The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-08-01
Redwood County
Crop Statistj>
1922 FARM CENSUS CIV
WOOD COUNTY TOl.
2,499 FARMS. =

N. J. Holmberg, commissioner, Min.
nesota State Department of Agricul
ture, has just issued bulletin known
as No. 22, which deals with the Min
nesOta farm census of 1922 and the
annual crop statistics of 1921 anG
1922. The data and statistics con
tanned in the bulletin are valuable anc
the issuance of the book shows aetivi
ty of no minor quantity on the part Of
Mr.. Holmberg's department.
Some rapid changes in acreage are
noted since the 1920 federal census
noticeably that of rye, spring wheat
and potatoes. According to the 1925
federal census the acreage of rye ir
Minnesota was $4,000. In 1922 this
had increased to 1,276, 1874 acres. The
= ------sage of spring wheat for 1920 was
t.684,951 and for 1922 the decrease
was phenomenal but 1,845,591 acres
being sown of this cereal. The potato
crop had increased from 331 800 acres
in 1920 to 509,801 acres in 1922.
According to the bulletin there was
a total of 179,929 farms in Minnesots
in 1922. The acreage was 27,908, ,504
OF this the improved acreage was 20,.
746,053; woodland comprised 1914,
287 acres and other land, totaled s.
873,839 acres. The average size of a
Minnesota farm is 1888 acres, OF
which the average improved land com.
prises 1918 acres. 124,398 farmers
owned their farms and the renters to-
tailed 1881.
There are 2,499 farms in Redwood
County with total of 507,828 acres
for the county. Of this number OF
farms 1873 are operated by the own
ers and Lips by the renters or about
one renter for every owner. The
state average shows more than two
owners for every renter, making the
average in Redwood County exceed
ingly high.
The number of acres planted to
corn in 1922 is 147,849, to oats no.
682; to barley 1873; to rye 35,446;
to flax 5,939; to winter wheat 1858
and to spring wheat 21,124. The only
grains having an increased acreage
over the year of 1921 are corn, fax
and rye. The rest all decreased in
acreage. There were 798 acres of
potatoes in 1922, a slight increase
over the acreage of the preceding
year.
There are 16,963 acres devoted to
the raising of tame hay and 35 $50 to
wild hay. Of the tame hay acreage
1879 acres are used for clover and
timothy and 1888 for alfalfa. 916
acres were used for the raising of
clover for seed.
There are 1856 acres in wood land
and there have been 521 acres of new
land cleared or broken since April first
of 1921.
There is a total of 29,481 apple
bearing trees in the county, 355 hives
of bees and 1,758 sheep were sheared
in the county in 1922. There is a
total LAST pure bred cattle, SOC being
pure bred males of all ages. The
number of purebred cattle in the state
is 82,907. The division as to breeds
in the county is as follows: Holstein,
359; Guernsey, So; Jersey 6; Brown
Swiss, 6; Shorthorn, 629; Angus, LOG;
Hereford, 218; Red Poll, 81. The
number of beef cattle greatly out num-
bered that of dairy cattle in this re-
port, but the number of dairy cattle
is rapidly increasing and this condi-
tion will probably be changed in the
1923 report.
Redwood County had but 297 silos
in 1922. This number is small COM
pared to most counties. Most of them
numbered over 500 while some had as
high as 1000. Redwood County farm
ers were operating 326 tractors at the
time this report was made.
The comparative grain yields for
the years 1921 and 1922 are as fol-
1cxyc.