Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-11-15
HeSSIAN FLY ACTIVE.
It's wages are as Serious as One Year
Ago-rhe Monthly Report.


The Michigan crop report for Novem-
Der his been issued 1t 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. 1t is inn
possible to foretell the ultimate result,
since favorable conditions hereafter
NAV Hsult in fair harvest another
year The report says:
The ambition OF wheat, as compared with an
ayeragf is SO ia the state so In the southern. %
In the qntral and SO in the northern counties.
The ara sown TO wheat this fall is smaller than
usual. In many cases rye was sown instead.
All whft sown before the last days Of Septem-
Der Is y OF fly. Many fields that look green
and arsYell covered with "A thrifty growth OF
plants Ire literally alive with the larva OF the
insect Some fields OF wheat have been Guilt
waited All resown &c wheat. while others have
been som 10 rye. Some farmers will sow clover
in the slnng, and let the crop mature II possi-
bic. What sown in October Is in a measure
free from insects. In some cases early sown
rye Is fup OF insects, and wheat sown later in
adjoining fields is not infested. Methods like
this mui necessarily be adopted II the work OF
this insda is to be cont oiled so that the wheat
crop OF ID state will not be damaged yearly.
The totajamount OF bushels of wheat reported
marletetby farmers in October ~ the Touring
mills is 2l,619, and at the elevators $4,000 or
total Of y ,219 bushels.
The espnated average yield OF corn IN bush
els u.s. mae state, 80: in the southern counties
80 I'm thbentral counties % ana In the north
ern couJes, -. Conditions In the southern
part OF ~ state have been very favorable for
corn in fSt the crop will be one OF the largest
ever harStsted In this state, and the quality Is
exceptonllly good. The area planted last
spring wa larger than usual, so that the total
amount Invested will be large for this state.
The acrSlge OF cloverseed harvested as com
pared witiaverage years is, in per cent, in the
state ~ igthe southern counties 50 and in the
northern Quntics g. The average yield per
acre In butels is, in the state li6 in the south
ern counts l.32, in the state .46, in the south
ern 1872 in pe central counties 1873 and in the
northern otnties 1872.
The sand conditions which enabled farmers
to grow l1ge corn crop made u large potato
crop possibl. In some cases the crop was in
jured by bllht; in some parts OF the state It
was cut shot by drought in August, while in
some lowlalds 1t was damaged by too much
rain. The eltimated average yield per acre In
the state ID bushels, is 9s, in the southern
counties g5 Il the central counties 100, and in
the northerrE counties 10.
The use oflommercial fertilizers in this state
is not genera. In the eastern part OF the state
they are used quite extensively on certain crops.
Many farmet, are making careful experiments
along this III, preferring to demonstrate for
. themselves lie effect these fertilizers have on
different soill of the farm, Much work OF this
kind should A. done in order that each farmer
might know i what way his soil was deficient
and what fertilizer was the best TO apply.
The averagi condition OF horses and sheep IN
the state is g1 OF cattle 9s and OF SWINE 95 Hog
cholera is prevalent in many counties while in
many sections many sheep and lambs have died
from various tauses