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THE RURAb NEW-YORKEH 
August 31, 
CROIPS 
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. 
The corn outlook, 80 per cent, is 10 per 
cent better than last year at this date 
and nearly up to the 10-year average. In 
prospect Washington and Oregon stand 
highest, 97 per cent; Iowa, 89; Massachu¬ 
setts, 84; Connecticut. 82: Missouri and 
Ohio, 81; Indiana. 80: Illinois. 79; Kansas. 
73, and New York, 67. Based on previous 
years the yield for the entire country prom¬ 
ises to be 2,811.000,000 bushels, or 2G bush¬ 
els per acre. This would be 280,000,000 
in excess of last year.. 
The Spring wheat prospect is 90.4 per 
cent, which is 30 per cent better than last 
year and 10 above the 10-year average. The 
Winter wheat production was 389.942,000 
bushels, 40,714,000 less than last year. The 
oat outlook is also favorable, 90.3, against 
65.7 in 1911 ; barley, 89.1, or 22.9 per cent 
better than last year. The yield o.f rye was 
35.422.000 bushels, the average per acre 
being 16.9 bushels. The buckwheat area 
is about the same as last year, 835.000 
acres, promising 88.4 per cent, a little 
above 1911. There were 49,209,000 acres 
in hay (tame), the promise August 1 being 
91 per cent, 22.4 above last year. In form¬ 
er years, however, the wild hay has been 
included. 
Potatoes promise 87.8 per cent, three per 
cent above the 10-year average. In the 
North' rn States there is still time for de¬ 
cided changes in the potato outlook, but the 
percentages in some of the heaviest produc¬ 
ing states run as follows: Oregon, 10.1; 
Washington, 98; Idaho, Nevada, Montana, 
West: Virginia, 96. Others above 90 are: 
Utah. Kentucky, the Dakotas, Iowa, Minne¬ 
sota. Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Mary* 
land. New York promises 80 • Pennsyl¬ 
vania and Michigan, 88; and Ohio, 90. 
The tobacco area is 5.000 acres less than 
last year, but the condition of crop nearly 
15 per cent better. 
CONDITION OF THE APPLE CROP. 
Can you give me a report of the apple 
crop? I should like figures on this year 
and last in the different sections. 
Massachusetts. H. c. p. 
The Government report gives the apple 
conditions for the whole country as 65.S 
per cent against 53.9 in 1911, which was 
also the 10-year average. The percentage 
by States follow: 
1912 
1911 
Maine . 
. 72 
78 
New Hampshire . 
. 66 
58 
Vermont . 
. 70 
50 
Massai bu setts 
. 69 
67 
Rhode Island . . 
. 68 
7S 
Connecticut . .. . 
. 65 
70 
Now York . 
. 66 
62 
Now Jersey . . . . 
70 
Pennsylvania ... 
. 60 
GG 
Delaware . 
. 78 
48 
Maryland . 
55 
Virginia . 
. 84 
37 
West Virginia . . 
. 82 
51 
North Carolina 
. 78 
33 
South Carolina . 
. 64 
32 
Georgia .. 
. 63 
40 
Ohio . 
. 53 
73 
Indiana .. 
. 46 
63 
Illinois . 
. 45 
67 
Michigan . 
. 66 
49 
Wisconsin . 
. 47 
70 
Minnesota . 
. 45 
76 
Iowa . 
. 25 
77 
Missouri . 
. 76 
40 
South Dakota .. 
. 55 
62 
Nebraska . 
. 56 
52 
Kansas . 
. 70 
30 
Kentucky . 
. 70 
44 
Tennessee . 
. 80 
35 
Alabama . 
. 60 
39 
Mississippi . 
. 62 
3o 
Louisiana . 
20 
Texas . 
. 72 
45 
Okla' horna . 
45 
. 74 
47 
Montana . 
. 92 
78 
Colorado . 
62 
New Mexico .... 
75 
Arizona . 
. 90 
Utah . 
. 88 
70 
Nevada . 
. 97 
58 
Idaho . 
