The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-18
FARM MANAGEMENT
(The Southern Planter }
Work for the Month.

The weather, since We wrote our ar
ticle on Work for the Month for the
September issue, has, up to this writ
ing (20th Septem ber) been almost
ideal tor the maturing of the crops in
the South. We have had showers, brt
no heavy rains. and warm, growing
weather, and the Improvement in the
crops not Yet harvested has been great
An examination Of the corn cron
shows that the drought of late .Tulv
ana early August did some injury. as
there are more barren stalks than one
likes 10 see. With earlier rain. We do
not think these would have been so
numerous. The absence Of moisture
checked the growth just at the critical
time, W When the ears should have been
shooting out, and these failed to come
We have this complaint of barren
stalks from ali over the country Even
IN the western corn belt it is quite
common. However, since the advent
Of the line September weather. the
crop has made great progress and the
cars are large and well filled from
butt to tip. Forage crops and second
crops Of hay and clover have made
I'm" @roWths, and the indications are
Tor plenty OF long feed for the stock
The government report on the
SprInS wheat crop a harvest makes
'he condition about per cent higher
than IN August, but yet very low, com
pared with the last years average.
The indications are for crop Of
about 215,000,0 600 bushels az against
290.000.000 bushels year ago. The
winter wheat crop has threshed out
much better than was expected, and
the yield looks like being increased
some 10000, 600 bushels over that >s-
innate at harvest, This will make the
crop about 420,00O,OO0 bushels. To-
sether the winter and spring wheat
crops total about $50, 100000 bushels |
as against 737,00O,000 bushels a year |
ago The Canadian crop is much less !
than that of last year, and European |
crops. outside Russia and the Balkan |
states. are below the average. Espe- |
CiaIIN is this true of France, which |
VIII need TO import much wheat this |
year, The Russian and Balkan States |
crops are good and will largely supply |
the needs Of France. England and tho |
other importing European countries |
ne needs of this country will largely |
exhaust all the wheat we have grown .
here, and the surplus for export Will |
be small In the year ended June |
~. 1910, We only exported 46, 676, 600 /
bushels ont Of a 1000, 900 bushel |
crop. We need To increase our wheat |
unue to feed our own people and have
any surplus for export The normal
increase of the population of this
country calls for an increased crop
d i".0o0O,000 bushels Of wheat every
wear. This year, instead Of an in
FeaS@ We have q decrease Of slightly
over 100, 900, 900 bushels. Whilst un
Ger pressure of very free mark eting
from the thresher the market for
"he@t has weakened some to 10 T.
-ehtS. we do not anticipate that this
VIII continue long. Our opinion is
nat wheat is not likely to fall any
over in price, but will gradually
IdFden as the season advances. We
10 not expect to see very high prices
Is the worlds wheat crop is large,
-hough probably less than that Of a
'eaF ago, yet still above the average
tnd the facilities for transport from
.oHntrles wide apart are now so great
nat deficiencies in one country can
'a7lIH and quickly be made good when
ne whole crop is large. as is the case
his year.
The government report on the corn {
f'p makes the condition on Septem- {
'GF lSt l8, as against 7 9 in August,
" men is about one point below the
condition is 80. as against Il ten-year {
Iyerase of 81; in Virginia, 81, as {
-SdlhSt Il ten-year average of SO; in /
EPllh carolina, Sc, as against ten {
ear average Of 83 in South Carolina, l
10 as against a ten-year average of '
o. ana in Tennessee. 85, as against a 5
S"-Eeaf average of so. AS the acre c
Se planted in the Southern States is 7
= Eater than ever before, the indica- g
ms are Tor a larger total crop than I
'"t O! last year. Louisiana will have !
'lh Tor export, and probably South [
" IoiIha viii have some to spare. We j
siHH We could say he same for Vfr- L
= ma and North Carolina These two /
So'tS are, however, gradually increas t