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No. 240 September 1, 1945 INDIANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS COOPERATING WITH PURDUE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA INDIANA On September 1 Indiana had prospects for 238,784,000 bushels of cornTtnVlargest crop ever raised in the state. The indicated yield per acre of 52 bushels is the second highest of record but the acreage is larger this year. August weather was favorable for corn development since moisture was ample when temperatures were highest. In the southern third of the state about 15 percent of the corn fields will need delay of frost beyond average date for maturity. Elsewhere only one or two percent will be caught immature by average frost. The yield of oats is estimated as 43 bushels per acre, with only the 1940 crop at 45 bushels higher in the record. Production of 62,092,000 bushels has been exceeded several times when large acreages were harvested. The winter wheat estimate of 23 bushels per acre and 37,560,000 bushels production is unchanged. Also rye at 14 bushels per acre with 1,330,000 bushels produced. No change was indicated for barley at 27 bushels per acre with production 1,134,000 bushels. Soybeans made excellent progress in August and now promise 20 bushels per acr?, equal to the best of past years. The acreage for beans is estimated as 1,432,000 acres and production as 28,640,000 bushels. Potatoes improved greatly in August. A larger than usual proportion of the acreage seems to be on muck land which results in the high condition indicating a much better than average yield. The expected yield of 135 bushels per acre forecasts production oJ: 4,455,000 bushels. Sweet potatoes also improved the past month with an expected 125 bushels per acre and production of 225,000 bushels. Tobacco is excellent. Fertilization has been heavy and moisture sufficient. A yield of 1,197 pounds per acre forecasts 14,360,000 pounds production. The hay crop forecast is unchanged at 2,639,000 tons. Pasture condition at 93 percent of normal is 23 points higher than average for the date and the highest since 1915. Prospects for each kind of fruit are reported lower than last month. The change was slight for peaches and pears which are about like last year. Commercial apples and grapes we falling below earlier expectations with both definitely poor crops. Milk production per cow continues at a record level. August milk production of 360 million pounds is 40 million above last year. Production to September 1 of 2,607 million pounds is 10 percent larger than for this period last year. Egg production per 100 hens continues at a record high rate. For the second month this year the number of layers is higher than last year. August egg production of 144 million eggs is 14 percent above last year. Production since January 1 is 1,533 million eggs or 98 percent of last year. UNITED STATES More seasonable temperatures and generally favorable moisture reserves resulted in a net gain for crop prospects during August. Corn, in particular, was benefited and the September 1 forecast adds about 225 million bushels to the estimate of a month ago. Other crops show gains, too. The net effect of these changes raises the aggregate total production about 3 percent over prospects on August 1. The volume of the 1945 harvest as indicated on September 1 would equal the total production of the two outstanding years, 1942 and 1944, and would be 6 percent above 1943,11 percent over production in any other year, and 24 percent above the 1923-32 "pre-drought" average. Even though crops that were planted late made fairly rapid progress during August, we advancement has not offset earlier retarded development. Corn is especially vulnerable, with a large acreage in a close race with killing frosts. If September weather is favorable and frosts hold off long enough to permit the bulk of the corn and other late crops to reach maturity, present prospects might even be exceeded. On the other hand, **rly frosts would cut prospects materially.
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Title | Indiana Crops and Livestock, no. 240 (Sep. 1, 1945) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-crops0240 |
Date of Original | 1945 |
Publisher | Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Crops--Indiana--Statistics Livestock--Indiana--Statistics Agriculture--Indiana--Statistics |
Genre | Periodical |
Collection Title | Extension Indiana Crops and Livestock (Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service) |
Rights Statement | Copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 04/23/2015 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 400 ppi on a BookEye 3 scanner using Opus software. Display images generated in Contentdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
URI | UA14-13-crops0240.tif |
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Title | Indiana Crops and Livestock, no. 240 (Sep. 1, 1945) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-crops0240 |
Transcript | No. 240 September 1, 1945 INDIANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS COOPERATING WITH PURDUE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA INDIANA On September 1 Indiana had prospects for 238,784,000 bushels of cornTtnVlargest crop ever raised in the state. The indicated yield per acre of 52 bushels is the second highest of record but the acreage is larger this year. August weather was favorable for corn development since moisture was ample when temperatures were highest. In the southern third of the state about 15 percent of the corn fields will need delay of frost beyond average date for maturity. Elsewhere only one or two percent will be caught immature by average frost. The yield of oats is estimated as 43 bushels per acre, with only the 1940 crop at 45 bushels higher in the record. Production of 62,092,000 bushels has been exceeded several times when large acreages were harvested. The winter wheat estimate of 23 bushels per acre and 37,560,000 bushels production is unchanged. Also rye at 14 bushels per acre with 1,330,000 bushels produced. No change was indicated for barley at 27 bushels per acre with production 1,134,000 bushels. Soybeans made excellent progress in August and now promise 20 bushels per acr?, equal to the best of past years. The acreage for beans is estimated as 1,432,000 acres and production as 28,640,000 bushels. Potatoes improved greatly in August. A larger than usual proportion of the acreage seems to be on muck land which results in the high condition indicating a much better than average yield. The expected yield of 135 bushels per acre forecasts production oJ: 4,455,000 bushels. Sweet potatoes also improved the past month with an expected 125 bushels per acre and production of 225,000 bushels. Tobacco is excellent. Fertilization has been heavy and moisture sufficient. A yield of 1,197 pounds per acre forecasts 14,360,000 pounds production. The hay crop forecast is unchanged at 2,639,000 tons. Pasture condition at 93 percent of normal is 23 points higher than average for the date and the highest since 1915. Prospects for each kind of fruit are reported lower than last month. The change was slight for peaches and pears which are about like last year. Commercial apples and grapes we falling below earlier expectations with both definitely poor crops. Milk production per cow continues at a record level. August milk production of 360 million pounds is 40 million above last year. Production to September 1 of 2,607 million pounds is 10 percent larger than for this period last year. Egg production per 100 hens continues at a record high rate. For the second month this year the number of layers is higher than last year. August egg production of 144 million eggs is 14 percent above last year. Production since January 1 is 1,533 million eggs or 98 percent of last year. UNITED STATES More seasonable temperatures and generally favorable moisture reserves resulted in a net gain for crop prospects during August. Corn, in particular, was benefited and the September 1 forecast adds about 225 million bushels to the estimate of a month ago. Other crops show gains, too. The net effect of these changes raises the aggregate total production about 3 percent over prospects on August 1. The volume of the 1945 harvest as indicated on September 1 would equal the total production of the two outstanding years, 1942 and 1944, and would be 6 percent above 1943,11 percent over production in any other year, and 24 percent above the 1923-32 "pre-drought" average. Even though crops that were planted late made fairly rapid progress during August, we advancement has not offset earlier retarded development. Corn is especially vulnerable, with a large acreage in a close race with killing frosts. If September weather is favorable and frosts hold off long enough to permit the bulk of the corn and other late crops to reach maturity, present prospects might even be exceeded. On the other hand, **rly frosts would cut prospects materially. |
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