THE OUTBBEAK OF 1907. 
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LOSSES FROM DEPREDATIONS IX 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, 
Oklahoma, 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 
Busheh. 
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 
Bash. 
27.1 
23.6 
15.0 
22.0 
28.2 
33.3 
Bushels. 
23.248,000 
1906 
24,780,000 
1907 
16,380.000 
1908 
21,868,000 
1909 
27,185,000 
1910 
46, 620, 000 
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, 0C0 
36.0 
33.0 
34.2 
34.4 
7,258.000 
9, 717, 000 
1906: 
Ind. T 
Okla 
1907: 
Ind T 
7, 447, 000 
12,040,000 
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 
1909 
11,250,000 
15,950,000 
1910 
23,068,000 
16,887,000 
15, 500, 000 
TEXAS. 
1905 
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. 252^009 
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 
1906 
1907 
31,823,000 
9, 000. 000 
1908 
1909 
21,675,000 
11,500,000 
1910 
24,325,000 
10,342,000 
21,256,000 
