Georgia crop reporting service [1948]

Georgia

.. .
FA-'!11.r}'RICE R~ORT AS OF n:Ec:s~m:mR 15, :.1947 .~ Janu.a. ry 194.-8

The index o . . ~rices rece~ve:d by Georgia: f~riners on :oe-cember 15, 1947 ,.ras 266% of the 1909-1914 a.ve:cage, compar.~.d with 251 one month ago. The

_,,..,..,,nt index is the hig hes.t .since April 1920, with . the exce"":'tion' of October 1946.
ng t.he '?ast 30 days . ~he p ric~ of- c6'tton Prtt adyari:eed 2. 8 :cent~ ner uormo.,
tonseed increased fr:oin $88. oo par tCln :on Novemb~r .15 t .o , $95 1 oo on- :tiec.ember 15,
lting in an. increa~e: of the Cctton a.nd Cottonseed index from 270 t o 292... .. Beef

tle . ;milk CQ\vs, e~gs_, butter and butterfat ail m.ade sharp advances since last

rt date. The December 15 pri,:e level of other 'com~odi ties eho,,red littl e

iathn from one mo!l'th ago, -

.

, .

'' .:



' .

.;.;=.:=...--::..:==: Breaking all p r .evious recor~, s ., the : i~dex of n'Tices receli ved by

. .fitrme~s jumpe.d 5 per ~ent d.urfng the month ended December 15. to 301

cent

the i~09'..:14 averag~ . ThiS> is 4 p~r cent .above the urevious 'high of 289

t in october 19!7. ~ Mea."1.'vhile the )evel of ,prices p~id by far;;,ers 'includ.i'ng

erest ana. t~e~ ~eached a nm.-r record of .24!5 l?er: c e nt of t):le 19. ~0-14 aver.age,

thte-r"eco':L d se I; the pL'CY i

.





{!). o 1.1.? . '

most :rede~t' mo~ths increa~es in .~ rices of ;s.ome :coq!llodi ti~s have 'been off~et to

e~tent bJr decrea ses in o chers. '. Th:is month, liowever, average -prices for every

group of t he price;::.. Ieceived inCJ_~x':i.'ncreased except fruit,, with-.the result that

overall incre~se fn the ;?rices received inde.x : \1/aS th,e . sha,r:pest s'ince l1arch 1947.

of mid,;Decemb.er~ farmers .'!Jere receiving all-time hi gh urices fo:r ifve s tock nnd

stock p roo.ucts, .food grains, f ~e d grains and hay, .@d~ oil-bearing .cro:o.s. \'r.tleat,

s, barle.y, and co'-tttmseed. brought ne:Vr recot:d prices. . , Eggs were the highest of December since 1820, and meat animal 1Jl'ic~s averag ed.' high e r than in any other
ember on,: ~ec_or d . Dairy prodt.lC.t p rices- as of mid-December ,11ere exceeded only by

se of Dece[,1ber 1946. On. t he 'other hand, fruit prices in mid-December averaged

per cent 'louer than a year ago;

'.
ces paid by . farmers for i terns used in production and iri .fa.inily living \Jere both r than :on NoYe!'!lber 15. l;iajo{increases in production i, t .eJils occurred in feed
buil cJ.i ne materials. !Jicst of th e increase in rG,ral 'liv'ing ':costs over }!ovem9er 15 dq.e- to . r.f.!-..g..her. n.. ric.-. es fo~UH0.1hf5 11lQ,l.er.1i:il:~.- . ---..-

Summary Table

-

- - ~...,. _, ~ .7'7. .:- . : - -::-. - - - - : - - - - - : - - - - - : - - - - - : R e c o r d - h i g h prioi='--t~--_.

.;..

Dec . 15,: Hov . J.5, . : D.~e., _ 15 .: December 15, 1947

-------------

-

-

1946
---

-

-:

. 1947
- --

.
-

-. :--.1-94..-7.'

-:. . .-:---ln-d--e-x-----:---D-a-t-e--' -

ces Received

264

287

. ,; 3.0. 1

289

Oct. 1947

ces paid, including intereGt and taxes

212

241

.. . -245 .. ..

.,2')

Nov. 1947

Parity ratio

125

119

123

133

Oct. 1946

- - - - - - - - - - - - -------~-----------

SB807 9 ';.

D. L. FLOYD

ARCHIE LANGLEY

~ricultural Statistician I n Charge

Agricultural ,S atis:tic1au
J

... ..

Cotton, lb.

. ~~t'?Jl&~ed.e to~

.

.

'

. 12.6 :: r

31.0 ~

i::4.39 , 93.00

. 32.5 ~

:
35.3

' 88.00 95.o. :

~ ay(1oose)ton

. . 17.85 : 20.50 .2Q.QO. 19. OtJ ;

.

:

Hc;>J,Sipei'. C'1fte "... $1:

22.00

23';20 ~3'.. 4 ;
::

. .. .i.3

c c(Oa;tt
' .. ...

.l~,~~ ,; -..



$:

.... .' . :y i.'ii, lk .cows .. head $ . ].} 38.85

13.20 98,00

1s.oo: 17.0' :
106.00: 110~01 ..

' .$= .y ; ..

158.15
.

;

122.00 :

.. $; ..
~ : ' ~ I ...

... 210.00' . ~I

115.o.o:: 115.~ :_]}
. 195~00: 195. CO :

13.2 :: 33 ..0

21.3 . : 59.0

. .i ~ i;

;:

' 3lo0 : 31o0
. 70_;,0 : 73Q

24~6

. . 63.0
..

59.0 63.0

257 I 62;,0, 61.0 640

2.42 l 5.80 6.00: , s. oo :

- : .: . :

4 . 20:

P~anuts, lb. ..
.. lJ ..l~~.r;:~ge J~~~~

19io-5De.0c.e~;:ber:

9.0: 1914

.

~
4',20
s:
10.1 :

4.. 20 ' : 10.0. :

.

. 12.4

\' 30.0

&
::

22.55::9;L.50

. 31.9 :: 89.10'
. ':

l.lo87 ':: 17.70 17.30

1.a1 ;:62 .70 24.20
. . 5.-42 :17.49 18'~'80
. 48.00i46.00 : 159.00 '.

136.66 ~ 5~. 5b . ; 52.BQ

' 153,90 ios.oo : 10100

llo4 '27.~4

. .'. J 24;,9

~~P. .:.,2

21;,5 =47;,0 :
25.5 73.3.

514... : 1, -5.8..7. ~

68..1

... ~~0

. 26.3

87.0

: :

780 . '

~ : 87;7

. 1.60 5.10 ; 4.so ..~

- . 380 ; 44a

.. ..... .',275

.3,:13

. . 4.8 8.9 . 10.1

. .. . .

-~~~~~======~====

oF I NDEX NUMBEas. Fruc:i;f ~.ECEI.'V:EP BY. v~ :~m$ I N GIDRGIA

. l

(~gti~~ ~~9 ; ~ J~~f . ~914 = l COf

.

. '\ .

. .. o'. '!'

. ,D~:. ~~

-li...-.1.-..Cr-o-mm_o_d...,i_,.t..i..._e_s____- - - ~i~

. _ g~!i~~ ~ .Cot~onse.e~ .. . .!. .i~i

..--'----.',Nov, 15

l;)ec;.l5 :

~~ ..1;.:,;.~rP~..i..-. *-..:....._..;.~ .:.;..:1:;.~.,;,:~~:- ~J

:,. :.:. ..; . ~ ~~~ . . ~~~ ..

Meat .Animals

318

. . . . D~ .ry Products :.-:.-.-: .:

. 223

. .

Chi cken & Eggs .

2

Frul. ts

Miscellaneous

163

nevi sed

~ . .

:.. 365 . . ~29 . , .. 300 -. .
106
158

3nf
. ;23.4
. ..310_, 106 160

.. .. :AfterFiveD~y.$~~turn 't~ . : : ~: : ... , .

. U~~~e~ States Dep.artme_!lt_:of. ~r.iCI.llt .ll'e

;. i

Bureau of Agricu1turn.l Economies:

. . _. . :' ...

319 Extension Building

.

A hens, Georgi a

Ps~a1ty fQr private$use to avoid p.,ept of postage 300.

..

OFFICIAL BUSii.iESS

!'o:rm B.AE-ill-1/48- 1703 .:....

Parmi t No. 1001 ...,.. '::.. ; . ...

.~: : : 0

,,:

11 iss . ~ , ,:. ee s e , L' brar ian ,

tat e Jol ~ge of Agr i . ,

Athens , Ga.

.... . . t ,; ' .~ ~ . .: . ': :: .

UNiTE.D 5TATE.Si

OEPARTM E.t'+r (;)F j

AGR t C u -L..1:-uRL

.

.r :

.

:
.

. ... '

; J ~

Atlotens, ' Georgia.

Febr1..la.:r;y ..3, , 1948

:FARM PRICE REPORT a.s of JA~UARY : L5, 1948

GEORGIA:

. .
Th~ - ,a.ll COITIIl\qdity ind~X , .ot: p~ic.es receive~ bJ: Georgia farmers qr_oppe d
tw~ ? Oint~ from 266 to 264 during the month ending J~nuary 15, a.s

measu red by tli.e August 1909 to July 1914 average. Maki n g up the ma.jbr . part of

the decre~se we:r.e cotton, which fell from 35.3 .to 35;0 cents a pound, and eggs -
a the latter off eight cents from e. previ ous 73 cents dozen. I~ addition the ..

price of butter dtopped three cents to bring . it down to 61 cents: a pound a.n

hogs dec lined 10 cents from a.n ori ginal $23 .40 per c'ivt. Partially offsetting these declines was the rise in price . of corn from $2 ~ 05. to $2 .1() a bushel.

UNITED ;STATZS: The over-all indexes for the United States behaved s ome differently than the ones for Ge orgia.. The ~ first mon~h of the new
year brought Hnother sharp rise ;i._n. p rices paid by fa)mers togetper with a rise in average prices r eceived by them.' The index of p ripes receive~ by farme rs rose 2 per cent to ~ 307. Both indexes are at ne11 a:ll-time: highs, but the parity ratiQ
de clined 'to 1Z2." J' t the same time the i 'ndex of' prices paid, including i ntere.st and ta~es, ro~e 2. 4 per..cent above .the 24~ re.ached in De.cember to 251.

Th'e rise in the index of prices :reGeived ."by farmers is 0\lllihg chiefly .to sharply hi.gher meat animal prices , and i 'ncreases in. pric,es of corn, oats, rice, soybeans,
potatoes, and g~ain .sorghums , lfh.icn we re onl~.i' pa'rticilly offs et :by lo't e r ' p-rices .
for eggs, cotton, apples, and pears .

The 6 point rise in the index of prices paid, ~.J:l..cl u ding inte~e~t : .and :t;axe .- ..the

sharpest since ll month s . ago - .results pri ncipall_y from higher prices for f ee d

and for food, together with higher tax and inte.r e st payments per acre on farm

real estate. Preliminary esti!'lates indic ate that taxes payable per acre in 1 948

> . . ~iill be about 16 _per cent hi gher, _a.r 9- .!:.!Jat . interest _payments per acre will be

about 4 per cent higher, than in 1947.

.;

Summa: ry Table for United States . .

--~--------~----~-------------------------

._Tan, .:1-5, De c. 15, : Jan. 15, Re~o~d high prior to

PriCes indexes

1947: . r

1947

1948 : Januar~~9_4_8__~--

:

:

:

: . :Index :

Date

--------------------------------------~---

Prices received

260

Prices paid, including

301

307

301 Dec. 1947

interest and taxes

215

Parity ratio

121

245

251

245 Dec. "1947

123

122

133 Oc;:t. 1946

----------------~------------~---~--------

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

HARRY A. ''1IITE Ag ricultura~ Stetistician

...~.~

t.

:.; / ('

! .'lheat, bu.

... . ~- . -:
Corn, bu.

. . . .. . . 112 ...:.
o83 :

. .

.

..-

.
L.35. ::

a.1oi -' .:... .64 ;

' 1.35:
.. t- .

:
.. o40 : . .

. . 2.15: 225:

. . - ... :

.. ....

.70: . . .: .

.. . . 2;.00: 185: 200:

.

. .. : .
121: . : 1.18:
: ..
1.29: . l. 72: ' - ~ . ;.. . :
2.20: 204:

.....1,.;.;.:.8::6.

Cotton, lb.

:

$;. Cottonseed,ton
Hay( loose ).ton . $;

12.6 :
. 24.39 ;
17.85 :

. . 30.9 : 35.3 :
. . 93.00; 95.00:
20.50: 19.00:

. 35.0 :
95.00: :
20.00:

12.4 : 29o7 : 341 : 33ol
2255 : 0040: 94;.80: 95.10 11.87 : 17.50: 18.10: 18.70

Hogs, per cvtli.

.

Beef Cattle,cwt. $:

. Milk cows, head $~ J}

. Horses,- head, $: .]} -

Mules, head

$:

:

:

':

. . 19.70: . 23.40: 23.30:-
.

' 3.87 14.00: 17.00: . 17.00:
38.85 ' . 96.00:110.00: llO.QO~J/

. '

:

. :

:.

;

l58.l.5 1 12o.oo: 1~5.oo: .u9.oo:J/

:

:

;

:

. . ; 207 .oo: 195.00: 200.00:

7.27 5.42 48.00

. 21.80: 24.00: 26.70
17.30: ' 1980: : -21~-50 ': ""
144.00! 163eOO: 170.00

136.60 55.40: .so.oo: 51.40
153.90 : 1co-.oo: ~.so: 99~1o : .:

Chickens, lb.

. 13.2

31.0. : 31.0 : . 31.6

11.4 25.6

26. 3

Eggs,doz.

21.3 ..... -52.0 73.0

.. 21.5 .: 4le3

48o7

Butter, lb . Butterfat, lb. Milk (wholesale)
per 100# jj
Cowpeas, bu. Soybeans, -bu.

.;

. 24.6

589 .~.o 6lo0 .: ':.

25~7

58 .0 64.0 . : 64.0 :

:

. .

$;, ..
. $~- ..

2.42
...

.

_ . $'

., . ..

s.8o: 5.00: -:- 4-. 2():

s,oo:.
4.75: 4.20:

s.oo: :
5.oo:
. ~.20:

. 25.5 66.8

2s.3 .

:
:



74-~s ~ -

..

1.. 60

4.ol: :
.. .. 2~93:

73.0 ..72.0 ~ , , ... . ,.' '. .. . . H?.?

. !
4~41'

4.54

Peanuts, lb. '

.=. .

. 5.o '

9.o : 10.0 10.0 :

'4.8 .. 8.9 : 10.1 _: 10.1

]} Average January, 1910,-December, 1914.

y Prelimi~ary for January 1948

... ')

.'ITD.i-

. . . ~

~

. ..

INDEX NtJH~ERS OF PRICES .R"'C:EIV.Jcrl BY F.lffiMERS IN ~ ciiDRGIA
(August 1909- Ju1y . 1914 =' 100)

. .... :

Jan. 15

nee. 15

1947

1947

es
Cotton & Cottonseed

. '

292

Grains

224

Meat Animals

. 379 .

Dairy Products

234

., Chicken& Eggs .

310

Fr u its .

100 :: '

Mi see-lleneous

* Revised:

290
228
. 3.78 . 232 285 106 161

. After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agric.qlture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 3lfl-Extension..Rui1ding. ___ Athe~s_, Georgia .

Penalty for private use to avoid
payment of postage $300 ..

OFFI.CI,t.L BUSI NESS
Form BAE~B-l/31{48-1703 Fermi t No. 1001

. ; s s. ,. e ; r. ' '

~s~ . r i r:1ri.::tn ,

ta Col ~~c of .g i .,

q.

th en s , Ga.

8 U R.ILAU 0 F"
AGRICULTURAL - ~ ~CONOM IC~

-'lt'.1.cns, Georgia ..

.,.

-- - -I...J.V.S.S...TO-C-I-( -O-N--GE~ORG.I-A....-F-AID-1-S- .. ~J-A_N._U_l.~hY- -1.1 1948

February 201 1948

Georgia farmers decreased inventory numbers o! lj,.yestock"during 19h7 according to
data co1apiled by t he Georgia,_ Crop Reporting Service. This report relates to estim~ted numbers on hand January 1, 19L~8 1.rith comparj,sons for earlier years"! Numbers of al~ species of livestock except horses - which were unchanged from one year ago - showed decreases from last ye'ar . In order of ra~, decreases were: turkeys 25f61
chickens 7%, sheep 7%, mules 4~~' hogs 2%1 all- co..ttle 1?~, and milk covrs 1;~.

Despite t he decreased n~ers, tot~l ~~lue of . li~estock on farms January 1 amounted to !)180,965,000 or an increase o.f 3:% over the 0175,864,000 of one year. ago.

, r, ,

The estimated 38,oo'o horses was unchanged from one year ago , but mule nwnbers fell

\ ?ff 4% from 268,oqo -~o 257 ,ooo. Co-;;.1b ined value of the two classes of Vmrkstock was

1 :., 551 03?, 000

comp?-re:d :--rit~ _?9,194,QOO,

.

.. .

a

decrease

of

7%.

Number of hogs wa_s 1,654,ooo: c~~ar.ed 1:4th 11 688,000 last year with respective val11es of ~::~40,192~000 and ~;36-, 292~000,; o. gain of 11% in value.

,

C at~le n~ers of -~1 145,00~ ag~~s~ 1_/157,000 ane year ag ~ showed a 10% greate~

value

-

...,73,166,000

compar{:ld
/

Witn
.~ ;-

._16~61?'59;,1

0

0

0.
.r

.
\' '

r

on Value for chick.ens and turlieys hand ytcfs ~1Q_, h77 ,+000 or IJ%less than .the corr~

sponding .figure of ~13 1 490 1 000 last year. .

DISTRIDUTION OF GEORGIA LIVES TOCI~ VALUES BY KINDS ON FAll.I
January.l1 1948 -: (Percent of total value of livestock)

Ho g s
$40,192 ,000 (22.2%) .

All Cattle and Calves
$73,166 , 000
. (40. 5%)

Mules

\

$so, 629, ooo
(28.0%)

After five days return to .

United States Iepartment of Agriculture

Bureau of Agricultm:al Economics ..

319 Extension Building

. " .

Athens, Georgia

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Form BxE-i1.-2f48/ 6041 Permit No . 1001

!

Penalty for private use to avoi payment of posta~e $300.

'.

' iss. ~~ el lie L Reese , uibrari.an,

tate Col l ege of Agri.,

:eq .

Athens, Ga.

I
~

r,::_;~_:.~~-~1.~-~:"__. :__:_..-. .-~~- --T....,-~ ~:. -- ~';"':~~- -~:-:.:-...--~-=~-~-'7"' - :.~:-... - ;_.:,....~:':. . :..

. <;. :. : j

- . '~- - ~~ - :J;._. ~ .- - :~. ~ -- .._ : . ...., - -~->: . ; ,_~~ :J:.:_t: .. ;._ . . -:._._. \::_~~~_: _ ~-~ T?~r~t;~ ~

, . __:~_~_/< -<

i L!v'ES'roCE ON hinRGIA.-;FAmviS iA.liDA..Tr. -1937, - 1948

,

}.- :

-, - -.-: T'.:-.ousi.<d :Farm Value .:To~al ~arm ~ue I' : Thousand _: Farm Va ue :To Fm'm Va;lue

:Ye~ _:_ Heq4.:_ , : Per Head : Thousey'ld Ibllars. :

Heed .

: Per Reod : Thou~rmd Ibllal;'s

ns.oo : :

; . ~or:e~ add. eoits"::'> . ' ,-

~-i37___ _ za . $

$ '3,450

. :'-<.\ .~ ~
33

an{rfule .Colt_s'... ..

. 174.00 $

. :)~-77

:ll:l38
[1939 :lfMO :rg4l ..

. 32 .
33 35 .. . ... 37

105.00
105.00.-.r-'-< 103.00
98~00

3,360
3,465 3.605 3;629' .

334

154.00

--~. 331 ..~- 150.00

51 ",436' _49,650..

. 320

155.00

49,600 .

. - -. '-1314-

-150.00 ..__ ----- . !17 .100

1'942

:38

_104.00

3,955

311

155.00

48,205

1943

38

114.QO

4,325

297

174.00

51,678

1944

:38

126.00

4,802

291

204.00

59,3G4

19'l5 1046

38

U9.00

4,525

38

116.00 .

4,408

285

199.00

2?6

' 194.00

56,715 53 ,544

Ll47 ] ) 48

38

119.00

38

116.00

4,522 4,408

268

204.00

257

197.00

54,G72
50,82~

Cows anClHeifers, 2 years old oncl over,

Catt-le and Cal.v$s T~i:rr-~-:9;v;35 $--w.-go -18,606

-369

keJ.lt for milk.. $ 3o.oo w- --11,070

. 19381839

912 924

:2.0n-..6500

18,787 19:, 866

36.9

31.00

11,439

365

32.00 .

- lr;o'8CJ""

1940 1941 HA2
1943 1944 1945
1946 1947
1~e

953 963 1,011
1,062 1,136
1,181
1,1-16 1,157 1,145__ _

23.40 24.?0 32.70
41.80 44.90
4490..8~00 57.70 63.90

22,300

369

35,00

12, 915

23,750 .

~6.2

3?.00

13,394

33,033

;-<so

50.oo

1 ~ looo

l 44,3~7
sJ..,oos

I

395 399

62.00 69.oo

24,490 27,531

I - 48,lf!5

.

395

! 56,498

103

63.00 73.00

2294,,8481~5

l 6n6.,:7w59L__

__ 1 399 ____L_ _ _...3..!>!9""-5_ _ _...:..__

8s.oo
_.94'-..C.o""o,_ __

_

33,915
__~_'-'.1~3~o_

_..

7 ~--------n~~~~~~~~~----~-------,r------l,.S05

1937

94

.Rum~g~s~1~~I~n~c~J,~Jd~.80iun~g~P$~i~g~s---

11,739

1833

96

1,412

7.10 .

10,025

1%9

79

1,668

7.20

11, 966

19<hl

74

1, 750

5.60

9,800

1941 1942 1943

67 80' 89

I

1,590
1, 732 1,875 J.;

5.90 9.3o
13.00

9,381 16,108 24,375

194-1 1945
19<15

h

~

97
:no

lOZ



2,065

I

1, ?34 1,507

12.10
12. so
17.20

24,986 21,650
25,920

1947 ~948

129

1 1,688

21.50

36,292

123

L__L_, _.1~,6~54~----- ---~24~,3LQ~------~40~

o:r-r a, ~nickens i8xcluding chic~<fer 3 mos.

1:P"37

.60 $

4,861

Turkeys

. 59

$

2.30 $

136

1 ~8
]\sg

7,138
'7, soo .

62

4' 426

.62

4,898

. 54

2 35

127

46

2~45

113

1940

8 ,219

.56

4,603 .

47

2.30

108

1911

7,M2

.59

:1,509

52

2.30

120

1942

9,159

7!

6' 778

4 7

2. 80

132

1943

10,244

.92

9,4~4

48

3.80

182

1944

11,198

LH

14, ?66

45

5.oo

225

1945

9,811

1.20

11,773

35

5.20

182

1946

10,139

1.30

13,181

eM

5.80

255

1;347
~-948

9,256 8,639

lo 42 1.41

13 ol 14 12, 181

L __ I
___

._-:"'!i5l5ul. ~_

_

6 30 _ _o..6 ..>:5llJOt.__ _

_

___

346
_J>t.,!JlJ.-- ;I

Total value is sum of values by age l}rOuJLlh__._*~IIdi~'cl~;!.b..ul.l.!d,s:ae_y,d':....l.LJn.'L.1c.salo.l.tw.t..~ol.s:;.e-'awn..l.ld.1......1.c;.s::a~o~.l.llv~"".._s._,- - - - - - : - - ----1

.ARCHIE L.fillGLEY and D. L. FIOYD, Agricu1 tural Stati stici<ms

'UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK INVENTOEY - - - - - -JANUARY 1, 1948

The number of live stock on farms and ranche s declined durinrr 1947 to the lowest level since 1~9 Numbers h().Ve dropped 4 years in succession sine~) reaching t he all-time peak on January 1, 1944.

The decline in lives tock and poultry numbers is attributable to various causes. High p rices for meat animals encouraged marketing, resulting in a heavy rate of _slaughter in relation to invent~

nurubers. Reduced feed supplies in the last half of tho year accompanied by high feed prices

btciruo.r,n~t.h~nlge~nleirvdess.tocVklitfheew4oirnkg

operation
stock, tiie

s and pr~ed marketing and~er cul1in~ of__f1o decline represented. a further retreat n avor o

cks ~ meclum11

Not:vithstandi.p.g the smaller numbers of every species this year, the farm value .of livestock and

pc~onutl

try on above

Jonuary 1, 1948 hit a record high of 13,451 _last year and 90 per cent ahove the 1937-46

million dollars. average. January

n-.is value was 1, 1948 values

12 per per head

oz cattle, nags, sheep, chickens and turkeys were the highest on Pecord.

T:.t"J.e decreas~ in cattle .numbers during 1947, amounting to 2,643,000 h ead, was one of the largos~ ~;q;erienced. It resulted from a record slau8hter of catble and calves accompanied py reducf:!.i 1mpo~ts_ ol:' cattle from it'.iexico. The effects of this heavy slaughter on the Jaz).uary 1, 1948 catt populahon was eased by a better-than-average calf crop in 1947.

Roe; numbers, down 3 per cant from last year, were the lowest since r esult of heavy marketings of hogs , d:uring the last quarter of 1947

1941. which

The more

dtehc~linoeffsvieaSt

a the

increase in t he 1947 pig crop.



..

T'no . nu.rnber of horses and mules doclinod sharply, though the decre ase in numbers was not so lar as l~ 194? or 1945. Th0se declines contiJ:!ued the dovm:ward trend which began in 1915 :for hor ses

and 1n 19<l5 for mules.



'Ihe number of chickens on far.ms ym.s dov~ 2 per cent from last year to the lowest level since 1~ ~~ r.umb er of pullets was about the samo a s last ye ar -- tho decre ase being in hens and other

?h1c.lcens. A drastic reduction of 32 per cent \'lll.S record0tl fo-r turkeys, bringing tqo January 1

1nventory to the smal1~st number of record b egir~i~g- in }92~. .

.

UNITE.O 5TATE..5 . . OE.P..A.R"TME.N'T OF"
AGRIC.,UI-TURL
. /c)~
~I Vf-/
Vl<llVE.RSITY OF' e.E0R61A OF AG~7UCUI..T.Uf\F_

Athens, Georgia

March 3, 1948

GEORGl~: The All. Commodity index of prices receiv~d by Georgia farmers made th~
ani . .greates-t chan~e during the past month (January 15 to Februa~ 15) of
30-day -pet"iod in . the p~st twenty years. ,The index on February 15 was 245% of the . 1909-19~4 averag~, compared wit? 264% on January 15, a decline of 19 points. This

is

the

s..har-pest

change

since

Sep. tember

1927 when

the . in.dex

advanced 29 ~

points.

The current decline in .the price l .evel 111as g~neral for most commodities. The index

of Meat Animals was . down 38 points, Chickens and .Eggs 29 points, Cotton and Cotton-

seed 24 points, Grains 8 points; while D~iry product:s, Fruits, and Miscellaneous
. products made 11 ttle chang~ from the January 15 ;teve.l. .

UNITED STATES: After rlsing steadily with .only minor hrterruptions since June 1947,

. . .. . ..

the . in~ex o~ pric~s received by farmers made one of t}le sharp~.st

dr6ns on record during the past .month. . It .is ne.cessary to refer back to 1920 and

1921 to .find co~parable decreases. On a percontage basis the.decrease between

February and March 192.1, amounting to 12 ryer cent, compares~111ith the 9 per cent drop

this month. The slump in prices receiv~d was general with only a fe111 . com111odities

showi~ higher nrices. Prices rcrceived. by farmers fo~ food and feed grains, oil-

bearing 'Crops, ~c.otton.: and meat animals 111ere sh8.11>lY lo111er, but on the other hand, .

rice, haY, oranges, potatoes and sweetpotatoes made moderate gains. At 279 per cent

of its 1909:...14 .average the index is 28~ points below last month"s record high- of 307 .

but 17 1J'Oints E(bov.e. tl:J.e 2.62 of a year ago.





The dec!:e9:s~ in the indox of prices .Paid including int e rest and taxes was much .
smaller, a!Dounting to 3 points or about ), per . cent from the aU-time high of a
month earlier. Lower feed prices accou~ted tor most of the decrease, but reduced
prices paid by farm families for fqod also contributed to the decline. At 248 per cent of~~hc 1910-14 a~e~age the index is 27 points or 12 per cent above the .level
f a year .ago.

As a result of the much sha~er drop in prices received by farmers than in prices

paid by farmers, including interest and t{ues, the parity ratio dropped sharnly to

112 per cent. This compares with the record high of 133 in October 1946, and the

119 a ye~r ago.



__ --:. _ :. . . _ -- _ .__ ~ _______ ...;.. _______~l!!!_m!!_r~ !a1~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Price indexes

.

. . : Feb, 15, :. J an. 15, :. Feb. 15,
: 1947 : 1948 .: 1948

..: - -R-ec-or-d -hi~~h- - - - -

: Index

Date

P-r- ice-s -re-ce-iv- ed--~---- - 262-----3- 07------2- 7-9-.: ----3-07---J- an-. -19-48-

Prices paid, including

interest and taxes

221

251

248

251 Jan. 1948

-- - -P.a-rity

ra- ti-o-

-

-

-

-

--

-

1-19-

-

-

-

- 1-22-

-

-

-

-

-

112
--

-- -

- 13-:3-

-

-O-ct-.

-19-46

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Stati'stician
In Charge

.
-

ARCHIE . LANGI$Y Agricultural Stati st'ician
I' ' .

1un 4

I IA I I I

G '1t

.. ..

COi.tMODITY
AND UNIT

- GD;)RGIA . ,.. -

-:. ~

UNITED STATES :.

li'eb.
15 1948

Wheat, bu.

2.12

:

Corn, bua

$:

Oats, 'bu.

.$:'

Irish Potatoes,bu .$1

;

. lo65' 2elO:' 2~05'

.67'

1.1a: le35: 125:

. :

I

2.00:
. :

2o251

2e251

. e64 : I
40 : e70 :

1.23 .ao
1o30

246 1.27 1.86

1.92. 1.04 1.93
.,

Sweet Potatoes, bu.$=

. 2.101

200:'

2251 I

. . 88 ; 2o28 217 .

2,.31 .



Cotton, lb.
. . . . . .. ... Cotto'nseed_~_ ton $'. . Mloose.)ton $=

. . . . . ... . . Hogs2 Ear cwt. $' . . . .. Bee Cattle 1 cwt . $1 . . . . . . . . Milk Cows, head $:JJ

- . .. . . ... . . . Chickens, lb.

~=

-: . .. I

. . .. . Ep:J;ts, doz.

~=

. .- ,. . . .. .. Butter, lb.

t~'

. . .. . .. ... . Butterfat1lb.

rJ.I'

. . . . . .. . Mil~ (~Tho+~s2]e.)

. . "Per lOCF.b 2

$'

- . ..- . . .. ...- . -... Cowpeas, bu..

$: I

.. . Soybeans,bu.

$'

. . .. . .. . . ... Peanuts,lb.

<t'!

12,;6 : 32o2 350 ' 32e0 ;

24~391
17.851

93.oo= 9500' 87eOO' :
2050' 2o.oo: 20.001

7.331 3e871

20.50~ 23.30: 18;,80:

I

:

:

14.1Q; 17.00: 16.20:


38.85' 95.00:110.00&108.00;



13,;2

29 0 .; 31.6 ; 31.6



2le3 24.6

.
~

I 48.0 580

.

650 610

; :

56.0 : ' -
58.0 ;

25.7 ;
I

56.0 ! 64.0 : 6le0 I
:

2.42'
-i
I
... :

570: 5o20:
4.5o:

6o00: 500: 4.20:

s.o5:

~-

5 20:

0

I

~

4 .50:

5.0 : 9o3 10.0 : 10.0

' 12.4

306 ' : 331

22.55 : 88.20 95~10

llo87 ' 727 5e42 I

1750 :. 1870
I
: 24e30 26.70 ' ;
17.00 2150 :

48.00 ; 144.00 ; 170.00 '

lle4
- ~2-15 25e5 26.3
.1.60
~
. : 4.8 . ;

25e3

26~3 '

38e6 : ,48 7

:
634 72o0

:

'

67.8

I
:

87-.7 -. e'

. :
4e46 so9
.

409 4~54

:

l:i3e00 4.11

-



9.0 10.1

307 88.60 19.60 21.6"0 19.50 167.00 26e0 45.0 69;,4 84.9
498 4.54 2.97 10.0 -

.
'
..
..
I
..
'
. ~
'

JJ Average J anu~y, 1910 - December, 1914.

: 3} Preliminary for February 1948

j

-'

..

INDEIX NUMBERS OF PRICES RiOC:EIVED BY F,ARMERS IN G:IDRGil

ITEM

(August 1909 - July 1:914 = 100)

.. '

Feb. 15

Jan. 15

1947

1948

Feb. 15 1948 '"I

All Commodities

.

Cotton ~c Cottonseed Grains

Me"at .Animals

Dairy Products

Chicken & Eggs

'

Fruits
b!tu see llaneous

'"Ravised

248
270 181
3~1 .
214 224
191 166

264

..

290

245

'\,1

266

228 378

..

220 . 340

232 285 106

. .. ..

230 256

106

.

161
--

162 ..

1

After Five Ilalfs RetUrn to

United States Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Agricultural Economics

319 Extens~on Building

Athens, .,Georgia

.

,OFFICIAL BU' SINESS

,..- _,

~-

Form BAE-E-3fl/48-l824

-

..,..........

Penalty for private use to avoid

p~yment. of postage $300

.

..

:

'

I

.,
- - - - - I . .. ,,

.

. I

Permit No,lOOl
.

'iss. Ne llie lJ Reese, Librarian, tate College of Agri.,

.,

.~ eq.

. Athens Ga.
- . __,.

lk

I

- .r:. "-

-'

:...J

UNt'TE.O 5TATE.~ OE:PAR.TME.NT OF AGR I C.I.J t...TU RE..
l/ :..-c/t _) v p~.

GEORGIA

BURE.AU OF AGRICUl-TURAL
E. CON OM IC.5

~~

cff~

UNIVERSITY OF' GE.OR.61A C.OLLE.GIE. OF AG.M.ICI,;l-TURE.

Athens, Georgia

GtOA.ISIA ,.-.GRI~ULTURAL
LXTLN$10N SE.RVI.C.E.

TRUCK CROP

March .l5, 19h8

GENERAL: During the first two weeks in 11arch excessive rainS kept soil -~-... generally too ..we t and prevented essential planting already far

behlnd . In the early areas warm arid clear weather . is nc;!eded for crop to

overcome some of t heir lateness.



.
C.ABB3-Q..E..,. EI~-~-}_~.PR_I_NG: Condition of the cabba[;e crop is reported to be

fair to good . setting of the crop extended over

~ a longer period than normally, and as a :!hole somevrhat later than usual;

ho1'feV(3r1.- limttGd _marke tings are exp ected to be avaiiable the last tw.o . weeks ~ ,larch. Tpe bulk of t~e crop will be harvested in April. Reports

indicate a small increa se in acreage . , .

~~Q.0___l'J'_9RTH _G_~O_R_GIJ~ : A smal l increase in acreage is indi cate d for the
North Georgia cabbage crop. Transplanting' is expeete.d to begin about t.'he usual ..t:L"Tle - from the middle of ApTil to the first of May.

LETTUCE: Condition is fair to good but plants are small . Due to the excessive rains encount.ed c.l.ur:i.ng the planting period, some anti-
cipated acreage was never set . Sorne harvesting is e::pected around the middle of April.

ONIONS: Acreage of qeorgi a 's onions is indicated at 650 or a 28 percent
decrease from the 900 acres ha rve ste d last year. Growth has been retarded by the e;~cessive rains and f a ilure to cultivate.
~IH POTATO}:S: Delayed seed b e d pr eparation as a result of the ex.tremeJ.y v1et vreather in J anuary and February ha s caused planting
to be about two vceks to thirty days behind n ormal .

"ilATER!:E IDNS: li'ebruary acrea ge intentions indicated a bout the. same acreage to be planted this year as last yeart s harve sted . 'l'he latest
information receiveived, hovrever, points to a decrease in acreage due to the continuous unfa~rable weather conditions preventing land preparation and low prices received for last yearts crop . Since the watermelon seas on is very late, it is feared that tobacco setting will interfe re with. additional plantings of watermelons. Tobacco is a main cash crop in the watermelon area and v.rill rec e ive major preference over other crops.

D. L. FIDYD Agricultural Statiotician
In Charge

L. H. HARlUS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator

i TRUCK CROP NOTES - BY STATES ,- -....
/ . ~z'cli .\5; _. ~~ : . . .

-- ,. ,~
--.. :,~: ~ . .

.

,'_. .. .!.. : ~ -~,. .. -:. . ...'" . - t

~. .. ;

. .. . . , .,-

.

'

: ..

CABBAGE i Spring cabbage :ip _South Carolina is in goo.d ~ondi~ion_.:gene;r.al.ly, .- tight
- - --- -- supDlies ,should, b~-:-avafiaoJ.&' 'J:)y-ro:i!ao=.Apr'il with peak of...,s.hipment~i"'- around

Hay Jn Ala.p-~mfi t}!e c.abb:a ge crorL ~rlthstood the heavy rain-s weli . and f a ir ~o g_qcd

yie ld~ are-fu prospect.- .}Lost of the. acreaGe uill not be ready for harverst until

after Apilil.l-. cabbage f:Le lds in Mississippi have been too wet for much culti-

vation. The crop is later than usual, anat:liere will be little movement before

l.lay 1.. Prospects for a go od volume of vrinter cabbage during the remainder of

l'llarch and the month of April continue go od with most of this production coming

f r om the Everglades , Sanford, Winter Gar den,~ and Has tings sections of Fl~~

.

.

L::TTUCE : Wet weather has reta rded development of lettuce in..South Carolina; t>ut

the crop is 1n fair condition with som~ movement expected oi-A'ln:fi .15.

::1eports indicat" pr oduction.' 10 percent les s than ' l~ ::;t . year . In Florida recen:t .

Yveather conditions have be en v ery unfavorab le for .all types of lettuce; Only .a

sma l l

acreage .

of

yoill!-g

planQ.ngs
.

h

o-l
.

d .

~y

promise ~ .

of -f\l..ture

pro r1,uqtion. , .

. .

SNAP BEANS : somo beans have. be en p:j..anted in Hi Rsi.ss:i.ppi1 but we t fields are re ...

.

tarding . plapting _ pr ogr~ss . ~lanting'of .llle s pring crop of snap beans

in Florida is practica lly coll).p~e-te, C!-t this .t:Lme. Only_a fevr beans have beer

planted in Sou-th Carolina_, but v.ri th f avorable wea t hG r r:10s t of : tl:J.e acreage .sJ:lould
be planted oy Apr"il r;--

POTATdcs, I RISH: . The p otato crop in Alab~a- is making satisfactory progress

. ~ - despite -thG e~:tremQ~.hqw r a infall during the first t wo w~eks

of March. l'!I2.rke t ing u sually begins around May 1~ In South c arolint:!. t.oo much : .-

rain has c aused considerable rotting of se ed potatoes mtlie--ground,-and it is

fe are~.. s9mf3. .acreage may . be late . Planting of Miss issippi Irish pota toes .vras

de l ay e d by vre t soils, and practic ally none of ilie- .c.r op>Tas up uhen freezes occurred

on March 12 and 13. .





WATE!i.HELONS : Tho crop in central and south Florida sections i s'making .good progress,

In the . important Leesburg }.:.Aea'tne-Vines are beg~ing __to r~ ~~

the crop a s a 1rhol o is in good condition.



-

'

'

~

r





t. I

,,

NOTE:

Othe r

Georgia f, ~uck

crops

~1ill

be

adde d

as

they

come

'

..

into 'pro duction~

Rcturn ..tfter . Five Days to
United S tates Department of Ag riculture Bureau of !..gricultural Econoraic s
319 Extens ion Building :-,.:_:: --Ath.ns , Geor e i a

Pena lty for Private Use ~o avoid
P2-yment of Postage :a oo.

. . . OI~FICL'i..L .9USiiJESS

Form BAE --D--.:-:3/Ii13-_-T6oo
Permit -- No . 1001

: .

. ,').

. .

. . . ~, ... .. . ' ..

, ":r : r ..,.

. . . .~ ~ . : .
. ..

L. rn. ian , College of : 1 icu _ u e
t . ens, Ga. TC Req,

.. ~ . ....

......

- .- ~ ... -

UNITED STATE.~ OE.PARTME.NT OF . AGRI~UL-TURt..
&roj;
UNIVERSITY OF G.0F(<".,JA
C.OU.t.G. OP' ~GRICUL.TURE,;

; .

Athens, Georgia

"

.

PROSP]CTIVE: p~,TTHTGS FOR 1948

l.~arch 22, 1948

The Cx.op Report.ii}g. Iloli.rd of the :Bureau of .Agricul turni Eco~oinics makes the. following
re:no~t for the united States, on the indicated a~reages of -certain crops in 1948.
"81a~~d... upon, , repor~s from I'arine:fs in all parts -o.f the eo~ntry-:. on or about Mal,"ch 1 re~a.rd.ing their acreage plans ..for the 1948 season.

The acreages f.or 1948 a;e int~rpretation~ of r~ports from grO\"ers and are based on past relationships beh, een such reports and acreages actuaily ,Planted
-: . .) ~
Thei purpose..' of this report is to assist . gro\"ers generally .in making such further
changes in their acreage plans as may ~ ap:oear. desirable; .The. acreages ac~!J.a;lly planted in 1948 may turn out to be It'trger or smaller than i~dicated, by reason of VJeather COnditions: price changes,.; l~bor SUpply, financial COnditions, the agri-
cultural progra'!l, and the effect of .this report itself upon farmers' actions.

= = = = = ::::r == == == ~ = . = = :z: .= = .~ = == = = = = = = -== = = = = :::-..~ = == = '== == = = = :: ;;:;: :
- - - - - - .-----..:. ~ - :-:- -: -..-.;.U-lU~TZ.D--ST.PA'TLE.S:A. iT' En,..-. 'AcRE' A: 0:.E" s---- ~

CROP . .

! . .. : -A-:;1?-;ags-:- ; :-::. ...- - .... ..,.

1 -

I;-dic~t;d-

-: -194S

~~-p;r-

-

- ~ ~ __ - . .-: ~.:_ ___ - - - _ .f-l9J.7=.4. ~:- ..)~41 __: __ ~91:8___ .c.en.t_of.l9~7-.



. . . i . T. h o u s a n d s

Per cent

Corn, all . . . . . .. .. 1
,;ui ;spring wheat. , , . , . . . I
. DU::x:l.iin:~ . ; . ,...:: ::_., . .. ~. I
Other ~prll't'g. .... . . . . . . .

9L 69 6 18, 612 ~2 ,701 15,9ll

86',168 19, 879 2,952
16,927

86,131 19 , 789
3,092
16, .697

-100 99. 5 104.7
98.6

Oats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,],.30

42,501

45, .709

107.5

3arl:3Y:/.. ; . . : . 14. 632
ghu.lns for all :purposes, 1.~.;939

12,030 ll,700

12, 660 12,983

105.2
in.o

t.atoes. .. . . :.. . . . : 2, 897

2,147

2,162

100.7

S\reetpotatoes . . . . . . .;.. ' 733

Tobacco 1). . . . . . . . . . 1,644

~oybe~ns g)~ . . . . . :.' ... ., :. . ~ 1Q,944

Co\::p_e~s Y, ~ : . ~ . - ~- ; ~.) '. ...:. , . 2.,710

> : Peanuts g/~.. . , '...{ ,~: . .--... ..~ ~..::~ . ). 3,254

Hay)J, . . . ~. .., .

~ .~ . ' 72t,.Ol8

618 1,?75 12,894 1,143 4 ,156
I .75,291

560 .1.528 11,659 1,039 3,988
.....74,215

90.7 81 .5 90.4 90.9 96 .0
98.6

!/==.A=cre-a=ge-h=a=rve=st=ed=. = ";.'.=. :=. =: = . = , ~== . -=============.= ... ...- .. ====-

Y, Grown alone for all .purposes. Partly duplicated iri. hay acreage.



o

'

I

' ,'t ~ : ; '.' ~ -- ':, P( '

' ~~ '

= - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-_A__c=R=E=X=G=-i:._s: : - G30RGIA . '
:_-_-_-_:-:_-_-_-p_-~-~-N_-rg_-g_"Q__

=.==

:.Average 1937-46



CROP

: . Acreages :Yield Per: 1947 Planted :Planted

: Indicated :1948 as

1948

:per cent

:Tho usands : acre :Thousands :Thousands :of 1947
----------------------------------~-------

Corn, bu. .

3,900

11.7

3,23?

3,172

98

Oats, bu. Barley, bu.

721

17.0

887

Q/ 7 y 19.0

7

798

90

6

86

Irish P.ot.atoes, all, bu
SweetpcXa:toe~. bli. . : . .
Tobacco, all, 1bs. 1}. . .

24 98 87.2

66.0 ?5.0 9p:3 .

18 79 110.9

16

90

72

91

86.1

78

All sorghums. . . . .
Soybeans, alone ?J. . . . Peanuts( grown alone) ?J . . Cowpeas, alone ?J . . . .

59 91 1,061 336

. . ,55 . 64 .
1,418 175

55

100

60

94

1,432

101

150

86

Tame hay, tons!} . .

1,347

.55 -:.1,$73

1,373

100

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -A- cr- eag-e -ha-rv-e- ste-d.----------------------~-~ -------
?J Grown alone for all purposes. Partly duplicated in hay acreage.

~ Short tine average .

...

AP.CHIE LANGLEY

D. L. FLOYD

Agricultural Statistician

Agricultural Statistic~

..

In Charge

..
'!;

f};E!~,~~~~CWf:7Z2: i~-?~~;~:~--~=~~C:"::t. ~il\lC7'::'~:,~, ;.: :.~:(Ti

.\:;< ~;_,~:.~~~:~~ ~u.kji~~O~~~~~Il ~~~ t4~ITED .STJ~~S.' -~ 1
; : . .: ,! ~ ~'

' PROSPECTI4E..
("'"'.

. .

-

:

.. .. .

"

: . ,:.: :. .
;( .~ .,..
-

: ' .

~

~~

. . .'r _..

G:OORGIAa-., : ~~>tal c.~pr~~(Y,-1~'1l-~~'.fo.t,_.l9d-rbil' ..aoo~~~~flpr~~ :~ru b~~~~;t:r- ~ bel'Qvr .tha~ : o~;

;. ' 1

~~ .y~a.t-- ~xbl~~.bot~. o;o acq~r,d_l,ng to .~._.;:t-:t".epp~ted '+.~'tel\;tim;s. .ilitlf the;:~~:

i~.~~. of . ~o~
.are ' md1:caW

nwt~ . ~--' ~q'fl,~. ~ .pqf~~ .~

ho.ya ~1bich show crops Ttre.tlcco

~ 1~ inQ11ctiso mi~ncf lan.c:i"s tho ro.duotlar...s

I~D:~bhu'Gr:t'l~.~medc1:tc1nv.toclny-ot.CrM0n..C.;-,t!ll'a.o.nfte2s-2~

:txll:~"Tl'ast_. ~~~-:: ~. ~~ri:s - ~jj;~lf-~Ceded..o.ve.r :.tR-1\\:.IW.tci;:~.. ~~?~~~:. 1 :~. :: .: . .-:. , ' .: . 1. : ~~

:m~UE.I D..:sl'..ATES.& 'o; t ~ -o# i~<(' c' .t~"t'' Q.:I .~ i.o ,~o: t.::~~,~i~g~r

t"oi~ :~ ro~o c_.br'

pr i~_cO.o iipnl ; c~~' .:~ho on, :t i.~ :~:Y o ' '""' o

~
of'.'

tho pest 3 son.scns, if spnng weo.tnc~r p<:lrmi'ts~ ""Up tc(..~eir,~spring-ei=fd,:.aeoo...J

slow to n.rrivc nnd winter hn.d. held on in mueh of tho country, dcln.ying prepn.r:::J.tory work, pn.rticu-

lmly in tho Sout~1. But ho?efully ~row~Jrs plon to incre<".Sc the total ncrcnge of feed gr8ins over

tho.sc they v:erc:. able to plant lo.&t year, to relieve the current foeq. shortage. Spring plnntings

of food gr 0.ins \Till be rclo.tively l nrgc 1 but .not up to 1947 totPls. : llcrcro.ges of :ciilsccds .mny be . Sm0llor, for though JLOro fbx is pl'nnnod; there will b(f"less soybean and pcnnut acreage. Potn.tocs

;Till be planted on o. slightly larger acrca.gcr but thoro will be les~ acreage in boons, pe'ls, sugn.r-

~ects nnd tob rccc~ : To permit incrc;.ascs .elsewhere., b1'1y m~o.dows ond . ~m!!tures. rpn.y be reduced ::md

1dlo bnd put bnck 1nto crops,. . &,>1l moisture supp,lics n.re adequate in prachcally n.ll nrocs, ex-

cupt the: f:\I' .Southwest and Cn.lifo:.."Tlin. Supplies of feX:Hlizer nnd new mnchinc'ry Drc -improved

"nd nrc not likcly to 'bc liniting'factors in: spring plDnHngs ..

aeres; The totnl acrengc of principal crovs pl'llltod . or gr~wn in. 1948 mr-.y exceed 36l cillion

allow

i~g- fo~ .duplic ~tions ~d fo; _ cort ~~ crops not yet surveyed. This exceeds by 3 o2 million Gcrcs

or no'n.rly 1 percent tho 1947 _tot:-.1 of i:tlmost: 358 cillion acre's..: : Wi th the excepti'on of the: )Vn.r.time.

pe'Jks in 1943 nnd 194'4 this ' tbthl is the b.rge.st since 1937. The ln.rgest acrccge plontad. or.

grotm wa s 375~ million ncrcs in 1932.





.

. . '' .

.. , .
\..

'

. . .

. .

The chief problem pi'Qq\lqc.rs ft:lCO. in C"--'rying out their pl<>nS is tho vtenther. The severe vroathar:

of J.i~rch 10-,13 over . i1. l:n.r'ge ''l,ln.rt of the ; country left oo 'addi tiono.l .bl-a+Jkct. 9f snow to dcl:'o/ .bl;tc

tirrc ''lh en fields c oi1_th.'lYT aut nnd d..r)l: ou enough to be wo~kedo :: : .. : _.. ., .

Fc.rm lfll;>or docs .n~t .np,pco.r to be a . limiting f'lCtor in 1710st scct.i6ns. _Sm'aller: acreages -ere plrome4. for most crops with high lh.bor requirements. In ports of tho M:f&~e st :dcmnnd . for fc-r~s by tenant~ is gra nt or tlu-n the number avniln.blo, c'..<'ld from tho South it is reported thn.t nany le.rge fo.rl:ls have their full quote. of. croppers for tho first time. ~n seyer0 yeo.r s ,. . F_o..rn mnchiner:v lu-.s bocone in- , cre..,singly nvn.ilohl~, buli. supplie s of ncvr iJ?Plomezrt~. oro unequol to aei:mi.'i"~S', csp'ociallt for. "' .' tructors . Tho - moch1nery 1-n usc, howe~er, will: perl!ll,.t ..f nrners to noke r n.p1d prcgrcss v:1th held .work when t ho.t becone s possiblci .~ Seed supn lies appcnr to be .ruirplci for prn.Cticn.lly all kinds. Mo~e fertilizer is being produced th..:-l:n.lri" nny .p.rdviou,s ycf}r~ Altnough production is about do.ublc pre- war~ the supply ~s n~t cquol to de;nands, especi a lly f~r nitrogen fertilizers in tho Scutho

CORN& l't.oSp.cctive corn plantings this tyel'l.r .of 86,131,000 ac~cs n.re . slightly less thiin: the ...

89 1 168~000 o.cres pbntcd in 1947. ' Tho intended pl .:]J>. tings for 1948 :'ll'O 5.6 nillion acres

sno.l,lc_r . th.."lll tho 1937--46 c.vlrn.gc e>nd the snallcst in .9VCr .50 yco.rs



'

WHEAT: . J.. toto.l :pbntcd acrc<'..ge o~. cll whec.t ?f 78,437?.0.00 n4rc:s ~s : in~i~n~cd: ~y. ' conbinipg. t~ ._,.

prosncchvc a.creage of Dcccnbc,r. Tf1is acre age of all

s:px;1ng whe o.t . \Vl. th tho whe at would be only a.

wfr1an.ctptirow~ h'co,f.,,t

acreage n:pcsrcont

o.s eshnated J:o.rgct thrn

ln.st tho-

.. :

77, 9~7 ,000 o.crcs plsu'-1.,-l;cd for hn:vq s~ last ycn.r,

,

. . . . . , . . . :

OMS: . The prosp~tlv~ ~~eQ.gc of oats tHs yen.r is ~sti;,_~ted O:t 4s~~o~,OQQ .acres~ S: ,per<j~~ti<ilb~vo u 0 both tho plantings l ust yc n.r n.n.d the 1937-46 average. : prescnt plnnting intenb.ons are

carried out this yo ~rts ncrcngc will b<} th1.1 third highest of record; being cxcooded.onJy.. L'1 '1945

nnd 1946. In c.ll r~g~ons, except tho South Centrf'l nnd Soutlil. Atlantic .Sk.tQs,, tl;w ~ntend~d -, .

acre age is larger thnn. J.ust ycn.r. .. .

.... .

IDBACCO: ,l., totnl of.;:l, 528,000 acres of tqbacco for . 194$ is indic ated by l'cp orts o' .fnri:u1rS:'-' in.:.

tentions cis .of Na.rch 1. This is o. dc~lino of n.bout 1~- pcroen.t fran lest .yoo.r1 s c:.cre.!l.ge.

Tho g1'e Q,tcst cut is b 'cing no.dc in .flue-cured toen.cco o.cicage .Pr.OSJlcqti:ve. f~ue-cured o.c-roagc f .Gr

1948 is down nor~ t h6n 300,000 ncres, being 876~000 conp,QXcd with 11 183,000 ncrcs in 1947. .. -~

I'















,.



'

. ,, ,

PEl.NUTS& ,. The prospcc'tiv~" c.cronge of pe2.riuts to ' be pl-:mted alone -- in -1948 tot-als. 3, 988,000 .~;-,e~.,

4 pe rcent loss than la.st . YC'l.r ond 787,000 acres below tho record plnntings in l{j4;3_. -. . ~,

j . ~:.

.

.

~ .: . .

.

t



' ~ .

' ; ,

. ..

:

~

In t he Virgini::>:-C r~rolinr-t Area, a slight incrcr-tsc over last yeo.r is indic ated . .. In tho Southoa s-Eern

.. Are_a, no c~,.,~~~ fro~ :-9117 ~s expect~d 1 th?; ~n:rc ~cs in South Carolina, Geor gin, and Florida being

offse t

by dcchuc s

l..n

lJ.ah M
.-._ .

n"

o::nd

'M1SSl.ss:r.pp"i~ . .

...

.. -

. ..:. . ... .

.. .

. . ... .. _ .. . .. ...

"' r

.:. : , .

."

..

.- .r
...

,..''.\-

"':.
'

':.
..

., . .=

,, ...

... ... ...

..::.::-' . -~ !

. '=' r

, , . '.4

0 5:.

lcrt0r five d:-.ys rot~n bo

:

)'.i ._ I~

United St'1tcs Ibp o.rtr.ent .of Agriculture ~U.re~ of Agricultura l Eco*oMics

319 Extension Building ;_

Athcnst Georgia , :.

. i_:

. . OFFICii'~: BUSIN.I;SS i ... . ;.:;~

Forn BAS .... lr3{4~ - 3885 i

.:

. Forni t No. 1001 -

I

.. . .

.... :.: .~.-: .~.. .. .

.. .: :...;

. ..

..: .

penalty for privdc usc . i;Qo :\Vo.~q, '.
paYT!)cnt> .of .PO s.tngc $3~. . .. .. ,. ;

. .
... '.''

..

. . ......

: ;} .~' . ~-

'
' ( ',

....

Dean Paul U. Chapman Athens, Ga.

Clark Co.

Req.

