- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Georgia crop reporting service.
- Title:
- Georgia crop reporting service [1949-1950]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Publisher:
- Athens, GA : Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1950-12-28
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 1940/1941-1974.
Issued in various sections.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating.
Split into: Weekly hatchery; Georgia farm report; Farm labor; Monthly poultry summary; and: Livestock report, weekly hatchery. - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA A400.C7 P1 C7 1949-50
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bc7-b1949-h50-bfolio
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bc7-b1949-h50-bfolio
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
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J anua r y 19L!9
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FAHli. PRJ;CE REPORT AS OF' DECEIIBER 15, 19l.i8
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5fr.:;c~ cJ; f. ,;)_
The general level of Dece;~b er 15 pric es re:ccivod by f arme rs: showed
little change fr om the previous month but was som.ewhttt under tl1at 'of
me year- ago:. The all comn}ocl.i ty index of 248 :r.:f. the 1909-lLI ave:rage wafJ j us t one
;jint a~ove thai{ of November 15 and 18 point s :bel ow las t 'year ,
::the Dub groups, meat animals' showed a decline of l h points dur:ipg t he .month but
ost of oth er sub g roup~ offset this re duct i o n~
liTED S 'J~ATES : Prices received by f a rmer's in. mid.-December averaged the lowe st sinc;:e Febr\l.ary 19Lt.7, J.;he Bureau of Lg r:i.cultural LconouJ. ~s a nnounced
:Jday , The 3' point grop in the a ll corruilodity index f r om November lA'\ December was J.rge l y the re sult on l owe r pric es fo r egg s, mea t a n j.mals 1 cotton, and cottonseed, :1ich more t han offs et price increases .for or2.11ges , ric e 1 turkeys, and tiuck crops .
,t 268 percent of the Augus t 1909-July :191Lr bas e perio d; the mid- Dec ember prices
:ecei ved. index is 13 perc ent (3 9 po i nts') below :the all..,.ti.me high of 307,. r eache d in :muary of 1 948 . During 1 9L:8 , crop prices dropped much more than 'livestock prices., ::1e all~rop index at 228 on; De cember 15 was 20 perc ent b elow t he 284 of J a nuar-y
:;48 and 21 pe rcent below the all...time high of ~8 7 in .Jun e 1920.
)e parity index ( ) rices pa id 1J;y f ;:;,rncrs in:-.luc'ing inte r es t and taxes ) r ema:i..ned un... ~:anged from :November 15 to December 15, and a.t 211 7 percent of its 1910-lh average .s onl y 1. 6 perc ent 'below the high of 251 fi r s t r eached in J anuc:cry 1 9h8. De clines J. rural living costs c~uring 'Ghe month, mainl y a s a r esult of l oner food ~)ric e s,
:."fsc t increased prices for f eed ,
~1e parity ratj.o ( r atio of pric e s r eceived by f arue rs f or things t hey sell to prices
.aid by f arme rs fo r things they buy, including an allowance for interes t and taxes)
jra:;ped l po int to 109. The ratio ende d the year 13 points bcloTr t;::o 1 22 r ecorded :~January and 2).J. po:ints b olo"r'T tho rocord high of 133 in October 1 91!6 41
Surrunary Tab l e
Price I ndexes
Dec. 15 : Nov . 15 : Dec. 15 : _ _l~~-~C2!~~J~~t:.h_ _.........._
1947
1 948
19l.f8 - - -- -Indo~-- - :- - -Da-t e-- - -
?rices Received :1-iccs Pai d, including
interest and ta::cs Jarity Ratio
301
271
245
2h7
123
110
:/ Al s o J anuary , Juno, 2.nd July 19!.18 .
268
307
J an , 1948
247
251 '. ) . 1/.Aug. 1 948
109
/ 133 - Oct 191.~6
f: -t ! - --
$8807
96
D. L, FLOYD ;.gricul tura1 Statistician) In Char ge
II.Ar.RY i~ . V~IITE Ag ricultural 1Sta tistic i an
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COi\1 '0DITY .AND
mIT
PRICES RECEIVED BY F..A.IDtlERS DE'C:EMBER 15,
.
:Average :Aug. 1909,...
iJuly 1914
G' .""""'RGIA .~
Ie.c. . Uov.
15
15
1947 1948
Dec. 15
1948
1948 VfrTI-1 COr'iPARisOiTS. ,
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Average:; , : Dec Aug 1 909 , ; _ ~'15
Nov. 15
Dec." . 15
July 1914 ,: . 1947 1948
1948
\'lhe at , b;u.
Corn, bu.,
.$:
Oats,. bu.
.$:.
. Irish Pota.toes,bu.$~
~weet P o tatoes,bu.$:
1~_24 ' ;
.. . 91 .67
2.85: 2,05: '1.35:
Ll2
2.r5:
.83
1.85:
2,20
1.35
1.15
1.15
: .
z',oo 2.20; ~
2,00 2.20
.as-:": . 2.79:
.64 ,40 70
... 2.37i lo21 ..
i.18: ... .: 1.72: 1,44
.88
2.04;
2.05 1.23
1.54 2,19
Cotton, lb.
~
C?ttonseed 1 ton $:
Hay(1oose)ton
$..:
Hpg s,IJer cwt.
$:
$; Beef Cattle,cwt,
12.6 24,39 17. 85
7.33 3.87
35.3 : 31.2 95.00! 67.00 19. oo; 2s. 70
.. 23.90: 21,90
15.00: 19.00
31.6 67.00
. 26.50 .
19.70 19.00
12, 4 22.55 ll. 87
5.42
34.0 : 30.5
94 , 8CH 69 , 00
. 18 ; 10: 18 . 110 ,
25;20; 21.80 ;
29 .6 68.80 19.10 21.10 20.50
i'iii lk c ows,head
38.85 110.00 : 136.)0 1~5. 00
18 .00 163. 00: 192, 00 194 , 00
C{1ickens 1 lb.
13.2
32.. 2
32.2
11. 4
29.3
30.7
Eggs, doz.
Butter, lb.
:
Butterfat, lb.
21.3 24.6 25.7
73.0
. 63.0 .
64.0 :.
67.5 56,0 58.0
69.0
. 57.0 .
58 ,0
21.5 25.5 26.3
58.7 58.3 73.0 r 63 , 0 87.7
52.8 63.2 65.7
t.'lilk (who i esa1e)
:Per 100# '3)
6.20
6,20
1.60
I
5.0Bt 4 , 83
481
Co'"rpeas , bu,
Soybeans, bu.
.
:
.
1 . 20 :
; .
5.0
10. 0
4 . 85
3~70 10.5
~.70
10.6
~ .:
.
3,69: 2.36
10 .1 10,6
1 ,15 . 2.36 10,5
J} Average J anuary, 1910-Dccember, 1914 .
3./ Pre limi nar y for December l9ll:8
= I NDEX "lUMBE'iS OF FRICES KI:C'i.:IV:i:D BY :<i'AL?l'IffiS Ill GIDBGIA ( Au gus t 1909 - July l 9H lOO)
I TEM
Dec . 15 191 7
}'ov. 15 . 1948
All Com!".odi tics
266
Cotton &'Co ttonsee d
292
Grains
224
r.:e<l.t AniMals
379
Dairy Products
231
Chicken & :gg s
310
::<'ruits
1C6
lr,isc e llaneo us
l6LJ
2<17
248
251
253
15'1
1 511
398
38'1
232
231
295
3CO
192.
193
181
185
ldter Five Days Re turn to United Sta tes Department of Agricu lture
Bur eau of Agricultura l ~conomics 319 Extension Building Athens , Geo r gi a OFFI CIAL BUSllE SS
Form BAE-B-1/49-1775
Permit No. 1001
P enalty for p ri v a tc use to avoid :P"'Y!'lCmt. of past a::;.:~ J.3CO .
De :' 1;1 r~ Lll '9-r ~~-:. V~ I)~:;az1
P-. t }:c:; s ~ Ga "
Cl ark Co.
Re q.
Athen' s,' Georgia
' January .1~~4...~!.. .
.:;:,G:,;,:oc"O.::,.R~..::.G;:.:IA=-=P=-=?=":;:fil:\.J:T.J:T:.=.:S:.,.;:P..:I:.:C;.;:;KED='-"'&=--:;T:=.:H=-=RE4='.::,S;:l1E=i'D=--.--=B;.~{-'C::..:;c0illf~IES L~"-~)
(The estimates are based on. th~ latest ..~vailable dC).ta )
.
Dist:i'ict and
County
Yield
i Harvested Per Acre Production
' Acreage
Lo s~-
( 000 .Lbs . )
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;JISTRICT TOTALS for, I, II, & III
314
1, ;
907
1945
Yield
Harvested Per Acre
Acr~e.g e
Lbs. . .
Proch ctj.on ( 000 Lb s. } .
---~ ---- - --~ ---
700
400
?.80
DIST::UCT. IV
Carroll Chattahoochee Clayton Cowe ta Douglas Fa?ette Haralson , Har r i s Heard Hen ry Lamar !lacon Uarion
11usco,'{;ee Pike Schley Spal d i n g Tal bot
Tay lor . Troup Up son
'. ,.
t
. . -Total ,
iOO
890 100 330 100
30 100 '3 30
50
ioo 5o
14,160
8,860 190 410 50
7,160 .190
1,8.60 7,460
300 '530
43,350
460 504 270 333 360 267 31q 448 240 240 4 60 567 563 495 302 . '
520 649
337
437 566
227
338
46 449
27
110 36 .8
3],
148 12 24
23 8,028 4~ 986 .
. 94
1'2 ~'
26 4 ,646
64 812 . 4,22!
68
"1:7Q..
24, 16:~
8 60
552 . .
475
200
60,5:
121
. 30
500 '
15
320
566'
181
13,740
8;790 100 300
6,9 50
1,.500 7; 240
)-00 . 300
tj:O t 430
679 ' 5~4 \ : 530 " t,)07
656
585 ' 584
. ; ~. I
460 153, .
628'
9, ~36 5 , 318
53 1:52
.lk, 556 .
8 77
4 ,225
46 136 . .
''
':,
2 5 , 391
Jaldwin 3ibb Bleckley
C3ruat,trsford,,._,
Greene. .. !!anco e1c , f!ousto n h sDer .TowJ.:.>On Jon e s La.nrens i~onr of?
Hon t. c ome ry Horgan Ne'..,r'.;on PPa c h ?u.laski Putnam. Rockdale 'l'aliafer;ro lJl rellt'ien
T\,ig(~ s '
Washington Wheeler'.,. \'lilkin~on '
..... T.~ta}.
510 6<10 5 ; 6 20
50 2,000 13,620
50 570 17,050 140 5,100 160
29 ' 2 <10 190
4 ,670 50
.. 190
3,560 13,330
110 ,40 100 620 7 , 2 <10 14,900 2, 4 30 3,.370
' 394. 4~ 7 693
400 .
43G
. 670 420 '
365
609 "
307
597 694 639 300
643 220
521
723 )60 309 " :t~oo 170 . 513
'472 520
505 .
59 4
201 299 3,,8 97
s2n0 .
9,12~ ' 21
20B 10.,328,
43 3,01 7
lll 18,677
5'7
3 ,.001
:n
99 2 ,574 7:, 166
34 12,
ll
318 3,'117 7,751 1;.2.3'6' .
1, 800
'4 00 :100 6 ,010
2,140 J..g; ;:600
500 18,. !?1;,0
5, f.:60 170
30,290
4 , 500
-~ ' .200
3:; 8).0
1:~ ~.~60
' .:
:; '660 ~; .?oo 1 3.. 0 0 0 ~~.600 ~~.610
128,550
552 .
602.
756
514 584
' 661 ~cS Z' 630
620
530, .:
555 705
6'55 :50 4 5'80 . 655 505
G35
221 . 241 4,546
1,187 ll' 139
257 10, 6t16 ..
3, 607: . . . ~ -~ 82
19,0 09
2,788: .. :
106':. . . 2 ,11 :3 10' 76<h
:: _,-....
432 . 3, 376 . : 7, 536 1,701 . l.-823
81,637
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G:SORGI.A F 3Jl.NUTS
(The estimates are
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.. ..,, :~: ,l,:... , lo ' " '
. \;;: t .~ ' .
PICKED c:~~ THRSSJ{"!;D ..... BY OOUl'JTIJ.}S :
basecl on the lat~~ available d~t~, )
District : ...a n d County
:orSTRICT VI
$ul1ock : ..l3urke eand-1er . Col umbia l p f f i n g ham
*-manuel G-l a scock Jeff e rson Jenkins
Joi~ cDuffie
lUd1mond Screven \varren
-
13, 900 14,290
1,480 40
620 6, 13.20 1,540 13,240 5,000
140
1~020
10' 810 280
1944
Yi~ ld
Fer Acre Lbs.
855 605 666 400 587 516 ' 756 558 675 550 433 735 461
1945
Yield Fer 4cre
Lbs. -
Production 000 Lbs.)
11,880 8,641 986 16 364 2,89 9 1,164 7,386 3,374 77 442 7,941 .. 1 29 .- ,
17,540 16,010 '2,000
50 830 6,290 . 1,830 13,760 5,950170 1,210 1 2 , 8 60-: 330
842 674 746 420 857 60.5 - .. 605 594 -. 629 52.4 680 705 636
14,770 10 ,79 8
1,491
21
711
. .'3; 803
1,108 8,168 . . 3, 745
89 823 9,071 210
Total
67,989
666
45,299 I 78, 8 ~0
695
. 54, 808
:l :OI S'T'B.I CT VII .
Eaker
26, 7BO
660
Calhoun
! 32,570
704
Qla.y .
' 24,480
568
Deca tu,r
! 33, 330
71 4
:pough erty
t
;:'l
13' 4@0. .
586
Early
._-,1:. 66, 4 Zb
771
Griidy
15 960 :
757
Lee Miller .
:,!1 -. 2397:, 9sd~cor:::
58 7 798
Ni tchell
i 39,050
692
Quitman Randolph
-
.
I
I
.
379,,080600
' -:
6~:5 2
654
Seminole ij - 26, 8 ~0- _ ,
734
stewart - Sooter
> Terrell Thomas
.. ;:--' I!--.4~~1:'
~r~--;
~~ 30 ' ._
621 600 729
~ - ( 14,520 ::;
793
\~ebster
: ,. 18' 57~ .
549
17,656
26 , 220
635
22 ,919 .,. 3 3, 000
720
13,900 .
23,990
695
2 3 ,788
32, 6 60
689
7,895 51,221 12 ,076
16,376
31,519 27,008
13, 200 . t - 655
65,090
689
1 5 ,640
690
28 ,000
600
3 9 , 20 0
605
39,000
630
4,964
7,900
589
25, 496
41,000
605
19,702 1 25,300
646
11,647 1 18 , 380
56 5
I 21,424 1 35,000
30,)..16
42 ,500.
635 6 79
U,50 9
13,000
70 t5
10,195
18,200
610
. 1 6 ; 638 2 3,771 1 6 ,683 . 22 ;516
. 8 , 652 44, 872
10 ,798
.1 6 , 789 23 ,70 1 24,553 :4, 650 24' , 7 8 9
', '16,332
10,379
22,209 28, 876
9,170 . 11,095
't
Total
I 522,080 i
DISTRICT VIIt
Atki n son Ben Hill
:Berrien Brooks
850
..11, 810'
5, 330
ll,43Cf
Clinch
C6ffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly
Echols Ir\l'in
Jeff Davis Lanier
100 9' 380 , -. 20, 21'0 .- ' 2,940
26,090 -:- ~
33,140 . . ;
2b t
22,950 . 1. 620 . ., ._;
100
Lo \-mde s Telfair
3,710 6, 810
Tift
. 18,290
Tu r n e r \vilcox Vvorth
Total
31,520
i
18,570 50,280
Ii 275,150
DISTRICT IX
Ap:J ling Bacon Brantley Brya;n
Cha rlton Cha tham Evdils Li1Jerty
II 2,970
1
380
. 1 -.~: 2~g
r! . 1 4o
I
30
I~.
' 1,030 30
Ijong_
:
20 .
'14ci'nto sh 1, Pci erce
30', 70
~attnall
Toombs Ware Wayne
1 2,ooo
5, 760
I I
80 110
688
359, 411
517,280
650
I
I
704 753
598 8,888
!
f
I
700 11,660
746 756
817
4,355 i 4,900
826
784
8 ,966 l: 11' 770
605
290
29
757
7,097 [: 9 ,000
952
818
. ' 16,522 j. 20 ,540
831
l 754
2,218 ,. - 3,030
627 .. .- 16,356
26, 570
826 689
591 .. .: , 19, 58 4 : 1 34 , 840
625
500
10
20
650
. ,1 '
799
I ),.8,327 . 25,8 40
847
623
],,009 I 1,050
684
670
-' 67 1-
110
700
677
. t '2,513 1
3,020
756
612
4,166 I 7,010
679
8 64 ;' ' ,15,805 l 20, 840
856
690
21,711 I 34 ,770
684
l 659
12,234 .I
684 _.. , ;34 , 380
-,-
21,230 .
695
5~ . 290. . . 705
708
-iI : 291, 190 ' 732
732 366
T. .. l
2,174 139
,,:
2, ~~g i
806 756
300
9 t-
;
741 307
215 .I'' 43 'li -_. .
300 -
707
<bOO 830
r - . l. --
12
I
'I
855
1,o60 '
815
333
300 300
. -
10 6
II :.:
9
329
23
70
771
780
1,559 I 2,260
831
749
4,314
5,880
806
338
27
80
738
579
81 I
150
767
336 ,4 73
. . 522 . '8; 818
'4 ,0 48 7 ;117
8 ,!)66 1.7,071 .. 2 . 503 . 18 , 318 2]..,760
13 21 ,8 88
,718 7?
2,284
4,763 ,' .'\";~ 17 ,-'810
23,797 14 ,763 38 ,295
2J3, 161
r...
2. r'228952
212
'' .
....... ..:864
. .
.
,-
. '
~
54 1, 8 79 4 ,740
59 115
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ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultur a l St a tistician
D! L. FLOYD Agricu+tural Statistician, In Charge
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: GEORGIA .P.:SANUTS, PI.CI8D & TERBSHED .,., BY c61);1lT,I::I:S
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".:(The e s titr,:a.t'19. 9-re~. based on the latest ava~l~bi; d~_t..,..a.:_),___ __,...,._ __.;_
.........--~- _,1._.._
. : . ,~46 . .
I .
_ ...~:_.:; ii.~9...4..._'J________,.,..._ -
,pi;sj{rict and Coupty
.11 .
j Harvested,
P t~3i~'e.lAd.or~
.
Prod~ ction
':t' 'Ha.rvested,
. ~i'eld
' .: :Ptf.:[.t' il,.crfl
j Acr~age . . kb.s. < (000 Lbs.) Acre a e ,.) Lbs.
Porduction' (000 Lbs: )
, ,
TO.T.ALS for
..
I, . I!, . &: III . \<i . f)oq.
j
DS~RICT IV f .
Chat taho ocheej...'.. 880
co\~eta
,_ .. 20
Fa:yette
I , -~.. 20
' " t' -
. : .. .
Harri $
.., . , 170
Mac-on .
,:-J 5, 56o
Ma~i&~ ~
: :..9, 200
H~:rhi~~her .:,; ~- 20
i it.i~ ~cogee
schi~Y:
~~-~~:,)
~
.
-
7,
230 o5o
TT~ayl'bioo':tr."
UJ?.~?n
(}'. ',1, 150 1jr . :7,100
r. .:, .100
> T-.o..tal
D!STRI.CT V
Bal.d~kiti,
Bibb r : -~
ue.ck-.T~y
r(':.~11,500
iO'-' .
230 1j -:~ ~..:..:...:
!:I,X"' 240 :--,6, 250
. . . . . t
400
200
(:' . t . . 524 . . . . 461 650 , .... . 13
: :- ' .500 ,:,' ;.: ~; 10
1: ' 594 .~ .: f ~: 101
.. . .. 73$ - ".:~ . : ;~1' 478
" .
,.. 673 ., . r
. .. .\
.. ' "' ( ..io
6 1 193
> . ' , ,,
. "
:550 1 .' . 509 .. \1
: I .f: ~
,..
11 117
' - . ' ' _, ..
'.' _, , II :
~
8 30 ;: 5, 8 50
,. , ., -. .586 ::.:~-; _c:, 674
700 ~ y 4, 970
460 ><;:
.46
I
0'
/' ' ( A
~
721 29 9 24 . , ,:. t .:..
I '\.: f ,
. ' " . ,. ' \ ;
-:-' :. : ~ ~ .
..)
. . ,. ~
.. ' . ~
'.-. ....
:
... .
_:
.. '
200
400
870 20
"' . 20 ..:. '-. 170 :J .5, 350 ; 9.,080
20 2 20 .6 , 9 50 :-..1,130 7,000 100
40.,930
:;f: : 220 : ...'Z' 230
.:;'t ,gso
. ,::i451
.'\j . , :: 500 .
.,
. , ) f
500
500 . ' . f . ').' . ~~ ~580
,i: : r 528
::.>. ' ! ::~.;500
'.":,::..: , . .450
:;: 650
'464
650
450
... , ....
. ... 585
.. .. _. t ' l
. . \ '~
. .. -.
~ P73
._. .. .652 ,. 600
. :<
. ... ~ -.
~~ ~ .. ..
.s. o.-.... .
' ,,. I ., , I
. 3.!'12
10' .
10 8tf"i 8,"903 . 4: ,79 4 .' . 10':- . ~ . 99 4, 518 . 524 .
4 ,550 45 :
23,940. : .
12'6 ' 150''
3,588
Crawfo;r:d
Do~~g~' ~- : :
Hancock Hous ton
Jd.h..h.s. on
Jo;'n:,e..s)
LatJ,r-ens
l~o:n~~omery Ee,;ton
Ps'a1c'1h' ..
Pt4~~ki
Treut1en T\vi ggs i'lashipgton ';1 h e e l e r \'I:LlkippOn
1 ....l. 220
. 1'7, 710
240
'.:417,230
_.,. ':~- ,....,.
'
520 50
;is 810 1 ;; ~ "\ ., t
,1 ~ . ' \~ 920
"'.''\1-'' 120
1I ~;~';\3 310
! ,..; ..., .. t
I' -~':~.,,160l0o
1:-'-e;, 340
i :11}, 380
I 2 ,400 I ~ 2, 820
:" l -,1 60 '16, 930
240
,16., 440
~:~, 350
,:.;:.: 4-0
,~4~ 630
i:.~;
. ,..
n74o0
_:'3: 160
~6.', 14-D
:.,,~~ 580
.' 5, 090
'.' 7-~9 8 0
2,290 ;, !3~ 690
-.. 550 l l '
~
'
695
550
. ' 582 . 600
500
. . .... ' - .: -~
621 558
\ _};
c< .545
- 704 ...\ ~.. ' ' 66 4
550
664 ,:;-. _c . :::.b91
560 ('\\'. J'}715 ,.
638
11,766 : :. . 13z''
9,568;. ' .v , :
2
,
o
.
1
o ~
.. -:
eo.
:
~ .
\1,\
:;-.:.:.
~:
15,29 5 -\
2;087 .:&
60 ~
2, 225
13, 373 ~.
319 ,,,
3,380
4 ,-716 .
1, 282
h 278
Total
DISTRICT VI
Bulloch Eurke Candler 0olumbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven \>larr en
IJ:otal
122,500
613
21,;300 18,470 ~~ -
3, .~30
70
1,410 6,640 1,890 12,670 6,400
80 1,7?0
11,990 380
778
'j ' . ' (,566h2
471 723 571 586 630 561 500 556 688 545
86,400
648
75,132
16, 571 10,382
2,0 33 33
1,019 3,792 1,107 7,982 3,591
40 984 8,250 207
55,991
115,000
626
26, 320 .,., -: .'!'7:.4:.
2_q~ 8J70 7r. : ." . " .5~~-' ' ;
3,760
610
80
425
1,590
650
7,490
540
2,140
570
12, 050
530
7,230
530
90
444
2, 000
544
13,540
586
430
521
97,590
618
72,013
20,372 ,.11, 792
2,294
34 1,034 4,045 1,220 6,386 3,832
40 1,088 7,936
224
60 ~ 297
' ' .,:. ""'"
'~ "~-. . '> l .''."' ' .. !', ' ~""'' "~,' ''' ~ ,\ f ')'\,J,Ift '"" ' .,._..,,,.,, ~,..,, .,..,., ,.,,, ' ,,. o . ,
, - H o
. GEORGIA PEANUTS PICKED & THRESHED - ,.J3y COUNTIES .
:on - .. . ... (The
estimat~~
~~-~- b~sed
.
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the latest avafi.ab1e data)
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... ;
1947...
;~::ICT VI* ".. :>~ as, 34o '' 5:9 ..
Oalhoun :c -~,.: .;
8+ay
,
.j)~catur
bo"ugherty
II
Eqr1y. .. G.riady. .... . .
I
Lee Hiller '/..-~"',::. ', ;_
Mit~hell .. - . .. ~ci,itman
Rap.dolph
Setninol'Efi
St~noJart S~ter
re;rren
Thomas ::
tle~ste:r
343;340 22,060
30:~_ 17Q
12,980 61,;600
16,480 30 ~ 340 '38;0'90
39 .t:370 8,720
42, 640 2,2, 780
18,320 34,120 43:,910
9, SOO 19,040
, ; Totai . ,
DISTRICT v.rn
A;tkinson
.E! e~ HilL . , ~~rri en.: :,;'
Brf:>oks .. ;.. . Qpffce '' . '
d6;tquitt
d~t;k
.' .
~risp
Dooly
Echols
Irwin
Teff Davis>;
Lanier ..'
I,owndes ' .: Telfai-r : Tift ':::r ., .
Turner<.: ,
Wilcox:~;: ;
\V'orth :,>:_: , .:_;:
, ; '
Tota:l
DISTRICT IX
' !
Appling J3acon.
'"ryan .: : , . '~'\vans ~
~"ierce
'2attna11
1oomb's , .
'~ia:ret~1:
STATl!l Tallis
51i. 100
440 1~~190 ~~ 810
. 9 650
:; :.;' 340
~ .. t
'11, 140
;-'::2, 710 '26, 140 37,140 . ;; 30 .28,260 . / . ~150 . ' 30
2, 390 ..: 6,340 . 22,100 ; 37,170 :: 24,370 .' 1)6,400
.295,000 : .
. ,...
, I,: !
' ' f '
:- :- 2,070 .. 210
540 ; _;; l,250 . ,_. 20
2, 950 ,5, 880
.. i3,0~3~0
11.o~o, ooo
701 702 607 ,.. 607 -739 .682 .. 612 440
. 539 580 653 .482 536 708 725 538 603
~-~~
' ,I t '
702 725 . 849'
. b'nl
. 7:;3' ' 740
681: 805 666 :" ? 3 3 .. .. 733
.: 5.~1
",; 600 ' t -
. -: ??2 :
.. {?35 , ;.888.r :. 8~9 . 744
:. 7~:3 :
~; ~ '7'68
j ..;
, ~
'
. 103
-'.:66,7
~ .-~-.622
;a :., :68.3
;:.. ;. . :o
: ,.. o'f8B3~.c- .
;;~667
; 67o
~~;5271 30,510
22,6751 15,487 .
. I
.18,306 1 .7, 884 j
45,49.2 1
34,750 23,330
31~1,,972500 .
64,000 .
11,241 1 17,950
18, 565 1 32, 620
16,749 1 4()._790
21, 215 1 42, 150 5,'056 j 9,220'
27,861 1 45, 110 .10, 971 j 24,090
9_,824!1 19,350 24,159 36,100
. 31,829 1 46,460
.. 5, 2751 10,370
.___ 11,477 20,160
: 319, y93 ! 54~: 630
Yield Per .Acre Prod1iction
J,bs~ (000 Lbs. )
.. 701
755 710 564 .:.. '650 .
776 749 630 657 . . 740 . 569
718 723 524 614 714 743 636
689
21, 388 26,240 16,564 18,003
8,938 49,664 13,.445
20 ; ~.5'1: '. 26,799
3l,\9t ,. . 5; ' 2~0
32,'li89 ~:
-- 17,417 _ ...:... 10, 139.
22,165 . '!33;172 ,. 7~701
12, S.2 .2 ~'
373,834 .
309 . ' 470
' 9, 559 1 '14, 140
3,158 I ' 4,060
:: 5,51ol 10,350
. 5, 380 1 6', 790
I 12,676 18, 360
. . 1,854 : _2,910
.81,0441 ' 28,000
24, 735 ! 40,850
.;:
22 i
20
::. , 20, 705 1 '3o, 2so
208 1 . 3SO
: . '1,4~~1
30 .1, 490
: 4,029! . 6,800
~9' 632 1 ., 24,730
33,424 39, S30
.. is, 121
. . ' 44, 733
. : .1 ,
.~ ..., "., 2'26, 6QL.J:
-26,120 -~ 60, 250
'315, 860
. :: 696 ::-: 742
757 r ?61
~75
861 886
! ... ;742
633 ,., .700
... :: eso
.. '561 ,:'' 633
.. _:_6.60
. .: . 575
9.00 . 805 . ' 100
: _: . :,qe
"I
. 327. 10,492
3,07.3 7,8:76 5, 9,41 15,808 2,578 20,776 _25,8pS . ... 14
25,738 213 19 983
3,910 22,257 32,063 18,284 L1.,5, 670
241,880
i .
. I
' ' '
... : . 1,456
~ -. 1,700
140 . 190
;>::.: ,?~~6 - ' .... r, 353
.:.:~: 679
,, ; 129
'.:
336
1
1
;
670
... ' : 854 . 1,140
:. ~: 655 .~: ,775
'.1:39 : 884 .
,
, '
. 14 2,016
1.
1 '
. 2,
20 670
. ?DO . .: 736
. .14 .. 1,.96'5 ..
. , 4, 5861 . .. 5, 330
9,4::1~~1,7: ' - 20 30
. '
: ~~: ' : 780o76. :
~ ~~ 301 .\. ; '- 21
. ..... . :.:.;. ,_~?r;
9,;1.36
jt,p21. . ~oo
ooo-.:~;:: ::,6_9;,;....5-_- - 7si~{-so.--
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ARCHIE LANGLEY . .'
Agricultural Statistic~an
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In Charge
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mUTED. ST:.~TES . DEP.ci.RTI.f.BJNT OF .rl.GRICULTURE :SURE~U OF :tGRICULTlJ:qAL '1JCOl'l'Or4IC'S : CROP R~PORTING BO~RD
Pe.k'ct.~~,...:..,.._,
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January 31; :1949 .
,.
. -
.
1'/heat stockJ:l of 857 million bushels \irere in all storag~ po.~dtions on January 1, 1949,
tbe Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports. 1-Jhilp cO'nside~!'J.bly . smaller than . on.
Jan11ary 1, 1942 and 1943, these stocks are larger than on c;t:p.y' other Je.nu,a.ry 1 of
record. They are 7 per cent more than a year earlier, DisappoEi.ranco during the
Octobe.r-December .quar1;er of 1948 was about 291 million .bushels, \-zhich is considerably
less than the 327 million bushels ::n 1947, .the 307 million in ],9'48 'and,. 338 million
btis i1E?ls in 1945, but larger than in that quarter of most preceding years.
. '
'
.
Over 2,612 million bushels of corn w:ere s tored in all positions .on Jnnlla ry 1, 1949.
Tl\ess stocks are the l a rgest for J D.nlle.ry 1 in the 6 years of compc:.rnbl e r e cord ' nnd
fie per cent 1n rge r thnn on J<:mllary 1, 1948. ifuile nenrly 2, 520 million bushel's of :.
t~is, corn remai_ned on farr~s, the off-fnrrn total of n ef\rly 93 million bush els is the
largest of r ecord for thos e positions.
Sto.qks of over 973 million: bt:JJshe1s of or:t ~ in t\11 po si t'ions on Jf'.rltl0.ry 1 nre so cond
l !i.t ges t of the 6-,.yer.r record for tl;le da t o 1. hrw in g 'Je en ;oxcef;;ded only in 1946 . .The off!'f nrm toto.1. of 46 million bu.shels is nbout us11r\l for .J r.nur.ry 1. Bc~rley stqcks of 230 , Million bushels nr e th e l a r ge st for J rn1K ry 1 in the 6 y en rs of r ec ord, 1,.fi th the off-fnm q_tlnntlty of 74 million bushc~ls 1 r.rg er thPn USLt0.1,
STOCKS OF i'JB:E.AT, CORN, ;um O.ii.TS, J 1:..NU..\.RY 1, 19 49 i\l'lTH COHP;-l.RI SONS
c rn. r - - ~ :_ - - - - -: - - - - ...., :- - - - - - - - - - - - - J P"n:-1-: - J 0:n:-1-:-0 t :-1:- : J
Gmin . !
Position
194~1 : 19 -1,8 : 1918 : 19 49
--------~-------------~------T- ho~ us- nn- d - bu- sh- Gl- s ---~--.--~ -
( On Fr.r ms 11
~65,794 428 ,666 5 '.~ 6,151 3811667
(Co mmodity' Cr edit Corp . ?)
4 , 10 tl 3,100 3,960
3,701
lfue nt
(T e rninr;.1s' !if
56, 256 1,:cl,889 219,111
(l'b r chrnt Hills l/ j;./
96,779 111,130 ' 1 29 , 233
11 (Int. Hills,El ov. & \'fuses . } 119,041 116,827 2',9 , 817
166, 3'i8 103,?-18 202 ,082
TOTJ,L-------- ~----------- 6.;,2r277 -80l-6l21}4s272- 857,06-
-----~------ -----------------L- - ------:----
Corn
( On Frms (Tor ninrcls
l/ y
2 1136,640 1,506,283 11~ ,035 2,5],.9, 569 27, 8 70 131 218 1,522 , 50,330
:=: :=:: = := =:: !o~~
(Int. Jv!Hls , E1ev. & \\'hsos. 2} 43,781 36,003 9,829 <J:2 , 113
:= :. :=
:=.=-- -_-_-_2_J"g_8l2~1_1L~~~o_~1_s~3~6_22GJ~~lg:
( On Fr xns l/ (Tominn.ls ?d
892 , 282 733 , ~503 1~87, 5'n 927,488 9 ,.158 14 ,037 18 , 902 11, .;,34
(Int .Hills, Elev .& Whs e s. } 32, 992 ~;2, 651 tH , 076, 3c~, , 577
v-TOTnL ------- '----....,-..,.------ 934, ( 32 -779';991-1;250,519 -:.973, 499is;i~rc~e'; ~f-the--C;o; Ro;o;tin~ Bo;-rd.---- ---- ~ - ---. ~------- r-- ....
?J Owned .' by c.o.c. ~ i n trnns it.
,
o:r g) Co nn~ rci n.l stocks report ed by the Grn.in Br<'.nch , P. M .ir 1 n;t 40 t e rni nr.l .c.iti c s.
:;} ![:ills Npo rting to the Bur er'.u of the Cen s us on d. lli ngs l.'nd stocks flollr.
} . \11 off-fnrm s tor nges not otherwise d 1"si gn:1.t 'od f o.r C"lch gr rc in.
.
Reissued through Georgirc O~fioe,
ptocks of whon.t, corn, nnd o n.ts sho\orn below by St n t e s, (l.r e for <'.11 off fro.rn posi tionf
Stocks in interior n ills, elovo,tors and wnrohouses, ns estinnted by t he Crop Report-
ing Bon.rd of the Burenu of Agricultural Econonics, nre conb inod with cor.me rcir,l
stocks n t terni n[',ls, ns report ed by the Gr['..in Branch cf the Production a nd Hnrkoting
. .M.ni.nistrntion, to obtr,in those Str-te totals.
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- OFF F.-;.Rl-1 lf STOCKS OF lv.t13~T, CORN, .nN!)_ O.A.TS, JA'NU.rl.RY 1, 1949, \HTH COif.P.~~.RISONS
----~-----------------------~-------------
.. :_ 19 48
. 1949
19-19
19 .];9
r-------~~--------------------------------
T h o u s n. n d b u s h e 1 s
Ne,r Zng.
t'J'.Y.
N.J.
~n..
Qb i o
~nd.
~n.
l-1i ch. Wis.
Minn. lo1,m
1,173 27,449
3,812 4,023 13,189
4~791
10,989 4,692 3, 684
13,50,1 3,973
*
23,164 1,836 2,931
10,712 4 ,261 8 ,741 4 ,112 8, 281
22 ,165 9,168
386 1,733
111 588 2,943
3~2 8 9
11:, 904 183 198
2,916 3,749
8,186 121
1,626 1 ,613 1, 118 21,567 4, 851
s,~.n2
7,909
412 3,031
118 1,179 1,809
784 4 ,006
638 1, 30:,.()
?, eoo
7,971'
550 5,016
143 1,467 2,-'1:70
686 <4 ,517
567 h462 6,343 6,510
Mo. N.Dr-tk. q.Dnk, Nebro Ka ns.
Del.
Mu.
Vn. .
w.v['..
N.C.
s. c.
Gn..
Ky~
Ter.n . Aln. Miss. Ark.
4 1 , 7 3 1::: 14 ,026
2,039 10, 413 71,979
79 1 , 851 . 1 ,161'
Gl : 059 320
. 120 3,605 2, l f' 2
107 29 11
35,81 4
27,072
5,185
19,701
89 ,777
C7
_2,1 49
1' 302
23
620
29 6
149
3,553
;,.J, 520
. r,
*
17
0
2,913 341 560
2,586 1,536
130 1,109
518 71
691 150
365 1,501
95C 362
G6
71
7,563 196
1;07~
4 , 319 2,265
135 4,026
314 51
4 3 f'
,n
l CO
1,~95
1, OC5 260 45
7 .];
1, 875 2,276 1,564 1,231
6E G ::-?0
560 1 ,10
llc 119 210
123 101 351
22 215
59
1,306 2,761 2,G31 1,017
731 4
1 13 115 ' ,-; 16 150
44
60 79 323 77 117 65
La.
1,619
i ., 2 2 0
29
Okla. .
26, f3 52 3G, 045
11CC
1,449
17
4
451
490
359
Tex. Mont,., Idaho
33,870
9~175
C,Ol9
3 C, 5 CO 10 ,310 11,001
1,2C2 . 10 . 25
1 1 690
1,272
707
8
433
215
66
9 C4
770
ivyo'.
567
415
31
39
67
75
Colo. ,
6 ,599
9 ,194
499
N. Mnx,
. 650
225
3C
Ari i, ,
1[; 2
2GG
16
utah
1 , 430
17, no
14
Nov.
75
-15
3
W'a s h ,
21,397 43 ,236
244
G91
365
256
. r;o
25
75
15
31
2G
90
co
47
2
27
15
307
1, 9~7
1,077
Oreg.
C,056 1 0 ,504
114
130
1,296
910
Calif.
2,224
3 i l ? G:
C20
766
933
1,622
1[nf},l1_oQ_n.!_o.9:_*_ ~,1_0Q. __ 2_,g_7!2_ ____ - ~ _ _ _ _ _ _1!..51_7_____ ::. ..:.... ___ -_::._
Q... _ ___ !2_7g_,_Q:~fi _ 1,7,2_72 ___ 1,9l..2g_l____ ...., 22!..7:13___1_,GC C __ 1.;Sl..01_1_
1} For positions cove r e d, see pre c eding pr>.r n.gr r ph, .
* Unalloc['.ted- to nvoid disclosing individur>.l oper ations.
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Athens,. GeoJ;gia : .
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PRICE
REPORT
AS :CF JANUARY 15,
1949
.. Fcbrt.J.ary 1949
Lv-olj
in GEORGIA; The sharp 'decli'ne chickens, eggs, and. meat animai prices during the
of .
past 30 days . caused the all commodity index of prices received 'by :farmer.s
to d.ecline to 247 per cent the 1909-14 average. The current index is one point
I
.
. .
.
be1ow last month and is ~5 . pointS below the record high in June 1948 of 282 per
cent. During th~ past 30 days chicken .anQ. eggs index declined .22 points; meat
aninuil's 7 points, grains advanced 3 points, :while other commodHies shovJed litUe chax:.ge from ,the Decem:ber : 15, 1948 level.
UNITED STATES: The first month of ],.949 sat'' 11no change 11 from the previous month in . ,. :: the i .ndexes of' prices. received and prices paid by farmers including
interest and taxes, according to the BureM. of .Agricultural Economics,
The prices received index at 268 per cent of the August 1909....July 1914 base ;pe.ribd
was .13 per cent below the all-.time high of 307, reached in Janu.;J.ry 1948. The paritY
index (prices paid by farmers including interest and taxes), .was the . s.;J.me as. the
revised indexi for a month ago, but down 1 per cent, from January of .last year. Al-
though the prices re9eived index remained the same ~s a month ago, the all-crop
component at 238 is up 10 points from last mQnth as a .result. of slight increaseq in feed grains and hayi ~nd sha'I'p increa~ es in fruit and truck crops. These increases
were offset by declines in meat animals, dairy products, and pouJtry ?-nd eggs
. ,
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The index of prices paid, interest, and taxes was unchanged from the revised index of 248 for December 1948~ . - From December 15 to January 15, prices paid for living
commodities declined 4 points; this is r 'eflected in a/- 2 point drop in the prices
paid index. This decline, Q.owever, has beep offset in the index of prices paid,
interest, and taxes 'by increases shown by preliminary aata on interest and taxes
payable on farm real estate iri 1949.
..
The parity ratio ( rat,io of prices received by fa~ers for things they sell to
prices paid by farnie.rs for things they buy, including an alJ,.o,,rap.ce .for interest
and taxes) at 108 was the same as the revised figure for last month, but 14 points
below January of a year ago.
:.. .
=:: hiih:::: Summary Table
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -:Jan.-15 T Deco-15 T Jan.-15:
=R~cai~
--------- Indexes -----: ---1948--: --- 1948 --: ---- 1949 -: --- Index --:----- Date --
Prices received
307
268
268
307
Jan. 1948
Prices paid, including
. . . ~.c.- .
--- --- --- - - - ....---------- interest and taxes
Parity r~t io
-.
251
122
....
~ ~-
~ ~
":""--
1/248 1/108
- ~-
248 ; - .I .-is1 ~Aug 1948 .
108 ... . . :13~
Oct. . 1946
- :- ~ -:-----:-- ~-......,....-
~ Revised.
?} Also January, June, and July 1948.
p. 1. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician
In Charge
.AB,CHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
- -~ - --~~- - - -- - .-.-.- - : : - -, -P.R-IC-~-E--:S-- -R.-.E-.C..-:E:-:I:V-:-E-_D..-.,.-B:Y:.-_F-- .A- RM- ER~J- .AN-U~ AB-Y- 15,- 1 - -1tr9-4-9-W~-IT''H''C-O~M~..P... ~A~RI"S'O'--N- ~S---- ..-.._ -.--.- -. _:;-.-.-.- -- -
Jrs- nrso . .
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CO~~:I_TY
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f! i~i=;fi,~J fs-GF~DRGIA
Jl5~---.---~1..~ute.l~' g
tm!!I.'ED
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-S~TAT~E~S-:--r . ~-,Jls~--
--- -- -- ______ _. ~ y_.l9.14.r-:wa__-:--r-:-li44-- 1949 -~ ~y_ _19_li _1~- - 194;L_ r---194:,9_
Wheat, 'bu.
. $
1~24 J 2.85 ,2 0 20
2ol8
.88
2.81 _1 2,05
2.02
Corn, bu.
$
Oats, bu.
$
Tri'sh Potatoes, bu. $
&91 1
1.35
lo40
1.25
.67
1.35
1.15
1.08
., 4!0
.76
2,25 .2.20 I
- ~70
1.. 86
1.66
Sweet Potatoes, bu. $'
.83
2,00
;88 2.17
2o36
Cotton, lb. qottonseed, ton
12 ~ 6
$:
24o~9
35.0 95.00
31.6 67.00
3L6 65.;00
12;4 2255
331 95;10
. 296
68~80
293 65.70
Hay, loose, ton
$
17,85
20~00
26~50 . 23;,60
11~87
18.70
..
Hngs, per cwt.
$
7.33
23o30 19.:70, 18.,90
7.27 26 . 70 2110
20,10
Beef Cattle, cwt.
Milk Cow.s., head
Chickensr lb~
$
$11/ 38.85
I
13 . ,2
17.00 19.00
no.oo . :).3 5.00
31.6
.. 18.80 13?.00 31.3
5~42
. 48.00 11.4
21 .. 50 20.50 ' 170.00 .194.00
30o7
20.00 195.00 30.7
E~gs 1 doz.
21.3
65.0
6 9.0
63.0
48.7
52.8
47.1
Butter; lb.
6i.o
57.0
72,0
63. 2
62;5
B~tterlat, lb.
.64.0 .. 58.,0
87.7
65.7
~lk (wholesale)
per 100#?:} . ' $. . 2.42
s.oo 6.20
s.io
1.60 5.oG 4.80
4.61
G?wpe n.s, bu.
$
5.00 4.70
-5.10 '
-:}.15
4~24
Sqybeans, b'U
P~ anuts -1 lb
$
.'; :1
I
I5.0 I
]}_ Averaf,;O January. 1910~Decemb qr, 1914.
10"'6 ; . 10.6 ' . . 48
- : ?:} .freliminaty for January :1949
. 2;,.27
10.5
i31 :r'mi!ERs ; ' t lil!lEX NUMEiE:Rs o:F PRICEs IlliDEIVED
I N GEORGiA
. ' (ll:ugust 1909- July 1914 : 100 )
_ .
ITEM
.Jan. 15 .
Doc .. -15
Jan.. .',18 .
. 1948
i948
194$ .
~~A~l-l -C-o-m-m-od-i - ti-c-s -~-----264
Cotton & Cottonseed
290
248
253
247... 253
Gr a ins
228
154
157,
Moat -1\nima ls ..
378
384
3?7
Da iry Products
232
231
230
.,
'Chicken & Eggs . .
285
. 300
278
. :! .
Fr.u:i ts
106
193
193
Miscell aneous~--------1~6~1 ----------~1~85-----------1~86~
.tUtor Fivo Days Return to United St a t e s D:Jpartrnent of Agric.ulturo
. Bur e au. of llg_ricul~ural _ Economics .319 EX:to:qsibn Building - }.thbns, Go9rgb . .
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-B~2/49 ~ 1775 Pormi t No. 1001
Penalty fo-r; privatp uso t .o .- avoid payment of postFJge $300.
De~tn Paul VI. Chapman
Athens, Ga.
~ Clark Co.
Req,.
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LIVESTOCK ON GEORGIA F.U:1MS J ANU.:mY 1, : .19)~9
~~
~f9L~9 February 2:3, .. .~~ ....-
of Inventory of-:Iivestock numbers on O ~ or. g ia f arms January 1 showed ' ~ ' ctetiine.~ffom:~'~ne
year before .f~.r ' all species except; sheep and turkeys. De~t;eases in ot~~r rank
were: mul~s 5%, catt le 4%, and 3% .for-~:pgs, horses and cl;t~kens. Sheefl were Ui;~ .
changed ih numb er while turkeys showed a 15% increase. F!?on'l the standpo.int of V"aloo,
the comparison is more favorable since the current total''vdfue ;figure 6i.$186,62-i',oco
is 3%above tl1e $1801 965,000 of January:l, 1948.
, .
The estimated 37.,000 horses this yea r compares with 38,000 last year and 'the 2h4,008
mules vr.i..th the '}948 figure of 257, ooo. This decrease of 14'_,000 hea.d in total work-
stock is a c ontihuat i .on of. the. ctovmwE,rd trend of the past several years and .reflects
the increas i ng:: u~eof tractors. and po;'rer equj.pment. Prices of botphorses and .mules
are off from one year ago resulting in combined val-ue shovd. ng a decrea se of lJ.%-
$45,9Lt9 ,000 aga irtst ~:; 55,.037 ,ooo,
.
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'
Number of hogs was l,6ol~. ,ooo compare d with 1{654,000 J..a[:i t year with r espe,ctive values of ~? 38;977~000 dnd ~~40,122,000 or a dqcrease of 37b .
:
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Cattle numb e rs ~f .1, 099, 000 again'st 1, lh5, 000 one year ago .showed a 21% gain in total,
value ... ~~88 , .S79;ooq compared witf;l :)73,166 ,000! This increa.s~ was due to :a <'26% in- .,
crease in value per head.
.
. .\
. ' .'
Value for chickens ~nd turkeys was ~~ 12, 986, 000' or 4% above the correspqndj_!1g ftgu~e .
of $12,447, 000 1ast'.year.
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After five days r eturn to United States Department of.:Agricnlture
Bureau of .A3ricul tural . Economics
319 Extension Building Athons, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS
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Form BAF,.J..fJ2/49 - 6470
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Pcrmi t No , 1001
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LIVESTOCK ON GIDRGI AFARMS J.ANUAm 1' 1938 .;.' l949' ::.. ' .. ': ' '., '
' ' ' 'J '
: Thousand :F~rm Value : Tot8,1 Farm Value :f: :: : Thousand
;.. Head 1 Per Head , :Thousand Ihllars * : - : Head
z_-...\ Jlt)f~e{lmd Colts
: Farm Value :Totiu.:Farm Va1ue
: Per ~ead iTbousar1d . Ihlia:r!J
\
;
..' : -~
Mules :end Mule Colts
.,
. 1938
. 1939 \ 1940 ' 1941
' 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 . 1949
_32 ,
33 " 35
37 .. ' . 38:' ..
38 38 38 . 38 38 38 37
$ 105,00
' 105. b0 . 103.00 .
98.00 104 e0 0 1 1 4 .. 0 0 126.00 119.00 116;,00 119.00:. ,
116.00 lOl ~00 .
$ 3,3SO
~ 3- ~465
3o~6.0~ ... ' . ' 3",629 ' ' ' ,, io,..:..~ . 3.,955
4,325 4,802 4,525
4.408
' 4,522 4,408
. : _-~.737
334
331 320 314'' .
311 297 291 285 276 268 257 .. 244,
$ 154~00
150.00 155.;00
' 150. 00 ' .: 155.00 "''. !74;,00
204.00 199.o00 194.;00 2Q4;,00 197.00 173.00
$ 51.436 ' 'i
49,650 ''
~ . ~.
.
4497t'
600 .1.0.0' -.
\ .-:._
. , ~48,2.05: ':
.. ""' 81; 678----
59,364
56,715
53 , 544
54,672
50, 629
42,212
C~ttle l:!Ild .Palve s
..... ' ;
J:
,.,
. Cows (3lld Heifers, 2 years ol9- arid ,ove# , . . kept for milk* * . .' .
1938 1939 1940
: 912
"
. .924
'
".4 : , ..,.
20.60 .
~n.so
953
23.'46
.$ 18,787 .... j
. '
.
19,866 22,3oo :.
36fl ' $
365 .., 369
31~00 . 32.00 35.00
$ . 11,4 39''' 11,680,
12,915 .
1941
963
24.70
23.750 .
362
r ' 37.;QQ
13,394
1942
1,011
32.70
33,033
380
50.00
19,000
1943 194'4 . '" 1945
1,062 '
1,136
4 .
l,Hn
41.80 44>00 ' . 40.-.80
44,367 51,006 48;185
395
62.00
399
69.00
395
. 63.00
24,490 27 t 531 24,885
. 1946 . :.1,146 ::.
49.3.0
56,,498
403
73.00
29,419
. 1947 1948 .
;l,f57. " 1,145 .
57.70 63.90'
66,759 73,166 '
399
8s.oo
395
94.00
-r9-4- 9 - , . ---1,-09~9------ 80-;.6-0~~---'-8- 8,- 57~9~~~------3-79-~~~~~ll6~o00
33,915 37,130 43,964
Sheep and Lambs
1938
27 $ . 3.55 :$ .
96
1939
23
3.45,
.79'
1940
21
3,50
74
,. ,, ~941
. ],9
3.55
67
19~2 ..
:re
4~45
80
"1943
l8
4 . 95
89
1944
18
5.40
97
1945
18
6,10
110
1946
16
6.40
102
1947
<:r '15
8.;60
129
1948
14
8. 80
123
1949
14
9.30
130
Hogs, . Including Pigs
1,412 1,662
1; 750 1,590
1', 732
1,875 2,065
1, 732 1,507 . 1,6.88 1,654 1,604
$ 7: 10
. 7.20 .
5.60 5.90
~.30
.13. 00 . 12.10 .
12~50
17.20 21.50 24.:30 24,30
. $ 10,025
11,966
9 , 800
9,381
16,108
24,375
. .
24,900 .
21,650 ',
25,920
36,292
' 40,1'92
S8;977
Chickens (excluding chicks under 3 mos .): .
.' ~keys
71793~8~----7~,1~3~8---.$~~-.6-2~---$~--4-,-4~2-6~~~~ ----.~.. --~--~54~..--~$~. ~~2.35
$
127
1939
7,900
.62
4, 898 .
46
2~ 4 5
113
1940
8,219
;, 56
4,603
47
230
108
1941
7,642
~59
4,509 :. ,
52
2;.30
120
1942
9,159
74
6,778 ~ / -
47
2! 80
132
1943
10,244
.92
9,424
48
3,80
182
1944
11 , 198
lel4
12,766
45
5;00
225
194 5
9,811
1.20
11; 773
35
5*20
182
1946
10,139
130
13,181
44
5;80
255
1947
9,256
1.42
13.144
55
6,30
346
1948
8,639
1,41
12' 181
41
6. 50
266
1949
8,373
1$51
12,643
47
. 7.30
343
Total value is sum of values by age groups . . Included in cattle and calves,
ARCHIE LANGlEY. and D. L. FIDYD, .Agricultural Statisticians
UNITED STATES LIVESIDCK .!NVENTORY - - - - - - JAITU.PJ?..Y 1, 1949
L~vestock anddfoultry on ~arms and ran~hes declined sli ghtly during 1948. to the lowest level s :mce 1939. o~nce reach~ng the all-t1me peak on January 1, 1944, numbers h ave dropped for 5 ~traight year~ However, the decline during ,1948 was only 1 percent and was less than, occurred ~n any year s~nce numbers started downward, While the total inventory for all Species ~as down
from January 1 a year ago, there were marked differences in the changes that took place among
the various species, The number of all cattle was up slightly, hogs showed a modest increase,
aJld turkeys were up sharply. On the other hand, the number o sheep, horse:s, mule s and chickens
were smaller at the end of the year than at the begixmin'g. ~ .. ,
No adjustments have been made in the January 1 estimates for 'livestock losses since that date in
storm areas of the West ~
.
.
.....Even with S(')J!lewha:t ,sm.aUer numbers the farm value o livestock and poultry reached a new record
h~g}:). _of .: ~~;9~7. !llillf on :doll!irs . This value was 10 percent apoye. l a st ,Year/ and 89. p ercelll.t ab<?ve
the a:rerage. January l values per head of cattle! milk COV!.~' sheep, . :C.~i~~te~s ~a tui'keysws re
the h~ghest on record, and hogs were the second h~ ghest. '
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Cat tl e numbers increased slightly from the previous year, being up 369,_90o ile:~; Thi1:1 .leveling
off in cattle inventories halted the continuous decline which began dur.ing 1945 ater..numbers hat
reached an all time peak on January 1, 1945. An increase in cattle kept mainly for ,_beef pro-
duction more than offset the decline in milk cows and milk heifers.
