Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

7 prepared by the United states Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
/ The level of prices paid producers of
/ the United States for the principal
crops Increased about 1.3 per cent dur
1 ing April; in the past six years the
/ price level has increased during April
4 30 per cent; thus, the increase this
4 year is less than usual
Since December 1, the index figure
/ of crop prices has advanced "A per
cent; during the same period year
ago the advance was SO per cent, and
the average for the past six years has
been an advance of Ill per cent.
On May ] the index figure of crop
! prices was about II per cent higher
than year ago, but 1873 per cent low
! er than two years ago and 1.3 per cent
higher than the average of the past
/ six years on May L.
/ The level of prices paid to producers
of the United States for meat animals
/ increased 04 per cent during the
! month from March Is to April Is,
which compares with an increase of
! 81 per cent in the same period a year
| ago, an increase of 1917 per cent two
years ago, a decrease of AT per cent
! three years ago. and an increase of AS
! per cent four years ago.
/ From December Is to April Is the
advance in prices for meat animals
has been 8 per cent; whereas during
the same period year ago the ad-
1 vance was 14.5 per cent, and two years
ago 17.3 per cent, while three years
I ago there was a decline in price of 6.6
1 per cent during this period.
On April Is the average (weighted)
/ price of meat animals-hogs, cattle,
/ sheep and chickens-was $40 per 100
/ pounds, which is OF per cent higher
than the prevailing price a year ago,
! 17.5 per cent higher than two years
ago, ZIG per cent higher than three
years ago, and "A per cent lower than
four years ago on April Is.
Number of Honey Bees in the Country.
The number of colonies of bees in
the United States this year appears to
| be about four per cent above the num-
Der last year, and 2 per cent above
y
| both with last year and recent years
are reported in the New England
| states, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Kansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana ard California. The loss in
| California and in majority of the
other states named was due to Sc
we're epidemic of foul-brood disease.
Increases are particularly marked In
the North Central, Rocky mountains
and Pacific coast states, except as al
ready noted.
The condition of the colonies Is re-
ported to be about SO per cent of
normal, taking the United States as a
whole. The condition is about per
cent above normal, however, in the
Rocky mountain and Pacific coast
states. The condition Of colonies COM
pared with last spring is about per
cent better, being reported as info lior
only in Maine, Massachusetts, Ctnnect-
icut, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ken
lucky and Mississippi 1t is generally
better than last spring in the North
central states and very much better in
the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast
states.
The condition of nectar-bearing
plants averages about SO per cent of
normal for the United States as a
whole, ranging in the neighborhood of
95 in all the country east Of the Rock
les, excepting Texas, where it is lis,
and about los per cent in the Rocky
mountain and Pacific coast states, be-
ing highest, 120 per cent, in Califor-
MIA. Compared with last year the con-
dition of notwithstanding plants aver
ages per cent higher for the United
States, being generally slightly below
last year east of the Rockies, except in
Texas, where it is 80 per cent better,
and decidedly better in the Rocky
mountain and Pacific coast states,
reaching the very high figure of IT'S
per cent compared with last year In
California, where moisture conditions
liz the white sage country presage a
hsuntiful nectar flow
In the important honey-producing
states of Texas, Colorado and Califor-
hla the outlook is very promising,
showing numbers of colonies COM
pared with recent years of lis, 115 and
e5, and compared with last year of 112,
100 and SO per cent, respectively; colo
ny conditions compared with normal
OF lis, 107 and 120 as compared with
last year, or 150, 107 and IT'S per cent,
respectively.
The number Of colonies in the white
clover belt Of the North central states
is at least per cent above the NUM- !
Der last year, and, taken as a whole,
the condition OF the colonies is equal
to that of last year; but the condition