Ather-s, Georgia

Apri~ 1~48

G~ORGI.A COTTQN: PLANTED ACR..<JAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION

<<- , - ~

------~--~~~T~h~e~s~e~e~s~tl~r1~B~. t~e~s~a~r~e~b~a~s~e~d~on~t~h~e~l~a~t~e~s~t~av~a~i~l~a~b~l~e~d~a+t=a.___~--~

District
anQ. . County

1945
'Acreage nel<l
.in Cul- Per . tiva.tion Pla..i.ted
July l 1 .Acre

Producticm
500-Poun<i Gro ~o ivt.
Bales

Acrea.'!,O in Cultivation July 1

- .. 19-46
Yield .
Per Planted Acre

Production 500.-Pound Gross Wt Bales

"!STRICT I Jar to'" 9hattooga Floyd Gord.on Murray Paulding Polk jialker
\ihi tfield
Total
D!ST:':l.!CT II Barro\'r Cherokee Clarke Cobb Forsyth Fulton ( G\.rinnet t Hall ..:
Jac~son
ocoi).e.e
Pickens
Walton

26,950 9,440 16,000 17,620 7,110 9,010 12,150 7,190 5,290

.. 359 :3'59 325 377 367
. .. .318 375 . 317 3i7

110,760

351

13,850

278

5,680

333

4,190

309

8 ,44..0

293

10,250

335

8,930

305

19,030

240

10,670

274

20,320

248

11,410

349

3,360

251

31,600

394

l47,740

308

20,:.'...1.0 7,045'
10,825 13,825
5, 4:30
5t~r6o
9,~;95 4.745
3, 495
80,93_0
8,025 Z,935 2,695 5,140 7,145 5,670 9,495 6,090 10,490 8,290 1,759 25,905
94,630

25,490 9,450 15,280 17.690 . 6,940 9,850 12,560 6,940 . 5,030
109.230

250 254 233 259
227 - I 259
2~0
221 ' 190

13.260 5,010 7,420 9,540 3,,280 5,320
5,o::xr
3,190 2,000
55,040

13,350 5,770
_ 4~360
8,840 11,120
8,620 13,720 10;720 21,640 11;830
2,950 33: 090
151,010

242 254 258 228 255 243 205 191 249 252 186 254
' .
:. 238

6,740 3,050 2,340 4,200
5,909
-4 .~0
7,990
4i 260 11,250 '
6;210 . 1,150 ., 17,500

..
-1"-

;r

G30~GIA COTTON: PLANTED ACR3AGE, YIELD AlTD P~ODUCTION
(These esti~ates are based on the latest available data)

~~

~~

District
<
a.'1d

Acreage Yield Production

Acreage

in c.ul- ~er . .5oo..~.und. .;. ""in Cu1.:.. _

Yield Production
Per.-'"':: 5oo-Poui{d

._..:.-. ,, "C.ount;f ::.: ~--~ , tivatib~ Planted Gtoss. , Wt ,

,_ tiva-1;i_on . Planted Gros-s 1'1t.

:,~ =~ ':-::.'-=:-"'=._'-=-::---t-----"-J-=u;::;;.ly"--'1~---:-.;.;A.;.c-r=-e=:--_J....,;;;B..::.;a.::;l.;:;.e:;,.s:_...._ ...--1-_...;:J;..::u;;:l:....v-=-l-_.___..::.;A;;.:c=-r=-e.,,..,....:...___._--B==a=l~~:s=-- ..:'..___,

i~liaSnTkRsICT III

6,930 :.':.: .. 2zg;

-....
3,305 ...:- .-:-

_7,030

268

:
3,930

-.,.- Elbert

~ 17,12Q-. 291

10,360

.. 17,580 .

254-

9,30(} :

' Franklin Hart .. _.. ~

17-, ~9.0 . ~ 2'68 23, sro- .:.' ... 3So

9,625 17,215

- ' 17,450 ' 24,280 .

299 . 317 :.

10,860 . Hi,050

.~inco.1n
.:".; ii.adison O~:fet.hor-Pe _ ~~
. :.. ,.St:epb.!ms .. .,.~

- - &P.330

208

18, 630 .. ~ . ~2 ..-.-

14,-080 - ,293 . -- -2;9.60 ::... ::-196'

2,965 12:,115
a,595 _ ,
i, 205 ..

6,730 1.8, 350 . 13., 640
2,880

1'89 ~
294 265 .
187

. 2,650 11 , 230 . 7,520
1,120

~i1kes

11,910

196

4,870

11,570

169

4,080

:Total
.DISTRICT IV
Carroll Co\.:reta . J)og.gla!? Fe.y..ette Hitralson Harr-is Heard Henry Lamar
~1aco.n
l--!erhrether Pike Schley Spalding Taylor Troup

119! 390

283

... 30.~!).0 - .. 310 . 1() ,070 . . 266

4-; 690

253

11.700

283

6,930

301

3, 530 - 201

9,280

270

22,520

305

5,800

266

18,840 ' 188

20,170

2.20

12,160

232

5,320

151

7,320

244

10,650

143

5,930

181

70,255
19,810 8,890 2,470 6,900 .4.340 .. 1,480 5,210
14, 29'5 3,215 7,390 9,240 5,855 1,670 3,720 3,175 2,235

119,510

..

-

30,060 15,750
4,690 11,480
6,930 3,730
!}
z2.190 5 ;530
18,160 19,680 12,000
5..~90
t, 120
10;290 5, 750

268

66,740

25b 236 246 249 279 199
.. 231 2.09 157 218 210 156 : 201 130 138

..
16,{)40' - 7' 740
2;700 .
5,950 . 4,020
1!. 54C?
10. 7.00 : . 2,410 5,940 8,950 5 , 2 6 0: 1' 750 .. 2,980 ." -..~ 2,780 1,650

To~al

191! 560 .:2QO.

99,905

178,750

215

80,110

:!)!STRICT V
:Baldwin Blec!dey
Butts .-. Crawford Dodge . Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Lauren~ -

4,840 8,880
9,~80
2,630 14,260
8,070 13,430
5,340 8,420 16,720 3(),230

179 234 302 .142 226 201 180 168 .
290 190 .
236

1,805 4,320 5,955
780 6,7oo : 3,370 5,035 .. 1,865 . 5,085 - .. .6,625 17,820
-3-

4.. 730
9,780 9,840 2,680 14,540 8,250 13,980 5, 66.0 8,850 17,890 37. 79_0

126 204
231
101 174 169 . 175 145 220
. 19.7: 224

1,240 . 4,170 ,, .
4,730 570 .
5,270 2,910 5,100 -. 1~ 710 4,060 7,350 . -.. 17,600 ..
..

GEORGIA COTTON: PL.Al-TTED .ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTI ON (These_ estimates are based on the latest available data)

.- r I ..

1943

--~:.

Acreage I Yield rPr;a:uctiort

. District . l in Cul- P.er

SOO-Pound

and ! tivation ,. Plante-d l}ross i'i't.

_Co~!z.._ __!__!luly 1 ~-- ~c~-- -~al~.._ ___

j DIST!UCT V ( Oont,inued)

!lonr.oe

5, 000

251

. 2, 620

i'iont gorn e r y

4,210 224

_1,960

t1o rg~
Nc ~,t~m

I1 23, 630 1~.910 .

286 . 258

14,070 9,080

PPuealac~hki
Putnam

I 4,490 11,230

282 224

I 4,100

253

2,640 5,250 2,160

RoQkdale

1 7,170 . 281

4, l$0

Tr.liaferro

1 5.480

211

2.410

1i.-;i g.gs

j 5, 360 . 156

1, 740

Was h i n g t o n

1 28, 450

220

1~.030

~vil ldnson

5, 200 1g5

2,110

Total

.. _277,510

226

130 ,900

Acrea ge. inCul-
ti vation ~uly 1

1944 Yield Per P l a n t-e d .A.qre

----.
Product ion
,., 50Q-Po u n d
Gross t. Eales

ll

I 3,030 21,000

217 316

i
i

14,860 3,250

341 316

1,370 13,820 10,530
2,130

I 9,460 4,14.-0 -

305

5.990

307 ____ E_t 1 Q

I
Il .

-o,escr
4,930

-

315 239

4,510 2,450

I 4,430 23,200

221 235

4,570

248

~ .040
11, 310 2.360

I 22-1: .880

281

131,430

DI S~!{I OT VI ;Bulloch 3urke Can d l e r Golumbia Enlan'.te1 Glascock Jefferson Jenkins
:HcDuffie
Richmond Scr-even Warren
To-t a

2~.000

57,190

I I
I

.

11,550 7,920

25,320

8,.070

31,540

20,790

13,160

7,750

I 27,550 20. ,~60

1 2os, 320

32{ .
24 3 251 190 180 265 258 225 257
2 :~7
2-:1:0 239
- 24-1:

16,200 28,900
6,050 ' 3,130 9,470 4,450 16,990 '.1 ,760 7,050 3,980 1 3 ,790 10,200
129.-970

17 , .2 1' ) 53,600
I 8,710 6,360
l 21,710
I
8,440 30,130 16,910 12,510
5, 360 24 , 340 18,130
223, ...;,~0

321 314 251 243 229 298 281 . 296 304 287 329 244
290

11,530 35,050
4,550 3,229 10,360 '5.,230 17, '640
10,420 ?,910 3,200.
16;680
- - : g~ 19'0
13~1. 980

r ~!S~RICT VII

Calhoun

1.: , 9 7 0

29 1.1

Clay

4 ,010

307

Early

1 &,060

287

Gra.d.y

2,560

225

Mitche ll

15,310 ' 276

Rand.olph

8,790

290

Seminole

5,010

267

St e'l'tart

2,720

265

Sumter

l "-1:, 350

318

Terrell

1-1 , 610

321

Thomas

5,200

300

Total

95,610

29 1

3,040 2,560 10, 820 1,200 8,810 5,320 2,790 1,500 9,500 9,770 3.250
58 ,560

4, <190 ~:360
v 11, 550 13,520 7,750 3,880 '2;600 13,060 14 ,330 3, 600
81,140

310 317 295
292 308 290 290 3112 360 311
;317-.:

2,890 2, 220 8,860
8,300 4 ,970 2,_340 1;5'/0 9,290 10 ,720 2,320
53, '180

3-

G:JORGI.A COTTON: PLANT3D ACREAGE, YI~ .A:rP.:> PRODUCTION (These estimates are b~sed on the latest available data)

. .

.. . -1943 . .. " : - . _,_-:---~--'---'-~_194_1__________ ___

District

and

-

C
-'

o-u.n-t"v-

j _-.A~rea.ge. , ..Yield ~I ?r; c,il~-t~-~~- . j Jtcreage

I I in Cul- Per

I 500-Pound 1 in Cul-

I I . tivation Plnnted Gross tit..

tivation

I f Jul 1 Acre

Eales ~-, -, July 1

Yield
Per Planted Acre

Production
500-Pound Gross Wt . Bales

:ors'l'RICT VIII

Be.n Hill :Berrien

6,410

179

5,100

235

2, 390
2,500 .

y 4,-000

232

1,930

:Brooks

10,450

265

5,770

7,890

289

. .. 4,750

Coffee

10,600

19.7

4,350

4,670

219

2,120

Colo~uitt

24,190

269

13,550

. 15,410

300

9,630

Crisp

'12, 850

236

6,3iG

'10,290

'3],6

6,770

Dooly

26,700

218

12,110

23,660

291

14,330

Irwin

12,600

260

6,820

8,520

300

5,320

Lowndes

5,330

238

2, 650

3,240

253

1,710

Telfair

4,860

172

1',740

3,080

222

1~420

Tift

8,140

264

4,480

. 3, 750

298

2;320

Turner

5,890

223

2,730

4,880

326

3, 310

~vilcox

16,4:90

180

6.180

12,980

265

7,170

t'i'o rth

. 20,930

243

10,580

i 7,070

260 .

9,230

Total

170,540

231

82,160

282

70,010

DIST:\ICT IX !

:BaconEvans

I
I

4,100
1.1

249

Pierce Tattnall

I 3,950 7,700

216 254

Toombs

I . 9,960

231

i'Tayne

4 ,720

260

2,120
1,780 4: ,-070 4 ,800' 2,560

y

2,060

248

1,410

211

4 ,660

254

6,620

~36

2,070

232

1;oeo
620
~.<160
:3.250
1,''000

Total

I 30,430

242

15,330

16,820

240

8,390

I g) All Other

74.480

22' 6

35,050

!
I 72,600 . . 255

38,450

ST.ATE. TOTALS ;1.618,000 . 251

847,000

11,343,000

. 290

810,000

I

"'!J.1/ Included in ".All.Other." .

.

.. .

Includes the fol1.owigg co.unties .;for 1943: District I - Cat oosa, 'Dade; District II - Dawson,

Delfa:lb, crriiiier, Lump.in; DistricTIIr=-Haber sham; District IV- Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Upson

District V - Bibb , Jones, Treutlen, '.!,heeler; District il'I - Effingham; District VII - Baker,

Decatur, Ibugherty, lee, Miller, Quitman, :'lebster; District VIII - Atkinson, Clinch, Cook,

Echols, Jeff Ihvi.s, lenier; District IX - Appling, Brantley, Bryan, Chatham, Evans, Glynn,

Libe.rty, long, Ware.



. Includes the followin~ counties for 19441 District I - Catoosa, Iad.e; District II - Davzson, DiiKulb, Giber, Lll:\pbn; DistricTIIr-=--'Habersham; District IV- Chattohoochee , Clayton, Muscogee, Upsont Pistrict. V .. B1bb, Blecklcy, Jones , Monroe, Treutlen, :/heeler; District VI . Effinghrun; District VII - Bnker, I'ecdur, DOugherty, Grady, lee, Hiller, Quitman, :"lobster;
Dif;trict VIII -Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Co.ok, Echols, Jeff D8.vis, L.:-micr; District IX -
.Appl:ing, Bncon, Brantley, , Bryon, C!m.tham, I.d.b<.'lrty, long, Wore .

.

.
.

...

ARORlE LAJ:JGLEY

i>.gricu.ltural Stat i .stician

-4-
D. L. FLOYD
Agrieultural Statistician
In Charge

~ ....

GEORGIA COTTON: PLANTED ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION (_~ese e stimates are bq.s~<l on the 1at~at - availa'b1e data)

' . ..:' -.

1943

.

1944

- - .- - -. --- ~-.A~r e age-:1 -Yield-- P~ro duct i-on-~-A....,c,_r,.-ea- ge -r--Y-i-=ec:::.l-=-d-=-..,.---P-r_o_d_u-ct_i_o_i'l--.

-District

i in Cul- Per . 500-Pound

iri. Cfi-1--- Per

500-Pound

and

! tivation i Planted Gross i'lt.

tivation Planted Gross \'ft.

DI~~~~ V ( Co~tt~~;~)l __j__Ac!:!L_,__ ~ Bal~~~--- Jq1y-'1=----~.__Ag_rg_,-l---'B"",a::::1,_,"e"s" .___~-

'.:onroe .

t 5,000

2151

iiont gorn e ry i'organ

I 4,210 23, 630

224 286

Newton

' 16,910

258

Peach

4,490

282

Pulaski

11,230

224

Putnam

. 4,100

253

Rockdale .

7, 170

281

Tr.liaferro

f},480

211

T'.ii ggs _. ..

5_, 36o

156

Washing ton

28, 4-50

220

~vil ldnson

5, 200

1"5

2 , 620 1,960 14,070 9,080 ' 2,640 5,250 2,160 4, 190 2,410 1, 74o 13, 030 2,110

ll 3,030 21,000 14,860 3,250 9,460 4,140 6, 880 4,930 4, 430 23,200 4,570

217 316 341 31.6 305 307
~ 315
239 221 235 248

1,370 13,820 10,530
2,130 5,990 2,640 4,510 2,450 :3,040 11 , 3-1-0 2,360

Total

277,510

226

130,900

22<:: ,880

281

131,430

DI ST!\I CT VI Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Emanuel Glascock
~efferson
Jenkins ' 'EcDuffie
Richmond
Screve~
Warren
-
Total

24,000 57,190 11,550
7,920 25,320
8,070 31,540 20,790 .l3, 180
7,750
I 27,550 20, L~60
255,_320

'. 32~ 243 251 190 180 265 258 225 257
2 <~7
210 239

16,200 28,900
6,0~0
~. 130 9,470 4,450 16,990 9,760 7,050 3,980 13 ,790 10,200
129,970

17,240 53,600
8,710 6,360 21; _710 8,440 30,130 16,910 12,510
5,360 24,340 18,130

321 314 251 243 229 298 281 296 304 287
. 329
244
290

11,530 35,050
4,~50
3,220 1o,3oo
5,230 17,640 10,420
7,910 3,200 16,680 9,190
. _. 134,.9sct \ _::

DISTRICT VII Calhoun Clay Early Jrr,.dy ll:itchell Rnndolph Semi n o l e St ewart Sumter Terrell Tho ma s
Total

. 1,;,970 l -1 ,010
I 18 ,080
I 2',560 15, 310 . 8, 790 5,010 2,720 1 4 ,350 1 ;. , 610 5,200
9 5, 6.10

29 1.1: 307 287 228' 276 . 290 .267 265 318 321
300
291

3.0 ~0 '
2, 560 10, 820.
1,200 8,810 5,320 2,790 1,500 9,500 9,770 3,.250
58,560
-3.

4 , ,~90
3,360 1,1: , 550
1/
13,520 7,750 3,680 2,600
13,060
1 ~ .330
3,600
81,110
'

3' 10 ' .. 317
295-
292 308 29 0 290 3'12 360 311
.317

.2 i 8QO_ ' 2,:220
8,860

.8, 300 4,970 2, 3-:1:0. 1,570 9-,290 10,720 2,320

..53"' .. . ) ' .

'1-80 . : : '" '.

GZORGI.A COTTON: PLANT3D ACREAGE, YI~ J\li.T!) PRODUCTION (These estimates are based on the latest available data)

- - - --~--'-~ ;--'-.-'-'-..........-:=1~9~ - - . .. . . " . ::... .. : .~ .. .. ....;., : ._...,- ~=- . 1944.._______ __ __

District and

I i - Acre~e 1Yield i ?ro"ZU:ct1ori

in Cul- Per

1500-.Poimd

.A.c~eage .in Cul-

Yield Per

Production 500-Pound

O~unty

~h;ation . Plnnted . Gross \vt.

i July 1 . Acre

Bales .

tivation July 1

Planted Gross il1t.

Acre

:Bales

DISTJiiCT 'Vl;II Ben Hill -;Berrien Brooks

6,410 5,100 10,450

17.9 235 265.

2;~90 2,500 5,770

4,000
1.f 7,890

232 : 289

1,930 .' 4,-750

Coffee

10,600

197

4,350

. 4,670

219

2,120

Colquitt

24,190

269

13,_550

15,410

300

9, 630

Crisp . Dooly ..

i2,850 2~. 700

236 . 218

6,310 12,110

10, ?90

316

23,660

291

6, 7'70 14,330

Irwil). :
Lown!i~s
Telfair

;1.2_;600

'
:

5.,

330

_4,860

- 260
238 172

6,'820 2,6!)0 1_,740

8,520

. 300

3,240

'253

3,oso

222

5, 320 1, 710 1,420

Tift Turner

8,140

264

5,890

223

4.,480 2,730

3,750

298

4,880

326

2, 320
3, :no

~vilcox

16,490

180

6,180

12,~80

265

7,170

\'l'ortl).

20,930

243

10.580

17,070

260

. 9,230

Total

170, 51..1.,()

231

82,160

119,440

282

70,_010

DISTRICT IX

Bacon Evans

4,100
1/ .

Pierce.

3,950

216

Tattnall

7,700

254

Toomb's

9,960

231

\'iayne .

I '4,720

260

2,120 .
1,780 ...;,070 11,800 .. 2,560

v 2',060 '1,410 4,660 6,620 2,070

248 211,. 254 . 236 232

To.tal .

I 30,430

242

15,330 .

1 6_. 8 2 0

240

gj ,.\11 'o'ther 1 74.480

226

35,050

II ?2,6oo

255

STATE TOTALS ;1. 618,000

251

847,000

~.343,000

290

1,060' 620
2,.1}60 3,:350 1,000
8,390
38,450
810,000

!/1/ Included in ".All Other." Includes the followinp; counties f.or 1943& District I - Catoosa, Dade_; District II - Dawson,

n!Kiilb, crrtmer, Lumpkin; DistricTirr-=-Haher sMm; District .IV - Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Upson

~strict V- Bibb, Jones, Treutlen, '~eeler; District VI- Effingham; District VII -Baker,

Decatur, Ihugherty, lee, Hille r; Quitman, .1ebste r; District YIII - Atkinson, Cli~eh, Cook,

Echols, Jeff fuvi.s, I..enier; District IX - Appling, Brantley,. Bryan, ClJ.atham, Eva:ris, Glynn,

Liberty, long, 'J_a:re.



.

J Includes the follovrin~ counties for 19441 District I - Catoosa, te.de; District II - Dawson,.,,

lhKa.lb, Gilmer, Llr.iphn; DistricTIIr::-11ahe.rsham; District IV - Chattahoochee, Clayton, . ...

Muscogee, Upson; District V - Bibb, Blackley, Jone s, Monroe, .Treutlen, '.'lheelert District V1 ~

Ef~l.nghrun; !listrict VII - Bnker; I'ecetur, DOugherty, Grady, Lee, Hiller, Quitman, :'fcbster; :

District VIII - Atkinson, Bcrlien, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Jeff D<'l.vis, L.-micr; District IX -

Appl~ng, :&"1-Con , Br antl ey, Bryan, Chatham , Liberty, long, W-are.

AROR!E LAHGPW ~gricultural Statistician

-4-

D. L. FLOYD

;

In Agricultural Statisti-dan Charge

UNITE.O ~'TATE.e , DE.PARTME.NT OF.
A0RIC.UL...TURE..
r!7roj;

.GEORGIA

-

c)~

Athen~; Georgia GEORGIA COTTON: PLAlJTED ACSF+GE, YIELD A,.\fD PRODUCTION

A11ril 1948

These estimates are based on the latest available data

- --- --- --,.---------- - -- ---- - ----- - --r--

District and
County
DISTRICT 'I Bartow Chattooga Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker \fuitfield

I I Acreage Yield Prodt1ctfon

in Oul- 1 Per

50G-Bound

tivationl Planted! Gross Wt.

J_u_l;;_y_l_ _.__A_c_r_e L_!ale a

29,590 10,600 19,270 19 ', 4 1 0
8,380 12,470 14,870 ; 9,010
7,380

318 327
-32479a
324 281 317 333 . 283

19.590 7,220
11,210 14,060
5,650 7,290 9,810 6,250 4,360

Acreage in Cultivation July 1
27,020 . 8,940
16,110 16,120
7,450 10,810 11,960
6,690 5,730

Yield ~;~duction

Per

500-Pound

Planted Gross \it.

Acre

Bnle-s -

315

17,730

318

5,920

264

8,860

272

9,130

342

5,300

313

7,040

329

8,180

322

4,480

286

3,410

Total

130,980

313

85,440

110,830

304

70,050

DISTRIOT II Barrow Cherokee Clar'ce pobb Forsyth Ft1lton G\ofinnett
Hall
Jackson Oconee Pick.eris \/alton
\'lhi t e

L~.640

273

. 9, 8 70

287

5,710

231

12,680

2 59

11.~50

281

12,910

265

25,800

2~1

1"'~. 720

257

25, 3Ll-0

246

i2, s.;o

~53

3,800

253

34:,-130

;:]S 8

2, 1<~0

267

8,900 5,910 2,750 6, 840 8, 390 ..
7.110 12, 950
7,870 12,970
6,760 2,000
21' 3-10 . l. 360

1'3, 980 7,320 4, 700
10,440 10,540
9,560 20 ,380 11.,350 20,430 11,110
3.130
32.~: 30
2,100

293
~3
259 279 322 288 23'1 . 286
237 312 . -264
37::5
300

8,530 4 ,620 2,530 6,06Q 7,060 5, 730 9,930 6,760 10,070 7,210 1,720 23,300 1,310

Total

190,530

265

105,150

289

94,830

-1-

GEORGIA CO'!'TON: PU:NTSD .A.CBSA.GE, YIELD AND PP..ODUCT IOU

(T[le.se estimates are bai .ed on the latest available data)
' ,.. .

' 194:3" . ._ -. ' _D_i_s-.~-r"i-c--t---'--.---,A,-c_r_e_ag__e,--r-Y-i-e-=1=~.-==-=-Prod.d ction

and Co-unty

in Cu+- Per

600-Po1ind

tiv.ation Plant~-d. Gro ss \~t ..

July 1 Acre

:Bales

; . .- i piSTRICT I I I " -- -- -- - - ---------.,--+--------l---"----~ -----

Aereag e :in Cul-

' Yiel1d94T4Pro- o.--ll-c~-: io-n -

Per

500.;.Pound .

tivation . Planted Gross i'ft.

July . l

Acre. Bale s :
L......-- -- - -L- --.-.i.- -

. . Ban...l.c~ - .

8, 770-

255-

4,6g{l

7,?90

281

4,44Q

_ .- .: -~lbert
franklin

1:9' 210 21,"100

' 218 234'

- 8, 740
1o.~eo '

17,240 18,720

254 .258

9,110 '10 ' 0'4'0'

Hart

29,760

235

14,590

26,160

294

15,970

r,incoln

9,060

195

3, 580

7,380

210

3,220

ir.adison

1- 21,510

2 69

12,060

19.780.

301

12,390

Oel e thorpe

17,340

234

8, 440

15,030

220

6,870

Step hens

4,330

234

2,110

3,360

203

1,420

Wilkes

15,300

182

5, 800

12,870

205

5,480

.. ' :- Total

1 4 6,380

231

70,380

128,130

259

68,940

DISTRICT IV
Carroll Cl ayton Coweta Douglas
~-a:V ette ~iaralson
riarris He ard He nry Lamar :'iacon :,Iarion Me riwether Pike Schl ey Sp !l ld.ing T!;l1 b o t Tay lor
T~6 up
... Tot al

37,120

267

5,250

242

19,300

272

6,590

254

1 Li , 210

301

8,70.0

300

L:'o , 750

203

10,750

218

26 ,080

317

6,940

264

22,820

235

.:_b , 860

186

23,770

Z5 7

15, ,HO

278

6,190

261

9,600

286

3,700 - 162
13,ooo . 2a

7,1,.i:O

167

. 21.:6, 220 . 261

20,610 2, 650
10, 930 3 ,480 8,900 5, 1_160 . 2,010 4 , 890
17, 220 3,820
11,200 1,8SO
12 , 7,:o
:8 , 9 10 3 ,370 5, 720 1, 250 6_,520
2, .~90
134,060

31,250
1/ 16,590 5,350 '12 ,520
7, 29 0 3,9 30 9, 270 22 ,920 6,120 20,060 -:': ,2:0 21,120 13,220 5 ,650 8,200
~.no
ll, 260 6,150
208,250

334
338 285
3~0
282 259 305 382 292 330 267 325 . 321-
3~5
29 9 203 288 258
322

21,710
11,660 3,180 8,840
~, .280
2,120 _5,8 80 18;210 3,720 1 3 ,770
2,360 l -1 , 270
8,910 . 4 ,050
5,100 1, 310 6,760 :3,310
139, ,HO

.DiSTRICT V :Bal Ci\,ri n
Bl e dcl ey Butts Cra\rford
Dodge
Gr e e n e Han cock Houston J a s:per Johnson La u r e n s

6,310

180

10,950

2 0-~

10,720

312

3 ,630

173

18 ,090 ' 193

9,530

200

l t.b , 2 60

196

8 , 7::00

213

10, 010

305

19 '9 1:0

221

,: -1 ,070

19 4

2,370 ,: , 650 6,980 1,310 7,260 3,970 5,820 . 3, 870
6,370 9,200 l7 , 8,10

5,260

231

l!

10,070

373

3 , l .j, O

218

11 ,580

258

8 . 1~ 60

228

1 ~~ .1 9 0

23-1

6,9 50

2~7

8, 950

379

17,790

281

36 ,71'_0

276

2, 530 )
7,800 1, 1120 7, 8'1:0 4,020 6, 1.::10 3,720 7,050 10,400 21,060

-3-

UN!"":"E.D 5T/.._TE.5

O~PARTM E.NT OF

,A.tGC('U!LhTrUj~fLJ. ~.

'. . "" .

. '

..

UNIVE.RSrrY OF' Gt:OR..\:.I.A, COLL.~<;;E. ' OF AG~ICuL-TU~E.

Athens, Georgia

TRUCK CROP NOTS

April 1, 1948

ieneral: Conditions in the Georgia commercial vegetable areas Q.uring the last t\lTO weeks in l4arch '\'Tere very discouraging. Continued heavy rains further
~dayed plantings of some t1'1;1c k crops causing ':poor stands and making some replanting necessary. The lett uce .and cabbage crops have been damaged to some extent, but the 'l.Ctual 81!\ount cannot be determined at :present. The harvest season is running late, 1tn6. Ni th a period of favorable . reather, i t is possible for a considerable. portion of these crops to recover. On the night of March 31 six to ten inches of ra.in fell in ~11 of the important commercial truck crop area of South Georgia~ Extent ,of
. resultin~ darnag~ has not yet ? een Cc' etermined, but ~.ll sections ~ !1hard'b.it 11 .

Snap Beans, South, Georgia! A .marked decrease from last y ear is indicated for the

are sna~ .bean acreage in South Georgia. Some of the planted

.creage lof1;1S badly sanded by . the~ h eavy .r a ins' and poor stands

resulting. If rains

continue much longer it 'tlill be entirely too late 'to reple>nt.

:abbage; South Georgia: 'l'he extent of drunr..gt:J don e to the cabbage crop .is h<'.!'d .to estimate at this time. All cabbage in lowlands a re re~orted
drwned out and a tot a l loss. Be lo ''~ rrorinal yields t'.re indica ted . due to the - unfavorr.blc \ve t \Ieathcr conditions. .A sma ll amount of cabbage from the early fall settings is n0\'1 going to mnrke t, with gener!'.l movement- ex:oe cted around mid-April. .

Lettuce : The heuvy rains h<w~ damnge d the lettUCO Cr'Op 'considerably \<Ti:th the' outlook very poor at this time . Some lettuce is st.ill in the thinning
stnge. Light hc~rvest is expe.cted fro m the olde r fi e lds ~round April 15- 20 with genercl mov ement nfter t1ny 1.. .

Onions: The Oll,t1ook for an onion cro:p is yery -discourRging at pres ent. Plnnts are rc"')ort e d to be smr'.ll. in siz e for this time of y ear. If vree..thcr :;>ermits,
. hnrvcst . is expected to b egi n nround Hr-.y 1,

Peas , English: Prosp e cts nr c for n short crop of English p en.s v.s the r..cr q;:tg<> is very

sm<'.ll nnd condition r".thc r poor.

..

fot n.tocs, Irish, South GDor~ia: Th0 Irish :9ote.to crop h <'-s su,ffcred a henvy loss both in r:.cre::'.gc nnd stnnds. A l r:.rec p e rc ent e.ge of
the seed :o ot o.to e s rott e d in the ground before .germinntion due to tho exce-ssive rr..ins. It is too l a t e in the senson to r e cover r:.ny of the loss in n creP.ge P.s fields
nre still flooded.

Pimi ento Pepp ers:

Plr'.nt beds r.r1.1 reported to be in good : ~ondition sufferi~g little less from the r e cent cold sp e ll. Gro'llrC:rs nre [1.UJ(ious to get in

the fi e lds to prepnre for setting r..s plr'.nts 'r~ill be r c ndy nround the lnst of April.

. . ~

D. L. FLOYD Agriculturnl Stntisticinn
In Chr'.rge

L. H, HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator

UV Ul.l.o4 t' t.~~J ... v .. "t)-

.. r;

- -

TR'l:JcK cRoP NEWS">BY STAT:SS

. , _ ,:APRr:L 1,,_ 1~8 - "

: -

.. , , .

-

.

: t

; ' ''

LIHA BEANS: In the import~~, Nawthorn '-... Mc.fntosh - LaCro-sse- Area 'of Florida the .crop has

ma.de v~ry._ good recovery from the heavy rains of early :MarCh. There wil:l be

possibly. a;._l5 ~er cen\ reduction frortr the original a.ereage with some loss in yieTa-,due ._

to these rains-, but a. fair crop is in prospect, with harvesting expe.~~ed to get UI1derylay

around .the middJ,e -of May..

'

SF'.AP BEAUSl Frequent rain~ ho.ve interferred with Snap Bean planting in South Carolina., '
and the acreage is expected to bo less than l a st year. In Florida prospects nro for o. continued good volume of Snap Beans during April and early Ha;y , but indic s.tions
are that the movement during this period will be fairly uniform. Planting in the Everglades _dropped off rapidly ufter Mru:ch 15~ but some p~:>nting wc.s continued for ~nether tvm weeks .
ost BeMs tho.t wore up on Mnrch 28 we r e killed by frost in 1-:iississippi, but the bulk of ''.Cr,:)nge vm.s eitl'r not up or not plnnt-::d. Pbnting ~d replonting J.n louisiono. wo.s he r.~.vy du~~ng the l 11st h::tlf of M&ch nnd will continue until nbout April 10.

CJJ3Bl>GE: Growth of l1ississim;>i Cnhboge averages two or three v;ecks l ::tter tho.."l normo.l. . l.':Ovement is expected to st:u-t the first week in Mo;y. The Abhrun.-:1 Gr>bb~gc
cmop continues in f.-dr condition.. ContinueD. rf'.ins h o.ve reduced prospects in South Cnrolino.. So~c fields h ave good quality Cr>bb -:'.ge but the con dition of the crop o.s n ;bo le is . only f;:Ur, Supplies during the_ r vn".inder of the s eason \7ill c_ome principdly from the Ever glades,
Hr-.s tings , Snnford, 'linter Gnrden and Ruskin sections o:f Flori do., with scdtered n.cr o"..geS in the smaller producing nre11s;

LETTUCE; kttuce i n South Co.rolinn is in fcir to good cou di tion. Some nover.-.ent fron BeD..uf ort county is expected by April 15~ ?:'he lGttuce crop i n North C"..r.i' '.:m.
is about ton days l r.~.ter thun usu~. First h nrvest of Boston ond Ronr,inc J. s e::....T _c ted

to

begin

p

o

s

s

i_b

l

y

, b

y

..

A
~

p

r

i

l

15.



IRISH POT.A.!OES: Frequent and henvy r :>ins in South Cnrolinrt h nve c;:rused nbout ro. fourth of the Potnto ncrengc to be nhandoned nnd the sn ~llost crop since 1944

is c:;-:peeted. The prospects for he Spring Pot,....to crop in north Florid.,_ conti nue to doclL"lc due to qxccssivo r nins ~d bli ~ht. B"..rvesting h~~ st~..rted i n the H~sting s section
C"nd shov.~d b ecome gencr"l the vreek of 4?ril W ~d be in its peclt during tho weeks of
fqJri:l 26 - .~nd H'l.y 3. Due to the M.versc growing -condition s the tubers 'll'G not sizing up' p r opor ly md rcl ::ctiv:ely low yields nrc ir~dic-:tted. In :i:issis s i;p;pi cold nnd frost during the 1~.st vreck of Ifv~.rch rill further dc l rJ.y tho Pot".to crop.

ONIONS: .;hile ne st of the south Tcx'l.s Onion crop is 1~.tc r th:m usua l, there w;:o.s consid-
er:-oblc "Cru.-,gc th".t n-:s nnking good pro{iress . to..rn.rd . n::o,turing. A nunbcr of fields n i gh,t h-..ve been p-ulled the f~rst fevi d::tys in Apr:~.l, but o. cool spell E:--..rch 27-2_8 checked the good progr e ss thesG crops wcr -:: naking . Growers i n tho l nte nrens of north Tox~s succeeded in gett i ng some n.c r -::r:gc set tho second h::>.lf of Mnrch, but plro-'ltings l'Ci'r'thc ~r 0o.
ns n whole ::u'C expected to show n dr:cstic r eduction under onrlidr i ntentions to p ).nnt . The }.~'l.I'eh lD-12 fr.;eze in centrAl Te xas cnused co n side r o.ble d~n.gc to Onions .

CUCU:'!BERS; In the north ' Florido. sections, the crops Ik.wo been dolnye d by hcrwy r ~ns in

e:crly M,'J.I'ch, nnd .much r cp l nnt ing wrcs nccessA..ry. Pr'l.Cticnlly fl~l of t h is

rcp lnnted ::ccr enge is up nnd VIT'.s doing nicely U>'ltil the r 0cont h i gh winds nnd heavy rdns .

The ncre'l.ge in the north Florid:c r>r co. will show n. sli ght incrc n..se over l o.st Spring. In

tho vrost F lorid"L s ection, mainly CdhoU>'1 cmd J ?.ckson counties , the ;::>.cr eo.ge \li.ll be .

np.tcri.:-l_ly reduced due to the excessive ro.ins during M.'l.I'ch.



WATERNEIONSI V{~i;h the exception of unf~:vornblc high winds nt the close 9f the. month,

Mf:U'ch wco.ther h~s boon conducive to good grovlth nnd progress of t he ...ccntrcl

.:md south Florid(]. VT<'.ternelon crop. Ship('lents o.re expe cte d to got 1mdor vniy fro'l!l the i ~r: or

t:mt Leesburg n.reo. tho first v;eck in 1.1ay. The Live Ll Clk nnd other north :'ncl vrc~t Floridn

cxeo.s ho..vo be~n gr ently dclo.yod. by excessive rnins, which caused hcnvy repl nnt~ng . DUe

to the l a teness of tho senson, o.. conside rriblc portion of . thc. priginal pla~ting is OA~e cted

to be d.ivcrtcd to fi eld crops. .



.

TOE.<'l.'IOES: Ton:1to trnnsp1enting ho.s begun in South Co.rolinn . Sor.~e ClCr.JrlgC i ncrco.se is
expected. Tor..:cto p l onts tr pnsp l ".'..."ltcd to fields in. Hississippi .prior to Ma.rc:1 _28 vnh:c C.anagcd or killed b y host, but tho bulk of theplants-- vTCre stiH . in co::!.d . fr c.rnes.

Return Iuter Five D~ys to United . Sta tes Dcpn.rtncnt of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricttl tur:ll Econonics 319 E-.tonsion Building J.thens, Georgi 1'1.
OFFICIAL BUSHJESS
Fern B/~ - D - 4/48 - 1500 Poroit l'Io, 1001

Fencl t y for P_ri v_o.te Jisc to Avoid
Pnyncnt of Post ~go $300. _

. ... .. Ll&P.Attaa.
Collece ot Agriculture Atllea. G&
,

UNITE.D 5TATE.5 C'EPARTt1E."'T OF AGRICU.. L...TURE:.

.-.thens,' Ceorgia :

FARE PRICE RE?ORT as . of EA..'\CH 15, 1948

April 5, 1948

GEORGIA: The :a11 Co rtl!llodi ty: index of prices . recei'tred by G'eorgia far~e~s made a 3 point
advanc.e during . the past 30 da~rs after the sharp. dron of 19 points. la~t hlont. ~ho current A.:).l Oo ":lmo di t~r index is 248% of the 1909-14 aver age co rmared "lith 245%
' n February l~ .ir}d 26f3 cine year a ,5o . The marked incr e ase~ in the pi-ice of cotto~ lint
md rn ea.t ani mals. is resvons:i bl.e for the recent rise .tn, tr.;e :over-all. index. The . index 1f pric e s r e c~ .ived fCf-r cott:on and cotton s eed r o se ei r:;ht poi,nts, and that for meat
1nim<1-ls advanced: nine: pcHnt:s over the caf.tparable indexes :reporte"" for February. ,: Pric e s ~nclexe~ f.or ot;her co.mmQdi ties d t_her re;uained .~he :same or shov1ed some dE) Cr!3~se.

TJ}TI TED sTATES: Foilo"ri'n6 . the sharp d:t-ops of a: month before, prices receiv e d by

. farmers rec.ove red. ~lightly il.nd ave ra~ed e,bout 1.4 pe.r c ent hi gher as

of mid-March than in nlid-February. .t~.t t 'h e same time, the~ index of p rices })aid by

farmers, including in.t e1:est: and taxes, d e clined. by 0.1 per cent.



The ch;.nge s of t 'he. mo:ntli ra\sed the i~dex of prices 'recei:ve d by farmers froin 2?9 to

:383. This is : 8 :per c:ent b elow the high .of Januar~r 1948, one .p er cent above ,March of

1947,

and 39 :p er
.

cent: abov e' th e l ev e l

of 204 at

the Viar 1 s . end in mi~-August

1945.

Commodit y pric e movcm:ents ,.;e r e far fr om uniform, ho~:rever. F eed. g rains \rcr e. up 10 per qent; food f: r h. ins, co.ttcin, ~nd t he oii-hoaring crops, fruits; e.nd me at animals mad_e
!iffiall ~r incr o~ sc~ but. av er ~gt:;d h i ;?;h e r . them i;, month E~go, 0n tho other hn.nd. tr uck ..

crops drop11ed.:ro.t ho.) r :sharplrr . TobD.cco price s . decline d only slightly. Poultry 9-nd

dr iry products declin=o d s or.~onn.lly..







'

The drop --in the inC.ex of prices _])['.id b~r f a r mers, includ ing int ere st- f1 nd tpxe s, r esult e d f~om - mo.de r nt e . declines in fo<?d nnd ~n a f e\r othe r i t erns , lphich 1e r c only
pr:rtially offs et by incr er. s e s in .cloth i ng n.nd f ood p ric e s. At 247 p e r c ont of the 1910-14 ['.v cr nge , 'thiS inciex : is 2 p er 6e.nt b el ow Jo.ml[.r~r of this y e ar; 9 pe r c ent
r.bovc. r~<'.rch f', y ct!.r . nc o: <'.nd 4 4 p e r c e nt t>.bov c mid-Augu st of 1945 n t the close of the
Vr.r. '

The low>:J r index of 'pri ce s pr..id, including int 01 r e iit' 'hnd t iti:.e s, r e sults in ;::. corr e s-

nondiqg .roduction i n p r.rit y prices.

'

lfi th the sli ght incr.C<'-S C in the indt:~x of Dricc s r e c e i Vd by f t~.rr.w rs f'.nd th e slight dcc rc r-~ c i n :;> ric es. ~n id, incl u ding int c r c~ t <-.nd tn.:~.c s, the p nrit ~r rr'.. tio (the form er
inci0Y. .:.ivicl.od by tho l a tt e r) ros e- to 115.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .n~'!l::r:z: ~'l.Ql _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Price In ciax .Gs

: l-.ir.r. 15 : Feb. 15 : Et'.r . ~5 :_:_.:... _ Re.o{djiigh _ - - __ _

_ _ _ _ _ - . _______:_ 1_9 ~!7- __ 1_91_8__:_ 1_91,.8__:_ in~e~ ~ . . . _;_ .L _ _.Di}tQ_ _

Prices r eceive d Prices pn.id, including
int erest nnd taxes
. Pr.ri ty rrctio
--------------

280

279

283

226

248

247

124

112

115

-------------

~07

' J' n.n. 1948

251

Jcn. 1948

133 f\ o-cf. 1946

D. 1. FLOYD Agriculturo.l st ~tisticinn
In Cho.r g o

.b.RCHIE WTGLEY .b.g~i.culturnl StntisticiM

V.&. ..... ~-- '"'

.. :. ,

.. ~ .

PRICES RECEIVED :Sy E'.~,1ERS HARCH 1948 WITH CQ1,~ARIOONS

I .

.cQMliDDITY
lu'liD

GIDRGIA

:Ur: I T

;Average s

1 Feb. a J,;B.r. Average . : Bar. Feb.

' Aug. 1909-: Ma.ro 15: 15 15 Aug. 190&--: 15

15

.\Theat, ou.

. : July 1914:

. 1947 : 1948
.. 2.43:

1948 : J uly 1914 : 1947
' e88:

194a :
2;,12:

Corn~bu.

.

Oa.ts, bu. .

.. $:

Irish Potatoes,bu.$: :
. S;met Pot atoes,bu.$:

Cotton, lb.

Cottonseed, ton

Ha;y( loose )ton

.

Hogs,per cvrt.

$;

o67 1.12
o83 C
' 12.6
24.39 : 17.. 85
7.33

' a
1;,75: 2;,05:

:

:

1.24: 1;,25:

. ' :
2.20: 2.25:
l

.

2.,50: 2.25: 2.45:

. ' :

:

34.3 : 32.0 : 33.4 :

96.00: 87.00: 85.00:

S

i

I

. . . 21.00: 20.00: 20.50:

23.80: 18.80: 18.60:

:
. . .64:

.40; ;,89:
. .' .70a: 1.40:

.88: 2.,35:

a

:

' 12-.4 : 31.9...:.
.. 22.55: 88.00: :

11.. 87: 17.40:

' ' 7.27& 26.501

: 192:
: 104:
.
30.7 :
. 88.60: . 19.60:
21.60:

:

: '

:

:

:

:

:

Beef Cattle,cwt. $:

3.87 I 16o00: 16.20; 16.90:

5.42l 18 00& 19;,50:

I
Eilk Cows,head. $'])

;

:

:

. 102.00:108. 00:110.00;

' :
48e00&148;00: 167.00:

Chickens, lb.

:

~

13o2

30;,0 31o6 318 '

' 26;,0 :

!. ~ar;
15 1948
2oll 1.17 1.96 2.37 31.8
21.80 20.70 170;,00 2 7 .2

Eggs, doz.

:

:

Butter, lb.

':

Butterfat, lb. '

l !ilk (i'lbo lesale)
per 100# 3./ $!

Cowpeas 1bu

$:

Soybeans, bu.

""'',

Peanuts, lb~

;

21.3 24.6 25.7
- .:
5.o

44.0 t 56.,0 : 45a0
:

57.0 58o0 56o0 :

' 56.0 6le0 l 59e0

:

. ' 5.7o ,: 6 oo: 5.,95:

5~5o!

5~2o;

'
s.2o;

4 .75: 4.so' 1.so=



;

1

1o .9 ; io.o ; 1o,o :

]}

Aver age January, 1910- Docember,l914. :

21;,5 : 40o1

45.;0 I . 42e6

25.5 1 64;,8 ; 69;, 4

67.2 .

26.3 : 73.5 a

84.9

80.3

1.60~ 4 .27i ... 4. 40 ;

5.oo:
4 ~51 ';

4.88 ,l .58

3.67,t
' 9.9 :

2;.97:
' 10..0 :

3.23 10.1

3/ PreliminarY for W~eh 1048

n m:EDC NUHPERS .OF PRICES RECEI\GD BY FABMERS Hi GIDBGIA

(August 1909 - July 191'< ;. 100

ITEM
All Commoditie s
Cotton & Cott~nseed
Gr8i ns i:.1ea.t Animals D:rl.t'y Products Chicken & Eggs Fruits Miscellaneous

:.:.ar. 15
l~H 7
262
286 192 367 210 213 193 178

Feb. 15 1948
245
.. 266
220 340 230 256 109 162

1.'Ic.r. 15 1948
248
. 274 . 215 ' 349
226 220 106 162

Afte r Five Do.ys Re t urn to United St at e s Dcp nrtmcnt of Agricu l turc
Bur0c.u: of Agriou HurP.l Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgi a
0FFIC!f.L BUSir ESS
Form BAE-B~/1/4~2080 Per mit No . 1boi

Pen a lty for private us.c to avoid payment of postage $300

\ uss. Nellie M. ltc!ese~ Librarian,

State ~e~.

C.ollege of A'theaa.

eAa&.ri .

UN I TED ~TATE:.e>
O!'!.PARTME.NT OF
AGRICUL-TURE.
. :. . -
UNivE.RSITV OF' GE.OR.t;JIA COL!-E.GE. OF AG~ICUL.."fU~t.

Athens , Georgia , . : Apri 1 9 , 19.4.8-

00~ tt K=\CI.Al BROILER PIDOOCTION IN GIDRGIA FOR 19'47

eu R.f;:.AU OF'
AGRICUL.TU~.A.L
E. C ON OM IC5
G~IA ~Gfli ~'-'L"TU.RAL ' .LXT.N$10N ..SE..FlVI.C..

Geor gia 1947 commercial broiler production of 28,717,000 birds was

2 8~ above t1_1e 22,435, 000 of the previous year and has. been exceeded

and o::.l y by the record l;l..igh of 29,520,000 in 1945. The State held

tl1ird place in the Nation with Delav1are

Marylandreinking first

ar.d second respedivel;y-.







Income fr~m broilers reached $24,191 , 000, .a 20"/o incr ease fr om the $20,171,,000 in l946 and only~% be low the $24,466,000 record in

1945 .. .Aver<~ge live vteight of 2 . 7 pounds ;Per bird. was unchanged from

one -:fear aeo but slightly below l:he 2 . 8 pounds average for 1945 . ..

Respective .ave.rage prices receiyed per poWld were 31.2, 33.3 and

29 . 6 cents .

; t

.'! ...

Main commerci::>l counties are Cherokee, For!:iyth and Hall with Barrovt , Cobb, Fulton, DaYtson,

Habershalli, Jackson, Lumpkin , "i11hite .and adjoining counties making up t.~e remainder of ~ the

. comraercial ..broiler area. . ..

.

.

..

_ . .. . . ..

_30 _ l93s;-<7) _ ., DIAGRAM SHo-tl!FG FRO]J{]CTIOP AND 1f.Aim: OF CJroffii A BIDI IERS

y~,u. ~f-i'~;r~od

'-'-~-'-----,;. .a

... ..

1

. . .?8 193'5

500 $ 230

1936

BOO

384

1937. 1,100

539

.. .' ~
.. ..

28

.-.

1938 ' 1,300 193~ . 1,600

611 676,

. ! .

1940 3,509
1941 6,000

1,495' 2,775

r r
....
.. .\

24, 1942
19~q

10,000
17, ooo-

5,152: 1 2 , 1 98

1944 24,000 '19, 116

1945 1946 .

29, 520. 22,435



24 20

,' 1476 61.

. ~

1947' 28,7':1:1 ' ..24,191: ;

.

.. : .. t

.....

~:o. Br~ilei!i :.7 ; -~ Val,le

..

..

M

i

. ..'~- - .,l..

"

i
0

, ...

n

s

... 1. ~
. :.,

' .

.. 12. .. .

s ~I
~
1~

., . .: :...' .- - -

- . -:- . ~

,,

-.

'

.... [

, . 4- .

.' ' : ..

.~..-'.... .

. '
.t -

....'
. .. .
'j '
:J;
' .
4 ''

. ~ ,.. I ..

.' ,'

0

.. . . ( I'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-y~~s

. .'

.. ;,

4 .

. - ~ Aft~~ 'E'iY~.. 'Day~ Ret\lrn .to

.

Un"Hed !States DelJart.ment of Agricu'ltpre

.. ... Bjlr!f~~ of Agricultural Fl\onomics .. .

'. ~1\3: E._;tansion Building

'

Athens, Georg'ia

'

. P~na1ty for private us~ to, avoic

.

P"

a;-ym
\

e

n

t



o

f

'~O..O.S_.. tage

$300 .. .

:

:

..



.. I



"OFFI.?<C""I_,.AL...-..B'""U,....S..nTESS

Form BA..i:-N-4/48.,.1506

Fermi t No . l bOl

:,.
', f ' ; :

H s s. i e1I i e L Ree se, Liorari'an ,

:r .i ;'

I>tate College of Agri. ,

,Req.

Athens, Ga..

-- ' "'\.y--

Ddtt;ve.re l od u ll . stc.tfi.s- ~:1\ith 19 pe i c ent of th(-; :,;l~i-. t.i.on' s productibn f0l,lowe d
_.(.bY::Nuryinnd ,,;i th 12 p e ~ cent, dt.:orgia 9 . p(;' r c etl';t;} ...Virginie. 8 pe r c e nt ,t:rnd
. ~:.e:rth Cnrolinr. nnd .hrknnso.s 5 n< r c c. nt ~u ch. The s e ' 6 . states a ccounte d for
., .. ~~ :p e r cent of th a t .otJ,r_'r)ound; of cornmc: r cit 1 br oile r producti::on i d1 i947 .': .... .
. =:., Thf:l t e rm comme rcial' .brei lo~ . e. s used h u re, includ~ s G.ll young chicke ns of the
heavy Or CrOSS breed~ j .. 2,.4 .pounds lt.V C "Hi3i,.,.ht.1 r t. i s e c;! for meat UP,d from nh ich . : p u1l~ts aro. sold n s broil e rs e..s we ll. us th e c'ocke r e is . Commerciul broiler
product~on..:i~ not irit: lud r; ~ in f orm production e stirrmt0s.

:-GOMr.'!ImCilL BROILER PRODUCT:ION, . AND GROSS .INCo'.ME, BY STATES, . 1946-47







,.

~ ~

'

6



Stat e

- - - .;. - - - - - - ~9~6-. 1i- - - . ~:- - - - - - - - 1947 :. - -

nnd

:- ~ - - - - - - - - ~ - 7 - - - - l - - - - - _________ _

Div i~ion Ni..unbc r : 0 ounds : ' Price: Gross : Number : Pounds : Price : Gross

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'pr;oduced: proiuced: p<.r ~

lb.:

income2/:
--.:

produced:

produced

:

pe-r

lb. : i~-come

2/ -

Tl'.ous unds Cents Th eu s .dol.

Th.ousnnds Conts Theus .dol.

l\' ' f . H.
Vt'.

871 2,245 . .416

3,310
7,633
l~414

33.5 33.0 34.0

1,109 2,519
481

8 27 2,245
312

3,143
71 633 1,030

29.0 28.5 30.0

911 2,175
309

.1nss.i' :: .. 4,:4 64 16,070 3;;: . 5

5,383 1,152 14,117 32.0

4,517

R.I,

..: ;.li48 . 1,568

<... Conn~ . f 6.. 732 22, 889
N.Y. ;.: e.;3 94 ! 19,821

33.2 .
3354~.00 ..

521 7,782 6, 93 7

403 5,924 5, 435

1, 410
20 142
16:305

33.0 33.5 34.0

4 65 6 748 5:544

N..T,

':. 3,990_' 1 3,167 34.0

4 477 3,631 11,619 33.0

3,8 34

1

= = = =: = Pn.

5:,99'2 . 21,247

!!t!-: =:: _3i~4!(~ !o!,!l~

33,0
~)~8=

=~7I1 021!2

61 079
?_9~62_8-:_

201 669 -:_g!,Q6!

_

32.5

6,717

~2~~-:_ ~3!,!2~~.

Ohtq . .

4,653 14 , 424 Z3 .0

4 ,760 3,257 10 ,422 33.0

3, 439

Ind~. .;;. 6,70'4 20 1 782 32.0

Ilh:.\ .

Sj -9io 17,139 35.0

6 , .~. ~
5, 999

7,039 22,!125 33,9 7, 092 1 P,858 33.5

71 636 6,652

M.ieh,. . . ::: . 1,104: 31 312. 32,0

1,060 1,101 3, 533 34,0

1, 201

;, . is~
E'.ff.c0~t;

. 3,-.~.60
. : !z~~KC

111 880 :6!, 53!:

36,0
~3;:1=:

:=

4, 277
:2t!4~

=:

3, 683
K2~1z:s:

:=161,!1,0~48!9 :

35.0
~3!:_a::

:23~1,8!6975:

"'7in~~ ' ' : .. l,-398 4,I94 3 ,o

1,510 1,258 . 31 774 3 5,0

1,32I

Iot.ro.:, .- . ':" .. .2, 805

No :.. .

2, il8 1

91 256 32.0 7, 691 31.8

2, 962 2, 44 6

2, 609
2~ 2f'8

8,871 29.0 6,774 32,o

2,573
- z~I68

Kans~ . . .

:'. 157 1, 892 30.2

571 795 2,146 28.5

612

:;!.C:~~ti : ndL, ;.:'

..~:-41,i.16:!751 :

:2I.Q:si: 1 69, 1 92

~z;:s::: 7,:8~:
~o . 3 . 5T, 356

L6;sKo: ;52, 168

_2!,~6~:
I62, 713

~o~9::: 6,~74:.

30.3

119,302

-. ci. .. :. :31,122 99 ,590 30,1

29,977 ' q~,744 101,581 29,7

30,170

V9:<=

2l; p~?.. 65,667

);.~1to.:~~ .:.:.:: . .:$~; 7 .~~1: .... 22,285
Nf.:c. . :.; :: t4 tr~~ 42,6 62

33 . 5 31.6 32,3

21, 998 7,020
13, 78o

23, 640 8, 441
16,182

70, 920 27,011 15, 3lo

30,5 32.0 32.9

21 1 631 8,644
14, oo1

$,);C . ;.- .3,-90'0 9.,360 39,0
G~~:'. , zz,i435. co,s74 33,3

31 650

31 348

8_,705 37.0

20,111 28.,717 77,536 31,2

31 221 24,191

.fi!i!:.:_ .~.;:_ - ~5;!:.1..2-
,:fss.r,.:e:t l.~:-- .'-''- :.' ..}~::O.1i:; 92'~l 17_

_~1!_.!,.~?_747.!-.-
: 3,39'!

_~112.!!...08:__--
32.0

~~ I5:!J

!l94~i_

1_,085

-_1Z.:_.0..L52L.~75~6--
. 1,090

2_01~..~.8~i6_2_--
3,270

!~21..!=.0__1_--
31.0

~.50~ !5~,!6~-.
1, 0 14

;:-~1:-'~inri.. - .:. .' .:. ::+; ~p._o.~:;. : 4,860 37,8
,'!Mw..,........ , : .,.4;:~~~: :~{ 1o,9.~3 38.o

1, 837 1_,854 4,820 38.6
4 166 : _ 4 , 796 n, 5lo 3.8.o

1,8 61 4,374

;:;-~(is .e~ . . .:.:; . . :..' ~;,.'l-s~::.: ~:i 4 ,?33 33.0

1, 562

2, 331

61 760 3; .o

2, 296

;)P..rk.~ :' : ::: .:;..: l ~;;1.;90 :,:_:: e,,o-so 32.o

14,739 15,628 45,321 31,8

14 , 1 12

=:.~.'La~,~ .,:;;;.;:::>t,.. :. ~~ ~~.::):,'> ~.;o11 39.o

1,174 1, 24<t 3, 231 1 1.o

1, 326

;:.:.<{ . .. o~ba.~:v.-:

:~ e~ ;.:'.~.( 1~ 840 33, o

oo1

1o4 2. 112 M. o

718

.. :.:.;_. _!~~t< .:... ~:).,!.?:i:,4'N4,> '. 2s;~l$0: _ ..s~C'ent ...:iC::.4oL3"?~ : . T9.s,."54~...

