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are accustomed to having average jdelds of twenty bushels per acre, 

 and I have in mind plots of 15 acres and more yielding an average 

 of thirty-two bushels per acre. 



Oats 



Tlie oats crop of the country ranks third in importance. We pro- 

 duce about one billion bushels annually and it is worth three hun- 

 dred million dollars. 



Oats are produced in every state and territory in the United 

 States. Iowa leads in the number of acres sown, Arizona the 

 lowest. Utah leads in the average number of bushels per acre, being 

 about forty-three bushels per acre, and Florida the lowest, with 

 fourteen bushels per acre. Iowa produces the greatest number of 

 bushels. Florida has the highest price per bushel, South Dakota 

 the lowest. 



Other Products 



Next in importance is barley. California leads in total number 

 of bushels produced, with about thirty-seven million bushels. Cali- 

 fornia also leads in the number of dollars to her credit. 



Kye comes next in importance. All but ten of the states and 

 territories produce rye. Michigan leads in number of acres. Idaho 

 produces most bushels per acre. Pennsylvania leads in total number 

 of bushels. South Carolina has the highest average price per bushel, 

 being one dollar and a quarter. Pennsylvanoa leads in the total 

 value of rye, having to her credit about three and one-half million 

 dollars. 



Buckwheat is a very important crop, for several reasons: It is 

 a quick crop and is in demand as soon as harvested; it can be 

 produced on land that will not produce Avlieat, corn or oats suc- 

 cessfully. Buckwheat is grown in twenty-four states. New York 

 leads with 321,552 acres. Maine has the highest number of bushels 

 per acre, about twenty-seven bushels, and Iowa the lowest, twelve 

 bushels per acre. New York is the banner buckwheat state, her crop 

 annually being worth three and one-half million dollars, or about 

 one-third of the value of the buckwheat crop of the United States. 



Flax, another important crop, is raised in this country for the 

 seed which is manufactured into oil and meal. About two and one- 

 half million acres are producing flax witli an average of a little more 

 than ten bushels per acre. In some sections during 1910 flaxseed 

 was worth two and one-half dollars ])er bushel. In the production 

 of flax. North Dakota leads in number of acres, the total number 

 of bushels and value of its crop amounts to nearly fifteen million 

 dollars. 



Rice is produced in nine or ten states, with Louisiana leading in 

 number of acres, 308,000, the greatest number of bushels and the 

 largest total value, being nearly eight million dollars, which is about 

 f»ne-half the value of our whole crop. 



The United States Department of Agriculture reports the total 

 production of corn at 3,125,713,000 bushels as compared with 2,772,- 

 370,000 bushels for 1909, 27.4 bushels average per acre for 1910 as 

 compared with 25.5 bushels the ten year average. 



These figures seem large, and it is hard to realize how enormous 

 they are, yet the latest census report showing the great increase in 



