ACREAGE CHANGES 1926 



In the following table is shown the acreage distribution of the various crops 

 as estimated for 1926 and compared with revised estimates for 1925 and the census 

 base of 1924. 



TOTAL LAND AREA 93,523,840 



Land in Farms 



Pasture Land 



Improved Pasture Land. 



Wild „. 



Woodland 



Other Land „ „ 



Total Crop Land 



Total Acres in Crops 



Grain Crops Total 



Corn „ 



Wheat 



Winter Wheat 



Spring Wheat _ „ 2,543,000 



Durimi Wheat Included Above- 

 Oats 



Barley — .^ 



Rye „ 



Other Seed Crop Totals 



Dry Edible Beans 



Seed Peas _ 



Flaxseed 



Clover Seed 



* Alfalfa Seed 



All Hay and Forage Acreagei 



Timothy _ 



All Clover _ 



Timothy and Clover Mixed 



Alfalfa Hay _ _. 



Grains Cut for Hay 



All Other Tame Hay 



Wild Hay Cut 



Vegetables — 



Potatoes — 



Other Vegetables 



Miscellaneous Crops — 



Sugar Beets 



Canning Peas 



Crop Failure 



Idle and Fallow Crop Lands 



Fruit Crops Acres _. 



Apple Trees Number Bearing Age 



Plums - 



Cherries not estimated. 



From this table it is apparent that in 1926 a further expansion of acreage 

 devoted to grain crops was largely responsible for the increase in total cropped 

 acreage compared with 1925. However, some decrease in other seed crop acreage 

 and decrease in summer fallowed lands also help to account for the grain crop 

 acreage increase. Abandonment of 481,000 acres of crop land in 1926 is a con- 

 servative estimate, as are all estimates in this item, since to some extent acreage 

 not harvested is taken care of in the reported average yield per acre, especially 

 in the case of spring grain crops. In winter wheat where abandonment occurs 

 before preliminary forecasts of crop production are made, the abandonment is 

 estimated and deducted from the acreage reported as harvested. 



AVERAGE ACRE YIELDS 1926-1925-1924 

 (Bushels except for Hay — in tons) 



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