~3.!_0 _ _ 33.5

-~~~68 _l:_OL62_3_ 2~1 50~ _
34,638 38.250 !o 3,535

~3.!.0___ Q_,z_48 -

33,6

34,75r

Ariz7 - t: ~. - :5T7~ ;:- T~'4:50: ,-.. 39;-oJ.~~.::-.:~ .~66-- ~.c5o-- T,260- 41:-o---- 517--

~'<o: sh.

1, 792 .5,197 35.0 .'. , !;.-~19 . 1, '792

5,197 36.0

11 871

'Or e g

1, 0 22

31 270 35.0

"l ; i 4'4

C:t i

31 107 37. 0

11 150

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . Ca.!_i.
ife st.
~r.s.::

__
~::

_ :2

10.!..023_
'!3-, 3--;4
!5.!..60_

_3~1 ,2;76 .....14!-0- _ .
4-2,-993 31-. :1- .s~8L62_7__z~.~ __

.:_:1.!_,. .2 4~ _
-_27.~.4o.i_..-/oi~.'.}15-.:5:-...

~I-81633L;,24.~-~.,03;~ ,:_.~.-.s_4:591.T2i1,_9131o3:o~s___~336?6!_..,1.2:0_-_____2'11!T-_52i:.1,!"2.'f.47771~J8-___

Rev1s e d.

.. .. . .. ... .~. ;

2/ Inc1ud<.: s comsumption i r. hous -:;ho1ds of p roduc.e rs '\'lhfch is 1~:: ss thnn 1 pe r c e nt of

- to+;ul production.
ARCHIE Lt~.'!l.GLEY 1~g riculturt:l St c ti s tieif.m

.:_. : .;- .'. :: : :,-

...... . -

. D. L. FLOYD

Agl-if'cdtura l ~tc.tist i ci:-:. n

in Chc. rge

UNITE.D 5TA1 l::.~' DE.PARTME.NT OF
A0R~CU L...Tl.JRE:..
(9ro;b
UNIVF..k$1"'CY 01'" ~;~OR.~IA C.OL~ E.G~ OF AGF\ICUI-TIJRE. .

"": (.) W H,
TRUCK. CROP NO.TES .

GE.oRCS lA . AotiRI C. U LTU RAL ~X~If}:.j ,SION .Sf:.R.VIC.~
. ~ . r, ;,.

April 15, 194-8.-

. ~ : ..
Athens, Ge orgi a

rSNERAL: Progress of truck crops the. second week in April was more . . sati:tfactory than at any other t.ime during the current spr:l,ng
of unu.~ually adverse weather conditions. Most of the commercial areas in tl_le Sovthern part of the State are still -. being hard hit by more - excessive rains on the 14th. Cabbage harvest is 'S ul?t &etting_ underway. All othe t:", t.ruc~ crops _. a.re greatly retarded. :

Sl~P BEANS~ SOUTH GEORGIA: Not over 70 p er cent of last years Snap Bean ac r ea ge i~ ~naicated - a:t . - th:i:s time. The snap '
No Bean crop received heavy damage f rom tne fla$h floods of early Apri 1:.
harvest is expected until some time in May.
. ....
LIMA BEANS:. Fair progress is being made in the Lima. Bean terri to:r:y with. an indica'ted lO per. cent decrease in a.creage from that .
harvested last year.

CABBAGE, SOUTH GEORGIA: South Georgia Cabbage season opened this week with .first cuttings r.eported showing up well in
quality and running cmall to medium in size. Cabbage is reported to be bringing the best price si.nce . 1943 . on ._the first cuttings. '!here has been . . a 35 to 40. per cent loss ..in acreage, due to the fla-6h floods on: March 31 and other earlier adverse weather conditions.
I
CUCU MBERS: Planting. -o.f the early crop is from two to. four weeks l 'ate this season, with most" of the acreage yet tobe planted. That portion
planted early received severe damage resulting in poor .stands and mak ing much replanting necessary.

CA N'rA LOUPS~ Due to the wet fields, farmers have . not yet been able to plant the major portion of the Cantaloup acreage. It is
believed that the.re , will be. H small decrease in acreage this year compared wi.th 1947".

ONIONS: Only EO per cent of last ye ars Onion acreage is indicated for harvest The crop will be about 10 to 15 days later than
normal. Harvest expected around . May 15.

I RISH POTATOES, SOUTH GEOH.GI.i\ : The South Ge orgia Potato crop is from
t wo to four vieeks late, Rotting of early plantings of Irish Potato. seed in the field has caused about
30 per cent damage to stand;:;. There is an e s timated 1300 acres of Iris~ Potatoes planted this ?ear.

TOMATOES: Tomato transplanting is lat er than normal but good progress is now being made in setti ng to the f:lelds. Sufficient
plants a~e repor~ed to be availabl e for all needs,

1''ATERiviELONS: Planting 'intentions as of February indicated 56( 000 nc res but adverse weather conditions since that date hav.e made -
much planting ove r nec e ssary and the crop is later than usual. It is very doubtful if the intended acreage will be available for harvest. It is estimated that at least 50 per cent dama~e has occurred to South Georgia Me lon plantings that are up. An estimated planted acreage will be release d in the mid-May Truck Crop News.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
{"

,-."' .. .._ . . .
TRUC-K CRO'' N~~.-s\_l3y ST4,TE~ -
("
.: April 15; 1948..... -;
/ ~ .
SNAP BEANS.: P.~--~_i:ng :of Mis-si:ssippi. Snap Beans i.'s .a.bo:ut ~,pihp;iete . The.
.s_hippi,ng sea.'son should start about May 10, In Florida the supply of Snap Bee.~s should c--pntinue at e. moderate level during the se.cond half of April~ A 1 few Beans -e.~e being marketed in Louisiana, but carlot
movement is not exl'ected until about Me.;r 1.

CABBAGE: Some Cabbage is being marketed in South Caroline. and movement

should bee orne heavy by May 1. Movement of good qunli ty Cabbage

now is

unde~vay from the Mobile area of Alabama. Mis5issippi Cabbage .

made good progress during the first half of April and harvest will start

during the last week of the mo:nth. shipments wi 11 qrop off she. rply e.fte r

the first ~f May in Florida.. The crop is reported as being in. go.od condition.

CUCUMBERS: Shipping is now in its peak for spring Cuc-qmbers .in Flo.ride.. Yields have been heavy and the quality is good.

LETTUCE: Lettuce movement in Sotlth' Carolina ,ill hardly -become general
. until th~ week of April 26.

ONIONS: Conditions have been favorable for maturing the South Texas Onion

crop. Crops in the Eagle Pass district l!e.ve continued to make good

growth and a light harvest may start the latter part of ~pril , but most 'of ...

the crop is not expected unti 1 . around Hay 10. Exceptionally good grovrj_ng

weather has prevailed in all North Tex~ Onion areas.



ilr t!(.ll'
IRISH POTATOES: Irish Potato digging ) 'rom ,early fie.lcls -in -S<!rt.lirh Caroline. should begin nround May 15, v:i th general movement by the
25th. Yield prospects are rather poo~ for :the crop as a w:hole and production will be considerably below that of last year. Prospects in Alabama are very good with very little blight apparent in fields. Some m1nor digging is underway now, but growers generally are expected to wi thho+d harvesting until the crop reaches a higher degree of maturity than for the past several s e as-ons. -- In Florida harvesting of the important Hast~ngs crop is well underway and will reach peak proportions as the month dra,I!S to .a close. Ha rvesting of the small acreage in the Eve rglades is underway. The crop is -t;urning out good yields an'd quality, with most 'digging to be done during the second half of April .

TO I\IfJl. TOES: Tomato transplanting c onti:hue s in sout~ Caroli na, but should
be completed in the Beaufort area by Hay 1. Hississippi: e:rowers
have completed transplanting tomato plants to fields.

WATERMELONS: Present conditions are favo rable for a good ,..a ter!Tle t.on crop in the Leesburg and Ocala- riewberry-Trenton e.reas of Fl orida
&11 indications point to at l e ast a normal yield of good quality T>_;fe lons in these areas . First cars from the Leesburg area are expected during the week of April 26. Progress of ,..a:termelons in most ea-rly districts of Texas, alre ady se rio1..~ sly r.etarded, made only fairly g oo d pr.or:ress the ' . past two 1.veeks. A fairly large acrea ~e in the Falfurrias district is in good condition and promises the earliest production, "starting in early ,'tune. Crop s e lsewhere e.re around three to four weeks later than usual.

Return After Five Days to United States Department of Agri~ulture
Bu reau of Agric u ltural :...conomics
318 Extension Building J~thens, Georgia

Penalty for Private Use to /.void Payme nt of Posta e; e ~ 300 .

OFFICIAL ' BUSINEss

Form BAE-D- 4/48 ' ~ 1500 .

Fermi t No. 1001 . .,.

Librari an ,

Colle .., o ,,g i c tu.re

Athens, Ga .

~c aa~

' J

' . .. ~- :':':.

..

..:.

. . - ....

UNI l" t:.v ~ A i:-5 OE.P,A.RIM E.I"~T OF
AGRICULTURE.

&ro;t;

'I UN !VE.R.$ITY OF 6EOP..~IA .

.COJ..J..E;.(';IE. OF .AGRI C\,1\...'T:U~t.

..

' ~; :' . . ' ~ , .

~:
~

,

,)

i
...

: .

'{
TRUCK CROP ~
Fay 1, 1948

GE.~IA AGRiCUL'TUP.Al E.X'TE:.NatiO ... S!:.RVIC.~
Athens, Georgia

General: "\!e.~ther: conditions cLuring the last h~o weeks of April were es:o.ecially _:: . . .; ::ravQrable for .- field '"ork in Georgia. i:-iuch planting and replantine; has
tak:ep. _pla:ce ~uring this perio<'L \feather this spring has been very unfavorabl~ \'!ith cont;~ued.:..rain up until about three week s ago. Rain is n0\1 needed in all areas for ..ge:rh!ination o:(..:-"seed. and grovrt h of all tr'uck crops,

Lima Beans: The crop is making fair pro g ress in the Gouthern part of the State but is just no,,,, bei ng ~>lanted in central Georgia.

Snan Beans, South Georgia: Some harvest of the snap bean crop in sou th Geor g ia has started. A. ,re r y poo r crop is in T> ro spect \Jith quantity
and quality .being l0\'1, Good O..emand and favorable prices are rep orted. It is a little early f or ~ lanti ng sna~ beans~~ north Ge orgia, but it is hoped t hat . a good acr eage can b e :.>la.nted in that section to take care of increased. d emand resulting / from the poor c~op in south Georg ia.

Cabbage, So Uth Georg_ia: Cabbage i s moving in vol ume fron south Georgia comnercial.
areas.; Satisfactory p rices 1t1ere still being r.eceived for good .qual.it y cabbage up u..1'1til snortly befo.re Ea~r 1. Reports indi cate the bulk of
the crop ,,fill move to market during the early p art of this month.

Cantalo ups : -': The cantaloup crop has been further de lay ed by not se curing go od stands on replan tin1~ s in t he s outhern sections. Planting in mi dd~e Georgia is
practicall y completed. Rains are b eg inning to be needed in bo.th sections for proper
germi n ation of seed on bo th the rep lanted and r e cently planted acreage .

Cuct.imbers: Cucumbers ,.,ill be two to t_:b.ree week ::-. late due to t he ext ens ive replanting; Very poor stands are reporte d 'llhich \-.rill r e s nl t in lo wer than n ormal
yields.

Lettuc e : The Georgia lettuce crop is al oost a total loss due to the floods around April 9 - , 11. These occurred about a Neek before :r.arvest \~Tas to start on
one of the best prospective crops in ye ar s . So me gro'."ers had a total loss \llhile
others have a very small acreage l eft for harve st.

Onions: A short onl.on crop -is in ~)rospect for Georgia \ri th some harvest exp ected to. begi n around lilay 1 - 15.
Irish Potato es , South Georgia: ~low progress is still being ~ade in gro wth of the Irish u otato cro:> \l!i th belo1,.,r aver a g e yi .elds .in
prospe ct; The .acreage lo st due . to the- planted. l -owlands 'being flooded is ver;\r difficult t o es~imite at t hi s tine but \Jas co nside rab le.

Irish Potato'es, North Georgia: ~lanting of potatoes in north Georg ia is not yet comp l e t .ed . Due t o the adverse weath~r co nditions,
nla.riting op e-rations in that ~art of .t .i:le St a te a re app ro.:ximately 2. .to 3 '"eeks lat e r than 'normal. It \<Jas t hought that since the sup:;:> ly of s eed :pot atoes was plentiful,
more acreage \vould have been plant ed than usual. During the last week in Apr il land beca.F.!e too hard _to prepare for .p lanting due to the hard rains received i n early ~ring; t he r efo re, about t he s aw;e acreage is indicated as last year .

Tomatoes: The south Georgia tomato crop is m~~ing go od p rogress de spi te the de lay

.

. in t ransplanti ~g to .th e fields. Good stands are reported for this crop

as most areas . ~ wer e set i mne diat ely aft er the heavy rains around t he first of April.

Since the crop islater t han usual all p recautions are being taken to r e sist the late

bli ght. Li ght harve st is expected around l:!ay 20 to June l.
:ln Watermelons; Planting of me lons on the gr eatly r educed acreage south Ge orgia has

been comp let e d, but p oor stands ,.,e re r e ceived . Some fields are report-

ed doing fine, and vines beg inning to run, Large amounts of sid.e dressi.ng are . being
used to try ano. make up for lat e:ne ss. Planting in the central p art of . tne state i .s .

just ab ou t comp l e ted, out r ai n is needed for germi nation of s eed. ~e estimated

planted acn~age f or harvest v<ill appear in the nid...,.Ilay Tr q. ck Crop Ne\-JS.

D. L. FLOYD

Agric ultural Statistician

"\

In Char ge

1. H. H.l\.REIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator

TRUCK .QBQR ~- BY STATES As of l~n.y 1, 1948





, /.:, ...: ~! I ! ....,:

'I'

.

.

. Lirna~, ~M~'=?!.~~~i'na beans ..~\ r.;~kl~g-~o9,:d{: gro ;,_~h-_.f.br t~ most !).art, . and f.i.r.~t :pickings . - a:re expe..c:t~d abob.t t.Twte...:.lj_ lri . Quth Cd:ro1tna. ./s.: ~~

, \ \ C.:, ,_\ ~...., ~~ ..., . \ ..., / ,.. . .

. . ~.

.

..

~nap.:a~n,~i~ <~he\~~k. \~)P:P\ri:g d~a.,so~'-. ig. e::;p~ct~_d: ~n ~i.cit1isian~.about Eay 15--20.

.. . ~';; ~;r,~ ~:=. .M ~:: Cq.l,G,i,.1 ~sl wet wea;ther n.t plantine 'time ' resulted 'j,n -.a: reduced acreage
qomj:l ared4t'ri t'h last";year . The "'volume from the important Eyerglades- sect ions of

j

Florida will decline rapidly during the first half of May. In the centra-l and north

Florida sections, harvesting \<Till . be practically over b;r the first of Hay. Host of

the crop for late spring hn.rvest has been planted "'i th much of the acreage up to good

~ t <~.nd~ in .:~ Carolina. The bulk of the Hississinpi acreage is later thE'n normal

and shotild ' be ready for harvest about tJie.y 20.

Cabbage: The :peAk of cabbage movement is ei:pected the \'leek of Hay 3 in South Cn.rolin'\ . ~- . : . .- . -." De~_lini+lg :prices may r educ e the volume <1nd shorten the senson. Li ght ship- . ment.s, fro~:1_ '\~idely: scattered fields ,ill continue t:ntil c-.oout the mid.dle of tk .y in . F.loridn:~_-' i,:fssissirip1 cabbn.ge mr'-de good pr-o gres!;l during tho seco.nd hD.lf: of A:pr.il. J.;O~einen-t~ is now active 'uhd is expected to continu.e through Huy _with period of henvi e st

li)O.vement ' Eay 10 to 25. The _;Tennesse e cnb:t>o.ge crop remr>.iris nbout h!O Neeks later thD.n

~~sunl uith light hf'.rves t expected the last \ved: in Hn.~'

-

C;,_nt~loups: South Cf'.r.olina 1 s cnntr.loups a,.re . in fdr condit ion , but the crop is lr-.t er
th.om llsu<.~.1 nnd ncr ongc s~:1r.ller tnG.n lr.st y <; nr.: Production of en.rly .- cElen.so.n pn.ntnloups \'rill be li ght in ~exns. Progr e ss h~.d be .:;n r e t r.rded by . the cool .. _.; . ,,: p i~hts, , but crops ['.I'e ~no;,., _- ~r~wi;ng fast, . .a.nd blooming: 1:.re.s becoming generr.l,

... .-. ucu:iri'bcrs: In Louisirurt", C(ucwnbe.rs \~e r e plnnt 0d nnct r ool:-nt ed over "' long -period r'-nd
,. ~ '.' 1 . --. . nre in vr~r1Qus st c;ges of dcre lopirtent. Cr.rio-t sllipments should- stf'.rt

~bbut Hriy .-..25 ,;,i th pe.f'.k moi6,,1ent during the first v ce1<: of June. Cucl:l:lrtbc r movement is

exp e cted to bocou e genorr.l in thtl Be<eufort-Chr.rl <::ston nren . of South Cnrolinn.. by mid-

1-,f'.y. The rcre<'.:;e is l e ss, stands irregulr.r, t'J.i:d production \1ill like:Ly _b e .much less

tnR>. i' l i:. st yer..re. $.'pe -.. Bnldwin -county cucw:,ber crop in Alabamf'. is in good condition

. --

~.{.

i

t
.

h'

M

mov ement. e~;p e. cte d b. .9for e micl.-H_r.3>' .

.



. . ...
~

Lettuc e : Let.tu.ce of; .good qunli t y iS moving in volnne in South Cnrolinri ,,ri t.:P, henvie st

l!lOV em e n t

e'xpected

nbont

~iny

5

f'.nd

t he

s.ec.son

T. )rRcticn. lJ.y

over

_ Pi
'

the 15th.

:. ~r"i sh . Potfl.to e s: Ti1e soUth Cnrdlirir'~ p'C.tt\to hr'.rvost should begin frp n e:-'.rly fi e lds by

'' ' ( ''

H~-.r 15 'Fi.nd be cone -ge nc r :->.1 the \reek of t~<"-" 24. Procluct ion i B expected

to be only r-.boq.t .hr:lf th~t of lf'.st y eP.r . Due to dolr.yed p lnntings, _grO\Ith is sor.! c-

'''hr.t irrogulnr in..::..so ::1C co'unti e-s d-f north cn.rolinr., but the crop gcn or~i:~.ris in good

condH ion in ~,11 ,t).rer.s .

_' I .
Onions: E:-.rvest of f'. good crop of onions vns Gxp ~ ct o d to . get \'roll :\trlder vriy. in tho

Engle Pnss district of Texa.s stnrting the enrly pr,rt of Hny . Devolopr.wnt s

during .April indic['.tp .1:1.n incre nse of r.round 10 per cent for the South Tex['l.t onion

crop oye r - ~hi:'.~ i nd_;i. cr.t ed April 1;



.. . -~ . . . ,

ToD~.t-~ e's: Tonnto plnnt~ '- r..r o m<".king goocl progre& s . -in Sonth bci-o'i:'i'nn , . ~~d picking for
gr ee n \\Trc:p shipMe nt iS exp ected the f.ir.pt \{~ek in Jun o. llnz:r.~wr ' weather
hns .i ppr;<?_:v.ed the 1-:is d s s ipl')i tor::a.to crop, but ndv<'.nc or.: ent is n. u ttl e i o:t er thnn
nornf'.l for l'if'.y 1. l'Iovenea t sf1!ohla st~''.:rt f'.bo'ut June 1.. _.

lfi'..te:Fn elo n s: : T:O.e \'mt er r.! el O_n c:rop._i~ in f0ir condition in South Ci'.rolinn, but the

.. . cro-p i s l r'.t er thc.n u s ud nnd. th? r.crer.gq nr.1l er t h,r.n .l r. st. yt)~".r. . The first cc.rlot

:-_. shipr.~;nt in Florid<". ..\11D.s .oil, .-.Apr i l 23~ The -r.1o en ent cr.n b e f: xpo ctod t'o incrE:ns e

rnpidly, reaching :pe[:'.k ,:pr;oportioi1s in the - ~ i.:p qrt r...".'lt Le esburg oren _by nid-Ho.y,

' '

. :l.:: -------c'

In nortl1 r.nd :we-st. -Florida heaV"J rr.ins, floods unci song hnil hav e r educed the plnnted

- n. cr cnge by nt ..~e fl.st 25 .nor c.o.nt . Al nbr.:.m rrospe cts for wnt e r y:e1ons r..r o good de s-tj itc

' , "- sonmrhn:t -ndverse . pi'nn~tlng sel'.son . No sh ipn cnts nre exp e ct ed b efore t h e . last \'Jeok

:>::: in Ju.'1e . . The. er>.rlt e st , ~:e lons . fro n South T~~n.s ar e expected fro n the F 0.lf~rri n s

'.: ~i . dist:i-ict with h p.rvc.;:; t _..;expected to st;~r.t th e l ntt er :p nrt of f-'in.y or enrly . Juno. Ht<rves t : in .oth-er . -et;~1lir . t:'.re r.s is not -exp c c'teo. until nroand Jun e 10--15

.. ;

. .

..

.'
"

....

.

..

Rcturn: b;fter.. ]'i-.re _DE:>.ys tq ....... ; :,:, Un~ ~ e d St <:>.t es D e::~f>,rtp-? nt . of ,.n.ir~clllturc

Penr-.lty for privnte us e to 1w oiC, pr.~'T.len t of po s t nge $300.

'Bur er.:u - 0-f .A{;ri c_ul.tur <>',l .Econor, t_c~

.J . 319: - ~x t a ~ sion: ]u.ildin{i .t . ~.: ..

..1-thons .~ Goor,gi r~- : .: .

' 1 -
_, .,_. ... ogF:rc'iiL BUSiNESS-~ ) . -

.-.-- . F~+T BXJ!?,.'D:-5/48~1WO_ .. ...: ' . .

<.Per::H
. '. . .

,. r:ro-~ J,bOJ.:_ . :: : . ,. . .. : . .. : :. {\ .: ~-

;. ' . :

.. -

'.1, .:_

. ;..:



..
- ~ - . - . 0

., :

Librarian,

Cell e ge of t r i .Qul ture_. ,

Athens, Ga.

"

.. . ~~
' . ., i .. ,, .I ',

11'C Req

.~ . .-.'t'

.~ I ' _. '

: .,

~

: !..

At~ens, Georgia;

. ..

,.. .. .

May- 6) . 1948

. .. . . .

i ',

~

.FAR.~M- . PRICE REPORT AS OF APRIL IS, 1948

GEORGIA:: T_he ~erall ~.e~el of pri~es : be.ing rece.iv:ed :by - G~orgia ;rarmers for

: their products on April 15 rose sharply fr~n the month~efore. The

all commodi-ty indax of: 2G3 per cent of the 1909--14 av:erage showe'd a gai'ri o{
15 points over ~he 248: per cent .r~ported on :i1arch 15 :and. was just sl~~l:l.t,ly . above the 2'61 p~ir 'cent; of one year ago. cott9n arid co.ttonseed prices led wi t:t?

a ~ain of 22 point.s over .the previous month, fol.lowed by . meat animals wi tn

lO pbints and grains w:ith a 5 point incre.ase. Only the dairy produats f!rO'fP

. fe1l,i.

off

. w~th.

a= .

r~du~t~on
.

o't .

1 .

point~
..

.





:

U1riTED . STATES: . Prices~ r'eceived .by farme~s ~ontinuecf to ~ise after the February

:; ~ , :- : ,, slump, the :indet advancing nearly 3 p~er cent during the nr6nth end~d Ap~i.l . l5, : the Bureau of Agricul tur~l Eciono!llics ~nnqunced today. : D:t.n;in~!.

the same ;preriod :the index of prices paid, including interest and: taxes, adVanced

ne-&rly one per cent.

'th~.-most _pronoun~~d in9reases iri pfic~s ~eceiv~d by farmers during the p~st
motlth ocQurred ~n the pr.ices of .cotton, soybeans) beef cattle, l~mbs, cabbage,
and ~trawb~rries. All grains except harley njade p;ai ns, . Sharp d~creases. occ:urred
inthe prices of hogs lind orange's with smail-er declines ! _ri other fruit, hay; milk~
and flaxseed~ These,- changes for the month iesulted in an index of prices received
:t?_y ::f.l:!-rrn~rs of 29l,. .which was . 8 points above a inorith ago and 15 points above a
yeAr'earlier. At this level, . the in,dex is 5 per cent lower than the record high
orJanuary 1948.

TI;t~ index of dairy products prices declined less than : s~asonally during the month ended April 15 . The truck c:rop index was up 15 per cent, cotton 7 per cent,
...Md . th.e . oil-bearing cr.op index -4 p~r oe-nt.

!l'he increase in the parity index {price~ paid, includi-ng interest and taxes) was

mfouocdh~

_s- bmuaillldeirngthamna

that fo terials,

r

prices- rece furniture, a

ive nd

dferH.THi'iigEh?e rr~:/p.riacneds

were lower

paid price

for fe s for

ecdl~th

ing .a.nd seeds. Prices- of farm machinery, trucks, ..an~. autos were unchanp:e d.

The .. greater increase in prfc-es-re c.eived by farmers compared with prices paid

raised__ the parity ratio 2. points to 117.

...

.

,. -

Summary Table ,. . .

:
. ,

-------------------------------~--- ~ ------

Price i ndexe s

Apr. 15,

Har. 15

Apr. 15, .. Record hip.:h

Prices received

. 1947
--

-

.
-'-

1948
-- -

--

~

-

1948
-- ---:--:--In-d-ex---- D-a-te----

276

283

291

307 jan.l948

Prices paid, including

interest and taxes Parity ratio

229

247

121

11 5

249

251 Jan. 1948

117

133 Oct.l946

------------------------------------------

ARCHIE LAJ:GLEY Agricultural Statistician

D. L. FLOYD Arricultural Statistician
In Cha rge

----------~--~-~~-~----- ---- - - - ~-

,. . .,.... .w~" ,;. " -.- ~~~o.. . ---~1(01....~........... - r..........._ ., _ .... ....-...........,._.~...- ~ . ~ ... -.J . ... ~ .

l: f -~;. .:." ~-..<<~;_,t ~;-~ ;ni-IC#~. R;~dm:f_f.rn. I3x _r~ : ~1L 1948 -w:rw_c;miPARrooNs. ..

.) r~:~ ....- ..;...,.;t...l-~~ ;..>-~.a t_.,. ...... ~:::~..:.....~- - ..... _..., .-.:\ .

_.,._ . -

. "'".

"'-
' .

;()~DITY .

.AND

.

iliHT
~

: .

. -, G RGIA ~ :.:, . -~

:' -

f UNITED STATES

IS. ; .:
:

AAuvge.rag1e~-./

: :

Apr.



: ' -, erage

:

Mar. : AP.r :Aug.190s.;. Apr. J,.p.; Mar.

: Ju1y'\;~9:).4_-~,,: 194;!1~ --: 15 .f l;~, :July 1S~4 1S47 ' : 15

-'_ \ . : . .. . . : . 1948 ; 1948 :

' .

: 1948

Apr.
15 1S48

<Vheat, bu.

1,24

2.52 , 2~50:~ 2,50;

,as; 2.40; 2.21; 2o29

Corn, bu. Oats, bloW.
Irish Potatoes,bu. $ ~ Sweet Potatoes, bu. $ ~
Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton, Hay(loose)ton Hogs 1per cwt~

.91 1.88 :~ . 2~0Q_ ; 2'~05~ '

. . .. ;.-6? .:~- - .. t.24

1.25! ~.;,..3o; .

1.12

2;,20

. .83

. 2;.25: 2.25:

. 2;.45:

.

. . 12.6 . : 34;,3 : 33.4 : 36.2 :-


17;.85 : 22.00 '':

. 85.0.0:: 9000; . 20.50: 2150:
.

7o33 22.00 18.60: 18.00:

' ;

;

_ 2.uf .. .. .. .. .~ --- ~- - : . ,.. _ . ~ .... ...
. . .aa: 1.11: lo19
;,70.: 1;,45: 1;.96:

.;,88;
.

2;37:

. 12;,4 : 32;,3 ; 31;,8 : ' .

22;,55: 88;,001 87;.90:

:-

. . 11;,87: 17;,20: . '19.70: .. .

23 .~; . 21.80:

2 i 40 34 ;,1 89;, 40 19;. 4 0 20.60

Beef Cattle 1 cwt~

3.87 ; . lSi 50

. . 16;.90: 18;,00;

2190

Milk Cows, head

.

9hickens,lb.

.:

13e2

102.00 110;00:115;00:

30.0

3le8 33,9

- ;'

. :

: .

48;00: l 18eOO: 170o00: ' 174e00

11.4 s 277 : 272
-:

28o0

Eggs. doz.

:

410 . 45..0 z 44 ;,0

21.5: 40;,8 42;6

:

Butter, lb.

.. :

Butterfat, lb. :

Mi

l k ( Vf u o l e s per 100#

a

lieJ)

Cowp eas, bu. . Soybeans, bu.

.'$..i .

540

2S.7

56;.0

2,42
-:-

' ;... :. 'h 6p

s6 ,o 56;0

25;5 62;5 : 67i2

59;0 : 61;.0

263

. . ;
68;5 :

5;.95,: 5.o80: . :
5;20: 5;30f . -
4;60:

-1.60 .J .; . ..,

4 ~ 00:
.. . . . 4;62: 4;,5.8:
3i62: 3;23$

5i34

. :
Peanuts, lb.; . :

: ~

: ~

:

: :

5.0 : 11.5 s 10.0 : 10,1

: 'i'

:

4.8 10.4 : lO.! ;

1/ Average .Janua:ry, l910 ... Deciemoer, 1914.

i f . Prelimi n_a.ry forApri'l 1948

ITEM

INDEX NUMB:p\S OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.ARHERS IN G:EDRGIA

(AugUst '

.

l. . e

09
. .

-~ J~y ~..

1914.

:

.100) '

. April 15 1917

March 15 :' 1948

- ~.A.Prn i5 1948

All Commodities

Cotton &. Cottons~ed

Grains



Meat Animals Dairy Products Chicken & Egg s

Fruits . Miscellaneous

261 286
203
350 206 203 -193 18-1

' '2 8 ~ :274' _, .
215 .. .
'349 226 220 106 162

..

..

- 263 ' 296

220 . 359

225 22? . 106 ...

163 '

After Five Days Return to

,

Un~ te_d ..States Department of Agri~ul tli:i-e

Bur e au of Agricu ltm;al Economics

319 Ext ension Building

Athens, Georgia

- OFFtCI.AL BUSINESS
F~-r~ B.AE-B-5fl/'18- 1712
. _Permit .No . l OOl

Penalty for private use to . .avoid peyment _qf postage $300.

Dean Paul .1. Chapman
Athens, Ga.

Clark Co.

Be<t.

.. . - -~-

~- Athens, Ge~rg:i:a: --

- - '" -; .. . "' --

May 13, -1948

ACREAGE ' A.Nb INDICATED .PROI:iUCTIO:N

.(as pf May l, 194~) .

.

.

Lima Beans, Spring: Flor.ida; Georgia and South ' Carolina are expected to

produce 376~000 bushels of l~m.., beans this spring

.

compared ' with 394,000 bushels-.: last spring and the 1937-46 average of 485, .000

bushels~ In Georgia the acreage is placed at 1200 compared with J400 last

year.

Snap Beans, Mid-spring: In the mid-spring areas of California., Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina
there has been some improvement and a production of 1,871,000 bushels is now indicated - 11 per cent below the 1947 production of 2,107, 000 bushels and 18 per cent below the 1937-46 average of 2,285,000 bushels. In this mid-~pring group the acreage is estimated at 21,000 acres compared with 23,700 acres in 1947. Acreage in Georgia is estimat,ed to be 2100 acres com-. pared with 3000 acres in 1947 and .an indicated yield of 46 bushels per 'acre.

Cabbage, Early Spring: In the early spring group of states which includeB Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgfa. and South
carolina t :he.acrreage i~"estimated at 21,800 compared with 22:,500 acres last - year. Around 1000 a~res Wa.s lost in Georgia due to floods but this loss
is more than offset by an increa s e in per acre yield in Louisiana, Mississippi
and South Carol_ina.
Ca~~aloup~, Early Summer: In the early summer states of Arizona, Georgia
and South Carolina acr,eage is reported to be 4 p~r
cent lii.rger than in 1947 and 41 per cent above average . 29,300 acres for hanest this year compared with 28,100 acres :last _year- and the 1937...-46 average of 21,030 acres- an increase of 19 per cent _over 1947 'in the heavy produci-ng State of Arizona more than offsets 'decreases of 30 pe'r cent in Georgia and South Carolina. Georgia s.creage this year is est1mated to be 3000 acres comparea with 4300 acres in 1947.

Cuqunib.e-rs,_ Late Spring: The late spring production is indicated to be

' 21 174,000 bushels which is 10 per cent belm~ last year's 2,426,000 bu'shels but 34 per cent 'above the 1937-46 average. A decrease

in ' acreage is indicated; 20,500 acres ih 1948 compared with 22,400 acres in

1947 .and lS, 340 ac .re~ in the '1937-46 average. This reduc;tion in acreage

is principa.lly: in Georgia. nnd South Carolina, where adverse we ather prevented pl~nting o~ ~aused earlier intentions to be diverted to other crops. The

Hay. l indi.ca.ted acreage in Georgi ~ was 1000 aqres compared with 1500 iast
year~ . ' Only 65 ,oob' bushels are indicated at this time compared with 100,000

in 1947.







Lettuce, .Early Spring: Prospective production .in the early spring g;:[oup

I

of sta.tes. .is l? per cent .below,- the April 1 fore-

cast . Acreage has .been reduced about 6 p~r cent. a~ the resu! t of 3000 acres

of poor quality lettuce 9~~ng disked , out in the -Salinas Valley of California..

and the loss by floods of 580 acres in Georgia.

Onions, Late Spring: Compared with last year, California and Arizona have larger acreages but acreages in Louisiana, Texas e nd
Georgia are s.rnaller. Net reduction amounts to 1500 acres~ Prospective production is 15 per cent above last year and nearly dpuble. the 1937-46 average. There is only 550 acres indicated for harvest in Georgia this year c~pared with 900 acres last year.

: : !.

.. :.

. . ..

Irish Pptato e s,.. Late Spring: A lat~ ~-pring-_.pot~to..~ op- -O.,-f.2; -90 ..-Goo,_

_

bushel~ is indicated by May __l c_o:pdi ti!?n

Compared with 1947, ,-most of th-e indicated increase is "iri Ca iif_ornfa . _--~ ,- .

where acre ag e was incr eased 27 -per c e nt. Growers in Al o.b ama , t exa s;

Ok lo.homa, Arkansas and N~rth Carolina are expected to harvest larger c~op~

t han we re produce~ in .1947; but such-iinoreases are alf!lost offset b y the; :

smaller crops expected- i~ the. o~hy r Southern States. :Ge <trgin acreage .is -

e stimated to be 1000 , ~ores compa_r e d with 1800 l~st ye ar ;-

Irish Potatoe s./ slinime'r:.:

Acreo.ge

for

summer

hnrve~t

in

. ''
Virginia;

Ma ryl'o. rid,

Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Neb*askri, :Texas, north

Georgio. a nd New _J e rsey is estimat e d the 115,700 acres-~: ~art'ested in . 1947

at 1161 700 but 10 ; per

acres, slightly irt exce ss cent be low the average of

of
'

129,-150 acr~s. No chang-e _is indicate d from th e 1600 acres harveste d l a st

year in north Geol'g_i-ti .

'

: -'-

Tomatoe s, I.il-te Sp_ring:

't '
., Production for late -_spr'ing. ha rvest i'n r exas,

.

~ouisi a na , Mi_ssissippi~. South Ca rol{ na ~nd Georgia

is forecast at 41 074,000 bushels - .4 pe r ce nt a bove l a st ye ar a rrd 7 pe r cent above avera ge.- .. Yield p e r acre is indicat e d to be about the~-' se.me o.s ' lnst -- y~ ar. o.Ut . ~c ~ea g e was : increa se~, espocitdl:y ln )~~a s, :Mi.s-sis i ippL nn<l

Alnbama. Ha rve st - is expected to sta rt~ in a light wuy, l a t e in f,1ay, but

vo-lume will not be attaine d until e a rly June, Ge orgia 1 s 'a creage i s about

the same o. s ' last ' y ea:r. :

-

- ~-

..

CROP

:

, . ~CREAG:e:

~ : AND . -.: ;. -10-Ye ar .



.,..

s TATE; Average: 1.947 ~

.. . -

.

. :1937..:l4,

~
~.

.

:.

'

-..

- .,

. .

... .



..
.

;.:.

'1!/ATERMELONS

Ind. 1948

YIELD PE!t ACHE

l'RODUCTION

Wate Ea r

rme lons ly :Surrme r

i

_Aqres
. :

P,.cre. s

Ca lifornia ...:. ..9-,-20G: -- l0,-6ee=

Ari z ona

2,320:- . :5;5oo:

Tex a s

--4~3';36()':" - 74, 006 :

APrcerel1sm::
9;600: 4,ooo= 56,000:

.-:-.:;;,'M- _e'lo":ns:t

-
<'

.


: -

-.1!: 000 m~lons -

_: .. r - !"

:

7.22- ~ -... Jsa:

, -:- 6,64 9 :-: 7,950 :

!:16~ : _ 6_~~:-~: -::_-; : ._ __!_, .z_-_~___: _.2-,170:

148 . ~-175 : 'l . .

7, 230 :12, 950:

Loui si a na

3,990: 3,100: 2 , 500~

280 : 20e1

! 1,116

868:

Mississippi _ - 5; ero : ,_ 3 , 6oo : 3, 2oo : 250 :- -l so : - -: r ";:i . 1.,400 : -, . -.4;8:

Alabama Ge org i a

. . : " 6,:.8'80 i : 6.; .7oo : 6, 4oo :

3 l 2._ :: ~. 27Qt I- -: . , 2, -10 5 :. l-; 809:

: ~5 2 _; 48(}: . .56,;ooo : 4 5, ooo : , 2131 :- - l"2~6: -' J:- - ~ . 13, 5 2fL : l-6,0l6=

South . C.e. r ol:ine: 2 ~ J 15CJ : _ 3o;:.,(:Jo : 22;000: . 2 20' : ' 24<D : -- ' .._:. .5,024 :_.7, 20Q:,June lO

N.ort )1.. Ca rolin~: . -. -~-\840-~ ,; - ~;:_ 966 :... !!.; roo : : -. 217 . 225: r :- <: : 2;'12-5 .i 2, 227:

. Ar ka nsas

_: -- 4 , 04:::>: < <1 ,_ooo : . . 3 ~ 800 :

2&6 27 5 :

1,158: 1,100:

.Okl a homa

11;988: J.}. , 'J(:)Q : . 12&00() :

218

190

2, 597 : 2,090:

~fisso u ri
Group Total

: H> ~ t~ 9G.il ~ 4 -. ~oo : .. : 3~860 : ' 2.90. - 200

. . ... . :-1s s : =n3u~-2':i::-~~oo :- )1"1 ~2o'-:G::'"":-..,.~.~2.,...5~ ;

.

. , ' . '... l

. (""

-~

258

,., - . :. 2., 6!8'6., _: 940:
.- . : . ~ = 4 7 ~ 12 9'; :-55, 9 68:

.1/ _N otCi".t he.t t he !:O._y-en r ' &V'S_l a gc s f.or ' ' ir r oups" ..und:--" q.-1:1 ~~ u;t~s 'J ~_- a re the avera ge s

- of th e :Ennua l tot a l s ; :ao t~the- s um of , the S tnt e:- o r ~g:11 o u p- ~:vc ruges .

-~

. -.. ~ ..J"" ~ \~- ~r ....

..

. r.'t.... . :

'., _

t

Wate r me lon&, Ea rly ~ St.trnm~. r: -4I1-- \3 ~timnted l77~ _2oo a cr~' s of !ft e r mc lons will



be Rvuil ab l e fo r e n. rl y sumne r ha rvest , Thi s a cre ag e

is 18' pe r. c e nt ~e low .?17,.100 a cre s ha_rye_te_g i l'l 194_7 und 6 ~ r c e nt be low the

188, 1 90 a cr~ ny e r a ge . In -the Squ-fh;'f.p.. States; - t hoc1'up --wrrs -~;ep--e~ l.-IY-l"h'-nted

l o.~e r -than 1.;1sua i un( q. ev~:t:opme nt . h~_ s_;b.~~ p s lo)~;~ S~c :~ ab1-_o _ ~bote -~? !.. Ge orgi o.

.

p r elimina ry: acr:eo.gy ~ ndicatio n.

..
.,

.

. .

.. .
,

~ ..~

D. L. FLOYD

< .-

. .
:.\

... ..

. . ~ t

'

/

, -
... -

--- ..

f
A

t

'

.

H.-

~

' . HARRI

S,

JR.

1 O

Ag ric u l t ural Statistician In Cha rge

. -

.:. -- "'1'PUc k" Ct'op -& ttmntor

-



:._ I ,

T

r.

,:

, . - ... .'

lC

!

1

:

y
..

:'. . .

Athens, Georgia

May 13, 1948

GErERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF MAY 1, 1948

Excessive rainfall during February, March and . the first half of April delayed the preparation--of land-e.nd-p r~v-en-t e-d-" farmers f--rom planting on sch~ule. Heavy rains ~nd floods the early part of. .April damaged crops .in the southern portion of the State, und some replanting was necessary. The unfavorable weathar and hi .e:h "'raters
onused, serious damage to the c'Otrunercial lettu.ce and cabbage crops,

Damage to the peach cr.op from the March 29 freeze wa.s more sev~re in central and northern seotiorts of the State than ,,;as antioipated on Apdl L

In spite of earli'er. adverse conditi.orts, fuir weather since mid-April made it possible for farmers to make exceptional progress in preparation c.nd planting of crops. Producers ~~th tractors worked extra hours, and on May 1 the majority of crops had b.eon planted. On May l the small .grain crops were looking g,ood nnd
nbove average yields nre expected.

1'.Theat: Condition reported on Mny .1 indicated a Georgio.wheat crop of 2,688,000
bushels or o. decrease of 20 per cent from the 3, 3601 000 bushels h.arveste\!!
in 1947. The current estimated production is 28 pe~ cent above the 193746 avora~e
. production. F.requent rains during the fall months prevented the intended aerea~e qf small grains from being plante d. The wheat acreage .for harvest is placed at :~15,000 compa.red with 240,000 one year ago. Current yield per acre of. 12.5 bushels
~s below that of last year but nbove the ten-year a~erag~ yield .of 11,5 bush~ ls.

Qats: Reported condition of all oats on Hay 1 was 76 per cnt of normal compared with 79 per cent ~n May 1, 1947~

Pea:ches:: Prospective production of. the Georgia total peach crop (including com-

mercial a~d .farm production) as of May 1 should reach ubout 3,936,000

~

bushe ls compared ,Nith 51 810,000 bushels harvested in .1947. Current indi.cated production is the sme,llest .crop sinc e 1943 when only 1~ 530,000 bushels were prod-

~ced. Below fr e ezing weathe. r of Ma rch .29 caus.ed extensive dc.mage to the crop in

qentrnl and northern a reas of the Stat e . The crop is very spotted with some

Qrc}).ards c_omple tely 1'{iped out, OrchardS' on low ground we r e damage d th~ most. South
q:f Macon the .cold damage wus li11;ht. First movement of Mayflowe rs is expe cted the

. ~;!econd week in May; Ea r .ly Rose should st a rt moving in volume by June 1; ship~ents

qf Hi leys should start from June 15 to .20, and the harvest of. Elbertas is expected

around the first of ~uly.

3.

PEACHES

.:V. State
... .. ..

-
.

::A1~9v-3e-7r-a--4g-6e----1-9-4-2-----1-94-3----1-.9-P4-4r~o~d~u1-c9-t4i-.o5-n--

------~------~------------------

1'946

1947

Indicated

1948

Thous c.nd bushe ls

N- .c. s. c.

2, 131 . 2,463 . 252 2, 698 2~172 3,160
3,151 3, 640 :' 406 2,'838 6, 300 s, 994

2, 905 6,630.

1, 921 3,320

Gr:. ,

5,037 2/ 6,177 1,530 4,200 7, 395 5, 628 . 5,810

3,936

)

F1e. .

89

111

57

103

96

96

64

ch 84

.Aia .

1,388 1,430 550 1,200 2,000 1,250 1,525

1, 2?5

Miss.

856

870 406

897 1,134

868

854

812

f\rk, ,

2,190 ' 2, 109 648 2,330 2,518 2,479 2,220

2,263

Ln.

293

319 176

296

3'20

293

270

290

Okl n .

464

477 136

286

734

598

464

206

0

Tex.

1, 698 1, 564 812 1,300 2,336 1,856 1; 696

961

$3C

10 States 17,295 19,160 4,973 16,148 25,005 22,222 22,438

15,018

For some States in certain ye nr~, production includes some quantities unharveste d on account of economic conditions. Includes 250,000 bushels ha rve sted but not utilized due to abnormal culluge.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultura l Statistician
In Charge

ARCHIE LANG LEY Agr~cu1tural Statistician
~I

., _. --) \J:~.:\', \ ~~ ----. . .. - - .

:l
:2~2f

~{~~~:~.I e:_ nW~IT:ED:&sT"A'-!rE~ ~G~:m.'Ni::ili:Rot~>.!~~OtR;'!);--.rA.s~-~oF~~M~:i~:{~L~. t1!94i8~

1

}~;~t.t...:'.-t:.j.rc;i~~~::1:

: activity, however, were some,~hat adver~e for ;;inte~ wheat~ irt p"arts 'of.: ~~;.eouthern

or _.1:;
I

_.~reB:; . ~~a_ins.
tho~ gr~sses,

Elsewher meadows

e

a

the nd p

c a

ondit sture

io s

n h

a

of ve

'fall-sown developed

crops is a little

mostly slo,-rly

good to excellen~ in the North. -~

~y stocks::~~!lla~.n -f~~r~r Jarge Jor . the country as a whote, in spite .~_eavi late-

.. ....

feeding requirements, which ne~iy exhausted supplies in some sections. ~ . . .' ....

.

Winier wheat . s.u:(,fered .~:~m:e .d:e.terioration .and acreage loss in the ..Great Plains, but '

was in good to -excellent ..c.ondi tion in most other important areas . Production is no\'r
. :. .. forecast at 845 million 9ushei~, only 15 million less than on A.pr~l 1. Although no.

pfficial estimate of spr~ng 'wheat production ttill be available Wltil ne~t month,

fl-Verae;c yields on the prosPective acreage would bring the total wheat . crop up to ~ .t~ .. i -~; 117 million bushels. .. . . , 1 .

pasture condition is rath~i hi-i:i.formly good. Spring .truck crops '"ill furnish supp lie

: -bf::vegetables only slightly below last year and "'ell above average. Early potato e s
... ..: ~a':>: reach ma.~kots lat ~ r t~n .u~~al',, but _production is exp~cted to be. .rel~tively la1:g

... 1n the Sout.h; whi.le California has an excellent crop.

~.!' . ~ I : ..

' .. ....,. .

,' , .

Spring seeding of grain progressed r apidly durin:s tl;le latter hr-.lf of April, with the

soil in good condition. Mechanized equipment was a big factor in getting _the work . .:d.o.ue r apidly s.nd.-reffic.iently . In so~e sections of the South and Southw'est, in : : .,-:.Nissouri and. s~mthe~n t11.it:\oi s~ seedin~ of oats vms del A-yed, _beyond optimum dr-.tes,

_: ;. i:md some intended gro.in ncr c r.c::;e . \'laS not SO\m. but wn.s shifted to l t>.ter cro-ps. The .:. : ~ ext ent of those shifts in crops cE'..nnot be fully npprdsed o.t .this time, bu-t may

"

, ,

~

:~'rt:lsul
. ,:~

t

in

sli ghtly

l

nrger

.
.

ic~.et>.g.es

of

corn,

so~benns

nnd sorghums

.

:

thnn. _,.,er e plMned.

~ iH1TT~R 'mE.!T: Produc.ti'o~ o'f wi"nt c r \ rhen.t is noll( indicntod r'.t 845,484,000 bushels.
This is 21 por " c~nt b elow 1nst yen-r 1.s r e cord winter ,,heat production

;::::i of 1,067,970,.000 . busb.ols, r.>-bout 15 million bushels lowe r thr>..n the ,.,roduction i ndicnted n month n.eo. but ne nrli 23 :p cr ' cent 1:'.bovc -the 10-~0 <'-1' rY.verr.g)3 of 688,606,000 '

bushels.





...

is . ,. .... ~
, .1 -.: lrhe ncro.ngo remnini;,g for ha~;e st

-~ stimat ea: t>:t 52,471,000 acr e s, or nbout .4 p er

c~nt l oss thnn the 54.780,000 ncr e s 'harve sted J: nst yenr:, . but it is 26 per cent nbovc

.. . the -10-yor.r t:w.erng_ei o~: 41,?24,000 c.cre s. The- indicntea yiel!l is. 1&.1 bushels per

'"er e <for hnrvest,J'!;hi;ch is 3.~. b1lshels lo,.,er thh.n last yeP.:r nnd o_ne-hr-.lf bushel :per

.. .nc:rd .. lower thn.n nver.o.ge. .

PEACHES: .A. 15 milll~~1 'bush~l p.f!lP: c}i -crop: in t he 10 southern stl'.t ; ; in indicc.ted by

Mny 1 conditions. This would b e the shortest crop in this nren since the

r.eeord-low crop of 5 million bushels in 1943. The 1947 crop totn.l ed 22. million

bushe ls r.nd the 10-yenr nverr.ge is r'.bout 1? million.. bushels. Georgin, with n pro S>

poet of 3.9 million bushels, is t,,,o-thirds of l a st yel':r, nnd South Cnrolina with 3.:

.mil)ion bushels is nbout on e...hnlf of lnst yeD.r 1 s production. .A.rkr.nsns exp ects nbou

sfz-o .. .......:t.he s~e...

crop ns -in l949 ..or~ 2.-3 millioJ1.. P~~hels . . ,___

.-~ !n Georgia, !the No..r ch .29, cold. .sn_np -caused. 11:rtt.l e d~r>.ge to t h e . pench crop sout h of

__ . .. Macon r..rd n f n].r to good crop is. e;:pect:ed iri. most of thes e ca.unties. The crop in t l

- . henvy-pro'cfucing ~co'ntl"r.l --Gc-orgir..~- co.W..Ue.s. is .V.~f',L
short in the nort!}E? J:'.n commEY:tci r:l .counties. Nor e

spo of

.tth-teetd--r

.e..

d.Purcot' 'ld\ounc

tio of

n

t

\'i' he

i

ll c

r

be op

v ery "rill

. , , come in the Elb ertn vnr-i ety...thl'.n "iii." (>"t"hcr vnrieties due to the f a ct thnt the bulk ol , : the :production ~ott~ of Mnccin is Eloert tts . In :._South Onro1ina, the crop 1-s very
, spotted . \;r!th so i:!}o. drchn~~~ p.nd -~~~lions .- 66nt:?let,cl:~ \ripeg. oqt', 1trhil~ o~her orchnrds
. -- -hnvn r>. _~r.dr to .. g~a.-..cro.p.;._:_:_ ~ G.cn.~I:t'1)y _s.pe_~i.I::g, " ~l.1ff' R1.d.ge . m~d. Sp0..rtanburg-Gree nvillc

creas b..".ve, e. fair set of :f:ruit .-:. ~H

\'.:.: --;~. .. ........~ ..

.

t .:.

.

.

..

- .L

.

.~

-~

f ; : .: :. t

:.-:; \. l

.



. . In Nor.t h . 0>.rolin0:, the Snndhill'S-: nren hna: a. be.tt_~I-' croP, . prosp ect th?.n the rest of t

Sta te., ;.: ~The J\rkr>.nsns crop-! v nries ~;rontly by nr.e.as. . North\,rc s.t .&-1mhsas ,.,D.S wiped- ou1

by lO\'! m1d-Enrch temper ntures. ..'The N:'..shv:1lle-Righlnnd n.r.eh h!'.s nbout hnlf r'. p ench

crop loft nft .:o r the lvinrdH freeze-~ The Ol;n.rksv.i,_l;le-LaiJn.rr' o.ren hn.s pros-pects for n

_ . . ---::,-- very lnrga . crop. --~-~~<:- _0-t?'"w.~~!-lffdg; e hn~Cgood prospects alt~ough no't {'l,s -~od ns in f

_ .._,_'_..-

i
~

Ol

nrksvil,le.:.-.L.. .."..r..--A..T: T. '

:.area.

r . . ; i . . . . ) !':'!. .: : .: :: . ~ -~

-- - -

.-\-:;-
. .. - - ...

-

- ----
. ... .....

..

.

-'



\



' ' \ :l ' :

, ..... . Re turn Mter Five Dnys to : . .,
'u. S. Depnrt'i'!len t 'of Agriculture

.: ,

.;. '

:

.- .

Penalty for privnte use to nw p nyment of postage $300.

, ~. :B11ron.u l)f Agricultur nl Econor~ics

. :::

319:~lll~~ension Building

in~n.s, Georgia

OFF1CI~ BUSINESS Foro BnE-~5/48-4342
Permit No. 1001

0 t a t e Coll eg e of Agr i culture,
Athens, :la . Clarke Co. sP. 2

UNITED ::OTATE.~ Ot.PARTM E.NT 0~ AGRIC,U\..TURE.
{!hr;f;; ,
UNIVEP.$1'TV C'JI' GtO"~IA
C.CILI..E.<i'E. 0" AG~G\,IL~URt.

QEOR.GIA AG~ICULTURAl.. L:KT(.NaiOH St..RVIC..

TRUCK CROP NE";S
Hay 15, 1'948

A:t;hens, Georgie.

General: During the first two weeks of' J:ray cool temperatures, especially at ~night, and insufficient moisture has furthe~ retarded planting and growth of
truck crops in the mountain counties. Shovrers have been received in the central and
sout hern part of the State QUt not adequate for proper growth in some se c tions. The
shipping season is running late on the small acreage of lettuce left for harvest.
In s outh Georgia cabbage loading is declining rapidly but movement of onions, pota-
toes and snap beans is getting underway. Very light harvest has started for lima be ans, cucumbers, and tomatoes. ?rospocts are fair to good for ''lo.termelons, c a ntnlo ur;r (md tomatoes.

Snap Beans: Movement of beans in south Georgie. has been fairly heavy during the pa st week with harvest just getting underway in some areas, Good
:rices are being received to date. Some few beans have been planted in north C'.:or g:ia and planting is e xpected _ to become general wi tht n the next two weeks.

:~~b ag e: The bulk of the south Georgia cabbage crop has been harvest e d with very good p rices pa id for t\e . ~ a-rly ha"'rV ~ st, but th,ere was pra ctically no demruJ
for the l r. s t c u ttings. It is r eported ; 'bhett' some of the l ltte fields wi 11 not be har..,. veste d as the price paid to growers will not pay for cutting. Purchas e of cabbage by the Federa l Government is expelted to l.r e lieve so~e g rowers caught with a ll or part of the ir crop in the fi~lds when t1'l e price broke. Quality of cabbHge now being cut is very poor due to damage from worms and bugs. Much of the north Georg:i &
acrea ge is yet to be set.

Cucumb e rs: Ou~ oo for cucumbers i s not f avorable at this time a s stands are bad, and yields not expected to be normal. Light harve st is expecte d the
l ast week of May.

Iri sh Potato e s: . In south Ge orgia prospective yields of potatoes ar e not v e ry good. Light harvest is getting und e n vay in some fi e lds with digging
expe cte d to b e come general around the l a st of l'.'Is.y. The growth of the north Ge orgia commercial potat o crop has b een greatly r e t &rded due to the unu sua lly cool nights ~:~inc e planting,

r Tomatoes: The tomato crop is later than usu n l, with harve st not ex p ecte d i n volume b efore June 1. Yi e ld prospects are good this year with b e tte r tha n ave rage sta nds r eported.

''-."s. t e rme lons: 1.~ra.t e rme lons are making fair to good growth, v-vith mov ement expe ct e d to b e gin from some of the e arl y plante d fields around J une 15.

Cant a loups: The cant a loup crop ha s made satisfa ctory progres s during the past two
we eks. Harve sting is expe ete d to b e gin a round June _10 , which s much later than usual.

D. L. FLOYD Ag ricultural Statistician
In Charge
Return Aft e r Five Da ys to Unit e d States De partment o~ Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Exte nsion Bu ilding Athe ns, Ge orgia

L. H. HARRIS, J R. ,T,ruck Crop Estimator
Pena lty for priva t e us e to avoid payme nt of postage $3C

OFFICIAL BUSINE SS Form BAE~D-5/48-1400 Pe rmit No. 100 1

Librar i an , Col lege of Abricu tur~
Athen s, Ga.
lC Req

Lima Beans: Snan Beans:

,-. ~ . . ..~.. ..-- ~.. _;~t ,:~' ~

""!

. :.. . ~ ..~:

TR'iJk. ClOP NEi'i - JIT; ST)\.tES

~-

' t

.