' ' :r
Hog numbers were the largest since 1946 and were up 4 percent from last year. All of the in-
crease was i n hogs under 6 months old, which reflected the increa se in last fall's pig crop.
More sows wer e held for farrovil'ing in the spring of 1949, and the number of other hogs over 6
months old was down 7 percent.
.
The number of horses an~ mules declined sharply, and at about the same rate as a year earlier. This decline continues the downtrend which began in 1915 for horses and 1925 for mules.
The number of chickens on farms,. excluding commercial broilers, was down 3 percent from last year to the lowest level since 1941~ The numb er of pullets was down 6 percent from last year~ Although farme rs raised 14 percent f ewer chickens in 1948 than in 1947 they retained a larger than usual proportion of the pullets raised in 1948, 'P}e number o tv.rkeys on farms January 1, 1949 was 23 percent larger than a y ear earlier with numbt:lr crf breeder hens up 33 percent.
UNITED '!HATE:~ DE:AARTM E.i-..IT OF AGR.I C..UL.:HJ RE..
r&n7jJ
UNIVERSITY QF u.0"-GIA C.Otl.;f.<>E. OF AGR,iGIJLTVR.t. :
.. ~ .,. .
. 1\tnens j Georgia
JJa}ch 4J 1949
1"AID!l ffiJeE REPORT Ji.s OF FEBB.V/LilY 15;. 1.94 9
Gf.(JI:ill IA: .. . On Februaty 15,: 1949 the . iriciex of pr:i,.c-~s :rece:i,.y~d by f~rm~ts 6J( J ceal
3: : Georgia: markets: was 23 7 per cent C'>i' th:e August 1909 .,. July 19lh average,
This was ja'' decline: o:r 4 pe;r cient fr9m the ml.d~Jan~ar:y '.le.vel and per ce11t lower
tna_1:1 a year earlier.
. .
, .
Comp<:rin(p~i~~s iii m_id....Fe~r~ary with ~ year ~go/ corn, ~vh.~at_, oats 1 s.oyb~ans~
cottonsee}i, -ch::t,ckens and eggs qre dovrn sha:'ply. C'otton_, :-hogs, bt;tter, butterrat,
and~ cowpea-s .made mjde;r,ate dec.1ines*; Whlle p.-,tato~s 1. swe ~ t ,potato~s , hay,. I"eanuts, beef catt;Le, milk cows and. milk (wholesale ) are selling a.t a higher level than a
year :.ago .,:
.
.
By' groups: o:f. products> cha:nges in iridex nll;Jllbers f:t'cl)l J anf1a!'y 15 td February 1) were:
chickens ~nd' eggs qovm 55 points~ meat animq.ls d<:ii'fll 19 p9j.nts, co~tcn and cotton-
seed down: lD points, grains d.C">wn 3 points, dai;ry products dovm 1 point, while .fruits
. and mi'scep,anei:ius gf'oups wy-re up l point each,
.
. '
UNITED STATES: A :drop 6f:4 percent (10 points) in the index of prices -received by
.,
. .
farmers, ~nd :of 1 p:ercent (3 points) in: the. index of prices paid
by farmer~ includirfg inter~st and ta?ces re slilted in a mig-February ratio of prices
received tb .{Jrices .paid, intW'est, and. taxes of 105,. the ' l (wrest since July 1942,
according:to the B~reau of:Agricultt'al Ecor).omics~ The price chanc;es for the month
ended February 15 lowered the.. index of .prices received by farmers to 258.r and the
index of ~rices pa.~d,_ inte~est_, and ~axes t~ 245.:
Recent de~llnes jn the ind~x of pric:es received by fanners have dr:opped it to the
lowest level since September l9h6 , but the index of prj.ceS"" pa id_, . interest, .and ta:Y.es
is _now only , aQQV.t 2 pe:rc.ent below the average .for the whole year 19!-+8. Last year. . 7,he parity 'index (pi~ices pa:Ld, inte rest, and taxe s) was fairly stable, varying only
in th~ narrow range o;f L~ pnints from the all-time high of 251 in January, June,
July, and 'Augu.st vi" 247 in March .
.
j ;,
:
RECORD HIGH
- - - - -- - .... ..;,_. .:.:...:_ -
Prices received 1/
307 Jan~ 1948
Prices paid, including interest and taxes 2/
_pO.!_.l.:.;.:_;Y_r!!:_t2:;0____ -- _
2h8
2h8
245
row , 1:)..2
- - - - - - . 105
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. 251 3/Aug ~ 1948 133 -~ O~t ;-1 9h6
~/ Aug. l)lfJ)-.hly 1914= lo'o ~~ 19~0..-14= ioo }_/ Al:s~ Janua ry, June, and July 194 8 ~
D, L. ?LOYD
Agricultural Sta.tis+.ician, In Charge
ARCHIE LicNGLEY Agricultural Statistician
. Ul44 __ _
.:-----------..,,.::P.:::.:.R=-:IC:..::E:..::S_:RE~CEIVED BY F.ARMERS FEBRUARY 1949 WITH COMP::.:.AB.=I.::.:SO::.::N:..::S~.-...;___;~.;;_;_-....;.;._
GIDRGIA-' -:--_,., ... ~,-~ ,
UNITED STATES
CO~~lTY
;Ave;rage . . : F_e.b .~. : ! Je.n;~. ~--..:,.;,..-F..-:~.,.._~..;;.,.~."..;:~A~v'~~-'""~a-z-e--:-- -F-e-b-~-:-'--....,J~8n-.- Feb, .
UNIT
. :.!ug; 1909- 15 : . 16 . ~ :):5 :Aug, 1909-: 15
15 .
15
-.,...;----~---..,:.-.J_u...,.:1y:_1_91_4_:1948: : 1949 J .' 1949 :July 1914 : 1948_~....;1:;.;:9..._4_.;:_9_--._..:: 1~9~49
.
.
.
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. .'-
'!
.
~
$! .Yfheat. bu.
1.24 ; '2.55: 2;18; . 2.10:
,88: 2.12: ' 2,02:
1,94
~--~-----------~~------~--~--~----
$! ITish Potatoes,bu
: 1.08:
1.38:
.
2.50l
.
... l.04t
.70: 1,93:
.
1.66:
1.12 .69
1.72
. ~--------------~~-----~
Srveet Potatoes,bu $ ::
,83,'. 2,25:. 2.35.:
-r-~~~----~--~--------~-r---~----~~
2.6o!
.
~---,------
a
s
!----2-.-3-1-~.,.----2-.-36!
2.44
,..,_---
q'otton, lb, Cottonseed, ton
f1ay(1o~se)ton.
.
$~
12.6 32.0 : 31.S : 31,0 I
. .. . . 87.oo: 65.oo: 53,oo;
~ 17~85: 2o~ooi 23.60: 23,60:
12.4
30.7
. 22.55: 88.60:
11.87: 19,60:
29.3 :
.
19.80:
29,1 53,40 20.50
-r~----~------~-----~--~.-- -~
--~+---~----~-----~---~--- --~----~-
$! Flogs, per cwt.
7,33; i8.soi 18.9o; I7.so;
7.27~ 21.60;
---$...:;-, . _B._,~.-.ef-:_C_a_t_t-~e-,-c-wt--.
-----3-~-8-7.:..:-1-6.-_-60_:!1...-1-8-~-80_..:..:~-l-8-.0_0..:;~----5-.-4-2;.;-.--20.10;
20,00: 18. 7'0
. ---,!-----..,...;...~...,_- ---:-~---- ~-r:------~r----
Milk Cows, head CP,ickens, lb.
;$ .:lf 13.2
31.6 31,3
28,7
. _______ 48.oo;. l67.oo:.. 195.oo: 187.oo ~~--~------~~:
11.4 : 26,0
30,7
29,5
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Eggs, doz. Butter; lb;
' .=..
. 21.3 56.0 63.0
'
24.6 58.0 57.0
48.0 : 56.0
21;5 25.5
45.0 :
47.1
41.8
.
62,5 _; . 60.5
Butterfat, lb.
M i lpker( W10h,0o#l=e s..a:El e) )
Cowpeas, bu. '
Soybeans, bu.
Peanuts, lb.
25.7
.2 42::
...
5.0
. . . . 61.0
-
58.0
- -.- -
-
-
-57-.0---i-.
.
---
26.3
- -
-
-
84,9
65.7 : 64.1
--------~;---------
. ..' 6.20, . '
. 5,20: .5. 10; 3.45:
I
5,oo;
..,
..
4.54;
4,s2!.
4,24;
4.18
2.05
. 10.0 10 6 :; 10.6
4.8
. 10 ,0 :
10.5
10.3
1} Average J~i.lary, 1910 - I:ecember,. 1914.
3} Preliminary for Febru~y :L949
ITEM
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RSCEIVED BY FA..tWERS . IN (August 1909 .,. July 1914 ;; 100 )
Feb. 15 1948
Jan. 15 1949
.. GEORGIA
Feb. 15 1949
II All Commodities Cotton &' Cottonseed
245 266
r J
I Grains Meat .Animals I Dairy Products
220 340 230
I Chicken &Eggs Fruits
256 106
I Miscellaneous
162
247
237
253
243
157
. 154
377
358
23D
229
278
223
193
194
186
187
, After Five Days ReturP. to
Penalty for private use to avoid
United States.nepartment of Agriculture
payroent .of postage $900.
Bureau of_ Agricultural Economics
319 Extensoion Building
Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAEPB3{1{4s;l775
Permit No, 1001 . '
__,"- ss. ,,y. e 11~ 1 e .iV.< . nt.ee s e . Il~ br arlall. tate College of Agri.,
~ eq . Athe ns, Ga.
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1\thens, Georgia
T .R U 0 K C R 0 P N 0 T E S
March 15, 1949
gENERAL: The weather this winter and early spri.ng has been unusual],y mild in Georgia. As a result truck crops are further ad.vanced than usual for
this time. of year, pointing to one of the earliest harvest seasons of record.
GABBAGE, EARLY SPRING; The mild, \V"eather has res t1lted. in rapid development of the early spring cabbage crop. The market opened about .
March 1, about a month earlier than usual, Cutting is getting well unden.ray \vith better than average yields and quality being realized. Very satisfactory prices a:re being received at present. Reports indicate about a 5 per cent increase in
~creage over one year ago.
OABBAGE, NOR'J;H GEORGIA: A small increase in acreage is indicated, for the North Georgia ca,b'bage crop. No damage oy the recent cold snap
in this area has been reported to the seed beds, Transplanting is expected to begin about the usual time.
LETTUCE: Lettuce prospects are good ,.,ith some movement expected shortly before April 1. There is a substantial increase in acreage over a year ago,
a recovery toward normal from the flooded out acreage of last year.
OlHONS: Onions are looking good and growth is well advanced for this time of year. Acreage of Georgia's onions is indicated at 600, or a 9 por cent
increase over the 550 harvested last year.
IRISH POTATOES, EARLY SPB,ING: Planting has been comp leted in the commercial area with good stands reported~ Production outlook is
good on about the name acreage as harvested last year.
WATEBNELONS; The FebriJ.ary acreage inten;tions in~icate about a 12 per cent increase over a year ago, or 45"000 a~. i'lanting of th~s crop is 111ell ad-
vanced, and some fields are up to good stands in the extreme southern part of the
State. Conditions have been idBal in all sections for preparing and planting, and
prospects are good at this time.
D. L. FLOYD AgriciJ.ltur~l Statistician
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TRUCK CROP l1TOTES - BY STATES ... March 15, 1949
C.AJl:BAGE: Suppli es of idnter cabbage should continne to be available for s ome time
a t about the current rate of production in the principle producing ar eas
of_ Florida~ The Lot], ~siana C'rOJ:? i.s coming ~dong i,n fairl;' go.od condition and. hea~r
mQ:Vement started ar()t mcl _the Tiiddle of Har en~ A loca l snow and froe ze dur ing the
l as t of J anuary n~Gessi tated re-setting most of the IUs si ss~.I2J2.i crop. It :l.s, the:e-
fo:re ,., l a ter' tha.n us ual but.is making g.oo.,d pro g res s . hild weather has r esL1.lte d in
thi' riipid _;deVelopment of cabbage in Al abama counties of l'lobile and Bald\dn, 'IJirher e good yields a re expected and ~trhere movement (just start ed) vill pr~babl;,r r e~tch a
r:1a.xirriuin by April 1. The South Carolina crop is in good to excellent condition a nd
marketing \1rill r ea ch its p eak around April 10.
SNAP BEANS : Cold \.;eather chiring the second \l!eek in March sligl:tly r e t arded bean g ro wth in .the .Flor.ida Evergla des "qut h_c;trvest of the spring crop is
expect eel to reach peak proportions the last Of 'the month. Ho st of the c ro iJ has been p l .:mted in Geor.da and South Carolina, 'but early plantings ha v e suffered som e
frost injLtry , ano. s ome replant i ng may be necessary .
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. pETTUCE: S'\lpp_J.,ie.~ of ,Florida Iceberg lettuce arc ' almos t exhausted. : Li ght supp lies
of :Bo s.ton lettuce are still available i n the Everglades and Zellwood s ec tio ns but a re heavil~r depl eted i n the !1iointosh a rea. In So uth Carolina the con-
t,lition of )..e t tL"Lee. is good , and shipping is expe cted to start arq1md the f i rs t of
,Apr il ano. reach fLJ.ll VOlllJlle by the 15th.
.. . POTATO:TIS, IRIS H: The condition of spring :potatoes is gener all y good i n Florida. Di gging should be gEn:. era l the l a. ,,;t of Z ~e.:rch and early A-pril. The
crop is mak i ng excell ent progress in Ala.bama \vher e sone digging is likel y to occt.tr 13arly i n April 1.<rHh heavy shipments expecte(i during the l ast of that month . About hro-thirds of, the crop is up i n South Carolina where fros t i s r e};o;r t eo. to hr:we d.el ayecl the ~,eve lopme:nt of p l ants but has caused no p e:rmanent i n,iury .
'l'lATJiffiGLOliTS: Dry 11ieather ha's been unfavora"ole to wat ern-ielons in Flori dR and. sli ght frosts have 11 set oack 11 the crop i n some aree.s . Some shi'i:)men ts are
exp ec t ed. q~r .the f irst of April .. Over a fo1J.rth of the SoL.th Carolina acr eage , ex-
p e cted ta s~'lO \rl abcmt a 1 5 per ce nt in crease ovnr last year , has been planted , and
some f ie l o.s o.r e 11 u:p 1i and making favorab.l e gro\,rths,
lJOT.E: . Oth er .Georgia truck crops \-rill be ao. c1ed as t .he:r come into }'Jro r3. u.c tion.
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Athens1 Georgia
. PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS FOR 1949
March 24, 1949
The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the folJ.ovv-ing
report for the United States, on the indicated acrea,ges of certain crops in 1949
based.upon reports from farmers in all parts of the country on or about March 1 re-
garding their acreage plans for the 19l.J.9 season.
The acreages for 1949 are interpretations of reports from growers and are .based on
past relationships betYreen such reports an.d acreages actually planted.
The purpose of this report . i(3 to as.sist growers generally in makj.ng such further
changes in their acreage plans as may appear desirable. The acreages actually plant-
ed in 1949 m?-y turn out' to be larger or smaller th<1.n indicated, by reason of weather
copditions, price changes, J,abor supply, financial conditions, the agricultural
program, and the effect of this report j.tself upon farmers r actions.
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Thousands
Percent
Corn, a~l.l
All spring wheat
90,590 18,319
86,196 19,588
84 J
.800(
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98.4
20,300 : 103.6
Durum
2,677
3,245
3, 392 : .104.5
Othe~ spring
15,641
16,343
16,908.: . 103.5
Oats
: 42,378 :. . 4J.J., 529
44, 506 :
99.9
Barley
141 607
13,295
11, 885
89 .4
Sorg.hums for alr purposes
16,810
13,813
12, J.hl}
87119
Potatoes
2,799
2,127
1, 980
93 .. 1
Svrectpotatocs
717
519
lt89
.94.2
Tobacco 1/
1,653
1,538
1,596
' 103.8
Soybeans~2/
11,607
11,733
"11,278
96 .1
Cowcas 27
2,459
' 1,115
1, 011
.~ 90 7
Pear:mts 2/
3, 466
3,879
3,175
81.9
Hay J:./ - .
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. 73,718
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co~n, bu. Oats, bu.
. 3,800 757
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3,205
710
3,301 .
l03
852 .
120
i3ar~ey 1 bu. Irish Potatoes, all, bu.
Sweotpotatoes, \:m.
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24
95
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67.0 75.0
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16.2 :'
60 :
5
83
15.0 . 93
58
97
Tobac co, all, lb.s.. i/
89.9: 978
82.9:
87.9 106
All Sorghums -
Soybe2ns, alone 2/
58 90
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70 .
51
62
95 89
?canuts (grovm alone) ~/
1,142
1 ,404 . .1 095 '
78
' Covipcas, alone 2/
313
170'
' 165
97
l7 All hay, t ons
1,373
.54 1,:400 . . 1,176
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l/ Acreage harvested. 2/ Grovm alone for all purposes. Partly duplicated in hay acreage. '"iJ Short time average.
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March cotton)
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Gthe~oyrgdiiadi'8tlh;emeyresa~ribllef polraen. t
a smaller The to.tc:H-
acreage of ~ crops indicated te-
;:d-qchon''il!llO.JIDh to a little OVeto four ,per, Cent.. Leading in .the , reported dkcrcase are peanuts With
: an ~xpe ctod loss of 22 per cpnt from the 1948 acrea$'e. Corn, oat,s,. and ~obacco show .probable .
1 incroa.scsi' b~t. for . a:J.1 o.thcr ,crol's .tho predicti-on, t<f varying dogrccis, is for a dccrca.so.
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mH.TE:O STATES; ; , The smhllc-~t 'total .aer~o.gc oi'$pri~g-planted - crops since. tho 1937":"39 :period
. ' appears in , prospcct for 1949. The decline in the total of 17 crops (10cluding
:hay) surveyed at this do.te is from 275,0 million Q.Crcs . in 1948 tQ .'l.70.2 million acres now in pro..
:'~ect. 'This '
pf which a: la
is rg
nc<irly o_*S,cd;'1 "ho\vov.:c)r, er proportiC':il thru,1 v.s1,1ol
'by the much larger ~pf!r~:mt.ly, r~mains
acreage :of ~ninter wheat sovm last fall,
.for horves.f{ thi.s scnson Tho .grcr.i.tcst
~oc_line in spr'i'rig "!ili:ultings will 'De in the food grains with smaller declines in tho oilscods -
poyoo::ms, flaxseed and porJnuts - and most other row ereps. The chief increc>.scs over l a st yoax : b.re ~ndica.tcd for plantings of spdng who. a t, dry peas and tobacco. Spring nctivi tics [U'C norm8.1
to advanced over most of tho country. ' Soil moisture and irrigation wn.tor arc generally in satis-
fa.ctory supply. Supplies of f r\rm labor, seeds and fertilizers arc not likely to be limiting
:fa.ctors in a.crcnges planted or grown in 1949, .
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tho . 19~9 c.crcr~gc of :principal crops .,plcmtod or grovm" mn.y to'tnl ncnrly 3t31 million ncros, allowhg
~or duplications md for certain crops not yet surveyed. This would be nbout 1.6 million ncrcs
l,css thnn in 1948, also below tho wnrtimc J?Ci'lk in 1943 nod 1944, but would exceed tho totnl in iJIW
other yecr:r since 1937. Much brgcr toto.l o.creagos wore planted or gro~m in the 1929-33 p eriod,
t;hc top being 375.5 Million ncres in 1932. If for soMe unforeseen reason, loss of winter v1hon.t
qcrcago .should be grcdcr thl:lll is now apparent, replanting to feed grnins could svvcll the planted
Efreagc totl'l.
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Total prospective n.crcr:tgos exceed by about 1 percent tho o,ggrcgr:.to of allotments o:r; 5Jlggcstod .. ,
goals for the Sru!!O crops. For oats, tho intended acrcrot.go virtuo,1ly oquo.ls the go.f.llo Falling be~
low allotments or gonls barley ood sorghuos, by
wore corn,, by about 1~ perccntf nll hay nbout 12 percent; .md swcotpot ~ltoosf by
imd tobncco-1 by n.bbut 4-l~ pcrcc:nt: _ nbout 19 percent. .Alloiments .,.or
suggested goals arc exceeded for potatoes nnd dry bcnns 1 by r-:Wout 2 percent; for ricc1 no:uly 10.-perccnt; for wheat, by I4 percent; and for flaxseed by 56 percent. If tlu3 us1.llll propo,z:tion of i;r..e
pennut acreage is p.ickod and threshed, the acreage will be nearly 2 percent below the a.llotnont.
Making o. sinilar allowance for soybenns, the indicated acreage to be hnrvestcd for boons will be
nparly. 6 percent below the suggested .gool.
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Mpst .fnctors affecting 1949 crop acreages, other thm the wonthcrt aro fnirly well known nt this -
t -tr.to. The. supply of h?-gh rcln.hvc "to .the
fnrn lab~r ap:pen...rs adequate. lower pncos 1n .prospect for
Ho::c
th~ur
vcr, some
produ~ts,
farncrs repor they pl!0 . ~o
t ctuhrattm1
with wages l l'.crcngos
of
crops involvinglico;r.f hired lnbor rcq;uircnonts nnd shift to t}:lose whore they ean cnrry on Most of tho work th~n'!elV'cs .. . Fnrn nachincry hn.s bocooe irtcrcnsingly twail.ablc :md in r.mny sections is -
cg1ml to dcnnnd. Mn.chincry in usc appc!'l.rs mplc for nrudng r :-cp id prog.rcss in f. icld work vrhon
fields arc re ady. Seed suppl.ios arc nnplo 1 though some oo.t s ha.vo boon founcl to sl:>.ow roor gcrl"li., nation- and short supplies of alfalfa. seed have linitod now sccdir.gs in sorn0 sections. More
fertilizer l'lnnd. 'ThO
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nurse erop for new sccd:ings of alfnlfa, clover and lcspedcza, looking forward to norc land in .
l!lea.dovnii ::nd pastures an!l bettor soil conserving practices. It is apparent that farners have giver1
core~ considcrntion to rclntivc .inconos fron conpoting crops in nf:lking 1949 pl<ms.
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CORN: Tho sna.llcst cdrn acrco.ge in over 50 years is indic ated by farners 1 intentions as of M::trch
. 1. This ycar 1 s. prospective 84 1 809,000 acres is ne arly 2 percent below l nst ycr1r 1 s . . 86,196,000 acres plDntod and conparcis. \1ith the 10 year 1938..47 a.vcrago of 90,590,000 acres planted.
'. The expected 1949 acreage is sonewho.t below this year's goal of 86 nillion acres. . .
WHEAT: . ,
Tho 1949 f nrncr 1s
acrongc of al~ spring wheat. is expected to . be 20 1300,0CO ac:res, nccording
reported intentions o.s of Mn..rch 1, .This is 3.6 percent l"ll'gcr than tho
to .
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19,588,000 acres plonto.d in 1948 nnd 11. percent larger. than the 1938..47 average of 18,319,000 Mi'ES
planted., A total plnnted acreage of all whon.t. of 811670,000 o.cres is inc1icntod by conMning tl;le pro spocti'Ire ncrengo of 'all spring who at with the vnntor v;heat acrcnse as estir.o.tcd l a.st lliconbcr. The 1949 ncro~c of nll wheat would be 6 percent l o.rg91' .tl:lon the 77,749\000 acres plontod for _ .
harvest last yonr, and 24 percent above tho 193&47 average. This yet1r s acrc'l.go woul ll be 4 pcr-:-J.
cent la.rgor thnn the previous record 78,169,000 acres in 1947.
OATS~ Tho 1949 <~roagc of oats will be prncticro1ly unchnngcd, nntionnlly, fran tho.t of 1948,
nccording to f'lrnors 1 reported intentions. :At 44,506,000 acres, the bnd devotcct to oah
' in --1949 will be about 5 I'Orccnt mrc thr:m both the 1947 ncrcagc ctld the 1938.-47 avornec
TOBACCO~
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of fo.rners
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. .tent ions ns of Mo.rch 1. Thi~ --is.,n~ - increase of a"Qout- 4 percent above lnst .year 1s .
ncrca.gc.: If avorngc yields per apro for the scver'11 typos should cqun.l tho 1943-17 average y1clds,
abQ'\lt .:lt750nillion ]O.'ilnds nf tobncco would be produced on tho prospective acrca.go.
PEANUTS: . The ncron.g.c 6f Jiermutsto be :plontcd i:Jlo~e, including thn.t for :picking and threshing,
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for hog~ing o~f ood for other pu:n:oscs, in 19~9 is indic'l.tcd nt 3,175,000 acre~ on ~he_
bas1s_of grqwors~ 1n,~cntwns to plpnt a.s of M.'lt~ch 1. Th1s is 18 percent below 1948 pl:mhngs nod
8 percent below ~he 10 ycnr avereig0e . . ,
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REPOHT ll.S OF H/u'i.CI-I. 1), 1249 .. --. ~-~--,_:.;..::.-...~
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The index of prices received by Georgia farmers on- Barch l) wa s tvro
points hi[her 'than it was a month earlier, and stood at 239 per 'cent of
the :Augu~~t 1909 to J1,1ly 1914 a'llerage. Bi;,;gest increas e s were in the grains D.nd mea t
animals groups, which rosesjx and n:i.nepoints, respectiv0 ly~ Corn, the l arges t
item in presdnt grain transactions~ :rras up 'seven cents a bushel, while ot.lier gr a ins
show some decrease . Beef cattle ros from ::;;1 0 , 00 .to ::.:18 . 60 per cvft. o.ncl. were f ollow-
ed rather closely by an -advance f r om..Ul7.60 to ;::,18 ,00a cvrt, fo;r hoc;s . JJD..J..ry.pro- .. ducts and e cg s show sea~ono:l de cline s , while prj_ce of chicl:ens move(1 up nearly .a.
sent per pound. Though over - a ll pr:Lces vvoria u1~ from February, tl1ey were not so high
as t hey were a -yearagowhen the all....commodity index stood 10. point~ higher at 21.!.9 .
Ul.IITED ST/s~: Fol~owing 1.\l..st montl~ts l O'!""poj.nt_ drop~ the :j..ndex o;t' price s rec e:Lved
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by farme-rs recovered sl ightly and :i.n' mid~Marc h vms 261 ;Jercent of
its Augrtst 1909'1"'July 1914 average, up 3 points (about 1 percent ) from mid-February,
but 22 p oint s ( 8 percent ) below a year a r;;o .
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( in~dex
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of prices. paid by f armers ,
includj_ng interest
and taxes ) v-ras up l point (nearly one-half perc ent) to 2!.f6,: foilo:ring last rnonth rs 3-point dec~ine; <md ;is nmv ;2 poj.nts ( a.bcnt 1 percent) belorr a: year 13-go ,
As a result of a l arger increase in the index of E)rices l~eceived than i n the parity index, the parity 're.tio ( r<;J.tio of prices received by f 2.rme:cs for U~incs they se1J~ to
prices paid by f armers for thi.ngs they buy) ro .s e l ,point from m:l.d- Feoruary to 106 -dovm 8 points from a year earlier ,
The increase in the :Lndex of price s rece:i.ved r esulted mainly from high er meat animal pric e s , Increase s in gra:Ln and fruit prices a l s o contrj_butocl to . t he hiC)lC l~ :Lndex , Prices f or some othe r commodity groups , m<irily dairy and truck crops~ were dovm.
The higher parity index is largely the result of i ncreases in food prices and in feeds, Higher me<:.t prices more t h an offset decxe<:::3es in f a;:aily lj,ving items such as clothing , furniture , and building mate:d.:~.ls. Among p:i.'oduction items ~ :-~ li[:ht ly l ower motor vehicle and s e ed prices f ailed to offset ldgher ;'rices .for feed,
-Feb-: Summary Tabl e for United States
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Pj:icos received 1/
283
258
261
307
J<::.n . l 9L.8
Prices paid, including
intere s t a nd t axes -~/ 3 I ?.48
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Parity r;:.t:Lo
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106
O ct~ 191~6
l/ Aug , 1909 -July 1 91)+ :: 100~ ]/ 1910..-14 :: 100 ~
January~ June, and July l9Lr8 .
1/ Revised
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,69 : ' - - - - ! - -
.70
:Irish Potatoes,bu.$
1.12
2.25 2.50 2.55 ;: .70 1.97 : 1.72
1.74
Sweet Pota toes, bu $
' .83 . 2.45 2.60 2. 75 ::
.88
..-----------. ___...,...------~-
Cotton, lb~
~..;_-..;:;1c.2.;..6.~--:--.;;..33;:;.;.;..:4'--.-t-=3'-=lC.:...0=----:-..31. 5
- -. - 2.37 . -2-.-1-4--. ..... 2.54
. Cottonseed, ton $
24.39
;Hay, loose, ton $
17w85
85.00 :. 53~ 00 :; 20.50 23,60
Bogs, :per cvrt. $
7.33
18.60 17.60
Beef Cattle, cwt, $
3.87 ' ~ 18.40 18.00
48.00 =170.00 27.2
187.00 : 189~00 29o5
42.6
41o8
. 24.6
........ 56.0
25.5
67.2
60.5
Milk (Wholesale) per 100/f ~/
:.
$
25. 7. 2.42
'
...
-- ' 5~.o 57.0 : 56.0 :: 26.3 -'---- - -J-~---~:-. .. .. 5.95 6~20 6.10 :; 1.60
80.3 . 4.81
. 64.1
63.~
~ ----~..!....-------
. 4.30 . 4.08
-~--- ~~~-- N-
Cowpeas 1 bu.
$
.. . 5.20 : 5.00
- -"->--__,...,...,..-~-- ~--:---------~
4.85 :;
"1' : 4.58
4.18
4~16
; .-...,$-_o,_yp-'-e-_an-_s-_,_-b_,-_l------$-~-----,----~---------T~---~-5-0-~~--~~-45 ~ 3 ~.i:~r. -. -~~~:--3.-23-
Peanuts, lb. ,
5.0 ' 10,0 ; 10.6 ; 10,8 ; i 4.8
10.1
205 : 2.12
; -------~---
10.3
10.5
l/
y - -~~.----,.-~-
- - - ' -
Average January, 1910 - Iecember, 1914.
Preliminary for March 1949.
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INDEX NUMBERS. OF -PRICES RECEIVED BY F AR~.-1ERS IN Gl!DBGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 ~ 100)
ITEM
I All Commodities Cotton &Cottonseed Grains Meat .A.nimsls Ilai::-,- ~P roducts Ch:.c:i,~n & Egg s ] '::.i.J ~.c; 'Mi::;u;,} J.aneous
Mar. 15
1948
249 274:
215 366 226 220
106
162
Feb. 15 194:9
237 243 154 358 229 223
194 187
Mar. 15
1949 ...,
239
I '
246 160
I
I
367 226
I
211 195
I
I
-1-8- 9 --~-..!'
After Fiye Days Return to United St aij~s Iepart;ri:mt of .1\g:riculture
Bureau of Agr5 r; ::.1 tur<::.l Economics 319 ExterS'.J' t B-1' " .i\~1g '1 Athens . \:.; : o -r r:r~ a
GFF1CI.AL :=~:~l:L!.:~S
Form B~ .B..!!./4/ 49.~:ms-
Permit No 1001
l?enalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
'iss. :!el li e r.: . Reese , Librarian ,
t a t e College of Agri.,
.eq .
At hen s, Ga.
UNITF.:D :;, rF\T[..5 DI::PAR.TMENT OF'
AGRlC.Ut...TURE..
:.-
Athens, Georgia
TRUCK C ~ 0 P NOrTE S
.April tr 194~
. . I)EQRGIA AuRICUl;:"rUIIAL.
. .:X,TE.N~IQN 5E.RVIC.E.
GENERAL: Co.nqitfon~ i11 the Q-eo~gia . commercia:l vegetable are.as .d11ring the 1?-st ..
~wo: w~eks i .n lvlarch \rere very satisfactory .;for -most crops. Li~ht frost
damage on the 16th and 17th of !J!arch is reportedto some of the e.arly plantings of ~nap beans and cucumbers. The cabbage and lett11ce crops have made rapid ' progres~ toward maturity . with harvest ..s.ea.son well ~ underway. for cabbage_, ~dequ~te moist:ure.
has been received in all Cl-t'eas to-date with seeding; germination and replanting
\l!ell a,dva!_lced over: a year. ago this t.ime.
, .
' ' LIHA BEANS; . Lima bean planting i ,s w~il underway. ~nd will probaoly b.e completed
early in April ..
?NAP BEANS, .~ Y'l'H GEORGIA: Some. of the e~rly plantings of snap bearis w.ere damaged
by the cold. in Harch. The damage 1tJas not severe enough
for abandonment of acreage but may result in reduced yields, No chang e is indi cat .ed
. from last ye:a.rs snap ~bean acreage in South Georgia.'. . .
.
.~
~
~
.
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CABBAGE, SOUTH GEORGIA: Harvest of the ~arly spring cabbage ha~ been very active
. . ;
dtir;ing the past" two \teeks. Demand and pricei- had b.een ..
good untii .the .la,'s t \veek in }4ar'oh '\\rhen .a tnarket gl~1.t caused vei.y low prices. Go.od
yields are 'being. realized and harvest i.s expected through April from some of tpe
.. late 01!:Jttings.
LET.t;.;;UC)E..: The lettuce crqp is in good. condi ticm . wi t:h better than average yields: realized. from first harv-e-sting. Peak harvest is expected dq.ring the
first .two weefcs: :i,n .April,
ONIONS: Outiook for a good onion ' crop 'is in prospect, Thrips are sho.wing up in some fi -elds and doing sl:ight damage. Some ha:rves ting .iS expe cted the
last of April.
IRISH POTATOJJS, SOUTH G:~OHGIA: Th' e Irish potato crop is off to a good start with exce~lent stands r epo rted.
TOl4ATOES: Consid~rahle damc;~.ge was don,e to the early setting 0f tomato plants by the cold in March l.'iost of the fields will be reset as th,e season is
much earlier than normal.
PIMIENTO PE~PERS: Good progress has been made -on pimientos in planting to the
field,s and preparation ~f land to set plants. A good acreage
. is in prci spect for thi's year
1TATERMELONS: Watf)rmelon plantings are 1trell advanced but so!Tie sections are having trouble s~curing good stands~ Cool nights and dl:lmage ;from field
rats and moles to planted seed are factors chiefly r esponsible for this situation.
D. L, FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, I n Charge
1. H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop :Estimator
Return After Five Days to
Penalty for Private Use to .Avoid
-kited States Depart ment ;of Agriculture
Payment of Postage $300.
3ur eau of Agri clll t11ral Economics
319 Extension E11ilding
Athens, Gecrgia
OFH'IC IAL :SUSINESS
Form :SAE-D-4/l/ 49... 1366 Permit No . 1001
Mr . Paul W. Chapman
Dean. Col lege of Agricultu~e
Atnens. Ga.
TC Req.
; "
LIMA BEANS~ Lima bean:s are coming to goo9. sp .and~ and making satisf~ctory growth 'in South Carolina.
SN.AP BEANS: Plantings of North Carolina's early spring snap bean crop has mostly been completed.
Some of the earlier planted fields are just beginning to borne up. In Texas a light
harvest will start the early part of .AprH and production in volume should be availaole by the
middle of the .m.ontho' Some field s . are up in .Alabama but planting of t}le mid..spring will continue
~~to A:p.ri l . Bar:"e.sting is ~ell unde:;.way in the important . Everg.lades section of ~lori~a. '!here
J. s a w1de range _J.n: the qual1 ty and y1elds due to t}le lack of ra1nf all and some. h1gh wJ.nds J.n
early March. T}le potel'l;ti~ production from the central Florida acreage has been reduced by the
prolonged: dro11th
.
.
. . ... '
.
C.ABB.AGE: Supplies are expect.ed to be heaviest .about April 25 from louisiana, but beea"q.se of
reduced acreage and unfavorable earlier weather oondi tions, production is expected to
be considerably below that of a year ago. South Carolina movement has been )ight to moderate
but is e:ltpected_to become heavy by .April 10:-T!le North Carolina cabbage crop is in exc.;:~llent ,
~ondition throughout the commercial produc.i..ng are~h~pments from the Carteret are~;t are ex':"
pected to start about .April 20, whil e other . heavy producing areas expect to start ~hipping about
!Jay 9. The season is practically over in all areas of Texas. .Ba.rves.t is now: in full svTing in
the lvf.obile . area of .Alabama and shipments to date are ahead of last year. 4 good volume of cabr
page still :!;'amain for harvesting during the :first half of April in Florida. After the middle
of the month, available supplies will decline sharply, but some supplies will be available as
t- ate as the first of May. :
. ..
LETTUCE: The lettuce crop ranges from go6d to excellent in South Carolina, Movement has begun
.
and should be heaviest the week of April 11. The NO'rtll Carolina lettuce crop continues
in
'
good
Condition.
and maV6!11Elnt
is
e?!Peoted
.
to
Sta!t
around
"
.Ap..r.il
10.
IRISH POTATOJ!;S; L~gh~ ~ai'keti.ngs are expected. in louisiana, the lat'ter part of April, with . .
volu!Jle picking up to a peak al:lout May 15 :-; 20. :Planting of the ;North Carolina
~~ly commercial Irish- potato C+op is complete. The c~op is maturing rapidly in llaDama and
volume movement is expected by the last week in .April, Harvesting in ,the important l!a stings
$ection of Florida is in full swing and should continue heavy throughout the month of April. Harv(,'l~ting wi:)] commence the Hrst week of ,A-pril in the Everglades and in Hill'sborough county.
~NI~NS: Prospects p-~~~~ ~o a goo~ quality crop :from the Laredo district of _!~as, with S: light
!
harvest starting the week of April 4 ... 9, but active shipments are not e,~ected until
around the middle of the mont~. Harvest of the Eagle l?ass crop is not expected to start until
'!;he early part of :W~ay. Transplanting of the north Tex_2:2 onion acreage was completed about the
~attar part of March in all ' are,as except around Farme+sviUe, Princeton and li!CKinney.
'
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.
OUCUMBERSl Cucumber stands ~e generally satisfactory wj,. th J?lants in good to excellent condition
in South Carolina. The acreage is expeate~ to be somewhat larger this year. Plan~
ir.tg has been completed in the north F~oridFJ. sections and a few earl.y fields aJ"e ' expected to
Eitart harvesting du;ring la:te April, but most of the production from this area will move during
May.
;
TOMATOES: Tomato transpl&nting is well along in the Beaufort - Charle ston area of South Carolin-a
wi th plants in good condition.. Setting of tomato plants has "been active" in .snuth
and central Alabama under ideal weather conditions since March 20. Frequent rains h ave retarded
progress in transplanting tomato plants to ;fields inMissis,sippi but transplanting is expected
-to be completed during the first ten days of April.
.
.
.
IVATEBMEIONS: J;'rospeots are ,favorable for an early watermelon crop in all southern counties of
. Texas, and planting in . tho mid-season sections was much earlie r than usual t}lis
year. A limited acreage in tho lower Va lley was beginning to hold a set of fruit the latter part
of March, but production from this acreage usually goes to 'nearby markets. The Florida watormclo;n crop has_ made only fair progress during the second h~f of March. )t h a s boon difficult
f9r growers in the north and west Flo~ida areas to get a stand, 4 light movement by truck has
como aut of .early south Florid~ :fi.elds an,d the impo:rtant l.eesbwg aJ"ea is ~:x:pectod to ship an
occasional car .4m-ing the fi,.rst b,alf of April, but it will be late Ap:ril before 'bhero is any
a~preciable movement.
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UNITED 5TATE.e, .
. DEPARTMftNT OF ~
AGRICUt...TURE.
/C)~
L//Vf/
or UNtYE.RSITY.
C,[.Of'.GIA
C.OLLE.GE. oP AGA.IGUI..TUI\L
' '
ATHENS, GEORGIA
ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION (As of Aproil 1, 1949)
APEIL 14, 19.49
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the following report on the acreage,
yield, and production of commercial truck crops for the fresh market from reports
. and
data furnished by
crop
correspondents,
;field Statistj.cian,
a.nd
c
o.
o
p.
e
r
a
t
i
ng .
.
State a gencies.
Lll1A BEANS: Acreage reported for the spring crop in Florid.a, G.'eorg,ia, and South Ca rolina is 4, 250 acres. The total is one-tenth smaller than the
acreage for harvest last spring and alrnost one-half smaller than the 1938- 47 average acreage, The 1938-h? \.average is 8,180 acres, Florida and South Car olina. report decreases below 19L~8 of 19 and 8 perc ent., respectively, vrhile Georgia reports an increase of 4 percento Acreages in all three States - are well below average.
Harvest has begun on the spring acreag e in Florida, but the Geor-gia and South Carolina crops will not be ready for market until late in May or in Juhe ,
SNAP BEANS: Mid-spring acreage is ,the _same as last year , a reduction in Louisiana being offset by. an incire~se \in Missi.s sippi, with other States showing
no change, Slightly better per-acre yields than last year are indic ate d, The pro -
spective 1949 production of 1, 873 .;000.. bushels is a little above l ast year, -although
somewhat below average.
0
0
CPJ3BAGE: Pr_ospectiv~ early. spring pr oduct:'wn of l 06 ,L.00, tons is 13 percent -greater th<m last year and 8 percent above the 1938-h? average , Fa-rmers in
Louisiana anci Mississippi exp ect sinaller cabbage crops than l ast. year, bu-t these ;reduc tions are more than offset by increases in Georgia, South Carol i na a nd. Alabama. Ac-.ce_a:ge in th_is group of States wa's reduoced slightly this year, but the per-acre yield is expected to be above last yea r and average, . l argel y because of good y ields in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Near-average yields are indicated for Louisiana and Mississi ppi ,
LETTUCE: Prospects for early spr1ng crop lettuce are slightly ,above those of a
- - - - - month a go and production is now placed at 8 , 0)7 , 000 cra te s . 'Ffhile this indicated production f or 19h9 is 8 perc ent above the 7, 1-+51, 000 crates 'produced _in
1948 and 13 percent above the l938-L7 average of 7,101,000 c rates , it'is still be -
low the l ar ge crops produc~d in 19h5, 1 9h6 , and l 9h7, The Ar iz<;ma crop is in
volume production, hut the .California crop is later than usual; ' and voluine shipment-
are not expected until after l'Jay l. Georgia and S out h Carolina are at peak ofharvest and shipments from North Ca rolina a re expected by April 10.
ONIONS: . The prelimihary estimate of. a creage f or ha rve st in late spring areas in
. California, A ri~ona, Louisii:ma, Texa s and Ge.or gi a is pi aced a t 11, 970 acres
This is lh percent above 1948 , when Texas gr oweTs were unable to get their full
intended acreage pl anted , but is 6 percent below average. Planting is- about com-
pleted except in the B.l"eas around Farmersville, Princeton and HcKinney , T-exas vrhere
weathe r has no t permitted tra nsplanting . Most crop s are growing nicely, al though
r ains. in Louisiana have been too frequent for optimum development .
After Five Days Return to united States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Ext ension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS For m BAE D/l~/49 - ll~26
?ermi t N_o. 1001
Pena1ty'for Priva te Use to
Avoid Payment of Postage
~~ 300,
I.d brati a n.
Cc1 l ege of A ~ r i cu ltur e
At hens , .Ga .
'I' C Req
,
" .' .,
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;~ . .J ~?_:_.:.' \;-:.
~
"<:?,~-~"- ;::.. . .
. ~- ... ..... ......... ... .
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,. : :
. .-. I . : : . -. . . . . .
. '
,
,, . CO:tilllERC! AT.J E.A.RLY I RI SH" '"POTATOES: _.Acreage
--:-
for
late
.. . . .... '.
,
.
spring harve<st .is
:~ .:
.-r ...~ o '<ll '~ -"~' >
. . _;_ . '
' .
pla c e~d ,. at .
: ,
,._ . . .. .
143, 000 acres. : This acreage is 15 percent i .
\.., ~nialler than the 168,100 acre s hqr,y_gsted in 1948. and abbut four-fifths of average .
:' '-Acreage, for l:arve.s~ is smaller than the acreage harvested in 191.+8 in each State ex-
~. .qept Ge6r_gia ~ South Carolina, Tenpessee., and Ok1ahoina. In Georgia and South Caro:J;inl
some 1948 a:c.reage vias drowned out . after April 1. A.creage planted - i n -each of these
two Sf ates is below 1948 planting$. The increased acreage in Oklahoma. Tef1ects
. plantings of about 900 acres in tl~e Jackson County..area, .where a . nevr ..irrigation
- - - - . ,~roJec:.t..: n~m ..h~en _ deve,?.op~d. . . .. '._
... ::>. .. ......... .
- ~~ - -- -- -- -- -- -- .-- -- --- -- --- -- ---- --.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----.----------------~------
CRpP
;---~~EAC'~
. YIELD PER ACHE ;
!E9Dl~~J!?!~. . . ___
.: AND
.10-Year.
: 10-Yr.:
.
.10-Ye a. r .
STATE i.Average: 1948
Ind. : Av. ; 1948; Ind. :Averaee! 1948 ; Ind,
-------- _______:_1938 -47:
1949 :38-47:
1949:1938-1.:. 7:
: 1949
LnMI. . BEANS
Prel. :
: Acres : Acres Acres:- Bushrls
. . . . - 1,900 Bushe+s
3p r i n g
.
.
.
'F:t.orida
. 3,220: 2;350: 1,900: 75 : 95
240: 223
Georgia .
:?outh Carolina : -,,
Group total :-
22.1,
020
930
:
:
8:,I8o:-
1, 200:
1, 200: Ii/755=
1, 250: 41,1 125000::~
57 : 52 :
-62T
55
65 :
-i?:-.,...
:
:
-
112:
141: -494:.,..
66 :
78 : -367-=May
Io-
. 3NAPBEANS
. '..
. :
: .,.. Bushel s -
- 1,000 B ~she l3
4 id ~pring
.
=-c a:iirornia 5,55o: 1~,300: h, JOO: Lo'll.isiana ' ~ . .'. 7,420: h, 800 : h;L.OO:
Missi ssi'Ppi- ' 3,630: 3,000: J,hOO:
Alabama 1,520: 1,600: 1, 600:
Geor gia . :-' 3,950: . 2,100: 2,100 :
South Caroi:Lna : : 6,h60: , I~:J6oo: 4, 6oo:
.
145 170: 150 . . 63 70 65
71 85 80 70 5o 75
62 48 65 68 : 70 : 90 :
802:
L~60 :
250: 107:
2L~3=
430:
731 645
336
286
255
272
80
1 20
101 136
322 : 411+
cfroup total ~-- . . . CABBAGE .
Early.Spring - Louis1.ana-:
. =-i8,53o:--i6,4oo:-io,4oo :- - BI: -89: -9'2: -2'72'91: -l-;825-=- I-;s73-
. ;: -
~: --~----;---r-__,...
. . -:Tons,,.. ..
. .... Tons -
.
.
.
.
.
.
5, 900; 5,000; 4, 600; 4 .1 : 4.0 : 3, 7 : 24,700: 20, 000 : 17 , 000
Mi.ssissi1)pj_. : 7,lhO. 6,ooo: 5,400: 4.7; h.9: 5.o: 34 , 2oo: 29 ,Lfuo; 27,ooo Alabama .-... : 1,410; 1, 300: 1,300 ; . 5.1 : S.o ; 5 . 5 ; 7,1oo; 6 , 5oo : 7, 209
Georgi<.t; south: 4,120: 6, 200 : 6,500 : 5 .1: h.5: 6 . 0; 21,300:27 , 900 :39, 000
_. 22. South Carolina:_ !,~8Q :_ ~, ~OQ :_ ~,102 :_ ~ ..!:! ~ .?_ _.
-~ ~11_22_0~ }:O_t420..:.. :_1~,~0_2
Group total LETTUCE
-..- - - . 20,250: 20,100: 19,500: 4. 86: h . 69: 5.h6: 98 , 600: 9h, 200 :106, 400
.
:
- -~--- --- ----------------------------
; '- .1 6 doz.: 0 9rates: - Cr~tes ~~
~1 ~ 0~ .
.Earl y Spring
~
"A'riiona . . 21, 070 : 2o,ooo 22 , ooo: 145 187 11-~.o 3,034: 3,?ho J , o8o
C a1ifol~nia, , oth~r29 , 020: 31.+,800: 34, ooo: 134 100 135 3, 773: 3 ~ 480 1.~,590
. Florida . 310 100
117 100
3"3
10
-
G eorgia ~ . . = l.d~O: 170 : 550 : 89 65 100 : . . :41'
11
55
1; South Ca rolina: 9h0: . 500: 900: 114 : 100 : 120 : 104: . 50 : ' 108
North Carolina= .i, 380: 300: . -1,1;60: 92 : 123 : 160 : 12l.i.: 160 : 224
nroup __!o_~ -~-53,o7o~-56,87o:-ss,85o~-136: 111 J37: -7}ioi: -7745].-:- 8 ,o57
Jl\TI ONS
:
Late Spring
.
. . - Sac lcs 50 :t-bs,
- 1,900 sacks~-
California : 2,360: 5,500 : 5, 000 ; 412 500 . : Arizona . l, OhO: 570: !.~20: 364 : 55o.:
1,059: 2,750
301: 314 :
Louisiana . 1;740: 1, 250: 1 1 200 : 98 90: l'exas . 13, h30-: - 1-,900 : 10, 800 : 88 70 :
172: 112 1,1).+8 : 553
Georgia . 1,178: 550: 550: 138 : 136 : :
: 170:
75 :
-
G
r-o-u
p--To--t a-l--;-= ---1-9
,-I-.i-o
:-- .-- :~i~,77o: . .i7, 9i ~~---:---
o-.-:=:--..-I-: t-S-~:~.
2" '\"4,1-:--~:-.
--:
~--~ ~~.r-
- 2-;683: -3~8oh_: _---
. --:- - - - ---:---
cm:illllifi.C I AL Eiul.L
~TUSH POTATOES .
... Bushels -
- 1, 000 bushels
Lcte S ~~~n-~
L\lJ.isio.na Ei<:s:i.c3Sj_pp i
Ala~ma
Geo r;i_ a
. : 24,200: . 12, 000! 10, ooo:
: 3,790: 1,1oo= aoo:
24 ,520! l 8, ooo: 15, ooo: 2, 850! 1,1oo: 1,100;
South Sarolina: 13,700: s ,ooo = 9, ooo:
Texas
8,590! 7,700! 7, Joo:
Tennesste
4, 640= 4,4oo= 4,4oo:
No
r
t
h -
Ca1olin
~
a
:
34 , 1 5 0 :
31,000=
24 , ooo:
:;) , L. FLOYD Agricultura1 St atisticia.n, In Charge
68
85
70
85
..
117 lL~o .
.112 90
lh2 100
65 : 75
115 : 105
148 : 210
~-
.
1,663: SLto
.. 323;
94
2,8 26: 2, 520 . 301=, .. 99
.. l, 906:. 800
5h8: 578
. : .. .. 532 =... .. .. 462
. . . S, Oh 7: 6 , )10
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estjmator
-.
UNITE.O :)TATE.e, DP::PARTM E:.NT OF
erop AGRIC.U\..TURE.
Ull/IVER$1TV 01' GtO"'-GtA C.OLI..E.GE. OF ~GRI~IJLTUP<:.f.
GEOR.GIA A.GRJCUL:fURAL
L)l,,T.N610N :l~fi.YIC..
\
. ~RUCK CROP NOT:E9
: '
Aprn 1s, . 1949
.;,~ .
GliJN.ERAL: Seeded crops have made. very good progress, although occasionally ~ool
\<tea.ther has retarded growth some but not to any great extent. The
ground has been too wet :recently for much planting in the horthern areas, but operaticns have proce'eded with little interruption in the ~out)lern and in some
central counties. Lettuce and . cabbage are being harvested in coastal and .other
so'(lthern areas. Cool nights have been beneficia.! for these crops. Below freezing
temperature was reported in north Georgia a.nd frp st occurred as far south as lv!acon,
Georgia the night of . the lGth. of April, . but informat iol} on extent of any dam:a-ge
is not E;l.Vailable at this time'!
I . t
LII\.ff..A BEANS: Fair progress in planting is being made in the lima bean territory,
\rlth about the same acreage indicated as a yea~ ago
. '
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'
~
SNAP .BEANS,
~.
\
soUTH
GEORG( IA:.
The
mid~spring
snap
bean
crop
is
generally in
good
con-
!
dHion \<tith irregular stands reported. tn some fields,.
CUCUMBERS; Planting of the early crop is ahead of normal, but poor stands are reported for some areas due to wet ground and . cool nights~
CABBAGE, SOUTH GEORGIA~ The south Georgia cabbage season ha13 passed i tf:J peak, . although cuttings from $Orne of the late plantings are
expe~ted to continue thr()ugh April. Yields and quality have been good to excellent this season, but :the over supply on the markets the past two or three weeks has brought about Unsatisfactory prices.
LETTUCE: Generally, conditions of the lettuce crop is reported good. Cutting is \'fell. underway with satisfactory prices B;nd: yields being received.-.
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with some harvesting expected around May 15 to 20th.
There is an estimated ~}100 acres of !rish potatoes planted this year.
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year. \(eather conditions and availability o'f plants between no'l"r
and May 1 will play a big part in getting this acreage set. The acreage in south Georgia is practically all out, but setting will continue until aroundl~ay 1 in
central and northern Georgia.
TOMAiOES: Tomato transplanting has been completed and some early planted fields are looking good at this time.
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and made li ttl~ r:Progress during the past t\..ro \<Teelts because 'of rain
and unseasonably cool ,.,eather. South Carolina snap beans continue in good. to
excellent condition. l..fovement from early plantings are expected the v.reek of May 2
with shipping becoming gene3ral the folloving wlek. Advancement of the Mississippi
snap bean crop averages a little late~ than usu~l. Harvest from the more advanced
plantings may begin May 10 - 15.
C.A:BBAG.E: The peak of harvest is over in the ~iobile area of Alabama but some move-
. ment continues. : Althoqgh prices have d.eclined, cabbage harvest is still active in South C'arolina witl:l unifotm quality oe.:!.ng m~rkete,d~ The Tenne~see' cab bage crop has s'tarted. to gr:ow at laf!t~ Apparent.ly shipment will begin about the last week of Hay, the same as lCJ,st year, but..two. ,\~e~ks leiter 'than :average. Li ght
movement of :MississiPpi cabbage -is: now under.way, but the.bulk of. the crop wil.l.nrove.
during May. ''
CUCUMBERS: Harvest is expected to ,begin ~boU,.t May l5 in South . Carolina.
in LETTUCE: Lettuce yield, quality, ?:.I).d prices have been reasonably good South
o ::carolina. Clltting is aC.tTv'e and shipping i\3 expected to continue until
about May.
