The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-09-14
SEPTEMBER CROP
REPORT ISSUED
CORN 7O.3 PER CENT OF NORMAL,
WITH SPRING WHEAT 56.7
PER CENT.
POTATOES 74.2 BUSHELS7OACRE
Oats Stand CAS- Per Cent, AS Com
pared With 67.7 Per Cent As
Given in the Report of
Aug. I.

| AuS. I.
Washington, Sept. 9.-The Septem.
Der crop report of the United States
department OF agriculture crop report
ing board shows the condition on Sept
l and the yield an acre, as indicated
by the condition on that date, of the
principal farm crops of the country,
and the preliminary estimate of hte
total yield Of hay, as follows:
Spring Wheat-Condition, 567 per
cent of a normal crop at time of har-
vest, compared with 59.S per cent on
Aug. /, 63.1 per cent at time of har-
vest last year, and 1871 per cent at
time of harvest for the past ten years.
Indicated yield an acre, 9.S bushels,
compared with III bushels, the 1910
final yield, and 1873 bushels, the aver
age for the past five years.
All Wheat-Indicated yield per acre,
1876 bushels, compared with AL BUSH
els, the 1910 final yield, and 14.7 the
average yield for the last five years.
WA oollQllloIl, lO.o pei CC11L VI
normal, compared with 69.6 per cent
on Aug. /, 1872 per cent on Sept 1,
1910, and 1913 per cent, the ten-year
Sept. ] average. Indicated yield per
acre, 23.6 bushels, compared with PA
bushels. the 1910 final yield, and 27.1
bushels, the average for the last five
years.
Oats-Condition, 64.5 per cent of a
normal at time of harvest, compared
with 65.7 per cent on Aug. /. 1873 per
cent at time of harvest in 1910; and
1915 per cent, the ten-year average.
Indicated yield per acre, 1873 bushels,
compared with 31.9 bushels in 1910,
and 2S.4 bushels, the average yield for
the past five years.
Barley-Condition 65.5 per cent of
a normal at time OF harvest, compared
with 66.2 per cent on Aug. / 69.S per
cent at time of harvest in 1910; and
81. per cent, the ten-year average. In
dictated yield per acre, 20.3 bushels,
compared with 22.4 bushels, and 1910
final yield; and 24.8 bushels, the aver
age yield for the past five years.
Characterization, 1913 per cent Of
a normal, compared with 62.3 per cent
on Aug. /, 705 per cent in 1910 and
1873 per cent the ten-year average. In
Dictated yield per acre, 74.2 bushels,
compared with 94.4 bushels the 1910
final yield and 9G.9 bushels the aver
age yield for the past five years.
Transformation, 6S4 per cent of a
normal, compared With 10 per cent
on Aug. /, 4S.3 per cent in 1910, and
SIS per cent, the eight-year average.
Indicated yield per acre, ~ bushels,
compared with rs bushels, the 1910
final yield, and 90 bushels, the aver
age yield for the past four years.
ckWheat-Condition 1913 per cent
of normal, compared with S2.9 per
cent on Aug. /, 1913 per cent in 1910
and 81 per cent the ten-year average.
Indicated yield per acre, 1876 bushels,
compared with 20.9 bushels the 1910
final yield and 1916 bushels the aver
age yield for the past five years
Northwest Wheat Crop.
The spring wheat crop in the North
west lost further ground during Au-
gust Minnesota declining five points.
North Dakota four points and South
Dakota shows a condition higher by
% per cent but Minnesota is off 81 per
cent and South Dakota is off 43 per
cent None Of the states has as high
a condition as was given them in 1904. |
the black-rllst year, but, of course, the
acreage is larger. The indicated yield
for the three states, based on the gov
present method of an average
par is around 150,000,000 bushels. The
following table gives the necessary
comparisons of condition to show the
relative position of this seasons har-
vest with other years: