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Show o EXCERPTS FROM CROP ESTIMATE ESTI-MATE BULLETIN. Issued by the Department of Agriculture Agri-culture for Current Year. Buckwheat. The preliminary estimate of the average yield of buckwheat is 19.8 S bushels, as eompajed1 with 17.9, the final estimate in 1907, 18.6 in 1906, and 17.8 a ten-year average. A total production pro-duction of 15,648,000 bushels is thus indicated, a9 compared with 14,290,000 .' in 1907.. The' quality is 90.7 -per cent, ' against 87.3 last year and 89.9 the ten year aVcragc. Potatoes. The preliminary estimate of average aver-age yield per acre of potatoes is 85.9 bushels, as compared with 95.4, the final estimate in 1907, 102.2 in 1906, and 88.6 the ten-year average. A total to-tal production of 274,660,000 bushels is thus indicated, as compared with 297,942,000 in 1907. The quality is 87.6 per cent, against 88.3. last year and 87.6, a ten-year average. Tobacco. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of tobacco is 825.2 pound's, as compared with the final estimate of 850.5 pounds in 1907, 857.2 in 1906, and a ten-year average of 797.6 pounds. A total production of 629,634,000 is thus indicated, as compared with 698,126,000 pounds finally fin-ally estimated in 1907. The average as to quality is 87.9 per cent, against 90.0 one year ago, 84.5 in 1906, and a ten-year average of 85.8. Flaxseed. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of flaxseed is 9.7 bushels, as compared with the final fin-al estimate of 9.0 bushels in 1907, 10.2 bushels in 1906, and a six-year average aver-age of 9.5. A total production of 25,-717,000 25,-717,000 bushels is thus indicated, against 25,851,000 bushels finally estimated! esti-mated! in 1907. The average as to quality is 91.4, against 89.7 in 1907, 92.7 in 1906, and a five-year average of 90.8. Rice. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of rice (rough) is 34.7 bushels, as compared with 29.9 bushels finally estimated in 1907 3i-i bushels in 1906, and a ten-year average aver-age of 30.6. A total production of 22,718,000 bushels is thus indicated, as compared with 18,738,000 bushels finally final-ly estimated in 1907. r 1 |