Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-13
Crop Report
For November

Cooperative crop reporting service for
Georgia. United States department of agri-
culture, bureau of crop estimates, in cooper
alton with Georgia department of agricul-
ture.
Georgia's total production of corn this
year is G9,40j, 900 bushels. The average
yield was fifteen bushels to the acre. This
compares with 14.5 bushels and a total pro-
duction of 69,S90,00O bushels last year
Quality, the basis of 100 representing
a high medium grade, SO per cent And
about 81 per cent of the crop is reported
as of marketable quality. OF the total
acreage planted to corn this year "a per
cent was cut for stlos; the average yIelI Ler
acre of silage was three tons.
About 2,23G,4S0 bushels of the old corn
crop (year 1919 remained on Georgia farms
on November 1, 1870; that is to say, about
32 per cent.
Tie total production of corn in the United
states this year is given as 3,1J9,22B UOU
bushels, against 2,9l {, 400, 0CO bushes last
year. Average weight per measured busAel
of small grams harvested i'll Georgia this
year! Wheat, $50 pounds; oats, 81 pounds
Irish potatoes averaged seYeuty-fuur bush.
els to the acre, making Georgia total pro.
duction about 1,02S, 900 bushels, rs against
seventy bushels, and Il total production
about 1,6lS,O00 bushels last year. Quality
crop was grown for market.
The total estimated yield of the United
States is 1,252, 900 bushels, compared with
31l ,90l.O00 bushels last year.
Sweet potatoes in Georgia this year aver
aged ninety-three bushels to the acre. IN
dicating a total production of 1864 900
bushels, against ninety-two bushels and a
total production of Ii, 064 900 bushels last
year. There were about 5000 more acres
under sweet potatoes iii 1920 than in 1919
Correspondents report the quality as good
and say about 80 per cent of the crop was
grown for market.
The total estimated yield for the United
States is 105, 076000 bushels, as against
1O3,579, 900 bushels in 1910. l.,
Tobacco-Average yield per acre in Geor-
gia, GOO pounds, against $50 pounds last
year. Total production, 1G,020,O 600 pounds;
last. year, 16.430,0oQ pounds. The quality
of the 1920 crop is given as fair. There was
less acreage planted in Georgia to tobacco
in 1920 than in 1919-26, 700 acres, as
against $1,000 acres last year.
The total estimated production in the
United States is lac, 444 900 pounds, COM
pared with 1889, 45S, 900 last year.
Nwpeas and sorghum grown for grain and
for forage show better yields than last year,
end the acreage harvested was slightly in
excess of the usual acreage.
Peanuts-The outturn of the Georgia crop
was considerably better than last year. About
II per cent more acreage was under peanuts
than in 1918. and correspondents give the
average yield as thirty-four bushels to the
acre, as against twenty-five bushels last
year. Total production this year, 7,616,000
bushels, last year, 5,050,000 bushels. Quail
it, Ct this years CROP j.; good to very good.
Sorghum syrup averaged ninety-four gal
Ions to the acre Georgia's total produc
ton this year of sorghum syrup will he
somewhere near 1.410,0 900 gallons. Last
year the average yield was ninety-two gal
Ions and the total production was 1,472, 600
gallons. In 1920 there We're $4,000. acres
planted to sorghum for syrup, against
16 0o0 acres in 1919
About 1,7G+ 600 bushels of apples, equiva-
lent to 5SS,GO0 barrels, say ~ per cent of a
full cop, was GeOrgia's total production
this year. Last year the total production
was only Cocoon bushels, and in 1918 anout
1,713,o00 bushels We're harvested. Quality
of the 1920 crop as given by our reporters
Averages fair to good, say 70 per cent on the
whole.
To<al production of grapes in the state
was 10 per cent of a normal or full crop.
and pears e. per cent Quality of both CROPS
good.