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
Weather in Indiana during June continued warmer and drier than normal. Nights
were generally cool and there were very few excessively hot days. Farm work made good
progress. Many fields intended for corn or soybeans had not been planted by July 1.
Corn condition on July 1 was reported at 73 percent of normal, 4 points above last
year and 3 points below the 10 year average. Corn is clean and well cultivated. Irregularity in height is common in all sections. In general, stands are light, due partly to insect
damage and partly to poor germination of seed. During the past dry weather, corn has
been rooting deeply even if little top growth has been made. A production of 152,184,000
bushels is indicated at this time compared to 160,474,000 bushels produced last year. Corn
on farms is estimated to be 33,398,000 bushels, while a year ago, estimated stocks on
hand were 13,365,000 bushels.
Condition of winter wheat on July 1 was 71; last month, 67; a year ago, 79; ten
year average, 77. The usual change from June to July is an increase of 1 point. The
three northern districts report the lowest condition. Stands are thin but the heads have
filled well. The dry spring and early summer favored this crop's development. Hessian fly
caused some damage locally. A yield of 15.0 bushels per acre and a production of 27,600,-
000 bushels is the estimate. Production last year was estimated to be 29,109,000 bushels.
Wheat stocks on farms is estimated at 1,898,000 bushels; a year ago the carry-over was
2,711,000 bushels.
The oats crop is reported at 54 percent of normal or 19 points below June 1. The usual
drop for this month is 1 point. Most stands are fair to thin. Generally, straw is short
and will be difficult to bind. Many growers have given up hope of grain and are pasturing
their oats. A production of 29,392,000 bushels is estimated compared to 38,610,000 bushels
last year. The carry-over of oats on farms is estimated to be 5,792,000 bushels; last year
it was 2,092,000 bushels.
Barley condition of 61 is 19 points below June 1 while the average change is an
increase of 1 point. Weather which has been so injurious to the oats crop has also injured
the barley crop. A production of 306,000 bushels is estimated for the state compared to
572,000 bushels produced last year.
Rye condition changed but little since June 1. Apparently the crop was far enough
along that the last month's dry weather affected it but little. A yield of 11.0 bushels per
acre and a production of 1,089,000 bushels is the estimate. Production last year was
2,542,000 bushels.
Potatoes at 54 percent of normal are 27 points below the 10 year average. Early
potatoes are reported low in condition to a complete failure. Late plantings have not had
enough rain to secure good stands.
Alfalfa condition is 74; a year ago it was 93. A medium first cutting has been harvested and later cuttings are entirely dependent on future rains. Timothy is short. Some
clover was curled and burned.  Some fields carried much whitetop.
Tobacco condition at 40 is 38 points below last year and 35 points below the 10 year
average.
Apple condition of 15 is 12 points below last month. The usual decline is 9 points.
Since July 1 hail has damaged fruit in the south. Peaches have done little to offset the
damage of last winter. The dry weather has been more favorable for the pear crop.
Grapes have been reported uniformly good, compared to other fruits.
In Reporters' general farm flocks, the average number of hens and pullets of laying
age was 85. The percent laying was 45.4; a year ago, 46.9. Young chicks in general farm
nocks average 243; last month, 231; a year ago, 211.
On Reporters' farms, 77.6 percent of the cows were being milked; a year ago, 76.2.
Daily production per cow milked was 20.8 pounds; last month, 22.8; a year ago, 22.2
pounds.
Supply of farm labor is reported at 90 percent of normal; a year ago, 98. Demand
tor farm labor is 90 percent of normal; a year ago, 86. Farm wages are reported 12 percent above a year ago and 8 percent above last April.
THE PIG CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, 1936
(Cards collected by Rural Carriers, P. O. Dept.)
The spring pig crop was 13 percent larger than in 1935. The number of sows farrowing this fall is expected to be 22 percent greater than in 1935.
In the United States, the pigs saved this spring were estimated to be 29 percent more
tnan in 1935 and the sows to farrow this fall, 14 percent more than in fall of 1935.
. TT UNITED STATES
A United States wheat crop of 638,400,000 bushels in 1936 is indicated by condition
°n July 1. This would exceed the 1935 crop by about 15,000,000 bushels.
ifinXfttrai Statistician. FRANK L. MERRILL,
«INER M. JUSTIN, Assistant Agricultural Statistician.