420 



SORGHUM. 



Sorghum 



Corn 



Wheat. . . 



Oats 



Potatoes 



Average acreage 

 value of crop. 



?r>s 13 



13 21-, 



i;> 79 



11 73 

 55 U 



Difference. 



$54 87 

 5-1 34 

 56 40 

 12 29 



It thus appears that the acreage value of the sorghum croji was 

 more than five times (5.27) that of the average of the other cereals, 

 aud that the only crop which approached it in acreage value was that 

 of potatoes. The average net profits of an acre of sorghiun has been 

 shown (page 415) to be $32.14, nearly three times the gross returns 

 from the cereals. 



For the purpose of comparison, the following tables from the Annual 

 Report, Department of Agriculture, 1881-82, are given, showiug the 

 average cash value of each of tlie principal crops grown in the United 

 States, separately and together for each of the states ; also, a summary 

 of the amount of each crop grown, the acreage aod value, average 

 acreage yield and price, as also the statistics of maize and the cereals, 

 as a whole, from 1871 to 1881, inclusive: 



TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE CASH VALUE PER ACRE OF FARM PRODUCTS FOR 



THE YEAR 1881. 



