Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1898 — CORN YIELD FOR 1898. [ARTICLE]

CORN YIELD FOR 1898.

Governmcnt.Report for November E*timatea It at 24,8 Bushels. The November report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture will give 24.8 bushels as the average yield per acre of corn, according to the preliminary returns of the department’s correspondents. The preliminary estimate last year was 23.7 bushels and that of 1806 27.’ bushels. The indicated yield in the principal corn States is: Ohio, 36 bushels per acre; Indiana, 36 bushels; Illinois, 30 bushels; lowa, 32 bushels; Missouri, 26 bushels; Kansas, 19 bushels; Nebraska, 21 bushels; Pennsylvania, 32 bushels. The crop in the seven States aggregates 1,123,504,000 bushels, or 8,237,000 bushels more than a month ago, but a decrease of 107,139,1KK) bushels from last year. The average per cent of quality is 82.7, as com pared with 86.3 in 1897 and 88.4 in 1896. Reports indicate that about 7.25 per cent of the prop of 1897 is still in farmers’ hands. The yield of the principal States this year, ns compared with last, is as follows: 1808. 1807. Ohio 100,008.000 92,166,000 Indiana 120,182,000 100,825,000 Illinois 100,95 >,OOO 232,028,000 lowa 233,152,000 220,089,000 Missouri 154,720,000 171,024,000 Kansas 157,776,000 102,443,000 Nebraska 148,760,000 241,268,000 Total bushels. 1,123,504,000 1,230,643,000