Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-22
Wisconsin Crops Made
Great Showing in 1922
CROPS SURPASS ALL PREVIOUS
PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR
STATE OF WISCONSIN

Corn, hay, and potato crops that
surpass all previous production
records for the State of Wisconsin,
oats production that was so per cent
greater than the production of 1921,
rye crop 40 per cent greater than
the previous years production, and a
production of canning peas twice that
of the 1921 crop, are features of the
summary, by the State and Federal
crop Reporting Service, of the crop
production in Wisconsin during 1922
With the exception of tobacco and the
minor crops Of spring wheat, sugar
beets, buckwheat hemp, timothy seed
and flax 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
year ago. The yield per acre is esti-
mated at Az 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
1O2 million bushels, compared to 81
million in 1921
The record Wisconsin corn harvest
was produced on an acreage per
cent 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 AZ per cent of the
corn acreage, the total production is
80 million bushels. Yield per acre was
44.5 bushels as compared to 46.2 bush
els in 1921
A larger acreage and a yield of It's
tons per acre of clover and timothy
hay, compared to 1.28 tons a year ago
brought about a 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 33 per cent.
The acreage Of rye in 1922 was 80
PEI ce1n seaa THAN d yeaI ago. The
total production was million bushels
compared to million bushels in 1921
Tho uioId nor a o1~n xuac IA q TYYoba1c
The barley acreage suffered a decline
in 1922 of per cent of the 1921 acre
age. Total production, however, is IA
million bushels compared to II million
bushels in 1921. The yield per acre
for the year just past was 1913 bushels
whereas in 1921 it was III bushels.
A yield Of 124 bushels per acre of
potatoes in 1922 is compared to a s.
year average yield previous to 1922 of
96.8 bushels, brought about large
production of potaotoes Production is
estimated at 4O.70O,OOO bushels. The
acreage in 1922 is estimated at 32S
thousand acres compared to 318 thous
and acres ir 1921.
The acreage Of winter wheat in
1922 was 8 per cent greater than in
1921, and the yield was 1876 bushels
per acre. The 1922 production of L.
100000 bushels is 25 per cent greater
than the production in 1921.
The acreage of spring wheat on
farms suffered reduction
of 35 per cent of the 1921 acreage.
The total production is estimated at
1 100000 bushels in 1922 and 100000
in 1921. The yield was 1873 bushels
per acre.
The acreage devoted to canning
peas was "a per cent greater than in
1921 and together with a larger yield
per acre the Wisconsin pea pack is
estimated at 100000 hundredweight,
or SO per cent greater than the 1921
pack of Wisconsin factories.
A decline of 16 per cent in the to-
bacco acreage of the State and yield
pei CtCAO VI AI43O POu4AO0 OAOu6Ab
about total production of As million
pounds. This is a decrease of 26 per
cent of the 1921 production.
Glover seed was harvested from 1877
thousand acres in 1922 as compared
to SO thousand acres in 1921. The
yield per acre was 1.8 bushels. Total
production was 229 thousand bushels
compared to 167 thousand bushels in
1921. The production of cabbage in
1922 was 16S thousand tons, almost
three times the short crop of 81 thous
and tons in 1921 The acreage was
so per cent greater than in 1921.
An increase in the total acreage in
cultivated crops obtained by the addi-
ton of cleared land in the northern
counties of the State.