remaining on farms November l wa:
164,764.0O0 bushels, compared witt
123.S24,0O0 bushels Of the 1910 croE
remaining on farms November l, las
year. The farm value Of the corr
crop December 1, last year was 81
565,258,0O0.
Buckwheat-Total production, pre-
liminarily estimated. 19.1z4.0ot
bushels, compared with 17,549,OO'
bushels last year, and the record croI
of 22,792.OOO bushels in 1866. fielt
per acre, 1913 bushels. compared Wit
I'll bushels last year. and 1913 ousn
els the 10-year average yield. aver
age farm price, 65.5 cents per bushel
compared with 70 cents last year
Quality, 1909 per cent, of the l0-yea
average. h farm value OF the DUCK
wheat crop December l last year wa
$12,735,00O.
Potatoes.-Total production. pre-
liminarily estimated. 4l4,1Ss'oo
bushels, compared with 2e2,737,oo
bushels last year. and the record Gro
Of 3S9,195,0 900 bushels in 1909. Vel
per acre, 1923 bushels, compare
with 500 bushels last year, and 80.
bushels the 10-year average ylelf
Average farm price 45.5 cents pc
hushel. compared with 1853 cents las
year. Quality. 1924 per cent CON
pared with the 10-year average. III
farm value OF the potato crop Decen
Der I last year was $233.778,0o0.
Flax-Seed.-Total production. prt
l~iminarily estimated. 2s.755,ooo U
els compared with ~1S,370,0oo husne
last year. and the record crop OF -
285,O00 busheds in 1902. Yield pe
acre 90 bushels. compared with :!
bushels last year. and S.S buSnefs u
10-year average. Average farm prit
1894 cents per bushel, compared WI
21O.6 cents Der bushel last year. qua
ity. 1919 per cent. compared with Il
10-year average. The farm value
the flax-seed crop December l Ia
year was $S5,372,00O.