The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-17
FIELD AGENT GIVES GENERAL
CONDITION OF CROPS

bureau or crop estimates, with head
quarters in Nashville, gives the
following estimates of crop conditions
on July 8:
A still further decline is noted in
the condition Of Tennessee's wheat
crop since June 1, brought about by
the continued rains in early June, and
the general prevalence of rust; the
condition on July is 78 per cent,
which is 6 per cent below the aver
age for the state the past 10 years,
and would indicate a yield of about
100000 bushels; numbers of fields
tho - one timo lookeA ~romisir
were wholly abandoned as not worth
outline
The corn acreage shows a cOnsid-
cradle decline, long continued rains
at planting time caused a shortage
in Middle Tennessee o~~''- and
practically all of West Tennessee; in
many instances crops have been
abandoned or plowed and planted
over, making much of the crop late.
Conditions in the eastern part of the
state, the upper Cumberland counties
and a few Middle Tennessee counties
are excellent, but on the lowlands
1e part Of the state anc
practically all of the western part
the condition is low, maxine the con-
dition for the state considerably be-
low the ten-year average. East Ten
nessee has a slightly increased acre
age, with splendid prospects.
A slight decline is noted in white
potatoes in acreage, while there has
been decided increase in the sweet
potato crop; a few of the West Ten
nessee counties making heavy increas-
es, the remainder of the state remain
ing about the same as last year.
The acreage of tobacco is increas-
ed in all parts of the state; heavily
in the weston counties and the hurley
sections; rains, the lateness of the
season and some shortage of plants
interfered with the paintings to some
extent in the dark tobacco counties
in the western counties and hurley
much of the crop is late set, the CON
dition is fair.
There has been heavy cut in the
acreage of peanuts in the five peanut
counties, Benton, Decatur, Hickman,
Humphreys and Perry, the acreage
being only about two-thirds Of last
year, or about 1880 acres. Low
prices and rains prevented paintings,
seed rotted in the ground, and crop
late.
There is but small per cent of
last years wheat crop in the farmers
hands. The oat crop was damaged
TO some extent by rains beating the
plant down, and becoming over-ripe.
Apples, peaches, pears and grapes
are poor, and will make but sorry
yields; blackberry crop is immense,
one of the best on record.
Vegetables and melons are late
md conditions rather low, as are
nillet, cowpeas and soy beans. Pas
,ures generally fine.
The preliminary estimated acreage
# corn, white potatoes, sweet pota-
oes, tobacco and peanuts for Tennes,
zee, is given in percentage Of last
ear, and the estimated acreage as
ollows:
Corn, "a per cent, 100000 acres;
White potatoes, 95 per cent, 1880
cres; sweet potatoes, 108 per cent,
$500 acres; tobacco, 1873 per cent,
O736O acres; peanuts, 70 per cent,
1900 acres.
For the United States the estimat-
d yield for 1919 compared with The
nal estimates for 1918 is as fol-
WIS:
Corn, 2,81O,OOO,OOO bushels, com
AIRED with 2,582,814,00O bushels last
ear; potatoes, 91,O00,00O bushels,
with 400,106,000 bushels;
veet potatoes, 1O2,000,00O bushels,
with 86,S34,0OO bushels;
,bacco, 1,45O,0O0,OO0 pounds, COM
AIRED with 1,340,O19,000 pounds;
inter wheat, S39,0O0,000 bushels,
with 558,449,0OO bushels;
bring wheat, 332,000,0OO bushels,
with 358,651 900 bushels;
ats, 1,400,000,000 bushels, compared
18th 1,538,359,OOO bushels; barley,
100000 bushels, compared with
bushels; rye, 1O3,OOO,0OO
ushels, compared with 89,1O3,O00'
lshels last year.
The condition Of the different crops
eported on July 1, for Tennessee is
5 follows: Corn SO per cent, potatoes
5, sweet potatoes 80, tobacco 80.
inter wheat rs, oats 80, barley 81,
ye 88, apples 80, hay all 90, weight
wool per fleece 4.8 pounds, alfalfa
D, millet 80, pastures SO, field peas,
ETC., So, field beans SO, TO-
latoes 90, cabbages 88, onions "a,
caches so, grapes So, pears %, black
erries 10. watermelons IS, musk
lelons and canteloupes rs, broom
,rn So, peanuts 65, sorghum for
7rup 81.
In the report for August will be
iven the acreage of the principal
ops Of Tennessee by counties.
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