Oats is peculiarly a northern grain. It is only with comparatively cool
atmosphere that this grain attains the solidity, and yields the return
which remunerate the labor and cost of production. The rare adaptation
of the soil and climate of Minnesota to the growth of this grain, is
shown not only by the large average, but the superior quality of the
product, the oats of this State being heavier by from three to eight
pounds per bushel than that produced elsewhere.
The following is an exhibit of the result for the several years named:
No. bushels Average yield
Year. No. acres sown. produced. per acre.
1868 212,064 7,831,623 36.00
1869 278,487 10,510,969 37.74
1870 339,542 10,588,689 31.02
1875 401,381 13,801,761 34.38
1877 432,194 16,678,000 37.75
The following is a statement of the product of oats in Minnesota,
compared with that in the other States named:
Average Bushels to
per acre. each inhabitant.
Ohio, average of 11 years 23. 9.17
Iowa 28.30 17.80
Minnesota 37.70 23.88