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Show WHEAT CULTURC tba Srarraloaa rrorrta erMlieat Croeloa InTlilaCuuiilrj. Aroonllns to Btatlstlolan Dalpi of tho national department of agricultnro nt Waalilngton, tho Dnkotni now produco "mo wheat llyn oj croca la ..' tTnltM btaTwi M j nan agu Tlw exports of last year wcro gnu tor than tho bkk-c gate product 23 years ago. Tho yi. !J vr ncre of old lamia la Incrntslnc and th.it of new lands iletrun-i f a' i no-r wheat lands are imntially lirought Into cultivation New Ei.gland In the few fields cuItlintM obtnlua ninre far a. re thin tho rlclireit autla nf the weat Tie ) l Id ilccl!n. faataat In the nemtt mil richest roll, tint beraiiao of anil ethan tlimlmt beeauae of ita fame In ttltnu latlng tho growth of vrtwK The census of I ISO msde an average yield of wheat of 11 tmahelai thut .f 1E00, when Um aaan waa far le fn or tblo and rrirtfiectn apparently tnneh wcrw. Rives n yield of ahout U lmh. I. pnr acre. Willi good cultivation nnd fcrtlllintlon It ahmil 1 1 lncreaae.1 1., 80 bushels. Individual farms In Mnino report re-port from HO to 40 bushels perncre. am u In New Vork riport 3$ ' more, n:i.l many In Illinois nnd North Dakolu n-turn n-turn SO nnd CO bnahels la-r ncro Tb ralo of yield could riadlly lw Inireawd ono-half. The whrat crop of ISM. according tn the imtlnnal diinartment reimrt. la ullht ly nliovoaiinicraroonolii)ieldi..rnit.' nud In 1 nlnnio has Mlly been rxwOul In IWI1. though tho crops of IMUnnd 1(-Ki nearly Hiualnl It Ilia nrni Is eatlmatM nt 1W "m 1,43(1 ncres. pnalmlng a 1 1.040 (1i bnahi Is, vatuoil on tho rnrm nt (32-.MII, HMI Tl.e yiold r ncro Is 1.1, 1 Im.lirU, nnd tlievalnoprr bushel 04. Iienta. lb Inn-eat )li-ld nf Hie Jrflr I1) was ST -bushels in Montntii on l.DSI ncm. Tl: nest In order Is SI Sbuslielslu tholndim Territory Thoneit loMrls3H.01n X. iidn and Mnino nverogpe nearly n inneh SI 7 buslials. In tho west th. lameat r.ito wna 19 bushels in Indian i It ahuuld be understood that tlvw art nvcnigis of states nnd not of indii idim firms, aouia of which are much li!,--r oxphilua the authority inotiM Tlio prioress of wheat (rrowlngMn. stimulated grnitly by tho crop fnllun of western Knrot prior to tb80. Twen tyicarango no crop hnd nttatne.1 half thaialncsof that of 1901. Thenverngo production of tho dei'tulo IxtWK'ti 1S70 and ts;0 nns3i:,133,?M buehils. Tho nicrngo of tho next doendo as 1 19,00.",-So!). 19,00.",-So!). Tint of tho past thrvo oars 1 C0O.097.OOO bushels. |