The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-04-20
KENTUCKY CROP
REPORT.
Giving the Percentages, Conditions
and Prospects Of Crops and
Livestock.
SUMMARY

SUMMARY
This is the first report for the year
1910. An extremely cold and severe
winter has been passed through and
has affected both stock and crops. The
month of March has been the warmest
on record, with but one shower of rain,
which was not general throughout the
State, which has afforded the farmers
splendid opportunities for early blowing
and spring work, but it has also had a
very bad effect on the wheat crop.
Wheat is not looking good having
been injured badly by sleet during jan
uary and February, and the unusually
hot and dry weather of March makes
the outlook very poor at this time and
unless there is some rain soon there
will not be more than so per cent of an
average crop in the State. 1t seems
that the early sown wheat has gone
through the winter better than the late
sowing.
Last year in our April Crop report the
percentage of acreage for the State
was 81, and the percentageyof condition
was "a. While this year the percent
age of acreage is SO, and the percent
age of condition is "a. While the fol-
lowing extracts in almost every case
show that some of it is being plowed
up, thus reducing the acreage very ma
terially.
There has been a larger acreage of
oats sown than usual, and only needs
rain to cause termination and good
prospects for good crop. A number
Of reports show that some wheat fields
have been plowed up and sown in oats.
PEACHES
Many reports show that in many
parts of the State that the peaches
have been killed.
OTHER FRUITS
There is much uncertainty about the
small fruits and other fruit crops, and
barring freezes during April prospects
for full crop of fruit are fairly good
at this time.
CLOVER AND GRASSES
A great deal of the young clover has
been killed or badly injured, while al
sike clover looks fairly well Where
there was much freezing during the
winter the young grasses have been in
iI1red and are backward
TOBACCO
Preparations for very large tobac.
co crop have been made, and more es-
pecially is this true with Burley tobac
60. Many counties that have raised
little or none in the past are preparing
to grow it, especially the mountain
counties and those bordering along the
mountains are becoming interested in
growing tobacco. Last year the pros
pective acreage of Burley for the State
was SO per cent as against los per
cent, for this year, and the average of
plant beds sown in 1910, compared with
April 1. 1909, is 81 per cent. In the
dark tobacco district the prospective
acreage for last year was SO per cent.
for the State as against 103 per cent.
this year, and the average of plant beds
sown April 1, 1910, as compared with
April /, 1909, is LOG per cent.
CORN
Much enthusiasm and interest has
been aroused in the growing of corn
throughout the State by the organiza-
ton of corn growing associations and
corn clubs and the distribution of pure
seed corn and bulletins on same. The
acreage is being increased and much
care is being given to the proper prepa-
ration of the ground. The prospective
acreage last year at this time was SO
per cent. for the State, and this year
it is 1O3 per cent, and the average of
the number of acres ploughed for corn
April l, 1910, as compared with April
l, 1909, is 100 per cent.
LIVE STOCK
All kinds of live stock are scarce and
high, and the numbers of hogs and
brood sows are less than they have been
for at least five years. The number of
brood sows show decrease of SO per
cent. since April /, 1909, and there are
few filters of pigs. There is much COM
plant of high prices of pork, and the
above figures show conclusively the
reason of same. | will advise the farm.
ers of Kentucky, as the prevailing high
prices of hogs, that it is my opinion
that by very strong effort on the part
Of the farmers to raise more and better
hogs that it will take at least two years
t. produce a sufficient number to lower
ne present prices and supply the de-
nand at the same time. Nevertheless,
/ favor profitable prices for all farm
products. m
SHEEP 81
There is an increase of one per cent.
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