BUBEAU OF AgBICULTUEE. 



GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. 



317 



Washington, D. C., December 16. — A summary of estimates of 

 crop production and pricesl for the State of Kentucky and for the 

 United States, compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and trans- 

 mitted through the Weather Bureau), U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 is as follows: 



Crop production in the State this year aggregates in quantity 

 about 19 per cent, more than last year. Prices on December 1 average 

 12 per cent, lower than a year ago, making total value of crop produc- 

 tion, on this basis, about 5 per cent, more than last year. The estimates 

 are based upon those crops whose values in the last complete crop 

 census represented 82 per cent, of the value of all crops. 



For the United States production this year aggregates in quantity 

 about 9 per cent, more than last year. Prices December 1 average 1 

 per cent, lower than a year ago, making total value of crop produc- 

 tion on this basis about 8 per cent, more than last year; these estimates 

 are based upon crops whose value in the last complete crop census 

 represented 82 per cent, of the value of all crops grown, and may be 

 regarded as representative of all crops. 



Estimates for important crops are given below: 



CROPS 



KENTUCKY 



Acreage Production ^l^\ 



Corn, bu 



"Wheat, bu. 



...1915 

 ...1914 

 ...1915 



Oats, bu 



Barley, bu. 



Rye, bu. 



...1914 

 ..J.915 

 ...1914 

 ...1915 



...1914 

 ...1916 



Buckwheat, bu. 



Flaxseed, bu. 



...1914 

 ...1915 

 ...1914 



Rice, bu. 



Potatoes, bu. 



...1915 

 ...1914 

 ...1915 

 ...1914 

 ...1915 

 ...1914 



Sweet Potatoes, bu 1915 



.1914 



Hay, tons -1915 



Tobacco, lbs. 



Cotton, bales 



...1914 

 ...1915 

 ...1914 



...1915 



r..l914 



Sugar Beets, tons 1915 



1914 



3, 800, 000 



3,650,000 



900,000 



760,000 



210,000 



175,000 



6,000 



5,000 



24,000 



22,000 



61,000 

 50,000 

 10,000 

 10,000 

 875,000 

 750,000 

 440,000 

 400,000 



U4, 000, 000 



91,250,000 



9,900,000 



12, 540, OOO 



5,460,000 



3,675,000] 



180,000 



142,000 



288,000 



301,000 



6,426,000 



2,250,000 



1,050,000 



1,050,000 



1,225,000 



712, 000 



366,400,000 



364,000,000 



Cents 



56 



64 

 105 

 103 



48 



53 



77 



77 



94 



95 



55 

 84 

 70 

 77 

 $12.50 

 $16.00 

 7.8 

 8.4 



UNITED STATES 



Production 



Price 

 Dec. 1 



I 



3,054,535,000 



2,672,804,000 



1,011,505,000 



891,017,000 



1,540,362,000 



1,141,060,000 



237,009,000 



194,953,000 



49,190,000 



42,779,000 



15,769,000 



16,881,000 



13,845,000 



13,749,000 



28,947,000 



23,649,000 



359,103,000 



409,921,000 



74,295,000 



56,574,000 



85,225,000 



70,071,000 



1,060,587,000 



1,034,679,000 



11,161,0001 



16,135,0001 



6,462,0001 



6,585,000 



Cents 

 67.5 

 64.4 

 92.0 

 98.6 

 36.1 

 43.8 

 51.7 

 54.3 

 83,9 

 86.6 

 78.7 

 76.4 

 J1.74 

 $1.26 

 90.6 

 92.4 

 61.6 

 48.7 

 62.0 

 73.0 

 $10.70 

 $11.12 

 9.1 

 9.8 

 11.2* 

 6.8* 

 5.54 

 5.45 



•Per pound. 