.. .

.r--

'

\ ..

~outh C~rolina "lima..-l>.~~s are ma{?-~~-~~-:pro~es~,

e~~' .~. t...~. d

to

be~in:

t~)/.i:rst
'\

week

in

Jutfe.

and pict~xt~)is

1 -..r--

: - ~ ~

.

,.. .
...

;~.,

\
Present ~~-qi{ai tions are- ~favorable for snap beans in South Carolina, and

after.

In

~ movemCeanrtolsinhaoullidg

be ht

heaviest pickings

this '"eek \-Ti th diminishing supplies thereof snap beans '"ere made this ,.,eek in fulpi nj

P,ender and Columbus counties. General picking is expected to get under way in most

areas about May 2b with volume movement around June .T or 5. The shipu ing season in

L,., ouisiana was at peak movement about ~'\ay 10.



"'

. '

Cabbaq: The cabbage -season is about over in South Carolina. A 'glutted market has

.: . slowed. mover.rent of the North Carolina. -capbage crop. Very light h.arvest

from .~arliest set acre age is now under w_ay in Tennessee~ Carlot shipments are .

~xp ~:9ted. to start on May 24 v i th pro:tJably heaviest movement the first \'reek J,.n June.

Oantalo~u s: Cantaloups in South Carolina are i~ fair to good condition with firs~

..

picking expected about June 10. . : .

~ uc umbers: The Alabama cucumber crop is just coming into production. The Louisian[ .lat-e. spring cucumber crop is late but in fair condition. Light picking
has st arted with, peak movement expected about June 1 . . Cucumbers are moving from the _:E:<:.ufort-Cha r.le_ston area of South Carolina and are expected next week from Barnwell comty and a few days later from Lake City. Harvest for pickling should begin ~ro und Denmark by May 21.

Po t atoes, Irish: Irish potato digging. is- nov1 general in the Beaufort-C~rleston area of South Carolina with heaviest movement expected next week
and th e season largely over ~or this area by June 10. Harvesting in the Hastings section of . Florida is well over its peak with the week of M~ 17 being the last heavy ,.,reek . The Tennessee potato crop made about normal progress during the first
half of May. The crop remains extremely late, and it is doubtful if any potatoes
will be harvested before the middle of June. Digging is starting about 10 days : " earlier than usual in North Carolina~ The crop generally is in good condition and " promis e s go,od yields. Harvest is in .full S \~T-ing in Alabama, and good yie~ds are being realized.

Tomatoes: Tomatoes continue in good condition \lit,h first green-,.,rrap harvest

. . expected about June l in South Carolina. Harvesting of the spring to mato crop reached its peak during the l1eek of r.tlay 3 ' i n Florida~ T~e dry , hot

\'leather hal? cut the p roduction in some sections, but has" generally benefitted the shipp ing quality. The Tennessee tomato crop has made fair pro gress during the past

two v e eks. With average :weather the shipments should start bet\.,een ..J.~e 20 and 25

which is about the average date.



.: r
Watermelons: South Carolina watermelons are. making good progress, 'and with

continued favorable \'leather movement should become fairly general by

June 25. The recent hot, dry ''E:Jather . in Floriua has: f urther advanced . the maturity
of the watermelon crop which alread;Y., ,.,.as one of the e arliest on record. Harvesting in the Leesburg area had p as s eQ.. its pea'l:c by f.Iay 15. If the pr ~ ~ ent hot .\.,re a ther '
co ntinues, the Live Oak ' and .West ]i'lo.rida sections should qe correspondingly early .
'"hi ch would move the ori ginal d~tes .~up about one ,.,erek. The Alabama wat~rme.lon crop continue~ to make satisfactory progress. The crop is not expect e d to be much earlier than last year , The Louisiana watermelon crop is reported n0\'1 malc~ng ~o~_d_:.
grov1th with a few melons expected to be r eady for market by mid...June.

'.

----- --

-

-

-.. ;r-- . .
~ """':'

-GV:OR(:J'I$'-_.j;' --~~~~~y~AL UNITE.O STATE.~.

DEPARTI'IENT OF . '

A GI C& ..LILr-To I.J Rf ;t.R~

.

-'

;
.

t-

- - -. cJ~

:UNVEP.SITV Of' G.0"-G'" G,OLI..E.<iE. OP AGA.I GUI..TUR.t

Athens.. Georgia

'.

G:30RGIA: The ~ll comr.lodity index\ of prices ~eceived. by -farm-ers in Georgia ' r~~ch,~d
an all-time high in the I recorded series on May 15. On that date :the :index in. terms of the 1~H0..-14 average was p1ac.ed at 278, an advance of .15 points over the
previous month., The only other times . that the iri.dex' appro'ached tpis fi gure v.ere ln December 1947 and April 1920 \then it reached- 26G~ Principal reas:ons for the current ady~ce w~re - an increase over Aprill5 of 1.2 cents a pound for cotton, a $1.00 rise
:oer. cwt. on ho'gs, and a.n early high seasonal price of ;?ea.ches.

U:H'BD STATEs:: A .1 :9oint ri.se in the inde:1e of prices _paid bY, farmers, including
interest and taxes_, brought parity prices in mid- Hay to a level only sl.fghtly belo\-.r the record hi gh of Janua~r 15.. This index, a.t 250, is nov1 ~ times
H.s 19],0-1.4. averag e, although onlJ' 10 per cent above a year ago. :

i

-

~n contrast to Georgia, t:2e r.;ay 15 index of prices received by farmers in the United

:s States deciinec1_ 2 -poirtts, o:r less than one -p.er cent,. to average 289 per cent of its
AUc,~st 1909-,Tu.ly 1914 iavere.ge, or per cen.t above a year e13-rlier, The rise in the i~dex of prices paid including interest and. taxes, t'o g ether-with the decrease in th~

index of prices received,, -resulteP, in. a parity ratio of ll6, v1hich is 1 :poil\t. ) ,ower :

than last m~mth and 3 points belo,,r that of Hay 15, 19.47~

.



.

...

. .



.

.

. ...r '

' '.'

The increase in the index of prices paid, including ~nter~~t~ a"haJ. ~axes: resulted

:ma:inly-:-.fr..om --hl.c:reases in p rices p aid-..fer _-food, ruachinery and :dg,t_h~pg \-.rhich were

only partially offiiet by decre{l.ses in f eed and seed :prices.



. ;

!

' .r

The decrease: in the inde;x: :o:f :prices received by farmers for all commodities was the
net result of' a 9 point drop in the a11 .crop index an:d a 5 point increase in the
r -ivestock a;d livestock product_s _index: .The decrease . in th~ aif crop index from 276
) 267 resulted fro ~1 average prices lo;.,er than a month ago for most crops. Cotton and the oil-oearing crops vrere the main exceptions. Cotton increased 1.17 cents a pe>.!.llld , and each of the oil-oea:ring crops made sli ght increases. Price; changes for livestock and livestock p roducts were more divergent. Beef cattle prices advanced to a new all-time high , $23.70 p er hundred pounds, out prices received: by farmers for ho gs decreased to $19. 60 per hundred; the lo'l<rest lJrice si:l}QE!. _the . ehd of pri ce controls. Decreas~s in dairy p roducts were smaller than mi ght 'be expected s~ason ally . Egg prices \.,rere lower contra-seasonally, while wool :prices were up sharply, espe cially in the fine wool states.



Sw:una ry Table

'.

-------------: - Ha-y -15-, -: -A- pr- . ~ 15- , - : - Ma- y - 15- , - : _-_-_- R~c- Q..- rQ- , E- _ig-h_-_-_-_-_-_.

-- -- -- --- -- - - - - -

-- -- -- - - -- - - - : 1947 - : -1-948

: 1948

:

I
-

nd
~

-e

x

-

. -

:

- Date

-:---

_,..-

)rices received

, 272

291

289

307

Jan. i948 . .

Tic es :naid, including

interest and taxes

228

249

250

251

Jan. 1948

;n.::.i t y ratio

. ll9

117

116 I

133

Oct. 1946

. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ " - _.-c.... -- - - - - -r- - - - - - - - - - .....;. - -

D. L. FLOYD \''Tic ultural St a tistician
In Charge

HARRY A, \VHI TE Agricultural Statistician

orecast_n~~ million h

. , . ..,.. .~ -.- - - ...- ..... _, .. ---- >-:' -: .

:. ~ :::-::.;'~~

.:. . ~

.~ .

--~ ..

. ~. :-~:: . "_ ..:.~ .. : : ' . :

