456 



SORGHUM. 



PERCENTAGE YIELD OF EACH CROP IN EACH STATE OF THE AVERAGE CROP 

 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 



IMaine 



New Hnmpshire 



Vermont 



IMiissaeliusetts . . 

 Rhode Isliuid... 

 (U)iiiu'ctic'ut. ... 



New York 



New Jer.sey 



Pennsylvania. . 



Delaware 



Maryland.. 



Virginia. . 

 North Carolina. 

 South Carolina. 



Georgia 



Florida... 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia. . 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana.. 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



NeViraska. 



California 



Oregon. 



no 



144 

 132 

 12.1 

 ](I9 

 109 

 120 

 134 

 130 

 87 

 94 

 73 

 .54 



38^ 



36 



46 



54 



61 



77 



84 



91 



102. 



106 



131 



120 



114 



10.1 



lis 

 lis 



127 

 108 

 124 

 122 

 119 

 96. 



Wheat. 



104 6 

 IW 6 

 12.5 2 

 139.0 



127 1 

 114 3 

 111.0 

 107 9 

 97 



56 9 



56 6 

 63 2 



99 3 



67 7 



57 6 

 85 . 3 

 78 



109 8 

 114 4 

 103 3 

 102 8 



96 9 

 107 4 



82 7 



93 4 

 105 



92 

 102 1 

 138 2 



Oats. 



100 

 143 4 

 1.36 9 



125 3 

 116 7 

 114 1 

 ]2() 8 



120 



126 



82 8 

 76-7 



54 5 



55 3 



52 2 

 48 9 

 51 5 



53 1 

 60.1 

 .55 3 



116 9 

 8r. 

 65 7 

 84,7 



83 9 

 113 1 

 123 7 



99 5 

 lis 2 

 135 4 

 131 7 

 134 2 

 107 2 

 119 3 

 119 2 



121 7 

 140.9 



Potatoes. 



118 7 

 125.5 

 146 7 

 115 2 

 99 9 

 97 3 



90 7 

 . 88.7 



95.3 



91 5 

 75 6 

 81 3 

 94 5 

 87 9 

 80.2 



81 3 

 86 8 

 73 6 

 91 6 



97 8 

 85 7 

 87.9 

 7S 4 

 91 5 

 91 5 



76 3 

 83 2 

 99 

 116 

 102 1 

 83 7 

 92 3 

 92 5 

 129.7 

 139 6 



Hay. 



74 6 

 81 5 

 86 9 

 91.7 

 83 8 



95 3 



96 4 



97 7 

 95 2 



85 1 



86 9 

 98.0 



108 2 



95.1 



114 5 



113 4 

 118.3 

 105 7 

 115 4 

 112 8 



107 2 

 95 9 



102.8 

 94 6 

 98 5 

 102 8 

 110 8 

 110.2 

 119.3 

 112 1 



108 6 



119 3 



120 5 

 122 3 

 133.3 



If, however, we limit our attention to the two most important cereals, 

 wheat and corn, the latter in 1875 occupying 36.7 percent, and the 

 former 22.5 per cent of the entire acreage of our farming land.*, and 

 the value of these two cereals being equal to 61.3 per cent of all our 

 principal agricultural crops, the conclusions may more clearly appear, 

 and will faii-ly apply to the remainder of the crops produced. 



It is to be remembered that the years from 1875 to 1880, inclusive, 

 were years of very great productiveness for corn, while those from 1877 

 to 1880, inclusive, were equally so for wheat. 



This will appear from the fi\ct, that, while from 1863 to 1874, in- 

 clusive, the average acreage yield for corn in the United States was 

 27.04 bushels, it was, from 1875 to 1880, inclusive, 27.63 bushels, an 

 increase of 2.18 per cent; and while, from 1863 to 1876, inclusive, 

 the average acreage yield of wheat in the United States was 11.91 

 bushels, it was, from 1877 to 1880, inclusive, 13.48 bushels, an increase 

 of 13.18 per cent. 



The above would certainly appear to indicate other than any ex- 



