CROPS m MASSACHUSETTS. 



YIELDS AND VALUES TEH ACRE AS COMrAllED WITH OTHER 



STATES. 



Compiled from Ai.p.t'm oi' Agricultiral Graphics, pup-lisiikd by 



AUTHORITY OK THE SkCRKTAUY OV AGRICULTURE, 



Washington, T>. C, 1800. 



CORN (MAIZE). 



Averages of Ten Yeaks (1880-89). 

 The avenago yield per acre in the whole country is given 

 as 24.1 bushels, and the average value per acre as $9.47. 

 Massachusetts shows an average yield of 31.G hushels, with 

 an average value per acre of $22.94. It is interesting to 

 note that Nebraska leads in average yield per acre, with o2.8 

 bushels, followed closely by New Hampshire, with 32.7 ; 

 Vermont, with 32.5 ; and Maine, with 32.2. It is found 

 that, with the single exception of Nebraska, the only States 

 showing a yield of over 31.5 bushels per acre are New 

 England States. The only States showing a yield of less 

 than 10 bushels are South Carolina, with 9.4, and Florida, 

 with 9.7. New Hampshire leads in the average value per 

 acre, with $24.32, closely followed by Maine, with $24.25; 

 and Vermont, with $23.18. The only States showing a value 

 of over $20 per acre are all New England States, with the 

 single exception of Montana, with $20.12. The States show- 

 ing the lowest values are South Carolina, with $6.19; 

 Georgia, with $6.81; North Carolina, with $7.15; Florida, 

 with $7.22 ; Nebraska, with $7.58 ; Alabama, with $7.69 ; 

 and Kansas, with $7.90. All the olhers are over $8.25. 

 The value per acre of corn in the New England States 

 ranges from $24.32 in New Hampshire to $20.94 in Con- 

 necticut, — more than twice the general average. New York, 



