The book of the fair : an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893 ... (1893)
MARTINY'S AGRICULTURE reduction in yield. The best of the intervening seasons was in 1891, when from 142,000,000 acres were produced 3.400,000,000 bushels, worth $1,600,000,000, or an average of 24 bushels, but with a money value of less than sit to the acre. For the following year the total crop…