Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1887 — Indiana Crop Average. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Crop Average.

The agricultural department, notwithstanding occasional criticisms, continues to issue its statistical information with persistant regularity. It is information, too, that seems to be readily devoured; a fact, perhaps, strange when its dryness is considered, and the officials of th® department stand ready to wager a bag of seed that the figures are facts and not fiction. Here are some local to Indiana as gathered and prepared by the statistician. The following, be says, are the estimates of the average yield and condition of the crops of the Slate: Wheat—Average yield per acre, stated in bushels, 15.5; average quality, 100 representing high medium grade, 96. Rye—Average yield per acre in bushels, 13.9; average quality, 100 representing high medium grade, 95; Oats—Average yield yer acre in bushels, 26; average quality, 100 representing high medium grade, 95. BarleyAverage yield per acre in bushels, 18; average quality, 100 representing high medium grade, 94. Buckwheat —Average condition 75. Corn —61. White Potatoes—43. Sweet Potatoes—7o. Sorghum—s 6.