The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-16
AVERAGE
Yield Of Wheat viii Be s
Bushels To The Acre
Corn Is Reported To Be
Doing Very Fine

The following Is the official report
of the Ohio Department of Agriculture
on the condition of crops August l.,
and was compiled from returns re.
ceived from the official correspondents
of this department:
Wheat--Prospect compared with
normal yield, 40 per cent.
Wheat-Average date of harvest,
July 6.
Oats-Prospect compared with nor.
NAL yield, 1O5 per cent.
Oats-Average date of harvest, July
l21.
Barley--Average date of harvest, Ju-
ly IA.
Rye-Average date of harvest, July
Z.
Clover-Area sown in 1911 cut for
hay. 81 per cent.
Glover Hay-Product per acre, 1927
tons.
Clover--Quality compared with an
average, 8S per cent.
TimOthy-Prospect compared with
normal yield, So per cent.
Prospect compared with
normal yield, 93 per cent
Tobacco-Condition compared with
an average, IS per cent.
Pastures--Co Condition compared with
an average. 81 per cent.
Apples-Prospect compared with
normal yield, 81 per cent.
Peaches--Prospect compared with
normal yield, 80 per cent.
Pears--Prospect compared with nor.
NAL yield, So per cent.
Grapes-Prospect compared with
normal yield, 80 per cent
Berries-Product compared with
last year, 80 per cent.
Average Prices
| Wheat-$1.01 per bushel.
Corn-$ rs per bushel
Barley--$ ~ per bushel.
OATS .48 per bushel.
| Rye-$ 80 per bushel.
Potatoes--$10 03 per bushel.
Hay--$l5.S1 per ton.
Alfalfa---$16.S4 per ton.
Wheat threshing IL In progress. Es-
timated yield as reported by cores
pondents will be about s bushels per
acre for the state. which would make
the total estimated yield for the state
6,479,364 bushels. This may be little
high, as many correspondents report
some wheat sprouting in the shock
on account Of wet weather, the wheat
not being dry enough to gather owing
to great amount OF weeds. Also many
acres left standing last spring cut for
the timothy sown with the wheat last
fall, for hay and seed. The percentage
estimates show wide range. Esti.
mate for southeast section Is 10 bush.
els per acre, while northwest section
Is estimated at Q bushels per acre. One
year ago the yield per acre was esti
mated at 80 per cent compared with
normal yield OF Is bushels per acre
The estimated area harvested Is 50
per cent of acreage harvested In 1911
Oats shows an increase of per
cent In prospect. compared with esti
mate of one month ago. In some sec
tions of the state correspondents re-
port oats badly lodged by the recent
heavy rains and will be hard to har
vest. This will also keep the late oats
from filling well. The area sown this
year IL estimated ut rs per cent more
than In 1911, and the yield for this
year from estimates of correspond
ents should be b9,l54.5OO bushels al
against 46,442.742 bushels In 1911. The
estimate yield does not vary much In
the four sections OF the state.
Corn is reported as doing fine, but
very uneven on account Of 30 much re
planting. Wet grounds are also re
tarding cultivation, and the weeds are
growing fast Some sections were Wis
tied by severe hail storm the latter
part of July, stripping the corn badly
Glover hay IL estimated to produce
1877 tons per acre. There Is complain,
Of much weeds and white top In the
hay. Timothy prospect Ss per cent Of
normal yield as against so per cent one
! year ago.
Potatoes generally doing fine: pros
pect SO per cent OF normal yield as
against 4s per cent one year ago wher
the total estimated production was 8.
16l 1902 bushels from lil,704 acres
This years area Is estimated at l04.
541 acres, The estimated prospects are
about the same in the four sections ol
the state.
Pastures reported good since the
rains.
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