Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-24
ENCOURAGING CROP
 REPORT GIVEN OUT
ARKANSAS COOPERATIVE CROP REPORTING SERVICE GIVES
 OUT LATEST ESTIMATES.
FRUITS ARE DOING WELL
Prices Are Good-Rice Is Nearly 100 Per Cent Full YieId-Foraqe Yields Are Showing Up Ex-
 tra We'll
IBy Arkansas Cooperative Crop Re
 porting Service!

 IBy Arkansas Cooperative Crop Re
 porting Service,l
 In 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 of the Arkansas Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. just issued show the acreage and condition of all other crops in Arkansas on July ! are distinctly encouraging. Corn |; almost the same as last ears acreage in spite of the loss of much or rn- May planting occasioned by the ex- treme wet weather. Sweet potatoes and peanuts show a very substantial increase. Apples and peaches promise bountiful crops. with the prices the hest in years. Rice, while suffering a loss of per cent of lasb years acre. age, Is constantly improving and now has condition figure which promises s2 per cent of a full crop. Hay, clov- CT, alfalfa and timothy are giving full yields per acre B1ackberries have the largest production in years, and . sorghum cane for syrup has increased over last years 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 cd. but wet weather, as with cot ton, has caused abandonment. espe- cially i'll low grounds. Corn is still being planted. and it is possible that the revised figures to be issued latar in the year. will show an actual in- crease over last year. At it is in- creases have been made in Mississip- nj. St. Francis, Phillips Chicot Crit tenden and Lee counties, and also in the southwestern counties of the slate. Slight increases have been made in the central and central western counties, and moderate in- creases in the central-southern and southern counties. The northwestern and northeastern counties, with the exception of Mississippi county, snow
  of ths large areas seeded to wheat and oa,'s in those districts. The cen tral-eastern counties show a recue-' tion, mainly because of the impossi bility of working the ground
 Condition-Condition is very spos- ted, some fields in many counties in the uplands being unusually fine, l T l. ~p the crop was greatly checked. Cultf- | vation was insufficient and the conse Quent 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 at 55,040,0OO bushels, whicn indicates an excess of 20000,000 bushels over last years short crop.
 Irish Potatoes-Potato acreage is 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 have { been unusually fine, however and the yield is estimated to equal S3 bushe,s : per acre. '
 Sweet Potatoes-Contrastin with ! the reduced planting of Irish pota,oes I Is the substantial increase in sweet potatoes, and the story is not yet full ] ly told. as several thousand acres will l probably be added after July 1st The most marked increases are in Wash i ington 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 ly those in the southwestern corner. where the character of the soil Is par ticularly suited to this crop and where the natural tendency is toward truck ing. The condition figure of 90 indi- cates 2 yield of 10S bushels per acre.
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 At meeting of the property own