FRI~ES RECEIVED :SY F.ABHERS MAY 15, .1948.. WI TIL C01.1PA'RI SJ!:JS ..

~~~. --: }

COiViW!O DITY AND

;:J.l hiAr-~-e-ra-g-ee~G::I:D.:B.;G::.MwI:A:.a;:...y---ICTA:p__r_i,...1,, ....---_:"TMF:"a;-y-,-=.'--.

Aug .1909- 15

15

15

4.

J...-:,-AA-ru~-eg-r~_ag1.,.9..ee0-9---r!Jii.....1.;U5::.:N:y.I:.T.:E::D=;.-_.B::.T:;.A1A:Tp~:.I:!.:rS::;ll::.r----.~;Tui~r-~T

~~-n-eaU~Nt~IT,~Bu-.-~-~$~~~J1u~l.y~21~941=4-~~21~9.447~8~1~9~428~-~'-.5o."'~.~-1~924~:.8~.40-4~...~Ju~lv~:.'.~i..S~S18..~4.:_...~\~~-t~,9_~42.7~:....,39."-~. ~.219~4..8~-~--~~H~:~_.1.~92=4.~8~; j

~ 1n, Bu

. $ . .. . 91

O::tts , Bu .

. $. . . ' .. 67.. ,.

'

lri sh Potatoes, Bu. $

1.12

L.ea ..
1.10. 2.45

.2.05
.1... 30 .
2.25

.z..a8 . .... . .....,..,64..-.. . .~ .. i.59

1.25 .

.40...-.

. .89

2.50

.70

1.53

" . 2.19 '2.1c

1.19.._ .~ - .1.. 12

2.09

1. 96

f?wec t Potatoes, Bu. $

.83

2.55

2.45 2.45

.88

2,33

2.40 .2 .4.4

~otton , lb.

12.6

34.6

36.'2 . 37.4

12.4

33.5

34,1

35 .3

c;;..ttonsee d, ton

$ 24.39 84.00 90 .00 90.00

. 22.55

83.70 89 . 4.0 ." 90 . 70

Pay (loose), ton $ l7 , 85 I 21 , 50 21.5o 24.8d

11.87

16.80 19.40

1-}og s, per _cwt. Be ef Ca ttle, cwt. l1lilk Cows, head

$

7 ; '3 3

$

3.87

$ JJ33.85

22.20 15.50 101.00

18.00 19.00 18.00 18.20 115.00 120.00

7.27
5~42
JJ 48.00

22,20
'
18.80

20. 60 21.90

148.00 . 174.00

19.. 60
23. ?0
181. 00

Gh ick ens, lb

rt 13-.2 ' 80 .0 . 33.9 33.7

ll.4

27:~ 9 . ' 28;0

28 . 5

Eggs, doz. Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb.

21.3 24.6 25.7

42 ,0

44.0

54.0

56.0

I 56.0

61.0

45.0 56.0 61.0

21.5
i
I 25,5
I
26.3

40.7 59 .2 63.1

42.6. -B7.8
84 .~

41.5 66.9 83 .6

y Milk (wholesale) pe r 100/1:

$

2 .42

5,30 , . 5.85 5.85

1.60

3.71

4.69

4.59

Cowpeas, bu.

$

-

5 . 70

Soybeans, bu.

$

-

4.6511

Peanuts , ~b_.



5.0

10.5

!/11 Averagf3 January 1910 - December 1914. Prelirri-in:ary for May 1948 .

5.30 4.60 10.1

5,30 4 .70 10.4

4 .81
.--;

4.8

10.0

5.34

5 .29

3.64
', ~

3 . 74 110.4

I NDEX rim.ffi:ERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FA.."ME?S TIT GIDBGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 ~ 100)

All Commodities

Cotton and Cottonseed

Grains

Me at Animals

Dairy Products

Chickens and Eggs

Fruits



Miscellaneous

May 15 . 1947
258 2 82 202 351 206 206 194 176

April 15. '. 1 948 ... ...
263 296 .220 359 226
222
:J-06 163

May 15 ' 1948
' 2'78 - . . .. . 305 .
221 .. 368 2 26 . 2'25
245 16 5

.After five day s return to

-u:rri ted Stat es Department of Agricu lture

tBureau ~f Agricultural -Economic s

. .:~. _ _:;319 E;x:~ensioh Building .

''

Athens , Georgi a

OF'!ICill BUS!fJESS
Form EAE-B-6/48-1836
Permit No. 1001

Penalty for private use to :~ av9id payment of postage $300

.'.,.._is s .. e l ie ....,~,.Cl. __ -- .9_1 ~.

,e e ..of

se ; Ti g ri -- ..

r
.. .

a.'r .

i

.a..n..:.

.. .

\ C .

....
~~

..

"'n s

,

Ga .



~! : ... '

,..

UNITED ~TATE..~ OE:PARTME.NT OF AGRIC.U\...T\JRE.
&rojJ

.. :.. . . :. . . . . . .. - .' i

.-

Ut,IIVI!:.RSITV OP' f,.0"-G'" C.OLI..6. OIP AO~GUl..'tUR.L

TRUCK CROP mvts

. ::---: -...-: .

June 1, 1948

General:

Georgia

commercial

truck

crops

s

u

f

f

e

r

e

-
d

.-s.e. v,..-e

;~~ly

during

the

period

May

16-

26 fro n a })rolonged drought of from four to si~.. weeks, but adequat~__mois- :

ture has been recei v~d .\n. a.ll gro,.,ing ar~a-s si~ce . the 26th. .The present outlook is '-

greatly improved over mid-Hay expectations from th~ st.and,point -of.- both yieia and .. .

qllali ty of production. . The south GeorEJia season has _p_ra.c-tically ended for lett'tice, qaobage and snap~ beans... Onion, potato and cucumber mO->(.e:men.ts are beginning in

v;olume, and harvest of tomatoes is gaining momentum daily. Conditions innorth

G.eorgia have impr?.ved since rains ,.,.ere receiv~d.

-

~ima :Beans: Dry weather ~as res~onsi ble for considerable damage: to the l!ma be.an crop in causing blooms .to shed and keeping the early crop from reach~~
maturity. Very satisfactory prices are being received to date.

Snap :Beans: Snap bean shipment in south Georgia is over cwith last . pickings being of very poor q_uality due to the dry. weather. North Georgia growers have '
planted a small acreage to date, with the remainder to be planted in June.

Cabbage:- Cabbage harvest in south Georgia is over. The de.al was very disappointing

to the majority of the producers. Yields harvested were cut to a very low

level due to the drop in prices and poor quality causing_many fields to be abandoneQ.. Early cabbage brought excellent prices, but when harvest . r .eache.d -p.eak movement the ~.

demand, quality and prices hit _bottom. Dry ,.,eather prior. to..Hay 26 has retarded

the north Georgia cabbage crop. sorrie ;a:Creage is still being set ,.,ith harvest from .

the earlier Jllanted fields expected ~ound June 15-20.

~ .; : -

Cantaloups; The first harvest of cantaloups is expected from the earliest planted fields around June 15 ,.,hich iS a little later than usual. Recent rains ..
have greatly improved prospects for the crop.

Cucumbers: Eatly 'cucumbers -began to move the third \leek in Hay, .and peak harvest i ~ , nqw Wlder ,.,.ay. Yields have been reduced due to the .extremely hot and -~-

dry ,.,.eather in MetY. Q.uali ty has been good and is expected to improve follo,ring the .

recent rains.

-~-s ( Irish Potatoes!:-- Harvest of south Georgia Irish potato crop; aootlt over. This

crop was hard hit by the wet weather . conditions of ;early spring'

r esulting in very low yields of .poor quality. -The north Georgia crop has suffer~~

from prolonged dry \reather but is no,., improving, and digging is eXpecte'd- to .start

around July 1.

-..

-


Tomatoes: Georgia has the best tomato yield prospects in sevl')ral years. Q.uali.ty . and '!)r.ices have been exceptionally good with very little blight damage :; .
r eported to date~

I

.

Pimiento Pewers.r Tran.sp,lanting is expected to end the first week in June for

pim,-i:~ntos. Re.cent rains were very beneficial ' for transplanting.

Poor stands are reported in some of the older fields due to failure to replant

because of the dry weather.



.. . ... .. .. ---

Onions: Harvesq~g of this crop should be over the first .week in June. !ieids are not up to eA.--pectations, but quality and prices- are - exceptionallJ g~od.

\'l'atermelons: Harvesting should start in the Cordele, McRae, Alamo areas aroul)..d June 20, not much later than usual. The crop at this time looks very
good, and it is fel-t that since the Florida crop was short the farmers s!lould receive good pri.ces~

D. L. FLOYD

I

Agricultural Statistician

In Charge

L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Tr....u~,c.k Crop .Estimator
\

,~ ~-

..

... 1~ '"

<-. . . ..
. ..' . 't~\ -. .....

... .
~ ~ i~.

.. ~

~

. \ .. .....

.

.......

\. ': .. .

..

,. .

.

Snap Beans: k. 'Ib~ so.u'tlj.,J~aro1j.na sn~p b.~~li ~'~-ea~"Q~;"i,~ .j'tawing to' e: - ~1o.se ' .

and expected to be over by June ' 10';"- :Ptices have .been the ~--

be st of record. Harvest of North Catolina 's late spring snap bean ~rop

is now underway in all producing areas.



9 a ntaloups: Good progress was made in pracfically all contaloup areas or Texas. Harvest of the Lower!Valley crop ,is active and
shipments have started from the Laredo are~t Cantaloup prospects are f a ir to good in S,o\Jth CP.rolina. First sale~ should come abou-t;_ June 10 wHh peak of rnovem~n~ around the 25th. F~votable weather.. _perm.itting, first harvest is ;expected .to get underway i ~ North Carolina in the
. i . . -. Scotland county area around June 21, becomi:Qg general by July l. :.:-
Cucumbers: Light movement continues in Ala~ama, but dry weather hit
this crop as it came into produqtion. If the present good_. . weather and unusually high prices -hold, the \shipping , sea~on may continue unti 1 near July 1 in South Carolina. Cucumber movement from Louisiana ; .
has ..started with .peak shipments expected about June 5 to _lo.

Onions: The Louisiana onion crop is ' very light. The cold and wet spring

-~

combined with dry weather in May, as well as prevalence of Q.isease

is r e.sulting in a poor crop.

Potatoes, Irish: Potato harvest : is _about c-omplete in . th~.. main producing area of south and central Louisi~na, _Ttie .'Tennessee crop

suff.ered from lack of moisture during the second ha{f of -May. Harvest is

not expected to begin before the rnidd1e of June, which is the late s t date of

record. Harvest of the relatively small potato :cr.op .continues in South Ca rolina, with Government purch~ses amoimtiiig to abou't 36 per cent .of

........ .-~

sal es.

-- .- .

..

- .

..~ :.

To:r.J.a toes: The crop is st i l L some~h~t- i"ate with light s.hipping expec-ted .

to start in Louis ian~ June 10 and -p eak moverti~ nt _to -be ~eached _

a round June )5 to 20. Rains during the last week of May WE! t-e benef'icial:.

to th e rJ!issi ssippi tomato- crop and stopped deterioration :resulti-ng fr~m

dry condi tJ.ons, Moveme nt of th e crop sta rte d May 31, _!l,nd should continue'

until about June 25. Tomato prospects are ge nerally g?oa in ;-Sa:utl; .,C.ar?lina .

Ha rve st has b e gun and should be h eaviest the week of. _June -:14. . The Te nries-s:ee

crop is suffering ._.from lack of moisture as well as cool nights.' and north

winds. No mo. ve.m..en~ t. . of. consequence is expected before June 28. . . '

Wat e rmelon;~ .;~-A~ exellent crpp Of wate ~m~ l-~DS froW: ..a . redUCS,q acreage if!
in prospect is -.Louisi a na. . Melons ar~ 'ex p ected to b e r e ady .:-

in volume about July 15. The commerci a l 1"18.termelon acre age in Mississippi

.i s smaller than last year, but yields a re expe cted to b e better. Harvest;

i s expe cted to stqrt about June 20 i n the so u the rn counti e s. South Ca.roiina

wa t e rme lons are developing well and with continue d favors ble we ather should

sta rt moving by June 24 a nd r each pe a k about July 10. Harve sting of. the_

Fl orida wate rme lon crop is well ov e r its peak. Loading in the Live Oak.

se ction starte d the week of Uay 31 a nd is expected to start in th e Madison-
Montic e llo s e ction the woe k of J _une 7 ' :The t_ar:y w~~the r greatly r e duc e d .

th e crop prospe cts in th e north. and vl'est Flori{.la " ~-ections~ The volume. from Florida will de cline v e ry rapidly a ft e r .Jun,e' ~0 ~ Li ght mov ement.. i.S

expe cte d arou nq. June i5 in Alabama a nd movement s_h'otild b e come relatively

f1oavy by July _1~ i.. :

. ' '
--

. ; . .-

Re turri _After Five Days to .

- Pena lty for-~r.: rivate use to

Uni ted -state()Se partment . of Agriculture .

avoid payme nt of posta g e $3~.

Bt1 r e nu of ' Agdcu1 tural Economics

319 Extension Building

Ath ens, Ge orgia

OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-D-6/48-1400 Pe rmit No. 100 l

cu t tr ~ .

UNITED :!>TAiTE.e> OE.MRTI"'E.NT OF AGRICUL-TURE.
&rQj;
UNIV!.FU>ITV OF-.'. (;t.Ofll61A . C.OLI..E.OE, Olt AGP.IGUl.TURL

GE~IA AGRIC\JL'TURAL. !.XTt.NIU~ est..R.VIC~

Athens, GeorgiCl-

; - .

TRUCK CR0 P N0 T ES

J'?-Ile 1.5, 194e ..

GE1ffiRAL: Much benefit has been derived from the rainfall of latter May, and vegetables in most areas of the State are making favorabl~ ..grovvth. For
hom to maintain grmvth and reach full maturity, more rain will soon be needed.
3oLle South Georgia localities already pave been hard hit by extremely high temper-at ures and dry weather wl'n.cl'lWill esult in lower yields iri -thos~rea-s, - Harve st
of snap beans, cucumbers, onions, and potatoes is about complete in South Georgia. Li c;ht truck hauling of cantaloups started the second week in June a,nd first loadin[~ of wat ermelons began on June 12. Light harvest of North Georgia cabbage is expected
t o start immediately.

!.,J11A BEANS: Movement of Lima beans from South Georgia has passed the peak, but -~-- -- - -- lighi;. : picking is expected until around July 1. In the McDonough-Locus -t
Grove section dry .weather has .causod conside rable damage to .the crop .Progress is
a little later than usual in that territory .

SNAP BEANS: The general outlook for snap beans in North Georgia is good. Some acreage is still being planted for early fall harvest. Light picking
from some of th~ earliest planted fi el ds is expected around the second week in July
... .. . .....
CAB]3A: The North Georgia cabbage crop is making good progress as favorable weather and adequate moisture hqp been received to-date. Cutting from a
few scattered fields has begun.

CUCilliBERS: Movement into fresh market channels has passed its peak with very good

- -- - - prices being received to-date. The h ot and dry weather in some locali -

ties has cut production and caused a shorter harvesting season.

'

POTATOES IRISH: Practically ali c.oilUnercial potato harvest from south and southea s t

-- _ ___'J_

potato acreage Yr.i..ll be ovei by June 20. The late spring potato

crop was very disapp ointing this year due to the below average yields pro duce~. '...

Yi elds are not expected to be up to normal on the North Georgia potato crop due to

the dry weather in May . Some harvest is expected the week of June 21.

'l'Ol.IATO:CS: shipments contirtue fairly heavy with all current supplies being s old for fresh const.unp_tion. Most of the crop will be harvested by July 1. A
strong demand and good to . excellent prices are reported..

P:GJIENTO PEPPE11S: Extensive replanting of pimiento's has been necessary .:this seasor: due to adverse weather conditions. In some sections dry weather
damage continues and stands are v~ry irregular. Liti;.le or no disease damage has shovm up to-date
.
GANT_l~lDU.!_ :. A few caritB:loups from South Georgia counties vve re loaded on trucks -during the 'second week in June. The cr<op is rapidly approaching
maturity and >vill be in full harvest by July 1. Quality is reported to be good, bu melons are small in size due to insufficient moisture. Pr:oduction of-' early -sum'n~.: cantaloups in the states of Georgia, i\.rizona, and South Carolina is estimated at' ' 2,818,000 cr~tes1 compared with 2,9.57 ,000 crates in 1947 and the 10 year average of 1,6.52,000 crates. Estirnated acreage s this year fo r these three states a're as follbws: Georgia 3,000~ Arizona 23,500,; South Carolina 21 800.
WATERMELONS: The South Georgia watermelon crop is reported to be in good condition except for a few local areas where dry weather has caused cons iderar.l'
damage. Harvest started around June 12 - a few days earlier than usual - and _11vill Je in full swing by July 1. In the 12 early summer states production is expected t . oe about 18 percent smaller than in 1947. A decrease of 20 percent below last year in acreage is responsible for the indicated decrease in production. Prospective production of 45,821,000 melons compare s vdth .5.5,968,000 melons produced in 1947 an' t he 1937-46 average of 47,129,000 melons. Georgia acreage is estimated at 40,000 compared with 56,000 last year

D. L. FLOYD gricultural Statistician, In Charge

L. H. HARRIS , JR. Truck Crop Estimator

..............~... : : .

'

~ t . . : \ .:.......
. " .... 1.. ~ . ..... ~ ... ..

r .

. . r:-,. '. "

: .''\. :

.

. .

. .. .... ~..

\

._.-.~ .

. .

. . ' .

. .

\
~ .....

.....

,

"'

... .. TRUCK CROP NEWS - BY STATES

. : ~ .. '

~ ~ ~ 1 ,

Lima. Bean~':' Lima. bean harvest is near the peak in South Carolina. and

sales should continue through the first week of July.

Snap Beans: Some beans will be harvested the last few days in June in Tennessee. Plantings in this area. are spread from about
May 1 through July with harvest from late in June unti 1 frost occurs.
In North Carolina. harvest of the snap bean crop is about over, Hodera.te
to light mov~ment is expected to continue until .about July 1 in the .
Sampson - Duplin county ar.ea. Movement from ~urri tuck county reached
. eak by June l5 a.;nd . offerings should continue from here unti 1 the first
i eek of July.

Cu cumb ers: Cuc.um.ber sales are decli:r:ling and the season will be cut short unless rain comes soon in South C~rolina.-Ha.rvest of the
cucumber crop is ~bout over in Louisiana., The drywea.ther during ' the past
two weeks hastened the end of the sh1pp1ng season.

Cantaloups: Hot winds of the past week and disease reduced canta.loup prospects in S.Outh Caroline. .and the crop is in fa.ir.l 'condition
only,e.t _present sales have begun and sho~ld reach peak the week ' of June 28. Ha rves t in the Scotland county area of North Carolina is expected to begin about June 28, but will not reach volume until 'theweek of July 5. Supplies of ce.ntaloups in TP.x~s have peen pl entiful as maturity of crops in some of the mid-season are s. was. hastened by the extreme hot weather and lack of moisture the past two weeks,

Potatoes, Irish: The season should be practically over in South Carolina by ~une 25 . The bulk of pre se nt offerings have been taken
by the government at support prices, Li ght harvest v~s underway in Tennessee the middle of June . Yields are well below normal due to late planting and dry weather during the growing season.

Tomatoes: Tomato harvest . is about at its peak in the Beaufort area of :: .:

- Sout-h Carolina. Sa les have begun :Pu-r-the r -nortl1 a11d s-hould be

heaviest from the central area the first week in July. Light movement

of gre e n wrap tomatoes has started i~ louisiana, with a peak expected

~ ,,!
; .

about June 20. Uniess r a in is soon rec ~ ived, the shipping season will

be short. Light harvest in Tennessee began on June 18 with most sheds

expecting to open . Jun~ 21.

''.-ate rmelons: In South Carolina anthracnose and wilt have damaged wate r- . ;::

melons to ~oi}\e extent and rain is beginning to be nee ded . Shipping sho~ld . become general the. first week in July. The volume of

wate rme lons is holding up better than expected in Florida, Ship.m'ents will

decline rapidly ~fter June 20, but some volume wil~ continue during the

r emainde r of the month. Production is becoming general in extreme

~o uthe rn coun:t:i:es of Alabama and peak shipments are expected around the

first of July. .r Light shipments are expected during the last week of June

in Louisiana., with volume movement about July 10. The dry weather is

hastening maturity. In Texas _watermelons are available from a. wider area

than usual f.of-..' t~is period of the sE!ason. Unless rains .. occur soon, the

usual heavy vO.l'tiine~'t t s ave.'i la~~ ~ <wt~~""'"'T"TTi'!"-mR"h=!"P"'hn-o~ ~-=-...,...."*-..-.

Crops is :.some secti"ons are dainaged to .a point that immediate rains would

not

be

of

much

b

e-

nr.e. .

f ~

i

t

.

.

'

,.,

Ret urn After Five '.Oays to
United States Department of Ag riculture

Bureau of Agricultural_E~onomics

319 Extension Bui ldi'hg.. Athens~ Ge orgia: .. :: :--.

OFFICIAL BUSTIJESS

: ...

-..,\.

.
.

;

Form BAE~D6/48-1400

Pe rmit No. 1001

-

Perial ty f'or private . .use to.. ~v oid payment of postage , $.-~OO o
r
''.

: . :.r . a 1 L Cha J;: an

~:ln. co _ cc~ ()_

.. u l::. re

At. en s . Ga.

C Req .

UNITED ~rATE.~ D!:PARTM ENT OF AGRIC.U\...TURf..
&roj;
UHIVE.R$1TV C'JF GE'.O"GIA C.OLI.E.OE. 01' AG.-..GUI...TUI\L

A~hens, .Georgia GE~ CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JUNE 1, 1948

June 15, 1948

At the ~pproach of June most sections of Georgia had come through about a month's drought. Crops which were late because of continued heavy spring rains and flood.s \'rere further adversely affected by the dry season, and stands of many as of June 1 'iT~re ragged and in poor condition.

The rains of the last few days of ~Iay came too late to be of much value to small ~ains, and prospective yields are . at a lo'l'rer level than they have been for a nunber of years.

mAT: The condition of wheat as re~orted on June 1 indicates a crop in Georgia of 2,688,000 bushels. This production is 20 per cent lower than the 3,360,090
bushels harvested in 1947, but it is 28 per cent above the average production from 1937 to 1946.

The acreage of wheat for harvest is set at 215,000. This is a 25,000 acre reducti o1

from the 240,000 acres reported for last . year, much of ~the decrease no dollbt resnlt-

ing from farmers 1 inability to~ollo~ .~~ll intentions last fall because of unfavor-

able weather. The prospective yield of 12.5 bushels per acre is a bushel and a ha.J..

below the 1947 yield but is one bushel higher than the average for the ten years

just :pri9r to 1947.

__ _ _ _ _ _ _.

OATS: Present prospects are for a p roduction of 13,167,000 bllshels of oats. This is 18 per cent less than it was a year ago and is due largely to a reduced
acrea.::;e. As in the case of ,.,heat, frequent rains during the fall of 1947 prevented f~rmers 1 planting fully their intended acreage! Despite this handicap the current ~~dicated pro duction is still seven per cent above the 1937-46 ten-year average.

PZACHES: T'ne prospective production of peaches in Georgia is ,.,ell belo\v average.

,

June 1 indi cations point to a crop of 3,280,000 bushels, a r eduction of

44 per cent below the 1947 pro duction of 5,810,000 bushels and 35 per cent below

t he 1937-1946 ten-year average. The sharp reduction was caused by extremely low

temperatures which s~verely damaged the crop in central and north Georgia on

l-iarch 29.

The movenent of Mayflo \'Ters and Uneedas is over and the shipment of Early Roses is now in process. It is expected t hat Hileys will be moving in considerable volume
by the ~iddle of June , and shipment of Jlllb ertas will start around the first of July.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

EA...'ffiY A. l'llUTE Agricultural Statistician

Return After Five Days to

Penalty for private us~ to

United States Depa rtment of Agriclllture

avoid pa;yment of :postage $300 .

Bureau of Agricllltural Economics

319 Extension Building

Athens, Georgia
I

J
OFFICIAL BUSIHESS Forn BAE-~6/48-38 29
Per mit l-Jo. 1001

co . ' St""l -

-1-~
u-
A

Co 11

t~,

.-
ens

A~

t..,--a.. Qf' Ga

.J.gr1 :;u l tu _ e ,

Clarke

SP . 2

. . ~-

........ ...

. ..... .' - ~m~{rhn S'rAn'S..~ G&NEMt-'CROP :ltEPORT .AS :oj-JU'NE J:;;. i94~ -

~ =

.

. '! ~ >~ ~ ~ t : .' - ~ ...: -.

.~~ ~: ~ -

A cr9p season at~ ' least alS pl'oduct i ve .as ,the :average o'f ''.the past 10 years, the -be ::;t .

decade in OU'F,hist.ory, was .in prospect on JUn.e 1. Sprillig-work and planting..Of s!)rii.. Cl"Oi~ had ma.di:. a,bO\).t US\1aJ. ;progre.ss 1 except in .t.he ~est t ~d. harve;t . Of fail"- SOW; grains '"as und~.r\.,ray in t.h~ South~ The COI).di tiona fri the mid-part . o.f' May which '"ere
:f~vorable for field \'fOrk, were on 'the other hand unfavorable :for progress uf. 9rop s

tp. , several iffi!)ortant areas: hov1ever, rains in ,lat-e- M~ -and early June, brought

r:elief J.n most instances.



..



dete~ioration im~~ovea:j Hinter wheat suffered some

- -~ . ... .

... ;., ... . ; I . . : . .

.. .. ...

.."" ~

in parts of the Great Plains, but

elsewh~re, so that prospective production was increased during May to 8?7 million

~ushels. With a 315 million bushel ~pring wheat . crop prospective, all wheat produc-

tion is 1,192 million bushels, - the second largest crop of rerord.

Crop prospects as a '"hole are reported average or better in all geographi.c regions. ~ther uniformly good prospec~s prevail in all North Atlant1c and North Central states, except Nebrask a and Kansas. For the South, al~-crop prospects are about ~v erage, with Florida and Geor gia of the South Atlantic region and Oklahoma and
IJ;Iexas of the South Central region reported only poor to fair, to hold down the re::;ional averages. In the 'est, des::;>ite the lateness of the season, outturns are e~~e cted to be average, varying from fair in New Mexico to very good in Mo~tana and t he Pacific Northwest.

CO::.iN: The 1948 corn crop is getting off to a good start. In the Corn Belt and in almost all other areas farmers had ample op~ortunity to carry out planting
plans. For the country as a \Jhole, only a small percentage of the acrea ge remained
to be planted on June 1, compared with almost a fourth unplanted by that date a
~rear ago.

i~T: Tne indicated production of 1,192,425,000 bushels of all wheat although about 172 million bu~hels under last year's record crop, ,.,ould be t he
s econd largest of record, and one-fourth ' larger than the 10-year .average. The 1948 :, crop in pro spect would be the fifth consecutive crop of over one-~illion bu sh~ls, and the sixth exceeding the billion bushel mark. Product ion in 1947 \'Tas 1.364,919,000 bushel s, and the 10-year average is 942,623,000 bushels. The three
of states Montana, 1'/'ashinGton and Oregon expe ct the largest wheat crop of , record.
Record or near record crops are expected in severa l stat~s east of the Mississippi River. In contrast, the four Great Plainp St a tes of Hebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas \'lhich last year produced q06 million bushels, this year have 363 million bushels indicated on June 1 or 60 per cent of last year's crop in these four states

\'lint er wheat production, no,., indic~ted at 877,230.,000 bushels-- the second largest

on record -- is 18 per cent under last ye.ar 1 s record crop of 1,067, 970,000 bushels

but. 27 per cent above the 10-year average of 688,606,000 bushels.



i~~ OATS: June 1 conditions indica ted an oats crop of 1,357,210,000 bushels. This

12 per cent mor e than the 1947 crop of 1,215,970,000 bushels and 10 per cent

more tha.11. the ten-year average but is 12 per cent less than the record crop of

J., 535,676,000 bushels in 1945. Prospects are good in Minnesota and 'vi sconsin, but the effects of dry weather were e:vident in Iowa and some areas south and ~ves t . of

I o\'m , In the Eastern North .Central States, seeding was accomplished more quickly

and was comule ted at a more nearly normal time than in 1947. The North Central

Sta tes, \'-'ith- 75 per cent of the Nation's oats acreage, on the whole s oeo s to h13:ye

carried out the 11 per cent increase in acreage indicated in March.

PEACHES: The U. S. peach crop is for e cast at 68,254,000 bushels --17 per c ent l c'
than the 1947 crop but 2 per cent more than average. Production is expe cted to be less tnan last year for all regions and for ne~ly all important states.

The season in the Eastern St a tes and Southern States is e~.rlier than last year and

about average . In the \'lest, bloom was much later than in last y-ear 1 s early s eason,

n.nd time of harvest is exp ec t ed to b e about average or a little la:ter.

..

.

Prospe cts for the 10 Southern states declined slightly during May and production ir

no1:1 forecast at only 14,179,000 bushels-- 37 per cent .less than the large- 1947

crop and 18 per cent l e ss than average . ~uality is _indicated to be better than

nsual.

j!

-<;.

Athens, Geor~ia

June 2 5, 1948

GEORGIA 1948 SPRING PIG SURVEY REPORT

The PIGS SAVED:

Georgia 1948 spring pig crop. (December ~947 to June 1948)

is placed .at 1,103,000 head compared ~~th 1,162,000 one year

ago, or a decrease of 5 per cent. The current spring pig crop is 6 per cent

less than the 10-year average and 26 per cent less than the peak year of 1943.

SO\'iS FAR...-r{Orr.'ED: The number of sows farrowing this spring is 5 per cent below last spring and 9 per cent less than the 1937-46 average.
Total sows farrowing are placed at 1~7~00G compared with 197,000 in 1947.
sa~s BRED FOR FALL FARROra NG: rleports on breeding intentions for this fall shO\n: 176,000. sovrs. 'lhis is 1 per cent less
thun last year but 2,000 head above the 10-year avera ge,

The survey is based on r e por t s fro~ a large nQmber of farms. Thes e returns f rom farmers ware obtained in coopero.tion with .the Post Office Department througl1 the rural mail carriers.
SO".'!S FARROWED AND PIGS SAVED

SPRING (Dec.l to June 1)

FALL (June l to Dec .l)

Sows

Av. No .

. : Fa rrowe d :pigs per

(000)

Litter

Pigs Sows Saved :Farrowed .(000) (000)

. Av . No . Pigs Per
Litter

GEORGIA:
10-year, 1937-46 1947 1948
( UNITED STATES:
10-ye!ir, 1937-46 1947 1948

205 197 187
8518 86 52 7988

5.7

1176

5.9

1162

5.9

1103

6.23 6.10 6.44

52968 52802 51421

174 178 176*
5344 4908 4910*

5.8 6.0
6.35 6.39

* Number indicated to farrow fro.m breeding intentions reports.

Pigs saved ( 0 00 )
lOO-t 1068
33954 31352

D. L. Floyd Agricultural St at_i~ti cinn, In Charge

Archie Lang ley Agricultural Statistician

. . - - ..

UNITED" STATES PIG CROP REPGRT , ~- ~J'I.Ni..__l948

The 1948 spring pig crop totaled, fil,42l,OOO head:_-~-qec~eiie of 3 p~ cent.. .

:s from lait spring~ The number of ~ows farrowing tftls spring was 8 per cent
below last spring. The. number of 'pigs saved per--litter was about -per' c~:t

higher than _la_st spring and ~bQ.ut 3 per cent higher than the 1937-46 ~'ferage.

. Reports - on breeding i~tEmti o~- for the coming_fa~ll indl'ca:te *bout the s-ame

number of sows to :farrow as last fall. The combined 1948 ~pring and fall

'.

~) ig crop is .now .expectep. to be 82.4 million head. A combined pig crop this

s ize would be 2 per ce~t below 1947 _an4_5 per cent -below the- -10-year a.ver.age. _

_s pring Pig Crop: 1he numbe~ of plgs saved in the spring . seastm of 1948 -
(December 1,1947 to June 1, 1948) is estimated to be
51, 421,000 head. 'lhis is 1,381.000 head or about 3 per cent less than the sp r i ng crop last year. :It is also 3 per cent less than the lQ-year average. ;~, e. 1948 spring crop is the smallest since 1941 and 31 per cent less than the record crop produced in the $pring of 1943.

Tne number of sows farrowing ,in the 1948 spring~season is -estimated at 7, 988,000 head. This is 664,000 head, or 8 per cent, less than last year and 529,000 head, or 6 per cent, less than the 10-year average_. The 1948 spring farrowings are 3 per cent or 2561 000 head greater than farmers' r eports last December indieated. The very sha-rp incre&~Se in pigs saved
per litter compared yri th last spring offset to a large extent the decrease in the number of sows farrowing.

Fall Intentions: Reports on breeding intentions show 4,910,000 sows being kept for falr f a rrowing. This is about the same as the number
farrowing last fall but ' 4341 000 head or 8 per cent less than the 10-year aver~ge.

These changes from farrowings in the fall season last year are based on breed-

ing intentions reported about June 1st. These indicated intentions fall short

of the goal set for 1948 fall farrovnngs whichcalled for a 10-per cent

increase for the United States. In most years when hog prices have been

low relative to those of cor:Q_a?q when a decrease occurred in number of sows

farrowing in the spring, there . has also been a decrease in fall so~~. H ~never,

gm1erally - favorable outlook for _the 1948 corn crop, reduced livestock and

poultry numbers, and a continued strong demand for meat all are factors that are encouraging pr 6ducers t o maintain hog prod~c~1on a t ab out the same level

as last year~ .



After five days return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building kthens, Georgia

Penalty for privat~ use to avoid payment of postage $300.

OFFICIAL BUSJN ESS
Form BAE-~6/48-2902 Permit No. 1001

Dean Paul W. Chapman Athens, Ga .

Clark Co.

Req.

At hens, Georgia

FARM PRICE REPORT AS OE JUNE :15; .1948

July 1948

GEORGIA:~ The sharp ;ac:lva.nce ip t 'he prtoe ?r :nteat ainli!s and :fruits during

. ,-

the _past 3.0 Q.ays wa!3 l,a.rgely respolfsi b1e .for. ~e 4-point increase

in the a11-eommodit~ index of prices received by Georgia. farmers. On June 15

. the 9ver-a.H index O,f prices reC'i ved 'by farmers was . 282 . per cent of'" -tlae

1909.;14 average compared with; 278 on ~il.y '15 and 264 per cent one year ago .

''!he june" 15 . high price ievel or 'peache"s resulted in a. 72 poil\t increase in the

:f'rui t index, while the e.dva.ro e in cattle and .hogs raised the -meat animal inQ.ex

_38 p~ints : . _

.

'

uNITED STA1$S: - New high meat- animal ' prices ~a.ised :the. over-all index of prices

.

received by farmers dur~ng th~ _ month ended June 15 to 295 per

cent ; or 'its: 19d9-14 average, Meat ~n:i:'Ihal~ prices rose 8 per c~nt and the over-all

index rose 2 per cent . During the same : ~riQd, highe~ prioea paid for food,

pr.inbipally_meat 1 resulted in a 1-p!=>int _, ~ se in the index of prices paid by 'farm~rs 'including interest and taxe~.

the sha~p increase in the index. of }>rices: received :by' farmers for meat animals J{B.s ~ue __principally to :the $3:.3Q per 1-!und.red _poundris_e in h~g . pri,~es .. All meat: animal_; pric e s except sheep wer~ at record higlj.s for mid;June. '.:... Pric-es of
beef cattle-. veal calves, and. lambs were .at all.tilJle h-ighs. :the livestoqk-and
livestock p'roducts index was nearly: 6 per; ce.nt higher than a ;rq.onth ago \Vi th poultry and: egg s making the second ~argest contributio~ to the' incre!!~e 'in this -inde~. -: .The; de~-rease of. 2 per: cent ~n. the. all-crop index was ~not sufftcient to 'oi'fs et-the in:c--rease in the livestock ana products g roup, and ~~.:n:~:t :re sult was
the 2-per cent increase in the all-commodity index. DecreaseS. fn .th:e d!-'11-crop ~- ~
i nde-x.:-wer e-:d-ue in -most part to lower prices fot,truck crops, grains, :a.nd ca.tt.on~
Hi ghe r p rice s for- fruit~ and oil.:.h_ear.ing; _crops::n elped offset this d e crea se.

The 1, p blnt increa se l.n the index of prices paid, interest, and taxes Y{as th e
re:s u lt. bf increases in prices paid for food and for many other consumer goods.

Prices of clothing and f ee d decre ased. Of the food :i;tems, beefsteak s howe d the

gr eat e:st' incre a se . Price s of oth er meats and fruit also contributed to the ris e .

- Flour p_ri ce s, howev e r, we re down from a month ago. - ' -- -

- . .. .

-~

.

~

The pa-r-ity ratio i n:creas e d 2 pe r c e nt du ring the month as a . ~e-~ul t of the much gr eat e r >"incre ase i ~ - the price s rec e ived index than i n . the price_s , paid index.

At 118 thi's ratio - :r s the same a s a ye ar ag o.

- -- - - - - -- - -- - --- - - - - - -- - -

-. . . - -- ~ - .-

Price indexes

S-um-mary Table .
,June 15, t May 15,

-
:

"'.:
-.
. June

-
. '!5,_

:-!:r-~i.,._.J.]~!.>~. r!c~-r_5!

b_i-~h--

-- -
- _

- - -- - -- -- -- - -- --- - - - - - - - - -
Prices receive d

. 1947

1948 : 1948 t )n:d(3:x; . : Date

--

----

271

289

- - - - - - - - 295-;

- - ... ._. . ~ --- ~ . . ' .:7 , "307 .. ..

. ,...
Jan. 1948

Pric es paid, including

- . . - .- . .~-

intere st and taxes

230

250

251

251

. Jan~- 1948

Parity ratio :

118 .

116

118

133

Oct. 1 94.5

----------------~-------------------------

D. L. FLOYD

ARCHIE LANGLEY

Ag ricultural Statistician

Ag ricultural Statis tician

In Charge

............
; ,:. ~ ;~::,~ ~~ -- - ~- - ~-"\ ~-- ......... -.-.. ""~ -
~ . .: - .:..._ / . ,~_: .:t.~~ '_i_:"':; ,~ :"'!... =-:,. :, .~:.:._:.--~ -- ~ .-:.' ...
~. - -- ~ J.id-.- ~. --J.,..;. . ...,... .......~ . ~ - : -~- ..

~- . ... ....=:-..
- ~. .......\ ,..
.,..,\ .

.. ~-_._,._- ... ...

~ -- ~ ~': ;~ "' --: ...- .. ,

.

.

:_~:_:.~\........~__\.:,

.;:. .:.:.._.,.

-.

.
._7..'

.
.


.

..~.--~ . .~ ..-:.._.. ..

r,: .,...._- -:-,--.------ '

{ "' :.i .

. ;

.

:~ ~RIC'::S :;, :~ u ..:. .:. .; !''f.
... . .. . ., , _ "t' ._;_:. ,

:RECEIVED . BY.;.... F""~ ~ '!~:-.

; -eGU~i!!'' ~:? ... - :- ~ :.:.GIDRGI.A:~ '-7:.~-J....;

. IF

~ ':

15t -<.1948 \'liTH

C01:?.~r'SUNO!N ' ?TE D ".:stT..-,. ',..~.t.1..:s:B.;~.-, ~;"-', -.;..-.,, ;.:. ';.::..1~

Aim , . , _~ver.age- T---- -.-- - i --: &'Aver.---.,---:--\,...... - r.:-:i"-- ... --

1JNIT

: Aug 190g:;l June 15 : !4ay. i JUn!,.:':;Aug.lgqg...a June lp all1to/ ' Io : June 15

& July 1914 1947 a 15 ,i 15 . IJ-uly 1Q.l4 t - 1947 a 1948 ' ...; 1948

-=-:- -:--- - .-

...... -

. . : ~ --::-v---:---

: . : -r.-: ~

,... ... a ~..., : - - , - - -

~-

'1- -1.9:4-:8- :& ,1-9-4:-8

-1r

--

- :-

t
-~~-

-

-T.'

a
:<'":~-- :-

.;

~theat, Bni ~ -
:
q~ Bitt-

:-:
~-~

.

$& :
: ..
-$-t-



""

.- . 124 c.:.~ . 225
-.. _ / '' 1... ,<~
'"-.-9-1..--f---.:.......h-96

a
I
a

2~40: . :
2e{)8&

2-25&-....-:-- .. ~ .ae-~a 218-: 222 a 211

. ~ : . . ,.., . . .
2;,1Ji--- : e64

I
,...-.

1~5

:
&

. ! 1
~"9il6 ;:, ... : -B-;,19-

.
~ats, Bu.

:

:

I

.' :

&

:

$1

67

90 1i2S: 1;,0~:

e40 :

e92 : li.l2

1807

~ rish

Potato.es.B~

:
: $:

&
1.12 I

. <:

::

le75 a 2e50& 2e10:

70 1

:

'

h56 : li96

li87

~weet Pota.toes,Bu~

l
$:

.a:f-1V:. . ..

&
25o :

. .1
245.1

'#
2 .7 0 :

.as 1I

I
249 : 244 :

2i46

.. . . .... I -. : . . .. :; .

:

. .I

: :

Cotton,Ill~ .

. ' . ..~ 12..6- --, . 35e4 I 37i4 : 36e.4::

1

:

~

.

12~4 & 341 1 35i3 1 ... 352

Cottonseed, ton

: -

.. ;

I _I

:

$ M;3~' ic : 8l.oo a oo.oo; 9300:

. :

. I

2:a..'S6 , 7960 ; 9070 a 9220

:

: : . .

&

. I . .;

'

I

.; :

~ay (1oose~,ton

$:

17i~5 _1 2150 : 24..80& 2570: 1187 : 1600 : 1830 :& 17i00

$!I
Hogs, per cwt.

. .: 733 :

I

. I

. &

2250 : l9t00: 21~50:

&

:

. ;

7~7 .: --~~210 ~ 19;,60 ; 22;,90

Beef Cattle,cwt.
!..llk Cows,head 0-{ll.ckens, 1b ~ Egg s, doz~

3utter, lb~
Butt erf at, lbe

$:
I
$f}j
I
'
:.
: :
''
:
;

387 &
l
33e85 I :
13i2 1
I
213 I
I
24.-6 &
&
25,7 I

1550 18201 20iooa

I

:

:

9800 1120.00&120jOO&J./ & . I . I

32e0 33i7 : 354 :

. &

i

490 4560: 4$t0 C

:

&

540 56.o' 56,o-

&

I ,. S

56,0 ; 61,0 61,0 t

Hilkp(werho1le0s0/afle?)J.

:

1 '
2~42 ,

s ' . : ~ c : .

'



:

539 :: 585: 585;

' Cowpe as, bu.

'
5iso;

' . Soybeans. bu~

48s;

... '' . ' .. .

.

' Peanuts, lb.

:

. ' . : . .

:

5.0 1 10~-~- ) ,-19,1: l 10..4 I

.M Average January 1910 - December 1914.

. .

-g) Preliminary for June 1948. -.- ., :: ': ' '

. : .! . .

5i42 1 19,30 : 2370:'!; 2480

I

:

.. :

4800 :
&
11~4 :
21e5 I
S

l49i00 :18100 : 186i00

&

: a.

27i5 1 2845 .. , .. 30~5

&

.;

4li5 & _ 4~5 : 434

. f

:

255 ' '' 00i4. : r 669 : 669

l~ ..

:

&

26t3 i . 63,0 83,6 I 82,7

.sa
1.60 1

~

:

....

I
:

' 4.8

'
.. 3.67 5o02 307.
10~0

: '
. 463 , 461
5o29 & 5~28

... 3e74 I 350

10.1

10.4

INDEX NUMBERS .bF.P.RYCES.RECEIVED :By' FARtaE:Rs .!N GIDRGIA

August 1909 .. July 1914 .; 100) ' :

June 15

May 15

June 15

:An commodities cotton & Cottonseed Grains . _ Meat Animals Dairy Products

1947

1948

264 :. ' . .
-~.87 -.

:.278
30.6':

. 205

~21. .

..

354

208

368 226 .

1948

282

_)

299

221 406

-

. 226

Chickens & Eggs

Fr~t13. . .

.. .,

Miscell@GOUS

224

225

238

226

245

.317

175

165

166 .

After five days retUJ:n to
United State s Department of Agriculture
_ ~~~~u of Agricultural Ecopomics
319 Extension Building Athens) Georgi~

. Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300
. '

.. OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form "B.A:Fr--B-7f48-1836 P ermit No. 1001
. , r -

,.
.:..

.

. ,

. . :-

\1i s-s .- ~e 11 e ' . Ree se , r.-i brari.an l

~; tat Co ll e e of g r L ,

. eq

At ens , Ga .

7
< '

... . _ _ ....,# :,.......

-. .,.-:"'"

t~IA AGRICUL'TURAL f.)tTC,NSIOI'I $.."VIC.~

TRUCK CROP ,NEWS. July ~~ 1948

General: Georgia comnercial truck crops received ample moisture, except

.

for some widely scattered areas, during the pe-riod . Jy.ne 15-30.

The extreme high temperatures during the last of June have hastened maturity

of all growing truck crops i .n the southern portion. of th!3 State. Conditions

have been especially favorable for active harvest in all . sections. The

cabbage, potato, and snap bean. season is over in south Georgia, and these .

crops are coming into production in the northern part of the State. Harvest

of cantaloups e.nd watermelons is declining in southern <;:ounti~s and beginning

in volume in the central part of the S.tate .

Snap Beans, ' North Georgia: . Weather conditions have been favorable and rainfall adequate for the north Georgia early and
late snap bean crop. Light picking from early plant1ngs has started and is e~pected to bee ome .general ~round July 15-20.

was Cabbage, North G.eorgia: Some north Georgia cabbage.

cut in late June

and movement from the principal producing counties

of Union, Gilmer and Lumpkin will be heavy during the month of July. 1he

cabbage crop has made good progress the past two weeks, with better :y-ields

a nd qua}i ty expected than was secured last year.

-
Irish Potatoes, North Georgia: Potato harvest is getting underway and expected to become general by July 15 in
all mountain counties: Dry we ather durin g latter May and early June did considerable damage to the potato crop in preventing it from reaching full maturity. Yi~lds are, therefore; _not coming up -to earlier expectations .

Pimientos: The pimiento crop, though . late has started growing and in gene-ral i~ looking good. Lit t le or no disease damage has
shown up to date, and pick ing from early plantings are expected around July 15-20. Not over 80 or 8 5 pe r c.ent stands were attained due to the d!"'J weather conditions around planting and replanting time.
Cantaloups: The cantaloup season is fas' t coming to a close in the southern pa rt of the State, and is reaching peak movement
in central areas. The extreme high temperatures and dry weather in some localities the last two weeks in June has hastened maturity, thereby, cutting the c.rop short . Me lons have been very small but of good q'Uali ty an~ prices to date h~,:~.ve been satisfactory Some harvesting is expected t o continue i n the Macon area until July 15

...nte r me lons: Me lons in the extreme southern counti ~ s have been .moving

r a pidly with harves t a bout ov e r. Mov eme nt is b eginning

:'.. vo lune c. little ea rli e r thnn u su('. l in the c entral pc.rt _of the State,

.. :'.. t!-1 pe~k e xpected around ,Tuly 5. The dry weathe r in some localiti e s .. -did co!1sid 0 ruble damage in c o.us in~ melons to be small in size. Good to

exc c l hmt pric e s havG b c; en r e c eive d t o :da.te . - Through June 29, 1677 c r.. r-

~ oc. ds hud b oon shippe d by ..r uil compn red with 1148 on the ~c.me date la st

., .~ . r.

' \

D. L. FIDYD

L, H, HARRIS, JR.

AG ricultural St et~s ticio.n

Truck Crop Estimator

In Cho.re;e

. ,.
TRUCK CROP NOTES - BY STATES July 1, 1948

SNAP BEANSt The late summer crop in the northwestern part of North Carolina

.

is in only fair condition. Due to dry soil conditions at the

tima of planting and germination, stands are below normal. The West Jefferson

.Market opened June 26, but only light offerings have been received to date.

Fair volume should be reached by July 15. Harvest of the first crop in

Johnson county. Tennessee has started. Acreage for early harvest is much smaller t~an average, due*to low prices lust year and dry weather during planting time.

CABBAGE: North Carolina's summer cabbage crop, grown principally in ,,~atnugu, ------- Ashe, Alleghany and Avery counties, is in fairly good condition. Light !u. rvcst begnn .. in this a.re:u about July 1, but is not expected to reach volume iwtil around July 15, continuing unti 1 around mid-October.

CANTALOUPS: In North Carolina light movement of cantaloups began in the ~cotland-Robeson county urea June 28 and reached moderate volume
by July 1. Hot, sunny weather during the week of June 20 damaged vines and melons seriously in many fields, and unless favorable conditions develop the season will end nround July 10. Captaloups have suffered severely from the h ot dry weather of the past ten days in South Carolina. The seo.son will like ly ond by July 10.

IRIS:! POTATOES: The harvesting und g~ading of the enrly potato crop in
North Carolinu are about complete. Little or no El.creage will be harvested after July lO. Harvest . is well unde n~y in the CoffeeFranklin county area in Tenne ssee. Yields are we ll b e low average, ~ue to late planting and dry weather during the growing season.

TOMA TOES: In North Carolina ho.rvest of tomatoes in Scotland county ended
July 1. Hot, sunny days short e ned the harve st pe riod considerably.
The green vrro.p tomato dea l is about over in South carolina, Ha rvest of the
Te nnessee green wro.p toronto crop is we ll und erway 1..-lth peak movement expe.cto.d._ The week of July 4.

,. ATERMELONS: watermelons a rc moving in frdr volume in Louisiana, with peak

expected about July 5 ~ 10. The extreme dry weo.ther during

Juhe ho.s been v e ry damaging to the crop, e spe cially r educing the size of me lons. Harvest from ea rli e r fi e lds is expecte d to b e gin about July 15 in

.)

North Ca rolina, be coming genero.l by August 1, In South Ca rolina v,rntcrmc lon

sal e s vrill be heaviest th e week o:C July 5. The quantity marketed will be

l e ss tho.n expected o. month ago, since hot sunshine and lack of ruin have

injured the vines, burne d many melons, o.nd r e duced J~ e ld prospects.

Re turn After Fiv e Do.ys to

Unit e d State s Departme nt of Ag riculture

Bureau of Agricultural Ec onomics

319 Extension Building

/

Athens, Gs orgia

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE~D-7/48-1400 Fermi t No, 1001

Librarian, Coll e~e of .gr iculture
Athens, Ga. TC .Req

.,...

Athens, Georgia

GZORGIA COTTON: PLANTED ACREAGE, YIELD .Al.lD PRODUCTION

- -- (These estimates are 'based on the latest available data)

" -

-

1946

1947

District and
County
DISTRICT I Bartow Catoosa Chattooga . Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield

Acreage Yield Production

in Cul- Per

500-Pound

tivation Planted G:ro ss \'It.

July 1 Acre

:Bales

25,490 ' 250

2,400

195

9,450

254

950

258

15,280

233

17,690

259

6,940

~27

9,850

259

12,560

230

6,940

221

5,030

190

13,260 980
5,010 510
7,420 9,540 3,280 5,320 6,020 3,190 2,000

Acreage in Oultivation July 1
27,360 2,900
10,450 1,030 15,860 19.340 . 7,690 11,050 13,800 7,850 5,530

Yield Per Planted Acre
308 310
318
251 232 329 :!/J7 273 315 270 268

Production 50Q-Pound Gross Wt.
Bales
17,600 1,880 6,900
540 7,700 '13,250 4,920 6, :!IJO 9,050 4,430 3,090

Total

112,580

241 - 56;-530 - - 122,860

295

75,660

DISTRICT II

Barrow

13,350

242

Cherokee

5,770

254

Clarke

4,360

258

Cobb

8,840

228

Da\.,son

1,170 194

DeKa1b

2,110

183

Forsyth

11,120

255

(

Fulton Gilmer

8,6~

243

60

167

.. G\.,innett

18,720

205

Hall

10,720 191

Jackson

21,640

249

Lumpkin

580

155

Oconee

11,830

252

Pickens

2,950

186

\'/'alton

33,090

254

White

2, 670

200

6,740
3,050 2,340 4,200
470 800 5,900
4,360 20
7,990 4,260 11,250
190 6,210 1,150 17,500 1,110 .

13,400

250

6,030

274

4,570

247

9,200

234

1,230

192

2,040

187

11,820

269

8,820

252

100 190

19,490

208

11,190

246

22,420

229

610

184

12,070

265

3,130

261

34,180

263

2,510

161

7,000 3, 4:40 2,350 4,480
490 800 6,600 4,630 40 8,450 5,750 10,700
230 6,650 1,700 18,800
840

Total

157,600

236

77,540 .

162,810

244

82,950

~!STRICT III

. Banks
Elbert

7,030 17,580

268 254

Franklin

17,450

299

Habersham

2,010

194

Hart

24,280

317

Lincoln

6, 730

189

Madison

18,350

294

Oglethorpe 13.640

265

Stephens

2.880

187

Wilkes

11,570

169

3,930 9 ,300 10,860 .
810 16,050
2,650 11,230 . 7, 520
1,120 4.080

7,190

292

16,690

193

16,840

265

1,960

194

23,160

259

6,470

179

17,960

269

13,010

238

2,690

178

10. RS()

, ~Q

4,380 6,700 9, 300
790 12,500
2,410 10,100
6,450 1,000 3,800

Total

121,520

26

-

~7,430

Distr.ict and . . County
DISTRICT IX Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan .. Chatham Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tattnall Toombs 1'{are Wayne
Total

._., .....

, ... . '. f ;

"t~ . \ , f/' "1' ' :..,

' ..

. ~ .. ~ !- .. . ..... ... .. -- :..,. .. ~ .. .~..:

,_.,

GEORGIA COTTON: PLANTED ACR"?.A.GE 1 YIELD AND PRODUCTION ( The.se estimates are based: on the latest available data)

"1946

Acrea~e

Yield

in Cu1- -1 Per

l tivation Planted

Jul:v 1

Acre

..
Production 500-Pound Gross Wt.
:Bales
..

3,580 1,280
5 75 1_0
2,100 20
150 870 4,350 7,380 200 1,480

246 246
200 200
- .zoo_
271 150
133 . 214
193 209 130 .
245

1,830
-6-55 30 5 1,185
5 40 385 1,750 3,210 55 760

21,500

221

9,910

Acreage in Ctlltivatio"n July 1
5,930 2,500
30 220
- - 20
3,310 20
380 2,240 6.,860 9,460
300 3,520
34,790

.. 1947 . Yield Per Planted Acre

Production
500-Po.Wld .. Gross'Wt.- ' :Bales ..

'
289 284 333 286 250 292 ,200 279 279 2?4 255 237 287

)

3,570 1,480
20

. '

. ..

..
..

..

130

10

2,010

10 220

..

1,300

3,930

5,050

150

2,100
..

275

19,980

STATE TOTALS 1,217,000

220

557.000

1,278,000

244

651,000

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
-4-

Athens, Georgia

July 13, i948



GENERAL crop: R.'l@'ORT FOR Gli:ORG!A As -''OF JULY 1, 1948

Bad weather which greatly hindered planting small grcin last fall continued well into 1948 and spring plantings were considerably de~ayed. T~e neavy rains and floods ~hat prevailed before. crop,s wer~ planted were. followed by a month's ~nterval '"i th little or no rain. A respite from -unfavorable weather came to .most sec~ions of the State during the latter part of May, but agai"n the growth of crops was
retarded by hot, dry weather the early part of June. In spite of these adverse conditions~ crops have done surprisingly well. They have recovered rapidly since
the general rains which came during the latter part of June, and good' yields . f.rom mos t sections of the State are now .i~ pro.spec.t.

Corn: The 1948 corn acreage for harvest is placed at 3,141,000, a two per cent .

reduction from the ~3',205,000 acres reported for last year. The indicated .

y ield of 14 bushels is a bushel short of la~t year's yield which sets the indicated

pro du ction at 43,974,000 bushels as compared to 48,075,9_90 _for ~947, or a reduction

of 8.5 per Cel}-t

.. .,.

'

The Small Grains: The seeding of small grains was much below intentions because of

unfavorable ,.,eather conditions.

indic~ted production of

~~ . 8 73, 000 bushels of wheat is 14.5 per . cent 1Jeloi the 3, 360, .000 bushels produced in 1947~ The big -decrease is the result of a reduction in acreage from 240,000 to

221,000.. Oats also dropped substantially, the indications pointing to a production

of 13,128',000 bushels, a 18.5 per cent reduction fro!Il a total of 16,100,000 for .

last year'. Acreage was cut from 644,000 in 1947 t6 547,000 in Hl48.

-!

.

Tobacco : The acreage planted for har.vest is put at 86, ,900, or 19.5 per cent le s s

than the 107,900 acres harvested in 1947. Despite heavy infestation

,.,.i th plant lice over mos~ of the belt during the gro,.,ing sea.son yield is expected

to be fair and is indicated. at 1050 pounds, a decrease of 128 pounds from last

ye ar. Such a yield with the acreage reported woul~ give a production of 91,278,000

pounds, a pronotincecl 28.2 per cent reduction from the 127,142,000 pounds harve st ed

in 1947.









Peanuts: The peanut crop was . planted late, but it is in fine condition and good

yields are expected. The acreage planted alone is estimated at 1'475,000

a four per cent greater figure than the 1,41S,OOO acres r~ported for 1947.

I

.

Peache s: This crop suff ered severely from a freeze occurring. in. the northern part

of the p each belt at a critical stage of the fr~it. Production is indicated at 3,280,000 bushels, which is 43.5 per :ceb.t le~t~.ELth.an the 5, 810,000 'but:;hels produced last year. Though dry ,.,eathe'r has r~sulted in: the pro duction of
small peaches in some areas, the quality of fr~i t . is. good and prices continue high

.
'
CROP .

ACR'?,AGE ( 000 1947 1948

GEORGIA CROPS

YIELD

19~8 Per

. Indic.

Cent of 1947 July 1,

. .

..

'PRODUCTION (OOOl
Indic'~ ;

1947

JuJ.y l,

- -~-
Corn
::!he a t

bu. 3,205 3,141 bu. 240 221

1947 98 92

15.0 14.0

1948
..14.0 13.0

I'
~8.075 '
3,360

1 9 48 43.974
2,873

Oats

bu. 644 547

85

'25.0

24.0 16,100 13,128

R.ye

bu.

6

5

83

9.0

10.0

54

5(J,

Toba cco., all

lb. 107.9 86.9 81 ,178 1 ,o'50 127,142 91,278 .

?otatoes, Irish

bu. 18

16

Potatoes, sweet

bu. 77

65

89 84

79 85

..

64. 78

1,422 6,545

1,024 5,07(;

Hay, all

tons 1,373 1,400

102

51

.50

696

700

Sorghum for sirup

16

12

75

Sugarcane for sirup

22

21

95

Peanuts, alone

1,418 1,475

104 l/81

l/72

co,~eas, alone

175 172

98

Soy eans, alone

64

67

105

Peaches, total cro~g/

5,810

3,280

Pears, ~ta~ crop Cotton 3

1, 278. 1,315 : 103

385

346

1/c

o

Cond mmer

itio cial

n

c

as ro

p

o .

ffJJ

uly Ac

r

e

a

g

g e

{

To in

t

a1 cu

agricultura ltivation Ju

l l

y

c-r-o- ~ -p. 1

greater

than

and

including

. D. l;J. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

HARRY A. WHITE ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Stat i sticiw

6 1 -.~:~~-:-: . ., ..,...-. . "' ~ ....,. . .,...;...-;...J&.;: ,..l.B;~T..E--~P..>'ai..j.U;:.4.6~W..{aS:~s,D1E.fln.:Cg~Ut ToMi.l.lj:EU.,:.NJ:::.aTD:.-.,1. ,.CJ!Q.CO~. .nAOmg.l.RC.SI~.~.. . .. . .

... .
I

. . _ ;... ~-;._ : .

. UNITED ST~S - GENERAL ciiOP' ru:rom ~.AS OF JULY 1, 1948

Crop proauction in 1948 pro!llise~ to surpass that of the o'U.t~tanding year of 1942; and the reco )~n ;set in 1946. The acreage . in" crops is among the largest in recent year~, and yield :Prospects a::e
very good J;or most crops .>.'The 'corn acre\ge though relatively. ~mall is tL half million acres
~bove intentions ana a record production of 3,329 million buShels is- now indicated. The wheat
''e-;,lrospec;b,-: l,242 milli.on b.'!J,shels, is an improvement of 4 per cent over earlier for~ca.sts and will the seeohd large !it 'crop in our history. Rice will set a new acreage record and nearly equal :.P.st year' s record J;>rOd'\letion Oats and barley will be~-.rell-above ,EWerege cr.o'ps. Cot:t;on..~re a.e;<) ::.s 10 per cent l~ger than in 1947. 'l,he second largest crop -of flaxseed is foreca~t. _ All-crop
prospe cts are reported above the - average of the past- 10 years and as gcod as in-1946. - Current
.) st i mates indicate an aggregate production about 128 per cent of the 1923-32 averace, compared
rith 123 in 1942 and 126 per cent in 1946.

~eed grains as a group are a major factor in the huge aggregate crop production in prospect this

year. These include the largest corn crop in. history; 8ll oats crop of 1,426 million bushels and

b :.nley production of 307 million buShels, both well above average; and sorghum grain p roduction

:1 ~)bably larger than in any of the past 3 years. Feed grain supplies, even with the r0lative ly

s~~l l stock~ of old grains, will be 'the most liberal on record per animal unit. Hay supply per

animal unit also will be 8mple, for carryover stocks are large and though production is the

smallest since 1939, livestock numbers are continuing downward. Food rains also are at a high

level, i ncluding the 1~242 million bushel wheat cro~, second largest o record; a near record ..

p roduction of 79 million bushels of rice; over 27 m1.llion bushels of rye, largest crop since 194~ ;

but a buckv1heat acreage likely to bo relatively small. Production of flaxseed is expected to be

nearly 44 million bushels, exceeded only in 1943. The acreage of other oilseeds - soybeans and

;Peanuts - while belo\7 last year, will . be relatively large. July 1 acreage of cotton was up 10 per

cen~ from a year ago. Tobacco acreage has been Sharply reduced and production will be much less

than in any of the past 4 years, but more than in most years prior to 1944. Potato production -

will be about average, slightly more than last year, as yields promise to be second highest of

record. The sweetpotato crop is the smallest since 1924.



~: The Nation 1 s 1948 corn crop is indicated at 3.3 billion bushels. Such a production wou,ld be .the highest of record, exceeding the previous record in 1946 by better than 2 per cent.
Too 1948 crop is being grown on the smallest acreage in over 50 years with the exception of 1947. ~c indicated yield per acre of 38.9 buShels exceeds by over 2 bushels the previous record of
36.7 bushels in 1946. The 10-year average yield per acre is 31.4, and last year's yield was . ?8.6 bushels. The 3,328,862,000 bushels indicated by July 1 prospects is th~ fifth 3billion
bushel crop in history, 39 per cent larger than the 1947 production and 18 per cent above avorag0.

ALL WHEAT: Production of all \vheat is estimated at 1,242 million bushels--second only to the

I

record high 19~production of 1,365 million bushels. Improved moisture conditions

during June favored the maturity of wheat, with the result that prospective production is now

49 million bushels higher than indicated a month ago. Almost all states in which wheat had not

a lready matured by early June were benefitted. There was some lodging of Wheat due to wind and

~n.in, and stem rust is apparent in some North Central States. losses h~r~rc not been excessive,

however, and harvest was well along by July 1.

~: An oats crop of almost 1,426 million buShels is estimated for 1948. This is 17 per cent
larger than last year 1 s crop of nearly 1,216 million bushels, 16 per cent obovo the 10-
y,o ar average of 1,2~2 million bushels, but 7 per cent smaller than the record of 1,536 million buShels harvested in 1945.

FEANUTS: A reduction of 2 per cent below 1947 is indicated for this year's acreage of peanuts



grown alone for all purposes. .An increase in the Southeastern area was more thnn

o ''f sot by a slight decline in the Virginia-carolina area and a substantial reduction in the

2nuthwest . The 1948 acreage, estimated at 4,042,000 acres, compares with the 1942-46 average of

1 ,144 ,000 acres and is flilproximately the same a!ireage as intended in March.

~~!]}AC(J): A total of 1, 757 million pounds of tobacco is indicated for 1948. This is 17 per c~nt

below the crop of last year when 2,108 million pounds were grow.n. }fust of the decl1nc

took place in flue-cured tobacco, production of which is placed at 1,010 million pounQ.s, compared

~-rith 1,317 million pounds last yea:r.



P~S: The Nation's peach crop is estimated at 70,384,000 bushels, compared with 82,603,000
bushels in 19117 and tho 1937-46 average of 66,725,000 bushels. The record-large crop was 86,643,000 bushels in 1946 . .

/

U N I TED- -S T A T E S

- :ACREAG:If'.IN-mcYtrs:-:1948- - : YIELD

: ----p}tittCT!ON IN THOUS.

"'C'"orn, a:n-
,fueat, all
j/ Oats
Cotton Hay, al
Soybe;:ms 2 I
Cowpeas 2/
Peanuts "'t/
:?o tatoes-;1: rish

:!!a.rV. --:F'"or---:ier cent:

. . . . 1947 : Harv. 1948

: of 1947

1947

bu. 83,981 85,497 ! 102 I 28.6

bu. 74,186 71,502 ., 00

18.4

bu. 38,648 21,500
ton 75,291

I 40,970 106

2733,,665234

110 98

31.5 1.36

12,894 1,143 4,121

I 11,537

00

41,,004629

94 98

bu. 2,112

2,109 . 100

182.0

: Indio.
. . ;July 1, 1948 38.9 17.4 34.8 1.29
).85.8

1947 2,400,952 1,364,919 1,215,970
102,500
384,407

! ndicaten-Jul.y 1,
319,34488,:88662-
1,241,751 1,425, 785
95,01 8
391, 833

3wce tro tatoes bu.

bocco , al1

lb.

..''e r go for syrup

611 1,845
162

1.~ 88

I 83

123

76

93.5

92.2

1142

I- 11411

57,178 2,107,'76

49, 916 1,757,373

fo r syrup ;,_:g C~.rcanc

112

97

87

Ts .a ~l.Ches ,t o t.crop bu.
f / kreago in cultivation July 1.

i
Grown alone for all purposes.

82,603

70,384

See other side for Georgia report)

Af te r five days return to
'Li ted States n,partment of Agriculture .ourcau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens , Georgia

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300

. OFFICill BUSINESS
7 orm BAE-A~7f48-7,710 Permit No. 1001

~.~tias.-

. e

~

e Co

l- l1~- ge..1.

o

f

.. se , T'-11- ' , gri . '

aria

q.

Athens, Ga.

...

GEJO~.G IA 8UR.E.AU OF' AGR.ICUt..'TURAL LCONOMIC~ cJ~

Athens, Georgia

TRUCK CROP NEWS July 16, 1948

General: The dry hot weather of th~ last of June was continued through

the first week of the July 1 - 15 perioq.. This has been unfav-

orable to the production of truck crops, causing them to mature more

rapidly than normal. The harvest of these crops is practically over in

all parts of south Georgia and is proceeding to a close in the middle of

the state. Products from the latter area have been relatively siJ'laller in

size than usual. The extremely high temperatures of the first of the

month have been abated since about the lOth and for the p~st ~~ek general

rains have been received in all areas. In .some sections rains have been

excessive, but with these exceptions adequate moisture is proving very

helpful to the crops which now are coming into full production in the

no.rthern part of the state.



Snap Beans, North Georgia: The recen~ rainfall for north Georgia has been plentiful and snap beans there are now
in full production. Some areas have received e xc e ssiv~ rains, and truck crops on low grounds in some instances have been damaged. In mos~ cases yields are good and prices fair.
Cabbage, North Georgia: Cabbages in north Georgia are moving r ap idly to market along with snap beans. The yi e ld and
quality of cabbage are good and prices in general are satisfactory.
Irish Potatoes, North Georgia: The harvest of potatoes is we ll advanced in this area, but yields are rather poor,
and prices are only fair. Dry weather during a considerable part of the growing season has cut production sharply.
Pimientos: Dry weather at planting time resulted in a ragged stand of pimientos, but -surviving settings have made fine grov~h, and
t he crop is looking good. Plants set early are now coming into production and harvest is expected to be well under way by the first of August.

Cantaloups: Harvest of cantaloups has been completed in the southern part of the state and is drawing rapidly to a clos e in the
central sections. Dry, hot weather resulted in the production of small cantaloups, but both quality and price have been good.
Watermelons: The harvest of watermelons has advanced along with that of cantaloups. The season is practically' over in southern
counties and is we ll advanced in mid-state. Although this year's melons have been relatively small, unusually good prices have been received in all sections.

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Stat{stioian In Charge

HARRY A. 1VHI TE
Agricultural Statistician
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator

,.. . ~

I



. ,. .......

\ . .,.>"~'!. .

;
~.

.



.

\ . " .. ~

~

..
.

'

.,.
.

. . \ \ . '.1'"' .. \"t...~_i'....~. .:.

~

. TRUCK CROP NOTES - BY STJ:.T~S

July 15, 1948

, ' 'I

' .

. -~ ,

Snap Beans: Harvest of North Carolina's late summer snap bean crop made only moderate progress during the first half of July.
Development of beans was retarded in many sections due to laok of adequate moisture. However, prospects have improved greatly as e. consequence of recent rains. Prices received by growers have been go~d to de.te.
Cabbe.ger In North Carolina lack of soil moisture held back the g ro~~h and development of cabbage in northern mountain counties. Cnt-
tin~s of the crop in this area he.d reached fair volume by mid-July. Prices received by grm~ers to date have been satisfactory.
Cantaloups: In North Carolina harvest of the crop in the ScotlandRobers on county area is about ovt1r. Harve st of cantaloups
in the Ridgeway section of Warren county is just getting underway. Dry soil conditions retarded the development of the crop, but receht rains should improve pros.pects considerably. Supplie8 should be fairly plentiful for another three weeks in Texas.
Potatoes, Irish: Harvest of a good crop of potatoes from the Panhandle district of Texas is more advanced than usual. Peak
harvest is expected around the latter pnrt of the month. Both yield and quality are r eported to be very g:ood 1
ate rmelons :. Light harvest began around July 12 in the Scotland county areu of North Carolina and will become general by July 26.
CondLtion ~nd pro gress of the c~op grown in the Albemarle Sound sectionof the stat e is about th <, same as els Gwh e re. Ha rvest here is getting unde rway and viii ll r ea ch volume e. round August 14. Cr~ps in production at this period ur e scatt~red ?Ver a wide nrea in Texo.s. Supplie s will continue to be pl entiful, however, for another thirty days with most of the production coming from the north ~ rn and northeastern counties. Through July 15, 2940 ca rloads had been shipped by ro.il in Georgia compare d with5032 on the same date l~st year.

;

Returr/~ft~r Five Days to .
Umtod Stutes Depa rtme nt of Agricultur.e Bureau of Agricultura l Economlcs
319 Extension Building Athens 1 Ge orgic.

I
Pe nalty fer priva te use to avoid payme nt of post ~ ge $300.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

' Form BAE-D-7/48-1400 Parmi t No,lOOl

Libta:ria.n.
College of Agriculture
Athens, Ga.
TC .Req

UNITED. ~TATE.e; OE:.PARTM~NT OF AG"IC.U\..TURE...
&roj;

G IA ~ORG .. . .

,



. . . _<:;J

euR.Au o~
AGR.ICUL.IURAL.
LCONOMICS

.

. d~

or Ut!IIV!.R!oi'T-V

&tO"CSIA .

(.OU.E.~!. OP AG"'GU\.TURL

Athens, Georgia

FA-~ PRICE REPORT . AS OF JULY 15; 1948

August 1948
~

GEORGIA: The sharp decline in the price of cotton, cottons.eed, grains and fruits . ,was respon~ible for the 12 point decline in all commodity index of prices
received by Georgia farmers during the past thirty days? On July 15 the over all index of prices received by farmers \ras 270% of the 1909-14 average compared with 282 on June 15 and 261% one year ago. The meat animal index made a 27 point increase from June 15 to July .15 and is now 433% .of the .l909-14 average or at the highest level of record. Chickens and eggs made about the usual seasonal advance .,.,hile dairy products remained at the June 15 level.

UlHTJD STATES: Continued gairis in prices received b? farmers for meat animals, dairy and poultry pro~ucts more than offs et declines in priaes of
grains, soyoeans and cotton to raise the mid-July index of prices received by farmers to 301. At this level, the index is 2 per cent over a month earlier, but 6 points or 2 per cent below the all-time high of 307 set in January of this year.

The index of prices paid by farmers including interest and taxes, on tho other hand, remained. unchanged at 251, the same as a month ago and as in January of this year, when this record high \<Jas first established. In July of 1947, this index stood at 230.-

The rise in the index of prices received by farmers, together \ri th the unchanged index of prices paid (including interest and taxes), resulted in a rise iri the parity ratio (ratio of the index of prices received by farmers to the index of prices paid including interest and taxes) from 118 to 120. This ratio is an approximate measure of the av e rage relation which current .prices r ~ c e ivod for farm products bear to their respective parity prices.

The live stock and livestock products component of the price s received index, at 344 per cent of the 1909-14 base, is 124 points above the high of 220 follo11ring World i'iar I. .The individua l subgroups of this index vary from a high of 417 for mea t t)"nimals to a lo\., of 234 for poultry and eggs. The crop component no\.,r stands at 253 per cent of the pre-\'lorld . t'lar I base, 34 points be low the post-\'lorld Wr.r I high of 287. The variations 1trithin this subgroup range from 370 for toba cco to 172 for fruits.

Summary Table

Price indexes

: July 15, : June 15, : July 15, : __R..cQ.r j. _high. ___ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .t _lg_4.z. __: _ 1.9!8__ .L _ 1_91_8__ .tin_dQ.X_ 1. __ ~aie__ _

Prices r eceived

276

295

301

307

Jan. 1948

Pric e s ~aid, including

int erest ~n~ taxe s

230

251

251

251

J an. ,J\Ll'l.e, &

July 1948

lJ-Revi Parity ratio

.

1/120

118

120

133 Oct. 1946

- s~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Cho..rge

ARClt!E WTGLEY Agriculturnl Statisticinn

... :

,.. ...

PRICES P.ECEIVED BY FA.'ThlERS JULY 15, 1918 WITH COl,PARIS:mS

~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -GIDilr.!.A -:- - - - - - ..._ - - - - - - - - - .,_trn'IM "Srrl'PES""" - - - - - -:-:.

~w

IAverage jJ""uly JUi1e -Tuiy verage July . 1 June

Ju~

I AND

.Aug.l909-1 15

15

- .-U!!!.!____

July 1914 i 1947 ___1.._1948

15 1948

Aug.l909- 15 Jul 1914 1947

15
I 1948

15
I 1948

Wheat, Bu.

$1 1.24 2.171 2.25 2.20

,88

2.14

2.11

2.03

fern , Bu.

$$ i .91

2.13

2.12 2,06

,64 2.01

2.16

2.02

9ats, Bu.

.67
1

$1 Irish Potatoes, Bu.

1.12

:1 S~eet Potatoes, Bu.

.83

~::::::e:~ ton $1 ~:::9

~y (loose), ton

$1 17.85

.95 1 1.05

I 2.00

2,10

1.05 2.15

2,60 J 2, 70 2.60
:::~ I :::~ :~:~

21.00 25.70 25.00

,40 .70 .88
~:::5
11.87

,92 1.68 2.51
:::: 15.10

1.07

.87

1.87

1.66

2.46

2.62

:::a :::

17.90

18.20

ffqgs, per cvrt~

$ 7.33 22,50 21,50 24.80

7.27 22.00

22,90

25,90

~qef Cattle, cwt. -Milk Cows, head

$ 3.87 $ 33.85

14.50 20.00 20.30 96.00 120.00 125.00

5.42 19.50 48.00 150.00

24.80 186.00

25.80
192 .oo

. C

h
(

i

&

e

n

s

,

Lb.

Eags, Ibz.

:eutter, Lb.

13.2
, 21.3 I 24.6

32.0 49.0 54.0

35.4 48.0 56.0

33.9 52.0 56.0

11.4 21.5 25.5

28.1 45 .7 60.4

30.5 43.4 66.9

31.9 45.8 67.3

B~tterfat, Lb.
iJhk (wholesale) 'per 100# J}

25.7 I
$ 2.42

56.0 5.35

61.0 61.0 5.85 5.85

26.3

68.1

1.60

3.87

82.7 4.67

84.1 4.80

'Cowpeas, Bu.

$

6.00 5.60 5.30

5.14

5.28

5.2~

Soybeans, Bu.

$

4.90

4.85 4.70

3,09

I

j Peanuts, Lb.

5,0

9,5

10,4 10.5

1.8

9.6

- - . - - - - - - - -l -- -- :...__ ____l__, ____._______,.____ _ _- - L - - - -

1/ Prclimi~ary for July 1948

3.90 10.4

3.66 10.4

= I NDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARti$RS IN aroRaiA (August 1909 " July 1914 100)

All Commodities Cotton & Cottonseed Grains lVPat Animals Dairy Products Chickens & Eggs Fruits
I. Mi see11ancous
.....

July 15 1947
261 2fjl 221 3112 209 234 140 170

June 15 1948
- - -
282 299 221 406 226 238
317 166

July 15 1948
270 282 216
24LJ 433
226
267 167

After five days return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of f~ricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICI~SINESS
Form BAE-8/48-1816 Fermi t No . 1001

Penalty for private usc to avoid payment of postage $300

t, i s el l ie t . Ree se, Librarian,

t ate Coll ege of Agri.,

eq .

At hen s, Ga .

UNITED ~TATE.~ OI!:MRTME.l"T OF AGR.IC.lJL-TURE.
&ro-f;
UNi\llr.~SI'TV OP' (rf.O"-GIA C.OU..E.Cif. 017 AO"!'GUL.TUI\t.

Athens, Georgia

TRUCK CROP NE'.YS
August 2, _i948

General: The truck c~op season is practically over in south~ rn and middle
Ge orgia, vvi th the exception of pimiento pepper and late cucumbers. The late cucumber acre~g e vrill be planted around the middle of August. During
t he pa s t tivo \'.reek s adequate rri.infall vr.l_s received in all- r;rowing areas of the Sta te. In north Georgia p~tato harvest ha s pa ssed its peak, N~bbage 'harvest is about ~ve r, a nd the early snap b ea n suppli e s are de crea sing. Pre sent out-
Jock for the lat e snup be un pl a ntings is gen8 rully good O.t this time,

Snap Beans, North Geor gia: Harvest of th .;; e e.rly snap bec.n crop is pr~:..ctic t:~ lly
ov e r, e,bout r::verc.ge yi e lds we re he. rvest e d with
good to exc e lle nt price s r e c e iv e d. La t e pla ntings of tho pnst mpnth huve roc e i ved a n ubundo.nc e of moisture c;nd g ood :str,nd.s a r oa expe ct ed



Cubbage , North Ge orgia.: Most of the :;r~ :rly north Ge orgi e ca bba ge crop hr. s be e n

hu rvGsted, Yi e ld a nd que.li ty hr:.ve be a n gen~n.lly good

.. with s 11tisfa ctory pric e s r e ported,

Irish 0 ota to cs, li orth Ge orgia : Ha rve st is c. lmost ov e r in ull comme rci a l pro-

ducing are a s of north Ge orgi a. . Excc sslv o . r~~ins

in loca l o.rea s n round ha rve st. time eau s e d some d!~mc, ge to the crop. Quf l ity

of

potu.toes

ha. rve ste d

this

y.

e

i:..
~

r
.

hns

be ~ n

unusu r. lly

good.

;.':: t c rmc lons: Comme rei r.. l mov <: mcnt is ov c_ r in the southe rn p:: rt of the Sto.t .; c.. nd is nec..ring the end in the central count i es. Quulity a nd pric e s
wGr e b e tte r tha n l c- Bt s en eon t~roughout most of the Ste.t e . C>. rlot shi pme nt through July c-.mountc d to 3192 c r. rs, compnr c d with 5676 to the so.me da t e le.~ t ye a r. Mov eme nt by truck continue s to show r.n incre::.se ove r a year r,go.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistici nn
In Cha r ge

L. H. H.ARRIS,JR. Truck Crop _, stir.lntor

l~OTE: T:US IS THE LAST 1948 GI;ORGIA TRUCK CROP NE'.""S ftELBA SE.

' .

.... ~

TRUCK CROP NOTES -- BY STATBS.

, August 11 19h8

,

Snap Beans: Dry weather reduced the early crop in Johnson County Tennessee.

Good prices and favorable rains encouraged heavy late plantings.

Beans are now moving in volume with reaqy sales at steaqy prices for all

offerin;. s. The Fentress County crop is grassy but beans are expected until

frost, In North Carolina the late summer snap bean crop~ erovm ~rincipally in ~rest Jefferson--aricf1tendersonville areas, has improved considerably as a

result of recent rains, Due to decreased acreage and yields some~1at below

average~ market demand has been strong resulting in good prices to growers,

Planting

of

late

acreag. e

ended

durin.g_the

last
.

we.ek ...of

July....

Cabbage: In North Caroliria soil moisture conditions and. temneratures during tnc~teilhalf of July have been favorable to cabbage growth and
dovelo!)mont. Lic:ht cut ting of oarli.er acreage was underway during the latter part of 'July.

Irish Potatoes: Dif-:cing in' the Coffee-Franklin Area of Tennessee is about --- ~ ------ comoletc, The cron was reduc ed by scab-and vmt weather prices have cased do~m and the marlc~t is sloW for Trhat foi'r potatoes remain tq be sold,

Tomatoes: The Tennessee green nrap deal around Humboldt closed about

July~-r,5-and most sales no"H nrc ri_pcs to canners. Pric os re-

ceived arc disappointing - about 70 to 80' cents per bushel for canning

tomatoes.

..

Watermelons: In North Carolina ocnk movement of vratermelons ~.n the ~---~-- ~--- Scotiand: - Hoke Co~nty area 'vias reached dnring the last
neck of July Movement' of t ho crop in ChoTJan tl.rid Currituck Counties is norr well lindcr vray, Due to inadequate moisture in r~orth Caroline. rs YJatcr- melon producing ar eas, melons nero sm.:iller than usual, Pric es rec eived by ,gro,"fC rs have ranged from .good to f air.

. .. .
Athens, Georgia

.. .1;
._ i
August 12, 1948
GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST f, "1948.

"
W~ather concli tions during th~ past .several 1'/'eeks have been very favorable t 'o the
production of' crops in :pra ctfcally. all a~eas of G.eorgia. --Bains - have been genera l duri ng the 1ntter half of July. and early August. This adequate 'supply of . ~oi'sture has re.s.ulted :in rapid gro1,.rth of crops~ and corn and hay prospects are e spec}ally

good. in the northern portion of the State. The rains came :too late in some. areas

of central and southern sections' of . the State for early c;orn and yields there will

a . be generally below l as t year- Tobacco harvest is well under way \'lith grO\V'ers receiving p rices much . above year ago. Peanut . productionis expected to . s et a

new record in 1948,. due to the increase in acreage . fo'r picking an1. threshing.





.

4



~



:

,'

..CORN: The abundance of moisture during July and early .1\,ugust v.ras v e ry favorable

.for corn, esp e cially in the northern portion of the State. Pre s ent indicat3.'ons point to a total production of . 45,544,000 bushels, co~pared with 48,075,000 i n i947. Yield per acre i's placed at 14.5 bu shels~.

TOBACCO: The tobacco crop .got of_f ~o a late start thi s spring and damage from

.

plant lice was severe in some localities. De~p ite the s e unfavor able

conditions indicated production amounts to 91,305,000 pounds. In 1~;47 . the crop

reached an a ll time high of 127,142,000 pounds. The current acreage is 19 per, cent

l .ess than. las t year ,a;d y ield per acre is 11. per .cent .belo\v 1947 record of 1178

pounds.

~EAlnJTS: Production of peanuts for p ick ing and thr eshing is placed at 793,230,000 pounds or 1 per cent abGve the record production of 788 ,900,00,0 pounds in
1943. Acr eage for nuts is e stimated at 1,158,000 co.mp,ared 11ith 1,124,090 las't year. The Augus t 1 indicated yield of 685 poun.ds is 10 p ounds les s than one year
r ago and 1 5 pounds b elow the 1937-46 average.
PECANS: Augu st 1 condition indica tes a record pecan crop following the very light "Oroduction in 1947 and 1946. The current indicat-ed n roduction is placed
at 40,600~000 pounds, . 1col)l.par:ed '.V'it h 27,685,000 pounds in 1947~ and :).6,000,000 pounds two years ago. The. 194~ indicated crop, is .10 per cent above the previous r e cord
:p roduction of 36,850,000 pounds ini945. .Production of impr~ved varieties ~s es ti-
mated at 34,510,000 pounds, with seedling vari e ti~s amounting to 6,09.0,000 pounds

. GEORGIA

CROP

:ACREAGE: YIELD PER ACRE TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUSANDS)

(000): Average: .. :Indicated:.Average :

. I n d i c a t e d

_1948 i 1937-46 Corn... . ......... bu; 3141 ! ll.9

. . 1947

1948 ; 1937-4S: 1947 . : , 1948 .

15.0 ! . .14.5 -: 45,281 :. 48,075: . 45,544

Wheat ............ bu: 221 ' : 11.5 ~ 14.0

13.0 2,102 : 3,360: '.2',873

Oats; ......... ... . .. bu: .547

21.'7 25.0

24.0 : .12,331 ; : 16,100: , t3.,'128

Bye. . . . . . . . . . bu:

5 !

8 .2 , : 9'. 0

.l.().,O : : . l30 : :

54:

Hay ( all) .... ~ ... ton: 1400 :

55: . 51:

; ' ~52: " 731 1 .

696:

.Tobacco ( all) . lb: 86.9: . ..953 ;1178

' l:o~f < ) : 83, 14~ :127,142:

50 728 91,305

Potato.es, Irish. bu: : 16 :.: ; 66
Botatoes, Swee t. . .bu: . . 65 ' 7p . Cot t on.- ..... ~ .. bales= 1306 238 Peanuts (for :pick- :

79
8q , :
246

64 . . :. ' 1,.559 :

. 82

7,284 :

... 276 .

: '. 864.- :

.

1, 422!- -~ 1,024

6,545: .. 5,330

.651:'. . .

750

ing & threshing ).lb. tl58 "10'0

69!5

685 :~89,938 :781,180:

Peaches,total crop,bu:1/ . Pea~~s, tot a l crop .. bu:l.J -

. .

. 5~037 : 5,810:

.. 379: : 385:

Pecans ~ ....... . lb:

25,57~: 27,685i

l/ Total agricultural . crop greater ' t han nnd includ1 ng commer cia l crop.

793,230 3.280 385
40,60C

D, L. FLOYD Agricul t ur al Stati s tician
In Char g e

ARCit!E LANGLEY Agri.c ultnral St a tistician



.... ' ~;

. ,.: 1. 1

.. ... t ; ,. . .

,.... .. . t

..... .....

t,,

... .~ ---.- . . .. . :.-r. WITW_ ST~WAR~- E~ t-~tqu~~-.--

f<1l
f J_'~:.lI .

., , :,, ..,_ ~ '1.. 1

.

\

-~
.. \

.s
\

~ .
. ,-,.:.

Blireau:

oi-~~~W.tot~~

n, .- ~ug-

~

...C

.

~
.

~.~_'?~'~,\...\

.

\

..._ . .. ... ' ' #' . " '

.

' . "': .J

,.,., : t :"':"' - ..... ........ .

--- .,-~ --.. r-,,

~ ' :/
t/ .fJ

.:.;_

' l :"-' '. ~ -.'





wrTP

sTATESI ~ -,~~ m:' ro m~ ~/ . o;r ;liJGVsr

1,

1948

. ...

The hti~~~~ng .~; ~o~~~ts for 194~\;~~~d mved nci~-#~::;ee.lization during Jul;;,

Ideal "corn: weather" -prevailed in mst of the Corn Belt, booming'""the ~reduction forec~t to a nell'

record of :r-,006 million bushels. Harvest of small grains proceeded rapidly, nearing completion

for winter grains and making headwajy in the spring grain areas. Yields per acre continued to ex-

