Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-14
GAIN IN STATE CROPS
SHOWN BY '22 REPORT


crops that surpass all previous pro-
duction records for the State of Wis
cousin, oats production that was 500
greater than the production of 1921,
rye crop 1919 greater than the pre-
vious years production, and pro-
duction of canning peas twice that of
the 1921 crop, are features of the sum-
mary, by the State and Federal Crop
Reporting Service, OF the crop pro-
duction in Wisconsin during 1922.
With the exception of tobacco and the
minor crops of spring wheat, sugar
beets, buckwheat, hemp, timothy seed
and fax seed, the 1922 production was
much larger than the extremely small
harvest of 1921. The 1922 production
exceeds the average of past years.
The large production of oats was
produced on an acreage less than
wear ago. The yield per acre is esti-
mated at 41.2 bushels as compared to
24.3 bushels in 1921. A comparison
of the Wisconsin yield of oats per acre
with that of other states reveals that
the Wisconsin yield is the largest OF
all states. Production of oats was 102
million bushels, compared to "a mil
lion in 1921.
The record Wisconsin corn harvest
was produced on an acreage 80
greater than in 1921. Badger farmers
added 100 thousand acres to the corn
acreage of the state in 1922. Taking
a grain equivalent for the portion OF
the crop put into Wisconsin silos,
which was 479o of the corn acreage,
the total production is SO million
bushels. Yield per acre OF grain was
44.5 bushels as compared to 46.2
bushels in 1921.
A larger acreage and yield OF LIS
tons per acre of clover and timothy
hay compared to LIS tons year ago,
brought about total production OF
tame hay in Wisconsin that exceeds
all previous hay crops. 100000 tons
is the 1922 production and record
crop, compared to 100000 tons In
1921,-an increase over 1921 of 1870.
The acreage of rye in 1922 was 1920
greater than year ago. The total
production was seven million bushels,
compared to five million bushels in
1921 The yield per acre was 146
bushels The barley acreage suffered
a decline in 1922 of SO of the 1871
acreage. Total production, however,
is IA million bushels compared to IL
million bushels in 1921. The yield
per acre for the year just past was
1873 bushels, whereas in 1921 it was
Ill bushels.
A yield of 124 bushels per acre of
potatoes in 1922 as compared toa D
wear average yield previous to 1872 OF
96.S bushels, brought about a large
production of potatoes. Production is
estimated at 40,700.000 bushels. The
acreage in 1922 is estimated at 32S
thousand acres, compared to 51S
thousand acres in 1927.
The acreage of winter wheat III
1922 was, SO greater than in 1921, and
the weld was 1876 bushels per acre.
The 1922 production of 100000 bush
els is 25% greater than the produc-
ton in 1921.
The acreage of spring wheat on
wisconsin farms suffered reduction
of 800 of the 1921 acreage. The total
nrodnction is estimated at 1,2OO,OOO
bushels in 1922 and 100000 in 1871.
The WELD was 1873 bushels per acre.
The acreage devoted to canning
naas was 24%o greater than in 1871,
and together with a larger yield per
acre the wisconsin pea pack is estl-
mated at 1,500,O-Q nundredweignt' OF
oo1 greater than the 1921 pack or
wisconsin factories
4 decline of 1870 in the tobacco
acreage of the state and yield per
acre of LAO pounds brought aDout q
4o+ol production of 46 million pounds.
TINS e a decrease of 269o of the 1871
= Glover seed was harvested from ~ !,
4honSand acres in 1922 as compared
- oo thousand acres in 1871. Inc
Weld Vi per acre was is bushels; .,s Io5al
production was 22s thousan hus ppsnei in
1o91 The production of cabbage IN
1872 1879 was 1s8 thousand tons,-al limos
three fSre times the short crop Of 81 tho BUS
enrgS tons 1a in 1921. The he, acreage was
500 greater than in l9zl. $500 n
~ An increase in the total acreage q az the he
cultivated crops was opl a the north
arn counties of the state.