These results, so favorable to Minnesota as a corn growing as well as wheat growing State, will surprise no one who is familiar with the fact established by climatologists, that "the cultivated plants yield the greatest products near the northernmost limits at which they will grow."
COMPARISON WITH OTHER STATES.
A comparison with other States affords the following exhibit:
| Bushels per acre. | |
|---|---|
| Ohio, average of nineteen years | 32.8 |
| Iowa, average of six years | 31.97 |
| Minnesota, average of nine years | 30.98 |
POTATOES.
The average yield in Minnesota and other States is here shown:
| Bushels per acre. | |
|---|---|
| Minnesota, average for five years | 120.76 |
| Iowa, average for five years | 76.73 |
| Ohio, average for nine years | 74.55 |
HAY.
Among the grasses that appear to be native to the soil of Minnesota are found timothy, white clover, blue grass and red top. They grow most luxuriantly, and many claim that they contain nearly as much nutriment as ordinary oats. So excellent are the grasses that the tame varieties are but little cultivated. The wild grasses which cover the immense surface of natural meadow land formed by the alluvial bottoms of the intricate network of streams which everywhere intersect the country, are as rich and nutritious in this latitude as the best exotic varieties, hence cultivation is unnecessary. The yield of these grasses is 2.12 tons to the acre, or 60 per cent more than that of Ohio, the great hay State!
SORGHUM.