The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-16
ESSIAN FLY ACTIVE.
Its II 'vages are an Serious as One Year
Ago-The Monthly Report.

Its X wages are az Serious as One Year
Ago-rhe Monthly Report.
The Michigan crop report for Novem-
Der has been issued. il states that the
weather of October was favorable for
farm work and for the growth of wheat.
A very large acreage of wheat has been
sown. The Hessian fly, however, has
been active, and its ravages are nearly
as serious as one year ago IL is inn
possible to foretell the ultimate result,
since favorable conditions hereafter
may result in fair harvest another
year. The report says:
The condition OF wheat, MS compared with an
average Is SO in the state. - in he southern 80
in the central and 9G in the northern counties.
This area aown to wheat this fall is smaller than
usual In many cases rye was Sown instead.
All wheat Sown before the last days of Septem-
Der is fun OF Hy. Many fields that look green
and are well covered with u thrifty growth OF
plants, are literally alive with the larva OF the
insect. Some fields of wheat have been Guilt
waited and rCSown tC wheat, while Others have
been sowu TO rye. Some farmers will SOW clover
in the spring, and 10, The crop mature II posSi-
BILE. Wheat sown in October Is in n measure
free from insects In some eases carly sown
rye is full OF insects, and wheat sown later in
adjoining fields is not infested, Methods like
this must necessarily bC adopted II tho WORK OF
this insect is to be cont oiled SO that the wheat
crop of this state will not be damaged yearly
The total amount OF bushels OF wheat reported
marketed by farmers in October AT The Touring
mills is 967D, and at the elevators i60G0O, or II
total Of $50, 20 bushels.
The estimated average yield OF corn in bush
els is, in tho state. 80 in tho southern counties,
81; in the central counties 3D. ana in the north
orn counties ~. Condition in the southern
part of the state have boon very favorable for
corn. in fact the crop will be ono OF the largest
ever harvested in ibis state, and the quality IS
exceptionally good. The area planted last
spring was larger than usual. so that the total
amount harvested VIII be large for this state.
The acreage of clovCrsCCd harvested rs COM
pared with average years is IN per cent, IN the
state 40 in the southern counties So. and in the
northern counties 81. The average yield per
acre in bushels is, in the state .4j, in the south
Crn counties he, in the state LIZ in the south
ern 1872 in the central counties lS3 and in the
northern counties l.H2.
The same conditions which enabled farmers
to grow u large corn crop made Il large potato
crop possible. In some cases the crop was IN
Iuicd by blight; in some parts Of the state 1t
was cut short by drought in August, while in
some lowlandS IL was damaged by too much
rain. The estimated average Yield per acre in
the state. in bushels, is 90, in the southern
counties -, in the central counties 100, aud 10
the northern counties no.
The use of commercial fertilizers in this state
is not general In the eastern part OF the state
they are used quite extensively on certain crops
Many farmers arc making careful experiments
along this line prcfcrrng to demonstrate for
themselves the effect these fertilizers have on
different soils OF the farm. Much work of this
kind should be done in order that each farmer
might know in what way his soil was deficient
and what fertilizer was the best to apply.
The ayacage condition of horses and sheer in
tho state isV7. of cattle 9S and of SWINE - Hog
cholera is prevalent in many counties, while in
many sections many sheep and lambs have died
from various callSCS.