ONIONS: Harvest in the Raymon~vnie 'i:md La~~d.o districts of Texas '"M acti~~ by
the middle of the 'month,_.;and both. of the.se districts are exp e cted to be in peak production .the week of. April 18 .,.. 23, .. ';!:'he north Texas onion .crop is ~n good condition in practically all sections. The Taylor and Hearne areas m~ start
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movement is not expected unti,l .Hay 1. Carlot .movement is scheduled
.to get under11Tey April 20 from the principal p:r;odu<;:ing ar.ea in Soutl:w e st Alabama.
'The South Carolina Irish potato-es are in flourishing cond:ltion with first digging
expected about May 10. Harvesting in the important Hastings section of Florida
is in full swing and di'gging will continue heavy during the remainder of April and
first \lreek of May.
TONATOES: Tomato transp-lanting is nearing completion \JTith plants in good t .on.dition
in So uth Carolina. Transpla.il.ting of tomato plants to fields in Nissi s-
o/ . sippi has been completed.
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WATERMELONS: The f 'irst car 'Nas reported ou~
SOtJ:th Florida on .Ap ril 12, but
some truck movement occurred bt:lfore this. The important . Leesburg
area moved two cars April 16, but .it will be the ~irst of May i;>efore the deal will
generally get underway. '%e watermelon .crop is .in good. con:di tion in .all areas of.
Texas. Some areas have had difficulty in getting good. st~nds, but show p :romise
of early production this yem.T.
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Eureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia O]'F!CIAL :B1:1SI'NE SS
Form BAE N/4/49~1426 Permit No. 100].
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BROILER :PROUJCTIO. N..HIGHEST:' !N HISTORY
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GeoFgi:a-19'1-8 com~Tdal broiler. production s~~ . ~ all time high iecqrd for
the Stat-e With a total of 33,025,000 birds marketed !;luring the Y,ea:;. _This figure was lf:?. oj. abo~e the 28~717,000 production of 1?47 and . l9 o/o $i'eater_ than tpe preVlous h1gh record.. of 29,520,000 re~hed 1n 1945. .The' State ranked, ~hird in the Nation ...jith Delaware and Mar.y~and holding fil';'st. and
second pl~ces, respecti~e,l.Y.~: .
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Income ho~ - broilers - am~~t~d ~to $29,108,000;' an increase of 20 %from the
$24,191;000' in 1941 ..and 19 %'alxive the 1945 11revious high :of $24,466,000.
Ave1;age live weight per bird was 2.6 pounds compared with 2.7 for the two
years before. Average price received per pound was 33;, 9 cents coi!!Pa.red .with
31.2 in 1947 and~ 'P3jt:~ a-n 194.6.
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Main commercial countie~. are Cherokee, Forsyth, an'd Hall Wi.th :~Barrenv; :Cobb, ' Fulton, Dav;son,
Hal:iersham, Jackson, lumpkin, Yfhite and adjoining counties ..making u:p .:most of tlle:: ren\aining com-
mercial areas. However, some other scat"tered counties produced broilers last year and current
further expansion is taki:r:g place.
DIAGRAM smwnrG. PiiourcTrCN AND v.Uu.E OF GEORGIA BroiLERS
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Value (000)
1935
500 $ 230
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800
384
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1,100 1, 300
539 . 611.
1939
1,600
676
28 1940 1941 1942
3,500 11495 6,000 2~775 10,000 ' 5,152
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1944 24,000 19,116
1945 29,520 24,466 .
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24 1948 33,025 29,108
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About 1~;Q62 m.il'i"{on po~~s~ :fiyi: weigh~, of qom$~_,fd~_1.broil~ts -~J~~-~-produced in
38 Sta:t_es.. in '1948 ...... 20 per cent ' more than in 194.7~.. The aver_age ;l.i ve \vei~ht price
in 19.48iias 35~9 cents-per pound compared with 32.1 cents in 1947. G:toss income
from commercial oro ilers \ITas $381,117,000 - ... 34 per cent more than in 1947~.
Delaware led all States with 15 per cent of the Nation's broilers in 1948 fol1o\,red .
by Hary1and with 11 per cent, Georgia tvith 9 per cent, Virginia with 8 per cent,
Arkansas with 7 per cent, North Carolina with 5 per cent, Califo.rnia and Texas
with about 4 per cerit each. These 8 Stat~s accounte.d for .64 per cent of the 1948
commercial broiler production . Commer9ia1 broiler p.roq.uct~on has been expanding
all rapidly during the past .year. . Conc-entrated bro.iler areas are spr!ng5,ng up
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t.he country. The record production in 1,948 . (m a pq_'~d.age basis vas three-fifths
. as large as farm chicken sales and made up about a third of all chickens sold in
the United States.
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tion -is not. included. in farm production estimates.
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Division :produced:produced: per lb.. : ;neom~ - _gj!produoed:produced: per lb, ; income ?j
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cents Thous.Dol
Thousands
cents Thous.Dol'
He.
2,300
8,740
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2.5.35. 3,220. 12,558 35.,0
4,395
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2,700 333
9,180 1,099
28.5 30~0
2,6i6 3,321 . ll,624 330 -400- 1, 490
;35,0 35.o
4,068 518
1i1ass.
4,980 16,932
32.0
5,'418 6,374 23,584 36.0
8,490
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485
1,698
33.0
560 ,606
2,242 37,0
830
Cbnn.
7,840 26,656
33.5
8,930 9,s:oo 36;260 37.0 J.3,416
w.Y.
5,435 16,305
34.o
5,_544 6,7.94 22.420 37.o
8,295
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3,631 11,619
33.0
3~8'34 4,176 14,198 39.0
5,537
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l'T.Atl.
33,783 112,898
32.3 36,484 42,594 152,026 36.5 55,507
ohio---- -3-;257-- i'o:-422-- -33.0-- 3,'439- 3,5'83 .... -11,1o7..,. -37~5-- 4,165
Ind.
7,039 22,525
33.9
7,636 9,503 28',509 37,5 10,691
Ill.
7,092 19,858
33.5
6,6$2 7,$72 22,042 38.0
8,376
l~ich.
1,104
3,533
34.0
1,201 1,104 . 3,6.43 39.0
1,421
~i~- _ _ _ ~3J..6~3_,_ 1.1J..019 _ _ _3Q.oQ __ Q~61 _ 1,g3Q. __lg,zo.Q. __3~.Q __ 1.~2~
!N-Q.eat!.. _ 2.z.J7.5__ .7.!-3~7- .... _3!2,.. _ _2g,z9_2..,91 __7.,Q.O. _ ._37... _ _2~d:Bl
Minn.
i,258
3",774
35.0
1,321 1,384 4,152 38,0
1,578 -
Iowa
2,609
8,871
29.0
2,573 4,018 14,063 35.0
4,922
Mo.
2}~58 6,774
32.0
2,168 5,080 15,240 35~0
5,334
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X[~_J;!._Qe!lt!.. ... ~6.1.~;2_0__:..:. &1.!..5.5_...__3Q.~ __ _,..71 _11_,.1. .... _3.~;?,5Q. __3..;2, __l&P.41
Del, ivrd.
53,783: .1?6,727 , 30.3
~4,444. ; 110,221
29.7
50,518 53,245 165,060 32,736 38,233 122,346
35.1 34.7
57,936 42,454
Va. i'l. Va.
N.c. s.o.
23,640
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16,182
3,-348
. 70,920 2.7,011 45,310
8,705
30.5 32.0 32.9 37.0
21,631 8,644 14,907 3,221
26,477 11,817 18,286
3,951
82,079 38,996 53,029 10,273
35~4
35o0 34,7 38,0
29,056 13,649 1s,401
3,904
Ga. .
28,717 77,536
31o2 24,191_ 33,025 ' 85,865 33.9 . 29,108
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~.At1_, ___115L3Q.5__5.?_l.t.914__ ~31,1 _ 16.?_,;2,51 l9Q_,~Q _ .7.,3 __3..Q. _ &01,..0
Ky.
1,090
3,270
31,0
1,014 1,09o 3r052 38.0
1,100
'l?enn:.
1,854 _ 4,820
38.6
1,861 2,596
6,490 39.0
2,531
Ala.
-4,796 -11,510
38~0
4,374 5,995 1.},988 36.0
5,396
Miss.
3,400
9, 860
34.0
3, 352 5, 984 16,157 36.0
5, 81.7
Ark.
15,628 )45,321
31,8 14,412 24,067 67,388 35.5 23,923
ta.
1,244
3,234
41.0
1,326 1,617 4,0t2 43.0
1,738
Jkla.
704
2,112
34.0
718 1,056
2,851 35o0
998
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..Qe!lt.!. _ .... !2,9J..31_9 __1Q.6!..6~5- _ .,.3;i.. __3.,0 _5.,..1!2, _ 1_51_,g_O~ __3..1 _ ....,5.,111
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450 ; 1,260 . 41.0
517
729
2,041 IJ:1.,0
837
\rash.
3.,130 _. 9;o77
Creg. . . 971
3;107
36.0 37.0
3,268 3.1 756 1,150 1,214
11,6V.r 38QO -1;006 39.0
11,425 1,562
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C.!illGRAL: Varied .weather conditions have pr'evc\:dled in Georgia du.ring the past 't\'tfO
weeks. Fr~sts and low temperatures dll.ring thi s period have retarded.
growth and caused light to !flO derate damage extend~ng soll.thward'belotT the fall line.
i's Condition of truck cro!is" is still good, with adequate to excessive rafnfall being
receiveqin an areas~ 1?lantinghas -been acUve in the northern .counties and con.tinuing in other areas~ 1<1arra weathe~ would prove beneficial 'fqr all plant~d .
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SNAP :BEANS, SOUTH G30RGIA: Some harvest of the snap bean crop iri . ~outh Gec.rgia has started. .Poor yields are being reaU ~ed due to
the 'cold damage rece:l. ved back in . Apri_l. Good demand and ~irt:'orab_l/3 pric '3 s are re-
:po'rt~d.
CAB}M.GE, SOUTHGEORGIA: Volume movement is over fot- .the : sou.th . G:eot'gia cabbage crop.
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Light harvest from the la.te a creage se t is going to marke t
with 'v~ry low prices being r e ce-ived~ A small .per cent of th.e acreage.. wl:l.s plo ~red: .. .. . .. -
under and fed to livestock due to the 1ovr prices and rio demand at the c-los e o.f:: the
season._. : It is believed that near record yields would have been harve st e d if-- Qiem:aind
and .:t:air~ _prices had prwv?-ile:d through the season, Some north. Georgia cabbage; i s: ;c
being set;: :to the ;fields..
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stands and repl anting has set the crop ba ck in the: southern count'flrs.
Planting in middle Georgia i s practically co r~1pl e ted, ~t . has been too cool for th.e . cantaloup crop to make much pro gress and t-.rarm weath~r would prove b eh~fici a3. . at : . :
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by b e ing< s et back in growth an(\. by fa;ilure to secur e good :st artd.s: Sortie harvest is e~ect e d in th-e : extreme southern cou~tJes around Hay 10 .. 15. .
LETTUCE: Cuttin,g f~om -the :earli er p lanfed field,s ha s :be en compl e ted, with sat is-:
factory price s and-- yields bei'rigc received. Light mov emertt v.rill continue
into May from t~~~, J.at e pl ant~ngs. ' . . . ,.
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to g~t.. td.~d.er~a]f~~:vound May 15. .
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May 10, Pl anting is well advance d in
ha rvesting "is :expe'ctea. th e nort h Goor~i a area
\vith some frost damage report ed to the fields that \'>'ere up.
TOMATOES: The south Georgia tomato ' crop is making gqod 1:pro.gr_ess and i~f. f u rther . aclvance d than at this tim e last y ear. i'li th .continued, good g ro lirl.ng
season harve st is 6 .expe cted from som e of the early plantings arOU!'\.d; lliiay~ . lG. ~ .
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yea r due to colo. weather and fl eld rats, Some f1 elds 1.n sollth_r\+r . . " ,
counties are doing fin e and beginning to run and ripe melons ar e exp e ct ed by '
June 15. flru1ting and r eplanting is still going on in central Geor gia~
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, +n Charge
L. H. a~I S, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator
TRUCK CROP NE'IvS - BY STATES As Of May 1, 1949
LIVIA :SEAJ".'J'S: Lima beans are in good condition in South Carolina with harvest expect ed about June 1.
SNAP BEANS: Some snap beans have been shipped fro m the :S~aufort area of South Ca r-
~ olina. but general movemeri't i~i""'~o.f ~4'ctf;1cf"d~til thEf .}~e!eJ-(! 9~-:)(~y: 9. ;Li ght picking has started in Louisia.na ."l':~t11 . pf(~iftlJ}_qv;_~~~y'expected abo.ut l~ay: 15.
MississiJ)u i snap beans have fairly good yield pros:pects; : Shipments shgu.,'ld,"-.start
~bout mid-May .. SupP)-ie.~, of S~"la~ -beans r~ ;~lorida .~Ji . decline ehar:PtY-._'iiU::Hii:e the
(3arly part (J_f ;May \.,rith a .light vblume coiiilinuing until the middle of' the month, de-
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CABBAGE: Thi~ . \veek will about end the cabbage deal in South Carolina. Present re-
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port~ indicate that movement will probably begir between l-'Iay 20 and the
~nd of the month for the late spring cabbage crop in Tennessee. Sma:ll shipments of
~Iissi- ssipn i cab.b-age have been movin.~ . ~-~nee mid-April but general harvest is just
:~.e ginning.
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Q!-NTALOUPS: Early plantings of ce.ntal.oups are making good. gro,_.,rth and most replantings
..,.. ;t .tr,~.~c -:;~rec ~p. to a s.tand in S!.?Uth Carolina. The slightly increased act:g.~"~ of. ~~n ~a~op.ps. ~n :Flo.rida : continues to :make .f.a.ir- progress and in general is . in fair con-
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.cucuMm1RSi' .. ~ucilln'bers have ma~e; g~od progress in the $eau:fortr: ch~!Ieston : are~ .O.f
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S6Utir) car8 1ina:.twhere : .- Socl9 '~IfioVemeD.t iS exPected.. ~ th~ ,.,,Bek .6! May 9. Li ght
marketing ' is expected:' :i:n -~toui i ia.na.: shortly iiftEh May ' 15, with' VOlWIJe .movemE;3nt d~rtng
t'he last week of May. The :Baldwin county cucumber crop in Alabama has \rl th~tood the
h,eavy rains remarkably well and the qrop is in gqod co~dition, Movement is expected
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but movement continues from the Charleston-Colleton section, where the
vplume and,: length Q:~ se~~lOn: :w~ll b.e gove!'ned largely . b1 fu~.&..t~.prij~e!3
g: IRISH POTATOES: sd:u..th dciro'r'ina p_rospeot s .a.re .wiusually good. .. Some digging :i;s,. ,ex,..,.:,
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lpt move!llent got underway April 19 in Alabama, but wet fields have inte;rferred with
harvest. Yields. are reportect .above. ~Yerage and .peak movement i-:-S e4);'lected as sQ.()l.l ;as :t\e~:~_s ar.'e ''4I:Y:. ~hough to :P~!Ill.it ciig ging. Earve~stirig of.. an eic~l:i~nt . crop of"i)o't"a'toes
in t'I;~: }~JP~.:r;.~~nt .li4!?.t~ngs_ section of Fli>rida iS .Pr~c.tically over. .:, ,.E..z:ac~.ica,lt~~.. af:l: .
s~~pP1?~ s:h~!~~~i 1p}~ .:completed ~-'bY t~e mi.<l~e .o, the mont~
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ONlrrONS: ~:.1Ji.ght'~lih:rvestirig will prdbably starf about' May; ls. in. LoU:iisi~nd.iraC:ti~iii~y
:!: ;' ::ail/ ;south_: a:eias : on.i'o n :areas 'eJq)eri eri{j;ed' heavy rains' wi.th:. ~bn{{'s~~~t.{o ns r.~ . porting seven to twelve inches of rain. ':!he older on~ons received h~~viest 'damage
but some of the younger planting may come through in good shape. Har.ve s t ,.o.f..t .he .., .
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are forming on the plants and green wrap movement is expected t6 begihi L'
about June 1. Mississippi tomato plants made good progress during the last two
\.,reekstof, April. &hipping season is e.xp.e:btJea:r:to;start about atihVor Th~ spring . .
toma-to deal is over the -peak in tne ina.}ol'~p'rodU:Cing a'reas of F1ori'da
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. :,-,.:~:: .;,~'.i' ap:d. ad,.yqnc ~~'=m:'Ji : o-f _thEl .:Q~O'p is .a littl-e later :. than norma-l Ac!if.~ag~~~~:...: i s l.~n~_erc :~hBflr, last year, parii;lcu).arly,Jn : the Hatt"i.sburg area The ..April 17 frost
caused minor damage to this crop in central Alabams., ~np; heavy rains h.ave retarded ::':
pro gress in southe~n areas but the overall condition is about average for May 1.
Grow~:r.s ., i~, Florida ar(3' ger~:ral~;r . -EtlC];leJ~ti-:ng a~ longer shipping ~season t-han usua;1 d.~~L.'
~o the '-ride difference in the ages of the pl~tings ,. : ~he Leesburg deal should
reach its peak around the first of June,. The crop in the Newberry-Trento~Ocala
:eo-. Gainesville .;oa~. ~s -repo.-rted:.~to." ~bp -~~;n~a.lly, -i:n good c_on.Q.:j:,t:i.9~ .,,..,i tl!;~_so]l~.. .shipment .
eJ;CPect edoy: Ma,y:
Mq s-t;, ' ">!'a,t.rer.Jnelpn::ll:"~ea.s .in Te~as }1:ave. ~hee,n too wet for crops to
make nqrmal ,.pro.g;r:ess. Prod1.l;c:t~on: $roup: ,:the '.early+ sectiop.sr w,U). :n.9:.t be ~! gnt;ficant
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FARM PRICE ID"-J'ORT AS OF .APRIL !5, .1949.
May '5, 1949
GmOR.GIA: Prices receiYed by farmers in Georgia as of April 15 varied ertatically
from those reported a month earlier . Cottonseed were off $6.00 a ton,
while co.tton: lint showed an .advance of a 'half cent per ;pound Hogs sho,,red. a .
decrease of 'i.O cents a cwt~; but this was more than offset by a 90 cent rise for
b,eef cattle. Whol~sale milk deciHne9. 20 . cents -per cwt-, while eggs . clropped only
a ,fraction of a cent ~d. chickens rose a cent a pound. Grains, :1.-iith the exception
of col'I.l, shO\'Ied .~all decreases, but peanuts were slightl.y higher~ Otber com~
m?dities remained fair~y steady~
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~he total effect. o_f the various .pri.ce mov'efll,ent s: during th~ 3D-day period brought
the all commodity index of p-rices received u;p one point to 240 per cent of the
in August 1909 to July 191~ averag~; This i .s the ~econd month in which the general
level oi' prices thh: series showed some recovery r'rom the ;lapse occurring in February. The current indlx, however, is' short' by 23 points (or 8~ 7 per cent) of
the 263' per cent level reported for April last year.
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UNITED STATES: Sl:).arp d~cli,nes i'n P:t"ices rec.eivedb;~r farmers for dairy products and truck crops a little more than offset substantial increases
in fruit and cotta~ and lowered the index of fan1 prod~ct prices. l point in the month ended April 15. Changes in other commodity groups \1rere relatively' small, but at 260 per cent of its AuguGt 1909 - July 1914 average, the index was 31 points (11 per cent) below a year ago. , Neanwhile, the index of prices paid by farmers, including interest .and. taxes, ,was unchanged at 246. The parity ratio, which is the ratio of prices ' received to prices paid, was 106 for the second straight month.
Among indi1'idual commodities, the sharpest declines in prices received v.rere for
hogs, butterfat, milk, and cabbage. noteworthy increases ,,,ere recorded for prices
of lambs, cotton, onions, grapefru~t, and oranges, Egg prices advanced contra-
seasonally.
Farm living costs, which sho~"'ed no change from l~arch 15 to April 15, \1ere mainly responsible for holding the parity index at the level of the previous month. The cost of some production items -- feed and fertilizer -- increased, but not enough to change the general level of retail prices paid by farmers. The parity index as of April 15 was 3 points or 1 per cent lower than a year . ago.
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Indexes
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1949
1949
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Prices received 1/
291
261
260
307 Jan, 1948
Prices paid, including
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249
arity ratio
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246
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CO.MmDITY .AND
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:-Average; Apr. : Mar. : Apr. : Average : Apr. .. ~ug.oo(1909-~ 15 : 15. . ~- 15-; :~tng. 1909-: 15 ';, ' ': .J?ly. 1'914: . 1948 -~ :1~9 . : ' 1~~9 :Jihy l!al4 .: 1948
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Wheat, bu.
$ : 1~24 2 ; 50s 2~-05: 2~oo'
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2~00
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_..:0~i-i-~.....t..;__b_g ..~'!~_;.~ '~- $ : ~ ' 67: ~ 1o 3_0:' l;.oo.:' ..._.;:a..-.~ ~ . ---t:_'_4:.0_~--- 1-1--9. _!-. ~~- --~~-'-7-0"__; _ __. _70__ '
.: fri_~!0'.9._~toe!:!, bu~!--112__J 2<25: _2;. 55! 2;,55: . i 7<?_~- - 2o07 : _,_ _ !~?-~--~---- 1>~~--
.J.w.ed__futatoesJu.$: ~--;__i,M;~~1.5~ -2~:z.s.:_____&e_;__~~-40 : __ 2~54 ! . 2 ~75
. Co~~-9~J...!.~_____f_; __ 12,6 _ ; 36; 2 ;__]_1 ~ 5 _ : 32 ~0 ; _ 12~4 ' 34~1---- ia~-7 -------29 ~ 9----
dottonseedtton $: 24~39 ; so;,oo! 53~00; 4iioo: 22~ 55 : 89~4o -~-- 51~-~---. -5o. io-
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Cowpeas, bu. $:
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460: 3.90: . 365:
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Preliminary for April 1949
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INDEX 1TUMBERS OF PRICES BEcEIVED BY F.AR!~S n~ .GEORGIA
iril (August 1909 - July 1914 g 100) 15, Mar.15,
AprH 15,
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246
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Grains
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158
Meat .Animals Dairy Products Chicken & Eggs
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225
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p;roducho? of _corrmerc1.al _truck cr.op.s f.pr the fresh market from reports and data f?~ished by
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. ~MABEA~IS: .Pros);>ective .;>N'~g P:?-'od.uctio~- in Florida, . Geo~gia~ ~d So1:1th Ca.:tolina' is' ]la.c.ed
l l :-- ; at 3~7~000 bus~e s -: perc!int belqw ~he l$4S crop of 367,000 oushels and 34 per
qent below t~e l96&47r _averag~. of ; 4~,000 :bushels.: 4cre,ag~ w(:l.~ redu~ed 8 per cent belovr 1948
CWd 47 p~r ce:nt be:low~ .a.ver:ag~. Yi.eJci. per aq-re, however; iS; exp_ected to be above average.
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parto_1~;8-e8c~4s,00a0reb. u~slhi~glhstlcyomabpoavr~e~dtvh~ntAh p1r,i~l2t.~>.,fOoOQrebcua:s.~
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'lhe total,_:of. 1, 700 to:z:s iri prospect in Louisiana, MississipJ?i, .Alnba..na, Georgia ar>d South _
. . Cj:U"ol~in!'l- is.l9. per- cent abov'e last year . and '13 per cent above the 1938H47 avetage; ',Tl:e d .e a l is
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CuCUMBERS:; The pros;p~ct<ive '!ate spr.~ps crop is pla.ced at 2,2.33,000 bushels, w p'er c.ent more
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: than the; 2',030,000 bushe-.Es harve.sted in 1948 and 29 per penh abov!=J thb ten.,.yoar
CaypeldraWgeeatohfe!~1.r,e7~m9 1a0r0k0abblyusVhleellsl,,
'+'he crop in tl,1e southern Sta tes and -!;he indicated yield; per a.cr~
has w}thstood the iS ,about a'lj'e:r;ago
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for ea.l'~::( Spriri~ .!hci:rvest ov_er ~h-e A-p~p indication. : The, to.tal indici1.ted produc;Hon of .
8f.9QO,OOO crates J.S T9- p.~:L' cent -abo.ve last yo!ll', and 25 ppr ccp.t aoo_vc th<il. :I.93a.-4R a;v~rag~, The
ptospect.ive Cro~ is a' nea.l':'retord hig~ having l;J eon exceeded Oilly 'by the 1$47 Cr0pof -8,960,000
crates. _The:.Arpona sea.sqri iS about overo The ' peak of Ca1ifornia"movement is . OX1JGetc d 'aoout
May 15, .with ' heavy shipmm}tS eontinuing during the l ater half of the month.
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' _ . .:;7 p,er. cent aqo~~ avsrageo Ao.wever, :aJ.low1.ng for <tho port:wn of tho Cahforn1a cr<>p
which fs>rmer~y: :was cl~sifi(O)d ~as oaxly:_ sy.m;ner, : bat _currently is inc~uded 13;s l a te spring, - ~hi:s
year'~ crop J.s-only -9 per cent- above ave:ra.ge-. :.Ha.rvest has started J.n the viestorn States and
VTill _start in_ the~:E;ast(l~ Stat~s abo':lt . mid-~M&y' ' . : . _ .
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1948 cr.op. Above-average y'ie ds ai:'o ex_Pectcd fo.r ea.ch of:~h$ 11 :sta t e s in Jh~S. g:.roup.~ On.'J:Y:' in
Arkansas is the yield now indicated belo<v'- the 1.948 yielQ,~ .Almost three:fourws of' _tho tot:il :, -
late spring ac~eage is in Cal~ornia, Alabama:, and Nori:;h :CaJ:g>),ina. In Califo!'hi~, the yield. ::::
in prospect ha~. 'Peerr equaled only: in 19~7 ,. a racord-higl:i;yield is expec'\]ed in #.l~bama and. t!w . . .. --
220-bu~\?1 yield indicated for ~orth Carolina has been exceeded only in _1946o T4e - relatiy~ly _. ..
high yield of. 155 bushels ' indicated for iJklahoma rcflectsfavorablo yield. p rospoe;ts bot?- in _the-
old areas of eastern Okl:ahoma and for tb:o irrigated a.creage in tho Japkson: County. area. _Hp.r-
vest of this ir:rigated ~reage should be~in abou;t June 10. . _
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. last; y;.ar o";lt . shghtly below ~verage.: ~'i'eage: wa s mc~easod ove:; ;;laf,>t ;Y~ro: a.t;1 .a. ;
b ~ttcr p~r-;-acre ~y-l.cld J.S: indicated. .; Shipments arc :Qxpectcd t~ stro-t e arly .J.?. .Junco . . . ,
VlATERMEtoN~; ~:-acreagci_ in 'the :aa..x:ly s~m~r cr~p State s \s O:~tim~ted a~ 194:~400 ~oll!P:erec\. v~~th
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. , 182, 500 a.cr:cs ' in Hl48 nnd tho 193g....47 average acrcagP. of, 18'9, 650~ C-ro'v>cr:s ?a.:rried. .
o~t or ?xQeeded :tho.~r ea.r}ier pl~s ala .states: in. ;this ~roU.f oxpc-pt. 7ior-tl:_l G-arol~h~- . and-
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May .lJ, 1949
Tl:le 1949 crop-season v.ras off to an early start, e s pecially in the southern portion 9f the Sto.te Frequent r ains and cool weather since mid-April have "delayed preparation of land and pl anting operations- in the- northern districts , and warm dry weather is badly needed at this time, The below freezing weather and heavy frost that cov ered the State on April 17 retarded crop growth in all area s and caused consj_de rable damage to ec:crly planted truck crops. riheat ' and oats a.re good in all setions and above average yields are expected for the Stc1,te, The very mild winter
gave pastures an early start and the continued abundance o:f moisture is keeping grazing exceilent, ,Milk production is a,t a very high level., Fr:uit prospects' suffered fr om the March and April f:ceeies and. .the production of peaches , apples, pears and grapes will be less thE~;n normal 'in most sectj_ons of the State.
'1fHf,AT: The abundance of moisture combined with cool weather has .been favorable
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for the whea t crop. Based on c ondition as of May 1 the 1 949 Georgia .ivheat
product i on.. is indic ated at 2,886,000 bushels compared with 2, 984 , 000 bushels in
1948. Yield per ,acre is pl aced at lJ,O bushels compared r!ith 13.5 last year.
OATS: Condition of oats was reported a t 81 per cent of normal on May 1 or 5
po ints above the condition one year ago. A r ecord y i eld per acre . is ex-
pected if favorable weather i s received for the r emainder of the season .
PEACHES: The abnormal weathe r conditions have caused the 19l.f9 peach crop t o be
very s potted. . On March i6 the temperature dr opped below freezing in.,
most of the c ommercial peach area, then on April 17 fr eezing vieathor and a heavy .
frost caus~d more damage to the crop. South of Bacon the extrerilely v.rz.rm weather
during the vrinter months has prevented the trees from develop:?-ng normally and thE!,
Elb ert a .crop will espec;Lally' be short in this area. Based on reported concl{t,'lons
as of May 1, the Georgia 1949 peach crop is pl aced at 3,120,000 bushe}.s. In inter-
preting total production in terms of car s , it should b e remoJ'lbered that c onnrre.rcial
movement to marlcot by rail and by truck of package fruit is considerably less ethan
the total estimated crop vrhich includes peaches for local sales, commercial carmer-
ies and home use, as well as for shipment.
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2,220 252 2,698 2,172 3,160
2, 905 1,6Lf6
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3,671 406 2,838 6, 300 5,994 2/ 6 , 630 3,160
2,739
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5,358 1,530 4,200
90 57
103
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1,441 550 1, 200 2,000 1,250
1,525 1,298
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894 406
897 1,134
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840
700
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2,188 648 2, 330 2,518 2, 479
2,220 2,J.f82
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296 176
296
320
293
270
330
337
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443 136
286
734
598
464
280
604
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1/ For some States in certain years , production includes some quantities unharvest- ed on account of economic c onditions ~ In 1947, estirecates or' such 'quantities
Yrere as fo llows (1,000 bushels ): South Carolina; 362 ; Georgia , 100.
2/ Includes the following quant:ities harvested but not utilized because of abnormal
- cullage (1,000 bushels): Sou th cn:rolina, 180; Georgi a , 1 81,
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Progress of the 1949 cr.oP.: ~fobd:t:Y.i~ :~trrm~{ng on May i~ , ~a:r;J.ier d.~}ciy~ i n. in-
terior portions of the coUi1t.cywere....monTy(nTset by rapid progYess-i'i! ...f~.'eld wo rk
during the latter third of April. Chief exceptions, where progress is still del ayed
are :Ln a Missouri-Nebraska-Kansas area and in Mississippi_, Louisiana and Texas,
Vfi th warm days in most of the North and adequate soil moisture_, vegetative gruvrth
W9-S satisfactory to advanced and pastures were much better than averae;e for Liay 1. Ha.y stocks are about average for the country as a Trhole, tho~gh lovr in we s tern range 9-:reas and some North :central States~.. Frosts j_n Apri],_caused additional damage to
f t uits in some Southern s ections, notably to strawberries and peaches .
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T~mperatures were above n-ormal during much of April in all of the country e:{cept
lrt the South Central States. v\fhile averages for the month _were 2 to 8 degrees above
pormal in most of the country_, they ranged slightly belovi normal in most of the South Central area and as much as 2 to L~ degrees below normal alone the South. Texas
border, .Freezing temperatures penetrated nell into the South about mid-April and again the last fe-rr days of April. Cold_, Tret weather during the fir s t half of April delayed field rmrk in much of tho country, But during the last 10 days of the month, we.ather and field conditions became more favorable. In most eastern, southeastern
and western areas, field work was advanced for May 1 and about normal in most other
~reas.
Spring seeding of grains progressed rapidly duri11g_ the later part of ..:tpril, Farme rs
took advantage of the warm vreather and excellent soil condition, using their
mechanized equipment to quickly work fields into good condition and s eed them,
Plovring for corn and soybeans is vrell advanced in the Corn Belt and planting of corn
has been started as far North as Iliinois and Im-ra. Cotton planting -rras delayed by
wet fields in much of Texas and the Delta area, but has progressed about normally
elsewhere, Soil moisture is ample in virtually all areas, as most dry sections re-
ceived rain the first few days of May; Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and Coliforni.;t were
the chief exceptions.
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PEACHES :
A peach crop of 11..~.7. million bushels for the 10 southern States is incJi;.._
cated by May 1 conditions, . This is only 5 percent greater tha n the short
l9h8 crop of J-4,l.million bushels, and the second smallest c;rop since 1943. _The
ea,rly States east of the Mississippi River have bel0'\7 average crops and those vre st ..
of the Mississippi River above average, Mid-March freezes cut production prospects -
sharply in the Spartanburg area of South Carolina , in Geor gi a north of Macon, in
northe rn Alabama, and in the Sandhills of . North Ca rolina. In the North Ca rolina
p'andhills, Hileys and some of the early varieties were hit harder . than Elbe:ctas...
which still promise a f a irly good crop. The North and South Carolina crops are indicated ab out three-fourths of average, and Georgi a is less th-ari tvro~thi;rds of . . .
ayerage. In South Carolina, the production trend. has been sharply UP\'~ard and the
of1;949 crop prospect of 2. 7 million bushels is l e ss than half of the production-l-evel: the l as t f ew years, .. The Ge orgia counties of Spalding, Coweta, Upson and
'Meriwether -vri'll have a lightcrop but a larger one t han -the small 1948 production judgi~g, from present indicO;tions. Sou th of Macon, Elberta producti on Yiill be v:erY .
short. :. In Arkans a s, conditions a re favorable in all areas of the State'.and most . .
promising in Johiison County
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TRUCK CROP !:-JEWS (,A.s of May 15, 1949)
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GENERAL.: Excessfyely rainy weather during . the first two treeks in M13-y ca1.~se.d sbme
delay in planting in the nortl1ern sections. In the southern areas there has been an ab ':mr~ance of rain which has been beneficial for growth ana. except for .
several cool ni :jht s t emperatures haYe bee:n, favurable . In scatt8.r'ed loca ].i ties . _'.
hc.il has cause d. consid erable d.ama.ge; to sc:m e truck crops_. Cundi ti on of most truck crops in general ~ s g0:.1d to -very good. Harvesting of lettuce and cabbage is near-
ing.comp_letion, and s11 ap beans, cucurnbers, onior.s, Irish potatoes, and. tomatoes are . coming into production in southern areas~
,S..N..A-,-P -BEA.lifS: . -Movement of snap beans in south Georg ia has been f.airly heavy during the past week. The qup.lity and prices from the first pickings have
been fair to good. Some fet.r beans haYe been pla.nted in north Georgi ll and planting
in that area is ellpected 1:;o become general with~n the next two weeks.
CABBAGE: ~he bulk of the south Georgia cl3-bbage crop has been harvested with good
prices paid for e a rly harvest, but there was practically no demand at
any price for the last cuttings. Much of the north Georgia acreage is yet to be ~et, due to the excessive rains during the past two weeks.
CUCUMIDJRS; The outlook for cucumbers is no't too fayorable at this time as stands
are bad, and cool nights have retarded growth. Light harvesting ha s
begun in some southern counties.
IRISH POTATOES: In south Georgia harvesting has beg.m and good to excellent yields are being realized.. Weather conditions haYe been lllmost ideal
for growing and harvesting this crop. Growth of the north Georgia commercial potato crop has been retarded due to the unusually cool nights since planting.
LETTUCE: The season is over for lettuce ex cept for a few light cuttings in some fields. Yields and prices have been satisfactory for this year's era~.
Tm-iATOES: The tomato crop is making goocl progress, except in some sections '"here blight has appeared and eve ry effort i9 being made tq , contro], this
disease. In some local areas hail did considerable damage to plants. Light harvesting ha s begun and volume movement is expected by June le
1:!ATERHELONS: i'iatermelons are making good growth and indications no\"J are that a few cars will be loaded not later than June 10, t1Thich is about two
\'leeks earlier than normal.
CANTALOUPS: The canta].oup crop has made satisfactory pro gress during the past two \'Jeeks, Harvestin-g is expected to begin around the first t-..reek i.n ~Tune.
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Lil>iA BE.ANS: Lima beans are mald.~g goo'd progress ~''i th harvest expected to begin about June 1 and reach peak the 15th. in South Carolina.
SNAP BEANS: Movement is now about peak in South Carolina and '"i th favorable weather and prices, sales should continue into the second \1eek in
June. The oveT-all condition of the North Carolina snap bean crop is only fair. Harvesting. in,_ early areas started during the second t!eek of May with heavy movement expected ' the follot<~ing week. The shipping season is practically over in Florida exc~pt for a few late plantings in scattered areas.
CABBAGE: Peak movement of the North Carolina cabb~ge crop t"as reached during the second week of Hay. Cabbage shipments ar,e expected from west Tennessee
by May 23, and peak movement will come a week or ten days later.
C.A.HTALOUPS: Cantaloup vines are blooming with melons beginning to form in South Carolina. First shipments should occur about June 15. Disease has
severely damaged most of the cantaloup acreage in central and northern Florida. lvluch of the acreage will be a complete failure and they ields on that remaining for harvest will be extremely light.
CUC'ffilf.BERS: Cucunbers are moving in good supply from the Beallfort-Charleston sections of South Carolina where shipment will be heaviest I'-1ay 20 - 25.
The North Carolina cucumber crop is generally in good condition. Light harvest is expected in early June with volume movement around June 10 - 15th. Harvest has begun in Alabama, and peak production is expected the week beginning May 22.
IRISH POTATOES: Irish potatoes are moving in good volume from the Beaufort... Charleston area of South Carolina with heaviest shipment expected
May 20 .., 25. The 1-l'orth Carolina commerCial Irish potato crop continues to look good. Light digging will, start in the earlier areas during the third we.ek of May. Early potatoes in the Coffee-Franklin area. of Tennessee are doing well, and digging is expected to begin the first week of June. Rapid progress is 'being made to,.,ard harvesting the Alabama potato crop, and it is estimated. that over three-fourths of the crop has already moved to market.
TOt4ATOES: Green \olrap movement is expected from the :Beaufort area of South Carolina about June 1. Light movement from Louisiana is expected about June 1
with heavy marketing by June 10 .. 15, Shipments of tomatoes declined rather rapid""! ly during the first half of the month in Florida,and the spring producing sections will practically all be finished by May 21.
v'i'ATERHELONS: 11/'atermelons are in various stages of gro\vth but have long runners anA are blooming \rell in the more southern count ies of South Carolina.
HarYest will likely begin in Charleston county by June 15. It will be near the last of June before any mov-ement occurs in Alabama. The \ratermelon crop in the important Leesburg area of Florida will be greatly reduced from earlier expecta tions . Shipments are increasing fairly rapidly and this deal should be in its peak during thelast week of Nay. 'rhe Ue\-.rberry-Trenton-Ocala....Gainesville area is .now e:ll.."})ected to qe in its peak during the period June 6 ..,. 15. The peal:c in the Live Oak-Madison.!:.Monticello area should be about a '"eek later.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of .Agriculture : Bureau of .Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form ~D/5/49-14:26 Permit No 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
Mr . Paul W. Chapman Dean. Coll e ge of Agriculture
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GEf..lERAL: Georgia commercial truck crops have been somevlthat ' i~et~_rded by cool n.i.ghts
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and inadequate soil moisture, but conditions have improve d and <:lr e now
mostly good. Benefic.ial rains ha've occurn:~d over most of the State during the latter part of the month, but rather cool nights persist in northern a~e as.~ ' Some
sguthern areas had les~ thc;m 0.50 i nches of rainfall. during the past two weeks,
which was far short of the need for building up satisfactory soil moisture.;. :. The
~ outh Georgia season has practically ended for cabbage and Snap beans . Toma to,
onion, and cucumber harvest is in 'full swing.
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LTI\1A BEANS: Dry weather duzing late May did considerable damage to the Lima bean crop in southern countie s. .Ha rves t is now underway in this section.
Rttms have be en rece ived in central Georgia areas and Lima b eans are reported mak;ing good progress.
SNAP BEAUS: Sl:ipment of Snap b eans in s outh Georgia it:? practically over . Grmvers
have had a bad season on SnB:r)beans aue to the c old in early spring
and to dry weather around ha rvest time;, PJ:anting. of the North Georgia crop is about
complete with early plantings up to good stand.
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CABBAGE: Cabbage harvest in South Georgi a is ove r~ Planting is well adva nced in
.the North Georg ia area, but some .replanting ha s been nec es sa~J due to cut
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southern counties. Dry weather in some areas' has effected growth and yields , will not ~'be up .to no.rmal.
CUCUlffiERS: Ha rvesting of cucmnber s is wen qv~r res peak. -Dry wea t h er prevq. iled :L'1 ~---- the cucumber territory and did cotisiderable damage to yields. Satis-
factory prices have been receive d for this year's .9rop with a n unusualJ.y h:Lgh percent
of production go ing to pickling. plants.
IRISH POTATOES: Harvest of South ,Ge orgia Ir:i s h potato crop is about ove r. The se'ason has 'been gao-cf'Oilthis crop and b etter t han aver age _.yieldS'
were realized. Sat'isfactory pric e s received have helped to speed up harvect. The ' North Georgj_a pot<ito crop is making good .progre s ,s,.with some of the ea rly pl ante d
fields expecting to reach maturity aroimcl June 15 - 20.
TOfiATOES:. Tomato h arvest is in full swing in the Pelham and Glennville areas. Dry
wea ther has cut yields to some extent, but r a ins have be en received in
most ar eas making outlook much bett er. Good t o excellent prices have been rec eive d
t o date.
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ONIONS: Harve s ting of this crop will be over by J u.'1e 10 . Yi elds and lJrices 'ha ve' be en s atisfactory this s eason.
'NATERMEID NS: Ha rvesting should sta rt around J une 10 in southern areas vvhich is a little ea rlie r than usual. Good y i e lds are in prospect, but dry
weather in s ome o.rea s during latt er llay will hurt siz e of melons.
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Lil':J!A BEANS: Harvesting in the impo~tant Hawthorn-Qainesville--Mc~ri:tot?h.,Jlection of north Florida is about over. Ligh~ movement is eip~~te4' during
the first few days of June. Lima beans are in goo~ condition-. in South ~ Carolina.
Light harvest has begun and should be heaviest thef \..reek of June 20.
SNAP EE.ANS: The snap bean deal is apProaching the end. in South Carolina, but recent shot..rers and better prices m,ay prolong the season until near
mid-June.
C.ANTAOUPS: North Carolina's cantaloupe ciop is in various stages of gro..rth with some early fields beginning to set fruit. Light sales are expected
about June 10 \ri th the peak of movement the ,.,eek of June '30 in South Carolina. The ha:L?vesting season is practically over in Florida except in the e:x;tretne northern part of the Stat.e.
CUCUMBERS: The bulk of .Al.a.bamat s crop has been harvested, although light movement
continues. Movement has started in Louisiana and will probably be 1\eaviest about June 10. The Uorth Carolina cucumber crop is in fairly good coii di tion. Volume movement is expected by the second t-Jeek in June, with peak abou~ the middle of the month. The season is nearly over in the Beaufort-Charleston section of South Carolina and about the peak in the :Barnesville-Lake City area,
IRISH :poTATOES: Harvest is virtually c9r,nplete in the principal commercial areas in southwest Alabama. Harvest is about complete in the main pro-
ducing areas of south and central Louisiana. The Irish potato deal is about over in South Carolina, although light movement may co.ntinue through next \-.reek.
TOMATOES: Tomatoes continue in good condition in South . Carolina. The peak of green wrap movement is expected about mid-June. In Louisiana most
sections ..have lacked sufficient rain during May. and the average yield is expected
to be below normal. Heavy movement should start about June 15.
'vATERMELONS: Development of early plantings in southern counties of Alabama has been retarded by insufficient moist'ure but otherwise this crop :i.s in
good condition. Light movement is expected shor-tny after mid-June. ~~atermelons have continued -to improve in most early sections of Texas, Harvest in the Fulfurrias and Riviera sections i-s in full swing and supplies from the L1:1-.r.~do section are becoming available in fair volume. In the mid-season areas vines are making good grovrth and holding a good set of fruit., Growing conditions in Florida have been very unfavorable for watermelons and the total production will be much iess than \<Tas expected earlier. Harvesting in .the lseesburg area is practically over except for a few late fields. Harvest should continue active until around 'lihe middle of the month in the Trenton-Newberry-Ocala-Gainesville area. :Peak movement from the Live Oak-Madison-Monticello area should be reached during the period June 6 - 25. Little harv.esting is expected. in Louisiana until abou( July 10. \'latermelon prospects in South Carolina are generally good. Ha rvest should begin about June 15 in the more southern counties with peak movement the week of July 4.
After Five Days Return to
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Form BAE-D/6/49-1396 :J?er~nit No. 1001
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GEORGIA: rhe all co,mmodi ty Mar 15 i:nd~X of pri'ce~ r~ceiv;ed py farm ,ers in Georgia I.
lost the one point it gained in April bif dropping from 240 to 239 per
cent ..o.f tl!'e 1910..14: average. Thus the general level of :price'S in this series
stood at the same point it. did in March. A .noticeable drop in the pricee of me.at
animals, poultry, and some daii"J products \<Tas responsible 'for the recent decrease.
Hogs .\rere 40 . cents,. beef cattle 50 cents, and veal calve.s 90 cents a C\vt. less
than th.ey ,were in .April. A two cents per dozen .r .ise in the price of eggs was more
than 'offset by a foUr 'd'ent's per pound fall in tile pl4ice of poultry~ T:ne price of
whol~sale ~milk continued to drop sha.rply, being $5.55 . a .cwt. in Hay as compar.ed .
to $5 .90 in April and $6.10 in March. Butter declined a cent a pound in ~fay and
.two cents 'a pound in A'pri'L The harve~t of the ne~.<J crop~ depressed Irish pot"ato' price.s to $1 11 95 a b\l~hel frcm.the $2.55 April,leyel . OtherJ?ricesremained fairly stea~, the prices of corn, wheat, cotton and cottonseed being t4e ' sa~e as t~ey
w.~re .a mo~h.ago.
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UNITED STATES: Lo~er prices receivJd ny f.imers for uost meat ahi~als, dairY'.'pro-
, . _ ducts, and tr.llck crops .were largely resp0ns:i.:ble . for .a: 4 point ':.. (1~%) drop as of May 15 in, the +ndex of Prices Received ~Y Farmers to 256 :per cent of tb:e .August 1909-Jul~ 1914 average. A renm<!ed decline in rural living ' costs re~ sulted in a 1 point , (~4%) drop in the Parity ~ndex.
In consequence the parity ra.tio(ratio of the Index of Prices Received by Farmers
to the Index of Prices Paid, Interest, aiia Taxes) dropped 2 points to 104, the lowest since June 1942.. .
Amon~ farm products the sharpest price drop, $1.78 per bushel, occurred in the case of flax. Of the meat animals, only beef cattle were bringing prices abo,re a month ago, and they only slightly, while veal calf prices averaged $1.10 per hundred pounds belov1 a month earlier, hogs $.?0, lambs $.50, and sheep $.20. Eutterfat prices received by farmers averaged 8 cents per. poundbelow a nonth earlier,. and whole~ale milk prices were down 14 cents per hundred\'leight. Chicken and turkey prices were down, as were dry field peas, hay, oats, barley, and sweet
potato e13
Farm living costs, 1:1hich had remained unchange d from March to April, averaged lower than a month ago, ewing. largely to lower clothing and building material prices, but supplies and furniture were do\v.n also.
Items bought f(!lr production, however, averaged about .the same as a month ago; lo\-1er prices for feeds and building materials having been offset 'by increases in other items.
____________ .u.:n,mE:,r~ !aQ.l_g_ f..or. l!nit_g_d._S:ta:te& ___ .... ____ - _. :_ . .-
Indexes
: May 15, ; .Apr. 15,
May 15, : __ 1e.Q..O.r_d._hj._gh,>:_ _ .
liric'e"s-r;c;ived
-lf--.:.,.1.9-428 s9-.:...,-
1949 -26
0
-
: -
-
-1-942956-
:
~-
-In3d0e7x --:
-JD;nat;el94B-
Prices paid, including
interest and taxes ~
250
246
245
251 ~ Aug. 1948
F.,ar.Hy..,..r2_t!_o __ ~ ___ -- _ 1..1~ ____lQ(.. _ _ _ 101_ ~ _ ....1~3..,. __Os_t~ 1,91:6_
iJ 1./ Aug,. 1909-July 1914 .., 100. ?J
l
91G-
-
1
4 .
"'"'
100 ..
,Also J'an. ,June. & July 19,48.
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A. WHITE Agricill tural Statistician
. ;'
COMM)D!TY and
Average
: May GEOBGIA
:
UNITED STATES
May
l})r. I May : lvElrage .~ & MaY : Apr.
UNIT
;Aug. 1909... : 15 : 15 : 15 :Aug. 1909-; 15
15
: 15
' ; July 1914 : 1948 : 1949 ' '1949 I IJuly '1914 : 19~8
1949 ' 1949
~~t~. ~ea=t~~bu~~------~$~;~--~1~~24~:~~2~~40~;- .~2~~oo~;~~2~o~o~:~---~~88~. ~;~~2~~2~2~:----~2~~o~o~:~.200
Corn, bu.
$:
.91 2.08: 1.45: 1.45:
.64 2.16:
lo22: lo22
I . ~.1
:
:
. :
:
:
:
.:
f~.:;:~t.;;.;s:;.,,:.__.::;b.=u.:;._ _ _ _...::$~:::______.!..:::.67:......::~...:1~~2:.:::5:.:.:_--!~97!.:1~-!.!9~0::.:::___.!~40:::...~~:..._,.~1~~1~2.:.'~-~~7:;0:..:,:___.!6::::.:6~ ,
!Xish Potatoes,bu. $: ~
$lfeet Potatoes, bu. $:
Co;tton, lb.
Cottonseed, ton, $:
1.12 .83
2439 :
1.80:
37.4 : 90;,00:
2.55: 1.95:
. ..
32;,0 ' 32;,0 : , .
47;,00: 47o00:
.70 : lo.91:
1;,81: 2;,75:
1. 81 2o73
50;30: 50;.40
ligy, loose, ton $:
Hofls, per cwt.
$:
. ,, 7;,33 ' 1950: 17;,60: 17;,20:
7;,27 .' 19.90:
19;,00: 17;, 70 18;,60: 17;.90
Beef Cattle, cwt. Milk Cows, head, Chickens, 1b~
$: $: 1/ :
38;,85 : 120;,00: 139~00; 138;.00:
5;,42 23;,90: 48;.00 ' 182;,00:
28~5 :
20;,.80: 20;.90 28~2
Egs s, doz.
Bu~ter, lb.
'
21;,3 I 45;,0 : 43;,5 : 45e6 I 21;,5 : 41;,5 &
42;,3 : 43;,4
24.6
56;,0 : 540 1 . 53;,0 : 25.-s
58;,9 : 57;,9
25.7 : 61.0 .1 55.0: 55.0 ., 26.3
83.6 I
61.4 : '60.6
$:
2.42 : 5.85: 5.90: 5e551
$&
Sozyeans, bu.
$:
5.0
10.4 ' 10.9 :
!/ y Average January, 1910 - Deeember, 1914.
10.9 '
- : 3;,74:
* 4.8 10.4 I
Preliminary for May 1949,
3;,74: 4;,18:
2~08:
10~6 '
10.6
INTIEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.ABMERS IN GEORGIA (August 1909 -July 1914 100)
ITEM
All Commodities
Cotton &Cottonseed
Grains Meat .Animals Dairy Products Chick.en & Eggs Fruits Miscellaneous
May 15, 1948
278 305 221 368 226 225 245 165
April 15, . 1949
240 241 158 376 222 212 195 189
May 15, 1949
239 247 158 366 217 210 195 189
. .
After Five Days Return to
Jnited States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building
.Athens Georgia
,OFFICIAL BUSINESS
rtrrm B;:r,.~zt;- 2049
?e~~t No;l~Ol
..
l?enal ty for private use .to avoid payment of postage $300.
:::.;s. ;e llie !':~ . Ree se , L i brarian ,
~ate C cill e~e of Agr i .,
eq .
At hens, Ga.
. . . ~
: .~
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UNITED !:.TATE.~ DE.PAR.TME.NT OF
A/2>~
~lVh/_,
GEO.RCIA
BURE.AU OF" , AGR..ICUL..TURAL'
E.C.ON OM ICS
~.
c~
UN!Vl:R.SITY 0 .. v.0f\.(iiA
C.OLI..E.OE. 0V AGAI'"ULTUR.t.
G!:OR.!SIA AGRICIJI..T<.IRAL !.>t:>"I;:.N~IqlN SCRVIC.I!:.
Athens, Georgia
. r
GENERAL: Georgia commercial truck crops. have been somewhat retarded by cool n..i.ghts and inadequate .soil moisture, but conditions have improved ' and c're now
mostly good. Beneficial r-ains have occurred over most of the State during the latter part of the month, but .rather .cool nights persist . in northei~n areas. Some
southern areas had less than o.5o inches of rainfe:.ll during the past two weeks, t
which was far short of the n13ed for builm.ng up satisfactory soil moisture. The South Georgia season has practica-lly ended for cabbag e and Snap beans. Tomato, onion, and cucumber harvest is in fnll sVving.
Ln!A BEANS: Dry weather during lat~ May .did considerable damage to"the _Lima b ean
. .; .
.
crop in sou:_thern Gountie;:;. Hilrvest is now underway in this section.
Rains have b~en received in-central Georgia areas and I,ima beans are reporte~ making
good progress.
SNAP BEANS.: .... Shipment of Snap beans in S<;)Uth Georgia is practically over. Growers
-. have had a bad season on Snap beans due to the cold in early- spring
and to dry weather. around harvest time. Planting of the North Georgia crop is about
complete with early plantings up to good stand.
- -- -
CABBAGE: Cabbage harv~s t in South 'Georgia. is over~ ' Planting is well. advanced in
the North Georgia area, b\.lt some replanting has been necessa!"'J due to cut worms . Light harvesting is e:i::Pected from the ea rlier planted fi elds around . June 10 - 15~
'.
CANTALOUPS :_, The first harvesting of oapt a loups is .expected around June 5 - 10 in
..southern counties; Dry weather . in some area s has effected growth and yields will not be up to normal.
cue_~~= Harvestii1g of cucmnbers is we1~ :aver lliS peak. Dry weather ___prevailed in
the cucumber territory and di9. considerable damage to yields. Satis- . factory pric .es have beren rec.eived for th;L?'J: year Is crop with an "Umisually high percept of production going to pickling plants.;
JRISH POTATOES: Harve~t of South .Georg.ia Irish potato crop is al;>ou't o--ver. The
.
season has 'DBen-:-goo-d on this crop and b etter than aver<:cge yields
1vre re realized. s~tisfactory prices r~ceived have hell"led to spee d up harveGt. The
North Georgia potato crop is making _go ~d progress vvith ' some of the early pl ant ed
fields expect;\.ng to reach maturity around June 15 - 20.
