The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-12-05
FINAL STATE CROP
REPORT IS ISSUED
Board of Agriculture Estimates
Show Increasing Supplies.
CATS YIELD az BUSHELS
Principal Rye Producing Counties
Average 10 to ~ Bushels an Acre.
While General Average Is 20 Bu-
sheIs-Qua ity Above Average.

Madison. The final state crop re-
port for the year just issued by the
Wisconsin state board of agriculture
shows general crop conditions in
Wisconsin to be ahead of last year.
The average yield of wheat for the
state is 20.3 bushels, the yield per
acre being greater in the counties
showing the largest acreage of this
cereal, viz: Vernon county, 32 BUSH
els; Trempealeau, 80 bushels; Pierce.
23 bushels; Calumet, 23 bushels;
Manitowoc. 23 bushels.
This condition is reversed in the
report on the yield of rye. WhilS
the general average throughout the
state shows a production of 20 bush
els, the principal rye producing coun-
ties of the state show averages of
from 10 to II 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 du Lac 80 bushels,
Walworth 33 bushels, Manitowoc 80
bushels, Dane 80 bushels. Dodge rs
bushels, Columbia 90 bushels, Wash
ington 2S bushels, Trempealeau 30
bushels. Buffalo IS bushels.
The average yield of oats, for the
entire state. is AZ bushels per acre,
the counties showing the largest
acreage reporting as follows: Dane
80 bushels, Dodge As bushels, Fond
du Lac SO bushels, Trempealeau As
bushels, Sank 65 bushels, Dunn So
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 3S BUSH
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 35 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 as follows: Northern divi-
sion, 2 / per cent; central division, IA
per cent; southern division, 10 per
cent.
The average yield of buckwheat
for the state is 1913 bushels per acre:
the principal producing centers show
ing from Is to Is bushels.
The flax producing centers show
an average yield of 10 bushels OF
flax seed to the acre; the average
yield of clover seed is IN bushels
to the acre; timothy seed, Y bush
els beans, IA bushels; peas, 2S
bushels; cabbage, 10 tons per acre;
sugar beets, Is tons; tame hay, 2
tons.
The average production and condi-
ton Of cranberries in 1912 is above
normal, yield and condition being re-
ported at los per cent.
The average yield of potatoes for
the entire state is placed at $50 bush
els per acre. The counties showing
the largest acreage report much,
lighter yield. Portage county, with
a reported acreage of 10000 acres,
shows an average Of 80 bushels,
Waupaca and Waushara with 1000
and 1000 acres respectively, give
an average of 20 bushels for the first
named county and so bushels in the
latter. Seyera! of the counties from
5 900 to 1000 acres OF the tubers re-.
port a yield of from 100 to 200
bushels to the acre.
The yield of tobacco in the prirci-
pal tobacco producing counties IL the
state is as follows: Dane, 1888
pounds per acre Vernon, 1850
pounds; Rock, LOO pounds; Column
bia, 1000 pounds; Crawford, 1900
pounds
The quality of farm products. gen
orally, is above the average, though
a heavy frost early in the fall did
damage to corn in some
localities. The percentage of total
acreage of corn planted and cut for
silage in 1912 shows an increase OF
I per cent over that planted in 1911.
The percentage of cattle being fed
for market, as compared with the
last fiveyear period, is so per cent;
swine, 80 per cent; sheep SO per
cent
The following counties have re-
ported from / to per cent losses
from hog cholera: Dane, Columbia,
Grant, Lafayette, Waukesha, Winnie
bago, Wood, Fond du Lac, Dunn and
Ashland.