Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-16
State Grain Crop
Prospects Better.
Potatoes Cut

Encouraging prospects for grain
crop and a drastic cut in the ac-
reage of potatoes are carried in
the July l survey of the Wisconsin
Cooperative Crop and Livestock
| Reporting Service at Madison. The
report states that heavy and fire.
quent rains have changed the poor
outlook of a month ago into a gen
orally favorable prospect, Hay
yields, although light, are better
than expected.
Potato Acreage Cut 10 Percent
-Four years of low returns from
the potato crop have brought an
other cut of 10 per cent in the
Wisconsin potato acreage. Cuts of
seventeen and eleven per cents
have occurred during the past two
/ years so that the Wisconsin acre
age is now down to GA per cent
of the 1922 acreage. The reduction
is greatest in the northern coun-
ties and less in the district about
Milwaukee where local markets
have kept prices at a higher level
than for potatoes shipped out of
the state.
Some encouragement for this
l,,oo,,o ,D,;oa ,,coeDnot 10 fo,,pd IN
the fact that the United States
acreage is cut per cent, and will
average yields the crop may be
short enough to reverse the Low
prices of the past three years
Stands are somewhat imperfect il
a few central Wisconsin counties
where hot, wet weather caused the
seed to rot in some fields just after
! planting, but most of the state
crop is in good thrifty condition
This is especially true of the dis
trict about Milwaukee and of the
Barron Chippewa district. A con-
dition of SO per cent for the Wis
consin crop is slightly above the
average, while the United States.
crop is four points below the TO-
year average.
Hay Crop Sixteen percent Below
Average
The yields Of hay, although poor,
are better than was expected ear
lier. Timothy made a good growth
after the rains, but clover having
headed failed to make much growth.
| Old meadows are thin and clover
is short.
The first crop of alfalfa yielded
| IL tons to the acre, and with the
recent rains the second crop. is
now in thrifty condition. Where
there are good stands of clover the
second crop is promising. Only
frequent rains and good growing
weather have made possible the
yields Of hay that are now cut in
! the face Of conditions on June l.
| The condition of SO per cent indi
Gates a hay crop in Wisconsin 10
per cent below the five average
tonnage.
Rains Hep Oats and Barley
The condition of small grains is
one of the very favorable develop
ments OF June weather. Oats and
barley responded quickly to rains
Ur early June, although headed out
on short straw the thrifty color
and the way the grain is filling
promise good yields. In eastern
Wisconsin north of Milwaukee
| heavy yields are in prospect. In
many fields of southern Wisconsin
rain came too late to overcome
the damage that had been done by
drouth, and yields in this section
will run lighter. The condition OF
SO per cent for the Wisconsin crop
is two points above the average
for this date.
Except is southern counties, June
weather has permitted barley to
make good heads, fill well, and
give promise of favorable yields.
Rye has filled well and the crop
will be of good quality. Thin stands
are chiefly responsible for low
YIELD The condition Of this crop
on July / was rs per cent COM
pared to the average conditions
of 80 per cent, and with smaller
acreage the harvest promises to
be 20 per cent below last year.
Winter wheat in common with rye
made improvement during June,
and spring wheat is above the aV-
erage.