TOMATOES: Tomato harve s t is in full s:.wing in the Pelham and Glennville areas. Dry weather has cut yj_elds to some -extent~ but rains have be en received in
most areas making outlo_?k much better.- Good to excellent prices have been received
t o date.
Pn.11ENTO PEPPERS : Good progress is being made in growth of pimiento plants. Sett ing is ab out complete jn all area s.
01UOHS: Harvesting of this crop vri.ll be over by Jtu'1e 10 . Yields and prices have been s atisfactory this s eason.
1-'fATERMEIDNS: Harvesting should start around June 10 in southern areas which is a little earlier than usual. Good yields are in prospect, but dry
weather in some areas during latter Hay will hurt size of melons.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. 11\ R.RIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
TRUCK CROP' 1\t:ml'f$ - :BY STAWES
.'...
..
June 1, 1949
Lnf.A. BEANS: Harvesting in the :important Hawthorn-G-a::t.nesville-~cinto sh 'section of north Florida is about over. Ligh1t ' .movement is. expected during
the first few days of June. Lima beans are in goo4 condition in South .:Carolina. Light harvest has begun and should be heaviest the~ ''reek of June 20.
['
SNAP BEANS: The snap bean deal is approaching the end in South Carolina, but
recent sho,.,rers and better prices may prolong the season until near mid-June..
C.ANTAOUPS: North Carolina's cantaloupe crop is in various stages of groltrth with some early fields beginning to set fruit. Light sales are 'expected.
about June 10 ,.,i th the peak of movement the \..reek of June 30 in South Carolifia. The harvesting season is practically over in Florida except in the extreme northern part of the State.
CUCUl.ffiERS: The bulk of Alabama I fl crop has been harvested, although light movement continue~. Movement has started in Louisiana and will probably be
heaviest about June 10. The North Carolina cucumber crop is in fairly good condition. Volilme movement is expected by the secop.d ,.,eek in June~ 1-ri th peak about the middle of the month. The season is nearly over in the :Beaufort-CharlestJ6n
section of South Carolina.and about the peak in the :Sarnesvilla-.Lake City B.l"ea.
IRISH POTATOES: Harvest is virtually complete in the principal commercial e.reas in southwest Alabama. Harvest is about complete in the main pro-
ducing areas of south and central Louisiana. The Irish potato deal is about over in South Carolina, although light moVt"ement may continue through next vmek.
TOMATOES: Tomatoes continue in ~ood condition in South Carolina. The peak of green wrap movement is expected about mid-June. In Louisiana most
sections have lacked E?ufficient rain during Mey and the average yield is expected to be below normal. Heavy movement should start about June 15.
WATERMELONS: Development of early plantings in southern counties of Alabama has been retarded by insufficient moisture but othervrise this crop is .in
good condition. Light movement is expected shortly'after mid.,..June. Watermelons ~ave continued to improve in most early sections of Texas. Harvest in the ~ulfurrias and Riviera se~tions is in full swing and supplies from the Laredo $action are becoming available in fair volu,me. In the mid-season areas vines are !Jlaking good gro\rth and holding a good set . of fruit. Growing conditions in Florida ~ave been. very unfavorable for watermelons arid the total production will be much less than '\'ras expected earlier. Harvesting in the Leesburg area is practically over except for a few late fields. Harvest should continue active until around the middle of the month in the Trenton-Newberry-Ocala-Gainesville area. Peak move-. ment from the Live Oak-Madison-Monticello area should be reached during the period June 6 - 25. Little harvesting is expected in Louisiana untU about July 10. Watermelon prospects in SoutH Car'olina are generally good. Harvest should begin ~bout June 15 in the more southern counties with peak movement the week of ~uly 4.
After Five Days Return to ~nited States Department of Agriculture
]ure.au qf Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Builqing Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSIN~SS
Form :BAE-D/6/49-1396 :Permit No., 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
Mr . Paul "J. Char::rr:an
..
De~~. Co llsze J~ Agricu lture
Ath ens, Ga ..
TC Req .
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Athens, Georgia
June 7, 1949
GEORGJJI.: The Georgia ;index of prices received by farmers on June the .i5th. advanced six points above the level attained a month earlier. In terms of the 1910~
ll.1 average the 1ai"d~onth all commodity index stood at 21+5 per cent as compared to 23Q
fbr the same. time in May Chief reasons :for the increase were sharp rises in the price of meat anirn.als and the effect of favorable prices for the new crop of peache~,
+n the poultry f ield1 chickens remained at a relatively lovi level, but eggs advanced : ;
1,4 cents . a dozeJ:1. Most other prices remained fairly steady, but ha:t'Vest of the crop
of small grain caused prices of both wheat and oats to decline 15 cents a bushelo
UNITED- STATES: Led by falling prices for truck crops and food grains_, the Index of Prices Received by Farmers in the United States declined L~ points
(nearly 2 percent) to 252 percent of the August 1909...July 1914 average. Heanwhile, the Inde:x. of Prices ,Paid by Farmers including interest and taxes, at 2h51 was unchang-
ed from a month ago,
The Parity Ratio (ratio of the Index of Prices Recej.ved by Farmers t.o the Index of
.Prices Paid, In'tierest1 .:me). Taxes) dropped to 103, the lovmst it has been in 7 year~,
1s a res tut of the depressed prices received by farmers.
The decline in the prices rcceived index was the result of lower pr~.ces generally
Ho13s 1 the main exception, 'were up about 5 percent from a month ago, Tomato prices
vrere off about pne-half from a month earlier, Wheat was off 14 cents per bushel, lambs were down ~:> 90 per c1vt. 1 and chickens were off about 2 cents per pound. Dairy products. wore off seasonally,
:'!hile the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers inch.J.ding interest and taxes r omajned the ~ame as a month ago., tho family living cmnponent was up one point., ma inly as a result of higher food prices which wore only parcially offset by lower prices f or furniture, furnishings 1 and building materials for houses. Tho index of prices of production
items was doYm 3 points with the feed index off 10 points from last month. Food was Jff 28 percent from a year ago. Building materials other than house rrero dorm around 7 percent.
Summary Table
. ----
-----r
Juno 15, :
May 1;;,
Indexes
- -.- - -19-h8- -.-: 1949
- - - -- -- - - ---- -- -- -
June 15, :
Record High
- - - -19-h9-
--
-' r-n-d-e-
x . _..
-- ---; -
- -D-a t-e
Prices received 1/
295
256
252
307 Jan. 1948
/ rriccs paid, incJuding
interest & taxes
251
245
245
251 3/Aug, l9L~8
------- i'a.rity ratio -----
118
104
103
133 - Oct. 1946
V = J/ }/ August 1909 - July 1914 100.
1910-14 :: 100,
Also Jan., June, and
July 19LI8
D. L. FLOYD .gricultural S,tatistician, 'In Charge
~ ,. ~
.: t
-r -1 .
;.t
. ,....
Hfl.n.RY A. 1VHITE Agricultural Statistician
PR IC I::S Ri.'~C EIV~~ D BY F.AW.'iERS JUNE 1949 WITH COHPARIS ONS
CO~il~iODI TY 'A~D .
t
GEORGIA
1
UNITED STATES :--=~~-,----
' t Average ~Jupe ~ .~1~y. ' J'Ul'l..et Average , ' June .. .: May : ' -Jtme
:Aug. 1909-1 15 : ~- 15 , ; ' ls ,Atl'g', 1909-1 15 . ' , .15 : ' 15
, . .J.JNIT .. . .
J -uay.. l914tl94'8 t '1949 t ~949t '\July 1914: 194a . ~ }~~9:: ; ' 19.49 ,
W:heat, bu. ' '.
Corn~ bu.-
. I
:
$:
, $; 'l.
' .
-a
:
:.r . ' \" l
't .
: ~ . .
1.~4 2.25: 2.901 1,85:
,88
. :' \~ i ..,.,.'.., ,,
i
f'
,91: ~~l2t 1~45: 1,441
1
:
t
:
.. .. ,~ . ~~\1~ :.
,i :
.
.: _:.2.)1 ,;...-2~00: ' . : ". ' ' t
2.16 . : . 1.p2t
1
: '..
1.86
Qats, bu,
,67 : ..1.05: . .90s , ,75:
... , 'l' . . :
, . I .:
.
~
; .
t
'
r:r;;i.sh ~ota;to.es:; :Cu. $ a- ~02'-t '' 2 ..00: ' 1, 95i '1. 90t
.7o
2
Sweet Po~atoe s, bu, $:
Cotton, lb.
.
'
c:ottonseed; ton
t
t
,83 ' 2.~0: 3.00: 3,00:
: . '=
:
12~s r36.4 = 32,o :3l.s :
: :.
a
24,39 :93,001 47.00:46,00:
,88 22.55
:
:
..: 2,46 2~73:
. '
t
:
, ~30.0 :
:
c 92.20 :50, 40:
2. 64 46.70
Hay, loos e , ton
:
I
:
17.85 t25.70: -22;60:22.30:' 11,87
t
'
17,,90 :17~701
16,40
:
z.
r
:
-t
:
:
i
:ijogs, per cwt,
$:
' Beef .Cattle , cwt. $ ~
7,33 :22.00= 17.20~19,101
:
::
I
3,8'7 :19,00: 19.00:19.40;
7.27 5.42
t ' 22.90 :17, 90a
:
'. :
18,80 20.90
Milk Cows 1 he ad: Chipkens, lb.
Eggs , doz,
.
..Butter1 lb.
Butterfat, lb,
y .M ilk 1 (Whole s ale) per 100#
.
Cowpeas, bu,
$:
:
Soybe ans, bu,
.
Peanuts, lb,
t
t
'
:
=
38,85 l20,'00:138i.OOl38,00: 48,00 :187,00 186,00: . 183.00
13,~
:
:
: :36.4 : 2a~s :~ t.s
11,1
:
:
, ..
i.
r
: : 30.5 :~ a .a
r
26,1
: 48,0 : 156 t4'7,0 a 21.5 ' 43.~ :43,4
44.1
z :5 6 ~0 1 53,0 . :52.0 2 25,5
. '
t
66.9 :57.9
56.8
l
55,0 t55,0 l 26.3
: .
t
t
t 82,8 :60.6
:
:
.. l 5, 60: 4. 50: 4. 35:
3. 61:
. 5. 28 : 1, H:
3, 55
t
:
:
:
t 4. 85t 3. 80: 3, 70:
3, 90 : 2. 18: 2.10
t
I
. :
s.o :10,4 1 10, 9 t10, 5 t - ~-='-4;._._:_1_0.:.._6_:_ _1_0~.4__
lf Average January, 1910- ~oember, 1914. 3}. Preliminary for June 1949.
= INDElC NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.A.fl.!I!ERS IN GEORGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 100)'
ITEM
r-:-
All Commodities
Cotton &Cottonseed
Grains
Meat Animals
IDairy Produqts Chicken & Eggs
Fruits
~sc e 1laneous
Revised
June 15, 1948
281 299 221 397 226 238 317 166
After Five Days Re turn to United StatQ s Department of Agriculture
Bure-au of Agri cultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgi a
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form B~B-7Z 4 9 - 2r66
P e rmit No . 1001
Mey 15, 1949
239 247 158 366 '21 7
2i0
195 189
J;me 15, 1949
245 . 245
154 385 216
215
304 186
Penalty for privat c us'~ to avoid
payment of postage $300, , ,.. .
liss . Ne.ll i e M. Ree s e 9 Librar ian;
'tate College of Ag r i'.,
eq.
Athens, Ga .
.......'.. ,....
; Athens, ~Georgia
June 14,. 1949
y
,
.G:SUEBAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JUNE 1, 1949 .
I
-Weather :conditions d1.lring May featured adequate . rainfall in practically all
areas Of thei St a t 'e, ' except .in the extreme southe,rn counties where t ,he dry \Jeather
caused some damage to earJ,.y planted crops. Co.ol. nights during May_delayeP., growth -of some crops but the warm ,.,eather since .earJ,.y -June has been ~ery f avorable and
good. gro,-rth has been made since June ;L.
Small grain harvest is ne~r compJ,.etton in central and southern districts and is
,_.,ell underway in the nor.thern area . Heavy rains and high winds combined with some rust damage has caused more lodging than usual ~d \'111),. rec;luce yields in
local areas, especially in .oat!3
.
Short fruit prospects declined furthe;r d~ring thje..~onth, and the 1949 p~ach crop
\-rill be less than the small( 1948 produ,ction;- .
i'r'HEA.T: The current . wheat J?TOd~ctJon is .pl,aced at 2, 886,000 bushels compared i-ri th
.2,984,000 bushels harvested in 1948. Indicated yi'eld per acre is esti-
mated at 13.0 bushels or .s less than last year, but 1.0 bushel abelve the ten-year
(1938-47.) average. one year a go .
Acreage
for ..
h?-rvest
is
p.laced
at
222,000 ;
compared
with
'. '
221,000 '
OATS: The current indicated oat crop of 16,614,000 bushels is the second largest
production in the. history of the State being exceeded only by a record
production, of 17, 722,000 bushels in 1945. Heavy rains and hi.gh wind.s along 1:rith . some rust damage caused more lodgi11g tJ:lan .usual and yield per acre ,~s reduced in
local areas.
PEACHES: The indicated Georgia peach production declined during the mo'nth :of r~ay. :Based on prospects a~ of June 1 the total 1949 'peach production 1:1ill be
2, 730,000 bushels compared 1tri th 2, 812,000 bushels i11 1948 and is less than h a lf of the 1947 crop. Production from the early varieties \V"ill be very short. Elberta production south o! Bacon will be the smallest in recent years. The majority of . the' El'berta pro~luction will come .from the central Georgia area, including Meri'"ether , Upson, l?ike, Spalding, Co,,,eta, and adjoining counties. Peach prospects are very short in the northern section of the State. Hileys should begin to reach the ~rket by June 20 and Elbertas should be moving by July 10,
D, J:,. FLOYD
.Agricult ural Statistician In Charge
Return After Five Days .to. United Stat es Department of Agriculture
Bureau of .Agricultural Economics 319 Extension :Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form "B.A:E'J-Ar6/ 49- <:1:, 447 Permit Ho. 1001
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statfstician
\.
Penalty for private us. to avoid payment of postage $300.
i ss. Nellie M. Rees.e, Librarian,
tate Coll ege of Agri.,
eq.
Athens, G'a.
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.i Prod.uction :Pro ~rlects on June . \<le,re' rrtbre-: pl~Oroi\ing than ustial, with the J.949 season
s.~tarting \1J'eli. May \IT'eather in most areas_pr~v~~~d !l,fine balanpe b.n~.''~e<m . favorab~e
periods for sprin~ .act.ivi.ties 'and Umef';v. "~alris th<:\t e-ased the si.~~ation _as . so.ils . \
became dry. -' Rar'est of fnll grains was ub.d:erway i'n tn~ Sout}i~ but. _was delo.yt;)d. by
\rei/fi olds in the -Southwest. Progress of the growing seasonwas-generally satis- - .;
faeto.~J~.to adva~ced, ~hough spring .grains- w.ero lnt~ ~-n ~he Missouri-1Toobiskn;:..Ka:h~i::,s l'
~re~ ~~ dry so~ls . wer,e. a factor ;~n;. (tul~ c?a.s~nl,...a:eas. ~ -. :~"I).s atJJJ:e.. end. o.LMa~. M~
inwe-~'lftl~-Jttn'O have rome<l:ted most of ~he dry s!tunhons.
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\vinter \-.rhoat :production, estiml'.ted at 1,037 million bushels, exceeded 'by 1! pe:t' c-ent
t}lo level of enrlier es.timates c.s the crop a.dvnnced to maturity . Adding prospcctivo spring \rheat production of 300 m.illibn I bushelsi the rill when.t estimnte is 1, 337
million bushels, second lnrgost of r e cord. Fnvorr.'ble conditions for development of '. ~;r['.in in 'inost v:intot whent r.rons tended to offset such fo:ctors as l'iostorn Vlhont '
f/{9saic disenso in p nrts' of" the control. Grent Plains, h.:"'il nnd storm damn{:;c in lal'geJ; shctions thn:h usutu, nrid "adverse vroather for hn..rvesting in tho Soutlwest. i1'ct f-iel~t hrve delayed hnrvost in the portions' of Oklnhoma and Toxn.s where hnrvest usually is :'
ep.rliest, '"hich may incronso harvesting losse's bocnuse of lodgine n.nd rust dmno..ge.
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Cprn planting '"u.s nearly completed by Juno 1 in nost o.rens, \-.rhich is u.bout . tho srune
progress t1.s in 1948 o..nd slightly nhond of l{sunl. Fields '"ore '"ell-prepared, most h o.vo been cultivo..tod n.nd ' are clean, so that the corn crop has a very promising start,
P4-nnting of soybeans and sorghums ,.,.as also '"ell ndvanccd. Cotton \-.rns virtunlly nll :
p~nnted, much had been chopped and cultivat ed so. tl/.[l.t fields vrero clenn, n notnble
e~ception being 'in .\v-et portions of Oklahonn nnd riortb<~estern Texas. Good progress
wb.s nndo with pe~1Ut plantingc To'bncco setting also \olas well along except in
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WHEAT.: " Production of 1~336.976,000 bushels o.f all vthen.t i~ indico..ted by ,condition
ns of June 1. ~:cis is n.bout 4 per cent n.bovc the 1948 crop of 1, 28814G6.:, 000
'jJ1,lshe1s, nore thnn a third above [tVorc.ge, nnd only 2 per cent belO\! tho .record Of
11 367,186,000 bushels produced in 1947.. If pres ent prosp ects nt'.terialize record
crops of \V'ho a t \vill DO hnrvostod in Phio' Okb.horJ&, Idn.ho' nnd Hevn.dn. HoaV'"J rrtins '. have delo..yed. hmvnst in Okll'hor1o.. t1.nd Texo,s~ .
OATS: Juno 1 cond,i tions indicnto ~:n onts cr.op of 1,475 ,nillion -bushels. This is slightly bolo\'' ln.st year's prorluction of 1~492 nillion bushels nnd cor.~
po..res with tho average of 1,234 r.iillion bushels . ,
PEACHES$' Tl1e United Stittes pefl.ch crop :l.s ostioatod at 77,123,000 bushels .. 19 per cent r:1ore than tho 1948 crop but 6 pot Cef>t 'belO\v t\'J'O yenrs ago C\nd 11 per
cent below t-he rocord-l!argo 1.9<'16 crop_, Tho . lQ.-yenr nvorago production is 6'8 1 947,000 -
bushels. Production is indica ted to be above lo..st y~n.r Jn all r egions;. -The crop in the 10 Southern States, ho;,rever, is ngain very short. J?roduction prospects for the 10 southern Stittos nrc. now indict'..tod at 14.~30,000 bushels .,;.. ? per cont nore than the 1948 crop but loss thnn t\'J'O-thirds Of the 1947 prqduction, nnd nbout fOUI'W fifths of nverage.
In Georgia, pro spocts declined during Mny nnd the crop is now estinnt ed. nt 2, 730,000 bushels - 3 per c ent below lnst yenr nnd loss than h nlf of tho 1947 production. The central Georgi a o..roa, includinG Morhrether, Upson, Pike , Spal o,ing, Cowetn, anc1 aa,... joining count:i.os, \-:ill ship nore pen.ches than in 1948, \rhon tho proc1uction \rns "iory short. Pro (luction is very light in north Georgi t'.. In south Georgi a , very fe\'T oilrly varieties '"ill b e sh:f:pped fron tho <iron south of }.!n,con. The Elbert~J, crop is ['l,lso very li ght in this section. Curront prosp ec ts indicate t~i.~t tho n n.rkoting sonson for Elbertas will start in contrn.l Georgia about a 1:reek earlier tha n in tho southern area. Hileys should bec;in to reach tho narket by June 20, nnd Elberto..o shoulO. be
noving by July 10.
Tho South Ce,rolinn crop pro spect 1s for 2,739,000 'bushels- 13 per cent less' them
l a st year o..nd only t'"o-fifths of tho stfl.tet s record-largo 19-47 crop. Jubilee s sl:'nulC
nove to narkot o..'bout Jun o 20, Hnlo H::wcns nnd Hilcys nbout July 1, and El'bcrto..s start about nid-July. Tho l!orth Ca:rqlin_a cr.op is forecast at 1,660,000 bushels, practico..l.. ly tho snne as last y co..r but l os s than thro~fi:fths of the 1947 crop.
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TRUCK CROP NE''/S June _15,, )949
,A.thens, Georgia
GENERAL: Rainfall o{ the past ttro vteeks has been very beneficial to all crops, a.nd vegetables in most areas of the State are making favorable growth. Some
south Georgia loc.aliti~s were hurt by .the dry weather pr.ior to june 1, and lower yields are resul tbig for some crops. Harvestinef of snap beans, c~curnbers, onions,
and potatoes is about complete in south .Georgia. Tomato harvest is drawing to a cl'ose. Li f)lt truck hauling of cantaloups started the second week in June, and
'first loading of t<Tatermelons by rail began on Ju;n~ .11. Light harvesting of nor.th
Georgia cabbage has started.
LIMA BEANS; Movement of lima beans from south Georgia has passed the p 'eak, but light picl_{ing is expected until around July 1. rn the HcDonough-Locust
Grove section dry t-.reather held the crop back and no harvesting is eX,pected until after July 1.
SNAP BEAlTS: The north Georgi~ snap bean crop is reported making good progresf. no,., that \'Iarmer vreather and rains }.lave been received. Cool damp
weather of mid-spring retarded growth of ,early acreage with some conseque_nt delay in harvesting date.
CA]BAGE: The north Georgia cabbage crop is making good progress as favorable weather and ad.equate moisture have been received~ In some sections cut
\vorms are reported doing heavy damage~ Cutting from a few scattered f~elds began the seco"nd' '"eek in June.
IRISH POTATOES: Movement 'from the commercial areas of south ond southeast~rn Georgia
,
is over. Some areas have suffe:r:ed for rain in the northern section~
of the State and production is expected t6 b~ short in this te~ri tory . Harvesting
\vill . get under~.>ray ai-ound July 1.
TOMATOES: Shipments are about over in the mairr commercial areas, but light h~rvest
ing is expected until around July 1. Demand and prices are reported
weak for last pickings.
PIMIENTO PEPPERS: Recent rains in the p-imiento terri tory have been beneficial .:for gro,..,th 'and development. Resetting has been completed in all
areas and. generally satisfactory stands are reported,
CANTALOUPS: Cantaloups started moving by truck from south Georgia counties during
the second \.reek in June, The crop is rapidly approaching maturity and
,.,ill be in full harvest by July 1. Dry weather in some sections caused some re-
duction in size and quality of melons which have so~d for lower than average prices.
Indicated early summer production in Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina is
1,920,000 crates, which is about the same as last year, Georgia acreage is esti-
mated at 3,400 compared with 3,000 in 1948.
WATERMELONS: The south Georgia watermelon crop is reported to be in good condition.
Harvesting got underway around June 10 and will be in full S\'l'ing by
July 1. For the twelve early summer states, prospective prodUction is 49,ll3,000
melons compared \dth 46,475,000 melons in 1948 or an increase of .6 per cent. The .
larger production is due to an increase in acreage for these states. Georgia acreage is estimated at 46,000 compared wi _tl.l 40,\000 ~J,.ast year.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. HARRIS, JR.
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Truck Crop Estimator
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Lima 'beans are in good condition in South Carblina Sales : a~e near
the peak but supplies will be available until well into July.
SNAP BEANS: The snap bean deal is over in the more southern counties of South ~ Carolina but moderate supplies are still available at Lake City. The
late spring snap bean harvest is practically over in North Carolina.
. CABBAGE: There has been almost no dema.nd .fer Tenne~see cabbage a.t any price .and ~onsiderable acreage has been 017 will .be plowed under~
CAj:JTALOUPS: Cantaloup harvest has . b~gun in South Carolina with, goqd opening }rtlces
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.Heaviest movement is e.xpect ed the week of June 27 Some of tlie earli~
. est -sections are
mid-season areas.
through harve~t in Texas, Light harvest is 'expected
but supplies a~e by the last week
pl in
entif June
ul fro from
m th
eth.. e
/
North Carolina cantaloup crop.
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. IRISH POTATOES: . Shipment -of ~ ~~;~y :f,otatqes . frqm t~e Coffee--Frnnkli~ a~~. ~f '
.
Tennesse~ is no'" at peak. '!'he. Qtirnberland plateau crop was hurt :.
slightly b~r dry weather during the early part of the period. Shipments there wil~
not begin before August. l'eak harvest of 't'he potato crop in North Carolina is
over. Generally the quality of pota~oes sold has ;been fairly good.
TOl-iATOES: Mississipyli :tomato ,shipme~ts '\~ill. be considerably less tpan had b e en
in expected earlier. Daily rains during tho second \ITCek 'bf J _u.pe ,,er~ v_ery
damaging to the crop. Green '"rap toma to movement is nbout th"e penk tho :Senufort.
Charleston
area of .
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WATERNELOl'IS: Light pi'oyerrient P,as begu,n in th-e extreme sout-herJ'l producing counti-es
of Alabnmn and volume is exp'ected to -become heavy during the next
two weeks. Recent wet weather has been unf:worn.ble for 'tmtcrmelons in ~
. Carolinn nnd onthrncnose hns becqme rq.ther prevalent w:hich will m,q.torin.lly reduce
yield prospects unless open weather co'mes .soon~.. Harvest should,: become general .
~the ''reck of June 27 . The cro.p i,s about 10 days lf'.ter than last _year in Louisi nnn
nnd fm,r melons o.re expected until about July 10. , The Mississil:roi wo.t orme16'n rnnrk eting senson is expected to st nrt from the s'butherh counties the last v1edi~ of
June. Ha rvest is over. in the, e:~:trqlfle southern counti.es of Texas, but supplies a r q
nre plqntiful in so\ith centrnl c.o.\,\nti,es. nnd shipment!:~ are ex:Pected: to continue :1ctive
into th e ea rly pnrt of July. crops ' in c entral T~x~s
~,,oil ndvnncod. T~e period
of June 1 ... 15 sm.,r the peak movenent of \v-ntemelons fron :b:orth .Floridn. The Live
Onk-lvi<'.dison-Nonticello .nrea had i tp per.lk d1,l;l;'ing the first hnlf of the nogyh, but
\-rill be the principal source -of, supplies for bost o;f the ror,mir\ing senson.
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QORGIA AGRICULTURAL
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TRUCK CROP ~1EWS July 1, 1949
Athens, Georgia
GENERAL: Georgia commercial truck crops received ample to excessive moisture during
the period June 15 - 30. Rains have providea more than enough moisture in
the soil for crop growth but hav:e interfered sometll'ha.t J.rith field wor')<, resulting
~n some rather grass;y' fields. ThA _cabbag;e, . snap bean~ and potato sea'son is over ih
~OI.lt~ Georgia, and these crops are' coming into prod.p.ction in the northern part of
the State. Harvesting of watermelons . and ca.ntaloups is declining in southern coun-'o
~ies and moving in heavy volume in tl~e cent'~al areas,
SNAP BEANS, NORTH GFDRGIA: .Ample moisture has been received and favorable conditions are reported for the early and late snap bean' crop in
flOrth 'Georgia. Light picking from early plantings hus started and is expected to pecome general uroun9- July 10 - 20 .
CABBAGE, NORTH GFDRGIA: The gro,:ting season fo1 cabbage has been good this s3:'ring; ho\vever, some fields planted on low lund have suffered from
excessive rains during the past t\<lb \..reeks. The crop is beginning to move in volume with low prices being received.
IRISH POTATOES, NORTH GEORGIA: Potato h!?.rvest is W1der\l'ay and expected to become general in all mountain counties by July 10. Dry
~eathor in oa1'ly Juno caused some dru:wge to yields by preventing potn.tocs from ronclr ing full maturity.
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PIMIENTOS2 Tho pimitnto crop hc'"l.s suffered fron excessive ruins during tho past
throe weeks in the main producing sections, Fields nrc grassy i 'n some
areas and frequent rnins nrc hindering growers from clonning the crop. ~1is condition is preventing tinely applications of fertilizer side dressing ;thich is needed to furnish proper v egetative growth to protect the fruit fron sun blister dm1ago l ater in tho sunnor. Fair wenther is needed for this crop. Picking from enrly plantings is expected around the first week in July in the southern arehse
C.OOALOUPS: Tho cnntnloup seo.son is f nst coning to n close ~n ..southorn counties nnd .roaching ponk qovonont in central areas. Melons hnvc boon of good
size <":nd qiw.lity this year. Prices received to dnto hnvo been disappointing for the
good qudit;>r of nolens being nnrkot od Sonc hnrvosting is expected to continuo in the Macon nron until nround July 15,
i~ATER!{ELONS:
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harvest n.bout over, lY1ovcnont in the central pnrt of tho State is now
nt its poo.k \vi th qunli t y n.nd size of nolons r eported the best in severnl y e<'.rs. Denn.nd hns been strong nnd good prices have pr ovo.ilod to date for this y enr 1 s crop
Through Juno 29th. 3t617 cnrlo n.ds ha d been shipp ed by rnil conpa red \dth 1,726 on
the s~e dnte l as t year.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Stntisticinn, In Chnrge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estinntor
TRUOX CROP NOTES - :BY STATES
As of July 1, 1949
SNAP BEANS: Light harvest from early fields in the northwestern counties of North
Carolina is now getting underwQlf. Volume movement is unde~~ay in the Henderson county area in the southwestern part of the Stat e. The dry '~eather hampered late plantings and the gro\dng crop in Tennessee. Picking of the earliest crop began the last 1t1eek in June.
gAB]AGEl North Carolina's late summer cabbage crop gro\~ principally in Alleghany, . Ashe Avery, and Henderson counties is generally in good condition. Prices
being received are unsatisfactory, Due ~o the long planting season the ha.rvest season will be quite extended.
IRISH POTATOES: The harvesting of commercial early potatoes in North Carolina. is practically complete. Generally, farmers reported prices received
as only fair '"ith Government buying a considerable portio.n of the crop. Rains have slowed digging of the crop in the Coffe~Frnruclin area of Tennessee but wore beneficial to the Coffee county crop which suffered from dry weather earlier
OANTALOUPS: The cantaloup crop in North Cn.rolina will be. aba:ut a '"eok later than '"as thought earlier. Light hnrvest should begin t'l:le week of July 4
and ponk is CA.J)Ccted the follot1ing week. Showers and dmmy mildm~ seriously drunagod the cantaloup crop in South Carolina and the supply of marketable cantnloups is limited. The decl will be practicall~r ov~r by July 1_0.
WATERMELONSl \'latermclon prospects vary from poor to good in South Cnrolinn. Nove>-> mont from the southern nreo. should be hoa.vicst the week of July 4 and
a.bout July 20 from the Chesterfield area. Tho North Car~lina. watermelon crop will bo a little later than earlier expecto,tionse Volume moveocnt i; expected during the week of July 18 with peak movement during the ln.st \'leek of the month. Light harvest,., ing has sta.rted in Louisinna with heavy movement expected July 10 - 15.
TOM.:\.TOES: IW.ins nlrnost all of June have badly hurt the west Tennessee tonato crop. Shipnents were light until Juno 27 when buying becDJJo genornl. Movenent
is now near peok ond shipoents will continue until about July 10 or 15th.
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Burenu of Agricultural Econonics
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Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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GJ?..Q.!iG_IA tS 1949 COTTON ACREAq_~ l4 %ABOVE 19i.J.8 .
Ju~ 81 1948
The 1949 Georgia cotton acreage in cultivation vu~ 1 is placed at 1J4701 000 acres
according to the official report of the Crop Reportmg Board of the United States
Department of Agriculture, This is l4 %above the 1J2861 000 acres in cultivation
one year ago but is 10 %under the 10 year average (1938-47) of 116351 000 acres.
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United States
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is estimated at
on July 11 19l.J.8, The
acreage of 22 1 0151 000
acres.
ARCHIE LANGLEY
D. L, FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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381
534
550
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26
32
123
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730
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1,210
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26
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177
Tennessee - Alabama - - Mississippi Arkansas - ;_ Louisiana -
0~9
694
773
820
106
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1,719
1.,637
11780
109
2~0
2,473
2,583
2,840
110
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1,968
2, 2L~9
2,460
109
1,8
996
957
1,070
112
3.7
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1.,069
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215
323
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282
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GEORGIA AC:IRICUt.:TUFlAL ..XTE:.Nl!>ION 5/!:.. RVIC.E.
Athens., Georgia
COI~RCIAL TRUC~ CROPS ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION
JULY 1, 1949 GEORGIA
July 14, 1949
CA:BBAGE, nORTH GEORGIA.: A yield of 5.0 tons per acre is indicated for north Georgi~ . On the estimated 1,100 acres for harvest, this would mean
a total production of 5,000 tons.
IRISn POTATOES, NORTH GEORGIA: Prospects as of July 1 indicate a yield of 110
bushels per acre, compared \'l'i th 100 bushels for 1948 and the l()..ycar average of 109 bushels. Acreage for 1949 is estimated a t 1,500 ncres, yield at 110 bushels per acre and total production at 165,000 bushels.
SNAP :BE.ANS, NORTH GEO ECHA: A slight increase is indica ted for the north Georgia snap bonn crop this yoarQ The acreage is estimated to
be 2,100 compnrod 11ith 2,000 in 1948o A yield of 102 bushels per aero is indicated,
giving a total production of 204.000 bushels. - ._
CAHT.A.LOUPS: Acreage of cnntnloups for hnrvost in 1919 is c stimated nt 3, 400 ncres, compared 1dth 3,200 acres in 19.:1:8~ Yield is cr,timatcd o.t 80 (Jumbo
. crates) per aero nnd tot a l production ~-t 272,000 (Jumbo crates)
\vAT3P.MELON9) Tho Georgia tvatermelon o.crongc is estimr:.ted at 46,000 acres compa red ,.,rth 10,000 a cres last yec::Lr <md lQ-year a verage of 51,680, Fr:worriole
1~eather increased yield prot:;pects over one month ngo nnd this year 1 s yield ns of July 1 is indicnted to be 300 melons per nero and totnl production 13,800,000 melons,
IJ}TITED STATES
CANTALOUPS: Early sunmer cnntaloup production ostimntednt 1,888,000 crntos is a drop of 2 per cent during June nnd is 2 per c ont below 1948 and 10 per
cent nbovc uvor~;tge. Dt1ring June reduced prospects in South Cnrolina more then offset incrensed pro spcct s in Georgia.
ifATER."JfELONSJ Enrly sunner production of 52,221,000 nelons (12 per cent n.bovc ln.st
year) is an increase of 6 per cent during June. The average yield
inproved to the tunc of 15 nelons per ~ere during Juno because of higher yields
being obtnincd in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, und Oklnhone. Those incronsos
norc tht:-Yl o:ff sot reduct ions in illnbnnn and Arknnsns. Tho n vernge yield of 267
nc~ons is above last year and avcrnge .
J~ter Five Dnys Return to United St <ctos Dopnrtnont of Agricu,l turc
]uronu of Agriculturnl Econooics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICillL BUSINESS Fom :B.";F,..D-7/49-1396 ' Pomit No . 1001
Pennlty for private use to o.void pnyr:wnt of po stngo $300.
Librarian. Co l lege of Agriculture
Ath ens. Ga .
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SN.:u> EJ.WS:
- Acres ...
Bllshols -
- 1,000 busholtl -
Lnto Sunnor
.llnbru.w.
1} 2, 240
-~eorgi~,north, 2,110
North C~rolino. 5 1 130
Virginin.
1.ooo
!?rolin
*1, 500 1 1 500 JJ 73
2,000 2,100 06
5, 100 5, 500 100
5oo
soo 8.4
75 .,.. 75 l}l63
102 102
200
110 120
5'.11
82
80
. a1
*112 204 594
-11
112 211 660
-10 1
~m" York
10,000 12,000 13,200 150
160 125 1,631 1 920 1,650
iUchigan
2,740 3,200 3r300 83
95
80
230 . 304 264
Colorado :rennessee
1,560
800
750 149
150 150
238 120 112
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,;_GI_oY:IJ_tQ.t.s:l__ g_7.._2_0_ ~2,0Q _ g_7J..8_0_ !_1_0)__ ~l.~8- _Jli _ ,g_3_ -"'~?1_3.._112
CA:BBAGE~
- Tons -
- Tons -
~arly SummeN
Vew Jersey
4,290 4 1 700 4,800 6.2
6.3 6.0 26,400 29,600 28,800
New York, L,I. 1,100 1,000
900 9.6 9,6 8.0 10,400 9,600 7,200
~eorgia,north
680 1,000 1,100 4.6
5.0 5.0 3,100 5,000 5,500
~ndiana
1 1 710 2,000 2,600 7.0
6.0 7.0 11;200 12,000 18,20~
lllinois
3,460 3,000 3,300 6.6
8.0 6.5 22,500 24,000 21,40.t
to,.ra
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CANTALOUPS:
-Jumbo crts.(70 lbs.)
-1,000 crates-
t
, Early Sun:mer:
Arizona
11,280 12~100 12;500 111
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127 120 1,2p1 1,537 l,sO,p
evacta
80
108
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8
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Georgia South Carolina_
5a.1a8_22Q0.
_ _33,,.;..30Q0.O0 _ _
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75 _ _ _5Q.
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240 __ l5Q.
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~Hl.rE~CIAL EARLY
- Bushels -
- 1,000 bushels - ,~ :.
IRISH :(lOTATOES:
Summerr Virginia Maryland Kentucky Missouri
39 1 450 35,800 29,200 149 5, 810 5, 800 5 1 300 140 3, 910 31 700 3, 700 138 4,420 2,500 2,300 168
'.
239 210 5,856 8'557 6,132
170 160
821 986 84S
120 150
533 444 555
225 225
754 562 518
Kansas
7,190 31 200 2,800 151
210 200 1,078 672 560
Nebraska Texas
5,260
J.J 7,220
4,000 7,200
3,400 225 5,400 1}213
325 285 1,182 1,300 969 230 220 };}1,547 1 1 656 1,188
Georgia
1,760 1,500 1,500 109
100 llO
192 . 150 165
Ne\-1 JerM:Y' ...;.. _2L62_0_ _ 5i,QOQ "'- 13LOQ0__1..6_ -' _2~- _ 13Q. __9.r..715_1;l,2_6Q. _5J...52_0
_G!_ol\P_TQ.t~1- _l_a6J...92_0_ 1_11e10Q. _ Q6L6QO_ _120___2Q2__ 171 _ g_1.L5.2_21,g87_ 16.&.~~5-
IV'ATEruJiELONS~
-. Nelons .-
- 1,000 melons -
Early Summer:
California,other 9,140 8,100 10,000 732
74~ 750 6,691 5,994 7,500
Arizona Texas
2,580 4400 3.800 569 51,160 65,000 6,1,000 150
570 570 1r472 2,508 21 166 180 175 7,835 11,700 11,200
Louisiana H.ississippi .Alabama Georgia
3, 820 2, 500 . 2, :SOO 273
51 3<-10 3,200 4,200 246 6, 620 61 400 6,-900 312 51, 680 40,000 46,. 000 27i
250 300 1 1 035 625 690 210 260 1,316 768 1,092 300 300 2,027 1, 920 2070 275 300 13,530 11,000 1~, BOO
South Carolina 24,050 22,000 26,000 222
200 225 5,282 4,400 5,850
North Carolina 91 770 10,000 10,700 224
.Arkansas
3,960 ~,100 t1,500 286
230 230 2,178 2,300 2,t16l 285 285. 1,136 1,168 1,282
Oklahoma $ssouri
12,330 13,000 14.000 216
230 225 2t656 2,990 3,150
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Revised. l} Short time average.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estirnator
. t
Athens., Georgia
July 11+, 19L9
Q~NER4L CROP Illi~ORT - ~~Q.;l_ 2J2.0RGIA 1.. _9F ~-~_l!:f:Y_}, . 1942 .
Good to e~:cellent yields were in pro s::_Jec t on July 1 for most Georgia . feed and food
crops according to reports made by crop corresr)ondents to the Geor g i~'> Crop Reporting Service. T-he ab1.md,ai1c~ of inoisture durj_ng June vras i'a:v:orable for the corn crop and 9-
record high yield is forecasted f or tl1e State. To'Jacco. harvest is under way and all
reports indic ate a record high yield for this crop. Peanuts show fair to excellent prospects. FruU, crop s are the poorest :i.n years.
Grassy fields re s ulted from the fr equent ra:ins during June ::i.n several J,ocal a1eas, and some l ate crops w~.11 be damng ed by the lack of cultiv2.:\:.ion, ImJect and dj.sease injury are heavier than usual beoause the ef fic i.ency of the s praying and dust:i_ng proi-0 grams has been reC::.uced under wet weather conditions,
CORN: An indicated 3, 205,000 acre s (one percent over l 9L!8 ) of corn will be harvested for :;rain this year wj_ th a probable all tirae record hi gh yield :for l.Jhe state
of 17,0 ~Ju sl1els per a cre . Product~,on shoul d r each 51+,485, 000 bushels or an increase of l l percent over the esti mated 49, H32, 000 harvested. l ast year .
SMALL GRAH~S: Tihoat acrf)a ge of 217, 000 fo:c harvest j,s down 2 percei1t f rma the 221,000 of last year and jnd:L ca t ocl yield of 12,0 bushels per Mre is
les s than was expected earlier in the s eason . Production is placed at 2, 6oL~,000 bushels or a 13 percent r eduction from the J.948 crop . bats, with 660, 000 ac r es h<ii~ vcsted sho~-s a 25 perc ent increase in acroag e over last year with production of 16,500 ; 000 bushels coml)ar ed n:i.th 13,728 1 000 one ye<:n~ ago .
TOBACCO: Acreage of 90, 900 is up .10 perc ent and. iJ:i,th a record high state ,Yield 'of 1, 2U9 pounds por aero i n pro spect points to product:Lon of 113,512,000
pounds, This i'iguro is 19 porcont above J.9h8 production of 95,763,000.
PEANUTS: .Acreage planted ::done is estimated at 1,1o6, ooo or a 22 percent decrease
from las t yea r. Condj_tion of the crop :Ls gene r ally good to exc ellent. The first product:ton forecas t of tho season Y(ill be made ne::t 'month based on Au6i.l.St 1 concl:i.ti ons.
PEACHES : 'l'he very s ho rt crop of 21 340,000 bushols ( great er tha n and inc;lud:ing tho - - - co)m~1ercial crop) .is 17 perc ent under the lov: production of 2, 812, 000 in
j_9L!B . Lack of a si..\fficicnt dormant l')Criod during the unusually mild w:Lntor vof~S re-
sponsible for po.or ;t'ruj_ting and freeze darM1so of l atter J:iarch caused' hea'vy l oss ovdi'
most of tho corm:t,erc i a l area.
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CROP Corn
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.
1949
. . Indic.
Indic
~i~+- ~5.5 ~~~~ -L~9~~-82 l;t~J.f85- 1948
l 9L~9
Per Cent , . 1948
0
. July 11
1 9h8
BU. 3.,173 3:2o5-
July 11 .
fhoat
Bu. 221
21 7
98 . 13.5 12.0
2, 984 . 2,604
Oat s il.ye Tobacco, all
Bu . 528
660
Bu .
Lb.
86'L) e.,.
6 90.
1 25
26.0 25 , 0
100
10.0 10.0
110 1155 12l.r9
13 1 72 8 60
95., 763
16,500 60
113,512
Potatoes , Irish
Bu.
16
16
100
Potatoes , swoct
B'u, 58
65
112
Hay, all
Tons l,hoo 11183
81.~
64 .B5
.57
74 90
60
1,024 4,930
79 9
1,184 5, 850
710
Sor ghum for s irup
11
10
91
Sug<J.rcano for s:i.rup
20
19
95
Peanuts, alone
1, 418 1,106
78
Cowpoas , alone
170
184
108
Joyb eans, al one
70
58
83
Peaches, t otal crop 2/
2; Fears, total crop
Cotton
. i 3/ 1, 286
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1, 1.!.70 11L.
Total agricultura l
2,812
385
2,340 204
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crop greater than and including
commercial crop. '};/ Acreage in cul~ivatj. on July 1,
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----~-P.RCHI~~ LANGLLY
Agricultural Statistician) In Charge
Agr icultural Stat1stician
,UNITED STATES DEPAltTMENT OF AGRICULTl.iRE
c. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
_ / Washington, D.
IDHTED STATES ... GEJI'!ERAL CROP REPORT AS OF ~y 1 1 1949
Anoth~r season of tremendous crop prqduction r fir;wel'l on its w.av. Not only is the to.tal acreage
c:;op~ the largest sipce 1S33, but yi~1.~s al~ ai'.e promising. WbUe all wheat pr~duction fell 148 m1.lhofi bushels below e~lier expecta1aons b'ecsuse of unfavorable develo~ments Just before and at
harvest time, the crop of 1 1 189 million bushels still is third largGst -.oi reoord, The .corn
planted ~as. ne?XlY 2 million acres aboye intentions and a near..re~ord production of 3,530. mil
bushels 1s 1nd1cated, Cotton aereagG 1s one-seventh largell than 1n 1948 and development 1s .
for. this date. Bice sets a new record in both aereage ond production. Oats will be nearly a 1.-4
billion bushel crop. Hay production will be slightly l0ss than ~a.st season. .Aggregate productioDt
based U:pon current forecasts, may be 31 percent ahove the 1923-32 average, exceeded only by the
record set last year.
fieavies contribution to the neeu.-reeord aggregate crop production. is made by the feed grnins as a
~roup. Included are the socondlargcst corn crop in history, a large crop of oats, n reln.tively ~mrul barley crop ood a sorghum grain crop probably less than lnst year, but above nveroge. With
-t;he heavy carry-over, supplies of feed grains will be among tho most Hberr:U ever nvnilable per
bnim::U unit. Hoy supplies per onimal unit also will be adequate, though not as nhundont as last
yc .'JX. Food gr.':'.ins nrc consider("hly below 11'\st yoar' s level 1 with the wheC'..t crop reduced to third +a:rgest, rye production dropping below 20 million bushels, md buckwhcn.t plrmted on a r0lativoly
~mall c.crcr.ge; but the rice crop of 86 million bushels sets a new record . llerc~go of soybccms for
beoos will be less thnn last yoDr, but above average; pcnnut o.crel:'.ge is only four.,.fifths of ln.st
yenr 1 s, but cotton acre~ge is tho lnrgost since 1937. Tobaeco production will be ali ttlo above
;nst yenr ond considcrnbly above average, The potD.to crop will be below o.verngc and .wcll bolow 1~
yenr. Sweetpotatocs will exceed last yenr' s small outturn, but remain below average.
'
~OBN: The Nation's 1949 corn crop is estimated a.t 3.5 billion bushels. Such a production would
be the second largest of record, exeeedcd only by last yoRr 1s all-timo high of 3.7 billion
bushels. Production hes rco.ched 3 billion bushels in four other years - tho war years of 1942 nrrl
+944 ond 2-gain in 1946 rmd 1948, The indior.tod yield per acre of 41,2 bushels compares with ln.st
year 1 s record yield of 42.7 ~ushel s <1nd the avernge of 31.4 bushels.
.
ALL W'HEAT: Production of all wheA-t is estimr-.ted at l 1i89 mUlion bushels, 8 TJercent less thc:n th!l
1,288 million busheliiiproduced lMt year but about 20 percent mor'e thw the averngo of
9.92 million bushels. This is 13 percent loss tht>n the record 1947 orop but is larger then for any ear prior to 1947 1 ond tho third l~gest of record.
OATS I The cio..ts crop is estim.J.tod at 1 1 3791 672,000 bushels,. 8 percent loss . th.on the crop of : - 1,491,752 1000 bushels in 1948 but r.bout 12 percent ribovo the 10-yenr averr'.go production of 1 1234,082,000 bushels. The ,record OC!.t crop vva s 1 1 535 1676,000 bushels in 1945..
PEANUTS: The 1949 noro~gc of po~nuts plnntod ~lone for nll pu1~osos 1 including th~t for picking . ond threshing 2nd for hogging, is estimated t:>"t 3 ,1SOtOOO GCrcs or about 20 percent below
last yc<tr . This is 9 percent below averr;gc r.md sli'ghtly loss then wn.s indic. ,tcd last Mn.rch. Reductions in plmtings below last ye~ nre 17 pereent in the Virginia...CC\rolina Arc~, 18 percent in the. Southeast wd 24 percent in the Southwest. '
TOBACCO:. ---
A. tot::tl percent
produ nbovc
ction of the c~op
2 10 of
2
5 mi last
llion yef1r
pou~ds of tobncco is indicn.ted v:hcn 1, 982 million pounds 'vere
for 1949. This is 2 grovm. The incrense
is all accounted for in the production of flue-cured tobncco :1hich is estimn.ted at 1,155 million
-oounds. Last yenr t s crop of flue-cured vras 1,090 million pounds, The indicated crop of burley,
S95 million pounds is about 1 percent below 1948 1 while firc ...cured ond d.a"k Dir-ourod are do';rn 12 ~nd up 2 per cent respectively.
PEACHES: July 1 conditions indicate a tot:'J. crop of peMhes of 76,250,000 bushels in 1949, n
decline of about 1 per cent from the estimn.tes of June 1. The prospective production
is 17 per cent lnrger thnn the smnll crop of 651 352 1000 bushels produced in 1948 ond is 11 per cent
s TAT s &love the 1938-47 n.verage of 68 1 947,000 bushels:__,......,..-..,-......,"'"""...-----------------
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-------------~:AC~RE~A~GE~I~Nrmnn~u~s~.~:~1n94~9~~--~yr!E~Lnur-~~~~~P~TION IN TRmtNtr.m
CBOP
Hnrv. 1948
For ---;'Per cent
Harv.
of
1948
Iniiic. '
Julyl,
1948
I:ri.dic'Cted July 1,
' 1949
1948
' 1949 :
1949
Corn, 011
bu~ 85,439
Whon..t, nll
bu 71,904
l.f Oats,
Cotton
bu: 40,191 23,110
Hay, cll
ton: 73,616
Soybeons ~
: 11,733
8owpeas
: 1,115
Pennuts "t/
: 3,920
PotJ.toes,lrrish,bu: 2,099
Swectpotdoos bu: 514 :
Tob!'.Cco, cll 1b: 1,555
85,780 75,481 40,619
26,380 73,360
llt067 1,ll0 3 1150 I 1,898
524 1,626
IOU 105 101
114 100
94 100
80 90 102 105
427 17.9 ~ 371
212 97
1,275
41.2 15.7 340
la33
31650,548 1,288,406 1 1491 1 752
99,846
194 99
1,246
445,850 49,806
1,981, 730
3,530,185 1,188,690 1,379,672
368,696 51,938
2,025,429
Sor.for Syrcrp
llO
94
85
Sugnrrene fc ~ 11
81
72 ~
89
Pi:! aches, tot.cr1u:
1
65,352
]} Acrengo in cul tivr.tion July 1. 2/ Grown nlone for nll purposes~ (sc'e .other. side _for Georgia report)
After five d~ys return to
United Stdes llipcrtmcnt of Agriculture
Burc o..u of Agricul tur:U Economics
. 319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia
OFFICL"L BUSii.TESS
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l;'errn~ +. No <: 1001
Penr!l ty for privnto ~usc to n.void p ayment of postage ~300.
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GEO~IA AGRIClJkTURAL
E.XTf:.N!UON :IE.~VI<:.e:.
..J:RUQK QBQP li!E\~S July 15, 1949
Athens 1 . Georgi['., -
GElTEB.AL: Georgir. commcrcinl truck cro n s continued to receive nmple to excossive moisture during the :first two '"eeks of July. Very l i ttlo d('unnge is re-
ported from the south . Georgin. crops ns the , senson is fast dr.n.~-ring to <'- cJ.o so in this territory. Considernblo d.-,nmgo from too much rnin is reported from the north Goorgio, sections as hnrvest of snp,:p b ecms, cc:bbn.go, ::.nd Irish potatoes is in full . SNinge
SNAP BEANS 1 NORTE GEORGIA: The excossi'ro ro.ins hnve hinde red picking '""hich hn,.s resulted in poor qur.lit y t'.nd lo\'1 .pricos . Lo.to plnnt-
ings jio.vo been held to n min:i.rnurn 1,1.1:1 fnrmers could not got intc tho fields to plant.
CAB:BA<lE, , H?RTH GEORGIA-: The cnbbr.ge cro1; is beginning to suffor from the hcnvy rnin \vhich is cnusing d.nmnge to the f'.lr or'.dy mr.turod crop.
Prices h<we boon vor~r uns.ntisfnctory this sonson rend some growers report thn.t the crop is not bringing production tend h<'.rv e sting costs.
IRISH POTATOES, NORTH GEORGIA: Hnrvesting of the north Georgin Irish potdo crop
is being delr..yed. by wet fiGlds. Tho continued rnin is onusing some potntoes to rot in the ground, l.'.nd if r nins do not hold up within tho next fm"l dnys n totnl loss ,,rill be suff e red in semo fi elds.
Pii iiE~Jiros: The excessive r::;,ins continuo in some sections, but most nrons hn.ve hnd n chnnce to cultiYnte m1d n.pply top dressing. Soue diso.-.se is
shov-ring up nno. fn_ir wo1'\t.hor is bndly rteeded. Processors in sout}::lerri r.rens nre receiving peppers but pods s.~" fllll o'f ,.,r-.ter ,,,hich r ~ sults in hen.;y loss e s prior to processi'ng.
. C.AHTALO UPS; Hr-orvesting of cr-.ntn.loups hn.s boe-11 completed in the southern pnrt of
p
the Str'.t o nnd is r!".pidl3r drn.wing to !c clos e in th o centrr.l sections
~;?JlEIJOl'TS; The hr,rvest of wnterr:1olons hns n dvnncod ,"..long 'vith thnt of cnntn-
l<lmps. O:Ood yields <'.nd prices hr.ve boon re n.lizcd fran this yer.rs crop. Through July 14th. 4, 87.0 cnrlonds hr_d boon shi:pped by r!"Jl cor::.p nr od \ri th 2,991 on the snl:le dntc :Lnst yen.r .
D. L. FLOYD .Agricu.lturnl Str'.tisticinn, In Chnrge
"J,>. s H_. HA::ltU I JR
Truck Cro}:J ~s timdor
TRUCK CROP 1TEliVS - BY STATES
July 15, 1949
SNAP BEN~S: The daily rains in July have slowed up bean picking and planting of
the late crop in Tennessee. North Carolina's late summer snap bean
harvest was grea.tly hampered by too much rain .during the . first half of July. Quality of recent offer.irigs has been reduce~ due to the effects of excess.ive rains.
i'
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CABBAGE: In some sections of .North Carolina too much rainfall has : done some damage to the crop, but in gener~l cabbage is in good c?ndi tion.
CANTALOUPS: In the Scotland-Roberson coun~ area of North Carolina harvest of . cantaloup is past peak. Outcome of the crop in this section was not
up to expectations. Harvest of cantaloups has reached into some of the latest producing areas of Texas. Yields and quali ~ have been good in most sections.
