The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-08
WHEAT CROP
IS INJURED
But Four Counties Give En-
couraging Reports.
WEATHER and The RAINS
Of the Past Month Have Been
Severe on the Plant
General Farm Work Has Been
Seriously Retarded and Spring
Crops will 20 in Very Late.

and the losses of live stock during
winter and spring, is based upon
the returns received from the regu-
lar township crop correspondents OF
the Department, the returns being
averaged for each county and fm-
ally for the state.
Wheat Prospect compared with
an average-74 per cent.
Spring Barley Area sown COM
pared with last year-S5 per cent.
Winter Barley-Prospect compar-
ed with an average-60 per cent.
Sown last fall-25 per cent.
Barley Total Area.
Sown this spring rs per cent.
Rye Prospect compared with an
average --S6 per cent.
Oats-Area for 1906 as returned
by township assessors--1, 1866, ,43O
acres.
Oats-Area sown this year COM
pared with 10000 per cent.
Oats Estimated area for the har-
vest of 1907 ,359,000 acres.
Wheat-Damage by Hessian fly
LIS per cent.
Wheat-Damage by other insects
| per cent.
Clover-Average date of seeding
March %. 80.
Clover--Acreage sown compared
with last year-00 per cent.
Horses-Losses during winter and
spring-1.9 per cent.
Cattle-Losses during winter and
spring---1.7 per cent.
Sheep-Losses during winter and
springs per cent.
Hogs---IOsses during winter and
sprng-2.3 per cent.
Berries-Prospect compared with
an avelage-l per cent.
Wheat prospects are now estimat.
ed at "A per cent. compared with
an average, a decline of is per cent
since the report issued by this De-
partment March 1st. The past
month, with its freezing weather
and cold rains, has been most Sc
we're On the wheat plant, hence the
hecline IN prospect. But four coun.
ties III the state now report wheat
prospect at an average or better.
correspondents, geneally, note its
nipromislng condition, and in many
sections Of the state large ner-
centage of the original area seeded
wlli be, or has been, plowed nm
and put tc other crops. The dam
age reported by the Hessian flv
ana other insects is Of little con
sequence. As the original area
seeded TO wheat was below a GOOD
average, and deducting from This
tne area that will be plowed nm
olllo's wheat harvest this wear vii
necessarily be far below full aver.
age crop.
ihe unfavorable weather has Sc.
rio9sly retarded farm work and
spring crops will go in late.
lhe township assessors renorts
SHOW mat last year the oats ore,
was l,365,434 acres. The co,aoS
p'hdenis estimate that the orea
seeded TO oats this year, compored
W:oh N.o last, is 80 per cent ar
ooo;ooo acres. These figures ore
prooaDly low, as no doubt monv
correspondents have based their as
slai'tes On the amount now sown
Mi'nont considering the manv fields
,n'ehded for oats, but owing 10 tho
hhniayorable weather conditions u
nas las peen impossible to seed A
sI'"'er part of the plowed 49,,
,n Mnei't area viii be sown 10 oots ~
an,ough IT the season continues hal,
"nrh r, At will be planted to corn
=. tioyer ,r has been damaged TO n SOM
'N,ent M by the freezing weather '
.oa5:t. Llve stock generally is IN aood
uGnal'lon - and the losses dur;nas s1I, tba
tnao, n,naer have been very slight. pas. ,"e
ss ea,a are very backward and mon'.
i"rhefs Tl are still feeding stoel1
t;n, ane prospect for berries l. o.
Nna'ed at IL per cent y,