Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-16
STATE OF Our CROPS
The Final Estimate for the Yesr
- Very Gratifying.
WHEAT. C0Rs AND OATS ssusDlyI
IN Average Of wheat per Acre IA
been bat Oaes Exesedea ana the
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TIE Michigan crop report for October
has been issued from Toe state Depart
ment and shows the most gratifying
condition OF the 1881 crops. Il Is the
rBal estimate:
+ The wheat crop OF Michigan this year
II 81. Al, 80 bushels. Tina total is ob--
tanned oy multiplying the number of
ceres IN wheat in each county by the
average yield pes acre. as shown by
records kept BY thrashers, and adding
the products In addition, however. to
the totals taken from the thrashers'
the results of an extended farns To
farm canvass. aud the secretaries OF
large number OF Oranges and Patrons
OF Industry associations hxse reported
the acres and yield on the farms of the
members Of their associations These
several returns have aided very ma
tersaiiy N arriving AZ the results here
gwen.
The total acreage. taken from the
farm statistics returned by supervisors
last sprsng, was ,5.2,6lz acres. The
total acreage reported thrashed III the
southern counties Is 1917 acres; IN
the central counties, 1926 acreas, and
N the northern counties, $3.50. TIE
average yield per acre III the southern
counties Is 20.Uo bushels; in the central
counties, 1917 bushels; III the northern
counties, lS.G2 bushels, and IN the State,
1874 bushels. The total product has
been exceeded only in the years 1879.
1880 and lss2, ana the average yield per
acre has been exceeded only IN 1856.
wben IL was 1891 bushels. IN the last
named year the average per acre N the
SOUTHERN counties was 20,2S bushels,
and was the highest for this section OF
which We have record, exceeding the
average yield of the present year by
nearly One-fourth OF u bushel. The
average yield OF wheat per acre IN 1891
was 3.l2 bushels greater than IN the.
period lS3C-90, ana the total product
was 4, SOS ,459 bushels greater than the
average product OF the same period.
Wheat Is of excellent quality. The
average weight OF the measured bushel
IN the southern counties Is sxty-one
pounds and IN the central counties and
the state sixty pounds
The total number OF bushels of wheat
reported marketed by the farmers in
September is ,625 ,203. The total num-
Der of bushels OF wheat reported mar
keted IN August and September IS 3, 564,-
800, which Is 1851 bushels less than
reported marketed IN the same months
last year.
The average yield of oats in the state.
as shown by thrashers' records, is 1854
bushels The average IN the southern
counties is % busnels, in the central
countles 1881 bushels, and in the nor
thern counties 1915 bushels. The aver
age yield per acre OF oats in the state
in eleven years. l57s-SS, was SO. 90 BUSH
els.
Barley in the state yields SO bushels,
and IN the southern counties 24.23 BUSH
els.
Corn in the state, and in the southern
counties. Is estimated to yield 50 bushels
OF ears per acre. The average yield in
the state n tire eleven years, l37S-8S,
WAS 53.45 bushels of earH The crop
matured without injury from frost,
but mas been somewhat reduced by dry
weather.
Potatoes are estimated to yield SO per
cent OF An average crop IN the state and
In the southern and central counties,
and so per .ei4t III the northern coun-
ties.
Winter apples are estimated TO yield
nearly one-thIrd OF an average crop IN
the southern. and one-fourtn OF An ay-
erage crop IN the central counties.