. Report of the National conservation commission. February, 1909. >/ ccc c < ^ c c c c -^ KC c ?!« H S w 0 Oi K <0 -: K ro. THE OAT CROP. By C. W. Warburton,Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. IMPORTANCE OF THE CROP. Oats rank fifth among the farm crops of the United States in im-portance and value, being exceeded only by corn, hay, cotton, andwheat. The average area devoted to the production of this crop inthe ten years from 1898 to 1907 has been 28,300,000 acres, while theaverage annual production has amounted to 841,000,000 average annual
. Report of the National conservation commission. February, 1909. >/ ccc c < ^ c c c c -^ KC c ?!« H S w 0 Oi K <0 -: K ro. THE OAT CROP. By C. W. Warburton,Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. IMPORTANCE OF THE CROP. Oats rank fifth among the farm crops of the United States in im-portance and value, being exceeded only by corn, hay, cotton, andwheat. The average area devoted to the production of this crop inthe ten years from 1898 to 1907 has been 28,300,000 acres, while theaverage annual production has amounted to 841,000,000 average annual farm value for the same period, as estimatedby the Bureau of Statistics of this department, has been $265,596,000,or $ to the acre. This is slightly less than the acre value of thewheat crop, $, and about a dollar less than that of corn, $ The accompanying map (No. 1) shows the average annual acreagein each State for the past ten years and the average total produc-tion of each State. Map No. 2 also shows the annual acreage, withthe average yield to the acre, while map No. 3 shows each Statesproportion of the annucu31924032356374
Size: 1280px × 1952px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherwashingtongovtprin
