Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-21
BADGER CROPS
BREAK RECORD
EXPERT SAYS
Conditions In Wisconsin
Beat Other States
Corn Extra Good.

With the 1925 crop season about fin
ished, Wisconsin agriculture has ex-
perienced very bountiful year, ac-
cording to the Crop Reporting Service
of the Wisconsin and U. S. Depart
ments of Agriculture at Madison. Of
particular significance in this connec-
ton, the report states, is the favor
able outlook for prices of dairy and
livestock products-the ultimate mar
ket for most of the crops grown on
Wisconsin farms.
Oats and barley yields have never
been better in this state. Corn, like
wise. promises to exceed all former
yields. Tobacco has made the best
yield in twenty years together with ex-
cellent quality. Injured at first by
a May drouth-even the hay crop I'M
proved each month until with late cut
tings and second crops fully an aver
age crop has been made.
With regions to the southwest and
east securing less than average yields
this year, Wisconsin stands out prom
inentIy in a belt of twenty states from
New York to the Rockies with the best
crop situation and with yields ten per
cent better than average. Rarely has
Wisconsin agriculture contrasted so
favorably with other states.
Corn Makes Big Yield in wisconsin
The corn crop is especially good in
southern Wisconsin. Moisture and hot
weather in September were ideal for
maturing the crop before frost occur
red Except in the northwestern part
of the state where August drouth did
some damage there was a heavy ton
mage of silage, and less acreage than
usual was needed to fill the silos. The
condition of 96 percent indicates a
yield of 461 bushels. 1t is apparent
that on most farms there will be crib
corn to feed literally this winter.
Corn is very good in the states OF
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, poor
in the entire South, and near fa lure
in the Southwest The U. S. esti nate
is slightly less than the Swear aver
age.
Good Feed Crops.
This years yield of 1875 bushels OF
oats in Wisconsin is 1.9 bushels above
the previous record yield made in 1918
The total harvest is 20 percent above
last year and SO percent more than the
average crop. The estimate for the
United States is 5 percent less than
last year but 10 percent above average
The new high record yield of barley
made this year is 81 bushels and is
1.3 bushels above any previous yield
This big yield with a larger acreage
has made a crop SO percent larger
than last year and the 5-year average
harvest.
Tobacco Yield Offsets Small Acreage
Only in the years 1900 and 1905 is
there recorded a higher tobacco yield
than Wisconsin farmers harvested this
year. Not only is the yield of 1865
pounds per acre unusual but the quail
ity is excellent. Although on a great
1y reduced acreage, a crop of As mil
lion pounds is now being cured.
Fruit Prospects Scattering
With rain and hot weather apples
improved considerably in September
The crop is generally good in the cas-
tern part of the state but poor in wes-
tern Wisconsin where May frosts in
jured the trees at time of blossoming
High yields of sugar beets and cab
bage are general in the eastern part
of the state, and pastures are above
the average for this date.
Effects of the severe summer drouth
in the northern tier of Wisconsin
counties is reflected in yields reported
from those counties and is an excep-
ton to the crop situation in the state
as a whole.
PAUL NYHUS,
Agricultural Statistician.