The Mankato free press., 1923-10-19
TOUCH HIGH SPOTS
SLASH FOR SPUDS
Cut of Spring Wheat;
Reduced Acreage
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GROWING MORE APPLES
Higher Wages Paid For Help
This Year Than Last;
Data

Minnesota Cooperative reporting
service, October 12.-The fo-ecasted
production of Minnesota's corn crop
October /, is 156,652,000 bushels. the
largest crop ever indicated, and oats
with a production of 150,257,000
bushels is also the largest for many
years. Barley production is placed
at 23,15O,O00 bushels and is not a
large crop compared with series
OF years. Spring wheat with a pro-
duction OF 20,024,000 bushels, due to
the sharp reduction in acreage, is
the smallest crop produced since
1872, with the exception Of the year
1876 when only 100000 bushels
were harvester, These figures are
indicated in the October crop report
issued to-day by Paul H. Kirk, fed
eraI statistician for the Minnesota
Cooperative Crop Reporting service.
While the forecasted production of
Minnesota's corn crop Is 156,652,0O0
bushels, based on condition Octo-
Der l, of "a per cent Of normal or a
forecasted yield of 36.1 bushels, it
Dies not necessarily mean all Of the
crop is of merchantable quality.
This will be indicated as Is usual in
the November report when the pre-
liminary estimated production is is
sued. However, Minnesota has, no
doubt, produced the largest crop in
the history OF the state. There are
some reports of soft as well as chat
fly corn due to frost and dry weather.
The preliminary yield OF oats is
thirty seven bushels per acre, or
total production of $50 0,257, 900 bush
els in 1922.
Wheat Production Data
Spring wheat production is placed
at 20,024, 900 bushels, Of which about
1886 600 bushels is Durum, the rest
being bread wheat. The acre yield
is placed at 1913 bushels. The final
1922 production for all spring wheat
was 25,345,000 bushels. This sharp
reduction in spring wheat comes to
a great extent from the decreased
acreage. and not the acre yield. The
quality OF spring wheat this year is
81 per cent. 1t is estimated that
about 38 per cent of the crop has
been marketed up to October /.
The preliminary production or
barley is. 23, ,150, 600 bushels and the
acre yield is twenty bushels. The
1922 total production was 24,062,OOO
bushels.
The condition of flaxseed on oc-
tober 1, was "a per cent OF normal,
or a total forecasted production OF
5.255,G00 bushel, slightly less than
the September forecast. but '2,055,-
900 bushels more than the 1922 crop
due entirely to the heavy increase
in acreage.
The Potato Crop
The condition of the total potato
crop October l is placed at Is per
cent of normal or forecasted pro-
duction of 38,902,000 bushels, COM
pared with 43,740,000 bushels the
1922 crop. The late potato crop, as
indicated by the United States re-
port, show a reduction OF 32,643,000
bushels from the 1922 final estimate
and reduction of 49,576,000 bushels
from the 1922 crop for the United
States. A special report on the es :
timated car movement and mer-
chantable quality will be issued in
November when the preliminary
yield and production will be made:
Buckwheat condition October 1, is
rs per cent of normal forecasting a
crop of 100000 bushels, about "a
900 bushels less than the 1922 crou.
The apple crop is forecasted at
1920, 600 bushels in 1922.
The yield per acre of all tame hay
is 125 tons or total production OF
2,535,000 totns, about, 100000 tons
less than the 1922 crop. Wild hay
yield is 1.15 tons per acre or total
90 . :
ared pwith 2,505,000 tons in 1922,
severe for the tame than the wild
hay. and certain sections, where the
wild hay acreage is fairly large, did
have rains during that month which
increased prospects.
Glover Hay Report
The yield of clover hay is placed
at 1.3S tons per acre, and the alfalfa
hay yield is placed at 2.4S tons per
acre. The eloverseed conditions Is
20 per cent of normal, The yield OF
alfalfa seed for 1928 is estimated al
1,S0 bushels per acre, slightly less
than laot year.
Cabbages show a yield of six tons
per acre. and onions 231 bushels per
acre.
| follows: The monthly rate in 1923
| is s43 and for 1922. S35; day labor
on the farm for 1923 Is reported al
$3.50 while for 1922 1t was $3.50
The REDUCTION OF day labor Is due to
the factthat farmers have been able
to secure this class Of labor, but the
class paid by the month. which is
largely used In dairy sections. Is no,
so easy TO secure.
In this connection the report oi
the supply of farm labor compared
| with normal supply is SS per cent
and the demand compared with nor
, NAL Is 94 per cent.
The conditions OF minor crops In
Minnesota October l, compared with
normal, are as follows: Cow peas
| sc per cent; soy beans, 80; grapes
Is; sugar beets, 81 sorghum for sirur
a1: grain sorghum. SSj pastures. So;
and tobacco SO.
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