Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-10
OCTOBER CROP
REPORT ISSUED
REPORTING BOARD OF DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE SHOWS
E CONDITION AT HARVEST.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 9,-The Oct
| ober crop report of the crop reporting
board of the United States department.
of agriculture, issued at 2:15 today,
| shows the condition on October !, or
at time of harvest; the yield per acre
as indicated by the condition on that
date ana preliminary estimates Of the
total production of the principal farm
crops Of the country, as follows:
Corn: Condition, 70.6 per cent OF b
normal compared with 1913 per cent on
Sept /, 1911, S0.3 on Oct. l. 1910, ana
1876 per cent the ten year October av-
erage. Indicated yield per acre, 2S.s
bushels, compared with PA busneis,
the 1910 final yield, and 27.1 bushels
the average final yield for the last five
years The area planted to corn was
liz, $4,000 acres. or 101.7 per cent OF
the area planted last year.
Buckwneat: Condition. STA per cent
of a normal, compared with 1913 per
cent, on Sept. 1, SIT per cent IN lSlo
and S4o per cent, the ten year aver.
age. Indicated yield per acre, 1875
bushels, compared with 900 last year
and 1915, the five year average. Tha
area planted to buckwheat was 100000
acres or 81 per cent Of last years aV-
erage.
Potatoes: Condition. e2.s per cent Of
normal compared with 1913 per cent
Sept. l, > us per cent last year ana
1913 per cent, the ten year average. IN
dictated yield per acre 1877 bushels CON- :
pared with 94.4 bushels last year ana
$50 bushels, the five year average.
Area planted to potatoes was 3,495,O00,
or 97.3 per cent Of last year.
Tobacco: Condition, sos per cent OF
a normal compared with Ill per
cent Sept. 1, 500 per cent last year,
and 1914 per cent, the ten year aver
age. Indicated yield per acre, SOi;l
pounds, compared with 1878 POUNDS
last year, and $3.50 pounds, the five
year average. Area planted to tobacco
was $4,000 acres, or 72.4 per cent OF
last years acreage. ,
Flax: Condition, COS per cent Of
normal, compared with 6S.4 per cent
Sept l, 47.2 per cent last year ana
7s.9 per cent the eight year average
Indicated yield per acre, 81 bushels.
compared with 4.s bushels last year,
and 90 bushels, the average for the
1e05-19os. Area planted to flax was s.
$4,000 acres, or 1895 per cent Of last
yea Rice aoe Condition, s5.4 per cent Of
normal, compared with S7.2 per cent
Sept. 1, ISL per cent last year and
$50 per cent. the ten year average.
compared with 1873 bushels last yeas,
and 32.4 bushels, the five year averag &C.
Area planted to rice was 7o5.7OO acres
or 97.6 per cent of last years acreage
APPLES: Condition, sos per cent of
normal, compared with 5j.2 per. cent
Sept. i. asa per cent last year and
52.4 per cent the ten year average
of production, 2O0,367,o0O bushels, COM
pared with 231 $4,000 bushels last year
and 243,1S6.S00 bushels, the average for
the last five years. Yield per acre, 81
bushels, compared with III bushels
last wear and 1876 bushels, the five year
average. Quality, 1913 per cent, com
pared with ten year average of ST.
Winter wheat: Preliminary estimate
Of production. 455,149.Q00 bushels, COM
pared with 4S4,044.5o0 bushels in 1910
and 45o,12s,eOO bushels, the five year
average Yield per acre. f4.5 bushels,
compared with 1873 bushels in 1910,
and 1915 bushels the five year average.
All wheat: Preliminary estimate Of
production. 655, 10000 bushels, COM
pared with sos. $4,000 bushels last
year, and 693,3164o0 bushels, the five
year average. Yield per acre, 1928
bushels, compared with AL bushels
last year and Al bushels, the five year
average.
oats: Preliminary estimate Of pro-
duction. s73.61.000 bushels, compared
with 1,126,7e5,00o bushels last year, and
s32, 124.4o0 bushels. the five year aver
age Yield per acre. 24.S bushels. conn
pared with 31.9 bushels last year and
2s.4 bushels, the five year average. The
quality of oats was S4.6 per cent, COM
pared with a ten year average of S6.6
per cent.
Barley: Preliminary estimate of pro-
duction. 145,951. 900 bushels, compared
with 162,227,0o0 bushels last year, and
1876. 900 bushels. the five year aver
lage Yield per acre. 2o.7 bushels. conn
nsv%A 18th PA bushels. last year. A.