Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-20
STATE GRAIN
YIELD GOOD.
REPORT SAYS
Pastures Short In
Eastern Counties;
Excellent Tobacco
Prospects

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of the state and high yields of
oats and barley were reported in
the August survey of the Wiscon-
sin Crop and Livestock Reporting
Service at Madison. 1t appears
that this year feed bills may be
kept down to a minimum. The re-
port further states that there is
general agreement among farmers
reporting to the Department of
Agriculture that this season pro-
misses to be a good crop year and
especially satisfactory in view of
the early outlook.
Throughout the southern half Of
the state corn has made an unus-
ually good growth and is well ear
ed. In northern Wisconsin, nights
have been too cool for corn, but
the acreage in that region is small.
The condition of the crop in the
state is given as 95 per cent
fully 10 points above the 5 year
average for this date.
The excellent corn outlook to-
gether with promises of high hog
prices this fall is fortunate and
encouraging combination for farm
ers in southern Wisconsin where
the returns from hogs have been
poor for the past two years.
United States Potato Crop % Per
Cent Below Last Year
Potatoes made seasonal growth
in July. Top growth in most of
the state is good and thrifty. In
the Ozaukee- Milwaukee district
conditions are noticeably the best
in the state. With the crop in the
balance of the state quite uniform
in appearance, the condition of 80
per cent indicates crop in Wis
consin of % million bushels mil
lion bushels below last year.
The United States potato crop
made but little improvement dur
ing July. The August forecast is
353 bushels 20 per cent below
last year and 26 per cent below the
5-year average production.
Feed Grains Make Good Yields
Hot weather in early July did
not last long enough to do much
damage to oats and barley. Cool
Temperatures and enough rain dur
ing most of the month permitted
those grains to fill we'll and make
good yields. Yields are especially
heavy in western and eastern
Pcountries. In contrast to the diff
fculty in harvesting last years
crop, this years crop was harvest
ed very easily excepting in few
valleys in western Wisconsin
where the grain lodged consider
ably.
The condition of oats is 81 per
cent? points above last years
condition and II points above the
5 year average. Barley in COM
mon with oats filled well, and bas-
ed chiefly upon larger acreage
in Wisconsin crop promises to be
LII per cent larger than the crop
of last year. The condition of "a
per cent is 10 points above the B
year average.
Considering the thin stands, rye
made quite satisfactory yields. An
average of Is bushels is reported
compared to 1874 bushels for the
5 year average. On a smaller &C
reage the Wisconsin rye crop is
I23 per cent less than last year,
but on larger acreage the fore
cast is 81 per cent greater.
July Improved Hay Crop
In general, the nay crop is the
weakest spot in the Wisconsin
crop situation In western coun-
ties-from Vernon north to Burnett
timothy and clover continued to
improve in July and turned out to
be better than an average crop
NIu;1~o oIo1,or orou, ,oply in WiSpO0
sin after the heavy rains. Earlier
cutting and less rain in southern
Wisconsin made yields extremely
short on many farms, and for the
region as a whole the yields are a
bout 13 per cent below average
/ Old hay from last year and many
good second crops will relieve the
short hay crop in this section. The
second growth of alfalfa was good
Pastures Short in Eastern Counties
With frequent and iheavy rains
pastures are good to excellent in
the entire western half of the state
In eastern counties they are short
due to lack of rain and short graz
ing. A condition of about rs pei
cent prevails for pastures in east
ern counties compared to 50 pei
cent in large group of western
counties.
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