Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-11
STATE CROPS IN
GOOD CONDITION
All Except Corn and Potatoes Are
Normal or Above.
GRAIN YIELD ABOVE AVERAGE
A. w. Kalbus, StatIstician Of the Wis
consln State Board of Agricul-
ture, Issues Annual
Statement.

Madison-A. w. Kalbus, statistician
of the Wisconsin department OF agri-
culture, has issued a report OF estl-
mated crop conditions in Wisconsin on
November /. This report is in the
hands of the printer and will be sent
out within few days.
The report of crop conditions on No
vember l presented by Mr.. Nalbus is
a. follows
The reports Of crop correspondents
in this department indicate that the
yield and quality of all crops, except
corn and potatoes, is normal or above.
Small grains were exceptionally good
in quality and the yield above the
average. the oat crop yielding in many
cases as high as rs bushels per acre,
Owing to the abnormally cool sea
son from June to October, particularly
during August and September, corn
continued it's vegetative growth with
out ripening normally in all sections
Of the state, until killed by frost On
August 30 frost stopped the growth OF
corn and killed the leaves throughout
the northern section of the state and
scattered areas Of low lands in other
sections. A frost on September Il
killed the remainder of the corn. Our
reports show that as a result of these
conditions only 1875 per cent OF the
corn ripened throughout tie state In
some parts of the state silos were
filed with the green corn after tho
first frost, resulting in very juicy, sour
and nonpalatable slage. In many
cases the juicy material is seeping
through the bases of silOs. In other
sections the corn affected by the early
frost was left standing until the mid
die of September, thus losing many
leaves, and the silage made contained
a small percentage of leaves. This
silage seems to be keeping better than
that put up earlier
The condition mentioned above as
affecting corn brought about during
the months of September and October
prospects OF a serious shortage of seed
corn for the ensuing year, and the pos
slble loss of the improved and early
strains of corn acclmated particularly
10 the northern portions of the state.
Returns from our crop reporters on
November 1 show 342 per cent Of next
years seed corn secured from the
fields, 1872 per cent on hand In form of
seed corn from last year. making to-
tai of 474 per cent Of seed for next
year in sight Special activity in Sc
lecting the thoroughly dented and
ripened ears from fields in the dough
stage in the tlrly part of the season,
unusual eftorts gut forth to get all
available seed corE from fields well
ripened through fortunate location.
special activity ON the part of the Col
lege Of Agriculture, the Wisconsin Elk
pertinent association and the press on
the seed corn situation is in part over
coming the threatened shortage. 1t is
therefore possible that by December
l enough seed corn win be secured
throughout the state 10 supply the
needs of the state for next spring.
Tho frost which killed corn on Au.
gust 80 also Killed the vines and
stopped the growth of potatoes in the
main potato growing sections Of the
state. The result has been that crop
promising unusually large yields in
midsummer has heen greatly reduced
showing itself particularly in the size
of the tubers The early frost killed
many Of the germs Of late blight. and
thus reduced the amount of late blight
rot on the potatoes coming from
these frozen fields In spite If this.
the excessive amount Of moisture. the
freezing potatoes in the ground. cou-
Piled with the late blight rot and
other diseases, will probably bring
about a loss of between 25 and 80 per
cent"