Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-13
RYE And WHEAT
IN GOOD SHAPE
According To Monthly Crop Re-
port Just Out Figures
From u. S. Too

/ The condition of wheat and rye
in all the principal farming sec
lions of Kentucky is unusually
good; there are 10 per cent more
breed sows in the state than there
were this time last year; and al
tho the labor supply still is 5 per
cent below normal; the demand
| for hired farm labor is 10 per cent
below normal, according to the
April crop and live stock report
| for Kentucky issued today by the
United States Bureau of Markets
and Crop Estimates in co-opera-
ton with State Commissioners OF
Agriculture w. c. Hanna.
The condition of wheat in Ken
lucky April 1st, was IS per cent
of normal compared to o5 per cent
April l, 1921, and an average of
IS per cent April for the last 10
years. Rye condition in this state
was 90 per cent April l, compared
to 95 per cent April l last year
and all average of So per cent
April l for the last 10 years.
The acreage of wheat sown in
Kentucky last fall was. approx
nately 10000 acres compared to
657 600 acres soWed in 1920:
while rye (including only that for
grain) was 10000 acres last fall as
compared to $4,000 acres sowed
for grain in 1920. The mild
weather this winter and spring
has been very favorable for small
grain in all parts of the. state, eX-
cept little drowned out on low
or flat land.
Farm labor is 4 per cent more
plentiful than on April |, 1921, but
still only 95 per cent of a normal
supply, as many farmers. cannot
afford to hire labor, and farmers
report they have cut their de-
mands for labor s per cent below
last years demands and 10 per
cent below normal. Farmers say
in their reports that this is due to
the general slump in prices of
farm products compared to for
fner prices and to prices of man
ufactured goods and labor.
Reports from the United States
as a whole indicate winter wheat
condition April 1 was 7S.4 per
cent of normal compared to 81
per cent April l, 1921, and an av-
erage of S4.3 per cent April | for
the last 10 years. Assuming av-
erage abandonment, and average
influences on the crop before har-
vest, this condition would indi-
cate a probable total production
of about 572,974,000 bushels of
winter wheat compared to $751;
.032,000 bushels last year, and 6lO,
$4,000 buhels in 1920. The I'm
tied States rye crop April l show
ed a condition of SO per cent as
compared to 90.3 per cent April |
1921, and SS.5 per cent average
on April l for the last 10 years
Assuming average abandonment
and average influences on the
crop before harvest this condition
of rye would indicate a probable
total production of about o9,6o7,-
600 bushels this year compared
to 57,e18,O00 bushels last year and
6O,4o0,000 bushels in 1920.
Brood sows in the United States
as a whole are estimated at H.
$4,000 or Ill per cent more than
on April 1, 1921. About II per
cent more sows were bred in the
6 months from September, 1921,
to February, 1922, inclusive, than
during the corresponding six
months a year earlier, CHI. the O.
eOO' (mOre or leSS) sample
farms scattered throughout the
United States which report to the
o. S. Department of Agriculture
on this question. 1t is assumed
that changes occurring on these
sample" farms are more Or less
indicative of changes on all farms
of the United States. The labor
survey reported by farmers is one
half of per cent les than normal
and the farmers demands for la
Dor 107 per cent less than normal
thus making the supply 11.4 per
cent greater than the demand.
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