No. 133 October 1, 1936
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 during September were higher than normal oyer the state wrj>te' rainfall was about one-third above normal in the northern third of the >feaiejjibjiiiJPtme-fourth
above in the central and about one-fourth below normal in the southern third. Frost has
been reported in the low places in the northern part of the state. Rains have tended to
pile up farm work, making an unusually keen demand for farm labor. Reporters advised
that the demand for labor is higher than the supply, the first time in many months.
The condition of corn improved 9 points while the usual change was only 2 points.
Most of the corn was beyond frost damage by October 1. A yield of 25.0 bushels and a
production of 111,900,000 bushels was forecast compared with 160,474,000 bushels last
year. Stocks of old corn on farms were estimated to be 11,386,000 bushels this year; last
year 3,598,000 bushels.
The yield of oats was estimated to be 27 bushels, and the production for 1936, 36,-
072,000 bushels. Stocks of oats on farms were estimated to be 27,415,000 bushels; last
year 28,185,000 bushels.
The stocks of wheat this year were estimated to be 11,312,000 bushels, 657,000 less
than last year.
Condition of potatoes was 5 points above last month due to a considerable improvement in potato prospects in the muck area in the north. The indicated yield is 68 bushels
compared to 80 bushels last year. The indicated production this year is 4,216,000 bushels.
Despite the fact that the main sweet potato area is located in the southwest where
the rainfall has been low, the condition is 10 points above last month. The yield forecast
is 80 bushels.
Condition of soybeans was one point higher than last month with an indicated acreage for beans very much lower than last year. The production forecast is 3,094,000 bushels
this year compared to the large production of 5,899,000 last year.
Yield of tame hay was estimated to be .95 tons. A low yield of clover and timothy,
which makes up a large part of all tame hay, combined with below average yield of alfalfa, soybeans, cowpeas, and other tame hay, brings all tame hay yield down. The yield
for last year was 1.38 tons; average of 1923-1932 of 1.14 tons. The yield of alfalfa hay
was estimated to be 1.45 tons clue to the favorable condition in the northern part of the
state which permitted another cutting.
The condition of tobacco was 15 points higher than last month. The reported yields
varied from almost nothing to an average yield. Tobacco stands were from poor to good
with growth uneven. The yield of tobacco this year is forecast as 683 pounds.
Pasture conditions improved 30 points in September. The greatest improvement was
in the central and northern districts where more than normal rainfall was received.
Apple condition is 3 points higher than last month, with production forecast as
•378,000 bushels. The estimated peach production remains the same as last month. Pear
production forecast is 50,000 bushels compared with 1928-1932 average of 189,000 bushels.
Condition of grapes improved 3 points over last month, compared to the usual change of
1 point improvement. Most of the grapes are located in the part of the state which received more than normal rainfall for September.
Reporters having 340 or less hens and pullets of laying age reported 24.9 percent
were laying compared with 31.1 percent last month and 25.6 percent a year ago. The
average size of flocks was 91 birds; a year ago 88 birds.
On Reporters' farms 77.4 percent of the cows were being milked; last month 75.7
percent; a year ago, 75.1 percent. The daily milk production per cow milked was 19.1
Pounds compared with 18.7 pounds last month and 17.7 pounds a year ago.
UNITED STATES
Rains in September through most of the drought area were too late for most crops,
Pastures however, recovered remarkably and corn prospects and potato prospects are
about 3 percent better than last month.
PRANK L. MERRILL, MINER M. JUSTIN,
Asst. Agric. Statistician. Agricultural Statistician.