Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-16
NOVEMBER CROP
REPORT ISSUED
LATE FALL CROPS SHOWN TO
BE WELL ABOVE THE TEN
YEAR AVERAGE.

AS in the case of the early harvest
ed crops, the late fall crops are gen.
orally above the ten-year average
The only exceptions are buckwheat
and sugar beets which are slightly
below. The price of potatoes, most
of the grain crops, and of fruits are
relatively low so that the large vol
ume harvested this. fall does not rep
resent as large an income for farmers
as the production would normally in
dicate, is pointed out in the Novembe
crop report released by John A
Doelle, Commissioner of Agriculture
and Verne H. Church, Agricultural
Statistcian, U. S. Bureau of Agri.
cultural Economics. Ideal weather
prevailed during October and larg-
or amount of harvest work was &C
complished. The portion of last year!
crop still on farms November / is es
timated at 5.5 per cent.
The corn crop is Of excellent quail
ity and the yields are mostly up t.
expectations. Drought shortened thu
crop in few southern counties ant
in local areas elsewhere, but on goot
soils in the other counties the yielC
is good. About 35 per cent went int
silos, six per cent was cut for forage
and three per cent was grazed o
hogged down. The estimated aver
age yield per acre is reported by cor
respondents to be 34S bushels a
compared with 80 bushels last year
1928 the ten-year average. Comput
ing the entire acreage as grain, tn
total crop would aggregate GOALS,
600 bushels.
The potato crop, basel on report
of yields, is placed at 37,S56,O0
bushels or about one and one-half pc
cent more than the estimate derive
from last months condition figure
The crop is very spotted there bein
some poor yields in southern countio
and occasional places elsewhere. o.
the whole the crop.is above the aver
age in both yield and acreage. TIL
quality is very good except for som
blight in northeastern counties, an
various diseases in Southwestern
counties. The weather has been fav
orable for digging and the most o
the crop is harvested. A few wer'
frozen in the ground in some north
ern counties.
A special report furnished by bea
growers throughout the State indi
Gates that the average pick is 8.
percent, and also confirms the est
mated yield Of 10.5 bushels per acr
published last month. This include
the pickage which, if deducted, woul
leave commercial crop Of about A
121 900 bushels. The report also in
dicates that 80 per cent of the GRO
is white varieties, five per cent re
kidneys, two per cent soys, one pc
cent limas, and two per cent other.
The buckwheat is estimated at /
bushels per acre. The frost damag
was light, but many fields did no
fill as we'll as usual The total Gro
is estimated to be $4,000 bushels a
compared with $4,000 last year.
The reported yield Of clover sec
of l.6 bushels per acre is less tina
the figure based on conditions las
month, but considerably better thar
the yields in most of the other i'm
portant clover seed states. The aver
age for June clover is around 1.2
bushels, the state average being in
creased by the greater yields o
mammoth, alsike and sweet clover
From present prospects, the tota
production will be around 100000
bushels as compared with 166,00(
bushels last year.
Ideal weather for harvesting suga,
beets prevailed during the create
part of October. The yields arc
varible being poor in some sections
because Of blight, and very goot
where conditions were favorable. The
conditions as reported on November
| was 85 per cent as compared will
81 per cent last month and 81 pc,
cent, the ten-year average.
The final report on apple produc,
ton shows a total of 70 per cent o.
full crop as compared with 40 pc
cent in 1921. There was considerable
scab and much inferior fruit, alsc
much fruit Of good quality in orch
ards that have received proper care
Early maturity has lowered the keep
ing quality to some extent and caused
considerable dropping before pick
ing could be completed.
The grape crop proved to be full
one. While there was some loss ant
the quality lowered by rot, mldev
and the berry moth, the health vines
made large growth and produced 6
crop that was only limited by the
capacity of the vines and the system
Of pruning used.
Pears are estimated to have beer
96 per cent of full crop. The quail
ity was better than usual being rated
at 90 per cent as compared with 8
ten-year average Of SO per cent.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish n exnress ON. oratitud,