Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-01-30
FRIDAY, JANUARY 80, 1914.
CROP YIELD IN VERMONT.


States Department of Agriculture gives
the estimates of crop yields and prices
for 1918 based on reports from five
Independent sources Of information,
making this altogether the most accu-
rate crop report issued. The figures
for Vermont are as follows: In the
matter of corn, Vermont ranks ninth in
yield of bushels per acre, with an
average yield of 81 bushels compared
with an average of 23.1 bushels for the
United States. Only one of the great
corn growing States of the Union ex-
ceeds this yield. The Vermont price
per bushel December l was 81 cents
while the average price for the entire
country was 69.1 cents.
The value of Vermont's hay crop in
1918 was $18,56O, 900. Only eleven
States in the Union surpassed the little
State of Vermont in the value of this
crop, and those States were New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri,
Washington and California. Only fif-
teen States raised more tons of hay
than Vermont, although this State
ranks forty-secCnd in area.
Only four States raised more bushels
of spring wheat per acre than Vermont
and taking spring and winter wheat
together only five States exceeded
Vermont's yield per acre, which was
"a. bushels. The United States aver
age for spring wheat was Is bushels
per acre. The average yield of the
great wheat growing States was as
follows: North Dakota, 1915; South
Dakota, bushels; Minnesota, 1862
bushels; Washington, 10 bushels; the
Dakotas are by far the greatest of the
spring wheat States and Vermont S
yield is more than twice as large.
Vermont ranked ninth in yield
of bushels of oats per acre, the
average being 80 bushels compared
with an average of 1872 bushels
for the United States. Vermont's
average price December was 81 cents
and the average for the whole country,
1872 cents.
Vermont ranked ninth in bushels of
potatoes per acre with an average of
127 bushels compared with 90.4 for the
United States. The price December l
was 72 cents, compared with 68.7 cents
for the entire country.
Only one State raised more pounds of
tobacco per acre than Vermont.
Only six States raised more bushels
of barley per acre than Vermont The
yield in this State was 80 bushels, which
was just four times the yield of Kansas.
The average yield for the United States
was % s bushels. Only two States re-
ported higher price. The Vermont
average was 80 cents and that fer the
United States, SO. Z cents.
Vermont ranked ninth in bushels of
rye per acre with yield of Is bushels,
compared with an average of 1862
bushels for the whole country. The
Vermont price was 80 cents and that
for the United States, 63.4 cents.
Vermont ranked third in bushels of
buckwheat per acre, with yield of rs
bushels compared with a yield of 17.z
bushels for the United States. The
Vermont price was so cents and for the
whole country, 75.5 cents. Only -four
States reported higher price.
The mortality statistics for 1912 have
just been issued by the Director of the
United States Census, in table show
ing the standardized death rates pei
1000 of population for registration
States. This registration area com
prises nearly two-thirds of the total es
timated population of the United States
for 1912, and only four States, Mime
sofa, Montana, Utah and Washington
show lower death rate than Vermont