ceed expectations in mst areas as the result of mstly fe.vorahle conditions for filling, matur~

and harvesting grains. The aggregate volume of a.ll crops, as estimated on August 1, promises to

surpass any year of record by a. considerable m~gin.

-~ '

<

Tht winter wheat estimate increased to nearly a. billion bushels as harvested yields exceeded ex-

pectations in most of the country. With the e.ddi tion of a. spring wheat crop larger than l~t

ye's, the 1948 all whea.t total of 1,284 million bushelS approaChes more closely tha.t of ~947!

thti only one to exceed it. Corn was ready. for harvest in parts of Texas and wa.s tasseled m f1eli

to 'the northern border, having ma.de e:xeellent progress under fa.vorahle to ideal conditions since

planting. Bice mevr set another production record. Cottonwa.s favored by dry., hot weather until

mid-July, helping to control insects. With a.dequa.te soil moisture, a. record y:i:eld per acre and a.

crop of over 15 million bales were in prospect on August 1. Oats, barley, flax and ha.y estimates

increased as harvesting returns became a.vailahle, and most other erop prospects 'improved
. : .

Progress of cr~s and of farm WQrk during July was nearly all tha.t could be desirE!d.. Nature seem-

ed to outdo herself to keep conditions in balance and induce the m.exillll,lDI progress. Seldom will

Clondi tions favor both cotton and corn in the South, because of their different needs, or small

grains at the same time as corn and soybeans in the Midwest. But in July the bot, dry weather was

ideal for cotton, while there were enough showers to favor corn. In the Corn Belt, smalL grains

and soybeans bad sufficient soil misture under them to withstand the heat so beneficial' to corn.

There were exceptions, of course. In Kansas and parts of nearby St~tes heavy July rains caused

floods and deleys in harvesting wheat, with local harvesting losses. The hea.t wa.ve before mid

July :f;orced soma spring rains to early ma.turity in the Minnesota.-Dakotas areas and held down

yields in fields short o soil moisture.

Record production is in prospect for corn, soybeans, rice, peanuts and pecans. Of near-record

rank are wheat, oats, flaxseed, sorghum grain, dry beans and citrus fruits. Cotton is one-fourth

~ove average; a.la>, ahove average are barley, all hey-, potatoes, toba.eco, sugarcane, sugar beets,

:)lops, peaches, grapes, cherries and apricots. Of the major crops only _rye, buckwheat, dry pea.s,

sweetpotatoes, broomcorn, apples and pears are below average this year. Feed supplies for the

1948-49 season promise to be the most liberal per animal unit in history, despite the relatively

small carryover stocks. At a. time when. livestock numbers are the smallest in 10 years, the corn

9rop vrill be the largest ever produced, oats and sorghum grain are near-record and barley above

average.



r - \'(BEAT: To.tal wheat production of 1,284 million bushels is second only t6 last year's record crop of 1,365 million bushels, 36 percent ahove the lQ-year average of 943 million bushels and

13 million bushels ahove prospects a. month ago.

_ _

~~ Near ideal weather for .corn over practically all of the Nation during July boosted the

~st 1 forecast to3.5 billion bushels, 178 million bushels higher than the July estimaw

of 3.3 billion bushels, itself a. record high. Seldom if ever have corn prospects over the Nation

been so uniformly favoralJle.

-

~: Tho Nation's crop of oa.ts on August 1 is estimated a.t 1,470,444,000 bushels, which is 3

percent ahove the production indicated a. month earlier. The crop is the third largest in

history, excleded only by the .record crop of 1,535,676,000 bushels in 1945 and the 1946 crop wh~

was nearly l 2 billion bushels.



PEANUTS: A r ecord peanut crop -6 2,341 million pounds is indicated by Au,a:ust 1 conditions. This

compares with last yeal'1s .production of 2,188 million ~ounds anC! the 1943-47 average of

2,118 million pounds. The lar~e ~. expected this year is attr1buted to generally good yield

prospects, ~

the

1948

acreage

bemg n. .early 2 percent

below 1947.. .

PECANSa August 1 conditions indicate a. record-large pecan crop of 152,5601 000 pounds. This is 23

Percent above last year ond 39 percent above a.vera.ge. All States report larger crops

than last year except Oklahoma. where the 1947 hVest of 44,000,000 pounds exceeded the previous

Oklahoma record of 30,600,000 lb s. 18,000,000 lbs., which is about an

in 1941 by 44'7o The 1948 Oklahoma crop is a.vera.gesize crop. I!DJ:lroved varieties for

ind the

icUa. tesd.

to be are placed

a.t es

t

69,66 imate

9,000 lbso d a.t 82,89

i 1,

n oomparison with 000 pounds~ eorea

44 red

,8w7i0th1 007031p7o69u~n0d0s0l

ast lbs

.y:ea.r. . in 1

9

Wi,ld 47,

or

seedling

varieties

are

Corn, All

bu. 83,981

Wh.eQ.t, All

bu. 4.,18S

Oa.ts

bu. 38,648

Hey, - All

ton 75,291

Soybeans,For Beans ll,l25

Peanuts Jj

bu. 3, 389

Potatoes, Irish bue 2, ll2

Sweetpotatoes bu,

6ll

]ibacoo

lb. _1,8'45

~ Picked and threShed.

~:

' '

.After Five ~s Return to

United States Department of Agriculture

: Burean of .Agricultura.l Economics

319 Extension Building

Athens, Georgia.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE-4:SZ48- 5,519
Fermi t No. 1001

28e.6 184 31;,5
1._36 16;,3
646 182.:0
93.5 1,1'42

2, 400,952 364,919
1,215, 970 1021 500
181,362
2.187, 985 3841 407
" 571 178 2,107,763

3, fl6,363 1,284, 323 1,470,444
- 971 707 205,066
2, 340,700 399,127 51,739
1,777,783

Penalty for private use to .avoid payment of postage $300.

re .

I
""""- .... -'"")
- - ..... ,_,- 't
-~ 1f.' \._.ri .
. ... .. ,c 13 , n a .



UNITED ~TA'TE.e, O~Ao\RTMEN'T OF AGRIC,U\..TURE..
&rof:;

G 0 . 1A I E.j

~G . ..

'! .

.

. .

, .-( )

ISVR.E.AV OF AGR.ICUI..'TURAi...
: E.C.O~?M IC5

.cJ%rVtC/V

~t.liVt:.kai'TV 0, GE.O"-GIA , COU..&ol. Of' AGN"ULTUI\t
(

''
.- : Athens, Georgia

August 12, 19.48

GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1948

' .

.

..

.

.

weather conditions during the past several weeks have been very favorable to the

production of crops in pract.ica'lly all areas of Georgia . Bains have been general

duri ng t4e latter half of~ July and early August. This adequate supply of moi~ture

has re;s.ulted in rapid gro,~th o-f c:rops, and corn and hay :prospects are especially

good in the northern _:portion of the State. The rains came too late in some areas

of central and southern: sections of the State for early corn and yields the.re ,ilill
"'i be generally below l as t year. Tobacco harvest is well under \'lay th growers
receiving prices much above a year ago. Peanut production is expected to set a

' new record in '1948, due to the increase in acreage for :picking and threshing. : ..

COIDT: The abundance of moi s ture during July and early August "ras v ery favorable

for corn, especially in the northern :portion of :the State. Pres ent indi-

cations point to a total proctuction of 45 i544,000_bush'Eils, compared \>Tith 48,075,000

in 1947. .Yield :per acre is :placed at 14.5. bushels.



TOBACCO: Th e tobacco crop got off to a late s tart this spring and damage fr~m plant lice was severe in some localities. D~spite . these unfavorable
conditions indicated production amounts to 91,305,00b .:pounds . In 1947 th~ crop
reached ~n all time hi gh of 127.,142,000 pounds. The current acreage is 19 :per cent . less than las t year and y ield per acre is 11 per cent below 1947 re .co~d of 1178
pounds.

BEA!.WTS: Production of peanuts for p ick ing and threshing is placed at 793, .230,QOO

pounds or 1 per cent above the record producti~n of 788,900,000 pounds in

1943. .Acrea ge for nuts is estimated at 1,158,000 compared \'lith 1,124,000 last year. ~ne August 1 indicated yield of 685 pounds is 10 p ounds less than one year

ago and 15 lJOunds b elow the 1937-46 ,av_erage.



-

(

PEC.IUTS: August 1 condition i ndica t e s a record p ecan cr,op folio,.,ing the very light production in 1947 and 1946. The current indicated production is placed

at '40,600,000 pounds, 1compared '.'lith 27,685,000 pounds in 1947 and 16,000,0.00 pounds

two years ago. The 1948 ind'icated crop is 10 per cent .above the previous . r e co_rd

p roduction of 36,850,000 po~ds in 1945. Production of i mproved varieties is e sti-

mated at 34,510,000 pounds, \Jith s e edlin.g. vari e ties amou..11ting to 6,090,000 ..Pounds.

GEORGIA

CROP

:ACREAGE: Yii!JLD P:SR ACRE TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUSANDS)

(000): Average:

:Ind~cated:Average ,: ' , .Indicated

. _1948. i 1937-:46 . 1947 1948 . 1937-46: 1947 . : 1948

Corn ... ... ........ bu.:
1Yh9at .. .r . . . . . . . . . . bu;,
Oats .. ....! . . bu:
eye.'.. .............. bu:

3141 : 221 : ~
547 .. : 5:

11.9 : 15.0 !.
11_.5: 14. 0
21.7': . 25.0
8.2: 9.o

14.5 45,28.1 13.0:. 2,102 24.0 12,33i 10.0 130

48,075: 3,360:
16,100: 54:

45,544 2,873
13,128 50

HaY. (all) ..... : .. ton: 1400 : . 55 : .51:

.52: 731

696: ' 728

TobaccG (all) .. lb: 86.9: 953 :117~

lc551

8;3,;1.45 :127,142: ~1,305

Potatoes, Irish.... bu: 16 :: 06

79

,64

1, 559 1,42.2: 1,024

. '

Botatoes,S\'Ieet: .. bu: 65 : 76 Co.t t on, .. .. ....: .bales: ~306: 2:58

85. 24p .

82 276

7,284 864

6,545: 5,330

651':

750

Peanuts (for nick-. :

' :

ing &. threshing).lb. 1158 700

695

685 :589,938 :781,180: . 79 3,230

Peaches,total cro"P,bu:1/ Pears, total crop.: . bu:l} Pecans......... lb:

. 5,037. : 5,810: 3,280
379 { 385: . .... 385 25,577 : 27,685: .. 40,600

1} Total a gricultural crop greater than and including commercia l crop.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

ARCHIE LANGLEY A.gricul turai St a ti st).c:i~-

'' ,;

.:r:.

~ ~; -:-

tv~

..._~. ,-~~ t. . ! - l:4 ::.:<:.

.~,~:.!~-1~;.';~.-:,.:-;.,-.::~::.:-..~:.:.,.:a.;!--.-~.:.~........;:-;..-J$l. !..~.I..te~. aSuTAToE-WSaAsIghEriPncigAtRoutnul, ~r..DTa.lOcF.Eoc.nAoGmil1ic9st.J.L.ME.



~=.,~ .i
- - ~

1.;.-~f :.;;.~_-: ~.-v:-:-:...1.~::-:~f.

... .. .:_.::. /j~i

~ITE~.s ~ G~ . cRqF .BEroM ~ OF AUGUST 1, 1948 : . v-~;;.'i

;_

.J.ru, outstancllng crop
ldea.l "corn weather'~

prospects
pr.~vailed

f9o~li1P9S4t.8oifmpthle'-p-'v6eC~i1'annBd emltv, ebdo.nomeainrge

r

to the

realization during July~
production forecast to -a : new

tQf record of. 3, 506 million buell.flh ;_.~st of .sma'11 grains proceeded rapfdly, nearing compleii'i(tln
for win~er gre,ins anQ, making head~ in the spring grain area.s. Yields. per acre continued ex-

peed expect~tions irl'~st area.s as 'ttie result of mostly fa.vorahle conditions for filling, IB,!3.4u'ing

and harves~ g;t'ainl:l-. The .ag~~ ~l~e of all crops.. . a.s estimated on . August 1, promi~~ to

~urpa.ss any ~ of record D)'(a. . ~~lderable m.~gin.

.

. .

.

. : . t )

a. .w :~ .. ;;... ,,. l

1



c.. , , .: ' , ' ..

"'

00 o

0 # f, , 0 '



~- 1' 0



~ '



,..,)

~ winter wheat estimate increased to nearly billion bushels a.S ha.rvest'ed yields exceeded ex-

Fectations in most of thecountry. With the addition of a. spring wheat crop larger than last

year's, the 1948 a.ll wheat total of 1,284 million bushels approaChes more closely that of 1947,
the only: cme ;to.. ex<3eed it. Corn was ready for harvest in parts of Texas and wa.s tasseled in fiel&
to th? north?rn border, having m~ e~ellent :progress urxler favorable to ideal conditions s~n?e

planhng. Bice mey set another production record. Cottonwas favored by dry, hot weather unhl !'lid-July, helping to control insects. With adequate soil moisture, a. record yield per a.cre and a. prop of over 15 million b~es were in pros:pe~t on ~st 1. Oats, barley, flax and ha.y estimates ~ncreased as ha.rresting retu;np. becl!llle a.va.1lahle, and I!IOSt other crop prospects impr~:v:ed

was f rogress of crC?ps and. of farm werk during July nearly all tha.t could be des.ired. Nature seem-

~d to outdo herself to keep conditions in balance and indUOe the lnB.Ximum .progi'ess. Seldom will

onditions favor both cotton and corn in the South, .because of their different needs, or small

f:a.ins at the same time as corn and soybeans in the Midwest. But i.p July the hot, dry weather was

tdea.l for cotton, while there were enough showers to favor corn. In the Corn Belt, small grains

and soybeans ha.d sufficient soil misture under them to w:i thstand the hea.t so beneficial to corn. ~re w~e exceptions, of course. In Kansas and l?arts of nearby St~tes heavy July rains caused f~oods and deleys in harvesting wheat, with local harvesting losses. The heat wave before mid-
~uly forced some spring rains to early ma.turi ty in the Minnesota.-Dakotas areas and hold dovm.

yields in fields short o soil moisture.

. .

~ecord production is in prospect for corn, soybeans, rice, peanuts and ~ecans. Of near-record

:rank are wheat, oats, flaxseed, sorghum grain, dry beans and citrus fru1ts. Cotton is one-fourth

tp>ove average; also, above average are barley, all hey, potatoes, tobacco, sugarcane, . sugar beets,

hops, peaches, grapes, cherries and apricots Of the major crops only .rye, buckwheat, dry pea.s,

sweetpota.toes, broomcorn, apples and pears are below average this year. Feed supplies for the

~948-49 season promise to be the most liberal per animal unit in history, despitE!. ~.relatively

~mall carryover stocks. At a. time when_live~tock numbers . are the smallest in 10 yogts' the corn

qrop will be the largest ever produced, oats and sorghum gr ~in are near-record and barley above

cp1erage.



,

~: Total Wheat production of 1,284 million bushels is ~econd only to last year's record crop

of 1,365 million bushels, 36 percent above the lQ-year a.verage ' of 943 million bushels and

43 million bushels above prospects a month ago.

COBN: Near ideal weather for .corn over practie'ally all of the Nation during July boosted the ~ugus~ ,], ..forecast to 3.5 billion bushels, 178 million bushels higher than the July estimate
of 3.3 billioh bushels, itself a. record hi gh. Seldom if ever have corn prospects over the Nation been so uniformly favorable.

OATS: The Nation's crop of oats on August 1 is estimated a.t 1,470,444,000 bushels, which is 3



p ercent above the prodnction indicated a. month earlier. The crop is the third largest in

history, exc~ e ded only by the .record cr~p of 11 535,676,000 bushels in 1945 and the 1946 crop whkn

was nearly l 2 billion bushels.

. -

PEANUTS: A r ecord peanut crop of 2, 341 inillio~ pounds is indicated by Auro.ist 1 conditions: This

compares with last year's production. of 2,188 million :vounds and: the 1943-47 average of

2,118 million pounds. The lar~e crop expected this year is attr1.buted to generally good yield

prospects, tho 1948 acreage bemg nearly 2 percent .below 1947.



PECANSI August 1 conditions indicate a. record-large pecan crop . of 152,560,00o pounds. This is a'l

Percent above last year ond 39 percent above average. All States report larger crops

than last year e Oklahoma record
18,000,000 lbs.,

xcept Oklahoma, where the;. ~947 h!}rvest of 30,600,000 lbs. in 1941 b:y 44'7o The which is about an a.verage""'"sl.Ze crop~

of 44, Q001 (pQ_.,Pounds excee~ed the

1948 bklaJ:lc?.tlm: crop is IIDproved Vatieties for

tinhde1.uca. .tesd.

preVious to be
are placed

a.t 69,6/9, estimated

0a0t082lb,8s~.1,i_n000copmopuanrdisso~nNworitThEd44D1W8i7t0~,00~03lp7o~un9dis~

l

ast lbs

.yew. \Vj,ld . in .y~~7.

or

seedling

varieties .

are .

1 CR:lP

l mAoE IN TIDUSANOO : : ELD PER .ACBE ~: . PIOllJCTIOlf II~ 'IBOU

Harv. 1947

1948

.: :of

: 1947

: .


&

..

1

94

7

Indic., .~ :
: ..:led94B ~

1947

ndio. g. 1. 1948

Corn, All

bu. 83,981

Wheat, All Oats

bu. 74,186 bu~ 38,648

Hey, All , . , :bori .75,291

Soybeans,ForBeans ; 11,125
Peanuts jj . bu. 3,38~

Potatoe s, Irish bue 2, 112

Swaetpot:a.toes 'bu.. 611

85,497 71,502
40,970 73,624
.9,900 .3,340
2,109 541

101.__8 96e.4
106.0 978
89e.O 98e6
99e.9 88.5

28-.6 ' 18;.4
'315
1 .. 36
163 646.,
18?~Q
93e5

410 ; .. 2,400, 952

3, 506,363

.. . l8o.O : 1,3S~,9I9 .: '1:;284,323

'35i.9 .
' . .1.33' ,

11215;970 102,500

1,470,444 .". 97,707

. 207 : . ..' ;1.81,.362

205,066

.. 7Ql.

2,1871 985

. l.89e.2 . 384,407

95.6 '

'T;T78

2,340,700 399,127 51,739

]J.bacoo:

lb. .1,845

: . . F.ick ud: ~d threShed.

' .;



I



:

1,536 83.2

1,142 :1,158
. ..
.J '

2,107,763 1,777,783
,,



; After Five l:evrs Beturn to

United S.tatos Department of Agriculture :

Bureau of Agricultural Economics

31'9..E:dension Building

Atllens, Goorgia.

Penalty for private use to .a.Void
payment of postage $3()0. .

OF'FlCIAL BUSINESS
Form B~~Z48- 5,519

Fermi t . No. ;1001

.. , :l.

. t l. '"'ll3 , na .

C:'? . _. _, __...

,:..-.... ' ;:: ......
At"hens, Georgia

~ FAEM. PRI~ REPORT As 0~ AUGU.T 15~ 1948

GEORGIA: Tha sharp: decline in prices receiv~d bY. Ge;rgia fa~ers for cotton

and cotto'nseeii and frni ts, along with m'oderate declines for grains

'

and aair

m y

ipsrcoedlulacnt~e~ ,o.u. '

s a

n

cpmmodities~
d chickens a

m
nd

ore.: egg

tha s.'

n

o.ffset th. e advance .in meat The August 15 all commodity

al nimals, , 1ndex of

' prices received .by Georgia farmers was 253. pat ~ cent of the 1909-14 .av.erage

compared with 270 per cent on July l5 and 252 per cent one y~ar ago. Average

price 9f 'lint: cottoh d:topped from 34._4 cents per pound on Juf_y 15 to 31.8 on

.AJ,tgust lq. Cpt1jonseed, decreased $11.00 per ton d.uring the 30-day period. Grains

and beef cattle declined slightly. Egg prices shcnred . about the usual season advance. Ho~ rnc~ased from : $24.80 per hundred Y~eight on July 15 to $26.30

on rep9rt. dat~...

.

'

uniTED: S'DATES; Lower ~rop pric&s drop.ped the index of prices received by

, fartne.rs for ag;J:'i cultural comi"lOdi t'i es 3 per cent during the
to 'month ended Ai.lgust ~5 293 per' cent 'of its 1.909-14 ' base.

' . At the . same t~me, t~e index of prices paid; interest, and taxes remained

. nnchanged at ~51, t~esame as in January, ~une, and July.

.

..

., '

,

""

. .. ..

~

~

.

The decl~ne in the index of prices received. by fa.pners, together \-tith the

unchanged. index of prices paid by farmers including ~nterest and taxes, result":'

ed in a decline in the parity ratio .(ratio of the index of prices received

by farmers to the index of prices paid including interest and taxes) from

120 to 117_, or l point below a year ago. This ratio is an approximate measure

of the average re1atio!). '"hich. cuz:;rent prices received by farmers for their

produ. cts

have

to .

their

respective

parity

prices.

A: number of the principal crops, including wheat, rice, qprn, oats, barley, cotton, and potatoes have declined for tWo con.secutive months to reach levels le>wer than those of August a year ago. On the other hand, mid-August prices received by farmers for fruit and tobacco averaged above a month earlier. Prices of most. meat animals declined or remained unchanged, but hogs provided a notable exception by moving up' to a level exceeded only by September and October a year. ago.

Of the several comr.1odi ty groups for which the :Bureau prepares indexes of prices received by farmers, the meat animal group, at 411 per cent of its 1909-14 level stands highest, followed by tobacco, at 386, oil-bearing crops at 310, and dairy products at 305. At the other extreme are the truck crop index at 172, fruit at 183, and the food grains, at 227.

- - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ .UmJll!al"l. ~a.1~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Price indexes

: Aug.15, :July 15, :Aug. 15, : __ ReO~d-?igh __

,

: 1947 : 1948 : 1948 : Index : Date

-----------------------------~-----------

Prices received

276

301

293

307 Jan.1948

Prices paid, including

interest and taxes

234

251

251

251 , 'J<;Ul., June,

. ~W:y,AugJ4S

Parity r
----

at
-

io
-

-

-

. -

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

118
---

-'

-

-

-12--0

-

-

-

117
---

-

-

133
---

-

O
-

ct. 1946
----

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician '
In Charge.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

191

Cotton, 1b. Cottonseed, ton F-SiY (1oo se),'ton
Hogs, .per cwt.
Beef Cattle,cwt.
Mi ik Cows 1heM
Chicken-s, lb . ~ggs, doz. . Butter, 1b~ Butterfat, lb~ . lrdlk (wholes~e)'
: per 100# ']J
~wpeas, bu. Soybeans, btl. , ~eanuts , lbo
']} Preliminary for August 1948~

265 30i4

27a10

32;,5

560 560

66~7

. 61.0 6l.o

81.1

s,8s: :

sioo=
:

. si30:' silo!

I.

' 4.ls: 4i8s: :

5~02

' . 4i8s' s.29! 471

4.10:'

- :' 30.7:' 3a66::

10.5 c

4~8 : 9:8 : 10~4 : . 10.4

--s -- - ---:-- .,...-----t:-------

= I NDEX. i'lUMBERS OF PRICES BECEIVED BY F.Am.oij:RS IN GIDRGIA : (August 1909 - July 1914 _100)

August 15 1947

July 15 1948

August 15 1948

All Commoditi-es

252

Cotton &Cottonseed

281

Grains .

230

Meat Animals

341

Dairy Products

214

j Chickens & Eggs Fruits

248
114

1 Miscellaneous

150

270

. 253

282

259

216

209

433

442

226

228

2~8

259

267

215

167

165

~. _ After five az./.s -~~tu~. to
~ited St ates ' Department of 'Agriculture
Bureau of ..Agricl.lltural Econemics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
O~FICIAL BUSINESS o~m BAE-&/48- 1933 Fe..r.mi t No. 1001
.4, t s H 1
t'"'~ C 0
-:e q.

Penalty for private use .to avoid payment of postage $300.

..

: .. , .e e s ~ ... .w i r

n,

'3g._ O.t. Ag _i .:-

t h ~n s , Ga .. :

. . ,. ~- r . .

~

. .

. .

_:; :-' ' ' .A.thens, ~ Georgia



September ~ 194Bl: ;..::.:

:

GEORGIA- SEPTEMBER:l COTTON ~ORT :

.:~ :

:

. . ~. .:;. :

A near record yield of 290:poun~s lint cotton per -acre for Geogi~ vas

as indicated by September'l prospeets reported .by crop correspondents to the

u. s. Georgia C~op Reporting __Service of the

Depar~ment of Agriculture. Th.e

' highest yield was in 1944 with 292 pounds per acre~ Indicated'production of .

790,_000 b~es (500 pounds gross '\Ieight) was 21 percent above the 651,000 bales .

produced ~~st ye~. but 9 per cent below the ten year average (1937-46) of

864,000 st~dard bales.

. ", .

\ '
:

Acreage indicated for harvest is 1,307,000 after a.llo\oring for .6 per cent aban-

donment from the 1,315,000 ~cres estimated in cultivation July l. Except for

the

p~.st .'~hree
.~ .

years

this

isr: .. the

lowest

acreage

since

1871.



w~ather co~di tio~s were favorable for the crop during August for practically the entire 3tate ~a;ztd the fo~~cast is up 40,000 bales from the. report of one month ago Plenty of rain.was recei?ed during the first half of the month, but the latter l;l~f turlled: off v~ry dry and hot, especially in middle and northern . territo'ry . s~milar conditions prevailed during July in the earlier

maturing so.utheri} pcfrtion of the State, so that weevil damage has been held
to a minfinU:m gan;~t.ally and. ~11 sections of Georgia are making a fair to good _
crop of t 'ol> boll~: .This is .a rare OCCUirence as the top crop _~.s usually lost~ -
either to the we:evil or to dry weather. Ginning i's well und~r\~ay in the south-
ern part of the \state and the crop is .beginning ,to -open in lower northern areas.

- STATE-

i948 - 790,000 .. " . '1947 - 6'51,000 ...... ~ ...
. ;-1946 ..::: !f557', 000 :.:),

I

Districts sho\m are

Crop Reporting District~

'

and ~ Congressional

Districts.

1948-122,000 1947-108,000
91'6-100,000

. '

i/ 1948-20,000

194S.,.69 1 OQO

1947-20,000

.A.L
1948-36,06CJ-- .
. ~!~~:888 .

1l 99 4L1S7 -. 36 21 ,,8 8 8

VALDO STA

1946-10,000
y
. I

------~---1_~

.; {~ :;~~;:~-~~-?:~:~:~:-t:-~-r;:~:~:)r-:7~~~~:~ :~-~; =:~~~-'-~ :: : . -. ~~-~~ --~-- _- ~~~ - . ... :~ -- . " .. .

: _ ~;_ _.:~ ; \;;~i)htiTm)t' STATE~r OOTTO!J UPOR; AS o:r mnGE:R1. 1948

~---\' \ . :, _ --::_-- '-:~.'.}'!'i . ' -/ ':, . t .~ - ' _. . . / -~--' -. }

. .' .

Th~ Crop. Rep1),~t):ng Board ()-f the :Burean of,. .Agricultural Ec0110mics makes the .follo,.- _:

i~~- tepor~<,~~.>~~li:i"urn~she~ b'Y,' cr~~- cor~fspoJiCientS. ~~eld sta~lltic\8-n~. ~nd ~ ,

oooperaling1- State a&encies. Th.e .f'inal outturh of cott-on coltlparea with this fore- .

da:s.t.! win dep~nd Upon ..wh'ether the-various influences 'aft ectlng .the ..crop _a,P,.~ the-.~

:I ~hiatnder . of. -the season,.'.-iute --mo-r.e ~-e.r less favorabl-e than \Uillaa...:r - ~ . .: ...,. ; . . '_ i .\ .;

l . ,, .

.

....

.

. .,

.

'

.. '

. .

. '

- . -

.

.. ..

.

\

-i~*~-=- ~-~~~- ~~~~;~~8 ~:~- ~.: ~: ~.~;, ~'-~:-1tir-tiED-Pi~~1PRbnu%tr-o~'G!ifuTh~si- J

-=-- : ACREAGE!/ : CONDITION
.. r =~tli-:- 7'For~:AV.e;.:-

i:HAAvReVErS:.T:E-D-:ArCnRcEfi=::5x0v0e-r=lb:,-g~ro-ss'fwi9t4. b8aclrUop

:aban- : ha:r- : 'age : : :age : .. : cat ed: age : 1947 : indi-

STATE

-! ... _:. :donment:vest :1937-:1947:1948:1937-:1947:1948 :1937-: Crop : cated

-- ~ 'iEt~r ~ -- _ _;_1[4~ .;_ _

~1~4.!. __:____:19!6_! _ .:_ 1_S~p~._1_

------ --- ... ------------- --- - . "' Jug 1 :Thoua: ;:~ct--. acre a

:
- : !

: .. :
. .

. :Thous.Thous.:Th.ous.
.bales:bales : .bales

--- - - - - - . ._----- . , : . ,~. ~ . . Pet. Pet; Pet; Lb. ~ Lb. ! Lb. t

:

I

:

.

Missouri .
Virginia N.Carolina s.carolina Georgia Florida

.a 526 . 78 68 90 -451 345 502 365 'Ill 550

24

342 369 400 24 ' 18 . 20

.7 725 76 75 89 355 336 470 582 452 710

.3 1,166 70 69 85 . 308 297 408 753 651 990

- ..6 1,307 68 . 71 80 238 246 290 .864 651

.26

. 159 213 258 17 ~11

790 14

Tennessee . Alabama Mississippi
Arkansas .. Louisiana

.3 783 . 76 ..-..3 1,635 71
.4 2;_565 . 70 1.3 2. 29.5 73
.9 .:932 66

76 83 77 .84 74 . 89 .60 89 66 79

366 356 261 298 324 320 337 . 298 265 292

423 358 . 430
429 373

537 971 ,700 ,392 588

520 690 ~931 ,220 . ; 1, 569. ' ,300
1;276 ,050 '505 I 725

Ok1ahom~ -
Texas .
New Mexico
Ari~ona
California
All Other !J

. 4.0 ~;032 65 .2.2 a,99B 69 ; .6 214 88
.5 274 87
.a 804 93 17

UNITED .sTATES

71

64 74 165 141 163 566 330 . 350

7.7 70 . 170 1.98 176 ,894 3,437 ,300'

81 94 . 489 570 550 118 179 245 '

87 94 424 497 526 182 234 300

93

.8. 7

589 693 567 444 772 950

. . _ 414 350 429 ~17 .

10

15

:~~ ~~~r-~~ ~5::2~

266 395 360 30.6 1 .2 2.6

'!./--,..-----.:--~
Preliminary.

- - - - - - --.~ .r.- --

&V Allowances made foT fnterstate movement .of seed cotton for .ginning.

lJ Revised.

. 1./ Illinois, Kansas,.. and Kentucky.

Q/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown principally in Arizona,
New Mexico, ~d Texas.

CROP REPORTING :BOARD

.. < ... ,. _.

After five days return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of ~~icultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Geo~7-Jgia OFFICIAL BUS!-NESS
/ /"'
Fbrm 'BAE-0...9/48 - 3661 Permit No. 10'01

Dean. Paul W. c9apman

At hens, Ga. ;



Clark Co.

Req.

Pehalty for private use to a.vo'id payment of postage $300.
f ... i' ) ' J
'

r

: .. . ~- : : ..:'.. ~ .

.1\ thens, Georgio.

. " l .: .

September 14, 191~~

.

.,

In spite of 2 . poo:.: st a:..t at :1l antint; t,i.me . and u11favo:cable weather- o.t time~ since

tl:l.en, conditi on s us of Sept embe r 1 point to a very fi Ood crop year ''.rith corn, peanut9,

. and pec;ns__ce tti..11g a record -; ~ith rQ spect to y i el d c>r t o p~odu~t:ien . Prospects prob;,.

ably r.rou::J.d have been even better ' if it had not be en for the lon&.; p eriod of extreme -

ly hot, dr y ueai:,her Yihich preva ile c~ -in twst s ections during t he l ast p2.r t .of Augus t'.

The l a.t te r c ondition,J hoY.reve r, h c:s been f'.:::.vorahl e to the harvest of crops , and

f armers have peen ve ry E?i.1.sy 1.1i_clcLn; cot.ton, ctigging };eanuts, and harvesting 'hay.

t . . .

!:!.. .

.On Septembe r 1 the digginr; of S:)anish pcant~ts 1:rtts vmll a cl.v.:mce d anc1 the harvest of

rtmner s nas getting unC.er nay.. Cotton j<.:.rve ::;t i s Yrell .S.Cil'D.ric c d il'l. s cii.l.thein and

central Georgia .and i s off -t o a .favo r able .dart ia rlorthern districts .

'rhouGh corn yiel ds have be e . c onsi derabl y danci.s ed by c ontinued hot, dry Trcathcr

in some loc ::.litie s , they a r e e~:c cptional in other.s, ( pa~C,.j;c u:.l_arly _ in nor~t,h, Geor~ ia)

a and on the average ar,e ~:clJ, ~~b ove no r 1:1<1,l. T-h o pearrut cr,9p .:l:.; good .:.nd pr on1~_s e ;J to

b,9 ' QUi;lper 'l'he same i s true ~ J.t; O . t>f pecans

.

... :

"':"'1



L

Corn: The September 1 conclit i oii or .corn 1)roi:1isc s em all t ime 1{i ;h y i eld of' 16

bushels t o t he a cre. T-h:i.s i s one bushel more than i:,he .sec ond hichest y ield

which ,_.I?J.s produced in _1941 ~ Even on ..~he pr es ci-nt s r e<!-tl y r educ e(~ :ac r eage , this rec -

ord yiel d ni ll !::ivc

u .production

of

50 , 256 , 000 bushe~ s , :

th0 :l argGst
;

crop

since

1 938 .

Tobac co: Th; y{~lci ~r.'tobacco.. has turne d out wel l. Q1.is"-year ancl .is set ac 1085

pounds per acre . ProductiJn is e f3 t imate c : at 9h; 315, 000 pounc.1r. 1'.'hich ,

though f ar 'sl1ort of t~1 e r ecortl. 19i..J.7 produc t i ~m, i s stilJ.'!:l-t.11 above t he 193 7-1.~6

ten-year '-~V:ei~age .

.

Peanuts : Acc or din g to _pr esGr t O $.~_irn!J..teD t he pr oduct ion of peanucs this ;,rear 1-rlll - - - - c:et a ncrr r ec ord . ll'he Septenber 1 i ndic o..t ed. yiel d i .s.. l:ilaccd a t 700 pound~

e; lv:mg a pr ,oduc tion of SJ.o, t>qo, ooo pounds , t hreG 1)C1" cent ab ove t"_e nex t ~;i.ghes t pro due tion .of 788 , 900, 000 :Poupds i.."l 191~3 .

Pe c .J.n s : ---

A:s
~

i
ca

f
ns

1:ral~ bi

ing d f

up or

a

frohl n a).

.

a 1

-

res tine

t ~rhile hi~r~:. p

p r o duc inG roduc t i on

i

li n

ght 19)-18

c .

r

op s The

i

n c

1 9h6 urr -.n

t

a

nd 1 hidi

91!.7 1 c o.ted

_pr oduction ,i.s { or a crop of L>.~, ??O; OOO , '\.,hicl~ i E; 13 !Je r c ent .:.~b ovc (,he next highost

production i n 191~5 of 36, 850 , 000 pcJu.mls .

( Pecan and peanut cst.~~tes. by s tates . en t he rcve:rDe . s i cie of this sheet) .

.. AcnE-- - -- --- --- -------=AcREfti}i;--~ -:~'iiGwEORPGEi1A

1J{6usANil3 ) ----~~ri1onucT.roN

. . __ <rN

. ----- -

- - -

cRoP..._- :

: ( ooo) :"'A:.;er-age -:' - - :rnciicateCf;Average = - - - . : Indicat-~d

.\~.. , -~,,.\,.

f __ . : ~948 : 19-~1<t-19L~6: 191!.7 : 19h? :1937-h6: 1947 :_.: .. -1948

~- - --:::-~~~.,-T_,

:.a _. ,, ~ : \0 ._,. , - -~.-=-~ -- --

# .,. t A : -:: v .., ...,. ., ... ..

... Corn ~ ~-.::~ .bu: 3141 : .:~I~.9

Yfheat ~. ~<

bu : 221 ~l.5

Oats .~ . bu: 547 : .:.:n. 7

Tiye . .' bu: 5 ( . 8.2

Hay (all) .' ton: 1400 . _.55

Tobacco (all).;.~ lh: 86.9 :' 95J'i"

.. PC?tatoes, Irish bu: 16 : . ?,(j._:_

Potatoes,Swe et . ., , -b.u : 65

(6

Cotton. bales : 1307 238

Peanuts (for pick-

ing & threshing ) lb : 1158 700

Peaches,total crop,bu:1/

Pears, total crop bu :I/

Pecans .. lb :- 1

15.0 14.0
25~0

16~0
13~0 24.0

h5,2S1: 481 075 ; 21 102: 3,360:
12,331; 16,100:

9.0

10,.0

130:

54:

.51:

~53

731: . 696:

:1178

1085' . : 83,Jl~5:127,ll~2:

79

64' : 1, 559; 1;422 :

50;256
. 2.i B73 13',128
50
742
94,315 1:,024

8-5

85

7,284: 6, 545: 5, 525

246 . : 290

864: 651: . 790

:

695

700 :589,938:781,1'80: 810;600

5.,G37.~. . 5, 810: 3,280

,.=-;'319; , 385:. .... 385 25;57.7: 27,~85 ; ' [~1~760

-

-

.... . ..

#



'







"

-

-- -- -

- - - - - -- - ----~----- - - - --~- - --- - ... - - - -

-

.

-

--- -

. .. .. ...







-

-

.. . ... ..

.

.

. . . .. ....

.

.

.

.

"};,/ Total agricultural c ~ op ~ r~ate.r t !].an and including conunerci<!l crop

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge

.t\RCHIE J...:INGLEY Agricultural Statistician

=

.-{~-.;~;~~.~~-:L:~.~;:_:t/ r5: ~.:7r;;,~~~~.; ~~:~: -<~!_,_~ :... : . :.. _t:~~ . ~-: .~~ ~.. -~ ..-.: ..... :.

: ~<l<.{ : <~+;-:~!!t:r~;:~J'ATES\-:-, ~!rro ~R A$ .?:s' ~~R,l. 19~ . .

. ~ ' ,

0 f

lbij

1

4

'

~ I

3~ 0 -

l ~

Crop. Rei>P..'0~t;t'ng Board t>-f

1
the

r...

'~; 0

~

:Bureau

.;
~f

0

..



0 0,1

_ .. -

0

Agricultural

0 '
Eccmomics m .ak~s. the

~
.foll~"'"" .:

i~~-..tepor~~:tr~.\d,\Wt'ui'n~she~ bY,' 'cr~Ji." cor!fsporlii'ents., . ~~eld st.at;l~.tic\ans, ~nd ~ , .

oooperaUng1- State' agencies. The .tinal outturh of cotton colflpared with this fore- . ~-~i win dep,e.nd ttpon.-.w~~'ther the.'-various influences 'a.frectlng the ..crop ' .dqx~ ~h~,f
f' :~ma1nder - of. -t~ se~so~;. aJlt..mor.e cn . l.es .s .-Javorabl~ .than li,S\l~~:J ~ . :.. ; , . . \ :

l ' ..; '



\ '. ,

' ' ,. j ~. ,.

.l. , ' : ':

.,.

"

"'(. t

....... .. ;,:.LfNT-t'iELD -L~~~- ~.:~..- .::-i ~:~948~- - ~.: ~ ~':'"- ~



. ;

t.

J .., :.,

~

I,

' '



-PiR-~PiboocT!oii'{'GtifurnG's! -

1/ : bal~ : ACREAGE

CONDITION

:HARVESTED ACRBl :500-lb.gross wt.

r :~tiJ.-:- :::For-:=A~er:.'i"- -:-- i"Aver:.T- -:!ncfi=:Xver=:--:-- 'fi94S crop

=aban- :hat- :age : : :age : .. :cated:age : 1947 : indi-

STATE

:donment:vest :1937-:1947:1948:1937-:1947:1948 :1937-: Crop : cated

:,.'ter 1. - _ :_1[4,6. .t __: ... _:. !_1~4. 1 _ ==-- __: 19!6_: _ .:.. !..S~! _1_

------ --- ----- ------------- .---- .. ----- - .

~ : :Ju.li 1 iThou1 :

-

'0p -~-- .

c

t...-~.:-

-~.

a

c .

re

i .

:

:

.- :
Pet..... Pet;

:
!
Pet;

Lb.

: . . :

. :Thous:ThOus.: Thous.

. ~


Lb.!

Lb.

bales:bales :-bales

t

:

:

.

'

Missouri . ' .. . 8 526 . 78 68 90 -451 345 502 365 'Zll 550

Virginia

24

342 369 400 24 '18 . 20

N.Carolina

.7 725 76 75 89 355 336 470 582 452 710

s.carolina

.3 1,166 70 69 85 . 308 297 408 .. 753 651 990

Georgia Florida

- ..6 1,307 68. 71 80 238 246 290 ..864 651

.26

. 159 213 258 17 ~11

790 14

Tennessee . Alabama Mississippi
Arkansas Louisiana

.3 783 . 76 .....3 1,635 71
.4 a;.565 . 70 1.3 2,~9.5 73
.9 :932 66

76 83 77 .84 74 . 89 .60 89 66 79

366 356 261 298 324 320 337 . 298 265 292

423 358 . 430
429 373

537 971 ,700 ,392 588

520 690 ~931 ,220 . ; 1, 569 .. ,300 1;276 ,050
'505 I 725

Oklahom~
Texas .
New Mexico
A:ri~ona
California
All Other jJ

..4.0 . li032 65 .2.2 8,998 69 : .6 214 88
.5 274 87
.a 804 93
17

---------:---.

UNl TED sTATES

71

64 74 165 141 163 566 330 . 350

77 70 . 170 198 176 ,894 3,437 ,300'

81 94 . 489 570 550 118 179 245

87 94 424 497 526 182 234 300

93 87 589 693 567 444 772 950

414 350 429 ;.17 10

15

. _ ----~-~ ~~~ ~~~r-~~87 ~5::2~

Am:er.Egypt. }
-1/- ,P.r.e-li-m-in-ac-y.!"- - -

. -

266 395 360 30.6 1 .2 . 2.6

- - - - - - --.~.r--

&V Allowances ma de for interstate movement .of seed cotton for .ginning.

;:J Revised.

. 1} Illinois, Kansas,.. and Kentucky.
Q/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown principally in Arizona,
New Mexico, ~d ~exas.

CROP REPORTING :BOARD

. ' .

'.

-

After five d.a;ys return to
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of ~~icultural Economics 319 Extension ~uilding Athens, Geot'gia OFFICIAL BUSD[ESS
FC('r: BAE-(}..9/48 - 3661
Permit No. 10'01

Dean. Paul W. c9apman

Ath ens, Ga. ;



Clark Co.

Req.

Pehalty for private use to avo'id p~ent of' postage $300.
I ...
i' .: . :..
J
\

Athens, Georgia

.. .: : :. :. :'.. ! "
. ' ' I .:

In snite of e . poo::.:
tl:len; condition s us

s ta::.:t at ')l of .Sept embe

ar n1tinp~("int.it.meto

and unf~vorable weather
a very r,ood crop year

at v.'it

times h corn


,

s~~e
peanut9

. ,

. an d pcc911s _cetti.ng a recor d <rith r~spect to y i el d or t o. ;:>~odu?ti on . Prospects prob:.

ably YJOul d have b een even better ' if ~-t had .not been fo;r the lent; po rioc~ of extreme -

ly ho t, dry n e a 'her Yihich pr ev a ile d -in r.wst s ect:t.on s during the l ast pcr t .of Au gust.-

The l <J.t te r condition,J hoy.rever, hc:s been i'-~vorah le to the harvest of crops , and f armers hi:tve peen yery. ~i.1Sy n i _clcinr; cot.t on, 'di gg ing i')oanuts, an'd harvesting 'hay.

\ :... ' . o:. .

On Septembe r 1 the digginG of S:)anish peant.'.ts 1:rtLs Yfell a c..v.:mce d anc'. the harvest of

nmners naEJ gett:ing unC.ernay.' Cotton h<.:.rve:"lt i s well ac vo.rtce d jn sci-b.thern and

. . central Georgia .and i s off -t o a .favo r able ,;:;t art in northern districts

Thour h c orn yiel ds have bee 1 c ons i derabl y danas ed by continued hot, clry 1Tcather

in some loc <.:_liti es , they a r e e:xc opt ion<.ll in other.s , ( paj;;Acu~_arly in north, Geor gia)
and on t he average ar,e .-:clJ, <,tb ove no rr:J.CJ,l . Th 0. peanut ci~p :L:s good <.:.nd pron1::i..se .:; to

b.c:. a QUJJ.per. 'l'he same i s true ::tlso t:Jf pecaris .



\, :'-

.. ; ,

.

t

Corn: The S optember 1 concht i on o:2. corn ;)ror.;i ~ cs .:m all time 1{ic;h y i eld of 16 bushels t o t he acre . 'Ih~.s i s one bushel mo re than the .second hic;hest y:i e ld
which vf?1s produc ed :in _1947.- Ev en on-~,he p r es8nt e;reC)-tly r educect :ac r eage , t h is rec ord yie l d 1':ill !_: ive a prod.u?tion of 5D, 256, oop bushe~ s , the :1argqs t crop s illce 1 938 .

Tobac co: The yif;l cl o.;:'' t obacco' h as -turned out nel l -~n..is"'"year' and is set a'i:, l oB5
pounds' per a c're: Producti:m i s est:iJnate d: at 9b ,-315, ooo pound:; T.11ich, though f ar 'short Oj~ tl1e r ecortl. 191..!.7 produc t ion, i s still,~:t,11 above -;;.he 193 7-h6 ten-y ear o.V:erage .

Peanuts: Acc or ding to pres0n"t e9.t :iJn~_t es t he product=!:_o!l of neanucs this year 1Tlll - - - .set a r evr record . ~he Septenber 1 inclic o..t ed yie l~i 1s l)lace d at 700 pound~

e;1.vmg a ~1:,oducti on of Sl o, t>qo, ooo pounds , thre e 1)01' cent above t ...e next .~;i.ghes t
. proc.uc tion .of 708 , 900, 000 poup ds :L'1 1 9!0. .

Peco.ns: A:s if 1:_ral;:ing up frofu a r est ':-ihile producinG light crops i n 1946 al]-q 1 91!.7,

- - - ~ c ans b i d f or an a)..1-tine :lif~~:. pr9duction in 1948 . The current indi cated

_production ,i.s ':f or a crop of h.~' 7?0,; 000 , Yrhich i s 13 !Jer cent <:lbovc the next hi~he st

production i n 19L~5 of 36 , 850, 000 pounc~s .

-

(Pecan an\~. peanut

b! cs t.~~ t es.

states. on tho

reve:r;s e . s i c.\e of this

sheet)

.

<nr-1'HousANI) . ' GEORGiA.
-- - -- -------=Acrm~\c}i;-~-- :;yiErn..PEI1 Ac-ili-- --- - -~~-'PI{o-n~cTroN

c Rop. :
.~~ .~
"""~ ' ,.,r

: ( ooo) :"A--ie'rage =- - :-inciicate-cf;Aveiai,e:-- ---- -- ~ tndicat~d

: f

~948 : 19-~1~19!~6:
-----:: . . . ~ ~:;-~ - ~

1 9-1.!;.7t:::- -

1 9L~~ - :1937-!~6:
~ ""' . .-...-.-=------ :

"1.94"7 .

'::'_.":. :":. ..1,..9...4-8



Corn ~~ -.::~ . .bu: 3141 : .:'I~.9

Y!heat ~. ~ bu: 221 : ,li.5

Oats . .~ bu: 547 : .'.21.7

Tiye .' bu: 5 :'. . 8.2

Hay (all). - .' ton : 14oo : . _.55
Tobacco (all).;.~ lb' : 86.9:' 95):"
. P9tatoes~Irish., bu : 16 : 66 .:.

Po-tatoes,Swe e~ .. ~ ., b.u : 65

76

15.0

16~0 h5,281: 48,075:

14.0 25~0
9.0

13'.o 24.0 1o.o

2,102: 3,360:

12,331; 16,100:

130~

54:

.51:

'.53

731: 696:

:1178

1085' .'

83,lh 5:127,ll~2:

79

64' : 1 1 559: 1;422:

85

85

7, 284; 6, 545:

50j256
. 2; 873 13,128
: 50
742
91+,315 1,024
5, 525

Cotton bales: 1307 238

246 . : 290

864 : 651: . 790

Peanuts (for pick-

.

ing & threshing) lb : 1158 700

695

700 :589,938:781,1'80: 810;600

Peaches, total crop, bu: l/

5.,G37:; . 5, 810: 3,280

Pears, total crop bu :"l/

: ,,,')79 ; , 385: ,.. 385

Pecans . lb :- 1

25;~7-7 ;_ 27,[>85 ; ' [~1~ 760

!:_/ - - .. .. .. . . .. . . .. ~ . ---- -

-- -- - --- - - -- ------ ---- -- --- --~----.. -~ ---..--- . ..

-- - ' . .

-

.. ... - . .. . .... - - .. .

Total agricultural c ~op ~ reater than and including conunercial crop

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician In Charge

.lll1CHIE .L:l.NGLEY Agricultural Statistician

UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP :REPORT .AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1948

Thi;i~~o.:~~ei'drd .oiltt"W;n of c~6ps in prospect: aarlier this seB.son gained in quantity and drew
. olo~-~r,... to . r.~~~tion during August. - The heat__ym.ve over most .of the country in the f -inal third of

. .AU"gU!:it. caused some deterioration of crops '\mere-- soil .moisture was inadequate, but elsmvhero the ~e:nefit_~ -:?-~'~ :--~s-ne and warmth out}'ei~e(l suoh d!mage. -H~st is ::Qractically com:pletod f.or _s~l g~B:J>~.:: ~d mo~t of the , la.t~.gr_?vq.ng .:c116ps ~~-- virtually_ ~li\ade". Corn prospects unpr_ovod ne$rly 1 percent dur~g Au~t to a production est1mate of 3,529-milliqn bushols,by. far the lar.-

ge$t vol~-.::~- sto;r,y. . SJ)ring wheat pro~u~ttpn .imprQ;vqd slightly. also(. to -~04 million bushels, as ~ ~est \passe"! ~t.s peako .ld.ding. n~.ar_lY, a billion bu@-l.li of winter vmea~ Vl.rtually all harvoste~

an, all whoo.t total of 1,285 milhonbuShols is estimated. Ie.rger outturnl!i'than forecast a month . Bgl? arc: now .ostimatod:for oats, barley, flaxseed end most kinds of ll.af For lator..growing crops,

imProvemdirt' is notod for cotton, sorghum- grain, soybea;1s, befll;!.S,, potatoes and tobacco,but pros- -j

poct~~rar~ buckwboat, rice, 'peas, 'peanuts end sugar beets doclined slightly.

.

. ~ . .. . ~;

.

I

~



,

,



'

Foed crOilirospects, reported as an aggregate by farmeroor0portors, are well above average for all

geographic regions. These roports bring together into a composite indication all i toms farmers

expect to have for livestock feed, including corn and other grains, hey- silago,roughages,pasture

and othor feeding materials on thoir farms. .About 134 million tons of food grains will be produc

ed, based on current estimates of 3,529 million bushols of corn, 1,493 million bushels of oats,317 million bushels of b-a.rloy and 132 million b~shels of sorghum grain. This exceeds by nearly 10 .

million tons the r ecord set in 1946 end comes at a time When livestock numbers aro relatively low.

A near-record quantity of food grains is becoming available, enough to supply domestic needs and

provide huge quantities for export.

Oilseods wUl bo available in unprecendonted volume. A record crop of 206 million bushels of soybeans is maturing earlier than usual. The 47 million bushols of flaxseed novt noo.rly .harvested was
exceeded only in 1943. Cottonseed my be nearly one-fourth above avorago :Production. Tho record tonnage of peanuts this year is about 9 percent above tho 1943-47 average. The ostimatod tonnage of those 4 oilse0ds is ono-fifth larger than in 1947.

Coma Tho record production of 3,5281 815,000 bushels of corn,estimatod . as of September 1 is

. about 22 million bushels above tho estimate a month ago. The prospective corn crop is closq

to 47 percent larger than tho 1947 crop of 2.4 billion bushels and one--fourth more than tho 10 -

Y?ar avora.ge of 2.8 billion bushels. Tho estimated 1948 crop is 9 porcent greater than the pre-

V10US record crop of 3,249,950,000 bushels "produced bi 1946.



Peanuts: A recprd peanut crop of 21 302 million pounds is indicated by September 1 condition; This . is 114 million pounds above the 1947 production and 197 million pounds abovo the 1943-47
average.

Pecansa September 1 conditions indicate an evon larger pocon crop than tho record-large crop in

prospect a month ago. This year's crop; 'forecast at 160,553,000 pounds, excoods last
year 1 s by 35 percent and the average by 47 _percent. P-roduction of improved varieties o.t 74 q-sa;,ooo

pounds is 62 percent greater than last year end 56 percent more than average. Production of



seedlings o.t 87,9851000 pounds is 19 percent above 1947.

PE.ANU~S_ PXCKEV .AND THRESHED

Yiold Per-Acre

;

Production

Stato

1947

Indicated 1948

I '

1947

Indicated 1948

m

PECANS
VARIETIES

-

PROOOCTION

Fionaoa

4,o75

2,774

5,o37

Alabama Mississippi

9, 739 6, 754

71440 2,000

17,500 9,280

A.rkonsas

3,651 ..

3;850

51 390

Iouisiona Oklal'loma Texas

91034 171 510' 26,815

4,400 44,000 21,000

14,000 18,000 44,250

O.thor Sto.tos ]J

1, 488

..

.,. .

--

~Un~;1t~Tod~-or--r;~a~t~e-s~-~-t-o-t-~-s-T.~LuM:~:~~,T-s~t-o !-I-T-~-c-i-s-~-~~~.Ll,~o~,T~.::~/"~ ' -------~---------l-~'~-@-------------------

. After Five Days R0turo to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building A.th0ns, Georgia
. ~ .OFFICIA:(., BUSINESS Form BAE ~ l-9/48-4153
P~rmi,t No. 1001.

Penalty for private usc ,to avoid payment of postage $300.

Dean a 1 .. . C apman
At e. s, Ga .

Clar k Co.

Req.

-- . ~ - --

- - -- - ~- ---------~-~---

/thens , Ge or r-: i a

Fl.RJ. JRJCE R.:!.} OR'l' JS OF SET T:::;. PER 15, H4S.

O[c_to~be_r )1948

r.j;QRG J} : P.ve ra-re rric es rec eived b:~ Georh.f, fa!""1e-s for wt1eat , c orn, swe-Jt rotatoes~

cotton lint , cotto nse e d , hr ~r, c ovt eas , soybeans e. Ed ~ oo- s dec lined d urinF

the reriod from .P.up:ust; 15 to Se rte -:1ber l-5; while t h.e aven r: e rrices of OE"ts, yea-

nuts , rdH: qows , c hickens, e r:p: s end ,.., j_l lr c dvenc ed dt1rin t:-te s a rre re riod . rr:,. e

Ser t e~be r 1 5 e.ll corr.rnod :i.t y :index of rrkes r e ce :i ved b~.' Geor(!'if' fer'lers is non 253

rer cent of the 1 90~-14 ::wer< .- e or t he s ; oe S one month L'f O . The rrovr i ndex_ of

cotton erd cottons e ed _d ecLined 6 :ro:ints dtr i nrt: t"te 30-dey r e riod . n-ra ins v:e r e down 10 roints and .., e,t' f .l !l' ls wore off 5 :roin+ s . ' 1' e i ud ex o:: drj_r~r r rodtc ts c: dvanc e d

4 ro:ints , c h i ckens. c:.nd e rr- s 15 roints, Pnd frt'jts 52 roints . The rni scell t: 'neOt' S

r.: r our: is unchcm're d .





-1\ ITi!;D S 1'i.T~s ~ Declines in rrices of :--:e.ny cror PYJG lives to ck iter: s d t-r i n the : .onth ended Serte!'1be r 15 , 1 ~48 redt; cecl for t he seconc; co !:' secutiv e . o nth
the ind ex of rri ce's r e ceived by f' r 7 '1.6 rs . is of Sc) t e. c er 15 , t he ind e x V!P..S 290, Whi c h is 3 f.Oints or l rerc ent lowe r t~ e n f -n onth ::;,rro . /t th e S8""8 t. j1e t h e p :ri ty i nd ex ( ind ex of r ric e s reid l~y ri:-- c rs i.nchdinp i rrt 'l rest r nc te.x e s ) de.clined 1 ro i nt to 250 . 1-. s a re sv lt , the ra r ity r r.tio ( ~ e.t i o of tl1 e j nd ex of rric e s rec e i ved to the r e.rity index ) now st e... d s et 11 6.
The index of rric e s receive d by fr r" e s Bt 2 W VTl s 8 out l rercer:t ab ove t 11e - 286 of Se r te "'~h 0l' a yea r 9.f~O . Fr ic e s of f r r y1 cror s PV\Srl';._. ed : g r e r c ent below e. y ea r
eer li e r, but f ric e s of livestock a nd lives t ock r r od ucts , _whi ch are ':'Ore i '!f Ortant
in t he ind ex , ev e r e ..,.ed 9 r-e rc e ~1t h~ JTLe r. Dvr:inp- the o nth ended Fith ,.., j_d-Serte.,.,1le r, rr:ices of "" OS t '' rf' :i ns , ~o st J'1G <t
enh els , b tt e rf E:t , and cottonseed co :Jt j !' t:ed th e c' ecl~_ n .:. s of r mon t h e 2.r li e r . 1. 1- thourrh loy:e r [:'rices W<.; re r e yorted for l13 Pr l y tw o-t ~. ird s Of th e j rincip>, l CrOf t111d
livest oc k it e ms f or whjch t:: . Bt.:r e eu rub lis!-: e s ynonth l y datH , most of' th e cle cl j nes
we r e rel2 ive l y sre ll t= nd ..-:e r e rerti e lly o '~ s e t b~' ,..,odest :i.ncre c s e s i n ot'-~ ~ r comr.todjties includi n '! h e v , r1i l lr , ho g- s , e'"rr s, ~:nd cott on ctlrre nt1y b e 5.nt s old .
The r erity index ( rrices r :: irl b y f;:- r l"'le rs includ in!" int 12 r est , nd t axe s) in de clining l fOjnt :f'ro1 t~ e l e'Te l o:> th o rre c r:' d:irltl" 3 ,~ ont hs , reflec ed I? ft. rt he r Sl'b-
st e.r-l;j el c'r9f in rrices of fAed . ~ 04 e itG'"1 fi DOt' --rht f or f t:>o-) j_l _r livinp e l so rl e clined o
' The index of rrices re i d b y f Frers for convof:it i e E used f or f Er ily livin p.: rushe d 2. li~ tle h ig-her in l"l:i d -S ertem', e r to re r ch 276 rer. c e nt of th e ls io '-"1'4--leve l , less t h e n l re r ce nt rl-, ove J f "\..' St 15 , ~ nd 7 )'C r ce rrt r '~ ov o 3 ye: r CDrl:i e r . .A;-ong:
th e ft.ctors ontri ' t;t:inp- to t"d. s n ew r e EJ< Y.e e h :i.r.he r yrices "' or c lo t hin r rnd fu rniture .
On t!'l e oth er ~ . r nd , food , r ot:s eh o l d sun l :i.es , rnc4 'o t,ildin,... , rte r:i c:.ls dec lin ~ d sli~ ht ly fro m Aurust 15 ' t o Se r t crnbcr 15 . ~~~ P to rric es ~ e re nc h r nra d .

____ __ - _ _ _ __ - ___ _____ ___s~~c E_y__T_~bl_e_ _

Price I ndexa s

: Sert. 15 : l:w . 15 : Ser t . 15 :

Record Hir h

- - -- - - - - - - -- - - =- --1-9r'1-7- - -: - -H-4s- -: - -H4-s- -:---- -f-nc-ie'-X --- - ---- ---b-e.te- -- --

!'ric es r Bc e i ve d

28 6

283

290

.)ric e s [ c.i d , inc l tid i n r,

inte r e st c:nd tc.:x:e s

238

251

2 50

P2rity retio

120

117

11 6

. frP.Iso 'Jant,'2ry,-Jl:n'Ei- anct Jt'Ty-Yf48.-- . __ .,___ .,!___ _

o. L. FLO'_fD
ITricv ltvral Stet is tic i en In Ch c r g-e .

307

J en. 1948

251

~~ 1: ur . 1 948

133

Oct . 1 946

J~RC I-II :'..~ L.~ ~JGLEY
}7 riculture l St at i stic a in

:

~ 1

'.-

'" , f ol ,' ... ... 'o '"

_ , ...._ ..... . . . "" " .. ' ' " ' 1

" ' ,,.. , , ,

, 1'1

J' '

. ~ .. .
cow.100'rY.' ~ "'TIT .

-

-.

-

-

-. P:R-;tC-E-S.-ll.E-CE-I:G~'i:im1lrYA-r

~JlMERs.
.:-:- -: . ~.

SEPmffiER
-:.... -=- - ~

:~A~-ve- r a- ge---: -Se-pt-. -1 -.A- ug- . :-S- ep-t ;~

.-15-, "1""'?-4-8-=""_l.t,f-'1l'-BN:rC'TQEn}.Ps:/TUAllSTJErs-S.-. -..,..--.-- - -
:-A-ve-ra- ge-- -; - Se- pt- . -: - Au-g -.- : S-ep-t.-- . -~

.

. v::

. . .. Aug . 1909- : . 15' .. : :15 .:: . 15 . : . Aug_. 1909-:- --: 15 : 15. : .15

_____ _ _____ :_J~l_y J.9J.4_ 1.. J.9_7__:_ :..:_ 1:,S_!8_:_ ] }_i8_:_J_!!l.Y _!_9_!4...: _!.__!_9i7_ _!_l_9_i:8_:_)~ __ .:_ ~

i'fueat, 'l:?u.

:. $': , i . 24 .._;-( . 2 ~-45~ : 2~1s: _ 2 .-~oi. . sa>~ 2.43} 1. 00 : :1:97

.J

. . ,' \(~. ~ - . i '.: . . . ,. .-.

}':'.~ .

Co rn , . b,u ',

.._. $:

, 91 : 2.27: 2 . 00 & 1. 87:

,6 4 & 2. 40 : 1~ 91: 1.78

01'\ts , bu.

$.:

l
.. lr i ~h' .-Potatoes , 'bu~ $-:

.67 - .~: 1. 2.01 .,. -r.oo. : .1.os: i .12 t 2. 00 : 2 . oo : 2~oo :

.40 ..: L 08 : . 69 : .7o --- : 1. 48 i . 58 i

. 69 i. 53

Swee t Potatoes , bu . $:

. 83

2. 35 : 2 . 60 : 2 . 55 :

. 88

2 . 40 2 . 65 : 2 . 32

Cotton, l b .

. 12 .6

Cottonseed, ton

.$: 24 . 39

Hay ( l oose ), ton

.$: 17. 85

Ho g s , per cw'v .

.$: 7. 33

Beef Cat U e , cwt . $:

3. 87

31 . 8 : 31. 8 : 31. 4 : 72. 00 : 76 . 00 : 68 . 00 : 21. 00 : 25 . 00 : 24 . 50 : 24 . 50 : 26 . 30 : 25 . 70 : H . OO : 20 . 00 : 20 . 00 :

12 . 4 22. 55 ll. 87
7. 27 5, 42

~ 1. 2
75. 60 16 .10 26 .70 19. 00

30. 4 : 30 . 9 76. 60 : 68 .10 17. 80 : 18 . 00 27.10 : 27 . 30 24 . 40 : 24 , 20

Milk Cows , head

$: 33 . 85

102 . 00 :125 . 00 : 130. 00 : 48 . 00 :156 . 00 :197 . 00 : 198 . 00

Chi cken s , l b .

: 13 . 2

31. 0 33 , 0 33 .7

11. 4

27. 9 32 . 5 31. 9

]!!gg s , doz .
Butter, l b .
Butterfat, lb . Milk (who l esale )
per 100# ]j

.: 21. 3
.~: .. 25.7
$: 2 . 42

60 . 0 56 . 0 : 60. 0 56 . 0 56 . 0 56 . 0 : 60. 0 61. 0 61. 0
5.70 : 6 . 00 : 6 .10 :

21.5
2E. 5
26 . 3 1.60

53 . 0 68 . 5 84 . 0 4 , 45

49 . 2 51 . 4 66 . 7 66 . 2 81 .1 75.6
5. 00 : 5. 08

Cowpeas, bu.

$:

4. 50 : 5.10 : 4. 80:

4 . 39 4.71 : 4 . 34

Soybeans, bu .

$:

4. 40 : 4 .10 : 3. 60 :

3 . 05 2 . 91: 2 . 45

Peanuts , l b...

'

5.0 . : 10 .1 : 10.-5 : 10. 6 :

4.8

10 . 0 10 . 4 : 10 . 4

= I NDEX 11JMB~S OF PRICES R![;EIVED BY F.A:RMERS IN GEORGIA ( .August 1909 - Jul y 1914 100)

Sept . 15 1917

Augus t 15 1948

Sep t. 15 1948

All Commod i ties

240

253

253

Cotton & Sottonseed

257

259

253

Grai ns

239

209

199

}[eat .Ani mals

349

442

437

Dairy Products

218

229

232

C!J.i ckens & Egg s

268

259

274

Fruits

143

215

267

Mi s c e l l a n eo u s

159

165

165

Af ter five days r eturn t o Unite d State s Iepartment of Agricul ture
Bureau of l1gricultural Economic s 319 Exten sion Bui l d i ng Athen s, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS
Form BAE 10{48-1598 Fermi t No . 001

Penal t y for p r i vate use to avo i d payment of postage $300 .

Dean Paul W. Chapman
At hens, Ga..

Clark co.

Req.

!the ns , Ce or p.: i e.

October 1948

F'J .:U J RI CE :rt.=,) OR'l' JS OF SEJ T :~- PER 15, l N8

r;s~ R~ J P. : J:v e r e."'f$ r r i c es r eceived b~ Geor ria far"'""e : s fo r yrheet , corn , . swe et .rot:::toes , cotton lint , cotto~1se od , hry , cowreas , so ybee ns e.:r..d 'lo"' s doclined durinl"
the reriod from f.u p.: ust 15 t o Se rt e'YJb er 15; while the ave r :: ': e r r i c es o.f oats , re anv'ts , rriU: COHs , chick ens , e P' fS end -,i l k' r dvanced durinrr t:le s rre re i.iod . The Ser t e.~be r 15 e.11 coi!li1od ity :index of rrk es recej yoci b y Geor f!' i P fer;ers is now 25 3 rer cent of the l 0S-14 e.verr -e or t.~ e s r:'.e s one "'lo nth 2.[! 0. T'J.e .r. r our i ndex of cotton p r.cj cottonseed d ecl jned 6 !'O :ints dL: ri nrr t'J.e 30-dr~r f Gr iod . firei ns v:e r e down 10 roints e.nd :.,e c: t e n i.:"'~D. l::; were off 5 JOint- s . Ttoe j nde x of dFin' rrodLcts tdvenced 4: roints , .chick ens r.nd er- rrs 15 roint s , f'.nd fn.J:it s 52 roints . Th e miscell~ne0\.1 S p: ro ur is unc h& n,. ed .

lJl~ ITl:iD S T1.1'_, S~ Declines in rrices of "'e.ny cror Pnc'. liv estock it erJs d.t'r::.n(" t~e :vtonth
end ed Serte!"lber 15 , 1 ~4.8 redc;ced for t he sec onc' c o rsecvtive month t he j m!e x of rrices r ece ived b:;. frf10 r s . Is of S e:~t e. ce r 15, t he ind;cx wr.s 200 , Which is 3 f Oi [.lt S or 1 rerc.ent lo.'8 r t~l8 rl P "' Onth ao- o. J.t the S !?~e tj ...,e t he p :rity i ndex ( index of ]:: rice s re i d hy fEr"Co rS inclt,dinr jrJt "l rest En c! tax e s ) declined l ~oint to 2 50 . J..s 8 rest;lt ; the ra r ity r etio ( ntio of tre :i1clex of rric e s rec e i ved to the re.rity i'!:l.dex ) n ow st::nds et 11 6.
'l'he index of f ric.e s r ec eived by fcr ' ers at 2 W Wl S e'iout l rercer.t (?Q OVe t he 286 of Serte ..,be r a ye ar e.vo . f ri ces of f r r~ cror s rvenr ed 9 re r ceLt 'be low a year ear li e r , but rrices of l ive s t oc k and livestock rroclucts , wh ich ere -~ ore i ,..., ort ant
in t he index , ev o r r rred 9 re r c B;.1t h~ p:~e r . D\~ r jnp- the r'O!lth end ed Fith ~ j_d -S e r te- 1 e r , rrices of "' Ost r e:ins ~ l"'Ost l"le c t
e.nhels , utt e r.f 8t , end cottonseed co rrtj :.1L:ad th8 r" ec l:i.n.:, of r.: rron t h e~l li er .P.l-
, r, thov rrh loY:e r frices y;-3 re r e r orted f or ne~ r l ~.' tY. o -t ~' irds of th e r rinciptl CrOf end
1 liYes tock it ems fo r y;h).ch t::o .'v r e eu f 'bl i s~; e s monthly deta , most or' t~1 :i de cljnes
;ere r eLtive l y sme ll ~:nd v:e re rerti e ll"r o+''fse t b~r ""Od.es t :incre c s e s i n cth ~~ r comr.odjt ie s inclc;d i n:r 1-te :r, !'1illr , hogs , errrs , <.'nd cott on cvrro nt l y bej_n f" sold .
The r e rity index ( rrices :'t' id by f r r r':e r<> includin~r int e r es t end t oxes ) in de clininr. l fO:int :f'ro~ the l e're l O P T.' (: rr ec r:> dh1P' 3 ,.-onths , r ef l ected F .f t-rt he r Sl.'bstP.r:t:i<: l r' ror in rric e s of fAed . So.., e it e-, s b ot' rr ht fo r ft "l i l y ljv i nr- e.l so d Gclined .
The index of rrice s re i d b y f Fl"'"' ers .fo r con:r or jt i es \::sed f or ff' . i1y livi np.: r-ushe d 2. li l: tle hje-he r in Mi d Serte rn1; e r to re Pch 27 6 rer ce;-1t of the JS16-'1 4 leve l , less t ha n 1 re rc ent c1,ove J urt-'st 15 , end 7 re rc ent ; '' OV <:J ;:. yet r c~ r l:i. e r .P.~onf!. the f< ctors o ntri bvt:i.n f" to t hi s new re ek' l'. v re h i?"he r rrices T" or clothinp- rnd fu rni tt1 r e .
On the other hPnd , food , ho~ s eho l d su .-r l i e s , rn~ b ~i l din ~ ~2te ri n ls de clinod sliuh tly fro m Avrus t 15 to Se rt ombe r 15. Nev Puto r ric es ~e re ~nchE nra d .

_ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ ___S~~-c E_y__T~bl_e__ ___ _ ___ _ _ - _ ____ ___ __ _ _

Pr i ce Indexe s

: Sert . 1 5 : f~ r . 15 : Ser t . 15 :

Re cord Hirh

- -- -- - -

- - - - - - - - - -

--1-94-7 -

:

- -1-!:-'48-- -:

-

-H4- - --: -- --

- - - -f nd'e-x ---

- - - --::- . ~Date --

--

-~

!Jrices r ece ived

28 6

Pr i ces fE:.i d , i nc 1ud il1g:

i nte r est and t~x e s

238

P2rity ntio

120

293

290

251

2 50

117

11 6

30 7

Jen. 1948

y 2 5 1

1\ur . 1 948

133

Oct . 1946

'&"J.Tso J en vZry , -Jl-ne e-~1cr Jviy-ff4R".--
D. L. FLOYD
~~ricult~ r a l St at i s tici ~ n
I n CharR:e .

.P.RCHI :~ L~ ~JGU Y
t,ricu l ture l St at istic a in

.... __,.... -~..., ~ J ~ J~!'

.. ' .. :



~.

__ ~. --~-~- ~- .::-~.F~r_g;; -~V!l'_:_E!:t~ -~~~~ _!5.t l~_!B_.tf_I~ _QO!:_l'~~N_!L_~ -~ ~ ._;_ _ ~-~ -

COM1iu~1T\" .. .. . .: -"GEORGIA ... ' "' . . .

tJNITED STATES

:

UN~~ . ." ;'-'.~.:

. -:.,...A~e;~e- ... ':Sept: ,7 kg~~~~seyt;.-:-'-7Ave;~ge- - -:Sept:: AU.g.-::-sept.-- :- - :

. .:. : lW.g. 1909- : _,>15 :1 15 ~ ;./ l.S .:.. Aug 1909- : 15 : 15 ; 15

.

__ ;:_ :.:(:... -~...:.. ;:~- .....,;;_J1X .19.14_ .!.l9.f?_ .::_ _!9.!8_:_1_9_i8_:_J~l.z: .!.~1_4_ _!. _!.9_!7___;_ .!.l9i8.:_ :~l_g4~ ___ ..:. :

~'lhe~~-.:'b~. qorn~-t. .bb~.; -
~.. _... :

\, : .::.. :.>~ -~ ~

.2.~. :. -~. - 2 ~-~5_:_ Z.l~: :_. z:lO-~

'

...'

',

.

.

~

...
$:

~


. . .. . . . ..
', 9i' ...';" . 2.i7-: 2,00:

1. 87:



1 :

M. : !

.

2 .43 ' r. 95': 1. ~7

.64

.

'
,;

...

2.. :.40

I. ~l :. . 1-.78 ..

. ,'

. Oats

~.

.-

qU:-!
'

:~: .

:.~

:

:

.:$;,

-
..



<s1
. ...



__J

...1._2oa --- :t.oor .

I::os:

. : 40 . : : ..l.--.0. .8 ..:..

. 69-

Iris

rl:Potat~~-~-,-; b~. --$ ; : ' ~ ' .............. ........4:

..........i......l..2. ..'

.

;..- ~..2'. 00.:' - 2~00: ....

~r;oo : ' . .

.70

1. 48 1.58: 1. 53

Sweet rotatoes , bu. $;

. 83

2.35: 2.60: 2.55:

.88

2.40 2,65: 2.32

Cotton, lb.

.

Cottonseed, t on

$.:

Hay ( l oose ), ton

.$:

.Io g s , per cwt .

$.:

. 'J,:-,ef Catf:.l e , cwt .. $:

t-li.lk Covrs , head

$:

12.6 24.39 17. 85
7. 33 3 . 87 33 . 85

31.8 : 31 .8 : 31.4 : 72.00: 76.00 : 68 . 00 : 21.00: 25,00 : 24.50: 24,50: 26 . 30 : 25 .70 : 14 . 00: 20 . 00 : 20.00: 102~00 :125 . 00 : 130 . 00 :

12 . 4 22.55 ll. 87
7.27 5.42 48 .00

31.2 30. 4 : 30 . 9 75.60 76. 60 : 68 .10 16 .10 17. 80 : 18.00 26.70 27 .10 : 27 . 30 19.00 24.40 : 24 . 20 :156 . 00 :197 . 00 : 198 . 00

Chickens, lb .

: 13 . 2

31 . 0 3~ .0 33 .7

11.4

27.9 32.5 31.9

Eggs , doz .
Butter , l b .
Butterfat , lb . ,,:ilk (viholesale )
per 100# ]}
Cowpeas , bu.

.: 21. 3
.;: 24 . 6 .. 25.7
.$: 2 . 42
$;

60 , 0 56 . 0 : 60. 0 .56 . 0 56.0 56 . 0 60. 0 61.0 61.0
5.70 : 6 . 00 : 6 .10: 4.50 : 5.10 : 4. 80:

21.5
25. 5
26 . 3
1 . 60
- .

53 .0 68 .5 84 . 0 4 . 45 4. 39

49 . 2 51. 4 66 .7 66 . 2 81.1 75.6 5. 00 : 5. 08 4.71: 4 . 34

Soybeans , bu.

$;

4 . 40 : 4 . 10: 3. 60 :

3. 05 2 .91: 2 . 45

Peanuts , lb.

5.0

10 .1 : 10 . 5 ; 10.6 ;

4.8

10 . 0 : 10 . 4 : 10 . 4

I NDEX 11.JMBZRS OF PRICES R'EOIVED BY FARMERS I N GEORGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 ; 100 )

Sep t. 15

August 15

Sep t. 15

I

1917

1948

1948

All Commod i ties

240

253

253

Cotton & Sottonseed

257

259

253

Grains

239

209

199

Me at .Ani mals

349

442

43 7

Dairy Products

218

229

232

Chickens & Egg s

268

259

274

Frui ts

143

215

267

Miscellaneous

159

165

165

Af ter five days r eturn to Unite d State s Thlpartment of Agr iculture
Bureau of .Agricultural Economics 319 Exte.nsion. B"i-ldi.ne Athens , Georgia.
OFFICIAL i3USH!ESS
Form BAE 10{48-1598 Ferm i t No. 001

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300 .

!iss. Nellie M. Reese, Li'brarian,

~ tate Coll ege of Agri.,

teq .

Athens, Ga.

..., r f : : , !":

'

. . r.

At}fem~s, Geerg~a...

t ',+ .

' .'

. I.,

October a, 1948

,. ' t
.:

.
G-EORGIA - OCTOBER 1 COTrrqN ID!I?ORT

';. A cotton - crop of ~b~ut ' 780,000(500 pounds groJs weight) will be harvested by

-: ...Georgia fa,rflers ' bas~.d on .'O-ctober 1 prospects aqcordlng 'to 'Georgia Crop Reporting

~.:./ ~~rvice of the Vn~ped s~~te.S Department of Agr~.culture. 'l'he c~rre_~t . indicatEld

>.-..P,roducticin is 20 -p~r.-ce~t . ~oove the ;651,000 ba~es harvest-~d last -;tear lM1d ..10 per

. . . :,9E:l.IJ.,t larger ~han t~e 194~ cx;9.p ;of 51:?7, _000 :bale~.

.. '

.

. ~~

.

.

:
. ' . ~ '

'

Ind-f?cttte4 . yi~ld of ~lint per ac-r.e.. fro"ro the 1, 307.,000 acre.s :for harvest is 286 pounds

compar..e~ -~-it~ 246 _p.ounds 'in 1947 an~ it equals p.he record y:i'elq. set in 1944 of 286

pounds.

:

:

-~
;

~:.



,.
..:



. .

r .

..

..~ ..

Weather oondi;tions were very dry and favorable during most of September for cotton _ pick_ing. The're was some compl a int of premature opening of, bolls in the ncirth'e:rm ''-~' half of the State due to dry weather but weevil damage to all but late bolls w~s
held_to a minimum over most of this territory. Rains the lat-ter part of the :month
caused some shedding of top bolls, but much of the State has a fair top- crop -.. whicl:).

is unusual. There ha'ie b'een a number of complaints of boll worm damage. Most o.f

the crop is out of t~e... field in southern : Georgia and lo,.,re+ mid.-State area. Good

.._._:progress in picking a,!;i;~ ginning is being , mad,e elsewhere, although behind las_t year

:' ..in northwestern and mid;,.western portions of tile State. Prospects in this latter

: area , have: fallen off .somewhat since September 1 due to inc~eas'ed weevil act~ vl ty.

- ~ ~~~;~~: , .:

.' :

~::; :sure$-u :'()f; Census ginnings : report shows 357,000 running bales ginned in Georgia ,

. prior to :Octo?er 1, \co.mpared with 283,000 to the same date last year and 207_,~po. .

. Jn, 1946~ .-

i.~ t '

' ;, t '

. ~ '.! ~..:. ...-. .

2-: G"';O:::tGIA :i:~ s}{o- ~r-rG 'J) jrc.AT3I') ?~o:ouc~;ror; ::l-948 A."b F-m.AL ?~o::JucTION :9'0"1. 19 47 .A~TJJ 1946

'
. . f .. .
'

t t : .-
l

..~ ~.. . ! .. ,. ! ...

. .. "'\,.

.. . ,t ;. ~

\ i

1948 proau:ct~cin indfca,ted by -crop

- pro s:,oect s Octob'~r 1.

< . - .:-STATE -

1948 - 780,000

1947- 651,000

r.

1946 - 557,000 Dist_ricts s_ho'm a re Crop

Reporting Districts and

I

NOT Co ngr e ssiona l Districts

v.

l.f.ACON
1948-130,000 19 47-121,000 1946-105,000

1948-31 '000 1947-30, 000 1 9 4 6 - 21 , 0 0 0

1948-80,000
1 9 47-61~000
1946-32,000

1948-20,000 lg47- 28, goo l.-46-1 ' 00

VALDOSTA ARCHIE LlL~GLEY, Agricultural ' St a ti st ici a n

D. L. FLOYD
or~cultural S~atistician
In Cha r g e

! .. '
: : \_.J
: , .
.. . ; ~ ...,.

-.- .- --~. :--.
. : .. ,

..
, ..

.., '\ ~ . . ..

. ~



'\ - '.
......

,:,,
. . '

. ..;. :o'G:Io.
: ~ '. ; _1 ..1~

";. : ~~: ..;: '1.~ ...

0

'

:_ i.iNiT"En sTATEs .:. cbTTON R-;PORT As oF ocTOBER 1, '19iia

,, -)

--
$'rATE

}1issouri

Virginia
~ . Carolina .
S. Carolina
Georgia ;
florida
Tennessee .{Uabruna
~isosiss ippi
Arkansas ~ouisiana

..;

.

7.~3

,.

0 0

77

0-68

.1.', 635 0 71 0 72

2,565 71 71

. 2, 29.5 74.. 59

... . 932 ; 67. .72

159
85 366 88 261 93 324 88 337 89 265

.! 0

356 0 4.2:3:0 0 :..537
~?. : , ~Rt:.t: " 97l.

320 430 1. 700

2~8 ; 4?9 1, 392

2

9

2 '

:

..-

37q. ~;

0

588

520 931 1, 569 l, 276 505

221 431 35"1
0 . .7 -
690 .: . :0 i4'2''..:. i 25d ~: :)'n: J~oi ,.
:i~ !3ocY : ('.\"' 853,;;

0 2 ,050 .. .. : o?25 .

.'446774:

.. : .:.(:

: .

.:

., .. . l

Oklahoma

Texas

Ne;., Hexico

Arizona

California

------- All other gJ

. . . . '

~"

'

U-H-ITE-D -sT-AT-ES

llmer.':,gypt . y
------

1 , 032 64 57

8 , Q98. 068 .. 78 214 . 85 089

274 86 89

804 92 96

- : -.-1.7.. -
-- 2-3_,3-23-

- '!"'
71 . 72

3. 4
- - -~-- - --

67 165 67 170 95 489 94 424: 87 589
41 4.

141 163 566 330

198. 173 2., 894 3,437

570 550 118 179

497 543 182 234

693 567 444 772

350 429 0

17 10

350 3,250 .. 245 .
310 950
15

82 254. 2 .2~7.3 ~1~ 9 ~~1] 1!~5 ~5_!_0!_9..,.
__ __ - - -- . - -- ..,....266 395 431 30. 6 1. 2 ---3.;.6..-

81 1,561
' 46 . 48 24 5
5,311
- - -~

Allo,vance,s .made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning.
. .....::.,,:. :

_) .

~l.linois, Kansas, and Kentucky.

in ~ . ~.r,1Clud~,ci' in _Sta;te and. United States. . totals.

~ro;m

7
principaiiy

Arizona,

. :'

CROP REPORTING :soAR]):": .

/

:.

f

'

i ......

- After five 'cta.ys ret-~rn to.

" ' . ,. . 0

.United St ates Depar trile.nt of Agr~cuiturs. :Bureau of Agriculttiral Zco.namics~

319 Extension :Ei{i.Uding Athens, Georg~fl.

OFFICIAL :BU~'T1il'ESS,

Form :BAE-0-10/48-3813 .P erm it Ho . 1001

..

...;

. . j :.

.. .. .~ . !

.. . ; :

,
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300
..

'iss.' 1 e t.L e s e , Li brarian,

tae Jol ~ge of gri.,

eq .

Athens , Ga.

'
'

/

AGRIC,U\...TURE.

GE;ORG IA .. ... " . ..

8VRE..AU OF'

.

AGR.1CUL.iURAL.

'1f

." .. . . LCON01'11C5

U~G~nim!J cJ.urvieb

C.OU..(.(iE. OS" AGR.IGUl...nJI~.t. ' .

' .



.. -

~ ..

.. ... - - - ..--. Athens .

t ; .~.

,- ~ia.

!"" - .' :.

.: U ?O~IA 19LqJC J\SH _!f.AJu'\I mC.014E .UP, C.ON,SI))ERA,B~Y .

..: ':t \

O c.. t o.b e r

1948 .+ +. '

' t.:

The cash incQllle f rom Georgia f arms ( includ:Lng G.ov:er.nnten.t paYJI\e!1ts.) ,all\oupt,ed, to.

":.

~; 521 , 942 ,000 in 19)+7 This is ~) 101,721,000, or 24 per c ent higher than it was for

19L~6 , an d it ,is 198 per cent qf._- the 193 7-46 .t~n-ye.ar: a,_ve_ra.g~ qf :::,2.62,, 9.76,, QOQ.

There was .a q:lji.ght shift i+.t :.tl)e" re l ative :i;nP.or:tB;nc.e .o:t: ~h~ v.alJo.us. c.ommodi t:;i.es making up t he income f i gure in 19L~7 as c ompared to 1946 , Crops contributed relatively
a l ittle les~ ,; yYhile live s t_oc~ rc-ontr ibuteq a ].i~tJ.e ,mo.re, . I p ,tho ,cr;op,s ,gr,oup, -~hich
ma de up 68 per c ent of the t ota l, cotton increased some in i mportance, vrhile peanuts;,
tobacc o , a:nd f :J;'Uits and nuts showed a s mal], qeql:i,n~. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . :~r

Cotton contin:ues to b e the~main contributqr ,tq G.e o.rgiCJ. qa~h .fa;r'lTl ipc_oll}e , and in 15f-L~7: .-.

it made up 26 .S- per- c e-nt of t he total. Foll-arr-ing--inimp-e-rtance vrere peanuts (13.7%);,

hogs ( 9. 6%), ,and toba cco ( 9. . 5% ).

, , ....

Thirty per cent of the tot a l cash fann - j.r1c.orrie' in .19l.i7. vras der:Lved 'i'roni i:lvestoc.k cl,~d
live s tock products . Leading in income fr om this group Her e hogs ll"hich 111.2.de up 32 '
per cent of the tota l fr om . live s t ock and l ive s t.ock pr_o ~u~~ s ~ . .

Next in order ,QCJJne poultry and ..e.~g s wl th 31 per c ent of t he total - these 9_om? ined _ .

items stepPing dO'vm to s e c ond pl ace from I eciding Po Sit~ion m the Iiv'estocl< f i eld in '

.' 1946 . C o:q\~~g ._third were da iry pro duc t s which contributed 18 pe r c ent of _the. ~c.ome

from the live stock and live s tock products group . c'oritl~iout':i.cins' of t ne va r i ous

corrnno diti~s. :a.nd th eir r el ative .:importanc e 111.2.y be obse r v ed in the a cc ompa n;y-ing chart

and t abl e ; ,..

' ' ' '

;"; ' ';: i
.. . . t .
. . . ..,

.:.o .. ' .. ..,..

. ..r ..... - . ...
,( ._: . :.--r.!_ . .

. ):::ee . , . ' . .
JJq

'c)

.,
' I;

t-0.' .....-ls . .

0 . '0

. 1-'3 ~-
.. . . (\')
- - (l

" /% cv " '\)-.. . . . - 0v ' . -

(l

..

. 0 ('.-

:~'0 :' / '
\.. ~.. !

,- ..

' . ~ ".! . - .. :.~ ; ::~-:-:~:. .. . . . . ::-:~ .... ..
~ : \..:' .' s..::~..... .\~...:.....'. .~..::.. ' ~:.-. :::~

CROPS

. ... . ~- :
'

'"'\ ..~.,: ..... ,.. . ....../ ...:~. \'

. i~46 ~ ~ .

Cotton Lin~

..... .

. .. .(Thousand.Dollars)

. ..

. ao, 151

Cotton Seed

. . . . . . .

11,034

Cotton Lint & Seed

. . .

91,185

Peanuts

.. . . . . . . . . . . . ...

. . . . Tobacco

~.

. . .

. . . . . . . . . . Fruits and Pecans. . ' .. .

..

57,064 48,346 22,454

. . . I
Truck Crops

. '



21,450

Corn , . . ,

All Other Crops

. ... . . .

. .. . TOTAL CROPS

......' .' .

8,7Gl 42,937 292,197

LIVESTOCK

.. . . . Hogs

.

. .... . .' .. .

. . . . . . . . Cattle and Calv.es

'

Dairy: Products , ,

. . . . . . . . Comoercial Broilers

~

. . . . . .. . . Other Chickens ~

'

. . . . . .. Turkeys . '

... ~ ',

29,987 21,584 25,520 20,171
7,227 1,053

Eggs , :

. . . . . . . . Other

. ..

13,656 1,414

TOTAL LIVESTOCK & LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS

120,612

.. .



~ \ . .;: :/\_

.. '

1947 . . ..~

tl,

. . .

. . 'l

( Tho usand. Do llar.s)

..J
... . 1:21~ 552 i

:;:. . , 151877 ...

138;429

71,654

49,334

16,410

22,737

10,877

46,783

356,224

49,956

27,778

28,907

24,191

6,646

1,286

16,833

1,579

D

157,176

Government Payments ,

7,412

8,542

TOTAL CASH INCOME OF CROPS, LIVESTOCK AND GO VERNNENT PAu-mNTS

420,221

521,942

HN1E CONSUMPTION
. . . Crops .
- - - Livestock -

...
' ' ....

GROSS I NCOME

. . . . . . . . . . Crops , . . . . . . . !

Livestock

. .. .... .

. . . . . . All Commodities

.,

GROSS I NCOME, ALL CpMMODITI:9.1S AliD
. GOV"l"~'NT PAYMENTS '

48,889
78, '32
341,086 199,544 540,630
548,612

57,893
414,117 250,493 664,610 673,152

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician In Charge

HARRY A. iffiiTE
Agricultural Statistician

. .
...
'r
'

. t..

.... . .-: :~ . _ ~~ -~.

. :'"::-

.,

' . .

UN!TEO !)TAT.~

Ot;:PARTMiEJ'lT CF

. :.:. A~-~~1(- ~;~.~-R~~~. -. ....

. ~- '

. . ..

. .. .

. .
. .. '

. \JNIY.E.I\$1TV OF &r.O"GIA C.OLL..E.G~ 0,. A<'>FI.IGU'-.TVR.~

Octcib er 1- 4 ,_: i948

or OCTO RiH 1, 1948

: ,.. 'lhouph = arrric.ulture r-- ot of f to . e~ :

start , l r48 has t1}rned oui -'t6 be. an ' ui-! t~s ually

good cror y r:: r, ; i t~ e. number of ' c G s s et t :1.nr-: nev;r record s ' in yiel d s or :rrod cti on. SoJ1'1e ere~s in t11e .Stete heve suffere f ro"'l d ro uP.:ht , but in p.-en'r~i r ,;d nf.a- ll ha s

be en e"'lr l e or . r eesonab ly suffi cient . Dr y weethe r he ld f,V:s.y 2 litt le too lbnj:r ' d tJr-

in~ som~ of tu~ust 0nd f or the ." r erter r ~ rt of Serte~be r, b~t mci st cro rs by.then

he.d eb ovt r eched Mr t urit y , end los ses i n yields h 2-ve been rr.o re then offset by . crors s aved d t1r ing: a n vnusue l ly f nro r cb l e 1,r rvest s e ::: son. On ly c otton h( s been ed -

. .verst:3 l y affected i n thc.;t, i'1 ry we e.the r hr.s r ete rd e d deve loprent of l'ato - bolis 'in .

northe rn a.ree s. _:,Ven S0 1 the second hi <r hest avert~ ge y i e !'cl ,on r e c'ord is .in r rosr e ct. Conditions have be en i dea l fo r hervestinp.- '~:nd C\.1ring Fea'nu-eJ , end: sroilel" e h 1 8 be en
ext r err>e l y r are .;: l~ o cJ:e,me. ;r..e to mF; tttr e co rn .his bee n r ard r t ed,! Enrl: y i elds Ere a little

hip-her than exrected a month e, a rh er . : : . . .

. . . . ..

CORN : Ind ic :;-t i ons as of October l rro M.ise Fn d l-ti me hi r h y i eld for Geo r ?" i 2 of

.

'1 6. 5 bushels .of corn to-"tJ-1e: e6:re ~ :.orie; rnd o ne - half bushe ls -rrcire' 'theri .t"hec

s ec'ond. hi n-h est y i e ld , r ro ciuced.:]n 1 94 7. ~-' This r eco r d ~rield i':ill pive":..,-) . frod_ ,Jct. i on

:; of ' 51, 8 2 6, 000 bushe ls, tli-e -hh~f!.est since. 'H'3f- 1 hen the ecree.p-,-:; f o r n-eirvest ~:e s .4 7

re.r: .cent p.ree.ter..

. - ,_.; :

," '

.

,. ' . .. .

'l'o.Bl:CCO: Tho'l' rh tobe.cco ~:ot : o ff to a le.ir -stert , i.t has turned out t.he :s e.c'ond-...

of . I :. .

hi"hest y i eld on rec6-~d . Lat~'st . ~er orts i nc1 icete .a J' i eld of l, 100 r<?unds

t o the acre vhi c h V' E's exc eed ed o'ri'ly i n '1~47 by e. me. r p.: in . 78 round s. Tota.l ' rfcre -

arre., ) lOVifE:)Ver , 1u; s (}een r. r eet l y r educed , and SO the ;rroduct. i on of 95 , 605 , 0:00: fOunds
..f&....f e~r ~hor~ o.f the 12.7 , 142 ) 000 pounds r educed . l r:.st yee.r . , The c -urrent r ro ciuc tion ,
peirGrt;h~l ~.ss.~ :: is we i ,l :e-b,ove the l S3 7 :-o~6 ten- ye ar averf:r:_ e . . .

FEP.Nt~S;: . There is no chantr~e in t~e - ~!ll d, p nd rr od di on of rec,nuts Ds ind ic.eted

the f'j rs t of Ser.te,..,be r . T!l e estP'b lis h ed v i e l d of 700 rounds is "h ou.t

-~~e~~("-~ z ~ bt~~ -':i.it.h Pn .iry.cr:~e. sed a cte&'~-? th.e r roc1uc:+. i ~n of f.lQ, 600 , 000 round s wiH

set .'.3 .. n.~.'1'! .._r e.c_or d \ . ).~ .exce.eds . by ~ hr ~f3-: p r :cent . th~. ne~t:}''::~hest r rod uc+.ion of

7_P.fJ -, ;flQ0 ~0.:.~ r.o.~.trf<ls. b.2:r,-"e stei:i .'in l'f43 ~ '

' .. ~ - - ---

e,ll . , . ,_ -c:.~:.; ~ ..':l ~ ..

- ' !.

,.

" \: .. , .; t~

.. ;;

"F;~c H~: 1& '-lf !Jot 5~-t-j sfiect with th'~

t~''!Oe 1jrrh rrosr:~c~~ of .serte 'be r l,~:~:~:e-

. ' cans n ow c0irle fort h ;wit h r-.n : indic - t e d r~o t- l'ction:-o)' 44 ~ 6fD , OOO r.ound,s-. .

This is . 2 l r e r cent: ~;J.b ove t he..nex-t hi~rhest ~ ro dn4t ion j!n~T~45 of ~6 , 85?r'_-d.oo '_ro)Jnds .

c,iORGij, ; .t ' .

' ' CROF , ..
..

' .. . ., .. :

LC&J Gi., . ' YJ41D L,R ACT~~ , ..:

. TO'J'AL F.RODUCT]ON (000-)

I ( 000 ) J.ve re ."'e

p:_ndlc r te;d P,y:erer-.e

ndic vted

'! 948 1837 -l ~46 1947 H48 : . 1937 -:_4~ 1 947 1_~48

:

Cor:q~ :.'f.<., ~-, r ~ bu 314 1

V,'h'e a t
be.-ts-....


~-


. :: ~ -

~ .

-

~ ~

;
.-


~ -~

.

~ ~

-. ;bbuu

--

2 21
-547

-

Rye bu

5

... . . Hay (_all tame ) ton _ 1490
.. : : 1C'bacc0' '::.( .aTl) '... ; ; .- : I b' :.. ' 8 6 o...
F o tetoe s ; ir 'i~h.:. :.::b \.1' -- 16

Fotato es , Swe et bu 65
Co tton bale s 1 30 7
Fe enuts (f or rick-
in ~ & threshi~g) lb 11 58
Fe ech e s , t ot ~: l c r op , b'l.l 1/
Fears, tota J crop bu !(
Fec ens l b

ll:. 9

1s. o

l G. 5; 45 , 28 1: : 9:8 ~ 0 7 5 51 , 8~6 .

lt. 5 ........... H ~.o .... l 3. 0' . 2 ,1o2 .. 3, 360 2, 8-73 .....

21.7
8 .2
o. 55
953
G6

25..~0 . ,.,. 2 4 . 0 ~2, 33 1 ._.1 6, 100 13-,),,28 ..

9."6 -i o . o'

13o

54

50

o . 5l o.57 731

o96 798

n1s l.loo 83 , 145. 127,142 95 ;, 6o.s,c .-. ::

79 ' . . '64 ' l , 559 1 , 422 1,,024 .

76

85

82

7,284 6, 545 5~~30

238

246

286

- .864 ' 651 . . ' \ ~. ..

780
. ~. .. . : ~:::::

700

69 5

700 ~8 9, 938 78 1;18Q ~ l0 , 6QD

5 , 037 5 , 8 10 3, 280

379

385 385

25 , 577 27 I 685 44 1 66Q

Y Total ep- r icv l tu r sl crop l' r eate r then e.nd includinv coJ'Tl'l'1erc iel cro p .

D. L. FLOYD l .p.:ric t' l t ur e.l St ati stic i a n
I n Che r ge

ARC'l!E LiJ~JC!LEY l.!! ric ~ 1tun l Ste.ti sticiDn

-

UNITED STATES - GE11ERAL CROP R?J'ORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1948

f_:hsFat~a~t~.i:~Po.r~n:..r~.~s~::n:~:t~ sl~9104:.J8r:~~~---n~~1.-;CJ,2.~uP.~re.rn9e;:.m:n:!t":l~y~.l/-s\3.Ji. ;~ndy~t.n.t'io"ci~a_t.~' 9~.o5f_ney.~st~.:.~rerlml.e~eer~rh..Pa~.~oFP?.ts:lh?m.~a~.~?.t~P~s:ti:an8lg.~.;~ o~u~t~:~~:..~.-~n~:~1, o~~(~~~.i?)-~4~~~~~_ ec.r:r~:pp~.r.a~_st-:'.~-!;

w~ll be : 8 per . cent. above t~e .\re~or.d ~et . i-n ;1946.

.:

~ .: .....,. .~ ..! r~. ,

... _ . :

: .~: , .,. . ...

,(,~

,, ._,_

1.

:





~i - ~.

; i' ~ecord:-:-b~e<*ing...3, q.68('~illj_on 'Qushel corn crop is. now safe. f).'OJ!l fro ~t:;-., In faC:it:,

ta; '

frost

'~\llP.4,; 'b.,.~

wahb~ .t: w- " .- \ ~.~


many. areas

to

terJ.! l~n~,j~ ~~' growt~ .

anci

prQ .m'~~e

~ ...
..

cl1ting;

:.

~~

<. ~hat pickitl~ :!J)..C}:( b~~:.i-t:t on a la.P.ge scale. Other la~~ growin~ ~~ops, . sue!). a?. soyb~an!l,

. .: . . . . .. ..:. .... .: .,."'... . . :':and bucbJheat, 1ha:ve .,'al!'lo matured" with only negligible frost damage and .are no\it ':'f

:}:t~~.: :~t.:~s~~~~~

~~ :~ :.,-~:~

'~ .~ .~-

~ ::~.:.~~:<. ~ ~:. :~.: jj

A few crops were adversely affected by September \veather. Among these \vere cotton,
a s dry '"eather limited boll development; sugarcane, damaged in Florida by a troJ?h:e.l storm; and. sorghums, reduced in yield by lack of rain in the Southwest~ Peanuts
did not set as many nuts as the growth of vines had indicated, but the crop is early and of fine q~ality. For other crops, changes from September 1 fora;asts are rela~
tively slight.

Corn: The Nation 1 s corn crop advanced \vi th helpful September weather, \vhich assured
the largest corn production on . record. Corn production for 1948 is now esti-
mated at 3,567,955,000 bushels; an increase of 39 million bushels compared with September indications. This prospective crop is nearly 1~ times the relatively small crop of 1947 and surpasses the previous all corn pro.duction record establishec
in 1946 by 10 per cent.

-~'-/-he-a-t:

Total than

t

hweheSaetppt-ermodb.eurctlio.

n e

is estima stimate, 6

ted pe

ract e1n,t28b3el,o7w70t,h0'0e0

bushels, record 19

sl 47

i ght crop

l

y l of

ess

1, 364 ,919,000 bushe.ts , but 36 per cent above the 1937-46 average of 94 2,623,000

bushels. This year 1 s total p roduction consists of a winter wheat crop .of

981,415,000 bushels, the second largest on record, p lus a spring ,.,.heat crop of

302,355, 000 bushels.

Oats: Oats production is estimated at 1,492,957,000 bushels, exceeded only by the record crop of 1,536 million bushels 1n 1945 an ~ the 1946 crop of 1,498
million bushels . This is 21 per cent above the 19'37-46 average, about the same as
indica t ed last mo!}th and 277 million bushels above the n ear average 1947 crop .

Peanuts: A record peanut crop is forecast, based on the October 1 indications. The total of 2, 294 million pounds compares '"i th 2,188 million pounds las t
y ear and 2, 193 million pouricls in 1942, the previous record.

Pecans: Co nditions co nt inued favorable in ne arl y all main producing ar eas throughout Sept ember and the October 1 estimate is 9 million pounds more than the
September 1 estimate. This year 1 s crop forecast at 169,684,000 pounds is 43 per cent gr eater than the 1947 crop of 118,639,000 pounds and 55 per cent greater than the 1937-46 average production of 109, 476,000 pounds.

UNITED STATES

CROP

. ACREAGE (TIDUS.ANDS)

1948

.. YIELD

:PROIUCTION(THOUSM'DS:

;Harv.l~47:.l!'or Ha:rv.l~4tH '7o of 1:J47: 1947 Indie .10/l/48: 1947 :Indic.lO[ll_48

Corn,

bu: 83,981

'ilhea.t

bu: 74,186 '

Oats; Rye,

.bu; 38,648
. .bu: z;oz2

Hay, (All{ . ton: 75,291

Tobacco All) lbs: 1,845

Potatoes, Irish ..... bu~- . 2;112

:P otatoes.~ Sweet bu:

611

Cotton, ~ bales: 2li269

Peanuts,for p icki~g :

and thre shi~ . lb.: . _. 3, -~89

Pea.ches,to t ' cro~ i~

1

U

Pears, total prop <bu:"%J.'

Pecans

.lb; j

85,497 71,502
40~970
2,187 73,624
1,536 . 2-, 109
541 ... 23','32:f .

3,340.

M0

00

I

-

'

101.8

28.6 I

96.4

18.4

'106.0

31.5

' 108.2

12.8

97,8

1.36

83.2 1142

99.9 . - 182 ... ..

88.5

93~p

" 109~7 . 267.~

41.7 18.0 36.4 . 12.2
1~35 1185 198 . 4
97.3
310.3

98.6 .. 646

687

-
I
'

2,400,952 1,364, 919 1,215,970
25,977 102,500
2,107 t 763 384,407
57tl78 11,857

3,567,955 1,283 ,770 1,492, 957
26,664 99,094
1,820,032 418,355 52,665 15,079

2,187,985
82,603 35,312 ll8,639

2,293,985
67,467 26,358 169,684

3/ Includes: some quahtities riot harvested.

: :

i.

'

l.

'

l

I

.After: Five Days Ret'urn ;to

,

United States Department of Agriculture

Bureau ,of Agricultural E<::ono:mics

:

319 Extension Bu~lding

:

Athens, Georgia

. OFFICIAL BUSiNESS

Form.BAE; A~i0/48~34~

. I

Perm1 t N0. .

1.001

..

: .

Penalty for privat~ use to avoid paymen~ of postage $300.

'i.ss. :e l t ? ..e .. o

s e .i i r .~ i ::~.n , gri .,

U:-.IITEO ~TATE.~ OE.PARTME.NT OF AGRtC.U\..TURE.
(!7roj;

GEORGIA
c~

UNIVE~SITY OF' CiE.O"-GI,_ GOLo.e.<.E. 011' AG.-_1 bUL.TURt.


Athens , Georgia

November 194-8
[_S1~. . l )

GEORGI A: The sharp, decline i.i1 the average prices received by Ge orgia farmers - - f or corn, sneet potatoes, cotto 1seeci, hogs and chickens mo~~e tl~n .offset the increD. <:lc in oa ts, milk cows ahd eggs cluring the 30-d.ay period Septeniber 15 to October 15. The October 15 a ll comr.10dity index of pric es r ec e ived by ' Geo,rgia fa rme rs is 246percent of the 1 909-14 average'or a decrea ~ e of 7 po ints sinc e
St.:ptomb er 15 a nd 3 po ints above one year a go.

Dud.ng tho past 30 days corn price s have decli ne d f rom :~1. 8 7 to ~:, 1. 60 per bushel. Srre ct :'_Jotatoes have declined from ~:; 2 .55 to :;:: 2. 25. Cottonsee d is nm:r placed at ::61. 00 p er ton cornparc:d Td,th ~:; 68 . 00 on September 15 . a llc coYrs a r e up .:~6 . 00 per
head and e ggs show tho usua l s~a s onal a dvanc e . llost other i tems have made little
chango sinc e ~id -B cptembe r.

