Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-06
S,31S,476 Is THE
STATE ACREAGE
Latest Figures Show Increase
i'll Land Now Under
Cultivation

First summaries of the results of
the joint survey of crops and acre
ages made by the United States and
Pennsylvania State Departments of
Agriculture indicate that during 1919
the farmers of Pennsylvania cult
waited S,31S,475 acres, land devoted
to orchards, berry patches and the
like being excepted. The figures,
compiled from some 10000 reports
received from township assessors
and others, show a decline in corn,
bucl!wheat, potatoes and hay, a
jump in the spring wheat acreage
mostly in northern counties and a
gain in oats and tobacco, 8 coun-
ties being shown as growers of the
latter.
Perhaps the greatest surprise came
in regard to wheat, it being shown
that there were 1,663,913 acres
against E57S,270 estimated by the
State last year. Over 26,000 of this
acreage is in spring wheat's reports.
The value of the survey will be
that it will give new basis and the
estimates based on reports are as
follows: Winter wheat, 1,637,6S4
acres; spring wheat, 26,229; corn,
1,5S5,797 rye, 22S.050; oats, 1.1SS,-
1894; buckwheat, 255,69S; barley,
1905; potatoes, 253,S65; tobacco,
41,2SS; timothy and clover, 2,S76,-
962; alfalfa. 62,214; other hay, 52,-
551; vegetables, 7S,325; beans, 49,
COL: other crops. 42.123.
The leading counties with the new
acreage estimates for the various
crops are:
Winter Wheat-Lancaster, 1926
acres; York, 112,05S; Franklin,
96,642; Cumberland "a 4,437; Adams,
Clio; Washington. 41,115.
Spring Westmoreland, s.
21O acres; Jefferson, 1904; Allie
gheny, 1855; York, 1884; Bradford,
1,175; Clarion, LOSS; Tioga. 1898.
Corn = Lancaster, 93,731 acres;
York, 79,76S; Berks, 64,S06; Chester,
62.2O4: Franklin. 59,209: Bucks, ST.
$50; Adams, 46,6S4; Cumberland,
44,770; Montgomery. 43,432.
Rye-Berks, 15,O1S acres; Indi-
ana. 1869; Montgomery, $3.50;
Bucks, $500; Franklin, S,745; Mon
roe. S.659; yLehigh, 1915; Bradford,
7,27S; Bedford. 1886.
oats - Bradford, 44,192 acres;
400; Somerset, 37,29s; Crawford,
S6,49S; Mercer, S4,564; Erie, 49,
Gel; Washington, 1880.
acres; Tioga, 1884; Crawford,
1926; Indiana. 11,OS9; Jefferson,
36,4S9: Mercer, 34,564; Erie, 3d.
$500; Erie, 9,415: Bedford, 9,2S6.
Barley - Centre, 2,347 acres;
Tioga, 2,03S; Warren, 1,147; Potter,
LILO; York, S11; Bradford, 500;
Erie, 766.
Potatoes - Lehigh, 21,211 acres;
Lancaster, 12.443; York, 1880;
Berks, 11,4S3; Chester, 1854;
Bucks, S.7O9; Schuylkill. 1910.
Tobacco Lancaster, 33,773
acres; York, 1878; Lebanon, $780,
Chester, 763; Juniata, 535; Tioga
400; Berks, 1872; Clinton, s27; Brad
ford, $50. ...
Timothy and Glover : Bradford,
11S,472 acres; Crawford, 1924;
Tioga, 10O,740; Lancaster, 1895;
Erie, 90,757; Washington, S7,2S1;
York, S5,697; Berks, sS915; West
moreland, S2254.
Alfalfa Chester, 6,995 acres;
Berks, 1895; Northampton, 1856;
Lancaster. 1895; Westmoreland. g.
SOS: Lebanon, ,2.605S Cumberland,
2t495; Fayette, 2,2S7--
Vegetables - Allegheny, 6,5S2;
acres; Luzerne, 4,454; Bucks, A.
203; Lancaster, 3,765; Montgomery,
S,744; Philadelphia, S,647; Berks,
3,040.
Washington, 1927: York, 1918;
Cumberland, 99S; Bucks, 7S0; Fay
cite, 701.