Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-07-20
NIGH. CROP REPORT
Completed July First by Secretary
OF State Mdrtindale
FALL FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD
The Condition of Sugar Beet Crop Reported
Excellent

The reported excellent condition OF
wheat for April and May, indicated
for the State a yield of at least 20
bushels per acre, but the ravages of
the Hessian fly in the southwestern
portion of the State caused number
of correspondents to estimate the
Weld at from to 10 bushels, pro-
badly their estimate may prove too
low after threshing and this depart
ment still hopes for a return of 20
bushels per acre.
The average estimated yield in the
State is IS, in the southern and north
ern counties Il, in the central count
les 20 and in the Upper Peninsula %
bushels per acre. The total number
Of bushels Of wheat marketed by
farmers in June at 90 mills is
131,Os2, and at rs elevators and
70 grain dealers 1881, or
a total OF 2s2, 1908 bushels. OF this
amount 222,6O4 bushels were market
ed in the southern four tiers of count
les, 4S,687 in the central counties and
1852 in the northern counties and
Upper Peninsula. The estimated
total number OF bushels of wheat
marketed in eleven months, August
June is 100000. The amount of
wheat yet remaining in possession Of
growers is estimated at 100000
bushels. Fifty mills, elevators and
grain dealers report no wheat mar
keted in June.
The average estimated yield of rye
in the State, central and northern
counties is IS, in the southern count
les IA and in the Upper Peninsula
% bushels per acre.
The condition OF corn in the State
is 90, in the southern counties 90, in
the central counties 90, in the north
ern counties 50 and in the Upper
Peninsula 81. One year ago the con-
dition OF corn in the State was 70.
The acreage of buckwheat sown or
10 be sown, compared with an aver
age for the past five years in the
State is l, in the southern and north
ern counties ., in the central counties
IS and in the Upper Peninsula 90
The acreage of beans planted or
TO be planted. as compared with an
average for the past FIVE years in the
State is 100, in the southern counties
90, in the central counties and Upper
Peninsula 1O3, and in the northern
compared with an average in the
State is 81, in the southern counties
and Upper Peninsula "a, in the CEN
tral counties % and in the northern
counties 5.
The condition of potatoes in the
State is 81, in the southern counties
90, in the central and northern coun-
ties SIS and in the Upper Peninsula
g6.
The condition of sugar beets in the
State and central counties is 90, in
the southern counties 81, in the
northern counties 90 and in the Upper
Peninsula 81.
The condition of clover sown this
yea, as compared with an average, in
the State is Z, in the southern coun-
ties /, in the central counties 81. in
the northern counties 90 and in the
Upper Peninsula 1O1. The acreage
Of clover that will be harvested, COM
pared with an average for the past
FIVE years, in the State is SO, in the
southern counties II, in the central
counties SO, in the northern counties
SO and in the Upper Peninsula "a.
The acreage of timothy that will
be harvested, compared with an aver
age for the past FIVE years, in the
State is 50, in the southern counties
81, in the central counties 90, in the
northern counties 81, and in the Up
per PENINSULA 0s.
The acreage OF peas sown or to be
sown, as compared with an average
for the past FIVE years in the State is
"a, in the southern counties 81. in the
central counties II, in the northern
counties 70 and in the Upper PENN
sula 700.
The prospect for crop of peaches
in the counties included in the Michi-
gan Fruit Belt is as follows:
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