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present average farm price of wheat, as reported, is 84 cents per 

 bushel. 



Oats. — Of 891,489 acres estimated as having been seeded to 

 oats in the spring of 1913, but 656,182 acres made sufficient growth 

 to be cut and threshed in the usual way. The remainder of the crop 

 was pastured or harvested as hay. The yield of the part of the 

 crop threshed was 22.7 bushels per acre, as compared with 31.3 

 bushels for the entire crop of 1912. By sections, the yield for 1913 

 shows: Northeast, 21.2 bushels; northwest, 29.8; central, 15.6; 

 southwest, 19.3; southeast, 17.5. The 1913 yield of threshed oats 

 is estimated at 14,949,532 bushels, worth at the average State price 

 of 42 cents per bushel, $6,280,173. This does not take into consid- 

 eration the value of oats pastured or harvested as hay. The total 

 oat crop of 1912 was 29,488,490 bushels, valued at $9,632,205. 

 Owing to the open season and to the fact that many fields of oats 

 were not harvested in the usual way, the growth of volunteer oals 

 has in many places been sufficient to provide some fall pasture. 



Tame Hay and Forage. — Tame hay and forage acreage har- 

 vested in 1913 is estimated at 2,142,762 acres. This is about 11 

 per cent less than in 1912, when it was 2,414,889 acres. The yield 

 shows a much larger decrease, being but 2,175,735 tons as compared 

 with 3,333,862 in 1912. The average estimated yield for the pres- 

 ent year is approximately one ton (1.015) per acre for all cuttings 

 combined. The yield in 1912 was 1.3 tons per acre. The value of 

 the present crop, figured at $13.36 per ton, is $29,063,473. 



Other Crops. — Almost without exception the unfavorable 

 season of 1913 cut short the yield of all minor crops. 



The prairie hay crop, harvested from 127,963 acres, amounted 

 to 100,955 tons, valued at $1,163,236. The 1912 crop, harvested 

 from 142,730 acres, amounted to 167,098 tons, valued at $1,400,700. 



Flax shows a decrease of eight per cent in acreage; yield 5.2 

 bushels as compared with 7 bushels last year; price, $1.15 per 

 bushel. 



Rye acreage was one per cent larger than in 1912; yield, 14.2 

 bushels; price, 83 cents. 



Buckwheat acreage was 10 per cent less than last year; yield, 

 10.3 bushels; price, 98 cents. 



Barley acreage shows loss of 15 per cent; yield, 18 bushels; 

 price, 80 cents. 



Broom corn acreage is but little more than half — 53 per cent — 

 that of 1912, The yield is also less, being but 357 pounds as com- 