IRISH POTATOES: Continued rains in the Coffee-Franklin area of Tennessee still hampered potato digging. Some potatoes are rotting J.n the fields.
WATERMELONS: A good crop of melons has been available over a wide area in Texas for the past two weeks and movement by rail and truck has been un-
usually active. Harvest of rnost of the southern crops was nearl.ng completion around the middle of the month, and the late areas in the extre me northern counties were just starting harvest. Peak; harvest in the Scotland county area of North Carolina should be reached by July 20 and continue at a high level until the end of July.
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UNtT0 :)TATE.~ OEPAP.'rME.NT .OF
AGR IC.U'L.T{iRE.
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UNI'IIE.P.$1TV Of" G.01'\.GIA COLI.E.<:.E. OP: AGP.I~\JI..TV"t
J.thens, Georgia
HONEY ED?ORT t JULY 1949
July 27, 1949.
A total of 5,591,000 colonies of bees were on hand July 1, in the United States, based on reports . ~rom about 4,000 beekeepers cov-ering farm owned and no~arm owned bees. The number of colonies; lS 2 percent below the number on hand a year ago, and marks the second year of decrease follovnng "=. succese;ive years of increase. ~crease of 9 percent in the West North Central, 3 percent in the 1ast North Cantrall South Atlantic, and ~leste1m States was partially offset by an increase of 7 per; lpnt in the Nol'th tlantic States. Colony numbers '-rerc about the same as last year in the .South - Cvntral States. The li~ht death loss, due to tho very mild \nnter nnd fav{)rable spring enjoyed by : t:tatcs east of the MissJ.ssippi Rivert vras one {)f the main footers in maintaining colony numbers. _ !''l.nter losses in the so states were about 12 percent compared with 20 percent last ye ar. West of tOO l:ississippi the wilttcr Wl .s more severo and bee losses were nbout 20 percent.
\'linter loss of colonies v1as about 15 percent, vrbiah compares with 20 p ercont dwing tho winter of ~ 1947-.48. I.osses in the East were the lightest of record, but west of the :Mississippi severo wintm: . wo:1.ther caused heavy losses in most States. 'lhc 0ru1ses of losses as rc:rorted wercl winter killing~ 30 percent; starvation, 23 percentJ ~uee_ n1esst 19 :pereentl _sprey poisonJ.ng,- 3 percent; dysentery, 3 :PGrccnt; foul brood~ 3 pc~cent; insects, 2 percent; rodents, 1 percent; wet ,reathor,. 1 p0reent; other and unlmovrn causes, 15 p0rcent. These losses arc for vdnter ::md spring ::md do not cover losses during the honey producing se ::-.son. Bcekoopcrs in generru report a lnck of interest in replacing losses because of tho weak dcmLmd and low price of honey plus high production costs of lnbor 1 transportation ~nd boo supplies.
Nevi spring colonies totaled 1,002,000 - nbout 18 percent of the number of colonies on h Dnd July 1.
Last ye::-x new colonies trio.de up 20 percent; in 1947 r.>.bout 19 percent; rmd in 1946 c:iliout 23 percent ;,
of the July total. About 30 percent of the no;v colonie s this year were obtained from pnckage bees
compared ui th 29 percent lnst year. However, boconse of srne\J.lcr holdings of now colonies this ye;:u;,
a.ctuol plnceinent of pr:tckagc bees in the United St<1tos wns about 10 percent below that of 1948.
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Compared nith a year ago 34 percen t fewer pxk3ges were plnced in Stntes ea st of the Mississippi, '
while 6 percent more packages were placed in St.-:1.tes west of the river.
The condition of colonies about July 1 wn.s reported at 88 percent, compared with 86 percent a. year
ago. July 1 condition of ncctnr plants was n.bout 79 percent, about tho srune as last ycnr. In general, f nvornblt:~ conditions prevailed in tho loading honey producing Sta.tes. Cclifornia.1s Or~n~ flow was disappointing, but was la.tor offset to a considor e~1o extent by a good Eucclyptus nnd
Mcnsani ta flow. Tho early honey flovr in Minncsot n. wo.s good, In Now York .considerable honey was obtained in 1h y. However, the long period of dry wen.thcr during M:.-w and. June dried up the clover
md necktr plants. Prospects for a honey crop in Ohio e.re spotted but some o>inries already have a good sur:plus. In Michigm an excellent yield of whi to honey is being g ~therod. In Florida honey flo w hn.s beo..."'l better thnn lo.st year. Citrus bloom extended over nearly a two-months p eriod <md was qui to hon.vy in ~('l.Y The severo drought in e astern nnd northern Mont onn. has mnteriruly affected nectar plr>nts nnd prospects o.ro poor for a norme\J. flo vv of honey, Ponnsyl vania conditions wore good until Juno vrhcn dry v;eP.ther depleted nectar sources. Locust bloom in this St.,"te was abundant and
provided one of tho hoa.vi ost flo ws in years. Wisconsin hn.d. dry we a ther in A.pril 1 May and the first . pnrt of Juno, but a good crop is expected during coming monthst from clovers, olfclfa.., .end other nectar sources. In Iowa there was much less v;intcr kill rcmong clover fields thm a ycro: n.go . nnd honey crop prospects arc bettor. In Colorado plants hr.>..vo developed nn unusuolly good growth and a eood honey flow is expected. Honey flow i n IndiiiDa has been good over since fruit bl6om; moisture has been abundmt; nnd plants have made good grovrth
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Preliln:i.nary
Return After Five Days To United States Department of Agriculture
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319 &~tension Building
Athens_, Georgia
Penalty for private use to
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UNITED 5TATE.~ DEPAR.TME.NT OF AGRIC..U~T"URE.
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GEORGIA
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~EOR.GIA AGRICULTUAAL l!.)tT!..NIS'ION S~R.VlC.E
- . Athens, Georgia
TEUCK CROP NE~ August 1, 1949
GENERAL: 'Ihe truck crop season is practically over in southern and middle Georgia
\vith the exception of pimiento peppers and late cucumbers. Too much rain in north Georgia has led to considerable ro'tting and other deterioration, but some improvement has taken place during the last \IJ'eek in July. Harvesting of Irish potatoes was delayed two to three \IJ'eeks but good progress in cl.igging \vas made last rTeek, cabba~e harvest is about over, and the early snap bean supplies are decreasing,
SNAP BEl\l~S. lTOR'!R GEORGIA: Harvest of the early snap bean crop is practically over. The excessive rains during the,harvesting period did
considerable damage to yields and quality resulting in lou prices being received. Late plantings are being delayed by a shortage of seed, and the extreme hot days are injuring the crop just coming up.
~GE, NORTH GEORG!!~ Most of the early north Georgia cabbage crop has been harve~ted. Excessive rains held up harvest and caused some
of the crop to rot in the fields. Prices have been very unsatisfactory throughout July,
IRISH POTii.TOES, NORTH GEORGIA: Harvest was delayed from two to three weeks in the mountain sect ions this year due to wet fields. There
is some damage reported to yields by potatoes rotting in.the ground, If present weather conditions continue, digging should be nearing completion during the first \;eek in August ,.
PIMIENTO PEPPER; Prolonged rains and very high temperatures during July '"as responsible for heavy damage to the first crop of pimiento peppers in
Georgia. The excess moisture caused leaves to shed and plants \'lere attacked by wilt and anthracnose in some sections. Follo\.,ring the rains defoliated plants left the fruit exposed to very hot sunshine and resulted in considerable sun scald injury., With favorable \IJ'eather during .ri.ugust, quality and yields of pepper should show marked improvement.
W.rl.TEru:I:ElLONS: Commercial movement is over in the southern part of the State and is nearing completion in the central counties,. Yields and prices on the
late crop in the central sections were disappointingly low., The exce'ssi ve moisture followed. by , hot sunshine caused many vines to die before the melons ripened. 0P:lct shipment through July 23 amounted to 5,037 cars, compared with 3,286 to. the same date last year. Movement by truck continues to show an increase over a year ago.
NOTE: THIS IS TIDJ L4ST 1949 G:IDORGI.ii TRUCK OROP NEivS REii.Bld.SE.
D. L. FLOYD
.ligricultural Statistician; In Charge
1. H. IkRR.IS, J:R
Truck Crop Estimator
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. TRUCK CROP NEWS BY STATES
August 1, 1949
SNAP BEk~: Due to excessive rain . up through the third week in July North Carolina's late summer s~ap bean crop has been damaged considerably.
Due to adverse weather conditions, harvesting of the crop has been on an irregular schedule thus far through the season, and quali t;/ yields have been reduced in many instances. Peak harvest of the early crop is over; however, due to the wide . variation in planting, a fairly large quantity of beans should be available almost until frost. Heavy volumes of snap beans have been moving through the Tennessee markets at Mounj;ain City and Clarkrange. In the ;Johnson county area, volume is expected to lighten somewhat in August, but should become heavy again toward the end of the season.
CABBAGE: North Carolina's late summer cabbage crop is generally in only fair condition. Yields and quality have been reduced and present prospects
,Point toward a below e.vei"age outcome. Sales of the early :varieties are on the decline; however, a fair volume from later varieties will be offered on the mar-kets up into the fall.
IRISH POTATOES: Digging in the Coffee-Franklin area of Tennessee is practically complete., Harvest of the Cumberland Plateau crop around
Crossville began the last week of July and will continue through August. A portiop of the Plateau crop ordinarily is sold as certified seed.
WATERMELONS: The peak harvest of watermelons in North Carolina has past. Generally, the crop has turned out poorlY: During the last week of the
month, and at the timt) of volume harvest, the weather turned hot and dry. A large portio~ of the crop rema~n~ng in the fields dt~ing this time was damaged severely from the blistering sun.
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UNtV1-UoiTY OF' (itO"-G'""
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Athens 1 Georgia
GEORGH. ""! AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT
August 81 1949
Cotton prospects on August 1 -indicated a Georgia. crop of about 570,000 bales, accordtug to infon~ation reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop Heporting Service of the United States. Department of Agriculture. Th~ current indicated pro~uction is 24~,~ below the 745 1 000 ht1rvested in 1948 and 27% less than the 1C-year e;vernge, (1938-47) of 779 1000 bales. Indic c.ted yield per o.cre is 187 pounds compared l~ith 279 last yec.r. Est:ime.ted aoreP ge for ho.r'Vest is 11 460,000 or 14;t r,bove the 11 28 6, 000 harvested in 1948.
aontinous wet we ather during most of Juno aJld past mid-cTuly with consequent hea.vy . weevil infestation co.us e d 1:1 heavy deterioration in rrospects, Mor-e poisoning than usual h as been done but . frequent rains wnshed it off before it could g ive effective results. During tho ).(~St ten days of July very hot o.nd dry We r.th e r set in which ho.s been frworo.ble for checking the we 0vil but effective fruiting in the sout he rn part of the St o.t e wo.s prnctic nlly ove r prior to this t:L.11e . Only n. poor to f rJ .r bottom crop is s af e in tlw.t section of the Stnte . This is definitely n poor cotton ye c.r over most of Southo rn Georgin. In the piedmont r.re o. s o.nd north e rn t e rritory the fino.l
out turn is depende nt on woo.the r c..nd ext ent of' t.ho wo ovil .dr:mo.go. from now on. Tho fincJ
outturn of cotton comp r.r e d with this fore ctJ.st w:i.ll dopcnd upon Nhetho r th o v r:rious influences D.ffocting the .crop durin g tho rom c indc r of tho soo.son o.ro moro or loss f' cvorD.b l o tho.n us u o.l.
ARCIITE L'\.H GUY Agricultulr'D.l Stdisticitl.n
D.. ~. FLOYD
Agriculturc.l Sto,tisticinn1 In Chr.rgo
Q&ORGI.A MAP - SHOWING AUGUST 1 CONDITION BY CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS
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report from' data furnisheq by crop. cprr$spondents, field statisEcians, and co operat-
ing Sta te agenci.es . The fin;il outturn of cotton compared with this for ecast will .
9-epend upon whether the var~.ous influences affecting the crop during the remainder of
the season c;J.re more or less fav9rahl,e than usual.
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{; All m7ancc s made for inter st ate movement of seed cot ton for ginning . Illinoi s _, K2.ns 2..s , and K(mtucky for all years 2-nd Nevada f or 1948 and 1949.
} I Included in Sta.te and UnitedStates totals. Gro1'm principally in Ari zona, New
Mexi c o1 and T e:~as,
CROP RI~POR'L'ING BOi\.::.1D
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FABli PRICE Rl'ZPORT AS OF JULY 15, l9Ll9
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GEORGIA: The index of prices 1~eceived by Georgia farmers decreased 5 points
b!')tween June 15 and July 15 and is novv placed at 21+0% of the August
1909-14 average compared' with 21+5 last month and 27o' ~6 one year ago. The shavp de-
cline' in fruits and 111eat animal groups we re larely responsiple for t.h. e 5 point de-
cline in the all commodity index~ Other groups made only slight c,hanges from the
June 15 level.
U-N-IT-ED- S-T-,:\-'I-'S-S:.
The P~rity Index (index of prices paid by farmers, including interest and taxes) d~clined l point during the month ended July
15 to 2!.~4 percBnt of its 1910-l).J. .base. The :index is nmv '7 points belovr, t.he record
high level prevailing a year ago.
The drop in the Parity Index was largely the result of lower builclj_ng costs both for
home construction and for production purposes, ,which offset slightly hie;her ;Jrices
for some feeds , Food prices also were dovm. Final estimates of 19b9 tax payments
per acre effected a 3 point upward revision in that component of the Parity Index to 275 percent of its 1919-11-+ average,
Faliing pricss during the month for cattle, wheat, potatoes, and apples. were largely responsible for pulling the Index of; Prices Received }Jy Farmers dovm. 3 points (1 percent) to 249 percent of its August 1909-July 1914 base. These lower 'prices more than offset slightly higher prices for feed grains and hay, truck crops, dairy products, hogs 1 e r,;gs, and turk:eys. Divergent changes occurred in many commodity groups. For example, hogs increa sed Ythile all other meat animals sho-wed decre~~ ses, corn Tms up and oats were dmm, and milk increase d nhile butterfat declined.
of As of Jti.ly 15, the parity index (prices paid, interest, and taxes) drop;_) ed 1 point
from mid-June to reach 24h percent the 1910-14 average. This is the lo:;est level since. November 1947. Sjmi1arly1 the index of prices paid (oxcluciing inter e st and taxes) declined 1 point to 256. On an August 1919--July 1929 base the index vras 160; on an Aur:;ust 193h--July 1939 base this index 1;as 205.
Indexes
- - - - - - - - - - S-umma-ry- Tab-le _... - - - - - - - - _.. - - . .. .... - - -
July 15, : J1.me 15, July 15, :
Record High
19h8
1949
1949
- - ---- ..-. ---------
Indo;~
Date
Prices received 1/
301
252
Prices paid, including
interest and taxes ~I
251
245
Parity ratio
120
103
l l August 1909-July 1914 ::: 100. .~/ 1910-14 = 100.
249
307
Jan. 1948
24Lr
251 3/ Aug. 1948
102
. 133 - Oct. 19h6
-
-
-
-
--
-
-- - - - .........
~
}./ Also Jan. 1 Juno, and July '48.
D. L,., ,.FWYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Hii.RRY A NIH TE Agricultural Statistician
,... PRICES .m.x:iEIVED BY Fl.m.~s JULY 15, 1949 WITH COMP:JiiSOI-TS ",. , ,; , ,
.: ;6dMt~nfTY .
.G.IDWIA . . , . . .-..
. UNITED .S't!.TESI. .: .. : , t
~verage
July ~- June -~ ~ July . Aver.age 1 " J't,lly :- 1 Jun9 f . jUly
Aug.HlJ9-: July i9lll
-" -
~-1~~58
.
.15- i 15 .
1 .19.!19 .: 1949. .....
Aug.f!l)9- l l((l.l:1yl914
15 - ' :i
1948 1
1 5 . 1949
I . 1t
1949
('ih.eat,. Bu. Corn, BUe_
\ , . II $1. -.1.24; ,, :220. r.as.. . 1.00
$
-~gr
~.06 . .,.1'14
1.44
..aa .!... .64. ~r~ ~
2 .oo
2~b2_
..
. 1.86
. i.2l
, 1251
:::~ ::::::~: ;.. 1:~:- ,;.;:~; ; ~~:j ';::;J '~: I Oats;' Bu....,... .
_, $1 . ~ .~.67
... 1.05 __
. . e75l .: : '7~ "f
A
. :10
. l
i
87
.:.. so
' ,: : : "
1 ,.:: ; 5t I
. 1 6.<"'':~.r'.;;.._-,,....l 1. .'"' _7-h~'~ ~ .- 1 55
2o62 I
2,64
2o83
Cotton, lb.
12.6
34. 4
31.8 II 31.7
33.0
30.1
Cottonseed, ton Hay (b al ed), ton Ho g s, .p e r cv~t.
24.39 7o33
87.00 lo__.oo j'
...
I- II .
25.00 19.10
44.oo l
I i9.40
19.80 1
22.55 7.27
96.00
::::, I
46 .. 70 ,. 37.50 2Q.9J 20. 40 18.80 . 1 19.30
Beef Cattle, cwt. Milk Cows, head ?Pickens 1 lb. Eggs, Doz . Butter, lb.
3. 87
19.00 1 l9o40
I I 1:::: I 33.85 125.00 138.00
I
l 13.2
33.9
26.5
26.0
5.42 48.00
21.3
52.0
24.6
56.0
50.0
I
so.o . 1 25.5
25.20
20. S() 20.00
192.00 18300 178. 00
l 31.9 I
l I 458
I 67.3
.,. 261
243
44.;,1 453
56.8 56.2
Butterfat, lb.
25.. 7
61.0
55.0
53.0
81 . 4
59.3 58.9
JJ Xiilk (wholesale) per 100#
2.42
5.85
5.40
1.60
<1.89
3.59 3.72
Cowpe as, Bue
$
5.30
5.29
4.06 -3.68
Soyb eans, Bu.
$
4.70
P}~ja~nurtesi,imTlbna. r-y~~~~~~~r-+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::-~~~~~~77~
INDEX HU11BERS OF PRICES R.'SCEIVED BY F"'ffiMERS IN G-IDRGIA (August 19J9 - July 1914 .: 100)
July 15
19<18
ommo J. :tes
Co'tton & Cottonseed
282
2<15
244
Grains
216
154
15'1
''Me at 6\nimal s .
433
385
365
Dairy Prpducts
226
215
212
Chickens & Eggs
218
215
223
Fruits
267
304
247
Miscellaneous
166
186
186
. Mtor five days J!cturn to
Unite d ptate s Department of Agricul turc Buroau of Agricul turel Eeonom&cs 319 Extension Building ..Athens, Georgia
GFFICIAL . BUSINESS
Form BAFraf'1g...2136
Permit No. 1001
:Penalty for privato usc to avoid p ayment of postage $300.
Dean Paul W~ Chapma..n Athens., Ga.
Clark Co *
Req .
UNITED ::.rATE.:, OI:;~AR.TME.NT OF
ero-p G 0 RG.. IAcff%. !'Vieb AGRIC,UL.TURE.
E.
~.
Ai~~~~Yt:AL
UHtVE.R~ITV OF CtE.O"GtA (.OLL.E.Cit. OF AGl'\.IGUI..TU~t.
Athens, Georgia.
GZORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUS~:_~?~
August 12, 1949
Weather conditions during July were generally fe.vorabl!3~ except in a few local areas, for food and feed crops. Based on conditions ~s of August 1 the 1949 corn and toba.c-
co crops will set new record high yields per acre. Peanut prospects are generall;',r
good but the sharp. decline in acreage for picking and threshing will resulb in a ~maller production than in recent years. Hay crops are much above averae;e and pastures are furnishing excellent grazing for livestock in most areas. The 1949 peach
harvest is over and the final outturn was less than earlier season expectations. The pear and apple crops are very short. Indicated pecan production is sligh~ly below a.vere.ge and much baJ.o'W the bumper crops of 1945 and 1948.
.C..O...R...N_e The abundance of moisture during Jtme and early July was very favorable for
corn and a record high yleld of 17 bushels per e.cre is expected. The majority of corn in South Georgia was made before the extreme hot dry weather of latter July ap.d e a rly August. In North Georgie. the cr0p v:as ch:maged in local areas. Present ip.dications point to a production of 54,4851 000 bushels coMpored vrith 49,182,000 in 1948.
TOBACCO: The indics.ted total tobo.cco production of 113 1 512 1 000 poun~s is near a record high, being exce eded only by the large 1947 crop of 127,142,000
pounds. An e.J.l .t:llne hie;h yield per acre of 11 249 pounds is indicated for the State, The current prod11ction is 19;~ l:;c;.rger than the 1948 crop of 95,763 1 000 pounds
PEANUTSs Production of pe anuts for picking and threshing is placed o.t 609 1 515,000 pounds or 261~ less than the 818 1 3001 000 pounds harvested in 1948. Aererlge
for nuts is est:llnated at 877,000 compared with 1,169,000 one year ago. The August 1 indication yield per acre of 695 pounds is 5 pounds less thr..n in 19':!:8 and 1 pound below tho 1938-47 ave rage of 696 pounds,
PECANSt A1.1gust 1 condition indic o.t e s e. pecan crop of 24 1 940,000 pounds. 'i'he current in,dicated product~on is 37% less them tho l a rg e 1948 crop of 391 600,000
pounds and 5% beloY.r the ten year ave rage (1938-47) production of 261 378.,000 pounds, Production of improved v arieties is est:llnc.t e d at 20 1 450,000 pounds, with se0 dling vc.rietics omotmting to 4,4901 000 pounds. The frequent rDins during June and July ma.de it difficult to carry on o.n efficient sprny prog ram, and dcmago from insects and
diseases tvas very heavy, especic~lly in local areas rilld to c e rb a in vari eties.
GEORGIA
aACREAGE: TIELD-PE:R.-A.,...,c=RE'"= '-
:PRODUCTION TIN THOUSANDS)
. CROP
( 000) : Average:
t 1949 : 1 9 3 8 - 4 7 1948 - - - ~ -~-.,.:;.-........:::..:..:::...:...~=..-=.:=..;:_.::..;__,_._ :
:Indic a.ted:
C 1949 I
:
:
Av ~l rago : l938-47t
: Ind:iCG:ted 1948 t - 1949
:
Corn. bu.: 3, .205 : 12.2 : 15.5 : 17.0 : 45,255: 49,182= 54,485
Whont bu.r 217 : 12,0 13,5 ' 12,0 :
Oo.ts ........ bu. a 660 1 22.3 . : 26.-0 : 25.0 :
Rye.~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bu.a
6
8.5 t 10.0: 10.0 2
Ho.y (nll) t o n : 1,183 t
~54 t
.57:
.60:
Tobc.~co (all),: lb.: 90.6: 978.o tll55.0 :1,249.0 :
21 293: 21 984: 2, 604
131 097: 13,728: 16,500
124t
60c
60
736.:
799:
710
88,358: 95,7632 113,512
Potr.toes 1 Irish,, bu,:
16: 67,0
Potctoo81 Sw0et bu.:
65 : 77.0
Cotton.. u .......bo.1es: 1,460 235.0
: 64,0 t 85.0 :
: _279.0 :
74 .0 90.0 187,0
: . 11 5732
: . 71 1QO:
:
77.9:
1,024:
41 930: 745:
1,184 5,850
570
.-oanuts (for picking 1
c
& threshing) lb., ern t 696.0
y Pec.chos,totc.l crop.bu~:y
Peo.rs, totc.l crop.,. bu, a
:
:
'
: 700.0'
: :
: z
695.0
:
t
I'
f 629,877:818,300: 609,515
: 51 .358: 21 812: 21 040
:
392: 385t
209
Yfeco.ns ,lb. t --'~,.----,_,_~'-------=-. --~---' _2~-~~-=-i?9~!?~~---2_4_,'""9_4__0 _ Total o.gricu1turo.l crop grent (?r than o.nd including cornmercis,l crop.
D. L. FlOYD Agricu1tur2.1 Statistic i o.n
In Cho.:rge
ARCHIE LANGLEY f .g ricultur a l Sto.tisticinn
. ;..
. ; ' '.
'.i
UNITED STATES DEP.ABTMEnT OF AGRICUI/l'OBE
Burea~- of Agricultural Economies
..
WashingMn, n. c. ., .
"
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.. .;
UNI_TED STAT.F!S.- GENERAL CROF . BEPORT-.AS OF AUGUsrJl, 1949
~ . A total v:olume of.~o-ps second ofily, -to 1948 eontinues in' p:io~'pect for 1949 . Developments during
July restil te=d. in declines for. seve.raJ. fmportent erop,s 1 il1eludirig wheat! oats 1. bax~e;'ft r!et an_d flaxseed, but these were partly offset by improvements in corn, hay, rJ.ce and f:ru1 t. -.YJ.elds of
:small grains tended to frul below earlier expectations, partly beeause. hot weathel' in July foreed
~prin~ _ gra~ns to maturi ty._and pa:dly because of wet weather., dispe.ses 1 .pests .a.nd harvesbin_g l?s ~
Tr..e Sl tuah
~0 . pc~cel'tt
on was .ne above -th$
arly 1deal 1 . hoverrer 19Z3-:-32. a:ve'rag.e,. 6
1
l
fc:~r
oss
corn and soybeans. ).n aggr~gate outt1ll'll cf all ~r J
of only one point in JUJ.y; -is now in pro-spccv,: based
upon current f':lrecasts of cro-ps.
.
Gorn prospects improved very slightly during July, so that production is no;; estimated at 3, 538
~il1ion bushels, 3 percent below the 1948 record crop. !n the main Corn Belt weather eo!lditions
were mostly id'i)al for groth, and pcllination. The crop is adve.need in practically all areas; in
Texas much of the n.crengc is ready f('lr harvest, and most fields are tasselled a.s far north as the
9anadiE'..n border. Heavy corn brer infestation apper>..rs to be the chief fa.cttlr tending to limit
y-ields at present, though laek !!>f rainfall hns lowered yield prospects in MinnesCita, Iowa <md Sou
D,f akota.
.
.
.
by Winter wheat .was mostly harvested .August 1 and n.s hn.rvcsting progressed y1,eld~ we:re below ex-
~ectations, especiclly in the Great :Plains, because of poorly filled kernels. , Hc.rvesting losses
~ccurrod in ee.stern e.:reas, as rains delayed threshing of shocked wheat. 'Ni th winter wheat estimlJ.
~d at 895 million bushels and ~ring whof;l.t ,~t 237 million bushels, the all whee.t total of ltl32
!pillion bushels dropped 57 mil11~n bushel$ below the July 1 forocast Qf re::ord.. Cotton p-roduction, on an ncreage one..seventh lr:~rgGr! i:>
e1:st:opecbte~cdomt?e
only be
fourth lro-ge~ slightly los1
~han ln 1948, beco.usa t'lf \mf<'.vorably wet weather and hen.vy wceVll 1nfestahon J.;n tho e<J,Siern and
~entral cotton belt Potah and tobn.cco prospects dcelined slightly from the July 1 estimate.
E'arm work was hi r.dered by frequent rains in much of the C(')unt:ry during July. which DJ.so advers?lY
!ffeetcd progress of _ m~turing eropso Corn and soj(l:?c;;ns had be 0n planted early, were well cu1hvnj
~d and advanced so r q:p1dly that they were mostly lr:.1d by1 when the herd; waves eomo. But harvest
J.ng :f grains was delayed and harvesting losses inerea-sed when grain in shocks sprouted. There
w?'s als~ deterioration in quality. R:~.ymnking WM interfered with, perhc.ps more . than usual, but
yields J.mprbvod slightly.
4 slight decren.so in total volume of crops occurred during Julyo Combining August 1 production
E)stimates into a. totnl of all principal commodities, the aggregate is 130 percent of the 1923-32
base,. eo~ared w1th 131 peMent estima ted on July 1 and 137 percent com;putod for 1948~ the best
year J.n lll story.
t
..
The most liberal feed supplies in history, b(')th in tot<JJ. and per o.nimru w1it 1 nre in prospect fr:~r the 1949-50 seEI.SOn. Livestock to be fed during the coming season .will exceed those fed in each of
the 3 'preceding seasons and in any se:1son prior tc 1941 1 though well bulovr the 1943-44 peak numbel'!
COBN; _The NG.tion 's 1949 corn erop is estimnted nt 3,538 million busholst practicnlly m1changed ,
from the Jul;'f 1 estimate. &u.Ch a production would be the second largest of rccordt excee~
ed only by l~t year s all ...time hi.gh o~ 3-,651 million bush.;ls. .
.
ALL W1l:EAT & Total wheat production for 1949 is estimated n.t 1.,132 million bushels - .. . lli decline c'
year* s
oroJ?
57 million bushels since J'uly is 12 percent smaller than the
11 but sJill the fourth lnrgest 1,288 million bushels haxvGstcd
crop of record. in 1948, but is
This 14 per-
cent large r than the 1938-47 aver~ge of 991,950,000 bushels.
-O.A.,T..S._I Pr()duction of oats is estimated a.t 1,3081 608 1000 bushels. This is 71 million bushels 1( thru,1 indicated on July 1 and 183 million bushels belovr the 1948 crop of 1, 491,752,000 bt
PE.ANUTSl Production of peanuts from the acren.g~ for picking and threshing is indic~t~d. <lt 1, 7~ oillion pounds. This is 24 percent less than the record crop of 2 1338 million poundl
produced l ast yeru: bud 4 percent less than the l().ye& etverage production of_ lt 846 l:'lillion ,pouni TMs is, the first time in eight years tho.t production is less thiJZl 2 billicm pounds.
PEC.l'J-TS'
Augus:tv Lconditi"ns .i.ndioatcn:v peoM orop tho tocord ln.tgo 194R crop of 171iM7,000
poof~dl3s9j:1tZ1c3-8v1i0s0o0d-)~o,r.bmdu.st
~ .... obout . fo~if-trhs I clJout. : on~nt'!urth obovc.
1938yer>X.
4
7 . ~c:unge The 1?49
of ,Okl
1104 620,000 ohomn crop
powcls is estima
.
Al tod
l
tS n.t
tatcs o:x:ecpt 29, 500,_000 r
Okl:lhomo. report ounds ...... more
t
smdler cro hw double
ps t~e
th<m lo.l very sl
1?48 vntb
product:vm. Improved ~~:~ri~ties for the U. _s._ are plr.ee. d 76 1 551 1 000 poun~.s (revised) in 1948. Wild, ~r Seedlirig,
n.t pec
54 an
1
s
933,CCO pow-...dsJ e.re cstin~.ted
r
th:~.s oornpn:r1 .t 84,305,QCX
s . . .. . pounds, C->mparer,i with l01 1ll6 1000 pounds (revised) in 1948.
- - : -- , -----.--"'
--.- . -:---~ N LT' ]; D . 8--T 1. wE
~~.--
---- ---,....-
CBDP
. ;:'l:lifE in THOV$AH:QS J itr.D PER-l~ ' ~ :PJ-tbbl,;'CTrorr IN TI trs~~oo
%' i 4 ; Harv.'" .For Harv.: 19'49 I
____;__ _].948' ' 1949 :nf 194-..$: I
1 9 48
:rndic.Aug. r : }. 1_jJ~j!._p:_~
9 8
; 1ndic. Aug , .; .'1 J:949
Corn, All Wheat, .AJ.l
Bu. ; 85,439
B~. : 71,9n4
Oats
Bu. 40,191
Hay1 All
Ton 73,6i6
3cybea;J.s', Fo11 Beali.s . 10,311
Peanuts jj
:Su.
3,311
Potatoes., Irish Bu.
2,09.9
85,780 75,481 40 1619 73,360
9,686
, 2 1 546 1, 898
100 110~15-- ~
100 94
, 77
90
~2.7 17.9 .31.1
1.36 21.4 706
212
41-.2 150 32_2
1.34 ' 20.9 698. 191
3 1 650,5~8
3'538,2
1 1288.406 1,491,752
11",,133018~,86
~.,9,846
' 97 .,9
220 ,201 . . .202,~
2 5 2 1338.,470 .1,776 , ~
445,850
. 36 '
ItSweaect::cpoo~t-p:.t-o_e~s.1:, .B.u_.~-:-~-~_5_1!4?_~-~!.1.5.32_4_,_
-
-
10 _],(/
2 5
97 1213
99 .
. 49,806
,. 5~,9
1?.~2__ __:____1_t.98l.J .?.~.:__?J.Qf8
1 Picked arrd trli'eshed.
~te~ five Days Retu~n to United StA.tes' D:rpartment of Agrim:U.t.uJ:><'>
Penal (l.v. oid
t'pye.fyom ~rzr:liP
rivate use ~to . of_pos-bage $
Bureau .-f Agricul tural Economics 319 Ex~ension B-uilding Ai;hens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI}TESS
Form BAE-A/8/49 ~ 8,575
'Fermi t No. 1001
rc ;iss . Ne 11 i e
Reese ' r_, ')" ;.. - ; ~ ~: ~ ~ --~.;._:..;tA.&! t
:tate College of Agri .
eq .
Athens. Ga.
--oor--~c=-----=--------- ----- ------
UNITED STATE.~ D.PARTM E.NT OF AGRIC.UL.T\JRE.
&roj;
UNIVE~ITV OF Cit:.O"'GIA
C.OI.U.GF.. OF AGF!.IGULTUI\t
.
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GIDIGI._ Georgia 1949 indicated '!turkey production of 299t000 birds sets a high mark for tlce
60%
State when compared increase ov~ the 187,000
wJ,th pas 'pr,oduosd
t ye las
ars fo t yoa.r
r which and is
reeo:r:ds are available. 1~ ~greater than the
This figure h l()o.year average
a.
1936..-45 of 130,.000 birds _Much o the current increase com.es from ne.w growers in the a;rea made' ?ll
of Pike and adjoining counties. !6ortality.-of .birds this yea.rhas been somewhat highor than.usual~
Y.oe:r, _ UNITED STATES
.
Farmers a accordlng
re to
raa.ipsirnegl~~m41in1 1ar0y7
,
000 esti
tu:tlceys mate of
this y_ear, the Bureau.
29 of
:t~er:ent more
~r1cul tural
than l~t
~nom1cs.
. '.;
~is is the socon'd largest crop of records being exeeeO.Sd only by thp 1945 crop of 44 milliol)t; bi~
~is year's large crop follows throe year$ of sharp decreases .. - 8 percent in 1946, 14 perqent. in .
1947 and 9 poreent in 1-948. Grbwers in 1948. Eiljoyed a seller's market, . ~keys wete in short .:
~\lpply and prices obtained were thQ highe~t of record.
'
'
Feed prices begml' to
d.scline
i~ May
1948
and l)y
. the
spring
\
of .:l-949 feed J?riQ.e. s
we_re
'
COOBi>Or
than
a:
yoar earlier, by more than a dQllar per 100 ~poun4s ~ose eondi tions brou~t about rene-wed intc~
iJl turkey pro duo tion, a-ttracting no-...eomers to Jibe indust'ry a.s well as the . in""'an~utff producers ~
Who were out of th~ turkey business $.n ).948. ~ n~wcomors are generally beginning on a small w ~~.
aalo, Thoy aro, nevertheless~ one of the f\)CtOrs responsible lot the heavy death losses o potil~..
this year Mosi of the States report a. loss IIIUOl'l heavier than lastyear-1 s light losses and peaner
than averngo.. The larger producers tonded to hdld their opel't!.tions io a. relatively sniall i~cre~~;
pal:I:Oii lll: States
arc
producing
a
larger
turk~y
orop _than
n. yo or
ago~
rAnging
from
an
increase
of
#I
3
~ ~
lfl New York to 121 :percent in ATkons!ii.S Cal.U"ornio.. tho lead~ turkey State, has the largest, croP.
of record.
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:<;,.
The 1949 season ~g<:lll with 33 percEmt more breeder hens on forms. ~ hatching sea.sen st~ed ,
en:rly and continued st:rohg thrOugh June. Sufficient hatching eggs wore available to meet demanc1S.
Hatcheries reporting operations thh season produced 58 ~rcont more -poul h than in 1948. Thos~
hn.teher~es produc~d a.bout on~thi'rd of _the total number of pQul ts ho.tohed in 1949. Commerci8l
hateher1os yen:r niter yeaz :are producing a. larger an,d lo..rgOl' P__ercentego of the _totol ~ul t_ Cr<)pa .
;n years like 1949 when a lar~ nUlriber tJf 'bogitmers are entarin~ tho field, the pcl!'coo.tage of ~e.,
pbul,-t orop showed Eal
.produced ~reo.se i
\y hat~er1es n ho.tehmgs-of
i&no9rp~aesrocsen~t )m.)'M"e_ r o._h0,6m43pt'I~Zr'edcoWn1tthi
}a.si; ron.f9 ho.tcher10S n .Apr 1, 48 percent b
,r_opOPi;ii:Jl.i
j lklir till~
45 pereent in J~e. In l'o'brnory, usually a relatively ligh-t ~~~:>nth for hatohing the output waA
three timos a.s large a.s a year e~lie:r~
1 Growers, if they en:rry ou_t theh li'ob~.ry ~nt~tions wil1 mo.rkot a!>out 25.7 percetlt of their' C'rO!
in Ootobcr or earlier. Lost year g:towers lndl.C;;J.t&d 1n early .August th."l.t they axpoetod 'lfo mal'kc~ ;
?3 l?oreent of their birds dur.ing ~fie perlQd.t bu~ actually sold 195 percent. Last ye('z, howe~_ er
~oy prices wcro on an upw~d trend, giving ~;n; an incontivo to hold back ou mn:tkotings ,
Thl~ year prices hr:wo been on a. downwr..rd t.rcnd1 so thn.t early marke-tings mJa.Y. possibly oxoeod. in""
tonti.ons,. Aside from prieo eonsidcra.t ions, thoro .htu been a. steruiy trend t<>Wa.rd oarHor marketings,
boc~sc flocks of cc.rly birds .uo l,ess lia.blo to storm losses,~ a.ro ensie~ tQ' rnlsa and-have Sltla.ller
daa.tn losses.
~o United Str>:tcs tepo.rtmont of Agrieult'IU'e hD.s announced a. progro.m for the ~upport of produce1' prices of live turkeys at a. nn.t~nnl avoMga. p:ri< o ah.out 31 cents a poun~
Return After Five l),ys to
United Stc.tcs Ihpnrtrnont of Agrieult~e
Bw:oflAl of llgri.cul tur{l]. ~lliies
319 Extonsiori B.uildin.g
-
Athons, Georgia.
. . ! '
Pennl ty for privato usc to EJ.VOid peyment of postag.e .;~-.
OFF!CIAL. BUSlNESS
Fom BJ.E N.,.a/49 ... \ t 989
Pormit No. lOOl
.
1is,s . iJe 1lie r~1 . nee se, ~-:::_;y.. aci u.rl ,
tate College of Agr i .,
eq .
Athe ns , Ga .
'
" ' ~' . I
' ""' !! ' >'"';.~...
,., 1 , ~ - -f'>' .l,l! ~!.loW ...';t"!'' - ~
1 iiJf'r: .. i:
_ ~-~~ __ ~ _ ~ _ ~T~!s:_~~E_!(~_N_}~~s...l~4~.;.Y:i;g_ .0~~~!.S~~~ _ ~ :~ :~ - _ ~: - _.
State
. a.nci
. .
.
. . .' Nunber < R~ised
-:Average-.--:--:-. -~-, ---:-~:--:;- .----:---, 1iidic'ated-a1949-o.s ~
j)!_v1:_slo~ __:_l:_9~6~4. -- _}1_4.. _ _,.t':,:. _ :l9i7_ ~ .:_ _1~4~ j}f_ _t_ !_9_!9_ y'._t_o_.!_9!~
'
-
.
""%. : .
-
~
~.; ,.f
.
.
'
Me. . $f. H.
yt.
'Mass.
' 48
61'. .
. 131
., , N . :.., 25+''
51
75 114 .
3s5 '
Thousands
50 . 73 137 ' "" '316
37
. 61 . 100 ...~.-., ' 307
48
69 l2l '
335'
Percent
130
113 .': . . 121
' -109
R. I,
25
33
33
31
34
110
Conn. N~ Y.
124 446
2.12 . 756
178 741
. 176 .763
206
116
786
103
N J,
171
405
364
328
410
: 125
- -0 NPO- -a,h.i- -Ao T- -L .- -----.--.. .--~- 2 -- 818624-- 849 -- . -- -- ~~ 113 ,-1-44537-- 510 ------~- 113~~1 322-- 110739-------- . ~~1311--002366--194 --~---. ~J113-- 1 2338-37-787--. - -- -. - -.111- -120090- -.
*nd.
474
1,081
919
919
.1, 241
135
tl.l.
588
i,l52 '
1,129
'1:,016
1,118
110
J4ioh.
544
932
867
. 780
11 014
130
-Wlt;ie;N, ". -cff.N'f.-
~-
... 450
2,9or---
4
614
934---. ~
491 . -4--:-6r9----
. 442
:r.r s s - - -
5
606
21"6--
-
137 I2s-
-M-in- n, -- ----- 2 1- 87- 2 ---~4 1-01-9 --- -3L1 5-37-,---~21-75-9 - --~31-75-2 ----13-6-
lowe,
11 809
31 208
2_1 566
i,899
21 659
140
Mo,
11 386
17 746
1,310
11 310
1~572
120
Ne . Dale.
1,225
926
' .833.
500
825
165
s. Da.lce
870
. 421
' 295
206
288
140
. Nt;lbr,
. 846
970
.873 .
7),6 .
931
160
Kans.
967
896 . 663
530
742
140
- -wD- - .el- N- .- -C- - EN- - T.- -- -- -- ~ 9 - - 1907- - 45 - -- -- -1- ~ 2 -- 1~89-- 61 --. --. --~ !- .10-L0- - 757s---------J 7 --926-- 01 -- ----1-~0,--776--09 - -~ .-. ---- 1113~-56--
Mvad...
411
4 66
'ssl
'1 ,331
396 1,131
321
417
130
1,221
1,526
125
w. Va..
268
437
398
<198
682
137
N c.
256
421
:379
360
486
135
. s. c,
20~
420
357
446
714
160
Ga. . ,
'130 .
182
182
.. 18 7 .
299
;1.60
Fla.. . .- . --111 . . 115 . . --ro-9
109 . . .125 -1I5-
-s; A"Tt~--- --- .... - 2 !42.- - """3 463 "---- :-3-ozo-- ,._- 3 2o3--- 4 3Y9 - -- 135-
-1\- y-. -----. .-~-30-? -. -. -~. -22-0 --. '-.-L1-65---. -~-}7-3 - . --~-21-6 ----12-5 -
Tenn.
185
175
140
140
182
130
Ala.
14-3
151
128
122
146
120
Miss.
120
85
72
76
95
125
Ark, ~a.
124
129
58 .
,. 48
85
10
51:
- ~6
155
221
58
127
Okla.
1,204 . .. ; 652 .
5~H~ '. . )
365
456
125
~e:x:
-s.; CENT:"'-- --
'Mont?.- - - - - -
4 023
'ti58 -'232
.... -
._--
-'rio---- ~4 6293'11
--
, -
3 681 -4..t..844......... - -
~119-- ..........
'3fo011o8 ...- ....
-'I13---
-51 1''r2!32353
o....
'
-----
140
l3STI's-
Idaho
274
239
1 91
141
268
190
Wyo.
209
156
13~
118
124
105.
Colo
854
900
702
562
759
135
N. Mex,
71
88
. 94
94
103
110
A:riz. .
82
87
. 71
50
60
120
Utah r Nev.
' 11 092 51
11 332 46
11039 37
1;04 9
11 343
128
30
32
105
Waeh.
861
1303
1121
11 0 65
11 118 .
105
O~eg,
1,859
21 049
1, 639
11 475
11 593
108
Calif
3 521
-YI-ES- T.- - -. - - - -9 10-6- - -
-s.-- ........ - -u;
-3f611--
4 610 ..,._1.0.,9.8.,0_-. -- -
- 4t'7i4----
4 057 -349.L ~2970-10------
--
-
3.49!.1;771:00;963.,3~_-------41:16I:1:I83:85o.33J7t_-------
_113,2_56--
129-
--y y as-ot ReViff'ed.- P";e11ininary ~t~ates
:Augustc-17 Th49; - - .... ;:.~........ - - - - - -
)
- - - - .... ... ': ~-- .
TO PEACH G:RO:iERSI
.lthens, Georgia September 1949
Nu.'llerous re9-uesrs have been received by the United States Department of Agriculture from people interested 1n the peach industry as to information on the disposition of the Georgia peach crop, method of marketing, etc. In order that the Department may be in a posi-tion to supply this 'information the questions shown below are being sent to all commercial growers in the State.
It vill be appreciated if you will answer these questions for the peach crop grown~by you in 1949. A self...addressed envelope requiring no postage is enclosed for your convenience. Thanksa
Very truly you;:s
,.
~I : '-'~"/ L'f~ b-~,d_
~ f.. '
- "!.-' ../
L. Flofd
"
!gricultural Statistician, In Charge
-------------------------------------------------------------------~--------------------~----~ DISPOSITION OF THE 1949 PEACH C:ROP
Please report the disposition of peaches produced in the orchard or orch&ds operated by you in 1949 giving quanti ties, or your estimates of quanti tics, for the various uses outlined b13low.
. ~t .... , ..... - , ..... ....................... .
1~ Peaches of your production sold for fresh consu.tnption. to dealers, shippers,
truckers, local trade, roadside stends, etc., including direct shipments to markets by rail or truck . , . . . . . . .. . ..... . .................... _ _ _ _ _ _ _bu,
2. Peaches of your production sold for processing (canning, freezing, etc.)'
- - - - - - - including peache~ _.pro~ossed on the farm and sold ............. ...........
bu.
3 Appro:x:imC'.te quantity used on your farm., including quanti tics used by
tenants and hired help .. , ......... , .. .. .... . ..... , ... . .... _ _ _ _ _ _ _bu.
4. Peaches h&vested but not utilized, including all bss from dec<V and oulls
_______ _ ----n-o-t--i~n-c-l-u-d-e-d--i-n--i-te-m--s--1-1--2--a-n-d--3----.-.-,-.-.-:-,-II!-.-.-.-.-.-.~.-.-..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-,---------------.-------4-;
bu.
__________________________________________________ ____________ __________ 5,
,....
TOTAL CIDP HARVESTED
(Sum of
items 1
to
4,
i n c l u s i v .e,. )
.
,.. .".""...
. . ;.
. _ _ _ _ _ _ _bu. .,._~----------:-
6. Approximate quonti ty of scm1d peaches not harvested because of market
oondi tions ....... , ......-.-.-.-.-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
bu.
----------------------------------~----~-----------~----~------------------------=-=-=-----------
7, Of the total qu2.nti ty of peaches sold from your orchard or orchards for nll purposes including culls sold, about hovr mnny bushels went to market by tho following methods~
(a) Ship-ped by rail (including both carlot & less than carlot shipments) _ _ _ _ _ _ BU.
(b) Moto:t-truck shi-pments, including srues to long distance truckers and
direct shipments to market in your own or hired trucks ....... ~------------bu.
(c) Sales for local consumption (to local trade, through roadside stands, etc .. )_______bu.
B. Aver r:.ge price received per bu~el for all' poaches you m;;;rketed in 1949 (includ2 all shipments and local s8les) , . , . , . , , . , , . , .............. .. :Ji_ _ _ _ _ __
_____________ _____ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------~---~----------
9. About hovv many trees of bearing age were in the orchard or orchards operated
_.,.by you in 1949 .. . ..........,._................._.............,............... ............ _.___._':._:==::::=:..trees
Budget Bureru No. 4Q-RqQ3.2 Approval Ex:piros l2/3lf50
State College of Agri culture, Athens , (la.
Clarke Co.
:sP. 2
UNITED STATE.~ DE.PARTME.NT OF
AG~ICU\-T URE..
&rojJ
UNIVEF.SITV Of' li.0"G'"" C.O\.I,E.GE. OF AGFI.iC>Ul.TUFU.
Athens, Georgia
September a, 1949
GEORGIA .. SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
Qotton production for Ge~rgia of 600 1 000 bales (500 pounds gross wei ght) is indicated
by Septemb e r 1 prospects a.s reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia. Crop Re-
pprting Service of the U, s. Department of Agriculture, While showing somo increase
over production indicated one month ago the current figure is 19~/o under tho 745 1 000 h?rvested in 1948 and is 23% less then the 10 year average (1938-1947) of 779,000
b~les. Prob able .yield of 198 pounds per acre compares with 279 last y e a r and is the
lewest Ge orgi e. yield since 1941 Acreage indica.:t;ed
e.bove the l 280 ,ooo acres harve sted in 1948,
for
h a rvest
is
1,4551 000
or
14%
Weathe r during early August we.s a continuation of hot and dry latt er July o.nd wo.s fe.voro.ble over the e ntire State for we evil poisoning ope r o.tions. Effective frui t ing of th e short crop in the southe rn h nlf of the Stat e wo.s ove r one month o.go but many fo.m e rs eontinued to poison o.s a prot e ction to immo.ture bolls. Picking in tho.t terri... tory is v.:ell Wlder wny o.nd :l.s. b e ginning in upp e r Georgi a . P oisoning in northern o.r eo.s wns wide sprc nd d,ur i ng most of Augus t b ut gene r o.l hcrwy rdns during the l o.tt e r hn lf of the month thr oughout the Sto.t e mr.de t he outlook g loany. for l o.t o s oo.son we evil control, There ht'.v e been o.lso some com? l c. ints of dcmf'.gc from boll worms. Dry vvon.the r is urg e nt ly nee de d in . ~11 sections
Bureau of Census ginnings prior to Sopt emb s r l wc.s BG,OOO running bo.los compnre d with
Jiio .ooo to thr.t do.t e l Lst y or.r.
ARCBJE L;\NG LEY
. . Agriculturo.l St c.tistici rm '
D L. FLOYD Ag riculturr l St r.ti.sticictn
In Cho.r gG
. GZORGIL M.t\.P SHOWI NG I NDICATED PRODUCTION 1 94 9 1~1\I D FINL L ? RODUQTION FOR. 1 9118 LN D 1947
r--- ..--.---- .. ..... . .... - -- - ........._ ... -- ")"- .... .. .. .
' .
I.
1..
1949- 65 . 000.: .
Non ...cotton (
,_... ~;;/
1
848
-.
e.
#
2'
0
0~
)
\ l 94 77 6, 00b
}....-
. - 4~- .4
II,
.,,,
I. . I I.
. ... _
1949 r"r oduct j on indicate d b y crop p r ospects Sept emb e r 1.
': 1 949 - a~-.ooo ;
. 1\R:.:C.M...~-~-.-
\ 1948-10 6,000 \ ... .
S'l'L'l'E - '
'\\..
- ' 01 194 7- 8 3 , 000
.
. .l
ATIIEN.si
1949..: 58}.000 1948-74 , 000
l 149 - 600 , 000
1948 -.7 90,00(.) .
i ' ..
\
\
\
1947- 57, ooo,.
\ ' . ' --.. _/ ' .
. ~~-\--~--\
' ,,
1947 - . 651,000
.
Di s tricts &hO'I!m are
\ l94~=1~i,ooo
\ 1948 -114,000
v.
.A.1J.CilJ9rb.. _
\'1.
\ .,
-,.,_
Crop , Reporting; Di str icts an d NOT Congres siona l Districts.,
l 1947- 95,000
\ \
..J
\
\
~
\ "(-tO- L--1-J-M--B-U-S \
' 1949"':'114,000
\ 1948 -1 67 , ooo
. . ' 1947-121,000
I
.
1 94 9- 84 , 0D~
1 94.8,-122,000\
194.7-10 8,000 \ l
I
\
\
//--~:!;
IX.
i
\
\
/
i
\
' \
. A..LBJJiY\
i
I
1949- 33 , 000 !
1948 - 3 6, 000 \
VIII.
1 94 9-55 , ooo
H'48- 69, 000 194 7- 611 000
1 949-1 6, 000 1948 - 20, 000 194 7-20 , 000
(: : .'~~- -- /'" '
/ ,...._r ./ -~ ..... .!
j\)
r:~ .
(. /' /
' (..\/
~;_.
'\ 1 94 7-30 ,000 I l._ .......
\
\
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UN
ITE' D
STATES-
COTTON
REPORT
tS
OF
SEPTEMBER
1,
1949
The Crop F:ep ori;i~g Board ~:r{ the Bureau qf Agricul tura:l Economics makes the follow-. j
. ing r-eport fr6ypd.ata ''furnished by etop coir.e'spondents, fie~d statistici~ns, and
~
c oope rating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this fore-
cast will .depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the
r emainder of the season are more or less fa.vorable than .1,l.sual.
rrew -
7 " ~ ~---:- l949-- - : ~ SEPT7 T- ~ 7LIN'T
. ;
PER-- -:PRODtrCTION-('GINNING'ST.?,
: . s,TATE
: ACREAGE 1/ : CONDITION . :Hi\.RVESTED ACRE
:500-lb. gross wtebales
:~Total-:F-- Tver-7- - ,--"liver=:---;-- ~- TAver-7- ;._. -=- 1949--
: 'aban- : h or :age : 1948: 194g: a ge : 1948 : Indi- : e.g~ : 1948 . : Crr~p-
:domnent: ar-::1938 -:
=1938-:
: cated :1938..;.: Cro.p :ln~icated
: a,fter : ves\1947 ;
: :1917 :
': 1949 :1941 :
; Sept. 1
l l.J~ly :Thou7-- 7- -=- -":- - -=...,...- -.-- . . . - :r"hous7~1iou:- "T'hous.-
: Pet. :acres:Pct.:Pct.:Pct Lb . : Lb.; Lb. :bG.les:ba1es: bales
-1- !- 4z-s 3s6 ;i:s~u;i~.-:.
I -- I Virginia. 1
I N. Carol~na-.j.
l I ! s.carohn':-
Geor?ia. ~,..
-2~5- -:-s-361-77l-;o-i-se!-4s1-,,-46o....
-- 32 j --
. .9 s;. 3 : 76.,
.6 1,20~ ~ 70 1.0 1, 45ui 68
j - j 348 .447 ~9 l I ., 67 j 35 5 147 ! 85 ~7i 309 II 372
80 I 51 j 235 , 2 7~1
- ~-
T "~:506_ 1_ -475--
345
1
22 l 24- l
23
319 I 549 I 678
540
239
716 1 ~71
600
198
779 j 745 I 600
1
F.'lor1da. .,
Tennessee n I
44 i.. 2.0 8o41 76
I -..
1 -- I 164
I 289
I
1;.
196
I I 373~ I 83 76 368 I! 417
14 _. 15 i
1
523 6 70 '
18 625
Al abama j Mississippi. j
1.4 1, 75$ ; 71
4.0 ! 2, 726 1 69
84 89
i I 59 i 262 353 J' 246
901 \1,19 7
57 318 . i 441 . . 255 i 1, 588 !2 , 353
900 1, 450
I I I I Ark:msas
i 3.1 2,38 '~ n 89 68 3~~4 428 1,1' 322
1,329 !1,98 2 1;60Q
Lomsiane-... Oklahoma.....
