The pioneer express., 1912-12-20
8 ,44s,,009 CROP
ESTIMATED VALUES MADE ~
Observation-Disclosures
BUSHELS oFA CORN.
CORN IS KING OF ALL.
es,571,o 900 Acres sown to. Winter
Whsat-1s,24s,ooo All Wheat
Some Detailed
Figures.

Washington, Dec. 18.-Record crops
Of. corn, spring wheat, oats, barley, po.
tatoes, rye, hay and rice were harvest
ed this year, according to the final es'
timates Of the department of agricul--
ture just announced. They confirmed
the preliminary estimates made sew
eral months ago, in almost every In
stance. With total value Of $3,911,-
$4,000, the eleven principal crops es-
timated yesterday exceeded the value
of the same crops last year by $780,
$4,000.
Corn 10 King.
Corn, the greatest crop of all, went
almost 2O0,000,000 bushels beyond the
record crop grown In 1906 and sur
passed the 1911 crop by 593.258, 900
bushels. The value of the crop, how
ever, was less by $64,000,000 than last
years the price per bushel on Dec.
being 4S.7 cents this year against 61.8
cents last year.
The total wheat crop was 108, ,929, ,000s
bushels greater than last year; oats.
t96,039.000 bushels greater; barley.
63,5S4,000 bushels greater; rye, $751;
900 bushels greater; buckwheat, 1,700,.
900 bushels greater; fiaxseed, 8,703,--
900 bushels greater; potatoes, 127,910,-
900 bushels greater; hay, 17,775,00
tons greater; tobacco, 57,716,000 lbs.
greater, and rice, 2,120,000 bushels.
greater.
The estimates with comparisons
Tor 1911 and 1910, follow in part:
Corn-Area harvested 107,0S3,0 900
acres, compared with 1O5, 1896, 900 acres
last year and 104, ,O35, 900 acres in 1910.
Production, 3,124,746,000 bushels, COM,
pared with 1881 ,4SS,O00 bushels last
year and 2,sS6,260,000 bushels in 1910.
Farm value Dec. /, per bushel, 4S.7
cents, compared with 61.S cents last
year, and 48 cents in 1910. Total value
of the crop, $1,520, ,454 900, compared
with $1,565, ,258,000 last year and ST.
3S4,s17.00O in 1910.
Winter Wheat-Area harvested, 26,-
$1,000 acres, compared with 29,162,-
900 acres last year and 27,239,0O0
acres in 1910. Production, 399, ,919,-
600 bushels, compared with 430,656,-
600 bushels last year and 434,142,O00
bushels in 1910. Farm value, Dec. 1,
per bushel, 500 cents, compared with
SO cents last year and S8.1 cents in
1910. Total value of the crop, $685.
$4,000, compared with 1891 900
last year and $3S2,31S,O0O in 1910.
Spring Whcat-Area harvested, 49,
243,000 acres, compared with 20,162,-
600 acres last year and 1885,, 900 acres
In 1910. Production. 33O,34S,6U0 BUSH
els, compared with 19O,6S2,OO0 bushels
last year and 20O,979,O0O bushels in
1910. Farm value, Dec. 1, per bushel,
7S.1 per cent, compared with $50 cents
last year and SS.9 cents in 1910. To
tai value of the crop, 1921, ,70S, 900, COM
pared with $16S,912,OO0 last year and
$178, ,733 900 in 1910.
All Wheat-Area harvested, 45,815-
900 acres, compared with 49,543,O 900
acres last year and 1851 900 acres in
1910. Production, 73,267,OOO bushels,
compared with 621,33s,0OO bushels last
year. and 635,121 900 bushels in 1910.
Farm value, Dec. l., per bushel, 76
cents compared with 87.4 cents last
year and 1873 cents in 1910. Total
value of the crop, $555, 1000, COM
pared with $543,o63, 900 last year and
$500, ,O51 900 in 1910.
Oats-Area harvested, 1891, 900
acres, compared with 37,763,OOO acres
last year, and 37,54S,O0O acres in 1910.
Production. 1887 900 bushels, COM
pared with 922,298,OOO bushels last
year and 1,1S6,341, 900 bushels in 1910.
Farm value Dec. 1, per bushel, 31.9
cents, compared with As cents last
year and .34.4 cents in 1910. Total
value of the crop, $452, 2,469, 900, compar.
ed with $414.663,00 last year and
$40S, $4,000 in 1910.