1 Condition at time of harvest. 



2 Eight-year average. 



The yields indicated by the condition of crops on Sept. 1, 

 1911, or at time of harvest, the iinal yields of 1910, and the 

 averages for 1906-1910, follow: — 



I Preliminary estimate of yield. 



2 Averages for 1905-09. 



Preliminary returns indicate a hay yield of about 1.09 

 tons per acre, or a total of 46,969,000 tons, as compared with 

 60,978,000 finally estimated last year, and 63,507,000 the 

 average annual production in the past five years. Quality is 

 90.3, against 92.5 last year, and a ten-year average of 91.1. 



