164 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. 



15,847,000 bushels;- the price 97 cents per bushel and the total value, 

 $15,372,000. Winter killing was only 2 per cent in the winter of 1921-22. 

 A further increase in acreage seeded is reported for the 1923 crop but 

 there are indications that this will be somewhat reduced by the depreda- 

 tions of the Hessian fly. 



Barley acreage is estimated at 150,000; yield per acre, 28.4 bushels; 

 total, 4,260,000 bushels, worth, at 52 cents per bushel, $2,215,000. 



Rye acreage was 60,000; yield per acre, 19 bushels; total yield 1,140,000 

 bushels; price 71 cents per bushel; value, $809,000. 



Flaxseed: Area harvested 8,000 acres; average yield, 10 bushels; 

 total yield, 80,000 bushels; price per bushel, $2.07; total value, $166,000. 



Timothy seed: Area harvested, 230,000 acres; average yield, 4.53 

 bushels; total yield, 1,042,000 bushels; average price, $2.49; total value, 

 $2,595,000. 



Clover seed: Area harvested, 132,000 acres; yield per acre, 1.7 bushels; 

 total yield, 224,000 bushels; price per bushel, $10.40; total value, $2,- 

 330,000. 



Tame Hay increased to 3,393,000 acres, including 200,000 acres of alfalfa. 

 The average yield was 1.40 tons; total production, 4,750,000 tons; price 

 $10.40 per ton; total value, $49,400,000. 



Alfalfa yielded 2.67 tons per acre or a total of 534,000 tons; price, $14.80 

 per ton; total value, $7,903,000. 



Wild Hay: Area, 432,000 acres; yield per acre, 1.14 tons; total pro- 

 duction, 492,000 tons; price, $8.50 per ton; total value, $4,182,000. 



Minor miscellaneous crops such as garden truck, fruit, popcorn, sweet 

 corn, buckwheat, sugar beets, pasturage, etc., are lumped off at a paltry 

 $75,101,000 worth. 



Increased values due to feeding a considerable portion of these crops 

 to live stock are not considered in this report. 



