Milford chronicle., 1924-10-24
DELAWARE CROPS ARE
ALMOST 100 PER CENT
U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Says Diamond State Crops Aver
age 9712 Per Cent This Year.

AcCoEuluS 10 reports received
the Bureau of Markets, of the Sta1
Board of Agriculture, at Dover, tt
general condition of all crops in IL
United States, on October 1, as r,
ported by the United States Depar
ment of Agriculture, is three an
Oneshalf per cent lower than the te
years average on that date, and tn
years total acreage in all cultivat
ed crops is One-tenth of one per cen
less than last year.
Delaware is credited, according t
this report, with having ninety-sevel
and one-half per cent of a crop. Ou
neighbOring state, Maryland, ha
ninety and seVen-tenths per cent
New Jersey, one hundred one ant
eight-tenths per cent, and Pennsyl
vania, ninety-seven and six-tenthi
per cent. This applies to general av'
erage condition of all crops in the
states above mentioned.
The Department of Agricultural
estimate of October 1 on potatoes is
423 1908, 900 bushels. This is the Sec
ond largest crop in history. The crop
last year was 412,392,000 bushels,
and the record crop was produced in
1922, when 53,396,000 bushels were
produced.
The commercial crop of apples, ac-
cording to the Government report.
has decreased considerably since the
September 1 estimate. The forecast
as of October l, is 26,942,000 barrels,
and the crop last year was 34,4O3,OOO
barrels. It is estimated that Della
ware will have a commercial crop Oh
100000 barrels against 100000 bar
rels last year. Maryland will have
249,OO0 barrels against 100000 bar
rels last year.
The Government estimate on
wheat, this year, for the total world
production is 9,057, 100000 bushels
as compared with 3,409, 100000 bush
els last year, or a decrease of $685.
900 600 bushels. The estimated pro-
duction of wheat in the United States
this wear is 855,O00,000 bushels. The
production last year was 786,OOO,OOO
bushels. The reports covering Can
adam wheat show that the crop is
estimated this year at 296,OOO,OOO
bushels, as compared with 474,OOO,-
0OO bushels in 1928. Mexico's produc-
tion. it is estimated, will be approx
imatelv 1O,OOO,O0O bushels against
8.217,OOO bushels in 1929 Estimates
covering France, place their crop
between 2S6 and 293 million bushels
as compared with 276,O0O,OOO bush
els last year. Unfavorable Weather
conditions in Russia have so aHect-
ed the weld there that it is not eX-
nacted that Russia will have any
wheat to export this year, although
renorts from there are conhlcteo'
Anstralia's estimated crop for this
wear is 120,000,000 bushels ana Ar
genfine is expected to harvest ABOUT
222.OO0,000 bushels.
The Government report LOL Cno
United States show that we Will nave
eighty and seven-tenths per cent VI
a crop of corn. The forecast as VI
October 1, is 2,495,O00,OOO bushels,
which is approximately 54'OOO'OOV
bushels less than the September
estimate. The early frost IN iowa
materially reduced the estimated
Weld from that section.
A large crop of oats is expected 1t
ie estimated that the yield Will De
annroximately ~ 1909, 100000 bushels
The crop of sweet potatoes, TINS
wear. throughout. the United states
is. as previously reported consloeE-
ably short of last years prooucIlon'
1t is estimated that the crop thls
wear will be seventy-six and one
tenth per cent of an average crop.
The Delaware grape crop, which
has inst ended, has been fairly sue
cessful, both from the financial ana
the production standpoint. Last year
the total rail movement from Del
aware was rs cars, and the price
range on the twelve quart basket
was from fifty-five to sixty-hVe
cents. This year, the total of 1O5 car
loads have been moved by rail in ad-
dition to 30,743 baskets, or approx
mately 80 carloads, that were moved
by truck. The price this year has
ranged from seventy to eighty-1ve
cents per basket.
The total carlOt shipment of pea
ches from Delaware for the year of
1928 amounted to 243 cars, and this
year, the total rail movement was
approximately $50 cars, in addition
TO 81 1857 baskets that were moved by
truck.
The carlot shipment of cucumbers
last year amounted to 215 cars, nnd
the movement this year is 2SS cars,
in addition to the truck movement
which was quite large, but which is
not available at this time.
The carlot movement of watermel-
1ns for last year was $50 cars. The
.otal carlot movement this year is +
257 cars, in addition to approximate g.,
y 40 carloads that were moved by :
.ruck. =
The figures on these reports, with
he exception of those given in re-
,ard to the carload movement from l
Delaware, are gathered principally :,
rom various reports given out by
he United States Department of
Agriculture. The purpose Of the q
Bureau of Markets., at Dover, in ~
ending out these figures is to en- ;,
bile the producers and consumers of r
Delaware to have these facts before :,
hem, in order that they may take
dvantage Of the information con- =
aimed therein in the marketing or =
uying of their products. Further
Information regarding these various I
may be had by making :,
pplication to the Office of the Bur-
au of Markets, at Dover. I.
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