REPORT ON THE AREA AND CONDITIONS OF WHEAT, CORN, POTATOES AND OTHER CROPS, JULY 1, 1904-Concluded. 635 100 635 101 967 90 870 98 105 : : : : : : 8: 8: : : : : : 8X: 8:: Asuggnä::::: Acreage compared with last year. with an average. Condition compared with an average. Condition compared with an average. Number compared with an average. Condition compared with an average. Per cent Per cent Per cent[Per cent|Per cent|Per cent] Per ct Number compared with an average. 90 95 103 100 98 94 93 104 101 90 100 Clip compared with last year. 100 127 102 130 96 583 100 583 98 353 102 360 102 1,746 96 1,676 75 1,309 91 281 99 2::88: :32:2 : : : : : : : :99A :::*::::::88 :2: : :88: : : : : : : : :28 85 93 91 86 63 84 96 93 98 99 88 110 95 97 101 100 92 102 92 96 90 95 90 89 94 92 94 111,390 109.480 | OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE Area and Product of Wheat, Oats, Barley and Rye and the Condition of Other Crops, OCTOBER 1, 1904. The following report represents area as returned by the township assessors of the State, and from which the bushels are computed, on the basis of average product per acre from actual threshing done throughout the several townships and reported to the department by its regular crop correspondents. The figures thus obtained are the most reliable to be secured, and are regarded as approximately correct. WHEAT-Area sown last fall, as returned by township assessors 66 Estimated area plowed up this spring Estimated area harvested .1,901,773 acres. .18 per cent. .1,563,645 acres. .11.9 per cent. .18,693,067 bushels Product per acre, estimated from threshers' returns.. Quality compared with an average Crop of 1903 still in producers' hands OATS-Area as returned by township assessors 81 per cent. .7 per cent. .1,381,998 acres. .41.3 bushels. .57,117,200 bushels. BARLEY-Area of winter and spring, as returned by township assessors Product per acre estimated from threshers' returns. Quality compared with an average. RYE-Area as returned by township assessors. Product per acre estimated from threshers' returns. Quality compared with an average CORN-Prospect compared with an average Cut up for fodder Average date of cutting for fodder. POTATOES-Probable total yield compared with an average. TOBACCO-Condition compared with an average.... .97 per cent. .35,398 acres. ..27.5 bushels. .975,192 bushels. .89 per cent. 34,487 acres. ...14 bushels .483,023 bushels. .90 per cent. .73 per cent. .66 per cent. .Sept. 20. ..87 per cent. ..90 per cent. .81 per cent. ..51 per cent. Of the wheat area seeded last fall, for the harvest of this year, it is estimated that 18 per cent., or 338.128 acres, were plowed up in the spring. This loss in area has made a vast difference in production, and, with the low average bushels per acre that resulted from the past harvest, the wheat crop for 1904 shows only 18,693,067 bushels. This is less than one-half of a full crop for the State, the product per acre being about four bushelss hort of a good average. The wheat area harvested was the lowest in a long series of years, and total production is the lowest, with the exception of two years, 1896 and 1900, in twenty-five years. The quality of the crop of 1904 shows 81 per cent. as compared with a good average quality. Much of the grain when harvested was light and affected with. rust. If Ohio ever again produces a crop to equal some of her heavy wheat crops, for instance, the crops of 1891, 1893, 1894 and 1899, there must be an increase in wheat area, otherwise we can not again hope to reach the forty million bushel mark. The oats area was large, exceeding the large area of last year. This is accounted for by the fact that a great deal of the plowed up wheat was put to oats. The crop, generally, produced well, the product per acre being considerably above the average, and on the large area resulted in one of the largest crops recorded for the State. The quality of grain is generally excellent, the average showing 97 per cent. In last year's oats production, which was large, three counties of the State showed a product of above a million bushels. This year twenty-three counties show a million bushels production each, one of which reaches two millions. Winter and spring barley had a total estimated area of 35,398 acres. This is about three thousand acres less than for last year's crop. The total production, however, is greater than last year. Quality of grain is estimated at 89 per cent. of an average. Rye shows less area than last year, but the total product is as great. This crop varies in area from year to year more than any of the other grain crops. Corn has matured slowly and cutting has not advanced very rapidly. Slight frost occurred during the month, but no damage was done except in some of the northern counties. The corn crop, in some parts of the State, is not yet entirely free from the danger of frost. Several days of favorable weather are required to render the crop safe. While there is excellent corn in many localities, the general average for the State indicates a little less than three-fourths of a crop. Potatoes indicate a fairly good crop. From a great many parts of the State reports indicate that the crop has been reduced by rot. The present average prospect shows about three per cent. less than was indicated in the last report. The area of the crop is not large. The reports on tobacco show a fairly good crop that is being housed for curing. The apple prospect indicates about one-half of a full average production. There is very unevenness of distribution, even in close localities. The estimates on the crop run from almost failure to full crop. |