No. 194 November 1, 1941
INDIANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
COOPERATING WITH
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA 
INDIANA 
HuskingsretuunTs-show'ther*r94l corn crop better than expected. The yield is now estimated at 45?(Kb^ft(^fp,e^4cr'e, with production of 177,165,000 bushels, 22 percent more
than last year and~-±0-Ti<5fcent larger than the 1930-39 average. The higher yields are
reported throughout the state but are especially noticeable in the northern part of the
state. It appears that in the earlier part of the season too much attention was given to
marked damage on sandy and thin land which really carries a rather small part of the
corn acreage.
The yield of soybeans is still estimated as 17.0 bushels per acre with production at
15,436,000 bushels or 40 percent more than last year. A considerable acreage of soybeans
remains to be harvested the prolonged rains having seriously delayed field work. There
has been some lowering of quality of beans as a result of the rains. If the abnormal
weather continues some actual loss of production is probable.
Buckwheat is estimated as yielding 13.0 bushels per acre with a total crop of 52,000
bushels. This is only 55 percent of last year because of the smaller acreage.
Potatoes show no change the past month with an estimated yield of 92 bushels per
acre and production of 4,324,000 bushels. The crop is about as large as last year though
only 82 percent of average.
Sweet potatoes are reported yielding 130 bushels per acre, materially better than
expected earlier in the season.  Production amounts to 390,000 bushels.
Tobacco production of 9,160,000 pounds is about as expected. Dark tobacco yields are
lower than indicated earlier but the acreage of this type is small.
The estimate of apple production in commercial counties is one percent less than last
month at 2,230,000 bushels total. In some places the September wind damage proved
greater than first estimated. The crop is still good, being 82 percent larger than last
year and 42 percent larger than average.
Production of pears estimated at 580,000 bushels is still 53 percent above average
though about two percent lower than expected last month.
Grapes estimated as 4,600 tons are two percent below last month but still seven percent better than average.
The abundant rain and above normal temperatures in October resulted in marked
improvement in pasture conditions. The condition is now reported at 78 percent of normal compared with 56 percent last month and the average for November 1, of 68.
Milk production per cow in the herds of crop reporters November 1 was 14.1 pounds,
highest on record for the date, compared with 13.3 pounds last year, and the 1930-39
average of 12.9 pounds. The percentage of cows being milked November 1 was 72.6,
last year 72.4 and the average is 72.1.
Crop reporters show egg production per 100 layers as 27.4 eggs, again a record for
the date. This compares with 25.1 for last November and the average of 19.0 eggs.
The number of layers per farm flock November 1 was 104, a year ago 99, and the 1930-39
average of 97.3. The present number equals previous high flock numbers of 1938
and 1929.
UNITED STATES
Crop yields in the country as a whole are still expected to average about the best on
record but wet weather in practically all States west of the Alleghenies has caused some
damage and so delayed the harvesting of late crops that there may be further losses
in some areas if wet weather continues. In half a dozen Corn Belt States the rainfall in
September and October was the heaviest on record for those two months taken together,
and over considerable areas from Illinois to Texas rainfall in October ranged from 8
inches upward.   In addition to the flooding of river bottoms and damage to standing