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The Oats crop of 30,958,768 acres, with an average yield of 29^ 

 bushels per acre, making a total of 964,904,522 bushels, at an aver- 

 age price of 31.7 cents per bushel; total value of same being $306,- 

 292,978 for oats alone. ' 



Next comes Barley, there being 6,323,757 acres at an average yield 

 of 28.3 bushels per acre, making a total of 178,916,484 bushels, at an 

 average of 41^ cents per bushel, making |74,235,979 for that crop. 



The next crop in value comes Rye. Now, I do not think they 

 base their estimate on this crop from what it costs the consumer 

 when made into whiskey and sold at from 10 cents to 15 cents per 

 glass — and if jou notice, the glasses are not as large either-;— but we 

 find the total acreage to be 2,001,904 acres, making an average of 

 10.7 bushels per acre, which makes 33,374,833 bushels at an average 

 of almost 60 cents per bushel, making |19,671,243 for rye alone. 



Buckwheat, considered by a large number of farmers as not a 

 profitable crop, shows up an acreage of 789,208 acres — average 

 bushels per acre 13.6, making a total of 14,641,737 bushels, valued 

 at 59.6 per bushel, making |8, 727,443 worth of buckwheat. 



Of Flaxseed there were 2,505,927 acres, making an average of 

 10 1-5 bushels per acre, or a total of 25,576,146 bushels, at an average 

 of $1,012 per bushel, making a sum equal to $25,899,165. And the 

 Kice crop shows an acreage of 575,014 acres, at an average of 31.1 

 bushels, making 17,854,768 bushels, at an average of 90.2 cents per 

 bushel, making the sum of $16,121,298. 



The state that shows the largest acreage of corn is Illinois, 

 9,616,886 acres. The state showing the lowest number of acres is 

 Wyoming, 2,528 acres. Ohio ranks first in number of bushels per 

 acre, 42.6, and good old Pennsylvania third. Florida, the lowest, 

 with 11 bushels per acre. Iowa produced the greatest number of 

 bushels, 373,275,000, and Wyoming the lowest, 68,256 bushels. Ari- 

 zona, the highest price per bushel, 85 cents. Oklahoma, the lowest, 

 which was 30 cents per bushel. Illinois ranks first in the value of 

 the corn crop, being a total of |124,981,051, and Wyoming the low- 

 est, $40,271. Kansas leads in acreage of winter wheat, with 5,131, 

 800 acres, and Alabama the lowest, with 1,761 acres. Idaho leads 

 in the number of bushels per acre, which is 25.4, and North Caro- 

 lina lowest, with 9.1 bushels per acre. Kansas leads in the total 

 number of bushels, having 78,516,540, and Mississippi the lowest, 

 with only 17,610 bushels. South Carolina shows the highest aver- 

 age price per bushel, with $1.10, and Oklahoma the lowest, 55 cents 

 per bushel. 



In Spring Wheat growing states, North Dakota leads in acres, 

 with 5,992,000, and Arizona lowest, with only 15,542 acres. Colo- 

 rado has the greatest number of bushels per acre, 32|^, and Minne- 

 sota the lowest, being 10.9 per acre. North Dakota leads in the total 

 number of bushels, having 77,896,000, Arizona lowest, with 391,- 

 658 bushels, and she also leads with the highest average price per 

 bushel, being $1.03, and Nebraska the loAvest, at 57 cents per 

 bushel. North Dakota leads in the total amount of dollars, with 

 $49,074,480, and Arizona lowest, with $403,408 to her credit. 



Oats is produced in every State and Territory of the United 

 States. Iowa leads in the number of acres sown, with 4,165,000 

 acres, and Arizona lowest with only 914 acres. Utah leads in aver- 

 age of bushels to the acre, being 43.7 per acre, and Florida the low- 



