FIELD CROPS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1915 



The Crop Reporting Bureau of the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued (Decem- 

 ber 15, 1915) thp following estimates of the acreage production and value of the prin- 

 cipal farm crops in the United States for the years 1914 and 1915, as compared with the 

 annual average for the quinquennium 1909-13: — 



Farm value — 



Production December 



Crop . Acreage per per 



acre Total bush. 



000 acres bush. 000 bush, cents. 



Corn ...1914 103,435 25.8 2,672,804 64.4 



1915 108,321 28.2 3,054,535 57.5 



Average 1909-13 104,229 26.0 2,708,334 56.4 



Winter wheat 1914 36,008 19 . 684,990 98 . 6 



1915 40,453 16.2 655,045 95.0 



Average 1909-13 28,356 15.6 441,212 88.3 



Spring wheat 1914 17,533 11.8 206,027 98.6 



1915 19,445 18.3 356,460 86.5 



Average 1909-13 18,741 13.1 245,479 81.2 



All wheat 1914 53,541 16.6 891,017 98 6 



1915 59,898 16.9 1,011,505 92.0 



Average 1909-13 47,097 14.6 686,691 85.7 



Oats 1914 38,442 29.7 1,141,060 43.8 



1915 40,780 37.8 1,540,362 36.1 



Average 1909-13 37,357 30.3 1,131,175 37.5 



Barley 1914 7,565 25.8 194,953 54.3 



1915 7,395 32.0 237,009 51.7 



Average 1909-13 7,619 23.0 181,873 59.6 



Rye 1914 2,541 16.8 42,779 86.5 



1915 2,856 17.2 49,190 83.9 



Average 1909-13 2,236' 15.6 34,911 70.8 



Buckwheat 1914 792 21.3 16,881 76.4 



1915 806 19.6 15,769 78.7 



Average 1909-13 843 19.7 16,597 69.7 



Flaxseed 1914 1,645 8.4 13,749 $1 26 



1915 1,367 10.1 13,845 $1 74 



Average 1909-13 2,490 7.8 19,501 $152 



cents 



Potatoes 1914 3,711 110.5 409,921 48.7 



1915 3,761 95.5 359,103 61.6 



Average 1909-13 3,677 97 . 356,627 60 . 5 



ton 000 tons ton 



Hay 1914 49,145 1.43 70,071 $1112 



1915 50,872 1.68 85,225 $10 70 



Average 1909-13 49,756 1.33 65,987 $12 13 



Sugar Beets 1914 483 11.6 5,585 $5 45 



1915 624 10.4 6,462 $ 5 54 



Average 1909-13 502 10.6 5,342 . . 



bbls. 000 bbls. bush. 



Cranberries 1914 17.4 37.0 644 $3 93 



1915 17.8 25.8 457 $ 6 23 



bbl. 



Apples 1914 84,400 $ 1 85 



1915 76,670 $ 2 04 



The prices in the above table are those paid to farmers on December 1, 



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