698 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In January, 1910, intjuirics relating to the number of horses, and 

 prices j)er head of those under 1 year, between 1 and 2 years, and 2 

 years and over; similar inquiries concernin<^ mules; number and 

 avera«;;e ])rice per head of milch cows; number of other cattle, and 

 avera<j:e price ])er head of those under 1 year, between 1 and 2, and 

 2 years old and over; number of sheep, average price per head of those 

 under 1 year, of ewes 1 year old and over, of rams and wethers 1 year 

 old and over; number of swine, and average price per head. 



On Marcli 1, inquiries concerning stocks of corn, wheat, oats, and 

 barley on hand March 1, ])ercentage of the total crop which will be 

 moved out during the season from the county where grown, and the 

 percentage of the corn crop which was of merchantable quality. 



In April, inquiry concerning the condition of winter wheat and 

 rye; the mortality during the year of horses from disease, of cattle 

 from disease and from exposure, separately, of sheep from disease 

 and from exposure, separately, of spring lambs from both disease 

 and exposure combined, of swine from disease; number of breeding 

 sows in comparison with a year ago; the condition of horses, cattle, 

 sheep, and swme on April 1. 



In May, inquiry concerning the condition of winter wheat, rye, 

 meadow mowing lands, spring pasture, percentage of winter-wheat 

 acreage abandoned, the percentage of the hay crop remaining on 

 farms ^lay 1 and the percentage of the crop which will be moved off 

 the farm during the season, the percentage of spring plowing done 

 to May 1. 



In June, inquiries concerning condition of winter wheat, spring 

 wheat, oats, barley, rye, apples, hay, clover for hay, alfalfa, spring 

 pasture, Canadian or English field peas, bluegrass for seed, cabbages, 

 onions, lima beans, peaches, pears, blackberries, raspberries, water- 

 melons, cantaloupes, hemp, sugar cane, sugar beets; acreage of 

 spring wheat, oats, barley; acreage percentage of a year ago of 

 clover for hay and of sugar cane; production in percentage of 

 asparagus. 



The acreage and condition of the cotton crop was reported upon 

 as of May 25; and the condition of the growing crop as of the 25th 

 of June, July, August, and September; while the yield of lint cotton 

 was reported upon on November 25. 



The following special-crop inquiries were made during the year: 



Stocks of potatoes in hands of growers and in hands of dealers on 

 January 1, 1910; result published in February Crop Reporter. 



Causes and extent of deviation from normal production of various 

 crops; results not yet published. 



Monthly marketings by farmers of wheat, corn, oats, barley, flax, 

 and hay; results published in January Crop Reporter. 



The titles of some special articles prepared for the Crop Reporter 

 (the official monthly publication of the Bureau) were: "Total values 

 in 1908 of crops reported quantitatively, compared with values in 

 1899, by States" (in August Crop Reporter); "Yield per acre, by 

 decades, of wheat, oats, barley, and rye, in various countries" 

 (September Crop Reporter); "Production and consumption of 

 manufactured fertilizers" (October Crop Reporter); "Statistics of 

 mortality among farmers" (November Crop Reporter); "Per capita 

 production of farm products, by decades " (November Crop Reporter) ; 

 "Wheat prices in England in six centuries, averages by decades" 



