The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-10-16
Monthly Crop Report,
October s, 1894 )


maturing the crop. Cutting is pro
crossing well, and wheat sowing haS
commenced. In many localities thu
,rop is good, and where 1t has been
shucked for feeding purposes the
yield is fully up TO expectations, Tho
Government report for Sept. makes
bad showing for corn. Mr.. Henry A
Robinson, ''the u. S. Statistician" says.
excepting the month of Sept. 1881,
the September condition for corn for
1894, is the lowest on record. In the
month of September 1881, il stood al
60 against the present month, record
1914. In all the surplus corn States,
with the exception of Illinois, the de-
cline from the August condition is very
decided. All the Southern States
showing good gains and all report fine
crops. A special report from eight
Western States shows that out OF an
aggregate of 40,S73, 1884 acres planted,
there has been abandoned or cut up
for fodder in round numbers 15,5OO,-
600, or SO per cent. The Statistician
estimates this abandoned area TO
to about 20 per cent. of the entire
acreage planted in the United States.
The average condition of corn in Ken
lucky is placed at $40 per cent.
WHEAT.
The indications are that there will
not be large crop of wheat sown this
fall, the rains came too late to prepare
the lands for blowing, and the very
low price has discouraged the farmer
from planting large crop. Some
are substituting barley and others rye.
Very much of the present crop is being
fed to the hogs. which will be a vast
saving to the corn crop. l have asked
the correspondents this month as to
the average yield per acre this year.
The average is placed at l4.5 bushels,
and all agree that the quality is
superior grade, and is placed at SO per
cent.
RYE.
The rye crop of the largest pro-
ducing States, namely, Pennsylvania,
New York and Wisconsin, show very
fair crop. The indications are tn t
there will be a larger crop raised in
Kentucky next year than usual. The
crop has been so small that it has been
difficult to get very accurate report. |
The average yield per acre is placed
at IA 3 bushels. The quality of the
grain is placed'at 81 per cent.
OATS.
The average yield per acre is placed
at 22.7 bushels. The average quality
is placed at 81 pea cent, The Govern
ment Statistician says chat as this is
the last report OH the condition of this
crop for the present season, it may be
taken as indicating crop considerably
below the average"
BARLEY.
The average yield per acre for bar
ley, is 242 bushels. There will be
larger acreage of barley sown this
year than usual. The Government
report shows the lowest September
average during the last ten years.
POTATOES.
The early crop of potatoes made a
fair yield in most localities, but the
late crop very much reduces the
average. The average condition of
the crop on October LIST is 1913 per cent.
The farmer should house them well
this winter, for the U :, S. Statistician
reports their condition for the whole
country at 62.4. The sweet potato
crop is placed at 1873 per cent.
HOGS.
The money from the sale of hogs is
more generally distributed among the
farmers than that of any other class of
stock. 1 have, therefore, tried to get
as full report from all over the State
as possible as to the amount being ted.
From all reports there will be a
of 157 per cent. From the
report as to the number
of stock hogs to be fed this fall shows
a reduction of 10 per cent. as COM
pared to last year. In the Western
States where the drought was most
severe, hogs are being driven in more
favorable localities for feeding,
and pigs are being very little cared
for. The county of Monroe "reports
cholera raging among the hogs, and
some diseases from other counties are
CATTLE.