No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 215 



REPORT OF Til 10 BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 



Harrisburg, Pa., January 1, 191G. 

 Hon. Charles E. Patton, Secretary of Agriculture: 



Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, for the year 

 ending December 31, 1915. It covers the work for tlie year and con- 

 tains somestatistical data that may be useful for public information. 



CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTS 

 The collection of monthly reports relative to cereal crops, potatoes, 

 hay, fruit, livestock, miscellaneous matter along agricultural lines, 

 etc., was begun something over one year ago. The success that has 

 been attained in this undertaking is very largely due to the efficient 

 corps of township reporters that the Bureau was fortunate in secur- 

 ing. At present we have about seven hundred and fifty correspond- 

 ents and receive nearly seven hundred reports each month. I sub- 

 mit herewith and make a part of this report the following statisti- 

 cal information taken from the various reports received during 

 the year : 



CEREALS 



Wheat — Estimated area harvested, 1,312,000 acres; average pro- 

 duction per acre, 19 bushels; total estimated production, 24,928,000^ 

 bushels; average price per bushel, |1.05; total value of crop, |26,- 

 174,000.00; average date when seeding began, September 27. 



Corn — Estimated area harvested, 1,522,000 acres; average produc- 

 tion per acre, 36 bushels; total estimated production, 54,792,000 

 lushels; average price per bushel, 76 cents; total value of crop, 

 $41,641,920.00; cut for ensilage, 16 per cent.; average date wiien 

 planting began. May 6. 



Rye — Estimated area harvested, 271,600 acres; average produc- 

 tion per acre, 17.2 bushels; total estimated production, 4,672,000 

 bushels; average price per bushel, 85 cents; total value of crop, |3,- 

 971,200.00. 



Oats — Estimated area harvested, 1,094,000 acres; average produc- 

 tion per acre, 39 bushels; total estimated production, 43,095,000 

 bushels; average price per bushel, 46 cents; total value of crop, 

 $19,823,700.00. 



Buckivheat — Estimated area harvested, 277,200 acres; average 



production per acre, 20 bushels ; total estimated production, 5,540,000 



bushels; average price per bushel, 78 cents; total value of crop, |4,- 



321,000.00. 



POTATOES 



Potatoes — Estimated area harvested, 273,360 acres; average pro- 

 duction per acre, 75 bushels; total estimated production, 20,502,000 

 bushels; average price per bushel, 80 cents; total value of crop, 



$16,401,600.00. 



TOBACCO 



Totacco — Estimated area harvested, 31,500 acres; average produc- 

 tion per acre, 1,450 pounds; total estimated production, 45,675.000 

 pounds; average price per pound, 10 cents; total value of crop, $4,- 

 567,500.00. 



Hay — Estimated area harvested, 3,015,000 acres; average produc- 

 tion per acre, 1.18 tons; total estimated production, 3,558,000 tons; 

 average price per ton, |15.90 ; total value of crop, |56,572,200.00. 



