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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 

 WHEAT — BY PRINCIPAL VARIETIES — 1955 



Acreage, Yield Per Acre and Production 



FALLON COUNTY 



FERGUS COUNTY 



Acres 



Yield 

 Per Production 



Harv. 

 Planted Harvested Acre 



Acres 



Planted Harvested 



Yield 



Per 



Harv. 



Acre 



Production 



DURUM WHEAT 



Mindum 600 000 



Stewart 600 600 



Other 200 200 



Total 1,400 1,400 



OTHER SPRING TV'HEAT 



Thatcher 26,800 26,600 



Rescue 400 400 



Ceres 3,400 3.400 



Lee 17.900 17,S00 



Marquis 



Other 34,300 



Total 82,800 



WINTER WHEAT 



Yog-o 9,900 



Karmont 



Turkey 



Newturk 



Other 



Total 9,900 8,500 



ALL WHEAT 94,100 90.700 



(Bu.) (Bushels) 



32,600 

 80,SOO 



8,500 



12.0 

 14.(1 

 13.0 

 13.0 



15.4 

 13.0 

 12.5 

 15.5 



is.'s 



14.5 



15.0 



7,200 



8,400 



2,000 



18,200 



410,000 



5,200 



42,500 



275,900 



440,100 

 1,173,700 



127,500 



15.0 

 14.5 



127,500 

 1,319,400 



2,100 



2,100 



(Bu.) 

 20.0 



(Bushels) 

 42,000 



2,100 



4,700 



1,700 



11,200 



200 



2,300 



100 



20.200 



96,100 



22,600 



12,600 



9,300 



2.600 



143,200 



165,500 



2,100 20.0 



4,500 



1,700 



10,900 



200 



2,100 



100 



19,500 



92,400 



22,100 



12,200 



9,100 



2,500 



138.300 



1.59.900 



20.0 

 15.0 

 14.4 

 18.0 

 17.0 

 26.0 

 16.1 



24.4 

 27.0 

 26.5 

 25.5 

 22.0 

 25.0 

 2.3.9 



42.000 



90,000 



25,500 



157,400 



3,600 



35,700 



2,600 



314,800 



2, 2 50, .500 



596,700 



323,300 



232,000 



55,000 



3.457,500 



3,.S14..300 



WHEAT — BY CROPPING PRACTICES, 1945-1955 



Planted Acres, Percent and Yield 

 For Summer Fallow, Other Dry Land, and Irrigated Land 



FALLON COUNTY FERGUS COUNTY 



Summer 



Fallow 



Land 



Other 

 Dry 

 Land 



Irrigated 

 Land 



Total Pet. Yield 

 Planted of per 

 Acres Total PI. 

 Acre 



Pet. Yield Pet. Yield 



of per of per 



Total PI. Total PI. 



Acre Acre 



Summer 



Fallow 



Land 



Other 

 Dry 

 Land 



Irrigated 

 Land 



Total Pet. 

 Planted of 

 Acres Total 



Yield 

 per 

 PI. 



Acre 



Pet. 



of 



Total 



Yield 



per 



PI. 



Acre 



Pet. Yield 

 of per 

 Total PI. 

 Acre 



WINTER WHEAT 



1945 11,100 20 



1946 15,900 19 



1947 14,300 18 



1948 3,600 22 



1949 2,300 48 



1950 3,500 40 



1951 3,500 66 



1952 2,500 52 



1953 2,400 46 



1954 5.100 92 



1955 9,900 87 



SPRING WHEAT 



1945 76,100 6 



1946 75,000 29 



1947 73,800 29 



1948 109,000 33 



1949 123,200 22 



1950 92,200 25 



1951 137,200 44 



1952 122,800 32 



1953 124,300 46 



1954 88,900 44 



1955 84,200 40 



•Less than 1 percent. 



(Bu.) 



12.1 

 10.1 

 10.6 

 16.5 

 9.6 

 5.9 



4.2 



6.8 



10.2 



13.1 



13.8 



21.0 

 20.0 

 10.4 

 16.8 

 6.2 

 18.3 



10.8 

 6.3 

 12.6 

 12.2 

 16.1 



80 

 81 

 82 

 78 

 52 

 60 



34 



48 



54 



8 



13 



94 

 71 

 71 

 67 

 78 

 75 



56 

 68 

 54 

 56 

 60 



(Bu.) 



12.2 

 9.5 

 7.6 

 6.4 

 5.8 

 3.8 



2.9 



4.2 

 6.8 

 8.0 

 6.8 



12.6 

 11.9 



8.8 

 11.1 



4.6 

 12.3 



6.6 

 4.7 

 9.2 

 7.0 

 12.8 



(Bu.) 



167,700 

 170,100 

 187,100 

 161,200 

 137,200 

 150,800 



125,700 

 120,000 

 138,800 

 142,500 

 143,200 



58,900 

 46,700 

 90,600 

 65,300 

 124,900 

 82,000 



127,500 



115,400 



105,500 



47,200 



22,300 



98 

 96 

 97 

 98 

 92 

 98 



93 

 95 

 96 

 100 

 99 



67 

 54 

 69 

 60 

 59 

 74 



83 

 80 

 79 



84 

 91 



(Bu.) 



20.2 

 14.5 

 8.9 

 21.6 

 19.2 

 17.8 



14.0 

 17.4 

 20.4 

 26.0 

 24.2 



12.7 

 18.3 

 14.5 

 20.5 

 19.2 

 19.7 



15.1 

 12.6 

 17.1 

 16.8 

 16.4 



1 

 3 

 2 

 2 



8 

 2 



7 

 4 

 4 



* 



1 



30 

 42 

 30 

 38 

 41 

 25 



16 

 20 

 21 



16 

 8 



(Bu.) 



13.7 

 9.3 

 6.6 

 12.2 

 13.2 

 13.5 



12.3 



9.2 



11.2 



17.0 

 20.0 



6.9 

 11.2 



9.6 

 16.6 



9.6 

 13.0 



8.8 

 10.2 

 11.4 



9.2 



10.8 



(Bu.) 



1 26.4 

 1 17.0 

 1 18.3 



19.9 

 24.0 



17.0 

 17.0 

 16.0 

 23.0 

 25.2 

 15.2 



18.4 

 26.0 

 24.0 



18.0 



