12 BULLETIN 482, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
CROP YIELDS FOR 1913. 
The yields of important crops are given in Table IV. All except 
corn are above the figures given for the same locality in the census 
TABLE I1V.—Average crop yields in Mason, Madison, and Scott Counties for 1913, 
compared with census figures of 1910. 
178 178 
Census Census 
Crops. records, | y Crops. records y 
poise | otOle: FEE oh lle: 
*Corn <i ro atae yar HL PA Re bushels. . 34.5 3818) ( Ry ens Oh See bushels. . 9.9 9 
MNO OERU0 4's Soscsuesse pounds. . 1, 132 aOR Path neck Cnn oe ee tons... 1.05 1.01 
Wheat see es ee bushels. - 16 12.9 
of 1910. The corn crop was undoubtedly cut short by the abnor- 
mally low rainfall in June, July, and August, 1913 (see rainfall 
chart, fig. 6.) Tobacco being a drought-resisting plant, was prob- 
ably not much affected. The bluegrass pastures, however, were un- 
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lines indicate average, dotted lines extreme range.) 
doubtedly shorter than usual during this year, and as a consequence 
some of the farms were unable to support the normal amount of live 
stock through the summer. 
This year was a good one for wheat, which is an early-maturing 
crop. The fall and winter rains, much above the normal in amount, 
helped to give it a good start, and a dry harvest. period was very 
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