Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-08
1911 Crop Four Below the
Five Year Sept. |
Average.
OATS Is SHORT ALSO
Estimated at 23.9 as Against
31.9 in 1910-Condition
of Other Products.

Washington, Sept S.-The Sep
tember crop report of the United
States department of agriculture
crop reporting board, issued at
2:15 p. III. today, shows the condi-
tion on Sept. /, and the yield per
acre, as indicated by the condition
on that date, of the principal farm
crops of the country and the pre-
llminary estimate of the total yield
OF hay, as follows:
Corn-Condit.on 7O.3 per cent Of
normal, compared with 69.6 per
cent. On Aug. I. 1872 per cent on
Sent. T., 1910, ana 1873 per cent, the
1G-ycar sept. average. Indicated
Eiol7 rcr acre 236 bushels. compar-
cd With PA bushels, the 1910 final
yield, and 2T.1 bushels, the average
for the past FIVE ,ears.
WHEAT -c.7 PER CENT.
Spring wheat Coudition SCI per
cert Of a normal ut time Of har-
vest. compared win 5".S per cent.
Cu Aug. !. G3.1 per cent at time Of
l~-Vcrt last year and 7S.7 uer cent
- time Of harvest for the past 10
.cl-s. Ind Gated yield pc acre e.S
NgsheIs. impaired with ~ bush
-. ,he 7S1" final weld and I2.5
Irslel=. tae AVERAGE for the p.st
five years.
Fall whcat-Indieated yield per
acre 12G bushels. compared with
III bushels. the 1910 final yield
and 14.7 the average yield for the
past fVe years
CONDITION or OATS.
Oats-Conditiou cas- pc cent Of
Z normal At time Of harvest. COM
Isred with 65.7 per cent. on Aug. !,
S3.3 per cent al time Of harvest in
1910 and 79.5 per cent the 10-year
average. Indicated yield per acre
2%.9 bushels. compared with 31.9
bushels in 1919. and 2S.f bushels,
the average yield for the past five
years.
Parley-Condition 65.5 per cent
of a normal at time Of harvest. com.
pared with CO. per cent on Aug !,
C9.S per cent at time of harvest in
1910, and $50 per cent the 10-year
average. Indicated yield per acre
2O.3 bushels. compared with 22.4
bushels, the 1910 final yield. and
24S bushels, the average yield for
the past five years.
POTATOES WILL GO 74.2.
Potatoes-Condition 59.S per cent
of a normal. compared with 62.3 per
cent on Aug. !, 7O.5 per cent in
1910, and 7S.9 per cent the 10-year
average. Indicated yield per acre
7i.2 bushels. compared with 94.4
bushels. the 1910 final yield, and
SG9 bushels the average yield for
the past five years.
Condition III per cent
of a normal. compared with ESQ
per cent on Aug. l. 77.7 per cent in
1910, and S2.3 per cent the 10-year
average. Indicated yield per acre
714.6 pounds. compared with 1878
pounds, the 1910 final yield and
$3.50 pounds the average yield for
the past five years.
HAY YIELD 66.8S6,OOO.
ay-Preliminary returns indi-
cate a total hay yield of about 49,
9S6, 900 tons, as compared with co.
97S,0OO tons, finally estimated last
year and 63,507. 200 tons. the aver
age annual production in the past
five years. The preliminary esti-
mated yield per acre is about 1.9
tons. compared with 1-S3 tons, the
1910 final yield and 1.41 tons, the
average yield for the past five years.
The quality is 90.3 per cent. COM
pared with s2.5 per cent last year
and a 10-year average of eli per
cent.
Approximation 56,2 per cent
Of normal. compared with $50 per
cent on Aug. l. 46.S per cent in
1910 and 52.6 per cent the 10-year