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No. 321 June 1, 1952 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 Favorable weather in May improved Indiana winter wheat prospects. The yield now forecast is 23.5 bushels per acre, making expected production 36,519,000 bushels. This is 7 percent more than last month, 34 percent more than last year, and 22 percent more than the 10 year average of 1941-50. Prospects throughout the state are rather uniformly above average. The yield of rye is forecast as 14.0 bushels per acre with production of 700,000 bushels. This is 12 percent above last year, and above average because of the higher expected yield per acre. The condition of spring planted crops is slightly above last year and above average, by from 3 to 8 points. Hay and pasture are following the pattern of spring planted crops with prospects better than last year, and several points above average. Corn and soybean planting are about a week later than last year though ahead of other recent years. The forecast of the peach crop is 456,000 bushels. This is more than six times last year's short crop, and 10 percent less than the 10 year average. The expected crop of pears is 94,000 bushels, 6 percent less than last year, but 25 percent below average. Apples in commercial counties appear better than other fruits. Milk production in May was 412 million pounds. This is 23 million higher than a year ago, and 45 million above average. Cow numbers are lower than in the past but culling and better feeding have raised production per cow to a much higher level. January to May milk production was 1,548 million pounds this year and 1,473 million pounds last year. Egg production per 100 layers was 1,919 or 2 percent below last year. Production of eggs in May was 266 million, 10 million above last year. January to May production of eggs was 1,339 million this year and 1,234 million last year. UNITED STATES Progress of 1952 crops was about normal for June 1, although farmers had some unfavorable weather to cope with in May. Yield prospects for winter wheat continued to improve as harvest neared; in fact, harvest was started in the Southwest and South. Spring work made about normal progress, despite delays from excessive rains and wet fields in some sections of the Northeast and eastern Corn Belt, and from dryness in much of the Dakotas. Seeding of spring grains was largely completed. Planting of cotton, corn, soybeans, sorghums, and peanuts in some cases was started earlier than usual, but was at about the usual stage for June 1. In most areas soil moisture supplies were satisfactory and irrigation water supplies were the best in years. Winter wheat prospects continued to improve with the generally favorable weather during May. Production is now estimated at 1,060 million bushels, 74 million more than on May 1. If this production is realized it would top the previous record winter wheat outturn of 1947 by a narrow margin. Harvest started in the Southwest during the latter Part of May, at about the usual date. Damage from April and May frosts appeared to be relatively slight in the Great Plains. Wheat had advanced to the ripening stage in south central Kansas and virtually all wheat in that State was headed by June 1. Soil
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Title | Indiana Crops and Livestock, no. 321(Jun. 1, 1952) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-crops0321 |
Date of Original | 1952 |
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 | 04/14/2015 |
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-crops0321.tif |
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Title | Indiana Crops and Livestock, no. 321(Jun. 1, 1952) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-crops0321 |
Transcript | No. 321 June 1, 1952 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 Favorable weather in May improved Indiana winter wheat prospects. The yield now forecast is 23.5 bushels per acre, making expected production 36,519,000 bushels. This is 7 percent more than last month, 34 percent more than last year, and 22 percent more than the 10 year average of 1941-50. Prospects throughout the state are rather uniformly above average. The yield of rye is forecast as 14.0 bushels per acre with production of 700,000 bushels. This is 12 percent above last year, and above average because of the higher expected yield per acre. The condition of spring planted crops is slightly above last year and above average, by from 3 to 8 points. Hay and pasture are following the pattern of spring planted crops with prospects better than last year, and several points above average. Corn and soybean planting are about a week later than last year though ahead of other recent years. The forecast of the peach crop is 456,000 bushels. This is more than six times last year's short crop, and 10 percent less than the 10 year average. The expected crop of pears is 94,000 bushels, 6 percent less than last year, but 25 percent below average. Apples in commercial counties appear better than other fruits. Milk production in May was 412 million pounds. This is 23 million higher than a year ago, and 45 million above average. Cow numbers are lower than in the past but culling and better feeding have raised production per cow to a much higher level. January to May milk production was 1,548 million pounds this year and 1,473 million pounds last year. Egg production per 100 layers was 1,919 or 2 percent below last year. Production of eggs in May was 266 million, 10 million above last year. January to May production of eggs was 1,339 million this year and 1,234 million last year. UNITED STATES Progress of 1952 crops was about normal for June 1, although farmers had some unfavorable weather to cope with in May. Yield prospects for winter wheat continued to improve as harvest neared; in fact, harvest was started in the Southwest and South. Spring work made about normal progress, despite delays from excessive rains and wet fields in some sections of the Northeast and eastern Corn Belt, and from dryness in much of the Dakotas. Seeding of spring grains was largely completed. Planting of cotton, corn, soybeans, sorghums, and peanuts in some cases was started earlier than usual, but was at about the usual stage for June 1. In most areas soil moisture supplies were satisfactory and irrigation water supplies were the best in years. Winter wheat prospects continued to improve with the generally favorable weather during May. Production is now estimated at 1,060 million bushels, 74 million more than on May 1. If this production is realized it would top the previous record winter wheat outturn of 1947 by a narrow margin. Harvest started in the Southwest during the latter Part of May, at about the usual date. Damage from April and May frosts appeared to be relatively slight in the Great Plains. Wheat had advanced to the ripening stage in south central Kansas and virtually all wheat in that State was headed by June 1. Soil |
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