Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-17

SAaAS0 lAAS 0AS1y u1uSuG0, no" :.
ever. the movement has ben upward.
I'm the decade Of the eishties-that
Is. forsthe ten years ending with 1890
the iaverage yield per acre Of
wheat In the United States was 11.S4
bushels; for the past ten years-that
Is, for the ten, years ending in 1915
It was :14.87 slbushels-an increase Of
Is per cent.
For tho ten years ending in 1890
States was 23.43 bushels: In the ten
years ending in 1913 it was 1881
Fbushels-an increase Of 10 per cent.
The oats yield in the ten years
ending In 1890 averaged 26.s2 BUSH
els, but In the ten years ending in
1918 it was s2.i7 bushels-a gain Of
'dThe Potato crop averaged 7a.s7
ending In 1890, and 1884 for the past
ten years-an increase Of nearly one
''By a. like comparison, it may be
observed that the hay yield rose from
1.193 tons per acre to 1892 tons, an
increase Of. 30 per cent.
Cotton. notwithstanding the raw
ages OF the boil weevil, increased
from an average of 1923 pounds in
the decade ending in 1880 to 1853
3 1-2 per cent. =,
"other field crops have likewise
shown greater Yields. The average
increase por acre Of all crops in the
ten years ending in 1913, compared
with the ten years ending in 1890,
was about 16 per cent.
The tendency toward enlarged
production per acre is general
throughout the United States; It is not
due to asshiftine Of production from
pne section t6another. For example.
ia the old agricultural state Of New
York the increases for the two periods
mentioned above were as follows:
Corn. 25 per cent; wheat, ~ per
cent; oats. FL per cent; barley, "a per
cent; buckwheat. ~ per cent: po-
tatoes, 30 per cent; hay. 10 per cent;
average Of all (weighted), ls per
cent The facts for the New England
moro striking and significant. For the
SIX New England states; the following
gains are shown in the ten year
period ,1s99-lSls over the ten. ye4f
average for 2Ss6-ls75; corn, - per
| cent; wheat, 63 per cent; oats, Is per
cent; barley, 27 per cent: rye, 27 per
cent: ;buckwheat, II per cent po-
tatoea z7Iper cent; hay ~ per Cent;
,as and 81 sa tsid es ;srops e Rs,sent And M.
y 80
, ten year average for the period
! 1SS1-1S90: Corn 3s per cent: wheat.
80 per cent; oats, "a per cent; barley,
29 per cent; rye. a. per cent; buck
wheat, 45 per cent; potatoes, So per
cent: hay. % per cent; and all held
crops. 26 per cent. T., 80
Same Tendency Elsewhere.
mot only in the United States, hut
in most civilized countries Of the
world. the yield per acre has been
tending upward in recent years. Thts
is noted in respect to wheat in prac-
tically all wheat growing countries
If we compare the average wheat
yields per acre in the ten year period
1S91-1900 with those In the ten year
period 1s01-191o, We find that in the
United Kingdom there has been ar
from 3o.1 to ais bushels; in the
Netherlands, Of 10 per cent, or from
27.7 to SO bushels; in New Zealand. ol
2s per cent, or from 24.e to 3l.5 bush.
els; in Sweden, Of IA per cent, or from
| 24.2 to 27.6 bushels: in Germany, o.
% per cent, or from 23.6 to 2s.1 bush
I els; in Ontario, Of IL per cent, or from
1914 to 21.s bushels; in Manitoba, o.
per cent. or from. II to 1872 bush
1871 to 1875 bushels; in Hungary, o!
per cent. >or from 1913 TO- 17.S bush
1 els;in Japan. OF over @ per cent, 81
from TO ia bushels: in Poland. 81
i 5 per cent, or from 1876 to 15.9 bush
els; in Rumania, of 21 per cent, 81
from IA to 1868 bushels; in the Unitet
States, of per cent. or from 1873 /,
!; 1919 bushels; in India, of 18 per cent
or from 81 to 11.s bushels; in CAY
casia, of 1$ per cent, :or from s.5 {,
11.2 bushels; in Russia, excludini
Poland and Caucasia, Of II per cent
or from S:3 to s.5 busheIsl Thes'
, countries are given in the order o
. their relative rank in yield per acr'
during the period 1ss1-ts0o. Satis
factory comparative data are no
available for Argentina, the onl!
other important surplus wheat grow
ing nation. Similar gains have beel
observed in other than wheat crops.'