The Nevada County picayune., 1919-07-24
ENCOURAGING CROP
 REPORT GIVEN OUT
ARKANSAS COOPERATIVE CROP REPORTING SERVICE GIVES
 OUT LATEST ESTIMATES.
FRUITS ARE DOING WELL
Prices Are Good-Riee Is Nearly to9 Per Cent Full YeId-Forage Yields Are Showing Up Eh-
 tra Well.
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 Tn contrast to the depressing report of June 25th. which placed the con dltion of Arkansas cotton crop at only GA per cent of normal. the fig ures ot the Arkansas Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. just issued. Rhow the acreage and condition of all other crops In Arkansas on July are distinctly encouraging. Corn i5 almost the same as last ears acreage in spite of the loss of much or rne May planting occasioned by the OK treme wet weather Sweet potatoes and peanuts show very substantial increase Apples and peaches promise hountiful crops. with the prices the best in years Rice. while suffering loss of per cent of last years acre age. Is constantly improving and now has a condition figure which promises s2 per cent of full crop. Hay clov- CT. alfalfa and timothy are giving full yields per acre Rlackberries have the largest production in years, and sorghum cane for syrup has increased over last year's planting
 Corn-Reports from all counties In the state indicate that, had weather permitted. there would have been very substantial increase in corn ac- reage this ear There was an in- crease in the number of acres plant ed. but wet weather. as with cot ton. has caused abandonment. espe- cially in low grounds Corn is still being planted. and If Is possible that the revised figures to be issued lat"" in the year. will show an actual in- crease over last year Al it is in- cresses have been made in Mississip- ri St. Francis. Phillips, Ghicot. Crit tenden and Lee counties. and also in the southwestern counties of the state Slight increases have been rade in the central and central western counties. and moderate in treases in the central southern and southern counties The northwestern and northeastern counties, with the exception of Mississippi county. snow marked reductions, partly on account of the large areas seeded to wheat and oats in those districts The cen traleastern counties show recuc- tfon. mainly because of the impossi- billty of working the ground.
 ondition-Condition is very spos- ted. some fields in many counties in the uplands being unusually fine. while In the lowlands the growth of the crop was greatly checked CuIu- vatinn was insufficient and the eonse- ohent yield Of these poorly cultivated lands will be small Those in the southwestern part of the state have the best prospect Production is es- timated al 55.040.O00 bushels, whica indicates an excess of 10000, 900 bushels over last years short crop.
 Irish Potatoes Potato acreage Ia much reduced. except in White, Union. Ouachita and adjoining coun- ties Many counties. which last year had commercial crop will have no surplus this year, but will be forced to buy. Growing conditions hava been unusually fine. however. and the yield Is estimated 10 equal S3 busheis per acre.
 Sweet Potatoes Contrasting with the reduced planting of Irish pota'ocS is the substantial increase in sweet potatoes and the story is not yet ful Iv told. as several thousand acres will probably be added after July list. The most marked increases are in Wash fnrton county, in Pope and Yell and other counties bordering the Arkansas river and in all the counties in the southern third of the state. especial 1y those in the southwestern conner where the character of the soil Is par, tcularly suited to this crop and where the natural tendency is toward truck ing. The condition figure nf 90 indi cates g yield of 1oS bushels per acre.
 Rice Enumeration of the rice areas at the time this rep@<t was