~~~t:]'J~_p_.~'I'_AT_2..;S: Sharp reductions in pric es of corn , moat animals, a nd butterfat
1'1hich vrero only par t :i_ally offset by increases in small gr a ins, . tobac co, and 't r uck ~ rops, brought t he sl1arpcst drop in a verage price s to farmers s inc e earl y this year. As of Octoocr 15, the Index of Pr i ces Rece ived by Fa1~ers
stood a t 277 per c ent of the Augu st 1909-July 1914 base , 4 per cent below l ast .
month,. and ap proximately t he same a s in mi ds1.ll:unor 1 947

At t he s ame 't ime, tho Parity Index (Index of Prices Paid, Interest; and !'axes) r ece ded to 2491 only slightly 'below a n onth ago - and onl y 2 points , or 1 per c ent 1 boloT.r the all.-t ime high of 251 l a s t set in Augu st t his y ear.

As a rcsul t of tho drop -:in the I nP,ex of Pric e s l1oc e:ivcd, tho Pa rity R2.t io (ra tio

of pric e s r ec eive d by farmers t o p rices pa'id, intere s t, and t G.Xcs ) dropped to 111,

the loT:o st s inc e Fovembcr 1942.



At mi d..{)ctober l cyol s , a ll grains c:;:c c:rt tic e 1r8rc c:.t 9r bolon 90 per c ent of
parity , but moat a nim<:>_l's , except sheep , ranged from 36 to 6l1 per cent ab ove parity.
Equival ent on- tree r et urns for oraDGe S an d gr apefruit '\':ere l e ss than SO per c ent of pa rity.

Price Indexes Prices r ece ive d

Sunnnary Tab l e

. Oct. 15 , Sept. 15 , :

1 94 7

1 948

. 289

290

Oct. 15 , 1948
277

Record high -Index : Date
307 Jan. 1948

Prices p <:.id, i nc l uding interest and t~~c s

239

250

249

251 }:/ Aug. 1948

Parity ratio

- --- . - - 121

116

111

133 Oct. 1946

- --

- . .._ ... . ' - . . - -~ . ..... .. . . -- - - -- - - - - - - - .. . ....., .....

J:./ Als o J2111..~ary, J une, and July 1948.

I '
D. L. FLOYD ! Agricultura l St-:tti stician
. In Char~ c

fui.CIITE L.JJGLEY
Agric 11tural St atis tician

. . - ~ . . .

~ ..

. -

. t .:

.. . . .'" ~ - ... ~ _...-. .'

.. ~. :
:

- -----------F:--RIC~S F-.E-CE-ITT-ED-B-Y-F.-A.-'::"-l-~8-O-C-'IO-BE-R-1-5-t-.1.9.4.:8:='N-I-T-P:--C-O-.f.J-'A.;-I-~NS------.-.----- -.- --

C.OMA1DimDITY
; UNIT

c17" -AV. ei-age--

. GEORGIA :
~ocr-.-IS'ep~l

xve-ra.ge-

I Aug. 1909- 15

15

15 .Aug. 1909-

. Jul 1914 _ ~-~- 194JL _194L_ Jul _ 1914 _

t.ThTITED STAT!!S pl .---"CJR.-- - -- --

15 1948

15
1 9~---- -

?!heat. bu.

$

(yorn, bu.

$

0ats, bu.

$

~ rish Po t a toes, bu $

~ee t Potatoes, bu $

1.24

2,60 2.10 2.10

.88

.91 .67

12,15
I 1.30

1.87 1.05

1.60 1.15

.64 .40

1.12 1 2.00 2.00 1 2.00!

.70

.83

II 2.05

2,55 2.25

. 88

2.66 2,23 1.09 1.48 2.05

1. 97 1. 78
,69 1.53
A
2.32

1.98 1.38
.70 1.42 2,07

Cotton, 1b,



~o ttonseed , ton

$

Hay (lo ose ) to~ $

12.6 24.39 . 17.85

31.0 89.00 20.-50

. I 31.4 . 31.2
.68.?0! 61.00
24.50 24,50

12.4 22.55 11.87

30~6 30.9 90.60 68.10 16 .80 18.00

31.1 63.70 18 . 40

Hog s, pe r cwt.

$

7.33

25.00 25.70 23.20

7.27

27.10 27.30 24.60

Beef c attle , cwt. $

Hilk tows, head $ 1

Ob.ickens 1 lb.



Eggs , doz.



3 .87 33.85 13.2 Zl~3

14. 50 20.00 19,00

5,42

ll 103 . 00 130.00 136 . 00!
I 31.5 33.7 31.6
.I Ba.o BG.O .62.5

48.00 11. 4 21.5

18.30 24.20 22.10 1 57 .00 198. 00 196 .00
26.-6 31.9 29,9 55.3 51.4 54 .7

Butter, lb.



2-1 . 6

57. 0 56.0 56 .0

25.5

66.9 66.2 64o3

~ut,terf a.t 1 lb.



y Milk (wholesal e )
' p er. 100#

25. 7
.
2, i]:2

60. 0 6 1.0 58 . 0
I I 5.85 6.10 6.15

' 26.3
1~ 60

711.5 75.6 67 .8 4 . 66 4 .98 4 .93

: L--~~~----- ~1~~.~~- - ~;~::1]::~~1_----~~-~--- __ Oowpeas, bu.

-

Soybe ans, bu. - -

I

- - - - P eanuts, lb.

I 4.7 5 I 4, 80 4 . 70 1

I

I

M
.

4. 47 4. 34 4. 07

3 .11 2. 15 2 .27

_______ 10. 0 10 . 4 - 10 . -1 _,.._ -----~

_,

JjAveragc January, 1910- Dcccmbor, 1914

3,/ Pr~ ~i minary ~-or Octobe r, _i 98 - - - -- ----

= Ul1J~ HUHBEP.S OF P'<ICES R'!X:'!;IY2Il BY F '.?.!..::ERS IN GEORGIA ( ,U1gust 1909 ~ July 1914 100 )

I TEM

Oct. 15 19,17

f All Co mmoditi;;--

243 .

I Cot ton & Cottons.eed

. 259,

1
1

Grains

230

Mee.t "\n.imals

3 5~

I. wiry Froducts

I

Chi cken & Egg s
Fruits

22
295 10'5

1 Misc e ll aneous

158

'- ------ ----------------

Sep t. 15 19-'i8

Oct. 15
1 9 ~ 8

253

216

253

21 8

199

176

'13 7

106

' 232

232

271

277

267

192

165

1 85

- - ---------- ---

lifter Five IJeYs Re turn to United. States U,p artment of l1gricultu r e
Bure au of l~gricultura1 Economios 319 Extension 3uilding Athens, G<.;o r gi a
OF~IC I~.L BUSI 1~ SS
Form Bl.":- B-11/18-1698 Pc mi t No. 1001

Penal ty for priva t e usc to avo i d payment of post e.ge $300 .

Dean Paul W. Chapman Athens, Ga.

Clark Co.

Req.

t

8UR.E.AU OF'



.

AGR.IC.UL.TUR.A.L.

G Eo~G IA

f.CON OM IC5

, .. ' c~

A.then;_a,, Georgia
. . GEO RGIA CBOP REPORT AS OF NOVE!!EER l, 1948

'Noven;be.r , 1948
..

The ur~.UStlally favorable harvest seasni which prevailed during most of September was extend ed thro ugh O.ct!!lb~r .and very good progress has been made in gathering crops in most areas. The only dra~back to a more complete haFvest has been the inability of a short farp labor.: supply to meet the rush demfl.nd to save crops 'lo.rhile conditions continued ideal
. .
CORH: As the harvest season ha s pre> gres~ed, farmers have found that yields of corn are not quite a s good in soi!\e ar eo.s of south Geor gia as \-tas expect e d a month
earlier. The present indi cp.t e d yield of 1 '6 P.ushels per acre~ though a h a lf bushel s;hoJii of last inonth' s expect ed, is still a r .ecord for the State and gives an estimated pr<9duction of . 50, ,256,000 bus.hels. Such a 'T)roduction nas not b e en exceed.e d
. si'nce 1938 \'/'hen . the acreage oi c~rn. harvested ,.,a's 47 per cent' great P, r than for this
year.

TOBACCOf . The estimates on ~ob acco productior,t rema in tmchanged from Octob!:lr .The

reported 1,100 pound yi eld p er acre is short of the 1947. yield by only 78

polinds~ Prodtlction. on a gre atl ~r r e du ced acrea ge, ho,.r ever, is f a r short of last

I
I

yetir 1 s; b eing . plac e d at.95,605,000 pounds as comp ~re d to 127,142,000 pounds .for . l947

PEANUTS: \'le ather has been idea l for harvesting and curing p e[-l.nuts, and the tot a l

Olltturn is r,re a t e r tha n at first e xpe'ct e d. The pr e sent e s timated 710

porind y ield i~ 10 pollnds. hi gh e r than th e indica ti on. on the first of October. Pro-

du'ctiori is now s e t a t 8 22,180, 000 pollnd s . This. is a n 6.11-time r e cord for :Gec r gi a ,

and it exce eds by
1ri 1943.

four

per

c ent

the

n e xt

bigge st

crop

of

788 1 90o,ooo pollnd ~

pro duce~

( PEC'.AI~ S : . The qua lity of this y ear's r e cord 'breaking c rop of p e cans is s omewha t disnp~ointing t o p~o duce rs. The s e t of nuts has b ee n so h eavy t hat undP- r

'dr~r \-te a t h e r a nd ot h e r llnfnvorn.bl e g rowth fn.ct~rs, tre e s hn.v e not b e en 2..ble fully

:'to r!lature H. Th e continu.e d harve st of. poorly fill e d out nuts ha s r educ e d th e total

expe dted produ ction f rom the 44,660 , QOO pounds in5.ictct e d a s of Octob er 1 to th e

No Yember 1 est'ima t e of 41,760,000 pounds .



. GEORGIA

,

I

,..--.--- ----------..-:-:-=---i=A-C-F-.-E-A-G=E-l=-=--=-Y--I-E-L:D--"P-E--R-;A-C=-R:'S-:-:---=-!rrc:'O--T:1:ti-.::P-R=O-:D-U-C::T-I:O::N-=P-~.1==T-H=-O-U=S-A-:N-D:=S

'

CROP

( 000 / Av e r ~ge!

Indi ca t 9d j"w e r a g e

Indi d t .e d

1948 ~937-461 19 47 19 48 il 93?- 4 6 194?

.1948

~--l.._----- ~- --t- --- - -

0s.~... . .. ; .. ....... 1m. 3 ,].41 11.9 l5.o 1 16.0 45,281 ' 4 8!075 1 so, 256

... Hay ( a ll t ame) .
T<>ba cco ~ all )





ton 10.

1, 400

55

. 5lj

. 57

86.9 ~ 953 1,178 1 ,100

731 83 ,1 45

. 696 : 79'8 127,142 95,605

. . . . ~q ~~ Pot.::.to e s , Irish bu.

Pot c.to c s, s,,.e "t bll.

Cotton

.ba l e s 1,307 238

Perum.ts (for picking

1,1581' and threshing). lb.

. . Sorghum Syrup

g['.l.

Sugar Cane Sy rup. gal.

?00

12 21

~

55 14<1 .

. Pea rs, tot a l crop bu.

. Pec11n s 0 ~~j ____ _

-- -

79 85 24:6
695 59
185
--

64 I "~ 1, 559

82 286

I 7, 284
I. 964

710 1589 , 9 38

.l:;r 60

. 1,037

190

379

- ----- 25,577

1,422 1,,02'4

I 6 ,545 I 651

5, ,3 30
?eo

I ?81 ,180 822 ,180

94t~ I

720

4~. 070

3 , 99C'

.:385

385

27,':685 41,760

-

D. L. FLOYD
i\.sri cuJ. tural St t'1.t i s ti cian In Cha r ge

HARRY A. lffli':ffl .A.griculturHl Sta.t i stici a n

r ' ..

UNITED ST.t1.T3S - G:S.:TE~.:J. CP.OP R~PORT .AS OF NOY:~r-J3ER 1, 1948

:Ho.rv7~ ~{ ~f the gr e.e t~s.t, outt urn of f a rm . crops i~ the hist<?ty: of:_. our country procee9,-
ed r apidly to11rard comp l e ti on during.. October und,er virtur.ll~ id:o'al conditions ..: _The_

qunli t y of late-mo.t uring cro-p.s in c;lso o'i.ttstn.nding, due to the prolonged c ro1vi!1g

senson and ~x2ellent .conditions fot .maturing crop-s. Yields of roost l a te-grou injj, .

a '
'

cr .

.o.p

s

i

m. p

rove

d

.

over ~

o'.cto b e r

1
~

forecasts,
... .~

as

h1"..rve sting
'

l.osses.. ~v ere

at

minimum . .

.Fall s~e dings, p~rticU:lnrly of ~,<rhe r,t, -vre re r etarded and in so ne s e ctions j 6op n~dized
.by the l nck of rainfcll nnd soil moisture which wr.s so favora ble for mnt~r e_d' crops .3\ Dcspi te -del 2.y s bec~'-us 'e of difficulty i n soi'l prepo.r n.tion nnd dry se edbeds, seeding _)

'.i n t .ent.ion.s w:e r .o. nen.rly r ealized by NciYember 1, Opera tions were continuing in NoY-.

enber <'..S rains i!IIi)r(IVed CO nd.i tions for: seeding and f f-.11 gro\,rthe .

.'. .

CORN: A r e cord corn crop is no1r n ssured. Totnl production for 19 48 is estimr t e d ..ht, 3, .650' million bush els, nn i nc re F'.SO of 82 million bushels <) Ver~ the .0ctop er
1 e stimnt e . This prospective crop is about l f times the r e l ntively srn['.ll ~rop of
19 <,;,7 and excee ds the previous production r "' cOrt. cs t nblished in 1946 b y r-tbout 12 per
c ento P ::oduction ex ceeded. 3 billion bushels during the \m.r y e2.rs of 19 42 o..nd 1944 nnd.. n{~n.i n in .19 46. , but this is the first .y e r:.r it h n.s r anched th e 3~1~' b i llion mnrk.

RICE: \'li th 'tho bulk of the rice crop hl"r~rested, p n.rticulr..rl;;r in the Southern nr ef1.1 'n n mr r e cord production of over 80 J111lion bushels is notiT ind.ic<'.t e d. !L.".r '\rest-
ing returns support higher yields p er ncre th~:m ,.,e re fo,rec<".st en.rli or in AI'knn s r'.s o.nd Louisi n.nn. On A. r e cord r..crea{;e this y on.r, the :ri e ld is '::6.5 bushe ls p e r ncre,
conpar ed \~Ti th ~~7. 3 l f'..s t y enr r-.nd the 19:37- ~6 r..verr..go ot 46.9 bushels per ncre.

SOY.BE...NS: Pro spects f o r s oyb er..ris i nprovod during Oct ober, n ssuring r-. record crop. Ho veober l prospe cts i n dicr.te n cro:p of 210, : 7510QO . bus hc ls, nbout. .2 per
cent i>.bove the Octob er. 1 outl ook. This tok.l is 5 p e r ,cent . lmo:ger -thnn the pr ev.ious rec6'rc3. crop of 201 ' million bushe ls pro duc e d in 19-16, 16 p er cent -r..bove the 181 milli on bushels produced in 19<2:7 t"..nd 56 p er cent r-.bove the 1937-~'1:6 ~~e rnge pro dt?-cti on.

P:i.~J!TTJTS: Pe n.nut proda cti on fr on the r'.cror>.ge f o r picki ng 0nd. thr eshinr.; is cs tino.t ed



n.t 2, 288 million pounds, n. r e cord hi gh t otr;l. T~1is is 5 p er cent l nr ger

thh.n l c..~ t yenr 1 s cl;"op of 2,18 8 milli "l n pounds rtnd 9 per cent l n.r ge r th<1.n tl;le 19 13-~7
aver n.ge of 2,105 n illi on pbunc;ls. Fro du cti rm h['.s b een nbove the 2-billi on pound J:'!P.rk

each yef'..r since l9 :.C. . Chcmges fron n n onth ngo nr o n ino r, \..ri th increr'..se s in th e

Virgini n-CD.r olinn n.r en. slightly no r o thr.n of :"' s ot b y l o\;re r t ot nls for the So uth-

western ['..re n..

PEO.JW: .. The 19',;8 p ec['.n cr op is now os tiJ;l n.tod <'.t 162, 72~, 000 p ounds , still :;~. r e co rd-

.

l11.r ge p r oduct i on but 7 mill i nn pounds l e ss t h11n t he Octob e r 1 f or o cns-t . The

es.tino.te is do.m 3 n illi on po1mds in Geo r g i n. c.nd 1:} n ill b n in Okln.h - nn. , p.\lt is up

n ec.rly hr".lf n r.lillion i n Fl oridn . The 1917 crop tot ['.l e d 118 , 639 ,000 p o unds r..nd the

lo-y e r~r r'.v e rng e is 109., 4 76,000 1)"luncls. -



,

'

..:~:.____ ~-- ---- -~~~-cRii<iE'.JTilluS!ilins.:..;W~l{~T~---~-ii"Ern~-- -:Pi{iiiTcTrmi~1'ii~ns---

Cor. n~ CROP
Wheat, Oats,
Bye,

[Harv.l~~~~o~~..!!~~!.l948 j

bu. bu. bu.

87341,198861
38,648 !

85,497 71 1 502 40, 970

1

bu. 2,022

2,187

1
1

offf1947_!g47

101.8- 28,6

96.4

18.4

100.0

31'.5

108.2 1 12,8

'

I

~_di~..!l!f.1
.42.7

.I2. J,4.~0'0Z.,-9~52!IGn~<l.6j.49..,!!5!1L0U48

. 18.0 11 3641 91911,283;770

' 36,4 1,215, 97() ' 1 1492,9-57

12,2

25,9771 26,664

I Hay, (All)
Tobacco (All)

ton 751 291 1bs. 1,845

73,624 1,536

1
.

97.8 83,2

1.36 1142

1 ~191- . 3.5.

102 1 500 12 1 107,763

99 1094 1, 871,844

I Pot a toes,Irish bu,
Potatoes, Sweet, bu.

2,112 . 611

2 1 109 541

1

99.9 88,5

1 j

182 " 93.5

204 ,5

384 , 4071 431, 401

96.8 1 57,178

52, 409

I Cotton,

bales

Peanuts,for picking I

21 1 269 1 1

and. threshing- lb.J 3 1389

Apples,Commer,Crop,b .

1

23 1323 :3,340

109;7 90.6

267,3 646

~12.1

1

685

~



ll7 857

15,166

1~2 1871 985 2,2~!3~07. 5 2 113, 041 ' 90,288

Pea.c,he s,to.tal crqi?., ~ .-. i

Pears, total crop bu

1

!

l '
; .

_.

.tr'z:t//

82,603 35,312

,67, 46 7 26 i 190

~ecans

lb.

I

_ _ _Ll18 639 1 2 722

3} 1 Includes some quantities not harve s ted,



After J!'ive Days Re turn to

United Stat e s Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Agricul tUI!al Economics

319 E~tension Bui,lding

. Athens, Georgi n

OFFIC!l.L BUS I NESS

Form BAE-Ail/48=3599



Permit No. 1001

Pen a lty for private use to avoid

r I

payment of poste~e $300,

'i ~s. ~

~ . .. ~es~ , ~

;o llea ~ of g r i .,

c .

. t h ns , Ga.

.ar ' an ,

/

.r,

UNITED !'.> TATE.~ DE:PARTM E.NT OF AGR I C.. U L-T-tJ RE.
&rojJ

GEO. RG IA

8UR.E.AU OF

,

AGR.ICUI..IUR A.L

E.C.ONCMIC5

. c~

UllllvE.R.SITY OF (it.O"-GIA t,OLI..~GE. OP AGR.IGUI..TIJRt.

1.theris ,

Geo r g ia.

IJ overrJJe r, 1948 sf>' ~ { p.J

GEORGI A TY?E 14 TOBACCO : HARVJ:STED P.CREAJE , YIEW .AND Frt.ODUCTI 01;

( The e s timates a re based on the 1e.test e.v.r.d. l e.b l e 'data )

Di stric t and
County

Ha r vested Ac reage

1944
Yield Pe r .P.c r e
Lbs .

P rodt1c tj on ( 000 Lbs .)

Harvested
I Acree.re

1945
Yie l d Fe r P..cre
Lb., .

Pr oduction ( 000 Lbs .)

DI STRICT III

Wilke s

5

400

2

Tota l

5

400

2

DISTRICT I V Mari on

5

400

2

Tot c..l

5

400

2

DI STRI CT V
B1e c k 1 e y Dodge Hous ton J ohnson Laur ens Hontgor:Je ry Pu1a.ski Te.1iofe rro Tr out l e n
1:~h0e l e r
( \'filk,inson
Total

5 1 65
5 100 225 1,1 30
5 5 960 610 5-
3, 215

800 921 600 8 60 618 714 400 400 680 7 67 1, 200
722

4 152
3 86 139 80 7
2 2 653 468 6
2, 322

5 300
5 95 295 1, 240
5
1, 275 790 10
4, 020

800
!? ~0
1, 600 93 7 0 53 902
1 , 200
930 87 2 500
91 6

4 29 7
8 89 28 1 1, 119
6
1, 186 689 5
3, 684

DIS!l'RI CT VI
Bulloch Bur k..e Cu.nd 1e r
Eff i n~he.m
Emanue l Jeffer son J enki ns Ri c.hmond
.. Scraven '1 ot u 1

4 , 520 5
2 ,7 90 125
1. 795 15 35 5 50
9, 310

Ol l

4 , 117

400

2

8 74

2, 438

72 8

91

793

1_, 424

73;5

11

543

19

100

2

840

42

8 72

8. , .l<:t-6

5, 035

92 1

4, 639

15

f..()()

9.

2, 890

980

. 2_, 832.

170

882

150

2, 260

978

2, 2 10 .

10

700

7

11 5

983

113

10 .

BOO

8

95

84 2

86.

10 I 600

91.1:8

10 , 048

GEOHGIA TYPE 14 TO I3.P..CCO: f...,':.HV.BSTE;D J.C?.B... GE , Y E:. LO i ,i'J) p:qoDFCTJ ON ( Tho e stimato s a r e b h s e d on the l~t o s t ov ~ i1 Rb1 e d ~t ~ )

.. . 1 944

-

..

..

..

. ,.

1945'

Distri.e,t . ' n.ri d County
'
DJ' STRI C'f VII
Bt?.k Gr Dec c.tur .. Dou2:h. e rty . .:: Gr r..dy Leo !'lti11 o r
F i. tchc ll ;s -t;cwnr t
Thome s

Yie l d

Ho.rve. stod Per !..e r e

l..c r cf.'.EEi

Lb s .

..

'
is ...
_" ,360
"10 .
1, 520

533

..

869
76o

920

5 2, ~80
5 1, 980

800 98 7 .800 . 98 7

Production ( 000 Lbs ,)

Yi8ld .

- lt8iv e sta d Pe r Lcro

.J\c r coic

Lb s.

Pr od11ct ion ( 0 00 Lbs .)

J

~

' 8 . 313
7

..

... ...

15
. 350

:..

20

667 .,...... . 780 800

.. -
io .. .
273 .. 16

1, 399

l, 670 .

8 ~5

1, 494

5

1, 200

G

t

.5

40 0

2

2, 940 4:

3, 380 .

783

.5

800

2 1

6L_!: 5

1

1, 954

2 , 2 fi.l

88 6

1 J 9 13

1'o to.l

6, 875

9 64

e, 629

7, 700

837

6, 44 3

DISTRICT VIII
Ltkinson Be n Hill Be rr i e n B.ro oks c h nc h c of f' co ccilquitt Cook Cri sp Echols Irwin J e f f De.vis Loni c r Lowndo s Tc lf c.ir Tift Turno r Wilc ox Worth
Tot n1

1, 790 1,1 35 5, 825 3, 210
3 20 6, 220 8 , 070 4 , 060
25 4 90 2, 965 2 , 690 1, 905 5, 610 350 3, 945 1 50 170 2, 290
5 11220

1,155 l 10ll 1, 036 1, 0 10
9 97 1,0 19 1, 07 6 1, 053 1, 520
920 9% 1:, 0 '70 1, 00 6 98 3 797 1, 0 65 88 7 688 931
.
1, 0 29

2 , 0 68 1, 148 6; 033 3, 242
319 6, 340 8 , 68 7 4 , 27 6
38 /:0 51 2, 953 2, 8 77 1, 917 5, 512 27 9 1 , 20 3 133 . 117
2, 133
52 , '1 2 6

D I ST~ J CT IX
App ling Bc con Br a ntl e y Br yo.n Chr, r l t on Chctho.m Ev ens Libe rty Long Pi c r eo Tecttn o 11 Toombs Wr, r o Wo.y n o

3 , 1 30
2 , 8 ,~ 5

1, 215

260

215

'

1,

20 395

50

250 .. . 4 ;, 58 5

4, 250

2, 630

2,230

1, 965

92S: 1, 0 16
933 83 5 805 8 50 937 8.20
74~
' '
98 0 8 54 8 13
S7~
860

3. 170 2 , C91 1, 134
217 173
17 1, 30 7
41 186 4 , 528 3 , 628 2, 138 2, 173 1, 690

Tot o.1

25_, 340

919

2 3, .2 S3

St c.tc Tot a.1s

96, 000

970

93 ,120

D. L. FLOYD Ag r icu 1t u r r 1 S~ntisticirn , I n Churg e

1, 8 30

1, 197

2, 191

1, 380

1, 0 54

1, 1;;54

5 , ()10

1, 104

E, 559

3, 5 60

9 58

3 , 1 10

3 20

1, 0 16

325

6, 380

1, 088

6, 939

8 , 300

1, 0 06

8 , 353

.j; , 250

987

1, 195

35

1, 22 9

't3

510

8 78

11;.8

3, 280

1, 0 7 9

3, 538

'I

2j 800

1,1 61

3, 251

1, 91;0

1, 0 40

2, 0 17

5 , 620

~)0 9

5, 111

540

915

4~4

4 , 130

1, 0 19

1, 20 7

235

9 66

227

220

827

18 2

2, 630

912

2, 39?

