The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-10-20
THE HARVEST.
The Agricultural Departments Crop Bull
letin.

Wheel The October returns TO the Nation
al Department of Agriculture OF the yield
per acre of wheat, estimated from results of
thTeshing foreshadows n product slightly
exceeding S00.OoO, 600 bushels ana possibly
reaching 80, 00001 The average weld per
acre appears 10 be nearly fourteen bushels,
on an acreage slightly less than 81 600 600
acres This is "a reduction OF area in the
spring whea' region. and large yield in the
great winter-wheat growing bet of the
West Taking the highest figures indi-
cated bv these returns of yield the distribu-
| ton of the production gives 24S000,000
bushels, or nearly half the crop of the
United States, to six principal winter wheat
States--Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri and Kansas The spring wheat of
the Northwest may make 1l3, coo, 600 bushels.
The Iaciic coast crop, which has been per-
sistentiy exaggerated in commercial eSti-
mates cannot much exceed Al, coo, 600 bush
els. The Middle States produce about 40, =
600 900 bushels, and the Southern States
slightly in excess OF $4,000, coo bushels.
Corn.-The yield per acre of corn will be
reported in November. The condition aver
ages 81, being very high in the South and
comparatively low in the States OF largest
production. In Illinois, with per cent. de
crease of area. the condition is only ~, in
Iowa 40, and in Ohio 81. The three States
produced 10 per cent of the crop OF 1879 A
careful comparison of the changes in area
and condition indicates an average yield
of twenty five bushels per acre, against
twenty eight ia 1872 and eighteen
last year. The average of the So
rics OF years is between twenty six
and twenty -seven bushels. New England
will produce, according to October returns,
100000 TO S,0J0,OOo; the Middle States, s., =
600 600; the Southern 40, zoe, 000: those
north of Tennessee and west of Virginia and
Pennsylvania, ,259, 600, 600 AN aggregate of
| ,6SO, 900 0)0. Later returns may slightly re-
duce but cannot materially increase this es-
innate.
Oat&-The Department of Agriculture re-
ports the average yield of oats to be some
! what higher than last year, or in 1919, and
the product nearly as large as that of wheat
PROBABLY about 40 0O0O 900 bushels. Hi
nos, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin Missouri,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Kansas
are the States of highest rank
in the production.
Rye.-The average yield of rye, aver
aged from State returns, is fourteen
and seven tenths bushels, thus making
the crop OO0J,OO bushels, or nearly the
same as reported by the census.
Borley-The average yield of barley is
twenty three bushels per acre, aggregating
45, 000, Coo bushels. California, New York and
Wisconsin together produce more than half,
or 27,000,000 bushels. The product in 1879
was a, 100000.
Buckwheat. prospect for buckwheat
is good for nearly the average product, IL,
100000 to 1900, 900 bushels. Pennsylvania
produces nearly half crop, and reports 81
rs the average of condition, 100 representing
the full normal yield. New York makes the
average IS. No other State produces 5O0,0OO
bushels.
Potatoew.-T'be general average condition
of potatoes is 81. In the South, in the Ohio
valley, and in Michigan, Missouri and Ne
braska, the average is 100 TO lC6 In the
Northwest and in the Eastern and Middle
States the condition is lower. IL il 30 III
New York, 81 in Name and 81 in Vermont.
Returns indicate a probable Y ED of 80 bush
els per acre on an area of nearly 2,00O,0OC
acres
Coaon-The cotton returns of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for October indicate
unusual size and vigor of the plant and ca
pacity for large production. The late de
velopment of the frsitage, and the reported
indications of a small top crop, NIT the
otherwise extraordinary prospect