The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-09
WHEAT
Crop .InI0hio Showing, Up
Very Well
According To Report Of
Agricultural Department


The following is the official report
of the Ohio Department of Agriculture
on the condition of crops and area of
oats:
The following report, reference to
wheat, fruit and other crops, is COM
piled from returns received from Of
fetal correspondents of this depart
ment:
/ Wheat-Condition compared with
average, 81 per cent.
Oats-Area for 1910 as returned by
township assessors, 1,441,957 acres.
Oats-Area sown this year com
pared with 1910, "a per cent
Oats-Estimated area for the har-
vest of 1911, 1857 ,224 acres.
Spring barley-Area sown com
pared with last year, 9a per cent
Winter barley - Condition com
pared with average. SO per cent.
Barley-Total area:
Barley-Sown lats fall, 19 per cent.
Barley-Sown this spring, 81 per
cent.
Rye-Condition compared with av-
erage, 80 per cent.
Clover-Average date of seeding,
March 25.
Clover-Acreage sown compared
with last year, SO per cent.
Fruit-Prospect compared with nor
NAL yield, 81 per cent.
Berries-Prospect compared with
normal yield, SO per cent.
Live stock-Losses during winter
and spring:
Live stock-Horses, 2 per cent.
Live stock-Cattle, / per cent.
Live stock-Sheep, per cent.
Live stock-Hogs, per cent.
Ohios present wheat prospect is en-.
couraging. Area is greater and grow
ing condition better than one year
ago. On April 1st condition of wheat
was estimated at "a per cent com.
pared with an average. During the
past month it has gained 3 per cent
it's condition being now estimated at
81 per cent On the corresponding
date one year ago condition was esti'
mated at S5 per cent. Some cores
pondents note damage by cold, wet
weather, but for the state as whole
the condition of the plant is most
promising. The estimated damage by
Hessian fly and insect pests is slight
Weather conditions during April
We're most unfavOrable to oats seed
ing. Rainfalls were frequent during
greater part of the month. A large
area remains unseeded at this time.
The estimated area now reported is
1857 ,224 acres, or "a per cent in com
parison with the 1910 area returned
by the township assessors. Should
weather conditions remain unfavor'
able, much of the ground intended for
oats will be abandoned to that crop
and put to corn. No doubt, however
the actual area seeded to oats will be
much greater than the estimate now
reported.
The condition of rye is estimated at
80 per cent compared with,an average
The acreage of clover is estimated
at 81 per cent compared with the area
seeded last year
Fruit prospects are estimated at 81
per cent compared with normal
yield. The following report on fruit
is furnished by the nursery and orch
ard division of this department
inspectors observation shows thai
throughout southeastern Ohio and rlv
er counties east of Scioto, apple orch
ards on hill land have a very ligh
setting of fruit buds, undoubtedly due
to drouth of July and August of pre-
ceeding year. In central and south
eastern Ohio, where apples We're
total failure last year, promises arr
for full crop. Frost has destroyed
about 80 per cent Of peach buds, ear
ly blooming pear, plum and cherry