The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-05-13
Crop Report.

Crop Report.
Following lis the Michigan crop
report for 1910.
Wheat
The condition of wheat shows a
slight decrease from the figures
given in the April report, the average
being sc in the State, 70 in the
southern counties, SO in the central
counties, 81 in the northern counties
and 90 in the Upper Peninsula.
The average condition on April
first, in the State was SO, in the
southern counties So, in the central
counties and Upper Peninsula 93 and
in the northern counties 81
The per cent of wheat sown that
will be plowed up because winter
killed is 4 in the southern counties,
/ in the central and northern coun-
ties and in the Upper Peninsula
and the State. The damage by Hes
sian fly in per cent is: in the State
and southern counties and 1 in the
central and northern counties. The
marketed by farmers in April at
12O mills is S7,S39 and at "a ella
vators and to grain dealers 66,492,
or total of 154,331 bushels. OF
this amount 112,461 were marketed
in the southern four tiers of counties
33,431 in the central counties and
S,439 in the northern counties and
OF cd tn-
tai number of bushels of wheat
marketed and used by growers in
the nine months, August-April Is
100000. The amount of wheat
yet remaining in possession of grow
ers is estimated at 100000 bushels.
Ninety-eight mills, elevators and
grain dealers report no wheat mar
keted in April.
Rye
The average condition of rye in
the southern counties is SS, in the
central counties %, in the northern
counties 81 in Upper Peninsula SO
and in the State So.
Meadows and clover
The condition of meadows and
counties is %, in the southern count
les 90, in the central counties 81
and in the Upper Peninsula SO. The
acreage of clover sown compared
with an average for the past five
years in State and Upper Peninsula
is SO and in the southern counties
81, in the central counties SO and in
the northern counties 100.'
Oats
The acreage sown up to date COM
pared with an average for the past
five years is 100 in the State and
central counties, SO in the southern
counties, 101 in the northern coun
ties and 90 in the Upper Peninsula.
Spring pigs orE lambs
The per cent of spring pigs saved
compared with 1909 is, 80 in the
State and Upper Peninsula, 81 in the
southern counties, SO in the central
counties and SO in the northern
counties. The per cent of lambs
saved as compared with 1909, is 95
in the State and southern counties,
"a in the central counties, SO in the
northern counties and SO in the Up
per Peninsula.
Farm wages
The average monthly wages with
board, in the southern counties is
s25.62, in the central counties |
$24.3S, in the northern counties
$24.17, in Upper Peninsula $27.25
and in the State $25.14. The aver
age wages by the day without board, |
in the southern counties is $1.5S,
in the central counties $1.4S,in the
per Peninsula $1.6S and in the State
S1.54. The average wages in the
State last year, by the month with
board. was $2321 and the average
wages by the day without board was
$1.42.
Fruit
There is quite diversity of opin-
ion among fruit correspondents rela-
tive to the damage suffered from
frost throughout the State. Cor
respondents in the southwestern
portion of the State, where the frost
in April was the most severe, report
fruit prospects much better than eX-
pected Immediately after the freeze !
and very generally are of the opinion |
that the outlook for an average crop !
is encouraging. The spraying of |
fruit trees has greatly increased this |
season.