Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-08-20
CROP PROSPECTS
ARE PROMISING
DANE COUNTY FARMERS REPORT
GOOD YIELD OF HAY, OATS
AND BARLEY.
WANT OF RAIN HAS BEEN FELT
BUT PRESENT FALLS BRING
GOOD CHEER.
Madison, Aug. !

That this years crops will be bet
ter than ever is acknowledged by
Dane county feed men and farmers,
and the state reports confirm the
fact. Oats are heavy and are yielding
from 20 To 90 bushels to the acre.
Wheat is also better than usual. Bar,
| ley is heavier than for some years
and weighs up to so pounds to a Du-
shell. Corn Is first rate and mas been
| improved greatly by the last few
rains. The estimate last year was 81
per cent and this years is 81. Pota-
| toes are much improved aud with
reasonably good weather the crop
will be good. There has been too lit
| tie rain for potatoes this year but an
| improvement is marked by the rains
the past week.
| An unusually heavy hay crop has
| been cut this season and it is in eH-
ceilent condition. The weather has
been favorable and immense crops
have been gathered The second crop
of clover IS near at hand.
Oats are reported as being consider
| ably better in quantity and quality
| than the previous year. However, the
yield varies and il some places a
poorer crop is reported while in
others an excellent yield has Deeu
gathered. About Blooming Grove
there are rather light crops but IL
| the town of Burke a heavy yield is
reported, some acres giving as high
as so bushels About the vicinity o,
Ashton and Springfield the yield is
about2O to 80 bushels. They are good
quality and considerably better than
last year In the western part of the
country the early crop has not been
so good but the late is in fine oondit-
ion. The ripening of the crob on lignt
soils was hurried by the continued hot
and dry weather Some early oats
! weighed 100 pounds to the sack.
Barley is in fine condition and yields
from 30 to 40 bushels to the acre. 1t
| is heavy and weighs as high as 40
pounds a sack. There is a big crop
and it weighs about so pounds per
bushel. In the vicinity of Cross Plains
| it is reported as being excellent IN
quality. A marked improvement over
| last years product is noted
| Wheat is not grown extensively i'll
this county but the condition or
| the state is good. The average per
cent is above 95. The yield per acre
| M
grow wheat say that they have the
| best crop ever.
| A good corn crop Is expected for
! the year and although there has boon
little rain, the recent rams win aid
materially in bringing about a good
/ quality. The crop is uneven in many
! places, some having already formed
ears while others have not yet tas-
seIed. Compared with last years OUT
| put, this years will be greatly in ad-
vance. With a reasonable amount of
rain and favorable weather, one Il
the best crops ever will be biuned. An
estimate of seven per cent higher
than last year is reported.
Potatoes have suffered more than
corn from the bot weather and have
fallen off quite seriously in this
state. The scarcity of rain has been
felt but the present falls are doing
great good to the crop. With the po-
tato crop locaed on the sandy soils OF
central Wisconsin, and this territory
is more seriously affected by the
drought than any other part of the
state, copious rains are needed 20
produce a good crop. The condition Is
otherwise reported as good.
Tobacco and sugar beets are doing
we'll. the former making an exception.
| ally good growth.
Pastures have been rapidly drying
up as a result of the little rain, but
now are coming on nicely and will
probably not be short again this sea-
son.