3. 0 i J, 038 ! 6c1
' I
I I
3. 5 1 1,158, 65
I 79
66 1 261
I
!
I
'
1 382 I I
289
! 74 75 ! 163 j 175 j 170
I 528 1 756
i
I I
:
J 521
374
62S 410
Te xc..s....... .
Ne':' Me xico. l
j1o l.C'I ,1"0,296; 69
I 1 s8 i l70 jl76
233
I I I 3.5 312 J 87 94 89 497 j 542 i 477
!2,722 J3 ,150 : 5,000
! 119 : 236 i 310
.:s_ L1:2_ ACunlizfoo~nnaio.;..l1
! .5 1 375 I 87 I 94 1) 97 423 : 558 ! 576 1
6~- 9571 93J 87 1"93 \. 602 15 76 II 6fi2
i
)
174 44 7
1 ~
328 . ,1 50
9"68 -j 1,300
J _:::_ J_ ~~~tN~~!._erT.-:~~_ED:~-tJ:-rt~S.t~:_~_:E!s$J$: ___
.2=:__-_~
-:._-_
2~_91~:7!~_-!.=__1_
-L _5_:8l_ -:._-_
~~8-~._~L--~.:4~~.4:~s3::_ol L--:.. _l-:._-J_:7:
~:::f_~2~26.:.:__I1n~_~1:~~-~=-~_-8~8-~L:._.::.,~!~7:-___
~3~ J _328_ J
:~ J _~-~ __
! / Pr e limine..ry.
2/ Allow:moe made for interstate movement of seed cotton for g i nning ..
3'/ Illinois, Ko...11. sus, and Kentucky fo r all :~ears and Ne v ad C:. fo r 1 948 Dnd 19 19 .
:;/ Included in ~ tate ::md United Sto.tes totals. Grown pri n oi po. lly in l'lri zona, New Mexico , Dnd Te x as .
..,
CROP REPORTING BOI'.BD
Aft er five do.ys return to United States Department of Ag ri c ulture
Bur eau of Agricultur o. l 'Economics 31 9 Extension Building Athens , Georgia
OFFICHL BUSINESS
Form B.AE - C/9/49.,.3,055 Permi t No . 1001
Penalty for priv o.t e use to avoid payment of po stage $300.
1iss .Ne llie M. Reese , ~ ib ~ar i a n,
:tate College of Agri.,
.eq .
. Ath ens . Ga .
...- ;-_- - .::..-~-. .-;-
UNlTE.O !HA"TE.e> DEPARTM E.NT OF AGR.IC..Uio-TURE.
(!froj;
Athens" Geugia
September 14, 1949
- GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF SEPTE:MBER . l, 1949 .
Abundant and, at time(>, excessive rainfall over the greater part of the .State during August was favorable for late food and feed crops, .The frequency cf these rains, however, delayed the harvest of cotton, pe.anuts, and hay. The abU11dance of moisture:
during the growing season was favorable for the corn crop and near record yie;lds are expected fr('Jm most seetions e~f the State, Corn yield per acre for the State is placed at 17.5 bushels , 2.0 bushels above the previous record high yield of 15.5 bushels in 1948 .Tobacco yield per acre in 1949 set a new high rec~rd of 1,278 pounds Hay crops are fr(!)m good to excellent in most areas of the State and ha~vest~
ing operations are in full swing. The continued rains over mos t of the peanut area has caused h e avy vegetative growth in peanuts and the indicated ave rag.o, yield per acre is below last month and one year ago. Harvest operations are procaeding as fast as weather will permit.
Frequent rains, high winds, and damag e from insects a.nq dise'ase. have reduc e d the
1949 pe can crop. The indicated production of 23,780 1 000 pounds is 40 pe r cent less than the large production in 1948 and is less than the. ten year (1938 .. 47) average
production.
Farme r~ are making good pro gres~ preparing land for planting small grains and winter grazing crops.
COR}T: The September 1 condition of corn promises an a ll time high yi e ld of 17.5
bushels p.a r a cr e . This is .5 bushels more. than last month and is 2.0 bushe ls .
above the previous r e cord yi e ld in 1948. Current production is placed at 581 088,000
bushels and . is the large st crop on r ec ord with the exception of 1917 &nd 1921.
TOBACCO: . The marketing so a son is ove r and the indicated Georgi a production is pl a ced at ll6,212,000 pounds , be ing exceeded only by 'the large 1947 crop of
127,142.,000 pounds. .An a ll time high yield of l, 278 pounds par acre is indic a t e d for the State.
PEANUTS: Exc e ssive r a inf a ll h a s caus e d he avy vege tative gr owth iilld the indic a t e d
.
yield of 20 pounds l e ss pe r ac r e than on Aug ust l and 25 p ounds below the
l-948 final: yield Tote.l production i-s pluc od at 591.; 9751000 pound a compared wi'th 818,300-,000 pounds in 1948 1.md 62 9 ,877,000 for the ten y -a b.r 'Q.938-47) &v e rage .
PECANS: The Geergi li pec an crop is very spotte d E;x:co ssive r &in f s.ll during Juno, July, and Aug ust was f ~::.vorab l o for ins e ct and diseo.se d amage ::.nd prospects
ha~re de cline d in most areas of the State . High winds following the Florida stcrm cs.used considerable d amage Et long the coast ur ea . : Ba s ed on Septembe;r 1 condition, thcJ tot a l production is pl a c e d o.t 23,780,000 pounds compar 0d with 39,600;000 pounds in 1948.
GEORGIA :ACREAGE7"-YIELD PEICACRE___ -"------:PRoi5UCTTO:tTT:tN THOUSANDS )
CROP
(000) :Avo r o.:~e.:
------------------ Corn : , . _. ~bu.: . Whea.t. , . , ...' ... , , .. bu.
1949 : 19 38-4 7:
3,205: 217:
12.2 1 12.0:
Oo.ts ., , bu.:
660: : 22.3:
Rye , , , , , ,,bu. :
6:
8.5:
1948
15,.5: 13.5: 26.0: 10.0:
Indic a ted ':Avorage:
1949
~ i9 38-4 7:
17.5 1 ' 45,255:
12.0 :' 2,293:
25,0 : ' 13,097:
10,0
. 124:
!liidicat~d 194:8 19 49
4:9,182: 56,088
2,984: 2, 604
13,728 1 16,500
60:
.60
Hay(all) ton : . 1,183:
.54:
57:
Tobucco( a ll) lb.: 90,.6: 9 78 .o: 1155.0:
.60:
736:
799:
71 0
1278
88,358: 95,763:116,212
Potatoes,Irish bu: 16
67.0: 64.0:
74
1,573: 1,024: 1,184
Potatoes, Swe e t, bu.: 65
77.0: 85.0:
90
71100: 4' 9 30 : 5' 850
Cott,n,, , , b a l e s: 1, 45 5: 235 . 0: 279 .o:
198
779:
745:
600
Peunuts(for picking :
& thl" e s P...i ng ) , l b : 8 77 : 696 .0:
675 :629,877:81,8,300:591,975
:2/ Pe ache s,total crop,bu.:l/
Pee.rs,tots.l crop., ,bu.
5, 358: 2,812: 27040
392:
385:
187
Pecans ,, , , lb :
26,378: 39,600: 23)780
l Tot al s.gri cult;ur a l crop greate r th >:m an d inaludin;; comrrerci a l crop,
D. L, FLOYD
Agricultura l St atistician, In Chs.rge
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural St atistici fAn
UNITED STATES DEPAR!11~T OF AGRICULTURE
Bureau
of ~ricul tural 'l'iasnington, D.
cE.conomics
UNITED S!UES - C.ENE:RAI, CROP REPORT .AS OF SEPT:ElilBER l, 1949
.,
~e excellent 1949 all-crop prospects were maintained during August, even though weat~r con4itionfi
~ere less favorable than usual in SOli!~ imp?rtant crop areas. A slight. deolin~ of 13 million bu1;hel$
~n corn proepcets resulted from detenorahon . due to hott dry weather w the northwestern part of
the Corn Belt, which was not entirely offset by improvement elsev/'hpre Changes in most other crops
some up, some down .. .vrere relatively small, as declines in areas of adverse' qondi~ions wore more
Of less offset .by improvement in favored areas. ~o weather was mostly favorable for harvesting
grains and hay, reducing harvesting losses to a minimum. Plowing and preparation of fields for __ .
ff,Ulsown ~raps wa.S well advanced and some seeding had been dono throughout tho G<r0D.t Plains in 11
gfod seedbeds.
.
, '
Opm llro~~cts declined to w estimated production of 3,526 million bushels. only 3.5 percen't less
t.llan tho r6cord 1948 crop. Spring wheat production a.t 234 million bushels is only slightly below ' t~e August l forecast, with hDrvost ncG.rly complete. Adding tho earlier estimate of wi.,nt_cr whco.t,
il4l whoo.t :prnduction totols 1,129 million bus.hels. Other crops. nearly all harvested sho.w slight cpangcs since ilugust 1, with more ho.y with oo.ts and barley thre'Shing out better than expected in ,
some o.roas1 but flaxseed a smaller outturn. ImprQ:troment, clso to o. minor oxtont,. wo.s noted in cs- . ttmates of such latet-growing crop.s as cotton, soybei'IlSt rice, sorghum grP..in, buclavlumt, potatoes, peanuts, sugarbeets hops, broomcorn, and most deciduous fruits, The tropical storm.late in ll.ugust r~ duced prospects for sugDrcane and citrus in Florida.
9$.e totol outtu:rri of all crops, based on current estimates, is Virtually the same as forec~t on
Au,gust l The current totol is 130 percent of the 1923--32 bo.so, second only to tho 137 percent in 1~48. Only rico and tree nuts promise record production in 1949, but corn, soybeans and grapes am
seoond...lDrgest in history.
.
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.I .
'
'
OQIDH Tho second largest corn crop of record is praotically assured. The present indico.ted pro..
"
duction is 3 1 526 million bushels, practically unch.".lnged from1ast month. This is 3 'pe1'oent
b<;~low last year's all-time high of i~ generally one to two weeks more
3 9651 million adv::mced than
bushels, but 27 percent above . avcrngce usual for this datce Tho ' indicated U.
~e crop S. yield _.
p~r nero of 41.1 bushels\ &though slightly below a month ago, is the second highest of record, e~
c~cded only by last year s record yield of 42.7 bushels.
~
P~~TS: September 1 conditions indicate a crop of 1792 million po' unds of pccnuts for picking or
:~
threshing this ye::~.r. This conpn.res with .the .August 1 forecn.st of l, 777 nillion pounds
~d the 1948 crop of . 2,338 million pounds.
PSCliNS& The United States pecon crop is e'stinnted at 136,872,000 pounds - about three...fourths of
~
tho record-large 1948 production of 177,667,000 pounds, but about on~ou.rth above aver~
In; oll Stn.tos eo.st of the Mississippi River, excc:Pt Mississippi, the crop prospect declined
~doratcly during .August. Rain wM conducive to the development of scab in many areas nnd high
Wipds blew considerable quonti tics from the treos. In Mississippi, scab d1'1nago docs not appear to
be as erlensive a.s indicated on August 1 nnd tho crop estimo.te wn.s increased nenrly .a tenth. The
crop is about two-thirds of 1948 in Georia1 Florida, Al<!obnma, Louisiana, Md Texas~ about thrce--
fojlrths of last year in North Carolina, oouth CG.I'olina, nnd Arknnsa s1 Md o:bout nino-tenths of last
msm::n - year in M~ssissippi The indica.ted Oklahoma production is over double the very smoll 1948 crop~ . ...
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; 1
Yi Av13;r:age .
- - -1-938-47
9l.U!?.L-~--~-----!-------.:_--. l'roductio_
' -Po19u48nd:s~-I-n-1d-9i-4c-a9-t-e-d 1
AvorFJgo : 1938..47 I
1948
Thous'IDd Pou
n n
_ d
_ _____ -.,.-:-:---:;--:;:--____,~
; Indicated : 19..::.4::_9_ __ s
Virginia North Cro-olino.
1 1168 --r,450
1,124
1,175
1,250 1,100
176,183 305;596
237,800 346,625
176,250 266,200
Tonnossoo
'?.60
800
825
6 1 065
South Co.:rolino.
601
700
650
17 1 332
Georgia
696
700
675
6291877
Florida.
629
775
650
60,450
Aloh 2.ma
668
790
675
281,976
4,000 18,200 818 1 300 85 1250 354,710
4 1 950 16,900 591,975 55,250 254,475
Mississippi Arkonso.s
Louisiana
364
400
360
91 036
363
4fP
420
7,147
336
335
400
3,562
6,000
3 1600 1,005
5,040 3;360
1,200 ,
Oklahoma
472
500
500
751 851
153,000
93,500
..J1 __ Texas
454
400
550
!e.Y! MeE..o___ _]j_ _l..:t.0.~2- _ _ l,QZQ ~ __1:.~..0.0_
265,706 ~?10.
_ _ _ _ _3_009.1.8!.010~-
_.:,
314 1 600 _ _ _8..!.4QO_ _
u. s.
TCsho;t;tirie
o:vCrO,ge.6-9-2- - - - -7-06-
-
--
-70-4- -
--1-,8-45-, 7-18-
---
-2,.-33-8,-1-~0- -
-
-1-, 7-92:.~.1-00--.
== === :=::: =::: A1:L PECJJ:J'S ... PRO:WCTION
.
t~t: ~:= J.:iei.e: l9~8~l=: ~::
191(: ~=: :=xnffi.~e~ ie1(: ::
Thousrm.d pounds
North Co.rolina
2,507
2,752
2,021
South Carolina C.Corgia.
2,309 26,378
3t600 39,600
2, 700 23,780
Florid;:.. Alahru!!a Mississi-opi Arbns ils~
4,104 9,699 61146 3,510
:n5,1o4o7o5
9,500 5, 740
3,131
13,780 8, 110 4.270
J
Louisi ana Okl ahoma
81 365 20,070
191'000 14,000
12,980 29,500
_!e.7f~ ___________ 3_6.!.2):.5__ - _ - __ _;, _ _ _ 5_z,_QO_Q __ - _________ ~6:J..O_QO____ _
u. s.
110,620
177,.667
136,87~
-~t er Five Days Re turn to United. States llip:.'l.rtment of Agriculture
Buror?-1 of Agricu1 turd Econor.:tics 31 9 ~xtension Bui1di~g Athens, Georgia
~ enalty for priva te U~ to avoid payment of postage i$300.
OF'FICI~'.L BUSINESS
Form BXE- A-9/49 ... 1, 465 Permit No. 1001
:iss.Nellie ~ . Reese , ~ i brar ~ an ~
tate.College of A gri~,
eq .
Athe ns , Ga.
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UNI'T,0 ~TATE.~ DEPARTMENT OP AGRIC.U'-TURE.
&raj;
UN!VERaiTV 0, CitOF\GIA
C.Ot.I.E.~E. OF AGP..IG.UI..TURL
ilthens, Georgia
September 15, 1949
. FAJ~~PRJ~~E_1CP_O~~. ,J..i>. _?_I!:'_j~!9_UEJ. -~-'--}_9.4_2
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GLORGI,'\: The a1l...corrunodity index of p:dces received by farmers in Georgia took
a slw.rp drop bet-ween July 15 and ,i\uguf]t- 15. As of the latter c~ate, the
index was 229 per cent of the Auc;ust 1909~14 average, or 11 points under t he July
level and 23 points short of the 252 per cent index of a yea.r ago. Major reasons
for the dec line we re a drop in the price of cotton, a heavy decrease in the prices received' for fruit, and a . tapering off in price~ oi:.' tobacco and peanuts j_n the
miscellaneous gr,oup, Hogs , wholesale ' milk; chickens and Ggc, s, and cottonseed
s~wvred some increase in price, b ut these were more ,than offset by the volume of
comnodit:ies selling at tle.creased prices
UHI1'I:D STATES : Farm product prices on August 15, 1949, vm re averaging closer to ~--,.---- the parity level than at :.:my time since our entry into World 'F!ar II. The parity ratio (ratio of Prices Heceived to Prices Pai d, Interest, 2.nd Taxes) at 101 per cent was the same:, as for December 1941.
The index of prices received by f~rmers declined ).J. points to 21+5 per cent of the A"~1gust 1909...July 1911+ ,s.verage. l-.Loct commodit i es vrere lovrer than a month earlier, but import ant exceptions Trero dairy :_)rod~lctr;, :)iJ.-beari.ng cropt>) and chickens and eggs " The mr.1st :i_m::Jor-L-,unt declines Trere in fruits,; meat .:mimals, and cotton. Apples, orant;ss ) a.nd pcachc~s contributed most to the dec line in .fruits, nhile lambs, sheep, md. hee:C ca ttle shoYred groe.test declines among the meat .::tn:L":lals. On the other hand, cottDn<W<:;d_. soybeans , and eggs "'dore the leadors for trw commodities increasing in price dnri ng t~1o ."!.ionth 9
LoYror livj.11g cost s. reduced tho index of prices paid by farmers (including interest
and t a::es) 1 J.'C)i n~~ during the month. The index was 2l.r..3 per cent of its 1910-14 base or only a~)o.,:t: J per cent under the record high of a year ago.
Hctail prices paid by farmers for clothing, food_, furniture, and building lM.terials Trero dmm f:co1:1 J:l.lY.. ~illilo pricos of farm pl'oduction goods ave raged the same on August 15 as a men tll earlier o
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F-or
U....n. ited
States ~
~ ....
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- -- - - - - - - :--D- a-te...-- - ... - -- - - - - - - - - - Indexes ~ ..... ~... ~
:
...
Aug, 15, 19h8
~ ..
:
- : .,_
July 151 :
- - 191+9
:
.,_
~
A1,1g . 15,
--
l9h9 -
-
: Record
- -=-Ii1cfox~
... -
high
Prices r.cc eivod Jj
i?riccs paid; including
2/ ,., ., c1 . ;mtoro".J ~0..lr +~-"es ':...l~ ~ .._C.:.....: :.. .~
Parity :catic
-
293 . ., 249
251
244
117.
102
245
307 Jan. 1948
243
251 3/Aug~ 1948
1 03.
133 - Oct 1946
y - --------~---------- ---
]/ August 1909..-July 191Lf .. loa.
i910-l4
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D. L. FLOYD Agricultur al Statistician, In C_hargo
<
ian HARRY A iiHITE
Agricultural Statj_stic
. , .:
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Wheat. Bu.
$/
Corn. Bu.
$ j
O~s1 BU.
$/
Ir.ish Potatoes, Bu. $ ~
.67 1 .1~
Sweet :Potatoes, Bu. $1' .S3
Cotton, lb.
Cottonseed, ton
$1!
$j l!a.y (beled) .- ton
Hc;,gs, per m.
t1
~ef Cattle.t owt.
~~lk Cows, head
.. <
p,hickens1 lb.
Eggs, Doz.
33.85
l3o.2
21.3
Butte~, lb.
24.a .
Butt~i"fat1 lb. Milk { whol,es~e)
per 10():#: JJ
CoVll>eas, Bu.
Soybeans, Bu.
:Peanuts, lb,
I
1.~
1.88 il
I
I
1.44
~
.76 . .81
I lj 1.00
I
! r.Gfr 1.70 ! ;
I 3.20 l r
2.80 !
I 31.8 : 31.7 l' 30,6
I
I
I
f
ll 1
1e.oo 25.oo
26.00
I
I
I [
44.oo
l r
1 19.40 1
I. 19.80 tI
I
i
47~00
18...80 I 1 20.30
I 19..00 1 11.40 17t-40 ij'
j
I I I 125.oo ; 13?.oo :I 137.00 1
33.0 ! zs.o i
II I ~.a lll so.o ~~0
I
!
so.o 1 54.5
~ .P6.0 . 1 . ~0
,.1
. ;l
sg.a . fi3;,0 )j
i! I
p 5.40 t s..4s f
f 4.10 I
I
I
3.6Q i
! I
1~5 \
I~.oo /
3.60
10.4 .
., ., .70
1.96 1.91 1
h82 .. .J.o., ..
1.25
,... . ~
.69 1 .58
1..571 1.55
2.65 1
l 3(},4
2~7
293
16e60 1 37.50 f
'l ,.. I 22.46 1 zo.40 I 20.80
l
7.27
26.oo 1 19.10 119.40
I 5.42
23.70 zo.oo 19.40
f 48.00 197.00 178.00 1?6.00
I
24.3" 2'5.1
25,.5
: : : I!
66.7
I
81.1
453 66.,2
58;,9
488 57.,4
~o.s
4.99 3.71 3.1i7
I
..
4.71 i 3.68 3.48
!
2.91 , 2.27 2.60
4.8
10.4
INlEt NUMB~S OF PRICES BECEI.VED BY E'~S IN GEORGIA (August 1909 -July 1914 :: 100)
August 15
1~8
July 15
1~9
llugust 15 1M9
All Commodities
Cotton & Cot.tonseed
Grains
Meat .Animals
.Dairy Products ChickeRs & Eggs Fruits
l4i scallaneous
252
Z,40
229
259
244
237
209
154
154
. 430
Ms
368
229
212
21:3
259
223
242
215
247
189
165 .
186
155
~
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After five days return to
Xlp.itad State s ~a:rtm.en.t f ligt-ieul~
. Bureau of ~rl.oul tul'al Econ0111ios
( : 319 Extens1.on Building
Athens. Goorgia
' '
OFFICIAL BUS!~
~orm B11E~~r
Permit No. 1 1
Penalty for pdvate use to e;void payment of postage $300.t
=tss . r:el li e !~:. Raes,_;, ~)i.:.::?;ri.J:l .
.ta tc C~o 11 ege Jf" ,~. gr-1 ~ ,
p
eq.
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UNITE.O STATE.~ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-TURE..
&ro;tJ
UNIVE.RSITV OF' v.0"-GIA C,OLI..E..QE. OF AGI'!.IG.\JL.TUR.t.
Athens 1 Georgia
GEORGIA 1948 CASH F)\..'D\1 INCOME up SLIGHTLY
october 1949
.
I
:: Sf>-;</'--C'-! ..)
Cash income (including Government payments) received by Georgia f armers durjn g 1948
amounted to $525,915_,0000 Though this is only a little less than one per cent, or
()3s94l,.ooo, above the high receipts for 19471 it is an alJ.-tJ.me record figure in Georgia cash farrrrincome, and it is 7'7 per cent above the 1938.-.47 ten year average of'
;;296,600' ooo.
. .
Following the trend of recent years_, relatively a little more of the total cash in~ come in 1948 was contributed by livestock, while crops contr;Lbuted relatively a little
less., In the crops group, corn and peanuts increased some in impo rtance, while other
major crops, led by cotton, showed some decline~ In the livestocl~ group , :i.ncreases came from cattle, commercial broilers_, and dairy productsJ more '4'-lan off~etting a
decrease in the income from hogs? chickens (other than commercial broilers), eggs,
turkeys 1 and .other livestock.
Cotton maintained a l ead in cpntributing 2!+~2 per cent of the total cash farm income_,
followed by peanuts ( 14,6%) 1 tobacco ( 8.97S) _, and hogs ( 8.,8%)
The percentage of the total cash f a rm income contributed by commod1ties for 1948 and
1947 (respectively) are as follows: All Crops_, 66.5 and 68.33 Lives tock and Live-
stock Products, 32 .,3 and 30.1; Govenl.t1lent Payments, 1,.2 and 1~6~ Cotton_, 24.2 and
26.7; Peanuts, 14';16 and 13,8; Toba cco_, 8.9 and 9.5; Fruits and Pecans-1 2.6 and 3.1;
Truck Crops, 8.8 and 9.6:;
3. 7 and 3.. 2; Corn, Cattle and CalvosJ
2.3 and 2.0;
7.1 and 5.3;
All Other Crops Dairy Products_,
61 .c10a.3ndan5d.6;l
OcO ; Com
Hogs , mercia
l
Broilers, 5.5 and 4.6; and Other ~ives tock1 1.7 and 1.8.
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- (Over) ~
\,.
CASH FARM INC,OME FOR GEORGIA
CROPS
1946
. 1947
1948
......;.----~--~Thousand Dollars)_.___ :., ___ ... .;......:
. . . . . . . . . . . . Cotton Lint
. 80,151
Cotton Seed
.. . .. .
o , o o I o 11,034
121,966 . - 17,220
,, .,._
110,040
. ., 17:,-013 . .
. . . Cotton Lint & Seed
. . . . . . . Pe"nut s o o
. . . Tobacco 0 .
. . . . . Frul.t s and Pee o.ns ..
0
I
0
0
91,185 57,064 48,346' 22,454
139,186 72,076 49,437 16,080
127,053 7 6, 984 46,928 '.1:3,454
Truck Crops o 21,450
16, 803
19,195
Corn o o o -~
8 , 761
10, 613
11,940
_ _____ All
O
t
her .. ___
___Cr--o~-s--
--
-
- -- -
-
-
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-0
-I
0
42,937
.. . . . . . TOT.I\L CHOPS
292,197
51,946 356,141
54,166 349,720
L:!: VBSTOCK
ogs o
29,987
Cattle and Calves ~ 21,584 .
Dairy Prod.,~cts 25,,520
ConL'llercial Broilers ~- 20, .171
Other Chickens o Turkeys,
7,227
1~0 ~
Eggs o
13,65 6
Other o o o o o
1,414
TOTAL LIVESTOCK & LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
120, 612
49,956 27,778 29,033 24,i91
6, 646 1,28 6 1 6, 833 1, 568 157,291
46,353 37,582 31,450 29, 108
5, 963 1,196 16, 550 1,598 169,800
Governme.nt Payments
7,412
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- - -
TOTAL CASH I l\TCOl'tiE OF CROPS, LIVESTOCK AN D GOVERNHENT PAYJVIENTS
420,221
8, 542 521,974
6,395 525,915
:liOME CONSDIJP'riON
. . . . . . . . e'rops o
. 48,889
Livestock
0 0. 0. 0
?8,932
56,917 93,443
56,204 93,036
GROSS I NCOLIE
. ... '. . . Crops
. .
. . . . . . . Livestock
.
0
. . . 199,544
. . All Canmodities
540, 630
413,058 250, 73"1 663,792
405 J 924 2 62,836 668,760
GROSS I NCOHE , ALL CGv11:IODITIES AND
C':.OVERNHENT PAYMENTS 518, 6!2
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, ..
672,334
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge
HAR.i-tY A. 1VHITE Agricultural Statistician
675,155
UNITED !:>TATE:.~ OE.PARTME.NT OF AGR.tCUl.T~JRE..
Chv;b
GEO.RG. IA . ..
BUREAU Of"
.
AGRICUI...TURAI...
E.CONOMIC5
c~
UNIVE.RSITY Of' vtOI'I.GIA COli..E.C.IO. OF AGR.I(;.I.JI.TUr:tt.
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA l9L~8 Cii.SH FARM INCOME UP SLIGHTLY
October 1949
Cash income ( jncluding Government payments) rec ~ ived by G~orgia farmers durjng 1948
amounted to $525,9l).,OOOo Though this is only a little less than one per cent, or
~?3t.941,000, above Geo:tgi<:t cash .farm
the high receipts income, and it is
for 77
19471 it is per cent abo
an ve t
all he
-time re
1938~7
cord fig ten year
ure J.n
average
o.f
(i296,6oo, ooo.
Following the trend o.f recent years, relatively a litt le more of the total cash income in 1 91-/.8 was contributed by livestock_, while crops contributed relatively a little less., In the crops group_, c; orn and peanuts increased some in importance, while other major crops 1 led by cotton, sh owed some decline~ In the livestock gr oup, jncreases came fl.~om cattle, commercial broilers_, and dairy products, more tu'1an off-setting a decrease in the income from hogs 1 chickens (other than c omm~ rcial broilers), eggsJ turkeys 1 and other livestock.
Cotton maintained a lead in contributjng 24.2 per cent of the total cash farm income, followed by peanuts ( :11.6%) J tobacco ( 8.9%) , and hogs ( 8.8%)
The percentage of the total cash farm inc ome contributed by c ommodj.t ies for 19Lr8 and
1947 (respectively) are as f ollows: All Crops 1 66.5 and 68jl3; Livestock and Livestock Products; 32o3 and 30.1; Govern~ent Payments, 1.2 and le6$ Cotton, 8+2 and
26,7; Peanuts, 1Lr,6 and 13.8; Tobacco, 8.9 and 995; Fruits and Pecans_, 2.6 and 3.1;
Truck Crops, 8,8 and 9. 6)
3.7 and 3. 2 ,; Corn, Cattle and C alves~
2,3 7.1
and 2.0;
and 5.3;
All Oth Dairy Pr
er Crop oducts,
s
1
6.
10.3 a 0 and
nd l O.oO;
5, 6; Com
Hogs 1 mercia
l
Broilers~ 5.5 and 4.6; and Other ~ivestock1 1. 7 and 1.8.
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;
CASR FARM INCOME'< FOR GEORGIA
CROPS
"_1_9.4.6.. .
1947
l948
--...---;..;,.... ~~Thousand Dollars)----:..---:-_,.;..,._
. . . . Cotton Lint
. '
80' 151
121,966
110,040
patton Seed , 11,034
17.,220
17,013
Cotton Lint & Seed 91,185
. . . .. . . . :Pe~nuts ,; 57.,064
,.
~obacco .
' .. 48,346
fruits and Pecans 22,454
139,186 72.,076 49,437 16,080
127,053 76.. 984 46,928 13;454
\r ru.ck Crops 21, ,450
16, 803
19,195
Corn . . 8 , 761
10, 613
ll., 940
~11 Othe r Crops .. 42, .937
_____,__5.,1_, _ 94..;.. 6________ ___5___4__,_,_16_6____
TOTAL cRoP's
292,197
356,141
- - -- - --- - - - - -
LIVES TOC K
-r-
- - - ---- - ----~----
~ogs .~ ~ 29, 987
4 9, 956
349,720 4 6,353
Cattle and, Ca lves . . 21,584
27 .. 778
37 I 582
p e.iry Products 25,520
29,033
31,450
Commercial Broi"1ers ., . 20,171
24,191
29,108
Other Chickens Turke ys 9
7,227
l~O I,Si1l
6, 64 6 1,28 6
5, 963 1,1 96
Eggs 13,656
1 6, 8 33
16,550
Other 1,414
1, 5 68
1,598
TOTAL LIVESTOCK & LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 120 ,.612
157,291
169,800
Goverrnne.nt Payments .. 7,41 2
8, 542
6,3 95
TOTAL CASH I NCOJI.JE OF CROPS, LIVESTOC K AND GOVERNHENT PAYMEN TS
4 20,2 21
521, 974
525,915
-t
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----
BOME CONSillJPTION
- ------ -~ ..,._.,. ,._.. ,
C:rop s 48,8:89
56,917
5 6,204
Live stock 78 ,932
93.443
93,036
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GROSS I NCOI.IE
. . - . Crops
'.
. . Live stock
. . . . ,
..
199,544
413.,058 250 ,7 3<1
405,924 2 62,836
All Canmodities
t o o o o e 540 I 630
663 ., 7 92
668,7EO
GROSS I NCOME , ALL COviMODITI ES AND
GOVERNMENT PAYMEN TS 548 , 612 ' - --- ----- - - -- - - - ------------- --- - - ..
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge
BARRY A, miTE Agricultural Statistician
675,155
~.
Athens, Georgia
-.
FARM PRICE REPORT AS. OF -~J!1BER 15, 1949
:October 5-., 1949
~ORGI.A: The aU-cornm.odi.ty index ~f' prices received by fa\ n].ers in Georg:i.a continued on its downward trend as reported for Septemb ,>r 15. At that time the in-
dex was 223 per cent of' the Lugust 1909-14 average. This wi:ts six points under the index a month earlier and 29 points shorc of its level of a year ago.
September gains in the prices of wheat 1 oats, Irish poto.tmes 1 egp;s 1 butter, and
wholesale milk 'l!'[(;re more than off'se.t by a. .f:.'f:l.l) in price:::: of other commodities. A.s
between i'.ugust 15 and September ;1.5 the a.verage price of cotton dropped a cent a pound and cottonseed were off ~2. 50 '-"- ton. Harvest of new crors brought the rrice of corn down from ~~ 1.43 to . $1.27 o. b1.~shel and sweet potatoes. from $2.80 t9 $2.20 a
bushel. Price of hogs deciined $1,.30 e. c11vt . (),uotations for other products remained
fairly stable.
UNITED STATES: In contrast to the trend for Georgia., the index of pric.es received by farmers in the U:ni ted States fo~ the month ending September 15
rose f.t;"om
for the first time since March 15. The index is
Augu?t 15, }:JUt still ,14 per cent under that of a
now 249 1 year ~. go.
un"
aJmost
2
ner
~
cent
Higher prices for beef cattle and hogs contribt:tedmost to tho u~turn in the index of prices received. 'I'ruck crops, poultry nnd eggs, and dairy products were also. higher thim a month earlier. Soyb e'aris, potatoes , rice, dry beens , and fruit were the commodities showing the sha rp e st decreases this m.orith,
The Pitdty Index ( invci1v'ing prices paid by farmers including interest and taxes) continued its decline e.nd as of September 15 was 242 per :ee nt of its 1 910- 14 P.vere.ge -- dovm l point frcm th e previous month. Lower fo e d prices were primarily responsible for the downturn in the Parit:{ Index. Prices of building materif.l.ls used on .ftum1 also were 'loNo r than 8. month a go , e.nd r eta:i.l p rices of seed, fert1lizer, and new e.utomobiles were off moderately since last spr i ng.
The parity r atio rose 2 points from August 15 to Septeml>e r 15 e.s a result of the higher index of prices received and the lower parity index. The ratio is 103, off 13 points from a ye e.r ago.
Sunr:.arv Table For United S to. t es
--------------- - ---.-------. -----------. ----- In-de~...,.es
'
: Sept. 15, :
... l"f.48
.,
A
ug. 1 1Q- 4q
5
1
' Sept. J. or:: , :- _ _R_o_ cor- dh-ig...h. __ _
. ]-R-.49.
Index Dote
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.
-
-
-
-
,_ -
-
'- -
-
-
-
-
""'""""!' -
- -
-
-
-
-
- - - - - - .-
-
-- -
-
- -
.,...- -
-
-
-
- . .._ -
-
-
Prices rec e ived 1/
290
Prices paid, including
interest and to.xes ?}
250
Parity ratio
116
245
249
307
Jan, 1948
243
242
y 251
A1.~g . 1948
101
103
133
Oct. 1946
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural St a tistician, ln Charg~
HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statistician
\
Ut:\_ lt-1
PRICES :RECEIVED BY FARMERS SEPTEM3ER 15, 1949 WITS: C.OMP.ARISONS..
GEORGIA
~. COMi:iODITY UMi:DHT
I Aver<;~.gt;l . ~. ~t.
.. .!
Aug.1909":" July 19.14
j
15 1948
l . . , .~ ' . I '
Aug, .. oept. .t\verage
15
15 . ,Aug,1909-
l949 1.949 f Jul_y 1914
UNITED STATES t.:iepL .t~g:
15
15
1948
1949
j Sept. 15 1949
Wheat, Bu.
Corn, Bu.
... oats, B1:;1.o.
~$ ,
$1 $1
1.24 . .91 _. ,67
I I 2,19 1.88 'I . 1.93 1',
I ~f . _1~87 . ' 1_.43. I ; 1.27~ I1
I ., 1,05 ' .81
.89 I
,88
.'64
.40
1.97
1.78'
-~69 !.
1.79
.j 1.18
l.H,) )
I.' .58
.6J.
.,
. I
Irish Potato es,Bu.$ 1
i .
I
Sweet Potatoes,Bu.$
.
' .
!
.!
Cotton,}? ..
{
$1 Cot; onseed, t on
112
12::3 24,39
J,:::sJ ~:~ ~2::a ~::2 1 ~:::7 J...~2.~0 .1~?.0 t ..1.80 2:::o
:.?0 '
.
.
1.53 1 1.~~ !' 1.38
i 2:::o
I I I I 68,00 47.00 44.50 22.55 68,10 I 44.40 43,5
$1I
Hay (baled), ton
II
... .
Hogs, per cwt. $I
. ~
'$1 Bee! Cattle, C'.'It:.
7.33 3.87
25.70 19,00
18.80 i 18,50 J
20.30 19.00 17.40 17.40
.,.
7.27 . 5,42'
I 22.70] 20.80
27.40119.40 I 23.30 19,40
I 21.00
I
j' 19.90
20.00
Milk Cows, head $j . 33.85 13o.oo 137.oo 138:oo 1 48.00 1198.00 176 ,oo 1177.oo
Chickens, lb. Eggs, Ibz. Butter, lb~
jl 13.2
/ 21.3
i 24.6
I 33.7
I 60.0
i 56.o
1
II 27.8 ..27.5 11;4
il I. . 54.5
58.5.
21.5
I II . 50,0 53,0 . 25.5
. I 31.9 'i 25.1
I I 51.4 48.8
I 66,2 57,4
, 24.4
I. 52.5 58.1
1 Butterf at, lb.
25.7
Milk (wholesale} $
per 100# ]:}'
GoWJ?eas, Bu.
$ i
Soybeans, Bu.
$ I
Peanuts, lb.
I 5.. 0
. I s1.o . I'
I I 6.10
I s3.o
ss.o
I
' I
5.45
5.50
I I 4.ao 1 3.8o
1
I
3.7o II
l I II 3.60 j 3.60
' 10.6
10.4
3,60 !/
1 0 . 11
26.3 1.60
-
4.~
75.6 i 6o.5
I 5,02 3.86
61.7 3 .99
4,34 3.48 , 3.29
2,45 260: 1 2.14
I I l 10.4 10.2
10.2
sine~ 1J Pre liminary for September 1949. * Prices for loose hay Aiscontinued
moSiliay sold is
b aled.
U!IEX l~JLffiERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.AFMERS IN GIDRG!A
.
(August 1909 - July 1914 : 100)
August 15 1949
Sept. 15 1949
.All Commodities
252
229
223
Cotton & Cottonseed
253
237
228
Grams
199
l5c1
142
Meat .Animals
423
368
359
DairYProducts
232
213
216
Chickens & Eggs
274
242
255
Fruits
267
189
189
. Miscellaneous
165
155
153
After five deS return to United States tepartment of Agriculture
Bure au of Agricultural Econom:lcs 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-B~10Z49-2178 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
:i ss. Nell ie M. Re e s e , L. ibrari.an ,
tat e Co llege of Agri .
eq.
Athens , Ga.
UNITE.D :>TAn;:..e OE:.P.AR.TM f.NT OF AGR !CUl-TURE.
e-ro;tJ
.GEOR.GIA
0~
UNIVf-Ft5tTY Or G>.Of'.GtA C.OLLE.OE. OF AGf\IGI.Jt_TUR.t.
Athens 1 Georgia
GEOHGIA - OCTOBER l COTTON REPOHT
October 10~ 1949
Current co tton p roduction for Ge org ia is indicate d at abo ut 630 1 000 bales ( 500
pounds g ross we i ght) ac c ording to Octob e r 1 pr o spects reported by cr op correspon-
dents to the Geor g i a Cr.op Re portin g Se r vi c 3 of the u . s . De:partme nt of Agriculture.
Tl:is fi gure is sli ghtly above the corr enpond in g fi f; ur'e of last month but is 15 per
cent l e ss. than the 74 5 , 000 p rp du c e d in 19 48 and~ is 19 pe r c en t under the 10 - ye ar
ave rage ( 19 38-1947) of 779 1 000 ~ standard bales, Indicated y:i.e ld pe r acre of 208
potmds c ompar es 1Nith 279 la s t;st; a.son e.nd t he 1()- ye ar .a ve rage y ield of- 2 35 p ound s.
.
'
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Septe mbe r .weathe r sin ce the f irst week of the month wa s gen e r a lly dry and fav orable for pie k ing and farmers have be en mak i n g- all eff orts to r:;et the c rop ou t of the f i e ld, . Yie l ds p er acr e a r e e rrati c within lo c aliti e s ove r rnost of t he State depend~ in g on weevil damage and effici erl'cy of po i soming operati ons und e r a dv e r se we t weathe r c o11d i t i.ons ove r much of the gr owine~ s e ?cson. One f a r me r may be maki n g g ood yi e lds whil e on an ad j oinin c,; farm the c rop may b e n eo.rly a f a ilure. Some fa r mers have b een mak ing fair y i e l d s f or a n unibe r of yo ars with litt le or no po i soni ng p ractic e s e.ncl s uch growers are f ari.n !~ b a d l y thi s y e a r with he a vy v1ee vil a a ma ge . Th e bo ll wo r m h as also c au se d s ome i n j ur y i n a n uxnb e r of areas.
Most of the cro p is out of t he fiel d in s outhern and :).owe r mid-sta te sections. In northe rn Ge or gi a good p ro r;r e ss J. s bei n g ma de in picki n g an d g i nningaltho ugh sli gh t ly l a t e r than last year. Bure au of Census re port shows 299 ,000 running bal e s ~i nne d to Octobe r 1 compare d wi t h 356 , 0 00 t o t he s ame da te l a st ye ar.
Iu\CH I E LANG LEY Agricu l tural Sta tistician
D . L. FLOYD Ag riculttiral St a tisti c ian , I n Charge
GEORGIA NAP SHOWING I NDIC.I.\ 'l'ED PRODUCTION 1949 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1948 AND 1947 .
1949 production indicated by crop prospects ?~tob er 1~
- STAT:~ -
1949 - 630, 000 1948 - 745,000 1947 - 651,000
Districts s hmvn are
Crop Re porting Districts
IV.
e.nd NOT Congre s s ional
~ 1949 - 8 71 000
l 1948 - 92,000
, 1947 - 95,000 )_;
V o
....MAC.ON-
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Districts,
VL
\ 1949 - 85,000 \
\
1949 - 124,000 '-.\ 1948 - 147, 00 0
" 1948 -136,000 ) 1947 -108 ,000
\ ~
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\ __) 1947 - 121,000
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194~1~
1l;12,./0/0'0/.\""'"'v__.JJ1
IX
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i.-~- \/;.Avlnilt.Arr
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.AL..BBIY) 1948 .. 74, ooo
) 1947 - 20 ,ooo /!;
)
) . 1947 - 61,000
j'
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! 1949 - 38.000)
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1948 - 29,000 \
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1947 - 30,000
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illHTED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1949
The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agricultura.:I. Economics me,kes the following feport frcm data. furnished by orop correspondents, field ,statisticians, and cooperat..ing Ste.te agencies. The firial' outtt1t-n of cotton ccmpared-with this forecast will de,;; p13nd upoJ?. whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of . the season are more or less favorable than usual.
":_,
~- --- - - - -= -ACHEAGE_:_- -om;:- r - - -: -L!ifT YIELD PER -:PRODUC"TION-('GINNlNGs)\2'
-= : FOR ; CONDITION .: HARVEST:!:D ACRE :500-lb.gross vrt. baleS'/
HARV:bST :Avel"~:-- -=---:Aver:-:-- -:In"di':":Iver:-:-- -1"9-49-..,.
STLTE
i 1949 a age :1948 ;1949 : age :1948 ;cated: age : 1948 : Crop
:(PRELlliL):l938-:
: . :1938-:
:1949 :1938- : Crop :Indicated
-------------- ------------- :
:19(7 . a
;
: Thous. :
: :
:: -194-7-:; - - -:: .....
:191? :
: Oct . l ~"
:Thous.:Thous.: Thous. ~;
sg_J_ 536 5o6i- 400"; ~ acres :Pet. :Pet. :Pet. : Lb. : Lb. ; Lb. :bales :bales : bales
M"i;s~u_;-i--- -~--
--79--
s4-l-461--4oo-,-4iz - -356T-
~
1VT~irCgianrioalina
I I
32 813
-74
I -- -- 348 417 I 315 I 93 59 355 447 277
22! 549j
24 j
21
678 1 . 470
s ~ ca::oHna
Georg1.a
Florida
1, 203 j 1,465
1
44
'"0
88 I ~0 I' 309
68 1 81 1 54 235
1
I . 164
372 I 219
279 I 208 289 !185
7161 8711: 550
779 1 745
630
14
151
17
Tennessee Alabama
I
I 804
78
i 1, 755 I 70
I 85 1 74 368
88 . 56 1 262
i 417 376
353 I 237
1
5231 670! 630
901 1,197 I 865
Mississippi
j 2,726 II 70
93
55 318 441 j' 257 1 1 588 !1.2,3531 1,460
Arkansas
I 2,384
72 88 67 334 428 336 1,329 1,982: 1, 670
Louisanu Oklahoma
.I 1,038 Ii l, 158
'
I
1 66 1 8 9 1 72 1 2.61 1 382 1 2 91
i I
!
!
I I
I 1 63
67 j 80 : 163 i 175 / 199
528 iI
'
75 61
630
I
I
521 i 3741 480
Texas New Mexico
! 10,296 i 68
67 : 93 \ .170 ; 176 1 256
I 312
1
85 j
95 j
82 i 497
I 542
440
2,7221 3,150 5,500
119 lj 236j
28 6
Arizona
Ca1~fornia _
1
! i 375
I 86 I 94 1 98 423 1 558 589
I 957 1 P2 l 87 1 91 ! 602 . f 576 652
9681 174 328 1 460
4L17!
1, 300
S2tl2_e.!:_ ~tt,::s_3lj___1._ _(_ :.--1- :.-_i_ :_-__ !_4~3- i-4~2_[_4~2- _ !6_~ __1~ _ .J-2. _
l_ _ _ -U:N-I'fE-D--ST-A-'I'ES-
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-25-,9-0-7 -
!I
-7-1-
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-8-2-
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-74-1!-2-5-4,-.0jI-3-13-..1!/
-28-6.-21l-l-,3-0-6+:1_4,
_86_8 ,ll_5,-44-6-
-
~~r~ ~g:_p~ ~_) ___s:_s__1_ :_-_1_ ~-_1_-:_1 _:~9-1_4~4_! _4:_7_l_z:~~ ~-~~- ~_:
Y Allowances made for intorsto.to movement of seed cotton for ginning. 'i/i j Illinois, Kansas, and JCentucky for ~.11 years and Nevadn for, 1948 nnd 1919.
Included in State and 'United Stutes totals. Grov.m principe,lly in Arizona, New Mexico, and Taxas.
CROP REPORTING BO.P.RD
. Aftor five daye return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of' Agricultural Econcmics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Fonn BAE- C/10/49- 3,503, Pennit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to o.void payment of postage $300.
:iss . Ne l!te M. Reese, LU:n."arian,
tate Co l lege of Ag ri. ,
eq.
At hens, Ga.
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GEORGIA C:ROP REPORT AS OF OCTOB~R 1, 1949
October 131
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191:9 :~.
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Weather conditions over Georgia during most of September were favorable for harvest~ ing crops and good progress was made during_ the month. The dry fair weather enable~
farmers to save a. J.a.rge hay crop in generally excellent condition. Digging of pea~ '.l
nuts is about over with picking and threshing orerat;;io!ls well advanced. Picking o;e-:
the relatiVely short cotton crop is about over in southern and lower mid-state are$.~
end is in full swing over the remainder of the State . Bureau of census ginnings to,
October 1 reached 299,000 bales. State average per acre yields of corn and tobaccq' show record high figures with most remaining crops other than cotton running well ~h
line with past years. Labor supply seems generally onipl~ to take care of harvestiilg
demnnds.
'
aero Corn: Indicated production of 56,'088 1 000 bushels is 14% above last year (:l.nd 24%.
greater than the 1938~47 average. Yield per
of 17.5 bushels is the
highest in the history of the State.
Tobacco: This crop has turned out an all t:Uno high yield for the State of 1,278'
pounds per acre . Pr9d:Uction of 116_,212,000 . pounds is 21% above 1948 and 32% more than the 1938-47 average production. Current production has been exceeded
only lJ:Y the year of 1947 from a _19% lo.rger o.creo.g'e.
Peanuts: Indicated production of 600,745 1 000 pounds :rrom 877,000 acres for picking and threshing is 27% below tho 818,300,000 pounrls from 1,169,000 acres in
1948. Current yield per acre of 685 pounds compares with 7.00 last yea,r end the 10
year average of 696 pounds.
Pecanst Indicated production of 23;780,000 pounds is c;>hly 60% of 1948 production. Scab, cc,se bearer end- otper diseases and insects have caused serious damage
tothe crop in most sections of the State. The Stuart variety has suffered least and ,:zyill make up a large percentage. of tot a l production. The area north of Ame ric us seems' to have a fair crop of t}+is, variety.
'
CROP
GEORGIA
ACR~AGE 1 YniLD PER 7A-:::-CR~E::;-,-
roroTAL rnOiSUC'r'TcSlr(Obo )
( 000) Avoro.ge
~Indicat e d !Avera ge
Indicated
1949 ~938.-1947 1948 I 1949 . 11938-47 1948
1949
Corn b'u ~Yheat .. bu.
Oo.t s: bu.
Barl ey bu.
3;205 217
660 5
!II
12.2
12.0
~ 2'2 3 1/ 19-.5
. 15.5 I 13.5
26.0 20 . 0
17.5 12. 0 25.0 20.5
I
1 45 , 255r' 49,182 2,293 2,.9911
13,097 1 3 ~ 728
1/ 138
100
56,088 2, 604
1 6,500 102
Hay ( all) ton .. 1,183 .
~54
. 57
60 "'":"'. 736 . 799
710
Tobacco ( ull) lb.
90.,61 978'
1_,.155 1,278
88,358 95,763 116,212
Potatoes, lrish bu. Potatoes, Swe et bu.
16 1 67,
64
65 I 77
85
74
. ,1, 573 1,024 1,184 ,
90 , . ''7, 100 J 4, 930 5,850 ''
Cotton bales 1_,455
Peanuts (for pick-
..
ing & threshing)'lb.
877
.2/. - Pa~ches;totul crop,tu y - Peo.rs , totul crop,bu .
Peco.ns ... v. o. o lb.
-
2~5'
279
- .. 1 t
69'6. ~- ';
706'
208 I - ... 685
... ' .
, ' 7791I
7{15
630
. 629,B7_7jsi8,300 600,745 .
. ,5,35.SI 2,812 2 , 1040
' . . 392
385-
187
26,3~81 39,606 23,780
I
1/ Short time average.
y Total agricultura l crop greater than and including commercial e~op,.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statisticirn
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
In Charge
: ., . ~ . ~.... .. '. I( ~" .:~~ ~
UlaT.:ID STATES lEr' ft~'r--\EllT OF AG:?.!CU:::.J?URE
3uroau of Aerieul t~ral Economics
. :re.shi.ngtcm., .D. c., ..
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GE:'ERA.I. .CROP
'R~ORT
AS
OF' .OC'l'OI.l::R . s. .,
11
1949
Conditions f~r mt.turl:n~ . and he1rvesting cro-ps ~rE)re f n:vorable to idoal during Se}'ltembcr in nost o
the country 'l-ie chiei exception vras in the ;JOrtion from Minp.esota end Io:ra ,rest-.n.rd. :rhere the
~reci~tcr -:-r:-A:f' 'too dry for sprint: wheat and corn, . Earlier pror;pects ,rare realized or ir1:proved ul'on '
for most other. Cl'q!>S A .tot .,l outturn of all erops no erly 1 porecnt l~r;er than iridieatcd on
S~ptemb e r 1 o.nd second only to ~~at of 1948, ' is n0\1 virtually a,ssurcde
..
The neat-record 3,4'77 mi_llion bushel corn cro~, a.s non cstb.o.ted, is 49 mq_liq_n bushel's less than . forccc,st on September 1.~ Col'l?- was safe rom qost ~ practically .all, except rtorthor.nrno.st sect~ons
nhon freezes occurred, o':lt f~::uled to roach axp~ctntlons in soveral reste:rn CQ;r:n Belt Stntos.
iiost c~or,2 ~r6spccts inproved slightly or \'Tcro l!lDintained d\lring SepteJ'!Iber; only tl fo\7 ttore c:>.dverse ;
ly affeoco d. Cot'r.on snorrod the nost inportont gain, a s optimwn eondi tions in (Te~.s l'ciscd pro- :
duction a hdi'rillion bales, vrtth c;:hnnr,es in other Sto.tes mostly oUsdti~g one Dnother. The
favotable con~1.i tions for na.tv.ring and harvest rc:;;~ ted in slightly iml>roved esltimo,tes for oe,ts, ...
;barley, 'hLlCl,,rhe r.t, sorr:~m gr~lz~s. hay, clry be ensi soyboons, pe e-nuts, pot ato~~. tobv.cco, sugarcane I
su32.r beets and most fruits~ Slir,htly lower estimates thM on Septol"'ber l are' no~ed for corn, :
spring 11hc :::.t, :Uo~sccd, swcotpota:toes, hops, poe.cl1os ::tnd 3rf:\:-pes.
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As a r (Jsult of bhi s eeneral, though only fili :;ht iMproveMent! e:;aronato all cro-;: production is non
indiC cl,tecl .:'.t 1:)1 :percent of tho 192332' bnse. 'llis is ono u!clc~ ,.,oint mor~ than on September 1
tm d io cxccec.ed only by the 137 pcrcen,t b 1948,
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CO::il~ : T'.ac J.949 corn crop is nov1 esti!"'c,ted ~-t 3,477 million bushels, ~ decline of 49 million bushels, or 1.4 percent from le,st month, Thin is a:bo~t 5 percent bclpu l as~ yc2r's record
hi;;h of 3, 651 _million bushel s , but 25 percent nbovo u.verar,e. 'l'he indicr'lted United Stn.tes yield per acre oi 10.5 bushels, dthouGh 0.6- bushcl balo~r hst month is the second highest of record . cx-J E;.~ clod only by last ye ar's record yield of 42.7 bushels ,
TElCU'rS: Production of pecnuts :Zor -picldncr end throshina is estiM('tcd (il.t l,<.t3 million :pounds,
slightly ln.rccr than the Scptcnbcr l lforoc ast, but ~- 1erecnt smal;tcr thvn t he record prop of 2,338 million pounds produced in 194$.
FEC I\:TS: The U. S. pecan crop is nov1 cstimt".toci 141.3 milHon pounds, e fifth .smeller t hEJn the
burr:er 1948 crop o 177.7 million, but more t hen a. fout'th larger thM tho lD-ycar aver~~
of llO.G million pounds. .
Improved V2rictie s totol 54.1 million pound~. over onofourth lees thnn the 7p.6 million tot~l in 19'!8. Sc cdlin~s ~ro placed at 87.2 million :pou;nds, nbout ~ Q. seventh less than l a st year. ;
In the pcc on Sti'..tcs oe.st of the : :issi s si:1ni River pr.o ~pects ~~ SJ?Ottsd and pl'O~uction t~t2~s
~bout t uothi c:-C.s of l :" st yea r, but nc o>rly a ten.th "'Or~ then a.vorace The Geol'.'\l. 1. cro:'? o.;; 2-> . 8
nillion po\tncls is less t hrm t1rotllirtis of last yo1'.1r l').nd below r:wcro.gc. Scnb, c~.sebearer, nnd othCl'
di_so ~o~ ~:~ i~.s~~~~ -~~:vc...e~_::~~_scrious' d_~m?Jee in most arc co ~ of the S.ta.tc.
