The Mankato free press., 1922-03-10
FIGURES
REDUCE ACREAGE
Crop Statistics For This
County Made Public
CORN IS ON UP GRADE
Winter Wheat Showing Not un-
favorable; Potatoes Good;
T..
Oats Fine

Minnesota crop statistics made
public by the United States depart
ment of agriculture in cooperation
with the state agricultural depart
ment, show for Blue Earth county
reduction in yield of almost every
major crop for 1921 compared with
the year 1920. In several grain
crops and in potatoes, the yield per
acre has taken a remarkable drop for
the year named. Corn, however. on
an increased acreage, has shown an
increased yield.
The departments figures show
that in 1921 the acreage in corn for
this county was 110,050 acres, a gain
of 1000 acres over the preceding year
creased from forty one to forty four
bushels per acre. All counties ad-
jacent to Blue Earth show increases
in about the same proportion.
Spring Wheat Acreage
For spring wheat the acreage for
1921 was nearly $4,000, drop of 5000
acres but the yield per acre was
steady at ten bushels. Brown county
was the only county in this section
to show increased yield and there
the crop jumped from ten to thir-
teen bushels per acre.
In winter wheat, Blue Earth
county increased her acreage from
$4,000 to $4,000 but thu yield fell
from twenty three to fourteen bush
els per acre. The same condition
prevails in all counties Of this sec
lowest percentage Of loss where the
crop fell from eighteen to fourteen
bushels.
The Oat Yield
AS 20 oats, Blue Earth county
showed an increased acreage of 1000
over the $4,000 acres of 1920 but again
the yield fell OFF, this time from for
tyone to twenty seven bushels per,
acre. Farihault county showed the
smallest loss but in every case in
in southern Minnesota there was
falling off in the yield.
On the barley crop there was no
change. The acreage remained al
$500 and the crop yield at twenty five
bushels. Other counties in this part
of the state showed a slight decrease
in crop but not in acreage.
and showed a slight gain in other
counties. The acreage in this coun
ty increased by 900 from 25OO in
1920 and tie yield hung at 23 Dushels.
Potatoes Fall Down
The most radical drop was in the
potato cror of last year. The acre
ge of this county was increased from
1900 to 1900 but the yield fell off
from 11n bushels to thirty seven. All
othe.' countries in this part of the
state showed a like decrease Int
Blue Earth was alone in showing in
ed Pcr"agn. q .N.s
slight gain in beth acro"~e and Weld
The total of acres in this county in
1921 was little over 25,00O and the
yield averaged two tons. The gaiI.s
was about +he same in the other count
les. Wild lay was about the same as
before with the acre dge at 21,UOV and
the crop Cne end three foUItns -
per acre.
Minnesota Crop Summary
Farm values of Minnesota's princi
pal crops on December /, 1921 was
s171 6s2, 900 compared with s273,2S2.
900 for 1920 and s476.977 900 for 1919
in 1921 was 15,914,000. in 1920 the
total acreage was 15,69S.000 and in
1919, 16,42S,000 acres. This is de-
crease in acreage from 1919 of 514-
900 acres while the loss in farm val
ue was $305,295,000 Or nearly twice
the total value of the 1921 crop. The
acreage of corn, oats, winter wheat.
barley rye potatoes. and tame hay
show an increase since 1919 hut Il
heavy decrease is shown in spring
wheat, wild hay and slight reduction
in fax seed. t.' ,.-
Potatoes show the largest farm
value per acre of any crop, bein.
$3.50 per acre while the lowest
crop is oats at only s5.52 per acre
The crop season in 1921 started out
under rather favorable conditions bu'
the extreme heat in July caused
heavy crop damages Throughout all
of the State with the exception OF
corn. The cool weather with rains in
the early fall greatly benefited the
late potato crop especially in the Red
River Valley and the Northern
counties of the state Here the final
yield was generally above the aver
age. ..s