No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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land, aud required relatively large expenditures for labor and fer- 

 tili/t-rs. 



Cereals. 



Table 19 is a statement of the changes in cereal production since 

 1849. 



TABLE 19.— Acreage and Production of Cereals: 1849 to 1899. 



Part 1. — Acreage. 



•No statistics of acreage were secured prior to 1879. 



Part 2. — Bushels Produced. 



1899, 

 1889, 

 1879, 

 1S69, 

 1859, 

 1849. 



197,178 

 493, 893 

 43S. 100 

 529,562 

 530,714 

 165,584 



3,922,980 

 3,069,717 

 3,593,326 

 2,532,173 

 5,572,024 

 2, 193, 692 



51,869.780 

 42,318.279 

 45,821,531 

 34,702,006 

 28,196,821 

 19,835.214 



37,242,810 

 36,197.409 

 33,841,439 

 36,478,585 

 27,387.147 

 21.538.156 



3,944,750 

 3.742.164 

 3,683,621 

 3.577.641 

 5,474,788 

 4,805,160 



20,632,680 

 21,595,499 

 19,462,405 

 19,672,967 

 13,042,165 

 15,367,691 



The total area under cereals in 1879 was 4,724,503 acres; in 1889, 

 4,448,547 acres; and in 1899, 4,738,194 acres. Of the total area under 

 cereals in 1899, 32.0 per cent, was devoted to wheat; 31.2 per cent, to 

 corn; 24.8 per cent, to oats; 6.5 per cent, to rye; 5.3 per cent, to buck- 

 wheat, and 0.2 per cent, to barley. 



The area under wheat in 1899 was 14.8 per cent, greater than ten 

 years before; that under corn, 18.2 per cent.; and that under buck- 

 wheat, 18.7 per cent. The area devoted to rye decreased 7.7 per cent, 

 in the decade 1889-1899; that under oats, -10.4 per cent, and that under 

 l>arley. 54.3 per cent. 



The total number of bushels produced in 1849 was 63,905,497, and 

 in 1899, 117, 810 178, a gain of 84.4 per cent, in fifty years. 



Tlui largest area under wheat was in the southeastern i)art of the 

 State, Lancaster, York and Franklin counties each producing over 

 1,000,000 bushels in 1899. This section led also in the production of 

 corn, Lancaster county reporting over 4,000,000 bushels, and York 

 county, over 3,000,000 bushels. Oats were raised extensively in the 

 eastern section, several counties showing yields of over 1,000,000 

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