Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-12
CROP OUTLOOK IS
FAIRLY GOOD"
State Experts Give Opinions
in Regard to the Leading
Crops Just Now

Increases in acreage devoted t.
oats and corn and an improvement
in the condition of the hay and tim
othy crops are reported by the State
Department of Agriculture in its
bulletin on crops, made up after oon-
sidering reports from every county.
The bulletin says the wheat crop
will run about sixteen bushels to
the acre, stating: THE growing
season has given new impetus to the
wheat and the growers are beginning
to feel that they will have crop
that will not leave Pennsylvania so
far below the standard which she al
ways strives to maintain.
THE acreage of oats has been ma
terially increased and it it is in good
condition and growing rapidly.
Throughout the state the farmers
are complaining about having poor
stands of corn through the poor
termination of seed. Considerable
damage has also been done in some
places by erosion caused by heavy
showers.
For several months in the early
spring the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture warned all
farmers to make thorough tests of
their seed corn for termination. but
many who have not followed the ad-
vice sent broadcast have been COM
PEELED to fill-in and in some cases
purchase new seed and go over the
entire field.
THE clover and timothy are in
splendid condition and there is every
indication tAat the production will
rival that of two years ago when the
yield was 1.64 tons to the acre.
There has been a heavy drop of
fruit and the outlook is not as good
for peaches and apples as it was the
early part of May. The numerous
showers have kept the farmers back
with their work and the season is
unusually late in some sections"
Almost $50 arrests have been
ordered by Dairy and Food Commis-
sioner James Foust. OF the cases
brought 40 were for the sale of
milk that was low in both fats and
solids and 35 prosecutions were
brought for the sale of cream that
was low in butterfat. Two samples
were found which had been treated
with formaldehyde and there were
"A cases which showed that the milk
had been SKINNED and watered.
The prosecutions extend through
Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Blair,
Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield. Co
luTn Did. CTaWIOTu, DdupuiI' Elm,
Erie. Fayette, Franklin, Huntington,
Indiana. Jefferson. Lackawanna,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh. Lu-
zerne. Mexican, Mif1in. Northamp-
ton. Northumberland. Philadelphia,
Schuylkill. Somerset, Susquehanna,
Union. Venango, Washington, Wayne
and Westm orelaud counties.
Sale of cider containing high aver
ages of alcohol was found in Cam
bria and Clearfield counties and eight
prosecutions were ordered. Samples
secured by the pure food agents
showed that the per cent. of alcohol
in the cider ranged from 2.64 per
cent to 7.30 per cent. Under pres
ent government regulations the alco-
hol in beer may not exceed 2 3-4
per cent. Cherry and grape cider
has also been found in some sec
tions of the state with high percen-
tages of alcohol and five prosecu-
tions have been brought. Commits
sioner Foust is turning all of his in
formation over to the district at
torneys of the counties where prose-
cutions are brought and further ar
rests may be brought under the
Brooks high license law