Figures Compiled by

Minnesota State

Department of Agriculture Are Interesting.

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70,400 SWINE

ARE LISTED

20,900 MILK COWS IN CO.

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Other Valuable

Information Contained in Pamphlet, Issued Recently.

Comparisons Are Made.

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In a recent bulletin, issued by N.J. Holmberg, commissioner, Minnesota State Department of Agriculture, the value of farm crops in Brown county as of December 1, 1925, is placed at $5,029,579. The value of the crops enumerated are as follows: Corn, $1,935,036; winter wheat, $115,080; spring wheat, $636,342; oats, $968,576; barley, $133,650; rye, $151,230; flax, $203,352; potatoes, $79,380;tame hay,$301,875; wild hay, $505,058.

The data compiled showed that on January 1, 1926, there were 70,400 swine and pigs in the county; 11,100, horses, mules and colts; 20,900 cows and heifers, 2 years old and over, kept for milking purposes; 38,200 cattle of all kinds, including milk cows; 3,700 sheep and lambs.

The value of farm crops as of December 1,1925, totaling $5,029,579 in Brown county, is considerably less than on December 1, 1924, when the total was $5,984,021. In some instances the crop was more bounteous in 1925 than in 1924. The data is outlined as follows:

More Corn, Less Money.

Comparing the corn crop in Brown county, raised in the years of 1924 and 1925, it is shown that the larger crop was produced in the past year, but that the farmers of the county received less money for this product in the aggregate. In 1925 there were 87,400 acres in Brown county planted to corn, compared with 89,900 acres in 1924. The average yield in 1925 was 41 bushels to the acre, while in the former year it was but 31 bushels. The total crop in 1925 was 3,583,400 bushels as compared with 2,786,900 bushels the previous year, yet the farm value on December 1, 1925,of the latter crop was $1,935,036 as compared with $2,340,996 as the value of the crop on December 1, 1924.

Increase in Winter Wheat.

The acreage in winter wheat in 1925 nearly tripled when compared with that of 1924. In 1925 there were 5,600 acres sown to winter wheat,and 2,000 acres the previous year. But the average yield per acre in 1925 was 15 bushels, compared with 27 bushels the previous year. This made considerable difference in the crop. In 1925 there were 84,000 bushels of winter wheat harvested in this county at a value of $115,080 on December 1, while in 1924 the total crop was 54,000 bushels, and it had a farm value of $70,200.

Larger Acreage of

Spring Wheat.

The acreage of spring wheat last year was also increased over the previous year the figures are 32,700 acres and 24,200 acres. The average yield was 14 bushels to the here last year, while it was 24 the previous year. The total crop in 1925 was 457.800 bushels and it had a farm value of $636.342 as compared with 580,800 bushels the previous year and a farm value of $749,232.

Oats Greater, Value Less.

There was but little difference in the acreage planted to oats in 1925 and in 1924. The total acreage last year was 64,400, while in 1924 it was 60,700. The average yield per acre last year was 47 bushels, while in 1924 it was 43 bushels. The total crop yield last year was 3,026,800 bushels, which had a farm crop value of $968,576, while the previous year the crop was 2,782,100 bushels and the crop value was $1,196,303.

But Little Barley.

The acreage in barley is small in Brown county. Whether prohibition has caused this condition or not is a question. The total acreage last year planted to this cereal was 7,500. The previous year it was 7,100 acres. The average yield per acre last year was 33 bushels, while the previous year it was 32 bushels. The total crop in 1925 was 247,500 bushels, which had a crop value of $133,650. In 1924 the total yield was 227,200 acres. The crop value was $156,768.

Considerable Rye.

There is considerable rye raised in Brown county. Last year the total acreage was 14,200, while the previous year 18,700 acres were planted to this crop. The average yield was 15 and 24 bushels respectively for 1925 and 1924. Last year the total crop was 213,000 and it had a value of $151,230, as compared with 448,800 bushels raised the previous year, which had a value of $489,192. Considerable difference.

Some Flax Raised.

In 1925 the acreage planted to flax in Brown county was 7,400, while the previous year it was 5,100 acres. The average yield per acre was 12 bushels in 1925 and 14 bushels in 1924. The total crop yield last year was 88,800 bushels. The value was $203,352. The previous year the total yield of 71,400bushels had a crop value of $167,076.

Not Sufficient Potatoes.

The farmers of Brown county do not raise sufficient potatoes to feed the population. Last year there were but 600 acres planted to this tuber,while the former year the acreage was but 500. The average yield last year per acre was 70 bushels, while the previous year it was 125. A total of 42,000 bushels of potatoes were raised in Brown county last year, while in 1924 the production was 62,500. The crop last year was valued at $79,380 compared with $20,625 the previous year.

Tame Hay in County.

There is considerable tame hay raised in the county. The acreage last year was 12,500. There was no change from the previous year. The crop was somewhat better last year than in 1924, the average tonnage per acreage being 2.10 tons last year, as compared with 1.95 tons the previous year. A total of 26,250 tons were raised in 1925 and 24,375 tons in 1924. The value of last year’s crop was $301,875, while the previous year it was $268,125.

Much Wild Hay.

The acreage in wild hay is considerably greater in this county than that in tame hay. Last year 46,200 acres of wild hay were cut, while in the previous year the acreage was 40,800. The average tonnage was 1.20 tons per acre last year, compared with 1.60 tons in 1924. The total production last year was 55,440 tons at a value of $505,058, compared with 65,280 tons the previous year at a value of $525,504.

Livestock Record.

The livestock is estimated January 1, each year, and at the beginning of the present year there were 11,100 horses, mules and colts in Brown county, compared with 11,600 the previous year. There were 20,900 cows and heifers two years or older kept for milking purposes in the county, January 1. There was no change when compared with 1925. However, the cattle in the county had increased. All cattle numbered 38,200 head, January 1, as compared with 34,700 a year previous. The sheep and lambs totaled 3,700, January 1, as compared with 3,100 the year before. There was but little change in the number of swine in the county. January 1 there were 70,400, while the year previous the number was 67,700.

More Data as to Acreage.

A bulletin issued by the Minnesota State Department of Agriculture for the year 1925, outlines additional data as to farm statistics in Brown county. This bulletin enumerated that there were 1,286 farm owners in the county, and that there were 690 renters residing on farms in the county, which shows that the renters were about fifty per cent as great as the owners. The total acreage in farms in the county was placed at 358,670. The data outlined that in 1925 there were 8,242 acres of plow land used for pasture and 60,327 acres of other land used for the same purpose.

The acreage of other crops than those enumerated in the foregoing article for 1925 was as follows: buckwheat, 32; soy beans, 20; clover and timothy hay, 5,545; alfalfa, 3,287; sweet clover, 465; other hay crops,691; filled beans, 25; sugar beets, 260;other root crops,2; cabbage, 127; onions, 7.

The number of chickens raised last year was placed at 251,805; number of hens, 192,380; turkeys, 1,683.

The farmers listened in on 149 radios, operated 412 tractors and 179 trucks.

Brown County Journal

April 16, 1926

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