\

53, 900

1, 0 27

55, 343

)

3 , 650 2, 9 0 1 , 250
28 5 215
15 1 , 5~0
75 3 65 LJ,, 60 5 -1 , 610 3, 010 2, 070 2 ~ l<t0

1, 080 1, 227 l , Oltr
916 9 58 733 933 733 8 27 l , ll1 983
1 , 4~ 1
1 , 120 9 98

3, 951

3 , 63 3

1. , 2 68

2 61

206

ll

1 , 4 18
.. . . 55

:

30 2

.. 5 ,11' <

4 , 532 ,_:, , 33'6

2, 319
:.2; 136

2 6, 780 103, 000

1,103 1, 020

29, 51 2
1o s , o eo

J,RCHi l<.; L_NGUY 1 grie u 1tur n 1 st ~tist i ci ~n



Athens, Georgia

November, 1948

' Qistrict and
C' ounty
DISTRICT IV
T~ylor .
.'
'Total
DISTRJ'CT V
Bieckley Dodge H'ouston JQhnson
L~urens
Mqntgoinory Pt!laski Tt;eutlen
W~shinf!ton
Wqee 1o r
Wil~ inson

GEORGIA TOBACC O: HLRVES T:S:Q. AC REAG.S , YIElD Pfi.TD PRODUCTION

(~he est imafes are based :b n the latest available date.)

\
' l946

.t ; 1947

Harvested ~ere age

..'
Yield ~er Acre
Lbs,

Production (000 Lbs.)

Harvested :Ac;ee.ge

Yield

Per Acre Production .

Lbs.

( 000 Lbs.)

'

'

;

5

600

' .

5 t 600

405 . 993

135

793

410

824

1,385

SOl

;

1, 545
5
800 5

913 400
..'. 1,022 800

3 ..
3 ; '
402
107 338 1,248
1,411 2
818 4

' ;.

5

600

5
.. ,



5

430

10

95

355

1,075

10

' 1,400

10

765

'

15

600
.
'
600 1,000
700 821 882 959 900 865 700 1,050 533

3
3
3. . 430
7 78 313 1,031
9 1,211
7 803
8

Total

' 4, 690

923

4,330

4,170

935

3,900

DISTRICT VI

Bulloch
( Burke
Ca~dl e r
Effinp..:ham Em&.nuel
J efferson J enkins Richmond Soreve n Warren

5,600 1, 102

6,170

. 30 3,235

333 1,076

10 3,481

215'

828

178

2,885'

949

2,737

t

15

53 3 '

8

215' . . '

. 930

'

200

170

794

135

.

Total
DISTRICT VII
Baker Dec a tur Dougherty Early . Grady Lee Mille r Mitche ll S t ewa r t Thomas

12,365 .
10 375
15 5
1,550 10 10
3,360 10
1, 915

1,045
'
700 704 667 800 865 900 400 762 700 1,001 I

12, 919
7 264
10 4
1,341 9 4
2,560 7
1, 917

5,080 15 .

2,970

225

2, 730.

.

25

150

10 .

12&

5

.

ll,335

1,050 400 988 680 685 440 713 400 720 600
927

15 335
15 5
1,430 5
10 2, 900
5 2,085

867 687 800 800 934 1,ooo 400 1,014 400 1,139

:
5,334 6
2,933 1.53
1,871 1l 107 4 90 3
10 I 512
13 230
12 4
1,335 5 4
2, 940 2
2,374

Toto.l

7,260

843

6,123

6,805

1,017

6,919

.. :.

.. . .. ~ : . ~ \

._,I ' ' .... ~

~

' 'I>

4

'

.~ .... ' ... . . . ... ' ~ ~ ~~ -~-- . .. .. .. . "'' :t'..:

..: . . ~-"

GEORGIA" ro:Bt:-cco: ru~Rvt sien .J..CRE;.u:Gz , YIELD -~L1m PRODUCTI O~

. '





'
:

'
. .

.
:.

:~ ~
(The e stim~ te s a r e .ba sed on -the lcto st ti.vnil a.ble d&tn)

. .

.. '

.

.19 ,16 ''

.. ..... \ 'o . '

. .. 1947 .

.

..

.; . ~istrict

I . nnd

;

County ' . .

,. ;... ..

...

- . H.ttrv.es t od J, c r o a.go

Yi9 1d

_-

Per . Lb

.Aero s.





Prod uction

fqoo. .-

L

bs .,

.

)

.....
0'

.

. . ~....

.. .

Hnrv o stcd l:.crongo
. ... . .

Yie ld Pe r Jere
Los

Production (000 Lbs.)

DISTRICT VIII

.

_tnt.
~ 00

~
Atkinson

1,8 40 1,377

2,534

1,990

1, 511

3,0~7 .

0 0

~on Hill Borri on Erooks

11 Z85 5,850 . 3,090

1,080
1, 11?
999

1, 496 _6, 530 3,088

1,345
.. 6,590
3,330

1,193 1,_9.05 1,200

1, 00 4 8, 483 4,195

Qlinoh

300 1,150

345

385

1,338

515

Coffee Colquitt

6, 665 1,234 8, 400 . 1,082

8~22 4
9,0 93

6, 775 8,770

1,304 1,326

8,836 11,627

,.

Cook
qrisi? D.ooly
~ cho1s

4~205 ' 1,078

4,531

35 1,057

;

37

'

5

800

4

49 5

952

471

4, 690 45 10
540

1,333 1,0 67
70 0 1, 093

6, 250 48 7 590

t ,rwin

3,385 1,063

3,597

3, 400

1, 255

4,268- "

J e ff Dr.vis

2, 980 1,254

3,738

3.055

1, 310

4 ,014

Lnni c r

1,920 1, 226

2,353

2, 150

1,379

2, 965

Lor\ldo s

5,115

9 50

4,8 61

5, 88 5

1,138

6, 698

Te lfa ir Tift

605 3, 90

936 1,0 73

5 66 4,251

700 4,380

1,0 63
1~2 3 9

744 5, 429 ..

Turner

215

837

180

250

1,11 6

279

'Wilcox
W,orth
I

240

78 8

2, 610

937

189 2, 44 6

210 2, 505

910 1,1 50

191 2,882

~

Total

53,300 . 1:,.098

58,534

5 6,925

1,27 6

0
72, 632

DISTRICT IX

Appling

Bc.con

Br r.ntley

B r y c. n

Chr,rlton

Chc.th c.m

Ev ns

Liberty

Long

Pierce

Tnttnn ll

Toombs



Wr.re

Wc.yne

3,655 3,225 1,180
330 255
15 1, 675
85 425 4 ,580 5,035 2,8 4 5 2,110 1,9 65

1,056 1,216
9 32 1,0 76
7 61 BOO 1,002 941 755 9 29 1, 0 33 967
1,~ 8
90 1

3 ,6 00 3, 921 '1, 100
3 55 194 . 12 1, 678
80 321 4,254 5, 202 2,'151 . 2, 317 1, ~71

3,7 65 3,2 95 1, 415
350 240
20 1,4 60
85 .330 4, 895 4; 755 2,635 2,340 2,175

1,14 5 1,335 1,229 1,054
9 54 , 600
1,004 894 90 6
1;328 1, 073
8 63 1,342
1~ 092

4, 312"

4, 398

1,739

3 69; 22 9



12

1, 466 76 ' ...
2 9~.
I 6, 50 2 ,
5, 10. 3_;, ". : 2,273 3, 140 .

2, 37.6

Tot n1

271380 1,016

27, 816

271760

1,1 63

32, _2.94

STii. TE TOTALS 10 5,000 1,04 5

10 9,725

107 ,ooo

1,180 12 6,260

D. L. FLOYD
Agricu1tur d Stt" ti stici o.n In Chc. rge

1 RCHIE lJ,NGLEY Ag r i c u1turn 1 Stnt i st icio.n

' .

UNITED !HATE..~ DEPARTMENT OF AGRIC.UL.T\JRE.
ero;t;

8UR.E.AU OF AGR..ICULTUR AL
G Eo~G I A f..C.ONOMIC5
. cJ~

U~tVRS 1TY OF GtOI'.GtA C.OLS.Ii.QE 01' AvFI.ICOI;ILTUR~

.A.thens, Georgia

GEORG~- Nl'VEM:BER 1 Ct~i'TON REP(,RT

November 8, 1949

A Georgia cotton crop of 780,000 \ales (500pounds gross weight) was indicated on November 1, according to ~nformation gathered by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service of the United States Department o! Agriculture. This prospective production, urrchanged from that of the O~ tober 1 rep~rt, : is 20 per cent above the 1947 crop of 651,000 bales .but is 10 per cent below the 10 year average of 864,000 bales due to current ' acreage being so much less than the average acreage.

The forecasted lint y ield per acre r,f 286 pounds is next to the record high of_ 292 in 1944, is 16 per cent above the 246 of 1947 and 20 per cent more than the 10 y~ar
average ~f 238 pounds.

Weather during October was al:most ideal for picking and hrhile there are still some
white fi elds over the n~rthern part of the State, progres s in general is about up with usual. Picking is over in southern Georgia and about finished in the midState ar ea . : Prc'dn.ction f6r north-ern Georgia is expected. to !!!h<n.,r about 24 per cent above last year. the mid.~State area an increase of about 19 per cent and southern
ubout 15 per ' cent more.

Bureau of Census ginnings prior t o ~o vember 1 amounted to 602,000 running bales compared with 525,000 l~st year and -~26,000 t0 that date in 1916.

.iillCP.:IE Li>.bTGLE Y l~ricultural St a tistician

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultura+ St ntistician In Charge

GEORGIA HAP SHO'\nNG I1'D ICATED PRODUC~ION 1948 .Al!D FinAL PRODUC TION FlR 1947 AND 1946

1.

___._. --.. - No-n--C-ot--t-

~ o --
_

-

-7

1948-94,000 11994467--5766,,8008

n . - i 1948-103,000 {J

n.

( ~

1947- 83 , 000 (

.. . . .

ROViE

1946- 77,000 (

ELBER- )N

. "'\ 1948-71,0
AT~ 11~ 4l:~~: 8 {

1948 production indicated by crop prospects Uovember 1.
- STaTE -
1948 - 780,000 1947 - 65.1,000 1946- 557,000
Districts shown a r e Crop Reporting Di strict s and NOT Co ngres si onal Dir, trict s .

1948-101,000 1947- 95,000 19~(3.... 88,000

19 48.-147, 000

'
\ 0\LtrMBUS

~ 1947-121,000
~19 4&-105,000

\
\

I ~~ -
Vll.

VILll~vr

, ,~
~\,-~,_

.


1X. .

/

l9 ~~8-7i,OOO

'l~
J:.LB:1.NY\
ll99 4l~87--330l,to0o0o0 J

1199,1~76---6321 ., 000000

-\9 48-23,000
1199 ~176--2100,,000000

!'1~'J

l9 t16-21 , 000

I

2
j

--~ . V.:J.;XJST.ro

-l ,._ ..t- ~

..J

' :-

'

J : i'

~iJ
1 ~~ n
\uf'l
(' '--..)

- - 1 . _ _ - -- --

.

,,

.. .. : .
,;!,i..--.... ,... ;j. .'- .
. ,.,f! . ~ ':

..-. .:..~_;"
.....

.
l

. ,. r

' -

'i . ' :

. - . ... '

-

'

. ..

. . "', . ..' ....

.. . ...... .

~ , ..- \ I ~ , ,"'! ~ '

.:'.... . . . .

. . . ~:.

.' '

, .. .

;. :-

." '

. :.:: ... .

, ..
;

.

..
\

- ": tl: -'
,_

........) .

\
\, ..

. , ~ ~.' i ~
:.. ' . , . i~

l. . :

. ..

..: !

.. o.;. . ... ..

,

.

. . . .



U1TITED ST.ii:T:ElS ...:.. .COTTON R'ITIPORT AS OF !llOVEHJ3ER:_J., i9'48 .. .. ... - -

(;

~~::!.Che

Crop

~
Reporti'ng

~- .
Board

of

the

Bure a u

of

Agricultaral

Economics

nakes .,the

;f:olloW-

ing report from data furnished by cro:p corres-pondents, field stat).sticians, and cooperG~;ting State agencies. The fin o.l outturn of cotton compared '"'i th this fore-

ca st \Till depend Upon \<rhether t 'he variOUS influences affecting the Cr()p during t,h.e

remainder of the season are more or less favorable thp.n usual.



_

- - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - -.,---:--..:.. ...;.:;.,r-- - - - - --a...:-~--

: .ACRl!JAGE

LINT YIELD PER :PRQ:-JUCTION (I.HlUHHGS) lf ~ C3N$1JS

'

.FOR :

: iitillVESTED a CRE : 500 lb. gross ,.,t. bal e s : GLN!_i ~Na.:s

STATE-

Hn.R'VEST -.d- .ve- r.,:- : ----- In- di- o-- : - Av-er-- --- . -~.! 1- 94~8 -C- rol.'~ .) : - . ~.T-o ~. --

1948 : nge : 1947 : ated c>.ge : 1947 :Indica ted, Nov. 1,

'(Pro:LHi): 1937-:

: 1948 1937- : Crop : l\fov. 1 ; .. 1943.

. : :j,946 :

. :

: ::1.946 .

:



. .

: -T- ho- us- . -- .: ---- : ---- : ---- : T-h- eu- s.;:-T-h- ou- s.:--T- ho- us~ . , ~ : --~ Th- eu.- s. - :

-------: --- acres --: -L-b~-:--L-b.-:--Lb-. -:-b-nl-e s-:-b-cl-es-:------ bD.ies .: ---- bi=tles -

iiissouri

526

451 345

470

36p

31L . ;" 515

32;3.

Virginia.
rr. Oarrrlinn'

24

342

~69 : . -~:. ..4'40

725

. 3.55 ,335. ' .. ~57

24

18-

22

582

452

.:-. 690

9 453

s. Caroline.

1, 16'6

308 297

381

7.~3

651

925

. 700

G-eorgin :florida

..

~,307

238 -24 6

286

26

1!29 ':: 213

258

864

651

17

11

.' 7~0
... ! 4

~ 602
.. 8

~ennessee
Alnbnma.
Ii.i ssi ssil-')pi
Arkc,ns ns Louisir.nn

783 1,635 2,565 2,295
9 32

366 356 261- 298 321 . 320 337 298 265 292

423

537

520

367

971

931

~~51

1,700 1, 569

~29

1, 392 1,27~

386

588

505

690 l,.Z50 2,110 2,050
750

~ 78
980 1' 7<~5 1,316
660 -. . "'

Oklchomo.

-1,032 ' 165 1-11

163 .

566

330

350

2 <1: ~

Texns

8,998

170

1~8

171 . 2, 89 ~ 3,.-:r37

3,200

2,379

New NeXico

21<~

t189 570

550

118

179

2~5

137.

AI'izonn C:>.l i f o r n i n

2711

-'~ 2-1

.::97

5( 3

so.;.,

589 693

567

1.8.2. -
~ .:: '- '-.z

231 772

310 950

12'0 272 ':

Other St o.tes 31 17

. a-~: 35'0 .

~29

17

10

15

g.. i.

----- - ----------------------:--- ~ - -----
UNIT:l:D ST.t~T3S 23,323

25::.2 267.3 312.1 12, 011 11,857 1~5-,1-6-6.:...1.0.,.'- i3-3---;

- i f - ~;r:-3mt:-

-3-=-~-- 266- -395-- -388--- ~3o. 6 - -1:-2---: -2:-8- - : -::-- - -

-------------------------~~-~--------------
1./ .t:Ulo\'lnnces ronde for interst nte movement of se ed cotton for ginning.

gj Illinois, Ka ns ns , nnd Kentucky.

';2} Included in State rmd Unit ed Str'.tes totds. Gro\m princi:;Jr'-lly in Arizonn.,
Nmof Hexico, f'.nd Texr.s.
ORO? RBPORTING :SO. ~RD ...'.
. . . ...

, ...

.c'ut er five days r e turn to Unit ed St <>.t e s De:pnrtment of .ngrieult ur e
Bur er .t of .ngricul turr.l 3cono mics 319 :Jxtensio11 .:B~i ldi ng
)_ .t,thons, Georg i[>.
OFFICIAL BUSIN.SSS
Form B.A.'!TI-C-11/18-3776 Pend t 1Jo. 1001

Penalty f?r private use to avoiii . pi;_.Y!lle~t of pl"'::;tage i;)300

. ,.., . .. -~

is . : e l i e ,:. . R es 3 , w .... a r an ,

~a~ So l o~e of gri. ,

.e .

At ens , Ga.

>I

Athens._ Georgi~

GID:RGIA COMMERCIAL

.

.

TRUCK

CBOP

~y
.

..:

1948

AND

~947 , .~ :

!leoel!lber 1948
[~')

Production of commercial-ly grown truck erops, both for processing and fresh . market, in Geo,rgia

~uring 1948 was valued at !:if $1~l266,000 for 1947.

$lf, 726 1000, en ir.crease of $1,4601 000 over. th~ corresponding _valuation
This increase of 14 per cent in value. vras due to higher pric'os of

gcrta1n ~rop s r a ther than to increase in acreago. Harvested acreage f~r fresh market and process~

i:ng combined ,.16.s 84,720 compared .,..,ith 108,450 the your bef~rc. Vn1uc per ac-re of ::tl1 crops this

ycrrr was $138 .41 cempc.rcd ;,ri th the corresponding 1947 fl.gure of $94,66,

Watermelons led nl1 crop V".lucs vrith. $4,400~000, follo we d in order by the next five crepsJ c nbbnge

~ 1,426,000; . tomatocs $1,346,000; pimiento pepper $_660 ,000. On ::. vcluo per n.crc. .bnsis 1vttuoe led

~$r1i,t2h52$41 0230o05; 3

snap foll

bean o'lre d

s b

$844 y on

, i

000 ons

~nd c ~t a1oups with $272.73

~d toma to e s tri, tb t363,92~



.

. I .9i. ~EOBGIA .ANNU/1.1 SUMMARY Of COMMERCIAL TRUCK CR)P STATISTICS - 1948 'iiiTH COMPl.BisC:ms

Crop

.:

. I

Ye,9.t'__~BA:I'cYree~ajg-~ec!;l ~eY~i.e~ld-r-~..

__ -

Q"~~_lrQ_9-.._.ucj..;j.._0_n..19~-!

.__;~j.;.F.eYr~_uT.Jnei~;_J

.

..~..al~eQs~ ~l

.

_1f-e~V_a_Mlu+e!:! _

Beans,Lima

: 1948 1\ 1,200 1 55

Bushel

66,000 1$ 3.20~ 211,000 $175.83

For Market . 1 1947 _ 11 400 ,

+ ! Beons, Sna:p

1948

I For Market, s.G4 1947

2,100
3,000 i.

60
48 55

r I (32 Ibs.) ' 84,000 1
I Bushel ., 101,000
(30 Ibs,) 165,000 I

2,95 , 248,000

177.14

1 "3.00 ; 303 ~000 144.29

1.65 [ 272,000

. 90;.67

1- J Boons, Snnp
For Mnrkct,

ll.~1

1948
194?

~,20,00000

j

102
104_

I

(3B0u~shel _}_+I_220084,,000000

_

2~65
j__l_~~

~,.~ .

3534~1,~00~0--

_

2167_0~ ..5500_

_ _

J 1948 6,200 .

4.5 I Ton

I ! . i 27,,900

48.20 1,2151000 ] 195 .97

!::::--- j---::; Cabbage,

-~~ s_.G-+-:::: ::::

r~~:.~:~J.) ~:=-~-~;~:! [ 1;;:~=--t.

~~bb ag~!_____ ___ 1947 _---- ~50__!.____ ~~1(~9-~~-~~~) ----~--~.9Q--+- 6..!_~?.0-i- ?.~3_,_0QQ 29~.9 _.

I Coo~n1o~ps_____ _1199448~jl__ 3~!1.2~0~0~ -!';---.7.?5.~..

1

J_'j1boo

-C~r-~ajt ~--2~~120LQ,0_O0Q0..tj

- - -2~a!7505

j t

-

660,000 _483&00.

_

_,_

_.210162.~235.-

---

:;;-r- :: t ... I !1_ Cucumbers

1/1

For Market ,Ear

1199448~1-~~9o0o0-~--~67 --1~-~l;8lush:eu;l~~"L

'

_.~6oo0,,0.~0oo0._..i _

_2!..,8~0o+1j-- !18608_!,.0~0~0~-112806..6DO7 _

\FCo:u:c_u~~bckrsct,_ t,t1'o/1~1:94:8- ~ 700 1

40

I B~:u!sthe~l~l

~
-

~2:8.,-0~0~0t

~I -1~:,8:0~

tI ~

~00:,00:0-il1

:~7:1:.4:3:

_ lettuce, ---+ ~:: t--~~+ 1:~ -~ <:;;::' __;:::~~::~J1t.....~::~: I ::::::

Onions,

1 1917 L-~~--f--120--+ (50 Lb_~_L _1~~!.9~--- -~ --~~~~- "' _1'~~, 0~:- :l -~~_3.~23___

:--t + - ~~~~:\ri~ Pens! English ~~:1948 I~-;-;:~+I - I B~u:s~he'l!) , ~-i~~---1~ -{~- ~ ~- 1~:~~ ... .- I i~-~.::

I ~190.00 _ South -~~:-~~::_ 1917 ._ _:_,aoo '- 125 ! (6~-~s~l-~~5 1 000 --~-= 6~J . ~-360~-~oo __' z~o.q~

Pot n.toes, Irish j 1948 I 1,500

100 ! Bushel

1 150,000 . . 1.90 I' 285,000

North Georgia

1917

1 1600 '

110 I (60 Ibs.)

176,000 1,85 326,090 1::203.75

;

.

.

-j~;a=e' : ~~~~ ' ~;5gg
- --- - --- - t-194s hO,Ooo

-j' ~-~*~-5---!-

~5--~h~-~s.) -11 1ii~o~o:ag~oggoa+I c~o~~:o~o8

4i:, ~4~D~D;~gogcgo~i--- ~i~~~o:.~o~a

.

~P:e_p!pe~r~s~. ~P:irn;tgient

11~94~8-~; ~1~40,~0o0o

, ,

-1-=.~2~s~1 - ~-~T~o-n-~:.~) +1 1157~,~8.?n0 8-----~7-o~,- ~oo

1

,

252,ooo 941.000

___

1
_____

:8~7.

.~5~-5~

-

4,5001 1I I ~Cou~cuimcbkelrse

---t-):l9_4~87

;
1

6, 000 .! __-6=-0:__1i_~ BushLebls~}___1 2357~0~,0-000~0--

t t 1~4sl 'ICTAL
MfJVE croPs

~947

84,720 11'J8,450

,

i
1

I



!

2,35 1.30

~;

634, 000
1~~1,~47262606~,,-00~00~00

--

,..~..1..?460~.8~79 Li 1~3~8~.4~1~

_
--.

.

]J Ibes not include acreage, ,production, .ond vn1ue of cu~bers for . pickles.
3/ Wntor~e1on price per 1, ~0 melons .
-~ No estin~tc made for 1948 . ~ :1

..,
D .L. FlOYD Agricult\U' n.1 Stntistician, In Charge

L. H . HliRF.'IS, JR. . Truck Crop Estima tor

. ,

.~ i

..{'

.

.:
.

!
'

... .. . . ..

..

. '.

~ : ...

i : ~
. .... .. ' .

.;. 1~: a te :rme l'o_ns .
t ' l o

.,

.'
.. .

I A f

.,......

. .

-

.... . . .
' .:

. .

, .

. . ..1

I

..

....

...,

, .

.

I
I
) :

''
"'....

... :

. "-.....-....

\

_ . ......... .. /

t

- ~ ....:.-.~ .- ----...' :I.-..---- . -

... - "''
.

I'

1/

.. .. . .. .

/. _

..... /

/

' ,. /

.. / / . , .

- . .

VALUE BY CROPS .,

.. ., ~ .. ' .: ; ._.;. _..

... . t' ...

. ,

. . .
....

11. 5%

. .,

. ,

'1

,

_ ..

. /

1\ \ :

/

. .. .

' ...:...
'
, ..

UNITED :HATE.~
u'- DEPARTMENT . OF
AGI\ Ic. T-u RE.
&ro;b
UNIVERSITY Of' (i0"GIA C.OLI-tOE. OF AGNGULTliRt.

Athens, (}orgia

GEORGIA .. DECEMBER l COTTON REPORT

Deoember 81 <19.413'

Georgia has produced a 1948 cotton orop of about 70,000 bales (500 pounds gross

weight) which is 17 ~er cent above the 651,000 bales of 1947, but 12 per ce~t below

t_he 10-yea.r avera.ge ~1937-1946) of 8641 000 bales.

:

:

~.

Of the estimated 11 3131 000 acres in cultivation July 1, 4 p.er. cent we.s:: ;_b~ndon~d, ;

:tea.ving 1~,308 1 000 acres for ho.rvest . This is 3 per cent abo\re. l n.st ye o.r b:ut: 25 pe~. :

qent less thctn -the 10-year avero.ge of 11 7471 000 o.cres . for--hr,rv:e.st.

-

::

D. L. FWYD-

...' .

Agriculturo.1 St:1tisticio.n, In Chr.rgo

I.
. .
: .....
, ..
\' r
\.~
ARCffiE LIJ~- GLEY

:.:.. .--: ."-7 ' .-. .. . : - .'~ ;~::.- ~':ru:.:,'~ ~ :~-~:--;:~-~..... ~r ~~~-~ -: _.~.,.~~~;::~

~; ,u;... _ _.. -



- : ~~--.:.~ ... ~.....

. .r.~:.........J.'' . I'



( :: .../.~~':.: :~;~~.:.:_:P,:~~~~~~1fj)}'y:j;~G-:AO.REA~E. MHLPRQ1'U'CTION OP' . C:OTTOlll' : n~.'GEORGIA :

. . . (P~;r~iad-. 1938-48 ii}cs.lus~ve Ef.'e.:'lim ' est:iin.ate for~194'B) .

.,, .

r ..
:f3' '...0

;... . .. :~ ~ .:...J

. \

. \

'

~ . -. \
. ...

t' .,.

: -

3
~


.:

.,..0,.

.

i
; .

i!.... _..._ ... _.,. 2.5

-~ .. ... .. :

~. .~~ . . .. .., ....__,.\..

- ... .

~: . . ..

-

' l(

..... - - . . . ,...... ;.~ ~

l }):::::!~::::j . PRODUCTION (000 omitted in figures)

'

"' \ I '

2. 5 ' '

. ;
t :.

.. .\

"'{ ' .

' ,
j.

''

I ' , ' :,!'

\ . . .. I :~ . :

:_ : ...' . ~
. .: ..:-Ji
2.-o ~L H -~ . H ... . ::J:l J:

. !

.;.

:. . :. .

....5 : - ."': ~- .

. f., .r ..

. l

. ...

.

0

;,

1938 1939 1 940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 l94q 1947 1948'

. COTTON IU:;PORT AS OF DEC Er.BER 1, 1948'

STATE

_ACREAGE. HAR_R~'OOL-,-1 LIN't YIELD PER ., . PROIUCTION (GI}WINGS)l/ ..:OENSUS c "":':

~~.veragef ~948
1937- 1947 (Dec.

1

.--~VE.~ED-~

fl.verage

1948

'

-~

l --isoV_o e- lb-.' rgarogses11~w-9t48~

~b'~s
,Crop

G!m~!_NGS


ro _

1946 -- -- -- - ---

~ .. - ~ - .119~3467-

1947

D Eesct.~l_;'

1937~
l94S _i:_

c1947.

,

Dec. 1 t.i.roa.te

December 1, 1948

Theus. Thous. Thous.

. t' t \' ..['hous. J'hous. Tl}pus. Theus.

~------- ...~!~... acre~ e:!'r _e_L . --~--"---"I=h ~- ....,.~, .-~ ~ ~!-~~- ~~e.~. I Ba:1es ':. ~-~.Q_s _ __

l Ussouri :Virginia
s.~ ... Caroline. Caroline. Georgie.

388
35 789
1,182
1~747

431 ' s2s 4'51 345 459-

;
23

;. . :. 24 ' :34;2 :r' .. ;3.s.g:r '480

647 _.., '. . 118" 355 335 454

1,050 1,130 308 297 ' ,377

1,270 1,308 ~38 ' 246 279

'

Florida

-

55

24

26 159 213 239

365 311 24 18
582 452 753 651 864 :651 '.\
17 11 '

505
24 680
8SO. . 760
13

396

17 .. : 600

.

.
.

.
.

-

?16 .691

' .. .., ...-. 8

Tepnessee Alabama. Mississippi

708 700 750 366 356 416
1,810 1,500 1, 620 46l .i:- 2~3 356 2,504 2,350 2,540 ..'~24 ! . : 326 444

537 520

650

:. 971 ' - 931 . 1,200

t,7Gq : i~5?~ 2,350

::. . 557 1,077 1,994

Ar'kanse.s
t;.
Louisiana

1,990 2,050 2,340 -~31 ~... '298 . 410 1,042 830 , 933 265.. 292 . 392

1,392 1;276 2,000

588 505

760

1,575 704

:

,Okle.hane. Texas New Mexico

11 616 1, ],20 1,030 165 . 141 172 8 1 061 8 1 350 ~ $ 1 .750.' 110 .. 198 176
116 lSI : - 213 48 9 570 :540

566 330 2,894 31 437
1~8 , . 179

370
31 200 240

336
:21 916 203

Arizona

208 225 274 . 424 497 559

1"82' 234

320

214

California

361 531 804 589 693 572

144 772

960

648

Otper Stntes2ll 20

14

17 " 4lt4 :- :35P 423

17 . -:1~ ~

15

10

' ~T~_D_S!_A!_E~ }-2l-6~1_2l_,~6_g_ :3..t.0Q.3 ~~~~ _&~1_.~3!J.~ r-1~1 1! _g~57 J!.~3.7_ --: _lb!6.?_ _

Amer.Egypt. 3 65.4 1.5 3.4 266 395 426

:30-G. ;,' -1-.2

3

3

y Allowance mnde for interstate movement of seed cot.t .op_ for ginning.

\.

y Illinois, Knnsus 1 nnd Kentucky. y Included in Stnte ond United Stotes ...Totnls . GroW? principally in Arizonn, New

Mexico, nnd Tex o.s

. ~ . :' .' i .:: ;--_ ... . (SEE OT!illR SIDE, FOit' GEORGii: REPORT)

.: .. i. ,:! . l (~

l

;'( .i - ~ ~~

f ; . - ~- '"! -.

1



Athe.n's";:.Georgia ' ~

.

.

.

~=._:_.~~.. .: ...

. ' ~EORGI!. 19,u8 C1 C}P V,.LUE PLACED A'}; C;4J9 1 301~000

December 22 _, l91+8.
..

Geor~i-~- _p:r:.oc1.t~c.t:Lo'n . of
a decr~ase of 4%. fr:Jm

.field hrops in 1.91ri.3 vras .valu~d at ~:, L~J9; 3011 OOOf
the previ(;>Us year; it still ranked third highest

While this was ~ .n the h:i.'$tOl:y ..

of th~ .St ate - the~all t;i.lne reeor.d of ;., )78 ; 000 ,000~beine r eached in '1 91 9. For the-.

ninth cqris.ec~tive yea r ,; peanuts 'shmmd an :l.ncreased . value and this scasun set a nmr

high..Siate recor.d ... beinG e:;;:ceede_d on;Ly by cottC'n. Yield per acre .of co:rn was aboie .

.111 previous y~ars while c()tton, tobacco and C'ats: m.acl.e next t o rec qr ~ yields . This

favorab~e outturn follovrecl a spring of exce ssi ve rc:~ :i:l'ls and yvas ...the result of unusuaJ.ly

favor;lb.-le. g.r owing s easo!1 weai:,7 cr ait~ecl ' by i nc rr:iased use of . tractor equipment for .

.

. preparc;tipn and' :cu.ltiva tion . - : . ~ . ... . .. . ~ . . .

. .

Fruit 'c. r..oD+ -s did. -n. o'\t f ::trs so nell . T;1e -peach crop was -::ut short by froe z co of l atter

Harcl; i~ . n,orthe:r:n t-t-nd central . area~ . ?.Qc<m"' set a re cor d c-rop :Jut quality of'm1t !>

was not up to; us11a1 for mos t va rietieo v.,-j_th a re sulting mm:::et glut and very poor prices ;. Total val\les , therefore, >'rere well lLnder last . y~a"G .

' .

, I

.

.

' ,

. .. .. .. .

f

: I

' '

I

'

'

.

Of the.. cash crop s ,. cotton le d Td.t h ::~-139 , 241 , 000 j~ or lint and s~ed ~ This vra_~,-e .ctr:.i n.--:

crease .~ .. 9% in_. ~?:l~e _from a 17% l a r ger cr0}J t han in 1 9 1.~.7 ... price of lint - bc~.ng- . . ' '

sligh~zy J:oT:-e r. <?>nq. pric e of s eed shoYd.ng a heavy r eduction . Pennut s r anl-;ed next -. :

vrith ::.~sU ;668 1 000 or a 7% gain in val ue , Geo r gia leads all states in produ:ctron: or

this ctfiiy.: T qb.in:~ c::o came next T."ith season. Thj.s <r8dU.:ction ua s due t o

v
a

~ l ue
23%

of cu

t

t.J! 7 in

,

644 acr

, e

000 age

1 a

a s

decrease of h% from . ia~ t .. ., pricc.s..:realiz.e d t his year

I.Bre . ccrr3'id8-r ably e.:hove-onc yeo.r a go. Truck cro:1 s r anked fo urth vd.th Vc~lue G-f .

:111, 2.58 ,.000. oi an N-lcrease of 1/r,~ over l?L~7, poaches and pecans folloY:e d .'::i.:tl-i_: ::t::~:-

spe ct:~ve.v:alu~s _-o:.t ._8 ~ 717 _,000 a_r:d - .5, 079,ooo .

. : '! .

. ' ,1

For _the:~ain foo.d apd fo od ~cr:Ops., Col>rn f cJ.l ..off sharj:)ly .in y2.Iue from 1947 bo'caus<r 'dr

much l cn:er pric es . Sovcr a l ,-o.f. thc other crol)S sl10ncd :-nor o or' J.es"' r duct:i.r.ms dti.0.._.

either to a decr:eas~' i L acrpag~. s_;r ir. pric e _, or ' botp.

<

.: .-:_ .

Value in. thousands of tho r espec t ive cro~ s in or der' of thc:\.r . r c::nk f ollo1.'is : (l} Coti:?.n . : . (lint ?EO. s e ed) ~~il3 9_, ~41 J .. Ur.P!!lCl.nu.ts ~?81~ , 668 J (3) Corn ::)73 , 773 ; (4) Toba c o . .. . \;47 , 6Lf~U .. (.5) Hay. (:;~:? , 341 ; : ~6) Qq.t~ :::, 1.5~ 101 ; ( 7) S'\ rco t potatocs ~? 11 , 339 ; \8 ) Tr:-1ck
Crops ~.,1~ , 2.5~ ; ( 9 ) ,Poacl:es : ~".B, 7_:L7 ; .. ~ 10 ) Vc:J-v.e t De ans '-.7, 2{>Lf ; ( 11)-Whoat ~.~6 1 565 ; _ .
(12) P9cans ~.:;.5~ 079 ; .. ( 13') S-ugar.C anc ~.,J , 420 ; (Uf ) C oY.~poc.s .;2, .58], _; (1)) Lospc do za ) 2, 04.5 ; ~ (16 ) IriE?h' Potat o o~ ::;, ?~ ~17 ; (17) s ~rghum Syr up ~;a , o)6 L (16) Sorghum.. J? orago .1980 ; (19) Soyboans -~:Jdi ; :{2DFPca_rs ~:.iL+2h ; '(21) Barley ~:) 19r;J (22) Hyc ::;1.56 , .

I

':

DI AG?c.Al l SIIO;JIHG :UI S'l'jll!~U_!.~L_S~t-r..'DF- '~1948 CHOP V: ~T)~~ Ill ?J~~;li T~l_gE OF TOTAL VALUE

. '
.

' ' . . ,:
, . . y ' . : ... .... .;

ARCHI E Li NGLEY Agricultural Statistician

.. .: ... ... : ..

-<>

/.

@
~:~

~:\~""c<~

/'

.

... l

..

_.,//
--____.~--~D. L. FLOYD Agricult ural Statiotician, In Charge

..

.. -; -~ . """'.....

. .. . .. .. ' ....,...~

r ~ 1' ..,... : ;' ) ! , ] ' .. .~: -.'

. 1.. . ..... : .,:.,.... ...

~ .- . .. __

' .,

~

~: ~~ :~ . 0

:~-. .. ~ . o'

.. ' 0 ... , ; , :

..

0

~

oh

' ;

0

, / 0 :

. : !. !....-/ ... . .
.\ '

fO: .j: ~

. .

. GEOR,GIA SlMMAF.Y OF CROP STATISTICS * - 1S48 .Al m 1947

}.< f. " , YEA~ ~~:~_)E ..~!~PE~R , PR{~~)ION ,;~i:6E TOTC_~9~~LUE Pe~Jck~e .

;~~b~~ (ba~.~s.) l i) . 1.948. .. 308:t. ~7~ .

700_:. : . . :3i3j: . . ll.8 940.- 90;93

Held ~n poundsf '1947

1
11 270

i?t(~~~:f.~~~~~~ ~ ~~:~ ~ ~ ~~ t.-- =-~ - :-..~ ~ -I-~1 ~ .:~:-~g~-~ -~.~~~~.~~r-=.~ T~:.;~ ~ .. .

------- - --------

~ 9rn., all . purp ~ses
t ; .:_('!:_u~h~l!)_ ~ _

_119~448l

~-

~3 1~107~3

1

246

651

327

106;374

83.76

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ ;:J______ _

_.!1_55.~50_. ___449~21 1.872~

1.50 _ ._21_0_

73#7.~3
_ ___9~Q3.!

~

. _

23.25 ]_0.!'_9.2,

~fheat 1 harvested
_ _(~_uE_h~l~):.: - --

1948 .. ..z-21
_1~42.- ~ ~4.



-

13.5 ..
.!4.!._0_ ~

--

~2~1 6928.4

-

-z.-20 ..

6 565

.:...2!.3!_-- - ~116_g_

29.71
-- ~2.!:.3! ...

)ats, .c h a rve:sted -. _(E_-ush~l~) _!... _

1948

528

r-1_g_4z_._ ._ . _4_!

I +

26.0
__~5~0 _ _ _

131 728
_:_1_1 l OQ

1.10
_ _1.!..02_

~

_

151 101: ._ _1_!,_g_2z_

28. 60 . __ ~6.!.7~

+__ ~a t 'harve sted

1 948

6 1 10.0

60 2.60

156

26.00 .

- .- -~u~h~lE)..:. ::... .- ;_1~42. _ --: .;_,... _

e!.o-: _____5! _ _;_2!_6~ ..... ____ .!_4~ ... _ ~4.:.l.Z,.

~ ~rl~y, harve sted )..948

5 1 2.0~0

100 1 .95

195

39.0.0

.' '(b1,1~hel$) . . 194 7

6

22.0

132 1.89

249

41.50

---- . -~~--r---~--~ ----~----------------~----

)otatoe s, Irish 1948

16

__ {.b~s.!!_e_!sl_ _ 1~42. ~ __1~

_

64 2_9_ _ _ _ _

1 l:_

11

024 !2~

1.~7
_ _1.!..82.

____

2,011 ~..5~

126.06 f- _1_!7!.:7_g_

'otatoes, Sweet __ {.b~s~e.!_s.l .....

_

1948 r-1~4,Z.

58 .... __7l_

85 __ ~5-

____

41 930
_1 Q5..,...

2. 30 _,2.!.1~

_

~

_;_

11 1 3 ~ 9
_1~_!_5..

~

'1'95. -50 _1~5~3. .

'abacco, all
-- iP.<?..UE.d~)---

1 948 , 82.9
1~41_- _.!_01!9

}1.1,1_7!0_7~--

. _

_!_92_6I,1_!9_49~.3 -. -

. 4 91
!.3~9-

. _ -

47 1 644 _ 4_g,! 9_

574.72
~ _4~8.!.7~

lay,- ~;tll (Incl.

19:18 11 400

57

799 19,20

;15 1 341

10 .96

1~e-an-ut- h-ay-) -ton- s-

r-1-94-7 - _1....3,-0-2 - - -

--5-1-

-- -

-6-6-9 -

-20-.2-0

- -.

-

- 1_3 ,_51-4

1- -

10.38
- - ..,..

:orghun Fore.ge

194-8

38

1. 30

49 20.oo

980

25, 79

__ it.<?..D:!)____ r-1~4l :f- __3~ -r _ _ llo_ __ .:. . _ 4_,._ l:_9!..09___ ,_ __ ~7! r- .:_ ~4!..9Z.

;o~ghum Syr~

1948

11 60

660 1. 60

11 056 . 96e00

__ i_G!_ll:_oE_sl _ _ 1~~1 ~ ~ ,.:,_1. ___5~ _____ ~4! __1.!..9.2. ____ l,_I9! _1_!2.!.1~ _

! ;ugaroane Syrup 1948 .. 20

180

31 600

. 95

3,420 17l,PO

__ i_G!_l_!oE_sl_ _ l_g_4z_ r- __2~ _l:_8~ _ ~ _ ..,.. 1 2_7.2_ __1!..42_ _ ~ __ ~1._9~ __2~9.!..0.Q_ _

:e o.nuts He.rve s ted 1 948 1,.125

710

'7 981 750

.106

84 1 668

75.26

- - - - - - E'o.r Nuts ( lbs. ) 2/ 1947
~ --------

1, 124

-- 69- 5 --~- 78- 11- 118-0 - -- .1- 01----'- 78 1-8 9-9 ---'7- 0.1-9

~ owpe a s Harve sted 1948

87

5.,5

4 78

~.<?._r_P~ a~ i_b~s.!_) 2/ l:_9~_7- ___ ~5- _.: __5~0- ____42_5_

5. 40 ~.l:_8_

.

_

_

21 581 _2L4_0

_

_

29.67 _2~.~9-

ioybe ans Ha rve st ed 1948

15

7.5

112 3, 90

4 37

29.13

~o_:: be~n~ {b~s!_)Y, 1 9~ 1 r- __1! _, _ _ 7_.'0 _ -. ..:_ __9~ __4.!..4_ ~ _:... __ _!31_ r- :_ ~1.!.2!

(.~ 1vetbean s ( a lone .:_ 2:_n,ie,ry_!:.)_ ~pE_s_

1948 1~42

511

8 90

227

~ _-:- ~3~ __ ~5.9_ _: ____ ~7~ _

32. oo ~2~0Q

____

~7,122_06_L1!

. 14.22 _l:_3~6!

L~ spedez a He rve st e 1948 73
f.o.! _e~d.J!bE.l_ 1..4_(~ ~ _6~

220 _1:_8.9_ _

'16, 100 .. _; __1l,,2_02_ _

~

,127 ~1..0_ _ _ _

!2,1 0~475~

~ _

28. 0 1.
~s.~8Q _

-ce a che s, tot a l

1948



21 8 12

3.10

81 717



E_r~d~c!i.<?._n_(~u~._2 1947 ~- .._ .-. . .'. ~ .~ - ----- _ 5 8,1_0 - - :1-. -60- - - .- - 8J _ 84-6 . ~ - ~-::.. .- -

?ears, total

1 94 8

38 5 1.10

424

r~duc_!i_n_(b uE.l.. 1~42_ __ .- _ r _______ .:_ ~8~ __1!..22_ _____ !63, ___ _

Pe c c.ns, tot ul

1 948

39 , 600

.128

51 079

E.r~d~c!_i~n_(l_b~l 1 947 ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2l1 .~8~ ~ _ .,_,21_3____ _?_,~5~ ___ _

Ccmme rci o.l Truck 1948 .

8:?.1

Ctrops ( exclud-i-ng 1947

10~0

Irish & Swe e tpoto.t6 ::s

~-------- --~~--

.. . ,

111 258

- I-

~ --:-:--- -

9,-l380-- ~



---------------~-----

..

'rQT!..L .ALL JI.BOVE

CROPS ( Excluding
ncr. pe o.nut ho.y & 1948
n~rein fruitl!l &'nuts 1947

7 ' 75~0 8, 0 57. 9

. 4 3 9, 301 : 457,597

t The 1948 price nnd v n lue fi g ures o. re prel:iminnry. Vo.1ue s e r e for the ma rketing .
' se '.son or crop yer.r o.nd should not b e confus e d with c :~. lend n r y eer inccme.
~De cemb e r prelnninury e stnnnte s for 1 9~8.
2/Cov e rs only ma.t ur e cro p ( r..orcnge n lone C'.nd interp1entod) h r rvo st e d for por nuts, - pe ns or bec.ns.

UNITED ~TATE.~ OE.PARTME.NT OF AGRICULTURE..
/c)~ G/.1 Vj/
UNIV.~SI'TV QF' C,F:.O"GIA COLL.0 OF AGFI.IC\,ILTU~t.

.Athens~ Georgia

DECEMBER 1948 FIG REPORT

December 23, 1948

GEORGIA' The 1948 estimated pig crop .for: Georgia was placed at 2,146,COO, or a decrease of 4 per cent from the 2,230000 produced . in . 1~47 and 2 per cent below the l~year average (1937~
=46) of 2,180,.000, Of the current fi~e 1,103,000 were from the spring pig crop :md 1,043,000 : were farr_ov{~~ during the last si:x months ._ofjhe year
~ cstim.~t~d :17.1 1000 sows f~r~~1cd during.thc. l.atter half of the year compared ~rith 178,000 during
! ._the same pq#od : ln.st yqar. Tota.l .nU!nber of so,rxs farrowing during the ycFJX was 358,000 compared - wi~ ~7?,000 in .1947. Rep_(irtod breeding intentions point to aQt;JU~ 187,000 sows to f FJXrov.r in the . ~rin_g ._ o~ 1949 or no . chon~~ .fr.om .t,ho noober f arrovnng last sp:dng.

.Acknowl?dgclilc.z;t .-is .hc~.cby . ma.Q.c : ~6 the Postr;msY,~rs and, Rur.al Mc~i. Onrriors of ~his Stntc
for . tlw.~r c.ss~st.::mce: m collcchng tho. bo.s~c mformn.hon from whJ.ch these cshma tcs
vrcre mrul.c. TliC fine spirit, of coopern.ticin shown by ne(U'ly s,ooo of their patrons who furnished repo-rts fqr _their in~HviQ.ui>.l f rtrms is.- nlso :n.pproci?:ted_. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,

UNITED STATE.st The l .5!48 .pig crop tt;)t rtl od 85,281,000 hc lld , ::m incrcfl.sc of about 1 per cent over

. . . .

l o:~t. yenr .tho Burcnu of Agricultu.rnl "Ecol).ordcs r eported tod :ty~ This incrc n.sc

r e sulted fron. a lnrger f :oll pig crop since tho spring crop was 3 per cent sM!ll lc:r then l a st year.

rpbc fo.~l pig crop of. :33l"995,000 bend ;IT[!.S ' 8 .:por oont lnrg'cr thnn last;Ycal'o. Nur!iqer of sows furrOW!"

1ng th:; .s fo.ll vras .5-pcr cent .larger. thrm 1....st fdl .nnd exceeded tho . intcl).t+ons +oportod l n.s t June .

by 5 per cent; }Tumb.cr o pi gs pcr.. littor of. 6.58 i s the b .rgest on r ecord for the f ....ll scn.son. '
.An. iilcrcnsc of 14 per Cent OVer. l"'.St spring is indicn.tcd" in .tho number of SO'ITS to f rrrow in the

spring :of .1949. The n\lr.\bcr of hogs .oV<:Jr 6 !"ouths old on .f;uns and r"llchcs on December 1 wr;.s l'lhou~

2 per cent sn'"!llcir.. than l n.st yorxr ...,. . no st.ly _because of t}fc s.n::-.lbr . spring pig crop. MD.rke tmgs

fro n thc spririg pig orophn.vc beini "no~c rn.pid thnn 1J.SUN. b'ut . n.bout n.s fn.st . ".S l n..st YC "'.I'

F~li Pig.' C~opJ . Th~ nlm~er of. pi~s s~.v~d . i~ tho :f fl.ll son.son of 1948 (;~d 1 to fuccnbcr ,1) is esti-

. : '.. ; . . mo,tcd to be :33,995,000 hcn.d Th is is 2,650,000 heM or 8 per .c~nt l ....rgs r thnn the

: 194:7. fall . ~;1g crop nnd. n.bou t .the s:111C as the 1937-46 aver age . The . l94B f ..,11 p~g crop xs the

:::l::n-gcs.t .sipcc_"l945 nnd t~o -~if~h - 1-prJ.I~is:( . i~ . the _- ~5 yenr s of r c cordo

...



:.

~uob.c.r of sQvts ..~ 8rrowip._~-~n "i:ilio:v.c . l94;7. . .Th~smmber .J,s

-

th.e 194~As c ,:1son. . .wn.s 5 3 per cent. .b()low the .

l1 913679~,04600avncnr

i n c rc"'.s o n.gc. The

of p

262 , 0 unber .

00 of

or 5 per ce~t sovrs f:;rrow1.ng

: '1;4-is " : f~l . i:.s .alsq. 5 pcl"r ~critf lnrgcr thon .~ndicated by f o.incrs' : .r c:po.rts on bre e ding inten tions a s

. sb,o-.~ m .tl:).c ~uno 194_8 P~-g Croll f(c_por-tl

. . . . . . . ."

.

.

l'0arlt Fig CropJ .". The.c~Mbined ~~ing rmd. fall pig<-c~op_ .of 1948 is es~i~".ted at 85,2Sl,OOO hco.d.
. . . . Thi~ i .s f.Ul. incre:J.sc of 1,134,000 heo.d or a.bout 1 per cent .over the ;1947 crop
~,~S1~1rt.lnigs :2Ip.Pt.e~~~t;cioonnst;..l:..c: is's~rtihc-;r:isn /threc;.p1o(r)..~:-syc_- 6i:.l~l' bn.rvccreodgic~. ir.ite~ii~ns . i~di. c. ~:~..t.c: 9, 0~6,000 sows to f rrrow in

.. . :.

the .sp;r.ing.of ) ,949, .t'n incre a se . of 14 per cent <1ho:vc l ct.st ycc:r . This would

,_be? per ccnt '.ohpvc the 10-ycar ~vr;:r 01gc ~d . the .l a.r,gest nti.nbcr of. ."spring fro.:ro vrings since 1941.

. .. . . . ... ;, D>L. FIOXtl: .... :..
l..gricultu_~f\* Sta'tisticinn, :i:h Chci-gc





JillCHIE LANGlEY .,.' } Agri~ultuml Sto.tisticim

:

. ,,,, ,- . .SOWS FAElrovVED"liND PiGs sAVED

GcorF,ir.:

SPRim (Dc ccnber 1 to June) .. : . '=. FALL :(Juno 1 to Dcccobcr 1)

: Sows

J..v. No . .Pigs : . ' Sows ; : .. Av . No.

Pigs

: Farrow"d :Pi gs pe r

Saved :Fru-rovred ';Pigs :' per

Saved

: (000) I I.ittcr

(000 ) : (000) ~ . Litter

( 000 )

lD-ycel' 1937-46 n.v .

205

1946

195

1947

197

1948

187

5.7

1,176

171

5.8

1,131

182

5.~

1,162

178

5.9

1,103

171

5,8

1,004

6.0

1, 092

6.0

1, 068

6.1

1,043

United. st ~.tcs 1D-ycn.r. 1937..46 o.v. 1946 19?17 .
l948

8,518 8, 109. 8,652 . .
7,-967 .

6 ,22
6. 46 6, 1 0. .6.41.

. 52,968 52;392 "
5?,802 . 51,286

5,341
4,713
4,907 . 5,169

6.35

33,954

'

6 . 48

30, 5<18

6 . 39

31,345

6. 58

33, 995

After :F'ivc Dn.ys Return to

Jni tcd Str.t c s Dcpnrtocnt of Agriculture

B\~C~ of 1\gricu!tur r.l Econo~ ics

319 Extensi on B~ilding

Athens, Gcorgi o.

. OFFICIAL BUSINESS

! ;

Foro BAE-M-12Z48- .4ls

For ni t No. 1001

Fen~ty for privn.tc usc to ~vo id paynent of post age $300.

..~ ~. ' . .. ..

D an Paul ff . Chapman

..

Athens, Ga.

Clark q~ -~

I .
-.....

. ....... ~. .
. ,

f . ."

. . . .~Jt

-~



, . . .(; . .... , . i ' ...

..

. , . .. ~...... #'IM:J~ . ~ h

1 . . .. .-:\.~ .,.,

".- .:'...r';-.:..d;..! .GEORGI A HOGS

~iagram Showing S ows~:-.fa.rrm,d.ng and Pigs Saveq. Annually in ' G. eo1gi'a' :~.

(Period 193.7-1948)

..

. .

: .

~8 00 .~

LZZJ . . .

Pi~s Saved

. ,

.. .. . o o o I o.o '' ~ ' t 0'
oI t oooo

.. .. . .. ... .,.. .~

...-l ' : . . ..

. .

.
. .

. .~ ' . ..'

. - 2800'

.. .........:. ; -.

' . . t ' .. . 'ooo' I o

. . ... ~ .:-~

..,,..,.-:-.-. .-..-+. .:.I :t :I :o :o .,

2400-:-

1 1' 0 ' t I

I 0' '

+

. . . . . . . ''I I 0 0 ' .0 '.'' ...o..o. .r:-:--:---..

:-:-:.>>>>: .<s-: <~~:< ''.~. ' .'.'.' .

.. .

'

. I

;"

. : .' .' , '.'.' , ' ,' , .. . ~ , :,!;' , \' , ,' ,' ,',! ,:' ,'.'.,

2~cio ~ ?1._:~::_:.;:. ~obo _ .

. -_. r....:.: :;::; :.:/'H:..:.-..-.>} .<.:r:;: i.-..::t':-

:-:-: :. :-: <:- :.:-:-:.: <<t
.. "' 'brl' ' ' ' ''' '. . ,. ' ' ~I

. <<<<<>: :;:::::::: :~ :- ;:.: :-:::>:~: >>>:>>>..<<>>>>.:.;-:-:<<<< ->~<<<<< >>~<-~:-:::.:1 ' ..

. . ...0.... ..
~

~.: . -~ rn.::t.'.:~..~- ~0 ~ ~" :.-~o.l rn. --~.~ ~o:.. . (I.Jj. J.-.. ... ...,...
.'. t- :. : < ., :. L0C.\ r,' l -: -:

,

o .,- , , ,

,-r:-:-: >r:: <. r'tl ',' rl '.'.' .'. C\J .'.,:,

~3

. .
. :.

.-.

C\,; ' ,' :-:-

,.... . ..
;..:; :: 1,.

r0v:\.

.:.. .::.

1..(\ : ...:..

' :

, l,

.. :

1..0 .._ :

:.

...

::

\.~ ..0

:..i .'

rio :,.. :. .'

:(._\:.: ...

n..

C\J :- -:.: ~ - J

, ,

I -



' >

'

C\J . :,' .',' C\J ... . .', C\J .' ;

''-
C\: -: :-:

(\J

' .'

:::-

..M~::t

:' ,
'.,'

.



- . .".(r.l.)l
I

[J) - : ~.

'd ,.
~
Ill
8oo-

.8
8

I :0::'~'!\',:0\:'f~'\~j(\j;~:;:t:: :,:!,\:i;L:,j *:t!!l~:;i1Jl~f\:,i![3i~;...Q

_.. . . i 937

l9JB 1939:

'

'

l9h0.~9L~J.:.. -' 194~~ .. ..i:943" ;1.944

i Y~5

1946 1947

.1948

. .. -

4

-

-

.
"



-





.

-. . . . .YE:ii.RS :

. ..... ... - ~ . .. ' ! -. ~ . .

SOlifS FiillROYJING AND PIGS SAVED Ji,J GEORGI A - SPRLl\IG AND FALL



!

. .... . ' '!. '

\ :..

: . (

P

e

r

i

o

d.:;i.9 . ~

J.

2

-

1

9

4

8

)

-r--- ..__

-

00173 ( OO'J L

PIG~ (000 )

'.
.. . .

.. ... l Year

: 5pring
. -

1932

:. t57

' 19.).} .. .. ... . -- ..165 ...

.: Fall
,,
117 120 ..

Total
.: :274 285

S ni~ing

'.

... . .

'

. '898

I

F;~ll

, '

f
. 663

I

. . . . 939 .... - ... - . . 666 ..

Total . .

1, 561 1, 605

-

1934 . i- 935 . ... .. -r

...;1J-4498 ; i.. ..

108. .. 119 :' ..

257 267

1936

16'7

149

316

M6

586. "
: ; ,I

8h2 - --; 924

(

' ,\ J
..

. 653 '
'.' 8 34:~

1, 392 1,495 ; 117.58 ',

193 7

175

130

)05

1, 010

762

J.,,772

1938

189

1939

216

162

.351

179

395

1,115 1, 210

9l ~o .: : .. 984 : .

. .2, 055:..
.. :2:; 1~!-~

..
..

1940

184 .

149 - 333

975

849

.. 1, 82}4

1941

184

170

351+

1, 067

969

2, 036

1942

215

1943

256

206

42 1

22 0

476

11 2L~ 7 1,485

1,215 1,276

2,1,.62 2,761

19L4

248

167

415

1,1+14

952

2,366

1945

191

172

363

1, 108

998

2, 106

946

195

182

377

1,131

1, 092

2, 22 3

1947

197

178

375

1,162

-1,068

2, 230

1948 :<

187

171

358

1_,103

1,043 ? () 2,146

-:<Prel i mina.ry