No. 106 July 1, 1934
INDIANA
CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DIVISION OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK ESTIMATES
CO-OPERATING WITH
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
INDIANA
On July 1st, the condition of Indiana coin was reported 9 poiivhst^M^fi(8t&ge with
prospects the best in years in the southern part of the state. A fewcoTmtres' south and
•jrest of Fort Wayne were suffering from drouth and had some poor stands. As yet, chinch
bug damage is confined mostly to edges of fields and has not seriously affected very much
acreage. A production of 137,270,000 bushels is indicated at this time compared with 137,-
263,000 bushels harvested last year and 173,962,000 bushels in 1932. The estimated stocks
of corn on farms are 18,861,000 bushels compared with 41,751,000 bushels a year ago.
The winter wheat crop varies from better than average in the southwest section to partial abandonment of fields in the northwestern part of the state where drouth and chinch
bug damage was most severe. Reports of high test weights and low moisture content of
early threshed wheat have been received. The estimated yield is 15.5 bushels and the
indicated production is 26,288,000 bushels compared with 22,765,000 bushels last year.
Stocks of wheat on Indiana farms are estimated 2,504,000 bushels. Last year's carry-over
was 1,741,000 bushels.
The oats crop is estimated 23,576,000 bushels compared with 28,730,000 bushels last
year and 58,950,000 bushels in 1932. Little growth occurred during the dry weather in
May. Many fields were too short and thin to cut for grain. Some chinch bug damage occurred in scattered areas throughout the state. The estimated carry-over is 3,447,600
bushels this year, 7,074,000 bushels last year.
Barley like oats was badly damaged by drouth and chinch bugs. The production is estimated 300,000 bushels compared with 280,000 bushels last year and 800,000 bushels
in 1932.
The indicated rye yield is 10.5 bushels and total production 1,428,000 bushels compared
with 970,000 bushels last year. The acreage for grain was sharply increased this year, the
current year's estimate being 136,000 acres compared with 97,000 acres last year. Rye was
more matured when the chinch bugs became numerous and was not damaged as much as
other small grains.
Condition of potatoes at 66 per cent of normal is 10 points below average. Rains the
latter part of June have given late potatoes a good start in most sections of the state.
Condition of alfalfa hay is reported 70 per cent of normal compared with the 10 year
average of 82. The first crop was nearly average in yield and the second crop looks well in
most sections. The first crop of clover was very short and in many cases weedy. The timothy crop is thin. The prospective yield of all clover and timothy is .80 tons per acre compared with .95 tons per acre a year ago.
Pasture condition at 46 per cent of normal is 31 points below average. Rains, the latter
part of June, were beneficial, particularly in the southern part of the state. Old meadows,
clover fields and oats have been pastured more than usual this year.
Tobacco condition is 68 per cent of norma] compared with the ten year average of 71.
Apples are about half a crop for the state and peaches are a near failure in the southern section and confined to high ground in the north. Grapes are reported a little above
average and pear prospects are for less than an average crop.
On farms having less than 340 hens and pullets, 41 per cent of the hens were laying
compared with 49 last month and 39 a year ago. The average number of hens and pullets
per farm was 85 this month, 92 last month, and 83 a year ago.
On reporter's farms on July 1st, 75 per cent of the cows were being milked compared
with 73 last month. The average production per cow milked was 19.9 pounds this month,
21.8 pounds last month and 19.5 pounds a year ago.
The supply of farm labor is reported 116 per cent of normal compared with 127 a year
ago. The demand for farm labor is 72 per cent of normal and 69 a year ago. Farm wages
are reported about 10 per cent above a year ago and about the same as last April.
The Pig Crop Report as of June 1, 1934 (Cards collected by Rural Carriers, P. O. Dept.)
In Indiana, the spring pig crop was 29 per cent smaller than in 1933, the number of sows
to farrow this fall is expected to be 40 per cent less than in 1933.
In the United States, the number of pigs saved in the spring is 28 per cent smaller than
in 1933. The number of sows to farrow this fall is expected to be 38 per cent less than in
the fall of 1933.
C. D. Palmer, MINER M. JUSTIN,
Ass't Agricultural Statistician. Agricultural Statistician.