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APPENDIX F—Contmned 



ACREAGE AND PRODUC- 

 TION OF PRINCIPAL 

 CROPS 



Peaches trees 



bushels 

 Grapes vines 



1919 



2,010,022 



448,177 



11.097,734 



pounds 115,871,465 



1909 



2,907,170 



l,fi86,5-6 



11,913,576 



120,695,997 



31.7 per cent. That of 

 oats was 1,514,808 

 acres in 1919 and 

 1,429,076 in 1909 ; of 

 rye, 912,951 acres in 

 1919 and 419,020 in 

 1909 ; and of dry 

 beans, 314,873 acres 

 in 1919 and 403,669 

 in 1909. The average yield of corn per acre in 1919 was 35.5 bushels; 

 of wheat, 19.3 bushels ; and of oats, 24.4 bushels. The corresponding 

 figures for 1909 are 33.3 bushels of corn, 20.0 bushels of wheat, and 

 30.7 busliels of oats. 



In 1919, 3,644,952 acres were in hay and forage, including 655,784 

 acres in timothy, 1,852,789 acres in timothy and clover mixed, 120,299 

 acres in clover, 348,254 acres in silage crops, and 418,031 acres in 

 corn cut for forage. The total production of hay and forage was 6,345,- 

 510 tons, of which 2,551,806 tons were silage. The total acreage in 

 hay and forage in 1909 (not including corn cut for forage) was 2,715,- 

 447 acres and the total production 3,634,196 tons. 



There were 280,53-' acres in potatoes in 1919, as compared with 

 365.483 acres in 1909, representing a decrease of 23.2 per cent. The 

 production was 23,929,560 bushels in 1919, as against 38,243,826 

 bushels in 1909. Tlie average yield per acre was 85.3 bushels in 1919 

 and 104.6 bushels in 1909. 



The acreage of sugar beets in 1919 was 106,450, as compared with 

 78.711 acres in 1909. an increase of 35.2 per cent. The production in 

 1919 was 1,025,550 tons, as against 706,990 tons in 1909, an increase 

 of 45.1 per cent. 



The production of apples in 1919 was 5,843,271 bushels ; of peaches, 

 448,177 bushels; and of grapes, 115,871,465 pounds. 



