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No. 259 April 1, 1947 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 April 1 the condition of winter wheat indicated a yield of 20.0 bushels per seeded acre. Production is forecast as 31,880,000 bushels from the 1,594,000 acres seeded. Loss of acreage is expected to be less than average, or a sort of nominal amount. Condition is rather uniform over the state. While lower than last December it appears that much of the decline reflects delayed growth rather than real loss of prospect. Rye condition is reported lower than in December but slightly above average. Pasture condition is about equal to the previous ten year average. Stocks of corn on farms are 101,049,000 bushels or two percent larger than last year, and 39 percent greater than the average of 1936-45. Disappearance since January 1 was 65,120,000 bushels, while the average for the period 1936-45 is 51,061,000 bushels. Farm stocks of wheat are 1,633,000 bushels or 78 percent of last year and only 50 percent of the previous ten year average. Oats stocks on farms are 17,791,000 bushels which is 98 percent of last year but 144 percent of average. Barley stocks of 130,000 bushels are 71,000 bushels lower than last year. Rye stocks of 49,000 bushels are 47,000 bushels below last year. Soybeans on farms amount to 3,295,000 bushels where last year there were 4,860,000 bushels. Stocks are close enough to seed requirements that some distribution difficulties may occur. On April 1 Indiana farmers were feeding nearly average amounts of grain to milk cows, and more than last year since pastures are less advanced. Milk production per cow is slightly lower and cow numbers are lower so that March production this year is estimated as 283 million pounds compared with 286 million pounds last year. The number of layers in March was 14,072,000 or three percent more than last year. March egg production of 242 million eggs is eight-million less than last year. The eggs produced per 100 layers was 1,717 or 112 eggs less than last year. For the period January to March production was 602 million eggs compared with 584 million last year. UNITED STATES Slow progress in farm work and in vegetative growth was made during March in the eastern two-thirds of the country. Consequently, the season is now considered backward in varying degree in all but the West. There it varies from normal or early in the Mountain States to well advanced in the Pacific Northwest. Meadows and pastures were slow to start, the latter furnishing but little new feed yet. The late spring has caused a heavy drain on feeds. Hay and roughage are nearly exhausted in some localities, but feed grains are in ample supply. Seeding of spring grains has been delayed by cold weather and wet fields, so that possibly the full intended acreage of oats may not be reached. Tree fruits were mostly dormant, except that peaches are blooming weeks late in Georgia and peaches and apricots are blooming early in the West, particularly the Pacific Northwest. Snow and rains the last week of March in much of the country capped the delaying effect of weather throughout the month. Temperatures averaged below normal for March Practically everywhere except in the Far West. Precipitation averaged below normal also, except in the Southeast and Gulf coastal areas and in a central area embracing most P* Kansas, Missouri and some adjacent areas. Though rainfall was short in quantity, intermittent light rains and ample sub-soil moisture kept fields wet and unworkable. On April 1 snow still covered much of the Northeast, the Appalachian region of Virginia and West Virginia, most of Michigan and northern parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Title | Indiana Crops and Livestock, no. 259 (Apr. 1, 1947) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-crops0259 |
Date of Original | 1947 |
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 | 04/24/2015 |
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-crops0259.tif |
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Title | Indiana Crops and Livestock, no. 259 (Apr. 1, 1947) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-crops0259 |
Transcript | No. 259 April 1, 1947 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 April 1 the condition of winter wheat indicated a yield of 20.0 bushels per seeded acre. Production is forecast as 31,880,000 bushels from the 1,594,000 acres seeded. Loss of acreage is expected to be less than average, or a sort of nominal amount. Condition is rather uniform over the state. While lower than last December it appears that much of the decline reflects delayed growth rather than real loss of prospect. Rye condition is reported lower than in December but slightly above average. Pasture condition is about equal to the previous ten year average. Stocks of corn on farms are 101,049,000 bushels or two percent larger than last year, and 39 percent greater than the average of 1936-45. Disappearance since January 1 was 65,120,000 bushels, while the average for the period 1936-45 is 51,061,000 bushels. Farm stocks of wheat are 1,633,000 bushels or 78 percent of last year and only 50 percent of the previous ten year average. Oats stocks on farms are 17,791,000 bushels which is 98 percent of last year but 144 percent of average. Barley stocks of 130,000 bushels are 71,000 bushels lower than last year. Rye stocks of 49,000 bushels are 47,000 bushels below last year. Soybeans on farms amount to 3,295,000 bushels where last year there were 4,860,000 bushels. Stocks are close enough to seed requirements that some distribution difficulties may occur. On April 1 Indiana farmers were feeding nearly average amounts of grain to milk cows, and more than last year since pastures are less advanced. Milk production per cow is slightly lower and cow numbers are lower so that March production this year is estimated as 283 million pounds compared with 286 million pounds last year. The number of layers in March was 14,072,000 or three percent more than last year. March egg production of 242 million eggs is eight-million less than last year. The eggs produced per 100 layers was 1,717 or 112 eggs less than last year. For the period January to March production was 602 million eggs compared with 584 million last year. UNITED STATES Slow progress in farm work and in vegetative growth was made during March in the eastern two-thirds of the country. Consequently, the season is now considered backward in varying degree in all but the West. There it varies from normal or early in the Mountain States to well advanced in the Pacific Northwest. Meadows and pastures were slow to start, the latter furnishing but little new feed yet. The late spring has caused a heavy drain on feeds. Hay and roughage are nearly exhausted in some localities, but feed grains are in ample supply. Seeding of spring grains has been delayed by cold weather and wet fields, so that possibly the full intended acreage of oats may not be reached. Tree fruits were mostly dormant, except that peaches are blooming weeks late in Georgia and peaches and apricots are blooming early in the West, particularly the Pacific Northwest. Snow and rains the last week of March in much of the country capped the delaying effect of weather throughout the month. Temperatures averaged below normal for March Practically everywhere except in the Far West. Precipitation averaged below normal also, except in the Southeast and Gulf coastal areas and in a central area embracing most P* Kansas, Missouri and some adjacent areas. Though rainfall was short in quantity, intermittent light rains and ample sub-soil moisture kept fields wet and unworkable. On April 1 snow still covered much of the Northeast, the Appalachian region of Virginia and West Virginia, most of Michigan and northern parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. |
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