. 94 
82 
Washington -. . . 
61 
Oregon . 
59 
California . 
.86 
73 
The Apple Shippers’ Association, which 
recently met in Chicago, has little faith in 
the Government figures. They give the 
following percentages compared with last 
year’s crop: 
Maine, 95; New Hampshire, 110; Ver¬ 
mont. 350; Massachusetts. 85; Rhode 
Island. 50; Connecticut, 150; New York, 
120; New Jersey, 50; Pennsylvania, 70; 
Ohio. 55;. Michigan, 150; Wisconsin. 50; 
Maryland,' 50; Virginia, 130; Kentucky, 
500: Tennessee, 300; Delaware, 130; In¬ 
diana. 85: Illinois, 100; Minnesota, 25; 
Missouri, 200; Arkansas, 175; Iowa, 30; 
Nebraska, 100: Kansas, 350; Colorado, 
167; Utah, 240: Idaho, 227; Washington, 
375; Oregon, 350; California, 135: New 
Mexico. 100; Montana, 200. They estimate 
that on the whole there are from 30 to 35 
per c nt more commercial apples in the 
United States than last year. 
OUTLOOK FOR HAY. 
The new crop of hay has been harvested, 
and we probably have in Ohio Valley about 
80 per cent to 90 per cent of a crop, but 
on account of the extremely late harvest¬ 
ing and wet weather, very little of it is 
going to grade No. 1. on account of over- 
ripeness and blades. Late harvesting al¬ 
ways means a poorer quality in hay, and we 
regret it very much, but there has been 
too much moisture for harvesting. Our 
prices will be much lower than last year, 
difficult to say what they will be, but there 
is no question that they will be much 
lower, and conservatism will have to gov¬ 
ern hay and grain buyers this year, espe¬ 
cially hay and oats. We have the largest 
crop of oats that we have ever had, fair 
quality, and the way it looks to us, we 
cannot see anything but moderate prices, 
When the markets get settled for all kinds 
of grain, unless it should be corn. How¬ 
ever. the corn crop lias made great progress 
in the last few weeks, but it can change 
considerably in another few weeks. In any 
case, prices will be higher than we had last 
year. whitcomb & hoot. 
Cincinnati, O. 
Wo are inclined to believe that the Gov¬ 
ernment estimate of yield of hay this year 
is high. We, of course, get this information 
from dealers of hay who are tributary to 
this market, and our correspondence takes 
in the territory between Canada, Ohio 
River, the Niagara frontier and the Rocky 
Mountains. We are of the opinion that 
we now have a full normal crop, but 
would not say we have above an average 
crop. The quality of the tame hay is not 
satisfactory. Many meadows were badly 
mixed with weeds. In otlKf sections the 
’Timothy is badly winter-killed and clover 
has taken its place to a large extent. The 
clover has grown very rank on account of 
the rains throughout the haying season. 
Much of this clover is extremely dark in 
color, and this is true of a large amount 
of Timothy. It is bleached and unsatis¬ 
factory for the terminal markets. This 
heavy clover mixed hay and bleached Tim¬ 
othy hay will answer for farm use, but 
will not he salable hay iu the terminal 
markets. However, a large amount of it 
will find its way there, and will tend to 
lower the prices for the better grades of 
hay. We look for values of hay to range 
about as they have been for the last five 
years, with the exception of last year, 
which was abnormally short crop. 
Chicago, Ill. BRIDGE & LEONARD. 
Ohio Crops. 
The Ohio Dept, of Agriculture gives the 
following percentages of crops for that 
State compared with normal yield: Wheat. 
40; oats, 105; hay. 88; potatoes, 93; 
tobacco, 85 ; apples, 52 : peaches, 35 ; pears, 
58; grapes. 90. Corn was very uneven, 
but is improving now. Cultivation has been 
hindered by the excessive rains. Pastures 
are good. 
Frequent rains of late have made it im¬ 
possible for farmers in this vicinity to se¬ 
cure their grain. There are hundreds of 
acres of oats in shock, and a little wheat. 
