THE OUTBREAK OF 1907. 



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LOSSES FROM DEPREDATIONS IN 1907. 



It is impossible to arrive at the actual monetary loss occasioned 

 by this fearful outbreak, as no data have been collected with this 

 special end in view, either by the State or National governments. 

 Several points must be considered in making such an estimate. 

 Large areas planted to wheat and oats were abandoned, part being 

 planted to other crops and the remainder left lying idle. Much 

 money that was entirely lost was expended in seed, fertilizers, pre- 

 paring the seed bed and planting; of course all of the fertilizer 

 would not be lost where another crop followed. The greatest source 

 of loss came through partial or actual destruction of the young wheat, 

 thus greatly reducing the yield. 



The Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture kindly 

 compiled the following table for us, which will shed some light on 

 the amount of loss probably attributable to the " green bug." 



Table I. — Losses from depredations by the spring grain-aphis in 1907 in Kansas, 



Ohlahoma, and Texas. 



KANSAS. 





Winter wheat. 



Oats. 





Acreage 

 planted 

 in fall of 

 preceding 

 year (pre- 

 liminary). 



Per 



cent 

 aban- 

 doned. 



Acreage 

 harvested 

 (revised). 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Total pro- 

 duction. 



Acreage. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Total pro- 

 duction. 



1905 



5,645,000 

 5,702.000 

 5,930,000 

 5,930,000 

 6,173,000 

 6,195,000 



6.3 

 10.0 

 4.8 

 2.5 

 4.5 

 35.0 



5,290,000 

 5,132,000 

 5,645,000 

 6, 108, 000 

 5,895,000 

 4, 300, 000 



Bush. 

 13.9 

 15.3 

 11.3 

 12.8 

 14.5 

 14.2 



Bushels. 

 73,527,000 

 78,517,000 

 63,788,000 

 78,182,000 

 85,478,000 

 61,060,000 



858,000 



1,050,000 



1,092,000 



994, 000 



964,000 



1,400,000 



Bush. 

 27.1 

 23.6 

 15.0 

 22.0 

 28.2 

 33.3 



Bushels. 

 23,248,000 

 24, 780 000 



1906 



1907 : 



16,380,000 

 21,868,000 

 27 185 000 



1908 



1909 



1910 



46,620,000 





Average 











73,425,000 







26, 680, 000 

















OKLAHOMA. 



1905: 



Ind.T 



Okla 



286, 000 

 1,493,000 



249,000 

 1,403,000 



216,000 

 1,235,000 

 1,379,000 

 1,241,000 

 1,604,000 



5.5 

 3.9 



3.2 

 5.0 



28.0 



35.0 



2.3 



6.5 



3.0 



270, 000 

 1,435,000 



241,000 

 1,333,000 



10.0 



8.2 



12.0 

 14.0 



2,703,000 

 11, 764, 000 



2,890,000 

 18,664,000 



202, 000 

 294,000 



218, 000 

 350, OCO 



36.0 

 33.0 



34.2 

 34.4 



7,258.000 

 9,717,000 



7,447,000 

 12,040,000 



1906: 



Ind.T 



Okla 



1907: 



Ind.T 



Okla 



959, 000 

 1,347,000 

 1,225,000 

 1,556,000 



9.0 

 11.6 

 12.8 

 16.3 



8,631,000 

 15,625,000 

 15,680,000 

 25,363,000 



418, 000 

 450, 000 

 550,000 

 632,000 



15.0 

 25.0 

 29.0 

 36.5 



6, 270. 000 



1908 



11,250,000 



1909 



15, 950, 000 



1910 



23, 068, 000 





Average 











16,887,000 







15,500,000 























TEXAS. 











1905 



1906 



1,319,000 

 1,266,000 

 1,266,000 

 988,000 

 929, 000 

 1,295,000 



5.3 



3.0 

 70.0 



6.5 

 27.5 



3.3 



1,249.000 



1,228,000 



380,000 



924, 000 



555.000 



1,252,000 



8.9 

 11.5 



7.4 

 11.0 



9.1 

 15.0 



11,118,000 

 14, 126, 000 



2,812,000 

 10,164,000 



5,050.000 

 18,780,000 



914,000 

 914, 000 

 500, 000 

 750,000 

 615,000 

 695,000 



31.4 



34.8 

 19.0 

 28.9 

 18.7 

 35.0 



28,713,000 

 31,883,000 



1907 



9, aOO, 000 



1908 



21,675,000 



1909 



1910 



11,500,000 

 24,325,000 





Average 











10,342,000 







21,256,000 

