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9,699
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O?'?IC!AL BUSI TTI:SS Form DA A-10749 ~ 4,631 Permit No. 1001
Dr. Paul W. Chapman~ Assoc. D~an
College of' Agricultu re Conner Ball Athens, Ga.
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AGR.ICULTURA.lE.CONOM IC5
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Athens~ Georgia
November 1949
October weather conditions were gen19rally favorable for harvesting crops and good. progress we.s made in 13.11 sections of the StBte. Ort November 1 most of the peenut produ6tioh he.d been so:ved in good condition. Cotton pick ing was iilrell advanced with 494,000 hales reported gim1ed prior to 1\i'ovember 1. This is 83 pc.rcent of the esti.. mated .total production of' 595,000 hales. The largG hay crop has be e n saved in exce llent condition. Harvest is well under vre,y for the lo.rg ost corn crop since 1917. The l949 s'rreet potato rroduction is 21 percent above one y ear ago and has b ee n h.arvostcd' in fine. shap!:il. Pe can production is much l e ss than expected earlier in the season and is only one ho.lf of th e lcrgo ;1. 948 crop.
Abundo.nce of moisture in most ure a s hc.s be e n fevorable for preparation of land, seeding of small grains, . cover crops and winter gre.zing crops, and the acreage is expected to be l ar ge r than usunl.
CORrh Tho indicat e d 1949 corn crop of 57, 690,000 bushels has been G:X:ceeded only by
. the 59,080,000 bushe ls harv e sted in 1917, with 194,9 production produced on one
million less . acres than in 1917. Est:imated 1949 yield per o.cre, of 18.0 bushels .is a record :forthe State, is 2.5 bushc:l ls above last year, and is 5.8 bushels c~bov.e,the 10 yeo.r (1938-47) o.v e rs[~O yield of 12.2 bushe ls.
PE.ANUTS I Picking o.nd threshing of : this year's pormvt crop is ~cbout completed in
Ge org ia. Production is placed nt 596,360,000 pounds compared with
818,300',000 pounds in 1948 Yi e ld per ac re is e stimD.t ed at 680 potLYJ.ds compared with,
700 one year ago. Current acroago for picldng end thr e shing of 877 1 000 is 25 p or'con
l ess th~n the 1948 acreage of 1, 169,000.
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S\VE~~T POTLTOESt Indicated sweet pot ato p roduction is placed ri.t 51 980,000 bushe ls .or 21 percent c,bovo th e 1948 crop of 4, 930,000 bushels. Yield per
o.cro:i::sr:estimo:ted at 92 bushels, 6 bushels '.bov e one' year ago and the highe st yield ..
F~CAIJS~ . . Damage to pe ca~s from ~n.s e cts end dise a ses is grea.ter tt'an wa~ e:x:pect~d ..
earlier in the .sea son . Tho curr~ont crop is plo.ced at 19', 720,1000 .pounds.
canpa,r_ed with tf!.G 39, 600iOOO h~nested in- 1948, The Stua rt variety will mnko up e.
l o.rgo'r' proportion of the :irn~ rov C! d prod1.1ct:l.on th an usual, Total itnprov od crop i~
plac ed at 15, 776~ooq pounds oompe re d with 32, 500,000 onq yevr ago,, l-ild or s:E?E?d..,..
ling p e cans nre expected. to yield . ~~ 1 944 , 000 pounds compur ed ,-fit h 7,100.000 in. :?'948
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Potc, to c s,T~ishbu. I
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64 . 74
1;,573 II 1,02.. .4.-'1. 1,'184.' ' -'
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Cotton brJl os i1,455
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85 279
92 196
7,100 779
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980 595
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8orf.h.um Syru~d. ! 10
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700 ffJ
680 57
! 6291 877
1,017
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570 '
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Penrs, tote.l
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175
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385
187
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An unusually fin~ f.~ p ~5?r. ;rtaturing and h~~vest:lrig "c 'rops has he ~pe:a" raaterially in the
rapid prog ress.: of harV-.esJ'iJ:?-;g t ;he )_~~tibn.' s sec:Pnd-lar ges-~ outturn "-of. qrops. This is
true de spite the , October lOtri" winds torm iri the' no~thwestern' C9rn )1e'lt, which caused ~ so.lvag e problem in cornfields; the fr e quent rnins in South . Centl~'~l areas_, which re-
tar ded cottcin picking; and~ t}Je hur-ric-an-e - damage..:t;q .r:i,ce . in_Texas. The prolonge d grow-
~ng season .imr roved y~E)J4~ . 5?.:f. .I!l.OS~ 'la te-:grov\ting crOriS:J lengthened t~e grazing S8CiSOU
?-nd exte nded utilization of gnrdens o_n d ve g'e t blile' crops;. ,.. ,; ..~~" ~ -""~;...
fall se c-J dings of grains, cover crops a nd new meo.dovvs prospered under virtu a lly ideal
ponditions for se e ding ~ gennination and growth in most of t h e area east of the Rocky Mountains. -~ ;heat seeding is well o.dva :nced ge nero.lly, being completed in proctic c\ lly
ull e. rea.s exc ept t ho se which usua lly seed in November or l a ter.
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The 1949 corn cr-op i.s: now estimated at 31 358 million bushe ls, a decline of 119 million bvsh els or 3~4 percent fr om l a st month . Th.is is 8 percent be low _lost
s ye c. r' r e cord high of 3, 651 million bushe ls but 20 percent above overr.ge. The indi-
cat e d Un it e d Sto.t es yi e ld per . o.ore of 39.1 b l.JS'hels, alt'0.ough 1.4 bushels b e lovv last morit h i s still the second hi g hest of record~ exc e r:Jd ed only by l ost yer r' s r e cord
yi e ld of 42.7 bu:sh e ls per c.cre. As hc~rvosting pr o r;ressed during October, t h e actvo1
effe ct s of e a rlie r dry weectho r, ext e nsiv e corn l)ore r in:.:"e st ution, and Octob e r storm
0 Dl1lUf::e, w:e re refl e cted in f e mers I reports Of lower yi e lds th <--IT p reviously artioiPatOd.
SOYB:SJ'J:JS= ., Ha rve s ting of th e s e cond l ecr ge st- soyb e c.n crop is ne a rly ccmnlet e d. A p ro-
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duction of 215 millioJ?. bushe ls is indic ated 'Us of Nov e~ber i. This is an
. }ncro c.s e of nb out 2 percent ove r a month .go, b ut is still 2 percent l e ss t h c.n the
.. 220 m'illion bushel crop of l 8.s;t y ear. The 1938-47 cw e r ag:e production is only 148
.. million bushe ls 0
PEP.lifUTS: A crop of 1, 84 6 million pounds of p es.nuts pick~d or thr e shed this ye o. r is
i n d i cate d from t h e Novembe r 1 D.ppr o. is l\ l of the crop . Th is is D.bout two p e r
cent lar gs r t haD the Octob e r 1 e stimate, bub it is 21 p o rc zmt l es s them the r ecord
pro duction of. 2,338 million p ounds ~.n 1948. The highe r estimat e .for ;Jovombo r 1, com-
p a r e d vd. t h a month o.go, is th~ r e s u lt of l a r ge r y i .e'lds; G s:tim& t e d for Virg in i a., Flori.df,,
Al aboNa , P. rk an s os e.nd Texas. Th o qeorgi o. estimate wa s .J:owe r ed about on0 p e rcent and
Ok ~ q.h om v. vm s 1mc h8.n ge d.
PECANE_: The 1949 p e can crop is estimato d at 130 mill ion pounds - about on~-fifth
ab ove av e r ngo b ut l e ss. t h an three -fourths of the r o cord~large 1948 crop .
Ins e ct a n d dis~ase da..'llo.ge b e c ome retore t'.ppc.re nt cs tho s e o.son. O.dvan c e d, and. groyo rs
we r e b e t te r ub l o to appr a is e the s ot of n uts which vari e s greo.tly- b etween tree s in
ma!:ly arens. The production e stima te is d01:VU l1 miUion pounds si n ce Octobo r l, with
o.11 St'o.t e s exc e pt AlabGI!lo., South Co.rolinn and lJorth Co.rolino. reporting o. de cline. A
sma ller p r oduction them l ,r st : ye ar is r e port e d for GO.Ch Sto.t G OXC GJ:..tl Ok lahoma. and
1'J orth ca r 0 l ina .
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Corn. , , bu., 85,409 , Bb,780
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7l,9p4 .:.. 75,,L181. 40,191 40,619
Rye ; bil:. 2,097 .. 1,586
Cotton . . bale j. 22 -,768 ! . 25. _,907
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Potatoes . bu.! ~wee t~ ot atoes . .bu., f<Yb aeco . . . lb.f
I..t;fcPaonusnd's . . lb.!
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2,546 1, 898
524 1 1 626
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725 ~, 2,33-8,470 1:,845,705
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386',832
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November 1949
oci'bber weatl1er conditions we:re genere.llv favorable 'i6 r he.~esttng crops and good .
progress' ,;ras made .in e.ll sections M the vSt ;_te. On November 1 most of the peanut production ha?- be ~n s~~ved .in g ood condition. . C6tto:p. picking was !ell advanced with 494 1_000 bales reported :g~nned prior to Novemb er 1 . This is 83 percent of the es ti mated tot a l p roduction of 595 , 000 bales. 'I'he 'larg<3 hay crop has been saved in ex-
ce llent condition. Harvest is weli Under 1%Y for the lo.rg e st corn crop since 1917.
The 1949 S1!v~,e t potato rroduction is 21 percent abcwG one yeo.r . ago and has b ee n har-
vGs t c d i:Q. .fin0 sh ape. Pecan prodvction. is mu<:h less thrm expec.ted e0.rli e r iri the
season and' is only one ho.lf qf the l crgo 1948 crop.
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Abundo.nce of moisture:; :ln most a re a s ' hcs beon f'evdrable for preparation of land, seed-
ing of small grains, cover crops and winte r gre.zing crops, ru1d th e acreage is expe cted to be l&.rger , tho.n usual.
CORi'h ThO indicated 1949 . corn crop qf 57, 690 ,ooo bushels has boen GXceedod only by
the 59,080,000 bush~?lS harvested in 1917, with 1949 production produced on one million l c;Jss acres than in 1911. ::~st:lm?;tod 1949 yield pe r acre of 18 ..0 bushels . is a rec.ord for the Stat e , is z;5bushe ls ' abovc last year, and is 5.8 bushels r~bove the
10 yeo.r ( 1938-47) 8:ve r 8p;o ' yield of 12 ,;2 bushe ls.
PEJl..NUT~ . Picking and threshing of this ~rea r 1 s poanut crop is cbout comp l e t ed in
." - Gc;o rg ia~ Production is placed o.t 596, 3'60 ,000 poi.uids compared with ..... ....
is 818,}00;ooo pounds in 1948~ Yield per t1.crc estimo.ted at 680 pounds comparEld with
700 one YJa'r ago. Current ac r eage for picking e.hd thr eshing of 877 1 000 is 25 ~pc rcen!
l e.ss th o.n __tne 1948 acreage of 1.,1691 000.
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SW.C~~'t POTJ~TOES, !ndic~,ted sweet potato production is pluced at 5, 980,000 bushe~s or
21 p~ rcent above the 1948 crop of 4;930,dOO bushels. Yield per
nero is estimated at
in'r o.oent':yei:\rs.
~2 bushels 1
6 bu::;he,ls
ab ov e one year ago and the highest yie ld
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P~C,.f\JJS :_,Damage to :pecB;ns from: insects and diseases is great er tr.on w~s e~p_ec.tea.: , ' ,:, ear lie r in the season:. Th e current crop is pl a c ed at - 1,9 720,000 po.unds
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ccmP'~\:r:e d with th G 39 1 6001 000 he<ryested in 1 948 . The. Stua rt vO.'riety willmnk-o up a larger proportibn of the imr<JVod produc'tion than usu?.l Total improv od crbp is
plac-ed at 15,77 6,000 pounds compored with 32,500 ,ooo ono yec.r ago. l "ild or ~eod
ling pecD-ns o.-r e expected to yield 3,944, 000 pounds compared v.rith 7' 100;,000 in: 1 948
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Corn bu. 3,205
Ea-y ( a ll tam c )ton 1,183
Tobc.cco ( a ll) lb.
90.6
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15. 5 : 18.0 ! 45 ,2 55 49 ,182 57,690
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1,1~5 1 1,278 ; 88,358
79 9 ,
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95,763 1n!D,212
Potutocs;Trish,bu . 16
Pot.toes,Swect,bu.
65
Cotton boles 1,455
Pca nut s (for picking
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74 i 1; 573 I _ 1,D~4l 1J;lfl4 92 ., 7 ,100 _, . ,4 , .9'~0 , . _. Y, 980
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So r g:hurn Syruw;al.! 10
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680 ! 629,877 J,' 818,300 ! 59:6~360
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rapid progress of . harv (Ol st~pg,l~hc 1]:~t~_?n_' s . s-~_ c?yd-la~gy s~ putturn1: q["'.9t'.9Ps.~ This ir:;
t. rue despite- the O~tober l~i:h ."!'ind.,~;>_'t:~rh i~~- ~t;te :.p?rth:vres_tez:-n : Co~n ' ..B._.e_lt, 11vhich c~us e d J
!'- salvage problem m cornflelds; the frequent ralns ln South qen~ral a,reas , whlch r e -
tar ded cotton picking; and .the hurricane dame.ge to rice in Texas . The prolonged g row~ng season imrr?v~d y~elds- of ~ost:l:tter.:.:g;rovrt.ng~-?roYiS'1 '.~~e:n;;t"lH3n~d the ":g rt\~ing-.~~~ a son (l.nd. cxtend,_~.Sl::~J:ltlhzatlo~ of .e;.~r.dt;>.:Q.g ,_;ancLY:@ g<;J~. d!Jle;. .g;t:<;)P,.~,.. ..: . .. ~,.,. . ~. , -"''"'":~:~,.,.;;;;. :.:- .
fa ll s e c~ dings of grains, cover crop s and new mead011rs r- rospered under virtua lly ide a l
9onditions for se eding 1 germination and grovrth in most of t he area east of the Rocky Iviountains. llheo.t seeding is well odvanc ed generally, being completed in p ractically
.~ 11 o.ro c..s except those which usually seed in November or later
COillh Tho 1949 corn crop is now e stimat e d a t 31 358 mi llion bushe ls, a decline of 119 million bvshels or ~~~4. pe rq ent fr om l a st month. This is 8 percent be lo't'l' l o.st
yec. r' s r ecord high of 3, 651 million bushe ls but 20 percent 6bo-\7e avere.ge . The indi~ate d Unite d Stc.t.es yield p~r a cre of 39.1 bt1S'hels, o. lt>-,ough -1.4 bu~hf!ll$ bo lovv -lo.st month is s till the s e cond .hi ghest of record., exce0 ded . only by 'l n st yecr ' s record yie ld of 42.7 bus he ls per e. cre . As h ccrves:ting p ro r; ress~d dur_:ing October 1 the a ctua l e ff ects of ear lie r dry vrez~tho r, extep.siv o corn bore r infeste:,tio n, and Octobe r storm
d:omw.g,e, we r e refl ecte d in ferm e rs' renorts of lower yieldsth r n previous l yartioipntox!.
S OYB~ANS : Harves ting of -the s e.cond l o.rges t ..-soybe nn crop is n~ o.rly ccmp let e d. A r rod uction of 215 millicm bus he ls i s indic nt e d as of .N ove:)b er 1. This is -en
~ncroc.se of o.b out 2 pe rc ent ove r a n10nth t.go, b ut is still 2 pe rc ent l e ss th::;>n the ?20 million bushel crop of lc.st yenr. The 1938-47 o.verage production is only 148 million bushels.
..---- Qr- PEANUTS~ A crop of 1, 84 6 million pounds of peo.nuts picked
th:re~hed ~his . yec,r is
indicate d from t h e Novemb e r 1 D.ppraisa l of the crop This is o.bout two pe r
cent lnr ?;6 r tho.l1 t he .- October :1.. e st.;i:rn.o.te., ,but, it is 21- p o rc,mt l e ss :.thcn__the recorf].
prodt'ction of 2, 338 1'nillioJ;1 pounds in ~9~tl. The higher est:irn. o.t e or ,n OV?.ffi-bo r 1, corn-
p a r Gd with a month o.g o, is the r c .sult of lar r;e r yields.os tima t e d ;f'or.~ Vi<rg inio., F.l.:.o:r;irlf,,
Alab&.mo., L rkr.ms2-S c.nd TQx a s. The, Georg.i o. est imate wa s lowered : ab<;mt 0110 po rc o nt end
Oklahomc. was unc hc.ng e d.
~: The 1949 peco.n crop is est jmatod at 130 million pounds - about ono-fifth
o.bove av erngo but -1ess th ~n thre e -fourths of th_(, r e cc;,rd-l a r ge 1948 crop .
Inse ct and disease damage bec ome. mor e o.ppl:.r e nt c.s the s eo.soi). adyanc od:, o.nd g rovors ,
we r e b e tt e r ab l e t9 appraise the s e t . of nuts which v ar i e s gr eG.t-ly betvyeen trees in
many areas. The production e stima te is d own 1~ mipio~ pounds sinc0 Octob.o r 1, with
all States except Alo.brunn, South Co.rolintt and lJ orth Cn iolinCl r eporting o. dec line. A
smaller production tl;lan lnst :reo.r is r eported for oo.ch Str~te oxc oit Okl~h01n ~, and
North Co.r olina . . , .
. . \JNIW ~'I',:i;S
i ! 1J.i8 9orn.
c~nP
! ~J:~t- "(~'mUMf-ltJS)
, bu.i
It-8ir5v,.4r~:;?9Igii
For iarv. 85,780
1949 f
1
~}'a o1g941~~48-rl 0. ;
I i'iheat. . , .bu., .. , ?1,904_ i . - ?5,481
Oats. bu. 40,191
40,619
; . 105.0 i 101.0
~ r.fEtnUd)ic ,.il/.1~''l!f'R9tJJlD7u1tJ8r~m:NiPI!.n'E~Oitf~SM.nID~Sg)4. t
.:-.7 1 1?.9 l
39 el 1 ,6o0,548 1 1 657,
14.9 11,288,406 1 1,126,226
3?.1
32-.5 [1,'491,?52 ! 1 1 3::11,0?5 .
Rye . , bu.,_ . 5_,09? 1
P:Ho&eatayttn,ohunratelss~;h.ep- idc. k..e..C.'.bltao1lbne~~1'.
.
,
22, ?68 ?3 ,616
3-,311
i.
Potatoes . Swe e t p otatoe
s
...bbuu~.
l
2,099
' 514 j
:it! lf~~~o~ : : :
1 1 555 +
.2~1,.,-~50867
?6 ,4...60 2 1 546 1,898
524
11626
l j, :
?5.6 113.8
l/3'1132~.61. j, ].j281~1.69. i
26,-388 . 11. 14,868 .
18,831 -Hi;,524
I',
,99,?
. l. ~36 1_: _ . J,35 [ .99 , 846.. . ~..,9~.'1_19
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?6.9 90.4 . 101.9'
104 .6
?06 ' 725 - ,2;338~ 470 t 212,4j 203,.8 i 4.45, 850,
i 96.9 ; 99.9 i t19 , 80E- 1 ll275... . ~ 1~233 j 1 1 ~~~.:~~ t.
1,845,?05 , 686 1 832
52;284
2- t~~~:~.~:
It Pounos.
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Aftet Five Deys Return to.
United. States Department of Agricul ti1re
Bureau of Agricultural Economic's.
319 Extensi on Building
Athens, Georgi a
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form B.AE-A-11/19-4631
Fermi t l1To. 10b1
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Penalty for private use to avoid
payment of post?ge $300.
i ss. ne llie 1JL 'Reese ! Libraria:a,
t ate College o-f-AgrJ.. .,
eq .
Athens. Ga .
'.EORGIA . . .
AeGuRRIC.EUALuTUoRFAL
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Athens 1 Georgi~ , . FARM P~!CE REPORT AS OF .OCTOBER 15, 1949
November 2, 1949
GEORGIA: AV"era.ge prices received by Georgia:fa.rmers as of October 15 marked a
decrease for the _fourth st:r!:l.ight .month in .the series of a.gr~cul-tutal
prices. In terms of the August 1909.. 14 level the midmonth indexes .of price for
all ,farm commod~ ties have b.een as follows; June, 245; July, 2'40; August, 2'29;
September~ 224;. .apd October, 221, Although the October 16 in\fex is down on1Jf
thre.e points from that of a: month earlier, it is 25 points .under the one fer October 15 of a year ago.
e ~
Since September 15 .the dem~d for plartti.rig seed has probably contributed to ti
reported increase in price of small grain. Prices for eggs, .butter, and whole-t sale. milk a.lso have shown some incre!:ise To offset 1:hese gai:ns, prices of other J products were down as follows: Corn, +O cents p3 .r buihel; sweet potatoes,- 30 .cent
per bushel; cotton, one-hall cent a. pound; cottonseed, $2, 50 a ton; hogs , $1.30 a
CWt,; beef cattle, u.20 a owt.; milk COWS 1 $3,00 a h~ad; OOWP,eas, 15 cents per
busne1; and soybeans 85 cents per bushel, : Prices of''other commodities selling
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n
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y
and
not
listed
r.ema:ined
practically.
unchanged,
UNIT~D STA'fES : Sharply lower pric~s for hogs:, tl"uck crops, cotton~ and corn more than o:ff ... set higher prices for dairy :t?reducts, .food grains, and
citrus fruit, to drop the Index of Pric~s Received by Farmers 2,4 per cent (6 polnts) during the month ended October 15 or down to 243 per cent , of the August 1909-July 1914 base.
The month's decline in the Fr ices ..Received Index , now 12 pe:r cent - less than a year ago, Was the largest since last February, Cotton brought the lowe st price since June 1946, and hogs sold at the lowest leve l - s.ince September 1946. The a.ll-crop index at 206 is the lowest s':ince December 1945.
two The Parity Index (Index of Prices Paid 1 Interest, and Taxes) continued its decline 1
for the fourth consecutive month and on October 15 stood at .240, down
points
from last month. Lower food, feed, and building material prices were responsible
for most of the downturn in the Index, now at its lowest leve l in two years.
The Parity Ratio (ratio of the Index of Prices Received by Farmers to the Ind ex of Prices Paid, Interest , and Taxes) at 101, i s two points below a month ago, and 10 points below a year ago.
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-:-oct:- Ts:-: s
The United
ept"; Ts-; -
States :-o'Ct71s"';
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-~--Record'
'hi'gh---
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:
1. 948
:
194 "'"-" 9
: 1949
: -In-d-ex- -: -D-at-e - -
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y Prices received
277
249
243
307 Jan, 1948
Prices paid, including
inte rest and taxes 3(
249
242
240
251 !:/Aug. 1948
Parity ratio
111
/103
101
133 Oct. 1946
D. L. FLOW -" .
Agricul turaf St~tistician, In Cha rge
HARRY A, VVHITE Agric ultural Statistician
PR!CES REX:E1VJm.13.J FABME.BS QC~OBER 15. 949 WITH GOMPARISGNS
-r 94 19 9 1949 j'?'ct -f'<-"'
1'
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. c~~~~QDIT-Y : .;. j ~~~r~Qg.:
-lsi'-
--:-~~: UNIT .. . July: __~lL~ _ 194;__
~eat, BU. - . $ 1.2~
2ao
s
e p1.-9_t_~_.9~:s_l1_e1e-9t. ~._.~:1-s~1:1
t.93 1 2.~4
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,a8
1.8a __ 1.s7 1.a9
9?rn, Bu.
$.. -..... .9i: .,h.6~- ,__ 1_.21 '"'1 1.17
64
1.38 1.16 1.0~
~ats, Bu.
f .,_:,
;s? :t .15
.89
.93 1
.40
70 ,61- : .62
;t~~ish Potatoes,. Bu.$
C9tton, lb.
Cottonseed, ton $
1-.:...1.2._ . .
: 2..!).0
i.
12.6 24.39
31.2
1-.80
2.20 . 29.5 44.50
29.0 42.00
.?a
.88.
22.55
1 .. 42 2.07 31.1 63.70
.. 1._38
- 'tt ;. . -.: ...
1~30
2.30 1o96
.. 29.7
'. '
2 8 ..7
43.50 41.80
Hay
; "~,
(baled) 1
ton
$ I
Hogs, per cwt. $
23.20 ~::: .~::: I
73.7
23.00 24~70
21,;00 19.90
31~50
17.60
$
f441k Coyrs1 ha.ad
. 33.'85'
-
Chickens,
.
\b
1
.
13;.2
,. Eggs, doz.
,' '.
Butter, lb.
21.3
.,_!( 24.6'
:j3~~tex;fat, lb.
Mi'lk (-.hholest:Ue) :p e r 1dc:J;/f ]}
~wpeas. Bu.
'f ~ :
-r.
$
$,. ,,. 2.42
1:!:: 1:::~ 1:::~ . . 11.70
11-.40 16.2olI
I
5.-42 48.00
62.5
. 56.0
58.0
! _.(.
. 6.15
.- 4;70
58.5
60.7
5;_3.0, . : . 54.0
55.0 .. 56.0
215 . 25.5 . .2.6.3
'. 5.q5 3.70
5.75 :, . 1.60
35~
-
29.9
67.7 '
20.00 19.50
i77e00 179.o6
24.4 23.2
52.5 51.4
58~1_
58.5
617 .. 62.1
4e92 4,071
4.02 329 .
3.26
Soybeans, Bu.
$1
360
3.60
5.~ . Pqonut,, l b."
1 .
'Oo6 . 16,4
T/ Prelimi~-~ for Octob;;-1949; - - ...,-;-~-:-.
275 10,4 .
4,
~1~.42.271 214 1 2.09 10,2 . 10.2
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INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES B!r:EIVED BY F ABl.v!ERS IN GEORGlA.
.
- (August 1909 .., July 1914 :; 100) _ .
..
Al.J. Ooirh'llodi ties
Co t t on & Cottonseed
Gra.~ns M..:,._:;,( -~1:-_roals
'JJ:.'.: ::.-:; :?::c ::1Uc t~
C.:h' <>vm. -E: Eggs
J!"'rc: ~f
'
Mis,~ella.noous
' . o
Oct. 15, 1948 . Sept. 15, 1949 , Oct. 15; 1949
.246
248 176 388' 232. ,.
277 . ' 192 - 185
224 4'-
228 142 :559 218
265 189 153
221 224 134 .,
334 221 261'
186
167
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Aft er Five Days Return to
, .
United St ates Department ?f _,eAgri_qJlt~e . -
BtlXeau of Agricultural Econ9miC&
... 31 9 &-tension .Building
.. '
- ~then:>, Georgia . '
OFFICIAL BUS:O:TESS
F,orm B.AE B-ll/49 ... 2226
Pcrroi t No. 1001
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. l'on.alty for private--use to ~ avoid pa:yment of postage $300.
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iss:Uelli e _M. -R~ese ., _ L~brariart
t.ate College of' Agri. ..
:eq ,.
Athens~. Ga . "
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UNnEo STATE'-~ DEPARTMENT Of AGR I(..UI-TU RE.
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Georgia:
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November 81 1949
GEORGIL ":" NOV_J.:GtJBER 1 CO'ETON REPORT
.. ~ :-, ' . " ..
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iTove~ber 1 indications 'on pr'oduction .of Georgia 1949 cotta~: p6~nted to a crop erounc.
B95,ooo 'bales ( soo pounds gross weight J. 'l'h~s is - 20 per cerit ~'ess than the 745,ooo
hales ..C>.:f' ~ ~ 4~ and. Js. ;34 _per cent.. UI).der_the lO ...yef;'l.r average-of 1938-47 of. 779 1 000
bales.
ln~ipai;ed yield per acre of )96 pounds is 30 per cent sin.al.le:f than the 1948 yield of
279. and is a decre-ase of l :t per cent from tb.e 10-year e,v-erage of 235 po\.mds,. Current figures" are based on the pre'liminary ~stimate of acreo.ge for harvest of
1,~55_,000.
The current forecast on prod~ction is '35 1 000 baJ.es less ~than the corre::;ponding figure of October 1 as with the e.dvancemen.t of -p:i:ck~ng ' in _the northern ha lf of' the
State. 1Neevil damage was. realized to be moro serious than had been a-pparent one month
earlie r. Weather during most' of Octobe r was ide al: for picking and on report date
harvesting of the short crop ~vas ahead of usual. Picking is ove r in southern Georgir
o.nd in most of the mid-state t e rritory with verv few v'-'hite fields r emaining in the'
northern portion of the State. Prod1~wtion for riorthern Georg{; is expected to show
about 36 p e r <;-ent b e low lo.st year, t~e mid-section of the State about 22 per cent
l e ss but .an increase of B.bout .16 per :cent in southern territory. 'rhe incre ase for
. . the l att e.r are'& is dui to a con.sidors.b1e increase i;n ,creage ov e r 19!8,
Bure e u of: Census ginnings prior to 'November 1 mnotmte d to 494,900 runn ing bales compared with 603,000 l;>alos ' b~t ye:?.r o.nd 524;000 to that de t e ,in 1947.
;..RCHI E LJll'if GlEY
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AgricuHural Sto.tistic~an
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D. L. ):<'LOYD
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Jl.gricuitural St atistician1 In Charg:e
., GEORGI .!\ >AP SHOl'iJNG lHDICl\ TED FRODUCTIOH
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1 949 AND FI NLL FRODUCT10N FOR 1948 f,JJD 1947 . -------:--~---------
1 049 production indicated ~y crop
1949 - 158,000
prospects lJ oven:-ber l.
1948 24 7,ooo
\..RCUE- 1947 216,000
, ~'. '
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.ATHENS ATI.ANTA..
1949 - 595,000
1948- 745.;000
.. '-.....
' 1947 65 1,00 0
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1949 - 294,000
..J J I GUS 'f'A_
;
1948 - 375,000
I
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1947 - 324,000
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ALBMIY
1949 - 14~?,000
~,
!
1948 - 123,0oo
.J
/
1947 111, 000
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IDn'fED - STA'l'E S~ ...: -..c;OTTON'
RJ.;;PORT AS' OF
. ;:~~....:-~:
NOVRMBER
.
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l /:l949"',
.fl . _._.; ;\ . .,
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p~ Cro,p Repo-rting Board of the Bureau of Ae;ricul tural Economics makes the fol_low- ~ng r ep'or t f rom data furnished by cro-p cqrrespondent.s, .field statisticians, and cooper a t ing State a gencies ~-..-The f:inal ...o\i'tturn of cotton" compa. red with this fore cas~
\l{-ilJ;.,depend upon whether- the various influences affecting the-. c.rop during the re-
-+ - - - --= lh.ai..r:r.d\ er
of
the
season
are
mor..e
or
less
favor a.ble
than
us l:l.a.l. '
r--
ACREAGE_:;...t -.LINT YIELD PER -:-PRODOCTION (GINNINGS)-17 ~:-CENSUS:
STAT~~
: FOR
: HA...'{VE STED ACRE ; 500-lb.gross wt. bales- :GINN INQS
: F..ARVEST , :A::ver-=:~- - .:-:-indi--:J;:ver::- 7 - - - -;, - .1949-- ..-=- ifo-7
. 1949 .,: a ge : 1948: cated : age 1948 : ..: Crop
. Nov. l;
.:_ , (PRELIM. ):1938-:
: 1949 :190"8... : Crop : Indicated . : -194~ ,;.
:1947 ;
:
: 1947 :
: November 1 .: . .
=- Thous.~ T- ~: ~ ~: ~ ~-: Thous:-Thous7:- -Thous7- T Theus,
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Missouri Virg inia N.C a.rolina S . Carolina Ge.orgia. Florida
. :. acres : Lb. : Lb. : Lb. : bal e,s: . bale s . : oal e.s
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:
536 .: 451 :..460
43.0 . ! 356 : 506
480.
32 _348 . 447
300.. : . ' 22 , :
24. ' :[.'. 20
813 3.5 5 447- 2@6 ' . .549.. ~:. ~78 !
450
l, 20.3 309 372
219 716
871
550.
. 1,455 . . 235 2 79 .. 196 , .. 779 ,
745
595
.1<1 164 . . 28_9 . 185 , ': ' 1:~
15
1.7
: .bales.
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255 ~
.. .. .: 11
:.t ,. - 323 464 .,
494.
9
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Tennessee Al abama. Mi s s i s s i -pp i Arkansas Louisiana.
Oklahoma.
.. '
80 4 . :w8 417 ,1, 755 262 353
2, 726 318 .. 441
. 2, '384 ~M 428 1,038 : 261 382
1,158 Hli : ifs
388
. 52-3 ' 670
231
901 l, 197
259. ,:1,588 -4, ;3 q3
328
. 289
':).~ 329 I 1 1 98 2
52 8
. 756
224
52L .. 374 i ~
:> .6 50 . 845 1,470 1,630 . . ,625
540
411
729 '1,08 7 .
1,oo1' '495
~- 235
Te xas New Mexico
.. 10 ,296 170 :< 17& 261 t2'1722 3,.150 1: ; 5,600
3 1 .2'04
312 497 5'12 . ,10 2 .. 119
2'36. : - 261 .. :- 10'9. ..
Arizona
375 423 558 608
174
328 . ,:.. 475
188
California.
Oth,e.r St a tes 2/ :
957 602 576 652
44 7
9 68 : 1 1 300
--19 .: ..413 : 432 : 406 : 16 : 15 :
16
525
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u'l{fTED~s'TIJiE_s_;- 25-;9o7-: 2.54 .o :31'3.1:~287:6- :Tl;-3oo7i4~868: -f5 5i4- -;-9-544-
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?:./ Illinois, Ka:qsas, and Ken tu.cky for all years a nd Nevada. for 19<18 and 1949
y Include d in State and Unite d Stat es totals. Gro.wn principa lly. in Ar i zona,
'New Me xi~.:t , end Te xas.
CROP RSPO~TING BOARD
,.
Afte r Five Daye Re turn to United Sta t es Department . of .Agricu ltur e
Bur eau of Agricult:ural Economics 319 Extension- Building Athens , Georgi a OFFICIAL BUSI NES S
For m Blill-.A.,..ll/19-3,659 Pe rmit No. 100 1
Penalty for private .. ~se to avoid payment of postag e $300.
I,'
iss.Ne ll ie Lf. Reese, Librarian.
t.a te College of Ag,.... l .
eq.
Athens~ Ga .
UNITE.D !>TATE.~ Dj;.PAfl.TM ENI Of
AGR I(..UI..:n;RE..
&rojJ
~~thens, . Georgia
GEORGI/. - NovmmER l .corrroN REPORT
November. .1. indicat.ions on production of Ge.orgia. :;t:949 cotton pointed to a. crop around
595,000 bales (500 pounds gros's weight). This. is -20.. per cent l e ss- thHn :the 745 1 000 hales of 194;_8 _and is 24 per ce:nt_ 'Lmde:r the ..10.:-ye!1.r . aver.ag_e .of. 193.8.,.47 of 779,000 _
bales.
Indicated yi'eld per acre of 196 pounds is 30 per cent srhaller than the 1948 yield of
279 and :i-9 a decrease of 17 per. cent ~:rom the 1Q ..year averfl ge of 235 pounds. Cur-
. rent figur~s are . based on the preli..'ninary :estimate of acreage for . h. arvest of
1>455,000.
.
The current forecast on product-ion is 35 1 000 bale s less than the corresponding figure of October l as with the e.dvancement of picking in the northern half of the
State weevil damage was realized to .be moro s erious than had been ,P.pparent one month
earlier. Weathe r during most of Octob e r was ide a l for picking.and qn report date
harvesting of the short crop was ahead of usual. Picking is over ill.. southorn Georgir
and in most of the mid-state terd.tory with very few vvhite fields r emaining in the
northe rn portion of the State. Production for northern aeorgie is expe cted to show:
about 36 p e r cent below le.st year, the mid-section of . th e. State about 22 per cent
less but a n increase of about 16 per: cent in southern territory. Thf.> incre ase for
. the . l atter area is due .to a consi d or$cble increase iri <;,cre .;ge over 1948
.
.
'
Bureeu of Census ginnings prior t~ ;N ovembe r l cunounted to 494,000 running ~ales
compared vvith. 603,000 b a l e s lnst yee.r o.nd 524,000 to that dl'. te in 1947,
" ;.,.RCHIB L.iU~ GLEY
D. L. FLOYD , :
Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statistic;ian, In Charge
r - - ---- GEORGIL };AP sum:nTG DJDIC.t\TED PROD- 1J- CT- J:O~ N-.l-9..-49-.-AW-D- -FI-N,L.L...-PRODUC'riON FOR 1948 J'JJD 1947 - . . ,, --- . - - - ~ -- - - - - - - - - - - !
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1949 - 158,000
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1 ~49 production inqicated by crop prospects lJ ovemb e r '1.
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1948 1947
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247,000 216,000
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1949 - 595,000 1948 745,000 1947 - 651,000
1949 - 294,000
1948 375,000
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1947 - 324,000
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OF .. UNITED STATE S - coTTON REPORT :AS
NOVBMB~R-~'1, 1949
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'+'he Grop Re p orting Board of the Bureau of Ar;ricul tural Economics makes the following r eport f rom data furnished by crop corre s pondents, field statis ticians, 1and qoope r a ting State agencie. i3~ . The . f:inal out'turn of cotton compa red with this forecast
wi ll de pend upon whether the various influences affecting ithe crop. during the re-.
li;ainde r ;
of the
season
are
more
or
less
favor ab1e
.
'
than :usu..al.
7 - _,_------;ACREAGE -~- -LTIJT YIELDPE~ ..;.:-.PRODOCTION TGINNINGS)-17 -:-CENSUS
FOR
HA..'<VESTED ACRE ; 500-1b.gross wt. bales- :GINtTINGS
. HARVEST :Aver::::-:--- -IndT--:Aver:;-----:- -,1949---- t9- ~
S',r. A.. 'I'E
~ 1949 : age : 1948: cated: fi!.g.e
1948
:9rop:. . .: .Nov. i,
. (PRELIM.):l938-: . : 1949 . ;1938 ... Crop : . Indicate.d : 1949
7 - - : - - - : : J,.947 ;
:
: - The t i S . - : - -
: 1947 :
: November l . :
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Thous:-Thous:-:- -Theus:- 7'Thou8;
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: acr e s . :Lb.: Lb.: ,Lb ., : bales: b a l e s : ...b.~l(3s ... ... : . bales
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536 451 : ~60
430 .. 356
5o6 .
480
32 348 : 44,7 : .300 : 22
2t;
20
255 ' 11
:ti.C a rolina. S Ca r ol in a
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81 3
. : " 1, 20 3.
365 447 30 9 : .372
266 219 .
5 <19 716
6~ t . : 8 71,. ,:
450 550
32 .3 464
Geor gi a . - . r, . . . 1,455 235 : 279 . 196 .
779
Florida ...
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44 .. 164 : -289
185
14
745:. .~
595
15
17
494 9
. Tennes s ee
Al abama
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80 4
368
. :
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<117
388 . ~ : ; )5~3
670
1,755 262 353
231 '' 9bl 1,197
650
- 411
845
729
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2, 726 318. 441 . 259 :1,!?.88.: 2,353
1 ,4 70
1,0_8 7
Arkansas Louisiana
.- .,
. 2,_ 384 ! 334 ' 1,038 261
428 382
328, :1,329 1,982
289'
528
756
1,630 625
1,001 495
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Ok l a homa'
1,1 58 16 3 175 224
521
374
5 4 0.
235
..l' exa.~ .
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New Me xico
~ 0 1 ?~ 6 1'70 176312 49 7 5L12
26il. :2,722 3 ,1,. 50 r_ : . 5,600
402 -119 - ' 236 :-.:
261
: 13,204 - 109
Ari zona
37 5 42 3 558 608
l 74 : . ~, 328 .,~:, ,
4 75
188
California
'Ot he r State s 2/
957 602 576 652
44 7
968 : 1, 300
19 : 413 : 432 : 406 : 16 15 :
16
525
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Illinois, Kansas, an d Kentu cky for all years a nd Neva d a for 1 948 and 1949.
I nc lude d in State and United Stat es tot als, . _Gr own princi~e.lly i n Arizona, New Me xicc, &.nd Te xas.
CHOP ~PORTI NG j30ARD
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Afte r Five Daye Return to United States Departme nt of Ag ricultur e
Bur eau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgi a OFFIC I AL BUSINESS
Form BAE - A- ll/19 - 3,659 Ferm i t No, 100 1
Penalty for priva t e use to avoid payment of postage $300.
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nur.. .aul p V.I . Chapman, Asso c. Dean College of.' Agriculture Conner Hall
Athens. Ga .
.. ' Athens, Georgia
November 18, 1949
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Av1mAGE PHICES P!J:D GEORGIA TUlBER PRODUCERS FOR STANDING TUlBER AND S.A.Vn:..oGS
'(As of September ;L5, 1949) .
In response to inqu],ries rec~ived from time to tim:e:: as to prevailing prices being
a paid Georgia timber growers for standing timber and saw1ogs to be sawed j.nto luriiber
the G~o:rgia Crop .Reporting Serv:Lce has reeently made statewide $urvey on the
s,ubject. This survey was conducted by mp.iling price qu,.est.ionnaj_res or schedules to
sawmilioperators tl1roughout Georgia requesting da ta on prices as of September 15.,
1949 pa).d. to timber-- owners-, both on prj.ces for stMding .timber apd for sawlogs de-
livered at local railroad s:Ldi.ngs op at the savvmill.
The cl,ata thus secured .from savlllL.i..lls were the,n tabula ted and average. prices- computed
by forestry areas of which t here are' :.:'ive ii;l the State (see accompany;.Lng area out-
line map) Prices -re:)orted cover the . main kinds of tir1b.e~ produ<?,e,d ii-J. Georgia,
namely: Pine, Red Oc.~k1 White Oak, G1.U11 and Poplar, .There are various lumber scale
standards used in buying timber but the _boyle scale _is the one most commonly used
in Georgia ..so the accompanyixig tables sh6w a verage prices paid per 1, 000 board feet
in terms. of this sc;ale by kin.cl.s of tir.1be'r ,and by areas.. :Prices quoted are: average
prices paid for standing timber and sawlogs. In many individual cases prices paid
timber. woducers v,rill vary- .from these ave:wages 1 depending upon such factors as
quality, size, and location0
Aclmovrledgement is made to t he sawmill operators over Georgia whose cooperation has made. this repor.t possible Also, valuable assista rice in ;formulating the price schedule. and in analyzing the results was rendered by foresters of the Georgia Agrict1lt.ural Extens.io_n Service,. .School o;f Forestry o the University of . Georgia, memb ers of the Sta te and United States Forest Services, and tl1e Southea s tern Forest
Exper:Lrnent Sta tion -ef the u. s. Forest Service .at Asheville, North Carolina.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
See reverse side of sheet.
Return Aiter Five Days to . United States Depa rtment of 'Agriculture
Burea u of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE .;.. ll/49-2,500
Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of p ostage ~iJOO.
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Avjrage, .;~-~~e:;.\P~i~~--~'or standing. T~ber and Sawlog~_ - Deilvered ~:t Local ~oints. -l~
' .. .( Reported by Savv:miil' Operators a s of September 1.51 1949)
._... ,
Pine :R ed Oak
$14.50 ' 12 .oo
$ 13.75
9~00
$ 13.00 - 10,25
$ 12 .5ci ' . $ 10.2%
10.00
8.2?
_White Oak
n.5o
9.00
10~75
10.25
9.25
. Q'LU11
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Popl a r
11.25' 6e25
9.?5
8.25
. 6, 75
n_. _ _____ __________ 9.50 JJS.oo
12~50
7\5
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.11.50
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Kind
of
T:Un b. -e,.r
- . ~ -- :- -;-- -.-,-
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:
Sept ember l5, 19h9
. : Prices 'for Sawl c:igs at I,oc al Delivery Po int ~}
1,000 : ---- -.- - ;---- -~.....
( Pe.r
Bd. Ft. Doyle Scale')
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p---!:---.-A-re-a-1-.
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r
e
a
2.----:----A-re-a -3.- ...: . N ..o
Area
.4.
Area 5.
$ 32.50 . i~W )2~25 $ 32.75 $ 27.75 $ 25.00
Red Oak
.White OP.~ .
23.00
.. 25. 25
22. 50 22 . 50
27~00
27.50
23.75 .
25.25
22.50 23.25
. ~ _...
Gum
. 27'. 75
JO.OO
29.00
21.50
19.00
Poplar
2B.oo
32. 50
31.00
26.50
26.50
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___ ___________ _ FOREST_,RY AREAS IN GEOEGIA
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UNITE,D ::.TATE.e>
OP~PARTME.NT OF
AGRICUl-TURE.
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or uuavr.RstTV
GF:.OI'.GtA,
C.O!..I..E.OE OF AGR.IGULTURC
fl.t hens, Georgia.
November 181 1949
Av1~RAGE PHICES PAID GEORGIA T~Uffi;ER PRODUCEits FOR SJAND JNG TDJBER AND S_AW10GS
(As of September 151 1949) . ) . ~.. .
'+n resp o~se to inquiries received from time to time as to prevailing prices being . pa id Ge orgia timber growers for standing t~mber and. savvlogs to be SCJ.Wed into lumber
the Georgia Crop Reporting Service has r ecentJ,.y made a statewide survey on the
subject. This survey was condt;1cted by mailing price questionna j_res or schedules to
sa"VImill oper ators throughout Georgia reques ting da ta on lJrices as of September 15.,
1949 pa id to t:i.Jnber owners~ both on pr~.ces. ,for st~ding timber and for sawlogs de-
livered art local ra:droad s:Ld:i.ri~s or at . the samnilJ,. .
The da t ci. thus secured frol;ll sawmills vrere then tabulated and average prices computed
by forestry areas of which t here are ~j.ve in the State (see accompany:Lng ar.ea out-
line map) o Prices r e;_Jorted cover the inain kinds of t fuber pro duc ed in Georgia,
namely: Pine, Red Oal~1 White Qak1 . Gum and Popl a r ,' Tl1ere are va rious lumber scale
standar ds used in buyi ng t:i.Jnoer but t he Doyle seale: is the \ one most commonly 'used
in Georgia so the accompanyi):1g tables snow- average p:rices;pald per 1,000 board feet
in term:s of this scale by k;Lnds of tilab~?r -and by area s. Pric e s quoted are average pri ces pa id for standing timber and sawlogs, . In many ~ndividual ca ses prices paid
ti.rnber pro.duc ers wil].. va ry from these averages, depel}ding ~pon such ;t'actors . ~s
quality; -s ize.t a rid ~l ocation. -
-
-
'
Acknow'le dgement is made to the sawmill operators overG~org ia whose cooperation
has made t l}is repo;rt possible. Also 1 :valuable a ss:). sta.nce in formulating the price schedule a nd in analyzing the results was ;rendere d by fczresters o.f the Georgia
Agricultur<!-1 J!;xtension S ervice, S~ho ol of Forestry of the University of Georgia,
memb ers of the State and Unite d States Forest S ervices; .and ti1e Southeas t ern Forest
( - Experiment ,Station of .the u. S. Fore st Servic'e at Asheville, 'North .Carolina.
ARCHIE LANG'LEY
D. L, Ff.....DYD
Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statistician, Jn Charge
See reverse side of sheet,
Return After Five Days to United States Department of Ag riculture
Bureau of Agricult ura l Economics 319 EJ~t ension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICL\ L BUSINESS
Form BAE - 11/49-2,500 Per mit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to
avoid payment of postage B300.
. Dr . Paul W. Ctapman , .sso c . Dean
College of' g ~ icu. l,u r e Conner Hal l Athens, Ga .
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.A.ve,rage Prj.ce,~-~ P~ic{ fo r s :t anding T iJlib~r- and Sawlogs Delivered at Local Points. -l~
. (R,ep orted by Sa~vmil1 Opera'tors a s of Septeinber 15, 1949) ... .
' ~
Pine
$ 14.50 $ 13.75 $ 13.00 $ 12.50 $ 10.25
Red Oak
12.00
9.00
16.25
ro.oo - - 8.25
--~.
oak White
11.50
9.00
'10.75
.10.25
. - ~ .2.5 :
. 6. Gum
11.25
6.25
9.75
8.25
75
'
. 9.50 Popla r 14.00 12 50 11.75 11.50 ' .
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:
Sept ember 15, 1949
of
: Pric es .for Sawlogs at J.,oc r.,tl Delivery Point ~}
Timber
.
( Per 1, 000 Bd. Ft . Doyle Scale)
- -- - .--- +-- . . ~ . . ... . -- - - ----~-- --- -- - - ----~- --
. '
- -- - - --- -----:---- .. _ __ ! Area l. : Area: 2, : Area -3. : Area h.
...
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Pine
.... -- -- ~ --.,- ----..--~---..
$ 32.50 ' $ 32~25
~~ .-.-
$ 32.75
..
$ 27.75
Area 5
. $ 25.00
Red Oak
23 .oo- 22.50
27.00
23.75
22.50
.White Oak Gum
25.25 . 27.75
22. 50 30.00 .
27.50
29.00
25. 25 21.59
19.00
Poplar
. 28.00
32.50
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31 .00
26 .50
26.50
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FORESTRY AHEAS I N GEORGIA .
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Athens, Ge org'i a Novembe r 28 , 1949
OOfU\IA A<iRICUL1'URAL C.)!.T.1)1aiON OE.R.VIC.E
PRODUC TION OF LES PEDEZA FOR GEORGIA
in .A record lespedez~ seed crop has b ee n p:rcdueed
Ge orgi a thi~ f a ll. r_ The p roduction
is plac e d at 19,100,000 pounds of thre she r-run s ee d compa r e d IArith 1 6,100 , 000 pounds in 1 948 . The . cufre'nt p r oduct ion is 18 9 per c ent above the t e n y ear ( 1938-47) av{)r~go
of 6, 598 1 000 pounds ,
.Ao:ro [\ge .t hr t will be he.:rve sted :~'o r see d is e stim a t e d e.t 85 1 000 ooil'lp nr.od with 73,000 one year ag o or an increase of 1 6 pe r c ent, Yield pe r ncre is plac 0d at 225 pounds ;
in 1948 the yie l d amounted to 220 pounds .
O f t he, total product ion th is. y ear it is es t ilnat e d that 75 pe r c e nt or 14 , 330,000 pounds will b e Kob e , 15 per cent or 2 , 866, 000 pounds Se ric eo , 9. pe t ce nt or 1, 714,0U ' Korean and one pe r c ent o r 1 90 , 000 povnds of Te nn ,7 6.
Tho l e spe.de z a s eed crop mo.tured ear lie r than usual t hi s se ason a nd Ymathe r conditions nav e b een f av or abl e fo r h nrv E;Js ting ope r ations . The ma.jority of seed has bee n s nv s d i n exc e ll ent condit ion ,
Year
Acreage
1942
2G,opo
194 3
28 $000
1 94 4
45_, 000
1945
5 5;000
1946
59; 000
194 7
65;000
1948
73 ,1000
1949
85 QOO
D. L. Floyd
Ag r i cultur a l Stati s tici an ,In Cha r ge
}ft e r Five Da;y s Re t urn to , United St o.t es Dep8.rtmont of Ag ricult v r o
Bur eau of Agricultur e. l Economics 319 Ex tens ion Bu ildi ng Athens , Geo r g i e.
OFFICI AL BUSINESS
Form BAE-F -ll/49 965 Permit No. 1001
Yiel d
P r o d 1.1 0 t i o n
(lb?.) :
(lbs .)
210
5' 500 , 000
200
5, 600 ,ooo
170
7' 600 ,ooo
265
14, t?DO ~ 00 0
185
10 , 900 ,ooo
180
11,700 ,000
1 6, 100 ;000
_______.1!..;9..,, 100 I 000 1
.A r c hi e Lang l ey
Ag riculturo. l St at istician .
Pena l ty for p riv at e use to o.v o id p a;yme nt of p ost ngo * 300 ~
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UNITED STLTE1' i949 LESPEDEZA-s='lt\cd::rP H fDICP.TD SLici:H,tv( B.ELOY LLS:T-' YEAR
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lespe doza
se..e~.. 5;~ tho
United
Si;ates thls year ,is fore co.st c, t 240, 50t;J-:,OOO p ounds of t h reshe r-run s 9e.p ,py the Buro ot'
_of J,g ricultur a l :1;;conom_ics .Thts is omS .)lor cent s)l1a lle r th an th e ln.~i?;? c:rop of ~J
242 ,4 60 ,000 p ounds last yqw, but 40 per c e nt l v.rg e r th a n the 1938-:-47 ~-Y.o.ro go of ,: ..
i\-12,026,000 pounds. In 9 r of the l S- import 2nt p rod.11cing Stc.t e s, production is in.:. dic iJ.tod. to be lnrge r th b.n h.st yeo.r, wi th iricre2. ses h .rg e st in Ke ntuck:~r , Tennessee,
f., }abama, and Indi ana.. The most 1marked d e clines f:rom l 8. st year a r G in Louis e n a ,
f'd~ssouri, and Kansas.
T!c:athe r conditions we r o favorabl e for l esp'edc z a during tho .e:rowing s oc.son and at har v Eist. \i ith prospects for good y~elds, tho stage was o.ll s et fo.r ~- record-breek ing acre age of l e sp e dezo. se e d. But r-ricos d0c:l;ined shp rply c.ft e r h a rv es ting g ot tmder w~y, and. mcny ac res int e nde d for se od p r ohab l;y vrill not be harv e sted. Nev e rthe l e s-s, ;it is exlJect ed thc: t approximo.t e ly 1,000, 000 ::~ero s-- ab out 200,000 acres f oYid r than ~e r e c ord 1944 a cre age -- will h c,v e b ee n h a rv e sted by the e nd o'f Novemb er. The indicat e d 1949 acre nge is 2 per c ent h 1r ro r t l~an tho 982,300 acres in 1948 and 21 per
9e-nt !:a rger than t ho 10-y9e. r av e rage of 8 25#080 acre s. Only i n Illinois, Hissouri, ~:[ ~ssis s ipp i, Louis ona, end Oklahatn E\. e. r e smc.ll,:;r ac r eage s th rm l a st y or:cr indic r: t ed.
!-+tho'l?-gh yields pe r acre o. r e ex pe ct e d to b e J.nr g0 r th c.n last year in e. mo.jority of
p-t s,t e s, th e av e r o.ge of 240 pounds for 0c 2. st fo r the Unite d Stntes this yeo.r is 7 pamds l e ss th nn the r ecord 1948 yield of 247 pounds. P rosp ~ ctiv e yidds in cell St r t e s,
exc e pt Loui se ne., exce e d th,) l O....yea r ev o r O. I\O S in thos e
!Jl~re. th an the. 10-ye n r av e r age for tho TJn:ito d Ste.tes.
