The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-11-13
SPLENDID CROP OF
CORN in MINNESOTA
STATE FIELD AGENT REPORTS
RECORD YIELD IN SEASON
JUST ENDED.
QUALITY is NEARLY NORMAL
ESTIMATED YIELD PLACED AT
11S,o00,G00 100000 IN
CREASE OVER 1918.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 10-Min-
nesota produced this year the largest
crop of corn in the history of the
state, and commercial value far
above the average is indicated in the
Government crop report made pubic
today by Paul H. Kirk. Minnesota
Field Agent. The average yield is 40
bushels, which gives preliminary
production of 118,000,000 bushels. In
1918 the final yield was 110,000,00O
bushels. The report indicates the
quality of the crop is nearly perfect,
being 81 er cent of normal.
Mr.. Kirk, commenting on this re-
port for Minnesota says, Practically
every acre of corn matured tbs year,
even in the northern tier of counties.
On account of continued high water
in the Southwestern part of the state
with the exceptions of Pipestone
and Rock counties) and floods which
entirely destroyed some of the acre-
age planted in the territory tributary
to the Minnesota River and other
fields being too wet to be thoroughly
cultivated, the yields for the state
and for the territories affected have
been reduced. 1t is estimated that
about II per. cent of this years crop
of corn was harvested for grain. In
other words, there will be about 81
000 900 bushels of commercial corn
raised this year. OF the total 29,fi0,-
900 acres were harvested for grain,
$4,000 acres for silage; $4,000 acres
for fodder; 10000 acres were hogged
off the remaining 5000, acres was
devoted to commercial sweet corn and
pop corn, mostly, the former.
sThe agricultural crop of potatoes
this year in Minnesota is consider
ably below that of last year. The
crop in the southern and south
western parts of the state were badly
damaged by continued wet weather
and too much heat. The crop in the
Red River Valley and in the north
ern and eastern sections of state,
though spotted, is very satisfactory.
The yield this.year is 81 bushels COM
pared ito 112 bushels for 1913. The
preliminary production for this year
| IS placed at 26,883000 bushels COM
pared to the final estimate in 1918 of
go, 760, 900 bushels. The quality of the
crop is very good, being free from
disease.
while all of the fax in this state
lmatured without frost damage there
was. considerable damage by grass
hoppers both before and after harvest
especially in the western part of the
state. In fact the plague Of hoppers
was so bad in certain restrictly a. cas-
| &C. some fields were not cut. How
newer in the central and southeastern
parts Of the state where, after all,
there is considerable acreage, The
| yield was, on the average, a trifie
over 10 bushels per acre. The state
| yield this year is placed at 8 bushels
compared to 1914 bushels last year.
The total preliminary production IS
placed at 2,727,O bushels compared
to 3,120,000 bushels, the final for
1918.
"About 600 acres of tobacco were
planted and harvested in Minnesota
this year with an average yield per
acre of about 1900 pounds. T h e.
season was very favorable for the
growth and maturity of this crop and
| it is generally conceded that desir-
able quality of binder tobacco can
be produced in this state. The acre
age is largely in Stearns, Sherburne
and one or two of the southwestern
| counties of the state
"The apple crop in this state is so
per cent of normal production. The
number of bearing trees compared TO
those in 1910 is 10 per cent greater.
"While the average of clover is not
as heavy as usual, the yield is re.
ported at 2.5 bushels per acre which
| is 96 per cent of normal yield. The
acreage harvested is SO per cent OF
| the usual acreage harvested.
"The yield of syrup from sorghum
| is 12S gallons per acre compared with
103 gallons last year. The season
was favorable for the growth and
maturity of sorghum this veal"