124 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 



Corn. — ^The estimated acreage was 10,330,000; average yield, 43.0 bushels 

 per acre; total yield, 444,190,000 bushels; average price, $0.30 per bushel; 

 total value, $133,257,000. Only 2 per cent of the crop was reported to be 

 soft or immature and 90 per cent had been husked on December 1. About 

 8 per cent was hogged down. The quality is fairly good, though there was 

 unusual damage from down corn which molded, sprouted and rotted. That 

 which came to the elevators during the last week in November had a 

 moisture content of 16 per cent. The gross value per acre was $12.90 

 which is the lowest since 1904. 



Oats. — The estimated area harvested was 5,960,000 acres; average yield, 

 26.0 bushels; total yield, 155,077,000 bushels; average price, $0.23; total 

 value, $35,667,710. 



Spring Wheat. — Area harvested, 114,000 acres; average yield, 10.3 bushels 

 per acre; total yield, 1,174,000 bushels; price per bushel, $0.87; total value, 

 $1,021,380. 



Winter Wheat. — Area harvested, 465,000 acres; average yield per acre, 

 19.2 bushels; total yield, 8,928,000 bushels; average price, $0.90 per bushel; 

 total value, $8,035,200. 



Barley. — Area harvested, 166,000 acres; average yield per acre, 23.5 

 bushels; total yield, 3,901,000 bushels; average price, $0.42 per bushel; 

 total value, $1,638,420. 



Rye. — Area harvested, 39,544 acres; average yield, 16.1 bushels; total 

 yield, 636,657 bushels; price per bushel, $0.73; total value $464,760. 



Flax Seed. — Area harvested, 10,840 acres; average yield, 8.7 bushels; 

 total yield, 94,300 bushels; total value at $1.53 per bushel, $144,279. 



Timothy Seed. — Area harvested, 243,000 acres; average yield, 4.47 

 bushels; total yield, 1,086,000 bushels, total value at $2.31 per bushel, $2,- 

 508,660. 



Clover Seed. — Area harvested, 125,000 acres; average yield, 1.6 bushels; 

 total value at $9.72 per bushel, $1,944,000. 



Potatoes. — Area harvested, 96,500 acres; average yield, 43 bushels; total 

 yield, 4,149,500 bushels; average price, $1.40; total value, $5,809,300. 



Hay, Tame, not including alfalfa. — Average yield, 1.39 tons per acre; 

 total yield, 4,104,000 tons; average price, $9.08 per ton; total value, 

 $37,264,320. 



Hay, Wild. — Average yield, 1.16 tons; total yield, 551,000 tons; average 

 price, $7.47; total value, $4,115,970. 



Alfalfa. — Area harvested, 187,000 acres; average yield, 2.97 tons; total 

 yield, 555,000 tons; average price, $12.92 per ton; total value, $7,170,600. 



