Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1895 — CORN CROP LARGEST RECORDED [ARTICLE]

CORN CROP LARGEST RECORDED

Kate of Yield Somewhat Less than the October Estimate. The November returns to the Department of Agriculture make the corn crop the largest in volume of record, with the rate of yield, however, somewhat less than that indicated by the returns for October, being 20.2 bushels per acre. This must be regarded as preliminary and not a final estimate of the yield. The rate of yield of the principal corn States is as follows: New York 35.0 Pennsylvania ; 33.5 Ohio 32.0 Michigan 33.8 Indiana 30.8 Illinois 37.1 Wisconsin \ 31.8 Minnesota 31.2 lowa . 35.1 Missouri 30.0 Kansas 24.3 Nebraska JG.I The average yield of buckwheat iB 20.1 bushels, against 10.1 last year; the average yield of potatoes is 100.7 bushels per acre, tobacco 743 pounds and hay 1.6 tons.