130 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



CROP REPORTS 



Starting with tlie month of October, this Bureau began the collect- 

 ing and compiling of monthly crop reports. To prosecute this Avork 

 effectively, we started out to secure a reporter or correspondent for 

 each township in the State. We approached this matter with some 

 fear because we were asking that this service be rendered grat- 

 uitiously. However, I am pleased to report that up to the present 

 time we have secured about eight-hundred reporters and are adding 

 others to our corps from time to time. The persons that we have 

 secured are well ciualified as evidenced by the reports already filed. 

 The detailed reports for the months of October and November as well 

 as the annual report are submitted herewith and made a part of this 

 report. 



It is our intention to make croj» reports monthly or nearly so 

 during tlie year 1915. The information contained in these monthly 

 reports will be used as the basis for our annual report relating to 

 tlie crops. 



REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON 

 THE CONDITION OP CROPS, OCTOBER 1, 1914 



The follo'SNdng report is compiled from the returns received from 

 the official correspondents of the Department: 



Wheat — Estimated area harvested, 1,312,000 acres. 



Wheat — Product per acre, 18.5 bushels. 



Wheat— Total estimated product for 1914, . . 24,272,000 bushels. 



Wheat — Quality compared with an average, 95 per cent. 



Wheat — Crop of 1913 still in producers' hands, 4 per cent. 



Wheat — Damage by the Hessian fly, 10 per cent. 



Rye — Estimated area harvested, 280,000 acres. 



Rye — Product per acre, 17 bushels. 



Rye— Total estimated product for 1914, 4,760,000 bushels. 



Rye — Quality compared with an average, . . 95 per cent. 



Oats — Estimated area harvested, 1,073,000 acres. 



Oats — Product per acre, 29 bushels. 



Oats— Total estimated product for 1914 31.117,000 bushels. 



Oats — Quality compared with an average, . 90 per cent. 



Corn — Prospect compared with a normal 



yield, 95 per cent. 



Corn — Cut for ensilage, 10 per cent. 



Corn — Damage by July storms 5 per cent. 



Potatoes — Probable total yield compared 



with last year, 90 per cent. 



Tobacco — Prospect compared with an average 



yield, 95 per cent. 



Pasture — Condition compared with an aver- 

 age, 85 per cent. 



Apples — Prospect compared with last year,. 150 per cent. 



REVIEW OF CROP CONDITIONS, OCTOBER 1, 1W4. 



The estimated production of wheat in Pennsylvania for the year 

 1914 is 24,272,000 bushels, which is approximately 2,000,000 more 

 bushels than the estimated production of one year ago; but it will 



