Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-04
FINAL STATE CROP
REPORT IS ISSUED
Board of Agriculture Estimates
Show Increasing Supplies.
OATS YIELD AZ BUSHELS
Principal Rye Producing Counties
Average 10 TO % Bushels an Acre,
While General Average Is 70 Blu
shels-Q qua itY Above Average.


Madison The final state crop re-
bort for the year just issued by the
Wisconsin state board of agriculture
shows general crop conditions in
Wisconsin to ne ahead of last year.
The average yield OF wheat for the
state is 203 bushels. the yield per
acre being greater in the counties
showing the largest acreage Of this
cereal, viz. Vernon county, 81 bush
els; Trempealeau. 80 bushels; Pierce,
% bushels; Calumet % bushels:
Manitowoc, % bushels.
This condition is reversed in the
report on the yield of rye While
the general average throughout the
state shows a production OF 90 bush
els, the principal rye producing coun-
ties of the state show averages OF
from 10 to ~ bushels per acre.
The average yield. per acre. of bar
ley for the entire state Is 30.7 bush
els. Ozaukee county showing 80
bushels, Fond dr. Lac 35 bushels,
Walworth 80 bushels. Manitowoc 80
bushels. Dane 80 bushels. Dodge rs
bushels, Columbia % bushels, Wash
ington 28 bushels. Trempealeau 80
bushels, Buffalo rs bushels.
The average yield of oats. for the
entire state, is ~ bushels per acre,
the counties showing the largest
acreage reporting as follows Dane
3S bushels, Dodge Is bushels. Fond
du Lac So bushels. Trempealeau As
bushels, Sank 65 bushels, Dunn 30
bushels. Sheboygan 60 bushels. Buff
falo 40 bushels
The yield per acre of corn (shell-
ed, in the southern division of the
state shows an average of IS ash
els; the central division the same
amount while the northern division
reports 80 bushels per acre. The
counties showing the largest acreage
OF corn planted report as follows:
Lane 81 bushels, Rock IS bushels.
Grant 80 bushels. Walworth as bush
els, La Fayette 40 bushels. Green 35
bushels Columbia 40 bushels. Dodge
40 bushels, Fond du lac 40 bushels.
The reported amount Of the 1911
corn crop still in the hands OF the
farmers is an follows: Northern divl-
sion, 2 per cent, central division. II
per cent; southern division. 10 per
cent.
The average yield OF buckwhent
for the state Is 1863 bushels per acre;
the principal producing centers show
Ing from Is TO Is bushels.
The fax producing centeTs show
an average yield of Is bushels OF
fax seed to the acre: the average
yield of clover seed is 2ia bushels
10 tho acre; timothy seed. y bush.
els; beans. Ia bushels; peas, rs
bushels. cabbage. 10 tons per acre:
sugar beets, 8 tons; tame hay.
tons.
The average production and condi-
tion OF cranberries in 1879 "a above
normal yield and condition being re.
ported at los per cent
The average yield OF potatoes for
the entire state Is placed at so bush
els per acre The counties showing
the largest acreage report a much
lighter yield Portage county. with
reported acreage of 10000 acres,
shows an average OF so bushels
Waupaca and Waushara with Is 900
and 1900 acres respectively. give
an average OF 20 bushels for the first
named county. aud so bushels In the
latter Several OF the counties from
5000 to : ,000 acres of the tubers re-
port yield of from 100 to 200
bushels TO the acre
The yield OF tobacco in the princi-
pal tobacco producing counties in the
state is as follows, Dane. 1888
pounds per acre; Vernon. 1860
pounds; Rock, i,l00 pounds Column
bia. 1000 pounds; Crawford. $500
pounds
The quality of farm products, gen
orally, is above the average, though
a heavy frost early in the fall did
considerable damage to corn in some
localities The percentage OF total
acreage OF corn planted and cut for
silage In 1912 shows an increase OF
per cent over that planted In i91t.
The percentage OF cattle being fed
for market, as compared with the
last fve-year period. is So per cent:
swine. SO per cent; sheep. SIS per
cent.
The following counties have re-
ported from to per cent losses
from hog cholera Dane. Columbia,
Grant. Lafayette. Waukes6a. Winnie
bago. Wood Fond du Lac. Dunn and
Ashland