Smyrna times., 1922-11-15
DELAWARE CORN CROP YIELD
OVER 100000 BUSHELS
YIELD OVER MILLION BUSHELS
SHORT OF LAST SEASON
The Average Was 80 Bushels to Acre
Four Bushels Below the Ten
Year Average Yield

Year Average 1Ielu
The United States Department of
Agriculture, Division of Crop and Live
stock estimates, show conditions of !
crops in Maryland and Delaware in
their report released November the
10th. Maryland's corn crop for 1922
will total 25,800,000 bushels, accord
ing to a statement issued recently by
John S. Dennee, federal crop statisti-
clan at Baltimore for the United
States Department of Agriculture, CO.
operating with the Extension Service
of the University of Maryland. Last
years crop was 25,155,000 bushels,
while the average for the five previous
years was 26,016,000. Average yield
per acre is estimated this year at 40
bushels. Delaware's corn crop is es-
timated at 100000 bushels against
6,549,000 bushels last year and 6,742,-
| 600, the average for the five previous
years. Yields in Delaware averaged
80 bushels per acre. bushels below
the 10-year average yield. Estimates
of production include all corn that was
gathered with the grain for fodder,
acreages hogged or grazed, and that
which was put into silos. In both
States about 80 per cent of the
crop was husked, per cent ensilaged,
2 per cent cut for forage, and per
cent hogged or grazed. Reserves of
old corn on farms on November I,
computed on the total 1921 estimate,
are 755,000 bushels 6 per cent? in
Maryland, and 10000 bushels 6 per
cent? in Delaware. 80 per cent of
Maryland's crop this year is reported
as merchantable; and so per cent of
Delaware's crop.
Buckwheat production is estimated
for Maryland this year at 10000
bushels, against III 900 last year, and
$4,000 for the five-year period 1916
1920. Delaware $4,000 bushels this
year against $4,000 last, and 94,800
the average for the same period.
Quality good to very good in both
States.
Irish potatoes yielded 90 bushels
per acre on the average in Maryland,
suggesting a crop of 4,998,000 bush
els; last year 3,185,000, while the av-
erage for the five previous years was
4,907 900 bushels. Delaware averaged
SO bushels per acre; and on basis of
the estimated acreage a crop of $780,
600 bushels is forecast for that State
against 100000 in 1921, and 100000,
the average for the five previous
years. About 60 per cent of the
Maryland crop is reported grown for
market, and GA per cent of the Della
ware crop.
A crop of 100000 bushels of sweet
potatoes is reported for Maryland this
year, comparable with 100000 last
year, and 1,256,00O bushels, the aver
age for the five previous years. Yields
; averaged $50 bushels to the acre. In
Delaware yields averaged III bushels
to the acre this year, forecasting a
/, crop of 100000 bushels against 9OO,-
600 in 1921, and $4,000, the average
for the five previous years. Quality
of the sweets in both States "a per
cent. About rs per cent of the Mary
land crop is for market and about 81
per cent of the Delaware crop.
Maryland tobacco averaged high
yields this year-790 pounds per acre,
suggesting a total production of 27,-
? $4,000 pounds on the estimated acre
age. Last year production was only
18,590,000, while the average for the
five previous years is 23,798,000
pound.
Clover seed yielded in Maryland on
the average 1.8 bushels per acre, and
in Delaware 2.5 bushels. The acreage
harvested in Maryland is estimated
!. at 120 per cent of the usual acreage
harvested; while Delaware estimates
y, 95 per cent.
: Field peas-Per cent of normal yield
of grain per acre this year in Mary
land 87 In Delaware SO. Per cent
of normal yield of forage per acre
this year in Maryland SO. Delaware
81.
Apples-Maryland produced 60 PEI
{ cent of a full crop, or 100000 bush
els, against 1000 last year, and 2,
301 900 bushels, the average for tn,
II five previous years. Commercial pro
duction estimated at 100000 barrels
Quality 78 per cent of a high medium
! grade. Delaware produced SO per cen
y of a full crop, or 100000 bushels
% against $4,000 bushels last yearwhil
: the average for the five previou
Is years is $4,000. Delaware's com
mercial crop is estimated this year a
is 213,0O0 barrels. And quality is re
t. ported 80 per cent.
l. Pears-Maryland, 257,0O0 bushel
is this year, against $4,000 last year, ,an
to 100000 bushels, the average of tn
r five previous years. Quality 83 pc
is cent. Delaware's crop amounted t
= 100000 bushels, against 5000 la;
m Vaar and 207 000 b,,cbalc ovarapa =