Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-18
VERMONT CROP REPORT
The Amount and Value Of Ele-
ven Staple Crops for 1917.

The monthly crop report, just issued
by the the United States Department Of
Agriculture, contains the crop statistics
for 1917 together With similar figures
for preceding years. Vermont figures
for staples crops were as follow:
CORN.
Acreage (19l7), $1,000 acres; (191G),
$4,000 acres Yield (1917), 2,53S,0OO
bu.; (l9l6), 1,935OOO bu. Yield pei
acre (1917), AZ bu.; (1917), 43 bu.
The average yield in the United States
in 1917 was 26.4 bu. per acre. Only one
state exceeded Vermont's yield per acre
The total value of Vermont's corn crop
in 1917 was $5,406,O00.
OATS.
Acreage (1917), $4,000 acres; (1916)
$4,000 acres. Yield (19l7), 3,l6s,0oO
bu.; (lol6), 2,56O,00O bu. Yield per
acre (1917), SO bu. (1916), 80 bu.
The average yield in the United States
was 1854 bu. Vermont's average yield
was exceeded by II states. The total
value Of Vermont's S oat crop in 1917 was
$2,693,OCO, Nemnont's production in
bushels was considerably more than
twice the aggregate amount prOducted
in the states Of New Hampshire, Massa-
chusettes, Rhode Island and Connecticut
RYE.
Acreage 1917. 1000 acres; 1879 1000
acres. Yield (1917), 10000 bu; (1916)
10000 bu. Yield per acre (1917), 20 bu.;
(1916) 20 bu.
The average Weld in the United States
was 147 bu. Only one state exceeded
Vermont's yield per acre. The total value
of Vermont's rye crop vas $685. 900.
SPRING WHEAT.
Acreage (1917); 1900 acres; (1916),
1000 acres. Yield, (1917), 10000 bu.;
(1916), $4,000 bu. Yieldp per acre 1910,
20 bu.; 1916) 25 bu.
Average yield in the United States,
1876 bu. Vermonts average yield pei
acre was exceeded by seven states. The
total value of Vermont's wheat crop
was $142,0OC.
BARLEY.
Acreage (1917), 1900 acres; (1916),
$1,000 acres. Yield (19I7), 1890 bu.
(1916), 412,O0G bu. Yield per acre 1917
30 bu.; (1916), 275 bu.
Average yield in the United States was
237 bu. Vermont's average yield per
acre was exceeded by II states. The
total value of Vermont's barley crop was
100000. The barley crop Of Vermont
in 1917 was more than twice as large "a
the aggregate crop Of Maine and New
Hampshire, and almost as much as the
total amount produced by the three
states of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire
and Maine
BUCKWHEAT.
Acreage (19l7), 1900 acres; (1916),
$4,000 acres Yield (1917), 2S6,ooO bu.;
(l9l6), 21C,OOO bu. Yield per acre
(1917), % bu.; (l916), 17.5 bu.
Average yield in the United States
ia bu. Vermont was exceeded by NO
state in the Union in bushels OF buck
wheat per acre. Total value OF Vermont
.buckwheat crop was $4290O0. Vermonts
buckwheat crop was large as the total
Crops of this cereal produced by New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Illinois and Nebraska.
POTATOES.
Acreage (1917), 10000; (19l6)
$4,000. Yield (1917), 100000 bu.
(1916), 2,576,OOO Yield per acre 1910
100 bu.; (19l6) 112 bu.
Average yield in the United States
1908 bn. Vermont's yield per acre was
exceeded by nineteen states. The tota
value of Vermont's potato crop wal
$4,2O0,0O0. Vermont raised more potatoes
than the state of New Hampshire and
Rhode Island.
TOBACCO.
Acreage (1917), 100 acres; (1916)
100 acres. Yield (19l7), 10000 lbs;
(1916), 100000 lbs. Yield per acre
(1917), 1850 lbs. (19l6), 1900 lbs
Average yield in the United States
3271 lbs. Vermont's yield per acre wa
exceeded by only one state. The value o
Vermont tobacco crop was $4,000.
HAY.
Acreage (1917) 945,O0O acres; (1916)
$4,000 acres Yield (19l7), 1,531,0O
tons; (1o'f) 1,666,OO0 tons. Yield pc
acre (19l7), 1852 tons; (l9l6), ITO tons
Average yield in the United States
1.49 tons Vermont was exceeded in yielt
per acre by states, but by only on
state, Wis Onsln east Of the Mississippi
Riytr Total value of Vermont's ha,