TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 291 



The acreage in Irish potatoes for the first crop is below normal, 

 and the yield will be cut short on account of dry weather. The acre- 

 age in sweet potatoes will be about up to the average. 



Apples and peaches will show a larger yield than last year. Grapes 

 also indicate a fine yield. 



Peanuts show indications of an average yield. The condition of 

 alfalfa is fair wherever a stand has been obtained. 



The general condition of live stock in the State is good. Hog 

 cholera is quite prevalent, but not more so than usual at this season of 

 the year. Many farmers in different sections of the State have pro- 

 tected their hogs by the use of anti-hog cholera serum, and the use of 

 serum is on the increase, and it is probable that the loss of hogs by 

 this disease will be considerably lessened in Tennessee next year. 

 Pink-eye in cattle appears to be unusually prevalent for this early in 

 the season. A few isolated outbreaks of black leg have been reported, 

 and one outbreak of anthrax in Shelby County last month. 



Below is given the summary, for comparison, of the reports of the 



Department for the month of Tune, 1913, and 1914: 



1913. 1914. 



Per Cent. Per Cent. 



Cotton, acreage 93 95 



Cotton, condition 81 77 



Wheat, estimated yield (bushels) 17 19 



Garden, condition 82 65 



Oats, estimated yield (bushels) 27 18 



Young clover, condition 69 66 



Meadow grasses, condition 73 63 



Millet, acreage 80 70 



Corn, acreage ^^ ^^ 



Corn, condit-on 83 82 



Tobacco, acreage 86 65 



Tobacco, condition '^^ °° 



Apples, condition 



Peaches, condition ^^ ^^ 



Grapes, condition ^ 



Stock Peas, acreage ^^ ^^ 



Irish Potatoes, acreage 84 



Irish Potatoes, condition 83 



Sweet Potatoes, acreage °° 



on 01 



Tomatoes, acreage 



oo 7,5 



Tomatoes, condition 



77 72 



Peanuts, acreage 



. 79 77 



Peanuts, condition 



Live Stock, condition ^^ *^ 



Alfalfa, condition °' 



