======================+=============+===========+============== | | |ACRES EXPECTED CROP | ACRES (U.S. |ACRES GROWN|TO BE GROWN IN |CENSUS, 1909)| IN 1916 | 1917 ----------------------+-------------+-----------+-------------- Corn for grain | 511,339 | 336,543 | 495,469 Corn for silo | 259,082 | 362,413 | 422,867 Oats | 1,302,041 | 1,102,004 | 1,250,346 Barley | 79,955 | 92,422 | 111,634 Buckwheat | 286,128 | 257,911 | 300,090 Winter wheat | 289,126 | 344,278 | 387,813 Spring wheat | 289,126 | 12,373 | 32,425 Rye | 130,449 | 114,691 | 120,239 Field beans | 115,695 | 194,053 | 275,790 Alfalfa | 35,343 | 160,985 | 181,912 Other hay | 4,737,326 | 4,073,333 | 3,963,678 Cabbage | 33,770 | 38,898 | 68,890 Potatoes | 390,552 | 305,649 | 382,840 Canning-factory crops}| | 44,098 | 60,155 Other vegetables and }| 131,686 | | garden }| | 58,340 | 71,833 Miscellaneous crops | 21,843 | 35,056 | 40,895 Apples | 281,061 | | 346,633 Cherries | 4,211 | | 12,414 Peaches | 15,340 | | 50,149 Pears | 13,378 | | 36,802 Plums | 5,742 | | 8,569 Vineyards | 52,999 | | 52,350 Small fruit | 22,388 | | 28,171 ----------------------+-------------+-----------+-------------- Total | 8,719,454 | | 8,701,964 ======================+=============+===========+============== Even villages which have no gas supply may follow the example of cities and towns in using the school kitchen, already installed as part of a domestic-science equipment or newly supplied by popular subscription, as a community canning center. Certainly schools are as well adapted for the purpose as department stores and Young Women's Christian Associations, which have been leaders in the movement.