No. 144 September 1, 1937
INDIANA
CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DIVISION OP CROP AND LIVESTOCK
CO-OPERATING WITH     
PURDUE UNIVERSITY 
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATIS
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
INDIANA
Temperatures in Indiana for the month of August were several degrees above average with only a few days during the month with temperatures below average. Rainfall
was about average in most parts of the state. An area about 30 or 40 miles wide across
the state along the Wabash river from the Illinois line received considerably less than
the average amount of rainfall. The September 1 condition of growing crops in this area
is reflecting the reduced rainfall.
The condition of corn is reported at 90 percent of normal compared with 47 percent
of normal last year and the ten year (1923-32) average of 74 percent. The corn crop forecast is 186,480,000 bushels, compared with the five year (1928-32) average of 155,968,000
bushels. With the exception of a few fields, corn on September 1 is far enough advanced
to escape frost damage. Most corn throughout the state is comparatively free of weeds
with the exception of a small area in the northeastern part of the state.
The condition of oats at 73, is 12 points above last year and one point below the ten
year average. A production of 45,539,000 bushels is forecast compared with 38,502,000
last year and the five year average of 63,810,000. The oats crop generally throughout
the state is above average with the exception of a small area of 16 or 18 counties in northeastern Indiana which is somewhat below average.
Barley condition is 78 compared with 64 last year and the five year average of 77.
A production of 624,000 bushels is forecast for 1937 compared with 380,000 last year and
1,027,000 for the five year average.
The condition of buckwheat is 79 which is about average. The production for 1937
is forecast at 162,000 bushels compared with 104,000 bushels a year ago and the five
year average of 191,000.
Condition of potatoes is 78 percent of normal, six points above the five year average.
Production is forecast at 5,358,000 bushels compared with the five year average of
5,198,000.
The condition of sweet potatoes is 77, and 76 for the five year average. Production
is forecast at 460,000 bushels compared to 415,000 for the five year average.
Burley tobacco condition is 85 compared with 41 last year. Production is forecast
at 7,875,000. Condition of dark air-cured tobacco is 85, which indicates a production of
540,000 pounds, where the five year average is 2,648,000. Much of the tobacco had been
harvested on September 1 and the remainder will be ready soon.
Condition of soy beans is 86, and the ten year average is 83. Production forecast is
5,389,000 bushels, with 3,948,000 last year, and five year average of 1,982,000. Soy beans
on September 1 were still green with very few of the leaves beginning to yellow.
Condition of cowpeas at 84, six points above the ten year average.
The condition of alfalfa hay is 80, and the five year average is 82. The production
forecast is 714,000 tons, with 602,000 last year and five year average 309,000. Clover
and timothy hay crop with a yield of 1.10 tons per acre is 808,000 tons, and the five year
average is 1,230,000. All tame hay, including alfalfa, and clover and timothy, is forecast
at 2,409,000 tons, with 1,760,000 last year and the five year average 2,024,000.
The September 1 condition of all fruits is materially above the ten year average.
Condition of apples is 81, the ten year average is 50. Production is forecast at 3,555,000
bushels, nearly twice the five year average. A condition of 69 for peaches indicates
432,000 bushels, and the five year average is 624,000. Pear prospects at 595,000 bushels
are double the five year average crop. Grape production is forecast at 5,300 tons, with
the five year average, 3,600.
Hens and pullets per farm flock on September 1 averaged 73.9, the smallest number
since records were started in 1925. Eggs produced per 100 hens and pullets in farm flocks
is reported as 36.2 which is the highest since 1925 except 1931.
Correspondents show 77.7 percent of all milk cows in the herds of crop reporters being milked on September 1, the largest percentage for this date since records were started
in 1925, except 1935. The milk produced per cow milked was reported to be 19.1 pounds,
the smallest production since 1925 except 1932 and 1936.
UNITED STATES
Crop prospects declined less than one percent during August, chiefly as a result
of the continued drought in the western Corn Belt and Great Plains area which ruined
the corn crop in most of Nebraska and in portions of adjoining states.
K0BERT E. STRASZHEIM, MINER M. JUSTIN
Agricultural Statistician. Agricultural Statistician.