EEPOBT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



411 



states and Territoriei. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Value. 



Arizona 



Dakota 



Idaho 



Montana 



New Mexico 



Ut.ili 



AV.ishinj;toa 

 "WyominK... 



Total . 



21, 578 



2, 187, 084 



62, 370 



83,864 



73, 242 



96, 861 



424, 276 



3,180 



303, 000 

 27, 913, 000 

 1, 154, 000 

 1, 715, 000 

 1, 023, 000 

 1, 920, 000 

 7, 412, 000 

 60, 000 



34, 189, 246 



357, 112, 000 



$287, 830 



17, 585, 190 



865, 500 



1, 320, 5r.O 



1, 043, 4G* 



1,174,*^60 



5, 3:^0, WO 



52, 800 



275, 320, 330 



OATS. 



The area of oats, like tliat of corn, was enlarged by substitution for 

 tlie wheat destroyed, and the entire increase is estimated at 7 per cent., 

 the acreage being 22,783,630 acres instead of 21,300,917 last year. 



The first report of condition, in June, was quite favorable, the aver- 

 age being 94, a figure not so high as in each of the recent years since 

 1879. It increased, however, in July and August, and the condition 

 when harvested was 93, indicating a full average for a series of years. 

 The estimated yield is 27.2 bushels per acre, while the less prolific crop 

 of the census year was 25.3. The average of the estimates of eleven 

 years, 1871 to 1881, inclusive, is 27.6 bushels. The farm price is lower, 

 in sympathy with the decline in com, averaging 28.5 cents per bushel, 

 and' aggregating $179,631,860. As the decline in value of corn, from 

 the average of the period above to the present year is 23.8 per cent., so 

 the value of oats suflers a decline of 21 per cent, from 36.1 to 28.5 cents. 



Oats, 1885. 



