No. 215 August 1, 1943
INDIANA
CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
COOPERATING WITH  
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATlSTICS
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
INDIANA
Corn crop prospects improved two bushels per acre durink JuW as the result of^6,yor/
able growing conditions. The present yield forecast of 44.0 ijushels per acre indi<!!%te& a
total crop of 191,708,000 bushels or 19 percent more than the teXyear>(49ji2JjU*T*kYW,age
but 12 percent less than the record production of last year.  CorXwas planl^dx$rpm two
, to three weeks later than usual, but favorable weather has permitte"d-4bjebscd£-torecover
i a part of the loss due to the late start. At tasseling time corn was from a week to ten
i days later than last year. The last of the crop is being laid-by on August 1, and very few
I fields can be classified as weedy. A few small areas in southwestern Indiana are needing
rain.
i    The August 1 winter wheat yield per acre estimate of 16.0 bushels is one-half bushel
I less than the July 1 estimate. Total production prospects are for a crop of 15,872,000
' bushels or 15 percent more than last year but 45 percent less than average.   Harvest is
nearly complete on August 1 except a small amount in the northern one-third of the state.
Oats yield per acre prospects declined from 33.5 bushels per acre on July 1 to 24.5
bushels on August 1 as a result of corn borer damage, nitrogen starvation and above
normal temperatures. Total production is now forecast to be 35,574,000 bushels or 10
percent less than average and 33 percent less than last year.  Considerable oat acreage
remains unharvested on August 1 in the northern one-third of the state.
Rye yield per acre prospects declined one bushel during July, with the total crop now
estimated to be 1,560,000 bushels. Buckwheat acreage, as a result of the May rains will
be 16,000 this year compared with 7,000 last year. Production is forecast to be 208,000
I bushels compared with 91,000 last year and an average of 182,000 bushels,
i The barley production estimate at 1,620,000 bushels is the same as on July 1.
i Soybeans are making excellent progress considering the date of planting. Condition is
j reported at 84 percent of normal, compared with 89 last year and a ten year average
I condition of 77 percent. Fields are relatively weed free.
I Total hay production prospects remain the same as last month with production forecast to be 2,569,000 tons or 9 percent less than last year and 9 percent more than average.
Alfalfa hay prospects declined somewhat during July but such deficit is made up by
improvement in soybean hay prospects. Pasture condition is reported to be 86 percent
of normal compared with an average August 1 condition of 66.
Tobacco prospects remain the same as last month, with the burley yield expected to be
950 pounds per acre. August weather conditions can materially effect the final harvest.
Potato production is expected to be 5,100,000 bushels which is 21 percent less than last
year. The yield is forecast to be 100 bushels per acre this year compared with a yield
last year of 135 bushels. Sweet potato production is expected to be 220,000 bushels or
54 percent more than last year.
Milk production on crop reporters' farms is reported to be 16.2 pounds per cow in the
nerd with 74.9 percent of the cows being milked. Combining number of cows per farm
with rate of production, the production per farm is reported to be 118 pounds or 6 pounds
less than last year but materially above any other year on record.
Egg production per 100 hens on farms having not more than 295 layers is 45.0 eggs,
which is the highest rate of lay on record except for 1941 when the rate was reported to
be 45.1. Total egg production during July is estimated to be 155 million eggs compared
with 142 million last July. Production during the first seven months of the year is estimated to be 1,391 million eggs, compared with 1,188 million last year during January
to July inclusive.
UNITED STATES
CroP prospects improved about 3 percent during July chiefly because of the exceptionally favorable start given to the cotton crop, the rapid growth of the late-planted corn in