The Pulaskian., 1921-07-14
JULY REPORT IS COMPLETE RE sUME OF PRESENT CONDITION
 OF LEADING PRODUCTS.
CORN ACREAGE INCREASED
May Be Next to Largest Harvest Or Record-corn ana Cotton Acreage Show Reduction-Fine Pros
 poets For Melons.

The salent features of the Jul. Crop Report just issued by Charles S. Bouton, Statistician, and Jim G. Fer guson, Commissioner of Agriculture for the Arkansas Cooperative Crop Reporting Service, are CD the fine prospective corn crop, which promises to be next to the largest on record; CD the increase in both Irish and sweet potatoes; (3) the decrease in rice acreage, amounting to 36 per cent, and (4) the fine prospects for cantaloupes and watermelons.
 It will be also noted that in com. parison with a month ago there has been a slight improvement in the con. dition of most crops.
 Comments on individual crops:
 Partially offsetting the shrinkage Of over 900,000 acres in the states cotton crop, there has been a gam o4 401, ,000 acres in the corn crop. In oth. CT words, Arkansas farmers have in. creased the corn acreage by 1T per cent, making the total now in eultiva- tion 2,761, ,000 acres. The condition of 90 is some seven points higher than the ten year average and ten points above that of last year. It indicates yield of p bushels per acre and total production of 60,746, 900 bushels. If realized, it will be the second laIg. est corn crop in the history of the state, or next to that of 1917
 Acreage has increased 10 per cent over last year, making a total of 94,. GOO acres. The condition of 66 per cent forecasts yield of only 50 bush. els to the acre, or a total production of 100000 bushels. The freezes in April account largely for the compara. lively low yield
 The state apparently has an in. crease of 15 per cent in this crop in which so much interest is being talk en- The approximate planted acreage l is 57,500 While it Is too early to make reliable forecast of produc tion, the reported condition of S9 per cent indicates theoretically yield of 106 bushels per acre and total pro duction of 6,O95,o00 bushels.
 The acreage in this state is less than 1000. Present indication is for yield of 667 pounds per acre.
 The cut in this. crop is drastic, amounting to 36 per cent. The acre. age in 1920 was the largest in the his tory of the industry in this state, amounting to 1S9,0O0 planted acres. This year the amount seeded is 121,- 900 acres. The condition figure indi- cates a yield of fl 1-3 bushels to the acre and a total production of 5,001,- 900 bushels
 Wheat on farms amounts to 1-2 per cent of last years crop, or prac- tically 42,000 bushels yet in the hands of the farmers.
 Condition of 76 is ten points below the ten year average for the state and indicates yield of 10 If bushels to the acre, and forecast o1 1902, ,000 bushels
 The oats condition of 75 per cent is six points below the ten year average and indicates a yield per acre of 22 1-2 bushels.
 The condition of IT indicates yield of only 9 1-2 bushels per acre. The state will have a three per cent crop, with total production of 137,- 250 bushels. Instead of being fifth in the list of apple producing states, Arkansas this year may rank above thirty-fifth.
 The wool clip was slightly lighter than year ago. owing possibly to the mild winter and to lack of care, due to low prices paid for wool The aver age weight of fieeces Was 43 pounds. Tn 1920 it was 4.5 pounds, and in 1919, i 4.9 pounds.
 The cantaloupe crop condition has improved remarkably. owing to sea sonable rains and good growing weather It now looks as if the TO- 600 acres in the state would produce between 1900 and 1,4O0 carloads, but this depends somewhat upon market l ing conditions and the percentage of the crop that will be gathered. With good returns the crop will be picked close, but with low prices much may be left in the fields. Arkansas now ranks in second place in eantaloupes, California being first Shipments are now moving.
 Peach crop for the state as whole amounts to only 22 per cent of nor mal
 Peanut acreage is apparently ,-e same as last year, having increased in south and southeast Arkansas, but decreased in the southwest The con dition of S5 per cent indicates yield of 35.7 bushels per acre, but it is i'm possible to forecast the total produc. tion of grain at this time.
 Sorghum for syrup has increased by six per cent, the acreage now being 44,50o. The condition Of 90 forecasts a yield of 90 gallons Fer S-re and a production of z,oo5,oOo gallons.