No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 427 



REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



MR. STOUT: The Executive Committee have named the follow- 

 ing Committees; yon will notice that there are a few slight changes 

 from the committees as they now stand. (See pages 7 and 8.) 



The CHAIRMAN: The program now calls for the Report of the 

 Committee on Floriculture, Edwin Lonsdale, Chairman. I do not 

 see Mr. Lonsdale here. Have jou his report, Mr. Secretary? 



The SECRETARY: Mr. Lonsdale asked permission to send in 

 his report a little later, and have it printed with the proceedings. 

 \^'hat is the pleasure of the Board in regard to that? 



The CHAIRMAN: What shall be done regarding Mr. Lonsdale's 

 report? 



On motion, duly seconded, it was agreed to receive the report 

 and place it on file for publication with the proceedings of the 

 meeting. 



The CHAIRMAN: Next comes the Report of the Committee on 

 Forestry. Is Mr. Piatt here? 



It appeared that neither Mr. Piatt nor his report were there. 



The CHAIRMAN: We will then go on to the next paper, the 

 Report of the Committee on Cereals and Cereal Crops, by S. X. 

 McCIellan, Chairman. 



Mr. McCIellan then read his report, as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CEREALS AND CEREAL 



CROPS. 



Bt Mk. S. X. McClELLAN, Chairman. 



This is a subject that is worthy of more consideration than is gen- 

 erally given to it, as it is of vast importance to all classes of people, 

 as the production of cereal crops is by far the greatest industry 

 of the present day. It requires more brain, muscle and money than 

 any other one branch of business, because it is the motive power 

 of the nation. The corn crop for 1906 in itself will show the vast 

 amount of revenue it produces, and that is only a part of the great 

 industry. The total number of acres of corn in the United States for 

 the year 1906 was 96,737,581, and the average yield per acre was 

 30.3 bushels, making 2,927,416,091 bushels. The average price per 

 bushel 39.9 cents, making in all ^1,166,626,479. 



Winter Wheat came next in value. The total acreage for 1906 

 was 25,599,961, and the average yield per acre was 16.7 bushels, 

 making the total number of bushels 492,888,004. The average price 

 per bushel was 68.3, making a total value of $336,435,081. Of Spring 

 Wheat there was 17,705,868 acres; average bushels per acre 13.7, 

 making a total of 242,372,966; and the average price per bushel 63^ 

 cents, making a total of |153,897,679. 



