Evening journal., 1911-06-15
CONDITION OF
STATE CROPS
Peach Prospects Much Poorer
Than at This Time
Last Year
FARM VALUES OF
IMPORTANT PRODUCTS

'oNoit eAop tohuilAoho Abl june
1, with comparisons, are reported by
the Bureau OF Statistics Of the De-
partment of Agriculture as follows:
Winter Condition June /,
1911. 81 per cent; June 1. 1910, 80
per cent; ten-year average. Ss per
cent; May /, 1911 81 per cent.
oats-Acreage compared with last
year, es per cent; preliminary esti-
mate acreage sown this year, 1000
acres; condition June /, 1911, 76 per
cent. June 1, 1910. 81 per cent; ten
year average 81 per cent
Rye-Condition June 1. 1911. Sc
per cent: June I, 1910, S5 per cent.
ten-year average. 81 yer cent; May 1,
1911. 80 per cent
Hay. All tame Condition June
I. 1911, 55 per cent; June I, 1910, 50
per cent: May /, 1911, so per cent.
Clover-Acreage compared with last
year. 95 per cent; condition June :,
1911. 55 per cent; June I. 1910. 81
per cent: ten-year average. 81 per
cent, Alfalfa-yCondition, June I,
1911, 81 per cent; June I. 1910, SO
per cent; ive-year average, 81 per-
cent
Pasture Condition. June /, 1911,
55 per cent; June I. 1910. sc per
cent. ten-year average 81 per cent.
May I, 1911, IS per cent
Asparagus, production compared
with full crop-1911. 81 per cent.
1910, S5 per cent; fve-year average,
"a per cent.
Apples-June I 1911. Sc per cent.
June I. 1910. 10 per cent; ten-year
average, 10 per cent. Peaches-June
/ I. 1911. so per cent: 1910. 90 per
cent; ten-year average 65 per cent
Pears-June 1, 1911. so per cent;
June I. 1910. 20 per cent. Black
berries-June I. 1911, SO per cent:
1ve-year average, 50 per cent Rasp-
berries. June I. 1911. n per cent
fve-year average. 81 per cent. Cante-
loupes, June 1, 1911. so per cent; Ave
year average ~ per cent. Water
melons-June 1. 1911. a per cent.
hve-year average, so per cent Ca
madam peas-June ]. 1911, IS per
cent; five-year average. SIS per cent
Lima heans-June /, 1911. rs per
cent; June I. 1910. SO per cent. Cab
bage-June 1, 1911. SO per cent; June
1, 1910. 90 per cent; five-year aver
age. SO per cent Onions-June 1,
1911, 50 per cent; June I, 1910. 90
per cent; five-year average, 80 per
cent.
The average condition of all Della
ware crops on June I. 1911. 100 in
dicating the average for recent years,
was S11 per cent
The farm value Of important Della
ware products on dates indicated
was as follows:
Wheat: June 1. 1911, 80 cents; May
/ /, 1911, 90 cents; June /. 1910 93 cents
Corn June 1, 1911. so cents; May /,
! 1911, 54 cents; June /. 1910, 20 cents.
Oats: June l. 1911, 40 cents; May 1,
1911, 3S cents; June /, 1910, so cents.
(Per bushel)
Potatoes. June 1, 1911, 63 cents;
May /, 1911. 67 cents; June /, 1910, so
cents. (Per bushel)
Loose hay June I. 1911. 500; May
1, 1911, SIS so; June l, 1910, $l7 (Per
TOM
Rye: June 1. 1911, rs cents: May ]
1911, 65 cents; June 1, 1910, 60 cents.
(Per bushel)
Butter:June 1. 1911. % cents; May
l, 1911. 26 cents; June 1, 1910, %
cents. (Per pound)
Eggs, June 1, 1911, 16 cents; May
l., 1911, II cents; June /, 1910, p cents.
per dozen.)
Chickens June 1. 1911, 1876; May 1,
1911, 1875; June l, 1910, 17.3. (Per
pound)
Hogs: May Is. 1911. 81; April Is,
1911 $3.50; beef cattle, May IS, 1911,
IS; April IS, 1911. $3.50; sheep, May
Is, 1911, $3.50. (Per 100 poundsl
Glover seed: May Is. 1911 80. Tim
othy seed, May Is, 1911, IS. (Per
bushel)
Sweet potatoes, 81 per bushel on
May IS, 1911. Bran, $2S per ton, on
May 10, 1911.
Cost of producing oats in 1909: Cost
per acre, commercial fertilizer, So;
preparation, $2.35; seed. $1.10; plant
ing 20 cents; harvesting. $140;
preparing for market, S1.40: miscel-
/ laneous, AZ cents; land rental or in
terest on land value. S34O: total. ex-
cluding rent, S9.42 per acre: total, in
cluding rent, Sl2.S2.
Yield Of oats, 36 bushels. Cost per
bushel, excluding rent. 26 cents; in
cluding rent, SO cents. Value less
cost per acre, excluding rent. $7S6,
! including rent, S446. Value less cost
per bushel excluding rent % cents;
including rent, 12 cents. Per cent.
OF value to cost, excluding rent, 1873,
including rent, 1856.
Value of by-products per acre,
$3.50, Average size of fields. Is acres
Value Of oat lands per acre. S55. Per
cent. of rental or interest value to
land value. 60.
Temperature statistics. May, 1911:
Normal, 63.2; average daily depar-
ture, AZ degrees plus. January l. to
May 81; normal, 45.6; average daily
departure, 1.S degrees plus.
Precipitation Gnches) May. 1911.
normal, 3.0S; total departure, from
normal, 3.19 minus. January 1, TO
May 81, normal, 1892; total departure
from normal 39S minus.
CHURCH BROTHERHOOD MEETING
The Rev. r. c. MacSorley. pastor Of