The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-28

ed since the August IePoil was
compiled as weather continued very
hot for the first week of August
and the general drouth conditions
still exist.
United States General Conditions:
Crop prospects in the United States
declined nearly Z per cejt during
July, as a result of drouth and
hot weather. On the basis of crop
conditions on the first of August,
the Crop Reporting Board of the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture estimates that yields per
acre will be SIS per cent below
those secured last year, 81 per cent
below average yields during the
previous ten years and below yields
secured in any of the last twenty
years, except 1921. Unlike 1921
however, the shortage is chiefly in
feed crops.
The corn crop is expected TO be
the smallest since 1901. The hay
and grain sorghum crops, which to-
gether with corn make up half OF
the total acreage of crops, seem
likely to be the smallest crops in
more than 10 years. Prospects for
oats and barley have been further
reduced by drouth in the Dakotas.
The feed shortage is accentuated
by pasture far poorer than in any
previous summer month for so
years or more, with many farmers
already compelled to feed hay and
new corn. The drouth has been
felt farther north each week as the
season progressed and Is now at
fecting even New York and Michi-
gan. It is hurting most late fruits
and vegetables except where they
are irrigated. It is daily reducing
prospects for corn, fiaxseed, pea
nuts, sweet potatoes, tobacco, east
ern beans, Arkansas rice, cotton
west of Alabama. and various other
crops. Winter wheat was too far
advanced to be hurt by the drouth
loss from rain during harvest was
negligible and the yield is thresh-
ing out above earlier expectations
more than offsetting recent dam
age caused to spring wheat.
The combined production OF
wheat, rye, rice and buckwheat
used chiefly for human food, is
expected to be less than per cent
below the Swear average; beans
nearly p per cent above; potatoes
and sweet potatoes combined 5 per
cent below; and canning peas
sweet corn, tomatoes and string
beans for canning combined about
the same as last year and IS pei
cent above the previous Swear av.
erage, due to increased acreage.
Corn: The Minnesota corn crop
advanced rapidly the first half OF
July but during the latter half OF
the month drouth conditions de-
veloped and in sections the crop
went backward. The August con.
dion was reported at 70 per cent
of normal. The indicated produc-
ton is 143,154OOO bushels, which
compares with 148,855,000 bushels
harvested last year and 1877, $4,000
condition of the crop is reported tc
have dropped sharply since the re-
port was issued. Extremely hot
dry weather prevailed the first week
of August and the crop suffered a
great deal during this period in
areas where drouth conditions were
serious at the end of last month
This applies particularly to the
southwestern district of the state
Rain will improve the. outlook in
most sections of the state.
For the United States. corn crop
prospects dropped more than q
per cent between July 1 and Aug.
I as a result Of the continued Sc
we're drouth in the Ohio and lower
Mississippi Valleys, subnormalrain-
fall, extremely high temperatures
and hot winds which prevailed over
the Central states during July. The
indicated production of corn as of
August this year, Of 2,212,000, 900
bushels is the lowest for any year
since 1901 when the crop was l.
614, 5000 bushels. A crop such as
was indicated by the reported con-
dition on August would be Is per
cent below the crop of 1929, and
Is per cent less than the 5-year av-
erage (1924-192S) production. The
yield of 21.8 bushels per acre in
Dictated by the condition as report
ed by crop correspondents as of
August 1, is the lowest since 1901,
when is was ITO bushels. Other
years of low yields per acre were
1894 with 1913 bushels; 1887 with
pol bushels; 1881 with 1876 BUSH
els; and 1874 with 20.7 bushels.
Further deterioration Of corn pros
poets of possibly 100000,000 bushels
has occurred since August 1 due to
continued drouth and high tenn
peratures, indicating a crop for
harvest about Is per cent less than
the 1929 crop and about % per cent
below the Swear average produc-
ton.
All Spring Wheat: The production
Of spring wheat in Minnesota is
estimated to be slightly higher than
one month ago. The indicated pro-
duction of durum is 2,846, 900 BUSH
els, compared with 1881 90 bushels
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