A few have thrashed their wheat. One 
neighbor got 40 bushels from 10 acres, an¬ 
other 695 from 90 acres. We sowed 40 
acres and gathered a few scattering shocks, 
which we are throwing to the pigs without 
thrashing. It has sprouted. A few days 
of hot, dry weather, earlier in the season 
killed considerable of the Spring’s seeding 
of clover. Corn and potatoes are growing 
well. As the potato crop of 1911 paid a 
good profit many farmers were induced to 
plant more last Spring than usual. I 
think that one man of our acquaintance has 
29 acres. A neighbor adjoining our place 
has six acres. He seldom plants more than 
enough for his owu use. Today another 
neighbor asked me to look at bis growing 
crops of corn and potatoes; and be may 
well be proud of them ; as flue a stand of 
corn as one could wish for, and scarcely 
any weeds, as he had cultivated the ground 
five times, and a growth of potato vines 
that covered the ground so completely that 
we could- hardly discern the individual rows. 
He has dug about 20 bushels of the earlier 
variety and had a heavy yield. He is a 
thorough farmer. He had a little wheat 
and a good crop of oats, all of which he 
secured before the rains. Weather August 
16 was more favorable. People are open¬ 
ing grain shocks to the sun and air and 
are beginning to thrash, although oats are 
hardly dry enough to put into bins. Official 
weather report to-day says, “prospect of 
rain to-morrow.” About the fourth of this 
month a heavy hailstorm damaged corn and 
oats a few miles south of us. One man who 
has 50 acres of corn says it caused him 
8500 loss. Some iu this vicinity are taking 
insurance against loss by hail iu a company 
newly organized. They are thrashing from 
the field, not stacking. j. 
Branch Co., Mich. 
Thrashing wheat started, yield 15 to 18 
bushels per acre. Some sold at 81 per 
bushel; oats very good; hay crop average 
iy 2 tons per acre; apples two-thirds aver¬ 
age crop. Not many cabbage. Potatoes 
not full crop, hut looking good. New hay 
worth 812 to $13 in barn, and old oats 
65 cents per bushel, new 35 cents. Beans 
planted were nearly all pea beans. Aver¬ 
age acreage hut very uneven, the late sown 
fields will need a late warm Fall to mature 
and ripen them properly. c. F. a. 
Churchville, N. Y. 
The hop crop this year is about the same 
as last year, but somewhat short and about 
the same quality; all yards are affected by 
dry weather at arming time, and at present 
all have some blue mold and I could bet¬ 
ter name it blight as that is a better name 
for it, as it stops the growth of the vine 
and hops when it gets on at some degree 
worth speaking of, as the hop never gets 
any larger after getting the blight on it. 
You cannot detect the mold if properly 
dried except by the size of the hop. 
Riehmondville, N. Y. e. j. e. 
The apple crop in this locality (Hope- 
well township, Ontario Co.,) will be 15 
per cent larger than last year. Short crop 
of Greenings, large crop of Baldwins, other 
varieties fair. The fruit is clean and 
growing finely, though many Baldwin trees 
are overloaded and some growers are thin¬ 
ning. Cold storage men are looking over 
the orchards, but no price lias been offered 
that I know of. Barrels are 40 cents. 
Canandaugua, N. Y. e. e. c. 
Chicory is a popular crop in this sec¬ 
tion. Chicory will grow on clay or muck 
soil, but the roots will weigh most on clay 
soil. There are two kinds of chicory, short 
and long. More tonnage can lie grown with 
the short. In raising chicory we prepare 
the ground very fine, drill one pound or 
more of seed to acre in drills 20 to 24 
inches apart. After the plants are up two 
inches take hoe and block out. leaving two 
or more plants eight or 10 inches apart, 
then weed or thin to one plant. Never 
sow sooner than June 1 to 10; early sown 
chicory goes to seed, causing a loss We 
use a beet plow to throw the roots out for 
topping; then we haul to the*factory get¬ 
ting 88 per ton ; eight to 10 tons can be 
grown on an acre. XI x 
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