Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17
Green Mountain state Produced Ne,r,y
%5.S00.OO0 Worth OF Csrn-Potnto
Harvest Valued at over
&4,OOO.OOO.

Total ......... .......... ....$SS522'VV ]
The monthly crop report. just issued by
the United States department Of agri-
culture, contains the crop statistics for
1917 together with similar figures for pre-
ceding years. Vermont figures for staple
crops were as follows:
CORN.
Acreage t1s1D. $4,000 acres; C1s1s). $500
acres.
Yield us1D. ASSOC bushels: usl0. l.
Yield per acre ds1D. It bushels; t1s1s).
- bushels.
The average yield in the United States
in 1917 was 26.4 bushels per acre. Only
one State exceeded Vermonts yield per
acre. The total value Of Vermont's corn
crop in 1917 was $5,4O6.OO0.
OATS.
Acreage us1D, 5000 acres: usls), $4,000
acres.
Yield (1slO. s,1ss,eOo bushels; d91S, g.
Yield per acre 1s17, SO bushels: Oe1s),
% bushels.
The average yield in the United States
was 1854 bushels. Vermont's average yield
was exceeded by II States. The total
value Of Vermonts crop In 1917 was ST.
So, 900. Vermont's production in bushels
was considerably more than twice the ag-
gregate amount produced in the States of
New Hampshire. Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
RYE.
Acreage 19lD. 1000 acres: $780, 1000
Yield 1slD. 10000 bushels; 1916. 10000
bushels.
Yield per acre Gs17), 20 bushels; (1s16) 20
bushels.
The average yield in the United States
was AT bushels. Only one State exceed
ed vermonts yield per acre. The total
value Of Vermont's rye crop was $4,000.
SPRING WHEAT.
Acreage C1s1O, 5000 acres; 1915, 1000
acres.
Yield us1D, 10000 bushels; ds1S, 5000
bushels.
Yield per acre C1s17. 20 bushels; 1sle),
| Is bushels.
Average yield in the United States. 12.6
| bushels. Vermont's average yield per
acre was exceeded by seven States. The
| total value Of Vermont's wheat crop was
| $4,000.
BARLEY.
Acreage dsiO, 1900 acres; 1915. 5000
acres.
Yield tl9lD. $4,000 bushels; dsls). 412,ooc
| bushels.
Yield per acre usi0. q bushels: 1910,
us bushels.
Average yield in the United States was
\ 23.7 bushels. Vermont's average yield per
| acre was exceeded by II States. The to-
tai value Of Vermont's barley crop was
$6s00OO. The barley crop Of Vermont in
| 1917 was more than twice as large as the
aggregate crop Of Maine and New Hamp-
shire. and almost as much as the total
amount produced by the three States OF
| Pennsylvania. New Hampshire and Maine
/, BUCKWHEAT.
Acreage U91D. 1900 acres: d9le). 1900
| acres.
Yield 1slD, $4,000 bushels: (1s1s) 2lo,OOC
! bushels.
Yield per acre us1O, % bushels; 1916
IT'S bushels.
Average yield in the United States, ia
bushels. Vermont was exceeded by nc
State in the Union in bushels Of buck
| wheat per acre. Total value Of Vermont's
buckwheat crop was $4,000. Vermont's
buckwheat crop was as large as the tota
crops of this cereal produced by New
Hampshire. Massachusetts. Connecticut
Illinois and Nebraska.
POTATOES.
Acreage ds1O. $4,000 acres); dsls). 23,Oo(
acres.
Yield 1slO, 100000 bushels; 1915. 1885,.
900 bushels.
Yield per acre uslD. 100 bushels: Cs1s)
liz bushels.
Average yield in the United States
1908 bushels. Vermonts yield per acre
was exceeded by 10 States. The total val
ue Of Vermont's potato crop was A.2OO, 900
Vermont raised more potatoes than the
States of New Hampshire and Rhode Is
land
TOBACCO.
Acreage (1917). 100 acres; Gsl8), 10 acres
Yield O91O, 165.00O pounds; (ls16), 100 O0
pounds.
Yield per acre uslD. 1880 poundc: 1915
1900 pounds
Average yield in the United States. ST.
pounds. Vermont's yield per acre wa.
exceeded by only one State. The value O
Vermont's tobacco crop was $4,000.
| HAY.
Acreage usiO. $4,000 acres: Clsls). $50.
900 acres.
Yield n9lO. 1.53l,ooo tons: 1sls). 1895. oo
tons
Yield per acre uS1O. 1852 tons; Q9l6)
ITO tons.
| Average yield In the United States, Ia
tons. Vermont was exceeded in yield pei
acre by II States, but by only one State
Wisconsin). east Of the Mississippi river
Total value Of Vermonts hay crop wal
$l7.6O6.00O. Vermont raised more tons o.
hay than the three States OF Massachu
sets. New Hampshire and Rhode Island
| BEANS.
Acreage n910. 10000 acres; 1916, $40
| acres.
Yield (1917), 100000 bushels: C9l6), So OO
bushels.
Average yield per acre dslO. 10 bush
| els: u916). II bushels.
Average yield In the United States. 81