NINETEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 587 



Corn. — The estimated acreage was 10,337,700, or 33,000 acres less than 

 in 1917; average yield, 34.5 bushels per acre; total yield, 356,677,000 

 bushels; average price, $1.23 per bushel; total value, $438,712,710. Only 

 4 per cent of the crop was reported to be soft or immature and 91 per 

 cent had been husked on December 1st. The crop this year is being re- 

 ferred to as "disappointing," yet the yield is only 2.0 bushels per acre 

 below the average of the last 10 years and the total crop, 356,677,000 

 bushels has been exceeded but four times in 29 years. The quality is ex- 

 cellent and the feeding value of the 1918 crop is much greater than that 

 of the 1917 crop bushel for bushel. 



Oats. — The estimated area harvested was 5,426,500 acres, or about 

 16,500 acres more than in 1917. Average yield, 40.2 bushels; total yield, 

 217,592,500 bushels; average price, 64 cents; total value, $140,043,200. 



Spring Wheat. — Area harvested, 580,400 acres, or about 415,600 acres 

 more than in 1917; average yield 18.2 bushels per acre; total yield, 10,- 

 584,600 bushels; price per bushel, $1.99; total value, $21,063,354. 



Winter Wheat. — Area harvested, 197,270 acres; average yield per acre, 

 19.9 bushels; total yield 3,920,810; average price, $2.02 per bushel; total 

 value, $7,920,036. 



Barley. — Area harvested, 340,100 acres; average yield per acre, 31.3 

 bushels; total yield, 10,649,200 bushels; average price, 89c per bushel; 

 total value, $9,477,788. 



Rye. — Area harvested, 50,040 acres; average yield, 18.1 bushels; total 

 yield, 905,850; price per bushel, $1.48; total value, $1,340,658. 



Flax Seed. — Average yield, 10.1 bushels; total yield, 87,450 bushels; 

 total value, at $3.26 per bushel, $285,087. 



Timothy Seed. — Area harvested, 156,750 acres; average yield, 4.3 bush- 

 els; total yield, 673,025; total value, at $4.27 per bushel, $2,873,817. 



Clover Seed. — Area harvested, 23,480 acres; average yield, 1.5 bushels; 

 total value, at $19.74 per bushel, $695,243. 



Potatoes. — Area harvested, 97,210 acres; average yield, 76.1 bushels; 

 total yield, 7,391,750 bushels; average price, $1.32; total value, $9,761,070. 



Hay (Tame.) — Average yield, 1.3 tons per acre; total yield, 3,357,100 

 tons; average price, $19.57 per ton; total value, $65,697,448. 



Hay (Wild).— Average yield, 1.2 tons; total yield, 594,580 tons; average 

 price, $16.00; total value, $9,513,280. 



Alfalfa. — Area harvested, 116,040 acres; average yield, 2.8 tons; total 

 yiled, 328,110 tons; average price, $23.93 per ton; total value; $7,875,602. 