Stntc s 1
f3.pd av o r cp:o
33 pounds -
Harv e sting of l e spe doz o. se ed boge.n 3 dE..;rs l ~c t e r t!-J.is ~~ea r th r n l as t, but was 1 d a y earlier thc, n usunl. BoC CcUS G of f evor o.b J.o lNO ath e r in most s e ctions, h :;,.rv os ting has
g one forvv c, rd vd th f ew int orruptionr:;. Llthough a little h c.rve sting \l.:aS dono i n sc o.tter e d s r:> ctions in a fev-r St a t e s a s er:. rly ::-;, s october l, h o rv es t did not st c, rt on th e
averr,,ge until Octob e r 23 in L l rbo ma ; Octob e r 26 in Ge orgi a ; Octobe r 27 in Ke ntucky; Octob e r 28 in I~ansas; Octob e r 28 in 1-:J.iss issipp i a nd Ok,lnhoma; Octob e r 30 in Te nnessee; Oct obe r 31 in North Cc.rolin a ; ~:: ovemb e r 1 in Mis s ouri and Louis ano.; Novemb e r 2 j_n $outh C ~. rolin o. ; _November 3 in Illinoi s_; lT ovarnbe r 5 in Ar ko ns o. s; o.nd Hovem' )e r 6 in Indi an a and Virgini o..
Loss in c l eaning l e sp edoza s ee d this y ear i s c stimc.t ed s.t 20.5 per c ::mt, comp a r e d
with 19.4 pe r c e nt in 1 948 o.nd the 1 943 - 4 7 o.v c r ~tp.:e of 1 9.0 p e r c e nt. Of tho t otal
e stimat ed cl e t:m - seed production of H ,J., 120 ,000 p ounds this y co.r c,nd 19 5, 530 ,000 povnds
last y ea r, the qt1antities of th0. so v e r a l ld.nds of l e sp ede za seed \rc ostimGt ,Jd in
thous ands of p ounds, with the 1948 fi gPr c s in p r:-.r ont l:1e s e s, a s follows: Koroo.n,
142,143 (15 4 ,290 last year); Kob e , 37,730 ( 32 ,690 ); Conirriori, 2,3 69 (2,218); Tonnesuee
#76, 53 6 ( 409 ); and Seric o a , 8 , 34 2 . (5, 9,23 ).
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Curre nt s upp lie s of l espodc zc. s ee d , incl ud ing production this y co. r c..nd co.rry-ove r, are 21 6,~~9 6,000 pounds of cl ean so o d. -This is. 8 per c e nt le.rg e r th e n in l94fl nnd 23 p e r c e nt abov e the 1 943 - 47 c.v ~ r o. ge ~
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A.thens, Ge orgia Nov.~mber 28 , 1949
~. EORGIA AGRICVL'TURAL e.xT.1)faiON ea:."'-VI C. E.
PRODUCTION OF LBSPEDEZA FOR GEORGIA
A r e cord lespedeza seed crop has been produced in Georgia this fall. The p roducti on
is in
plac e d 1948 .
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p ounds mrpr 4go
of 6, 5981 000 pounds.
Acreage . t h o.t will be h a rvested :'or s ee d is. estimated s.t 851 000 oempo.rod with 73,000 one yoe.r ag o or an increa se of 1 6 pe r c ent. Yield pe r o.cre- is pla c e d a t 225- p o-unds ;
i n 1948 the yield amounted to 220 pqunds.
Qf t he tot a l p roduc tion this y ear it is e st~n at ed that 75 pe r cent or 14, 330 , 000 pounds will be Kob e , 15 pe r c e nt or 2, 86C'i, OOO pounds Seric e~ , 9 per c e nt or 1, 714,0CC
Kore a n a n d one p e r cent or 190,000 pounds of Te nn. 76.
Tho l o spe de za s eed cro:l=' matur ed ea rli e r th an usu a l this s eas on a nd weathe r conditions
hav e b een f avo r ab l e fo r h a rv ~ sting ope r at ions. Th e majo rit y of se e d has be e n s av s d
in exc e ll ent condition.
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Ac r eage
1 9,l2
2 6, 000
1943
28 , 000
194 4
115,000
1945
5 b,OOO
1946
59 .000
1947
65 ;,000
1948
'73,}000
1949
85 QOO
D. L. Floyd
Agricultura l St e.tistician,In Cha r ge
Yi e l d
P ro duction
(1bs.)
(1bs .)
210
5, 500 , 000
200
5, 600 , 000
170
7, 600 , 00 0
265
14 , 600 . 00 0
185
10, 900 ' 000
180
11,700 , 000 '
220
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19,100 1 000
Ar c hie Langle y
Ag ricultur a l St at i st ician
J. fte r Five Days Return to United Sto.t e s Dep a rtrrwnt of Ag ricultur e
Bur eau o.f Jl_gricul t ur e. l Ec onomics 319 ~xtension Bu il ding Athen s, Georg i e,
Pen a lty for p r ivat e us e to avoid p a~rment of post r:,g e ~ 300 .
OFFICI AL BUSI NESS
Form BAE-F - 11/49- 965 Permi t No. 1001
Dr. Paul W. Chapman, Assoc. Dean College of Ag'riculture conner Hall
Atnens. Ga.
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r,: tth a n 2.creDge second lal!'-?jest on r~c.prd, prod'l:lction of 1espe de za se e d in the Unite d
of$tat e s this year is foredolt o. t 240,5'00,000 -p ounds of thresh@r.:.run s eed by the Buro ou Ag ricult u r a l :~ concmics. This iq one nor cent s mo. llor th o.n th e lr:.rge crop of
?1 2, 46C1 1 000 p ounds l. a st y e ar, but 40 per c e nt lerg e r than th.e 1938-4? avorogo of :\.72,026,000 pounds. In 9 of t ho 15 import 2nt 'p rodljcing StD.t e s, production is in-
die r.>.ted to be l o. r ge r than l e.s t year, vdth inerec. s e s l r.. rg e st in K o ntuck:~r, Tennes see ,
Al abama, and I ,ndic no.. The most mark e d d e elines from l2st ye:?.l:' are in Louis e n o.,
~>1 issouri, arid. Kansas.
nf:athc r eonditions we r e favor c,.ble for lespede za during tho grow:i.ng s e::: son a,nd at har-
V._qst. 'l dt.h prospects for g ood y :i.e lds, the stage .vm s o.ll s et for c. record-bre D.k ing
~~:re'age of l e spedoz a se e d. 1 But rricos d0c line d sha rply o.ftcr h c. rv c sti-ng got tmd e r V'{'ay, and mo.ny acres int e nde d for secci prob ably vrill not be harv e sted. : Novortheloss, ~t is expe ct ed thet approximat e ly 1,000 , 000 cciros-- about 200,000 acre s foTH r than the r ec o rd 1944 c.cre age-- yd ll h c..v c b e e n h a rv e sted by the e nd of Novemb er. The indtcated 1949 acrc e.ge is 2 per c ent 'l a r re r t han tho 982,300 acres in 1948 and 21 per cent l a r ge r th;:m t he 10-yoe.r av e rage of 8 25, 080 b. cre s. Only i n Illinois, Hissouri, ~\ ~ssissippi, Louis ona , ond Oklahom o. a r e smc.ll.;:: r o.cre D..ges th r.n l a st yo ~!. r indic ot e d.
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E lth ough y i e ld:s p e r acre a r e ex pe ct ed to b e l a r ge r th en hst ye a r in e. mojority of St a t es , ' t ho a1' e r c:ge of 240 pounds for e c <". st fo r the United Stt,t e s this yo nr is 7 pamds ~~ss them the r e cord 1948 yi e ld of 247 pounds . P rosp e ctiv e yi0lds in o. ll St at e s, ?xc or,t Louis ona, e:x;ce e d tho 10-yero..r evor c.lr;o s in thos e St o.tc s, a nd av o r<.'.p:e 33 pounds mQre .than th e lO,.,yea r- c..v e r ago for tho TJn i te d Ste.tes.
Ho:rvost5.ng of.lespe doz o. se e d bogp_n3 dys L:'.ter t1~is yea r thc.n l o.s t, but viTO.s 1 d o.y
ec.rli e r . t h o.n usunl. Boc C",US O of f evor nb 1o '\o'V08.th e r in most s e ctions, h: rv ost ing has
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t er e d se ctions in o. f ew St o.t es a s early r.s Oc tobe r 1, ho rv es t did not st r, rt on th e ~ve rr:\ge until October 23 in J. l c.bamo. ; Octob e r 2 6 in Georgi o. ; Octobe r 27 in Kentucky;
Octob e r 28 ln-K6.nsas; October 29 in Mississipp i and Oklahoma; Octob e r 30 in Te nne ssee;
October 31 in North Ca rolin a ; r: ovemb e r 1 in Missouri nnd Lou1.so.n o. ; November 2 tn
?outh Co. rolin a ; November 3 in Illinois; lJov0mbe r 5 in Arkons o s; and Novem1Je r 6 in
l r;.dian o. a nd Virginia..
Loss i n c l eaning l e sp ede za s ee d this ye a r is o stim o.t e d r..t 20 .5 pe r c e nt, canpor e d with 19. 4 pe r c e nt in 1 948 and t ho 1943 - 47 o.vc r a ge of 19.0 pe-r c e nt. Of t he t oto.l es tim o.t ed cl ean-se e d productionof' H ,l,l 20,000 . ounds this y ear o.nd 19 5,5 30 , 000 pomds l as t y ea r, the qtumtiti o s of tho s ev e r a l k i nds of lG sp e de z a s ee d ere o sti;rw.t .:; d in thous ands of p ounds, with the 1948 fi gvr o s in p r,. r (mt ho s e s, a s follows: I(o r nnn, 142,143 (154 ,290 l a st yea r); Kob e , 37,730 ( 32 ;690 ); Common, 2,3 6.9 (2,218); Tonnessee
#76, 536 ( 409 ); and Se ric c a , 8, 342 (5, 923 ).
of Curr e nt s upp lies of l os-ped,; z c~ s oed , incJ.ud j.ng prodyction this yf)O.r o. nd cn.rry-ovor,
a r e 21 6, 396,000 pounds el ean si'J o d. This i .s 8 por e ont l nr gGr th a n in 1948 and 23 per c e nt abov e the 1943 - 4 7 ev .~ r age .
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Ge~orgia
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FARif PRICE. RI:;PORT ,A$ OF NQVm.JBER 15, 1949
Decembe-r 5, 1949
GEORGIA The decl~ne in agricul tura1 prices received by farmers in Georgi_a contin-
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ued for the fifth consecutive, mont]) as reported for November 15. At that
~ir.le.the all . ~omnod.ity inde:x:of price's r ece ive d was 217 per ce~t of the .J: ugust
~909:14 le'1T.e ~t or f?ur pointf'i under the October index and 30 points under the index
:Vor l~;ovembei' "Of a year af".O
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S_'ome ~farm products, notably cottonse e d, wheat; oe.ts, and chickens, exhibited some . i'ncrease in. nrice .since mid -S eptember, but th~s e gains were mor(i) than offs e t hy -de-
o'r easo s; in price fo:r. other commodities . Corn showed a loss of 10 c ents a bushel,.
~-ptton was down alnwst a cent f?. po-qnd,. eggs were off ne e rly two 'c,.ents a dozen, an<;l hogs ~nd beef cattle we re down, . r~J sp ecthely, _$1.40 an<;l 20 cents a. cvrt,
UNITED STJT:i!:S~ The Parity Ratio (ratio of :prices receive d by fa.r:rne rs to prices paid,
. inte r es t, and .te.xos) dropped to 100 on Novemb e r 15 for th0 first time since Ue1vember 1941~ This is 1 p oint be1crw 8. mont.h ago c.nd 9 points b e l'ow Nov emb ~ r 15 l,ast year~
Continued declines iri prices of hpgs, soybeans, corn, eg;":s, end cotton only partially offs et by a conside r able increa se i.n trtick crop prices and slight increase s
for sor!le ' food grc:. ~ns. al}d dai r y products -- brovght a 4 poi:rtt dr.o:p fran last month
in avor e.'ge- prices rec e ived by ff,n.ne rs I.s of Novemb e r 151 the 13}E Index of Prices Rec e ived by Farmers was 2-39 p e r c e nt of the August 1909-July 1914 b ase , a lmost 2 pe r cent b e low l a st month, andl2 :pE! r qent below the 271 of a year ago. Hog pric e s on November 15 were lower than at ' Any t:im\3. since price c e ilings we r e r emove d in midsumne r ,1 946. 1 Soyb ec.n prices c. ro o.t the lowe st p~int in 5 ~.re cc rs.
The Pc,rity Index (Ind~x of Pric e s Pc. id, Inte rest, end Tc.xes) viaS1 'imcho.nged fran c.
month c.go, c.nd c.t 240, is 3 per c ent lowe r tho.n o. y ec.r c,go. Higher food, building mo.te ri nl s, and furnitur e pric e s offs e t lowe r o..v e r r.ge .prices for clothing to hold rurc 1 living costs unchnnged from c, month ~- g o. Coffe e prices were shcrply higher. Pork o.nd l c. r d pric es were subst r.nti nlly lowc r, Fee d prices r eccho d th e 1ovm st point sinc e Hay 1946. But prices of b u ilding mc. t o ri c.ls us c; d in f c:rm construction ros e enough to hold o.verrge up.i t costs unch l'.nged.
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271
243
239
307
J r;m . :~.948 ::.
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248
240
240
251 y.c~.ug. 1948
Purity r o.tio
109
101
100
133 Oct. 1946
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HARRY A. \ cHI'I'E Agricultural Statistician
FRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS NOVD.1B:!lt 15, 1949 i'iiTH OOMPARISONS
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(J~ts, :Su.
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$1.. .91 ~f .
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$.,.feet Fo tatoes, Bu.$ L ' . .83
C~tton, lb.
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C( ;oi ttonseed, ton $ Hay (baled.), ton $ .
~gs, per cwt.
$
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7.33
67.00
25.10 I
21.90
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2,o4 . : 1!89 1 1.:oo 1
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~1.-21 , 1. 69 1 1.p2
76
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1.90 i. 1.~51
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42.00 1
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28.1 27.8
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B~ef Cattle, cWt. $ j . 3,.87 . . l 18.00 16.20 1 16.oo:1l- . 5.42
2o.8o .j . .1g~so 19~.20
M~lk Cows , head Chickens, lb.
Eggs, doz. Butter, lb.
$1 II
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21.3
67.5 j
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n5 i 137.ooj [ 48.oo
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ii 60.7 59.o ~ ~n.5 .
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I 29.3 ; 23.2 23.1 I 58~_3 ;, : 51.4.. 1 47.1
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s6;o -!-J. . 25.5: -jL. ~ s:3.o ._ 58.5 : 58.5
Butter:t: a:t, lb. Milk (wholesale)
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Preliminary fo;z: November 19M3.
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All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains Meat Animals De,iry Produ'cts
Chicken & Egg s
Fruits Miscellaneous
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l 217
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M'ter Five Days Return- to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricu1tural Economics .. . 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI1TESS
Form BAE B-12l49 - 2337
Permit No. 1001
Pe~alty for private us~ to avoid payment of postage $300.
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UNIT,0 . !:nATE:~ OE.P.~RTMENI OF AGRIC..UL.T-lJRf...
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IJNr..tE.~ITV OF' GE:O!'I..c;A
CO-.J.F..C.E. OP AC>P.IGUt..TU?,t.
Athens, ~orgia
December 8, 1949
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Geol;'gia has produced a cotton crop of about 610,000 l?ales (500 !JCUI/.ds , gross we1g}ft) \vhich is 19 .
per cent under the 1948 production of 751,0001 and 22 per cent 'below the 10-year .average (1938-47)
of 779,000 bales.
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Estimil.ted atreage fox- harv~st was 1,550,000 after allowing for 1.1 per cent abandonment from the 1,567,000 ac~es in cultivation on July 1. This is an incre a se of 20 per cent from the 1,289~000 acres harvested in 1948 but 4 per cent less than the 10-ye F.J.r avers.ge of 1,608,000 acres.
This has beBn a relat~vely poor year for Georgi a cotton farmers. Unusually mild we ather las t winter resul t Gd in a he avy SJlring survival of boll ~re.eyil. Frequent r ains during late spring and
much of the g1.owing season f avo r e d weevli propagation !.IDa made 1.t impossible for farmers to prac":"
tice effect l vo poisoning op u ~ a i; .~ .m s so. t hat much of the acreage produced vary low yields. There ' were exc epti-:Jns in l <):,g.J. """~oas vihe:re es.riy cotton produced fair to good y~ c lds '):Jut for the State , as a wllo 1 ~ ~~"::.o aYO:O:i:l.i;O y:vJ::.. ti pcr 2-Drc was. lowe st . since 1941. i{eathe r during the picking season ! was genor a.J.J.y :fa"JJ:o:: ~ e s0 th at pra0b . e ally the entil:"e cr0p was harvested in good shape.
Produvt ion w8.s a'0 :m~ '32 pr,:~ c ent. U".1Cai :as~ year .in the nr1rthern part of tho State ~d was about
23 per c en+. less in t ho n~:~d 't=. i;ato c:J.'r. a, The southern terri tory p roduced about 19 per cent more than in 1 948: due , not to o atter per acre yields, but to a he avily incro R.sed acreage
Bureau of Census reports 584,000 running bales ginned to December 1, compared with. 688,000 1ast
19 year and 593 ,000 to that date in 1 947. United States ginnings wore 13, 976 ,000 compared with
12,744 ,000 one year ago and 1046, 000 the previous yea:r.
ARCHI E WTGLEY Agricultural St atistician
D. L. FLOYD .Ag ricu1ture.l St atistician, Ih Charge
--------- -------- . GEORGIA
MAP
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1948
.AN D 1947
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/
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194 7-78 , 000.'
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........._
I. \ 1949-58 ,000 I
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1949 production indicated on De cember 1.
\ R_Q~ \
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( 1948-76,Q.__OO
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1948- 21, 000 \ 194 7.,. 20 , 000
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STATE
Missouri
Virginia N.Carolin a S.Carolina Ge o r g i a Florida
555 5$3 451
436 377
356
506
460
429
26
32 348
447 300
22
24
20
15
725 815 355
447 270
519
678
460
447
1,120 1,270 309
372 2ll
71 6
871
560
545
1:,289 1,550 235
279 189
779
751
610
584
;39
44 164
249 196
14
15
18
9
Tenne s see A.labam a. Missis s ipp i Arkansa s Louisana
684 770 830 368 l , 6 91 1,630 1, 810 262 2,397 ' 2,560 2,770 318 1, 916 2, 220 2, 450 334
96 8 950 1,060 261
417 3 75 ! 523
66 9
650
590
353 229
901 1,197
865
839
441 258 1,588 2, 353 1,490
1,425
428 382
325 1,329 1,982
294
528
756
I 1,660 1,517
650
613
Okl-ahema
i l:-,-491 1, 0-::1-Q 1 ,.300 j- -163- .- l-75- 229 -- 521-
3-74
&20 _j
ro4-
Tcxas New Mexico
7,642 8,610 10 ,725 i 170 115 209 310 j 497
176 264 1 2,722 3,153 5,900 f 4 ,864
542 394 ! ll9
236
255 ; 205
Arizona
200 281 373 1 423
558 641 i 174
328
500
348
California
352 804 957 l 602
576 651 : , 447
968 1,300
1,031
Other _ St_at ~s l 2/
18
18 . 19 I 413
435 383 ! 16.
16
16 I
10
-~I_!E~AT];$ 2]., 396 ..?_2_,_8~1_2._;898 tzs4.0__31'2:6__28508ill1.i..t.3Q6 1.'1..t_877_ _1., 034 _1 _11,276 _ ..:_ _
Aiiier.'E.,. it. "3' 6"3."'5 4.0 "6'.'3' "Z79 4:fi 'SZ"f . 'G9.5'"" 3:'6
'I.'3' l
"3
1 Al lowaiJ.ce s ma:de or int erstate movemen o see co oon for ginning.
1./"'Z/ Illinoi s , Kansas, and. Kentucky for all ye ars and Nevada for 19,18 and 1949. J;nc1ude d in St ate and Un it e d St at e s total s . Grown principally i n Arizona, New Me.xico and
Texas.
(SEE OTBER SIDE FOR GEORGIA REFORT)
.
After Five Days Return to Uni~ ed. St a.t c s Department of Agriculture
Penalty for private use to avoid .:p ayment of -post age $300.
Bure au of Agricultural Economics
31 9 Ext en si on Building
Athens, Georg ia
OFFI CIAL BUSUTESS
For~ ~1~12/49- 3,927
P e rmit No. 1001
Ls.s. Nel'lie M. Ree.se ., Libr.arian,
ta.te Co-liege. of !gri ~ ..
eq. ~
Athens ,, Ga.
..:
UNITE.O ~TATE..~ D~PAR.TM !tNT OF
AG~IC.l.I\....T:URE.
(!)rojJ
UNIVI!.R$1TV QF' (ftOI'.GIJIII. COLI.Il.C.E. OP AGFI.IC.\JL.TVR.L
194.9 Athens 1 Georgia
GEORGIA CROP VAUJE PLACED AT ---.- ---"'"+- -~ -+-----f""--- ---.--..
'
$,366',178~000 - . - ~
Decemb er 24, ' 1949
Pror).uction of Georgia field cr-ops in 194.9 wcis valued at $366,178,000, or a . decrease
of 16 per cent from the 19h8 valuation of $1+37~537 .,ooo . This !'eduction was ch,le ,mainJ,.y
to decreased production o:f cotton and peam1,ts , thG leading tvw cash crops , and to low.;.
~r prices this season for some of the c:rop o. Corn and tobacco made rec ord high 'yie19-P
per acres for the $tate . Peanut yielda were well above average but t he cotton aver<e yield per acre \vas the lorrest since J.9hl and 20 per CG/.'lt b~low the 10 year average. )~;
The unfavorable outturn of this crop was due to boll v:eevil dar:mge. There was a heaV.V
spring survival of the insect followed by froqu()nt rS~.ins during much of the grov;ing '} .
season which favored propagation and made i.t/ :J,.mpossible for f armers to practice. effcxi-t
i ve poisoning operations.
> .,
As usual, c otton r a nked first amont the ce::.sh orops Y!ith ~~ 99,074,000 for lint and ~ e4t This Ha s a decrease of 28 per cent in va:tuo from a 19 per ccmt small er production ..han
in 191~8 - pr ic es uf both lint and s c0d bqjmg off somewhc.t _from last ye:ar. Peanuts uorc second jn, order Y:ith ~; 63,0;1.4,ooo, or a reduction of 27 per c ent from 191J8 on a 26 per cent less acreage undorthc Government acroago allotment pro gr am. Tobacco cam~
next llj_th value of ~.?49,368,000 1 or a gain of 4 pe r c c~1t over last year from a 22 per
cont l arger c-r op .
Fruits made very short crops duo to late Nia rch and ea rly April c old and frost damage t'o buds and young fruit -vThich 1i{crc sot abnorma]_l y ea rly b cc.J.us e of the unusually mild
rtintcr . Poc.:ms sta rte d out .with a good crop of nuts but insect and disea se damage rc. sultcd in heavy deteriora tion s o tha t production showod a decrease of. about 57 pe r cent from 19)~8 .
Of tho ma in food and feed crops c orn sho,.tod a g~tin . of 21 per c ent ovor l c:.st year in production but b cc.J.usc. of loner p r ices this ye<J.r tho va l ue of .~:i 71,280,000 vms about unchanged. Oa ts, Yrith an 8. per c ent l arger crop shmrod 14 per c ent reduction in value. Othe r small grp.ins 'Here' off :~_n both production and vetluc. . Irish <~nd s'vtc et
pot atoe s shoHod subst.:intial gains in both size of crop and total va_luc .
ValUe in thousetnds of the r ospectiv:e crops j_n order of their r c'..nk f ollows: (1) Cott or
(lint a nd se ed ) ~?99 1 074; (2) Corn ~~ 71, 280 ; (3) Pwnuts $63,0lh; (h) Tob ,~c.co ~:>49 ,.368; (5) S.-rcet PGtat oes $12, 964; (6) All Hay ~~ 12, 564 ; (7) Oats (~ 12,559 ; ( 8) Truck Crops ~10.,61 2 ; ( 9 ) Velvet BQ<J.ns ~~ 8 1840 ; (10) Pcc.chos :;~ 6,018; (11) Whoo.t ~;4,L~46 ; (12) Pecans ~~3,48 5; (13.) Sugc.\r Gillie Syrup 0,2 , 992 ; (lli) Iri sh Pota toes ~:; 2, 333; (15) Lc spcdcz<J. Seed ~~2 , 235 ; (16.) Conpea s for Pc:::s ~:i l_,7 64; (17) Sorghum Syrup ~i:> l,062; (18) Sorghum Forage ~) 780; (1 9) Soyboo.ns for Beans ~~330 ; (20) Poccrs :,,i l 96; (21) B.J.rley ~~ 1!_~7; (22) Rye ~~ 115.
Harry A. Whitc Archie Langley Agricultural St<J.tisticietns
-~.. J
. . ~- . . ........ "
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' , J
* The l9L19 pric e and v a lue fi gure s a r e pr0 l:imino.I"'J Va lue s are for the crop yec.r .
and s hould not be confus e d with c a l e ndar yec.r i.ncome.
]/ Pr e l:imina ry e stim o.t e s for 1 949.
?:/ Cov e rs only mat ur e crop ( a creage o.lone and interpi c.nte d) harve st e d for peanuts,
peas or b eans.
UNITED ~TATE.e, OE:PARTME.NT OF AGRIC,UL.TURf..
&ro;b
UNIVEP.SITV OF' u.0"-GIA COLI..~(JE. OF AGFI.I.GULTUR.t.
Athens, Georgia
:oECEMBER 1949 PIG REPORT
Deeember 29, 1949
';:EP:RGIA:. The Georgia 1949 fall pig crop (Jun~ 1 to tecembe:r 1) is estimated at 1,147,000 h?a.d, 10 .
percent more than last year and t4e largest since the fall of 1943, The 1949 spnng pig
crop was placed at 1.220,000 making a total for the year of 2 1367 1000 head, an increase o~ 10 per-
cent from the 2,146 1000 farrowed in 1948,
Sovrs farrowing the last half of 1949 amounted to 188 1000 compar~d with 171,000 during tho s~e
period last year. Thi:l total number of sows farrowing during the year w::1s 388,000 compared rfl th 358,000 in 1948 tmd is the largest number since 1944~ Reported breeding intentions point to about 218,000 sovrs tl!l farrow in the spring of 1950 or 9 percent above the 200 1000 farrovmd in tho spring of 1949,
IAcimo':rledgemcnt is hereby made to the Pos~ma.s~ers and Rurhl Mail C?Xricrs of thi,s Sto.tj
!for their assistnnae in c~llecti. ng the b ns.ic in.f ormation . from v.iliich these estimate s iwo ro made, The fine spirit of cooperation shovm. by ne arly 5,000 of their po.trons wpo l:2.;r:nishod reports for their individual farms is EJlso appreciated~
UNITED STATES: Tho 1949 pig crop totaled 96.3 million heud, an increase of 13 percent over last
ye ar , Tho inoro n.sc results from n, Spring pig cr0p that was 1~ percent larger th$
last ye o:r and a f nll crop tha t vnis 10 percent la~ger. The number of sows farro vring this fall was
11 percent larger thtm l <~st year, Tho pigs sq.ved, p&r Utter at 6.51 is the secc;md largest on
record, b'<ring only slightly lower thf:ln the reeord litter size ost ab l.ishcd last f all. The fall pig
crop of 37,262,000 he ad was the third l ar gest on record.
:
.
An incre c:1s0 of 7 percent over l n,st spring is indicded in the number o SOWS to f :~.rr~w in the
spring of 1 950 . Assuming , a litter size of 6.4 (the l()..ye 'lr aver"'ge of 6.21 with rm nllovmnce for the upw'ard trend ) 1 this nur~bcr of sow~ vmuld indic n.te a pig crop in the spring of 1950 of 62.5 million he<1.d , 6 percent lr1rgcr thnn last sprin~ . Marketings f:rom the spring pig crop have been
unusuol ly r apid during the past :111. F 0,rmo rs reports show thot on December 1 the number of !togs
over 6 months old on farms wa s not much different thiiD last yoaro This would indico.to thd most of
the incre o.se in tho spring pig crop h'lS already been morkctcd. Since l ate August 1 hogs hn.ve been
rn2rkcted at much lighter o.vc:r:uge weights than usunl.
.
.
FAIJ, PIG CROP: Tho number of pi gs savod in tho pFtst f nll se"' son (Jtinc 1 to Jl:Jc onber 1) is cstincctld
to be 37 , 262 1000 hend, 3,341,000 ho;:td or 10 .percent lr>:rge r thtm the 1948 f o11 pig crop. The 194:9 f D11 crop exceeds t~o 1938-47 ave r ngo .by 7 percent .and is the third llll'gest on
record st.::trting in 1924. 'The -nunber of sm'l's f arrowi ng in the ~ l949 i' nl:l sc ccson was 5, 726,000 head,
an incrc :\se of 568 , 000 he o.d or 11 p erce nt ab ove the fall se n.son last year. The number is 5 percent
lfll'gar tht"'ll the lO..yen.r 8-Vorage .
.
.
YEARLY PIG CFOP : The cot1bined spring and f~>ll pig crop for 1949 is esti11ated to be S6,301 ,000 he::td.
This is al"l incre ~se of ll~ll4, 000 hert.d or 13 pel'cent over the 1948 crop ond 8 por-
ccnt over t ho 10-yer:.r ;:wcr rt.ge . The 1949 pig crop is the third 18Igest on record, being exceeded
only by the crops in the ~rp,r yenrs 1942 nnd 1943.
SPRING INTENTIONS: F:uncrs 1 repo rts on breeding intentions indic rtt6 9,797,000 sows to f r.:rrow in tho spring of 1950. This is M incre:tso of 7 percent over llist spring and 12
' percent over .t he lG-ye D.r r.wc r nge .
D. L. FIDYD and ARCHI E LANGLEY, Ag'riculturnl St o.t isticir.ms
Georgia lO"YCar 1938-47 ~v . 1947
1948 1949
UNITED STM:ES: 1()-ye ~.r 193S..47 av. 1947
' 1948 1949
SJWS FABROVY.ED AND PIGS SAVED
~
___ SPRIN~ (DecerJb or 1 to ,J--;;~--! F_AL_L-(June 1 to Dccenbor 1)
:Sows Fart ovrcd;Av
:
(000) ___!per
No, Lit
Pi tor
g
s
;Pi :
s; s Si;ved: \ 000 ) :
Sovr(s0F0D0).frowcdl:Ap~vr.
No, Pigs:Piss Sa),ved Lit tor ; \000
208
5,7.
1,191
178
5.8
1,034
197
5.9
1,162
178
6.0
1,068
187
5.9
1,103
171
6.1
1,043
200
6.1
1,220
188
6.1
1,147
6.21
6.10 6.14 6.45
54,392 52,802 51,266 59,039
5,451 4,907
5,158
5., 7~6
.6.36 6.39 6.58 6.51
34,692 31,345 33,921
37t~62
Return After Five Dnys to Ynitod St ::~.te s Dcp=tnent of Agriculture
Burc:m of Agricultural Econonics
319 Extension Building
Athen s , G-:Jorgi n.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Forr. Bl!:E-i.vi--12/49 - 3,146 Perl:".it No. 1001
Penalty for privnte usc to avoid payncnt of postngo $300.
iss . Nellie M. Ree se, Li brarian ,
tate College of' Agri .
eq.
At~ens , Ga ;
.' ,
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GEORGIA HOGS
Diagram Show~ng Sows Farron i ng and Pigs Saved Annually in Gc orc ia
' .
(Period 1~~3'8 -. 1949)
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, ,. ~ I
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J6oo
J200
400
- YEP.RS -
SOriS FAI1.RO'.JING AND P:I.:GS SAVED I N GEORGIA - SPB.ING A?.JD FALL
.(Period 1933 ~19 49)
- ---- ------ - L--' --- ----- sOis(o'oo)-.-~ ---- - ---1r----------- Pic}s---(-000_)_ __ ---- .
Y8 a :. - -
r ---
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-
tI
-
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-S-"u-r-i-ng---
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- -
Fall
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--
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1933 ' ~
165
uo
285 II.
93 9
666
1934 I JJ~ 9
108
257 I
806
586
1935 ! lh8
119
267 j
81!2
653
1936
167
149
316 ~~
92L~
834
1;6o5 1,392
l, h95
1, 758
1937 1938
175
130
189
162
ll 3o5 1.
351
1,010 1_,115
762
1,772
9h 0
2_, 055
1939 l9L,o
216
17 9
184
JJ49
395
333
.,. !~
1, 210 975
984
2, 1 94
849
1, 824
1941 19LI2 19LI3
184
170
215
206
256
220
35 LI 421 476
IJIi I!
1, 067 1, 2L+7 1, 485
969 1, 215 1, 276
19L1L1
21+ 8
167
hl5 i'i 1, )411_1
952
1945
1 91
172
363 ! 1 ,108
99 8
19L16
I '
195
182
377 !! 1,131
1, 092
__ ____ __ _____ _ 1947 I 197
17 8
l~~t~ I._____ ~~~--- __i~l
375 ~ ~
1,162
1,068
~K~. .~L i_:_~~-~. __ .. ___-~:-~t~
2,036
2; 462
2, 761 2,366 2,106
2, 223
2,230
~ ;~~~
~:- Prel:iJnina ry
UNIT.0 ~TATE.e, OE:.PARTr-1.NT 01: At;;R I C U L:TU RE.
&roj;
;
~thens, Georgi a
GE:lRGIA COMifERC!.AL 'rRU~ CROP suM.wtY ... 1949 AND 1948
December 1949
L~~
~reduction of Georgia 1949 Commercial Truck crops for both processing and fresh market was
ofvalued at $11,141,000, a decrease of $598,000 (5 per cent) from the corresponding valuation
$u, 739,000 fn 1948. This decrease was not a result of an acreage reduction but a combination
6f shifts in yields and prices. Harvested acreage .for fresh market and processing combined was
~02,850,
~108.32
comp8xcd vdth compared with t
84 ho
1
720 the correspo
year before. Vol nding 1948 figur<?i
ue per of $1
acre 38.56
.
o
f
e~l
truck
crops
this
ycnr
was
~~t?rmclons led 011 truck crop vplucs vdth $4,250,000 1 followed in order by the next fivc crops;
p1mw:1to popper $1,664,000, _cobbage $1,167,00? 1 tomatoes . $960!0001 snnp bc11Ils $71:6,000, cucumbers
foo.arrlpy1scpkrl1?ng$6I4r5110sh00p ot0a.ntoaes'v, aaluned
I'er nero bns1 s lettuce $270,00 for onions.
led
va th
:P416.00
follov1cd
by
$277.27
for
G:EDRGIA l.>.NFU.t\1 St.n~ITV..!IRY OF COivll1ERCI '..L TRUCK CROP S~ATISTICS ... 1949 IATITH COMP.ARISONS
Crop
1 Acreage . Yield 1 l"roductiQi:l
, Vnluc, of Sales
VoJ.u~
Year jHrJXvestcd Per Acre Unit
Toti:il I>er Un~ t \ Toti:il Per k r c
Beans, Lima.
1949 1 1,250
64 i' Bushel
I ~0,000 ~ 2,40 ;~ 192,000 $ 153.60
_F.?..r. _M_ark_e_t_ _ _ _-+-1_9:8
lleF.Jns, Snnp
1949
~?r Market, S.Gn.. 1918
1,200 2 1200 2,100
55
(32 lbs.) 66 1000 1
70 48
T Bushel
i (30 lbs.)
154 1 000 101,000
3.20 1
2.00 ' 3.00
211,000
308,000 303,000
175.83
140,00 144,29
B~nns, Snnp
1949
Fpr M.:'ll'ket, N.Go.. 1948
G;pbba.ge, s. Ga..
1949 1948
2,200 2 1000
95 102
!f Bushel 209,000' (30 lbs.) 204,000
1,95 - 408,000 2,65 _ 541,000
6,800 6,200 .
! 6.5 . Ton
44,200
1.5 1(2000 lbs~ 271 900
23.80 1,0041000 48.20 1,215,000
185.15 270SO
147.65 195.97
CObbngo, H. Ga.. Ccntoloups
1919 1948
1949 1948
1,100 1,000
I 3,400
3,200
4,0 5.0
80 75
Ton (2000 lbs ,1
1,400 5,000
~umbo Crn.~~ 272,000 (70 lbs. ), 240,000
37.10 42.10
1.60 2.75
163,000 210,000
435,000 660,000
148.18 210.00
Cucumb e rs 1/
1 94 9
For r.l"l.rkot .;ECU"1y 1948
800
90
Bushel
72,000
900
67
(48 lbs.) 60,000
2.00 2.80
144,000 168,000
Cucumbers 1/
1949
For Markot,Lntc 1948
700
40
Bushel
28,000
700
50
( 48 lbs,) 35,000
lo60 1.80
15,000 63,000
64.29 90.00
Lettuce
1949 1948
500
92
170 I 65
Crnte . ' 46,000
4-6 doz.) n,ooo
208,000 72,000
Onions
1919 11948
600 150 550 136
Potatoes, Irish South Georgin
1919 1948
1,100 150
1,100
90
Pota.to os, Irish 1949
North Georgia.
1948
1,500
93
1,500 100
To matoes For M<"- U'kot
1949 s,ooo 80
194{1
5,100
80
y Watcrl!lelons
1949 46,000 280 1948 40,000 275
Sacks
90,000
(50 lbs.) 75,000
Bushel 165,000 (60 lbs.) 99,000
Bushel (60 lbs,)
Bushel '180 1 000 (53 lbs.) 408,000 Melons ~ 2 '880, 000
11,000, 000
1.80 2o00
lo85 lo85 1.60 1,90
330.00 400.00
162,000 150,000
305,000 183,000
224,000 285,000
960,000 1,346,000
4,250,000 4,400,000
270.00 272;73 277.27
166~36
. 92 ..39
no.oo
Boons 1 Snap
1949
200
For Processing
Hl48
200
PepPers, Piraiento 1949. 24;500
For Processing
1948 14,300
Ton 2000 lbs)
97 Ton 1.25 2000 lbsJ
200 300
23 1770 17;880
I 120,00
15Q.PO
' 24,000 45,000
70.00 1,664,000 70,00 1,252,000
120~00 225~00
67.92 87.55
CucUI!lbcrs For Pickle
TOTll.L .ABOVE CROPS
1949
4,000
75
Bushel 3001000
1948
4,500
60
(48 lbs.) 270,000
1949 102, 8 50 1948 84,720
2.15 2.35
645,000 634,000
ll '141, 000 ll,739,000
161.25
110~89
108.32 138.56
1} llies.. not include acreage, production nnd value of cucumbers for pickles. '3.} Wn.tcrnel.on price per 1 1000 nelons.
D. L. Floyd Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. Harris, Jr. Truck Crop Estimator
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BIAGRAI~- SIIO_!'IINQ_ ACHEAGE.)t1JD; !{if-DE DIS TRIB\h_;J~o: _N_O_F_m_~o_H~.G~I-A_ _T~- d_J'c. -;.;.(~ C.I_-l_.OP._S.".-F_0_R_\. ,_1_9_4_9
_, "'\ AC REAGE BY CROPS
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.:.if' -., . (Pe.rcent of Total)
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(Percent of Tot al) .~
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A(::.R. I C 1..1L:TU RE.
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GIDRGI.A COMOOCIAL TRUCK CROP stMiu\RY ... 1949 AND 1948
Decemb er 1949
~reduction of Georgia 1949 Commercial Truck crops for both processing and fr e sh market was
ofvalued at $11,141, 000, a
~f $ll, 739, 000 in 1 948.
decrease of $5981 000 (5 This decre ase was not a
per cent) result of
from tho corresponding valuation an acreage r eduction but a combination
shifts in yields and prices. Ha rve s ted acreage for fresh market and proce ssing combined was
102, 850, c omp ared with 84 1 720 tho year before, Vnlue p e r aero of all truck crops this yo o.r was $1 08. 32 comparod with the corresponding 1948 figure of $138.56,
? Wat o
pi mi for
rmol~ns l ed
c~to po~p or p~cklc 4i645
,
el l $1, 6 000.
truck c
64,000, On a
rop v
c rwb value
alues Tiith
age $1 -per n
1 16 ero
7b,
$4 1 2 01.1.0s~s
50 1 000, follo wed in order by tho n ext five crops;
tomatoes lettuce
le$d96v0a1tohoo:1ti4s1n6a.p00bfeoanllso
$716 , 000, cucumb e r wed by $277,27 for
s
~ arly spring Irish pot a to e s, and $270.00 for onions.
'l r- GEJRGIA l>Ni.WJ.J.,
SUMV
'IRY OF COIF
Acre age
1EYRlCeIl'J<.rTrRU-C-K~iClROuPctSiT\J3TnIS-:T-l- CS - 1949~ 11JITH C01c.:.z:sAP:,:_lffi:::;:.;ISO::,:N;;;,s____V,o.l,u.-e.-~-
Crop
Year jHn.rv cst od Per Acre UriJ. t
Totcl Per Un~ t
TotO! Pe r .Aero
Be ~s, Lima
For Market
1949 ' 1,250 1 94f h l , 2 o o
Baens , Snap
191 9
For M.'-J.Xk ct, S. Ga.. 1948
2,200 2,1 00
64 j' Bushel
80, 000 ~ 2, 40 i 192, 000 $ 153,60
55
(32 lbs.) 66,ooo 1 3,2o , 2u, ooo 175.83
70 '18
l Bushel
j (30 lbs.)
154 1 000 101,000
I 2 . 00 T 308, 000
3, 00
303, 000
140, 00 144 .29
Be r.ns, Sno.p For ivi..1-r ke t, N. Ga.
Cabbage , s. Ga o
1949 1948
1949 1 94;8
2,200 2, 000
6 , 800 6, 2oo
95 102
lj Bushel. 209,000' ( 30 lbs.) 204 1 000
6 .5 i Ton
44 ,200 1
1.5 J(20QO lbs,) 27,900 .
1.95
408, 000 185,15
2.65 __ s 4_l_,_c_o_o +-_2_70...;_. _50_
23 80 1, 004 , 000 147,6 5 48,20 !.' 1,21 5 ,_o_oo-+-_1_9_5.;_9_7
Cabb age, N. Ga .
1 919 1 1 1 100
1948
1, 000
4 ,0 11 Ton 5,0 (2000 lbs .
4 , 100 II 5,000
37,10 42, 10
1631 000 21 0 , 000
118 ,18 210, 00
Crmtru oups
1949 1 948
Cucumbe rs 1/
1949
For Mn.rkot ,""'Early 1 918
3 , 100 3, 200
800
80
umbo Cratp 272, 000
75 90
B~shol I (70 lbs.) 2401 000
1
72 1 000
1.60 2,75
2.00 '
435 1000 660 , 000 144 , 000
127.94
2 0 6~25
180, 00 186 67
Cucunbor s ]}
1 94 9
700
40
Bushel
28, 000
1.60
15, 000
64. 29
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or Mnr
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La t e
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948
+-
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+
700
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50
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( 48
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lb s ,)
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3
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5-1-0+00
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63,
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000
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90 . 0
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0
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Lettuce
1 949 1948
500 170
92 65
Cr 2-te j 4~6 ~o z,) .
46 1 000 11 1 000
5,20 650
208 1000 72, 000
416, 0C 423;53
Oni on s
1 94 9 1 948
600 1 50 550 136
Sacks
90 1 000
(50 1bs.) 75,000
1o 80 2o 00
162, 000 270,00 150,000 j 272o73
Pot at oes , Iri sh South Geo r gi a
1 919 1 948
Potn.to e s, Irish 1 949
Nort h Georgio.
1948
' To mato es
1 919
For Mark et
1 91&
1,100 1 50
1,100
90
1,500
93
1, 500 100
6, 000
80
5,1 00
80
Bush e l (60 lb s .)
Bushel (60 l b s.)
165, 000 99 1 000
110, 000 1ro,ooo
Bushel 1180, 000 (53 lbs.) 108,000
1. 85 lo85
1.60 1. 9o
2. 00 3>30
305, 000 183 1000
224 ,000 285, ooo
960 , 000 1,346, 000
277.27
1 66 ~36
119 .33 190- 00
Wn.torr.tolons :?:}
1949 46 , 000 280 1948 40, 000 275
Melons 1 2 , 880, oco 11, 000, 000
330, 00 4 , 2 50 , 000 400. 00 4 ,400 , 000
Beans, Snap For Processing
PqpPor s , Pimi ento F~r Procos sin[i
' CucUI'lb e r s F? r Pi ckl e
TOTAL 1illO VE CROPS
1949 1 948
1 94 9 1 94 8
1 949 1 948
1 949 1948
200 200
24 ,500 14 , 300
4 , 000 4 , 500
102, 8 50 84 ,720
Ton i
200
2000 lb s )
300
.97 Ton
23,770
1.25 2000 lbs.) 17' 880
75
Bushel
30010 00
60
( '18 lbs.) 270 , 000
! 120 ,00
150 ~ 00
24, 000 45, 000 '
70 , 00 1, 664, 000 70.00 1,252, 000
2.15 2.35
645, 000 634 , 000
ll,l 4I, OOO 11,739, 000
120 . 00
22 5 ~ 00
67, 92 87.55
161 .25
110 ~ 8 9
108. 32 138 .56
]J Ib e s ..not i nclude acreage , p1;oduotion ood v nlue of cucu!)lb e rs for pick l e s.
E} Wa.t er nelon p rice pa r 1 1000 nolen s.
D. L. Floyd Agri cultur a l St at i stici a n, ln Cha r ge
L. H. Harri s , Jr. Tr uck Cr op Es ti mat or
Diii.GHAHS S ilOVIING ACREAGE AND VALUE DISTRIBU'l'IOi'J OF Gi"~OHGIA TW.JCK CHOPS FOR 1949
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ACREAGE BY CROPS (Percent of Total)
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Cabbage 7 7%0
Watermelons 44.7%
VALUE BY CROPS
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(Perc ent of Tot al)
W~termelons 38.2%
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Athens, Georgta
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF DECEiv!BER 15, 1949.
January 5' 1950
' oEORGI.t\c Following a trend started six r.1o'nths ago, "the all commodity index of prices
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received by fal"!llers in Georgia continued to. fall in the last month of 1949
. e.nd by Decemb e r 15th h ud dropp e d sha rply to e. level seven points below that attained
11 month earlier. On that 'date the index we.s 210 per cent of the' August 1909-14 level
o.s . compared to 217 per cent for Novemb e r 15th and 248 per ctmt for mid-December of
;1;948.
Mairi cQntributors to the lowe r index wore .cotton, off sligh;tly ove r o. c e nt o. pound ~ inc e mid-tTovomb or; hogs, down 80 c ents o. cvrt.J egg s, s e lling for one c e nt lo s~ per '-doten; and chickens, shcn~ly dovm six c e nts o pound In t ho da iry products group,
.fann butt e r WLs, down c." c e nt n pound.
Bo_of cattle , corn, oats, h ny, end pot o.to os wor e slightly up, but tho r e l a tiv e importcmc o of tho incroo.so wr.s not e nough to offset tho goner c l de cline,
UNIT ED.STATESt . For tho first time sinc e Novemb e r 194:)., tho Pnrity Ra tio ( rdio of
pric e s r oc c iv o d by f c.nno rs to pric e s p c. id, inte r es t, 1.:\Dd t ccxo s) o:t 98 fb l~_ b o low 1~0 on Docombo r 15. Tho P::.rity Inde x a nd p a rity pric e s pros ont ()d ho ro
c.l"o b D. so d upon tho current p nrity fonnul r.,_ 1rrhich doc s not include wc.go ro.tos for
hil"Od :f'nnn l D.bor. Comput ntions b.osod upon tho fonnul et pros crib e d 'Qy tho Agrioulturo.l
.Aot of 19491 vrhich include s wo. ge r ct o s for hire d f c. nn lr:cbor nnd tho us o of c.v or c.go
pl"ie o s for tho p c.st t on y ur rs, will b e issuo d during J c.nua ry 1950.-
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T~~ lovror PL rity Rr.tio _is l c. r go ly the r e sult of r. threo point d~op in tho l ov o1 of
picos r oc o iv.o d by f c.nn c rs. Tho Prdc os Ro co :tvc d lndt}x f e ll t o 23 6, the lgwo st point i~ 1949. Poultry o.nd eggs, mont r-.ni.."!1D.ls 1 cotton, o.nd truck crops l o d tho' de cline , S_p!"lewh o:~ higher price s ro r o_ r oc o iv od for g r c.ins nnd h o.y.
,Uso contributing to tho lowe r P nrity Ro.tio wrcs r. one point ris o in tho Po.rity Index (Index of Pric e s Pn id, Int or ost, nn d Tc.xo s), Highe r pric e s vm r o p rd.d by f c m ors for food, clothing, building r.w.tori nls, r.md hous ehold opor D.ting iton s.
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. I NDEXES
2 Doc. 15 1 a Nov, 151 t 'Do c_. 151 - ..- _g_o._o!_d_hj;_g!!_ __ -
------------------------------------------- y PJoiccs rocoivod
J 1948 c 1949 a 1949 t Index 1 Dnt o
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a 268
239
236
307
J rm, 1948
:
Prieos p ri id, in<?luding
interest o.nd t r.xo s ij
t
: ,246
y'239'
240 ,Y'249 yy'scpt. 1948
Pnrity rntio
' 109
100
98
133
Oct. 194-6
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y = 1( Aug, 1909-July 1914 ~ 100.
1910-14 100. ~ Also J f\.n., Mny, Jmlo_, July o.nd
Aug !_~4~~ - ,y''_:Rovis e d,--
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Agricultur a l Sto.tisticio.n, In Chnrgo
HARRY A. WHITE Agriculturr. l Sto.tisticio.n
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Wh~at, . B'!l . . $ .~.24
. ~~o .1 , 2.n 2Ge,
.. 88
CO'rn* :Bu.~.
$ ,. 9i
t.35 l . 1.01 1~081
.64
..:_ ... $:1
Oats, Bu. , :.
.67
1.15 ~ ... , ~ -
97.. j 1..
.40
i.ri s~. :~.t.at~~i ,.. Bu.'.~' ~~:a 1:12 .:. :..,, 2
I.. ~ .. 1. 80
1.85.1 ... 70
ll1<'!et Potatoe,, Bu,$ ,
.83
75 I 1 2,20 I 1o
1,951 1
,88
1 I:::: ~::::::.::: ~:::9 :~::o :::~ ~:::5. ton ;!
~a; (baled), ton .PI
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17.50 1
~ogs , per cwt.
$$jj 7 33
l;l:eqf Cattle, cwt.
3 87
i:k Cows, head $1 33.85
l, 1 9 70 1 19 00 !1 135 00
~ l '16,.30 l: 15.50
I I 16.00 16,20 . ~~~- II 137.oo I_I 1::. oo
7.27 5.42
48.00
'.2':0s 1.90 \ 1.93
..1,23
1.02 1 1.13
'1-~341 76
.;66 1
.70
t'54 .
"1".31
2,19 .
-:::~
1.89 I 2.02
:::o 26~.5 1 13.30
21.50 1 2:1.90
20.90 15.60 . 20.40 . 1.9.20
11.80 19.00
194.00 ' 180,00 182.00
c-:hfckens, lb. EgfYs, doz. ~utter, lb. But tcrf at, 1b.
13.2
.l 21~3
. l
1 24.6
I
J 25.7
I j II 32 2
69,0
29,4 59.0
5 t''-' 58.0
n.4 2i. 5
30.7 52.8
s?.o 58.0
I 56.o
f 58.0
I,, I{r -
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58.0
25.5 26.:3
r 65.7
22.3
47.1
110 .5
58.5
58. 9'
l 62.6
63.3
.I Milk ( whol e sale)
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$j 2.42
6.20 1 5.75 l 5.75 ,.
1.60
Cowpeas, Bu.
$i
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3.60 -1~. 3.60 J
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Soyoe11ns, Bu .
$i
l 3.75
2.1o
I 2.so 1
1
Peanuts, lb,
1,
50
10.6
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Pre liminary for DCoembor 1949.
10.4
10~2
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1~ 1
~~.8
Prices for loose hay discontinued since most hay sold is baled.
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4.15 2,36
I 10.5
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INDEX'NUMB~S OF PRICES RECEIVED BY Flk.~1ERS I N G' EORGIA
(Au/S'l~t 1909 ... July 1914 :o~lOO) . . -~
Dec.
Hov . ..
Doc;.
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1949
1919
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All Commodities Cotton & Cottonseed
248 253
217 219
210 209
: Grn.ins
154
126
126
j Moat Animals
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Dairy Product~
377
321
320
:
(M
231
223
222
I
Chicken & Eggs Fruits
300
261
244
193
186
186
f MiscellanGous
185
166
166
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. .. After Five Dn.ys Return
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:P6n-'1}ty for :private usc to p ~en~ of _post age $300.
avoid
Bureau of Agricul fura,l 'Economics
'319 Extci1sion Building
Athens, Geor g ia.
OFFICIAL BUSTI~SS ?orm BAE B-lZSd-2192 ?ermit Ho. _1001, . ,
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tate Coll ege of' Agri. .,
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. SMALL INCREASE IN TURKEY . CROP EXPECTED THIS YEAR
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Turkey~ :growers pla.n to increase t~key produ'Ction. in .1950 by one p~~c.ent,
~he Bur~a.u of A:'gricultural Economics reported toda.y;. :i:f growers carry ou~ :th,eir
: inte9tions, the number of turkeys.. raised this year. 'w;i.ll be 41,8,94,000. Gro~e-rs'
retur~~~ indicate. that the 1%0. crop ~i)l b~ 13 percent larger than the 1.942:"-4.;6::
~verage productioh, but 5 pe-rcent smaller than the -r'e.cord crop Qf. 1945. Interrded
; decre\').ses in the' South Ceni1ral and Western States~ almost offset intended :i,I).C?;r::ease~
t n al_\ ;_other arefis of the country.
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tu_rk~~- ~~ri.ces fol.i;owing the, .T.hanksgiving market, i~rger feed supplie.~- at tl1e ~owes-t ~prices si'hce 19'45 a.nq;: a reasonable profit in 1949. .' : .. .... " ..:
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~his y~ar. An increase of 10 percent is expected _in the East North Central.State~~
In the :North Atlantic States, growers plan an inc~ease of 6 percent. Grower:idn '
~he West North Central States, where a. large part ..~f the early turkeys rare producE~~.
~xpect to incre~se their production by 5 percent. :. ' An expected decrease of 8 percePJ
" ~tr the Western~ &t~tes ; the larges:t producing area."' in tl)e 9oun#y Jn 194~, ~and.' a "~
.'decreal:re of 9.percent in-the South Central State() a1ni.ost .otf~et - the bicr.easfil~ in
a.. ll other area.s. ...
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The numbers of turkeys actually ra~sed usually vary from t{anuary 1 inten-
tions, the di.f'ference depending on prices of feed, ' h~tching eggs and poults~ pn the
~ale of turkeys.remaining in growers' hands, and otl.' the supply of hatching. e~gs. .,
Although pric.es received b'y growers for turkeys during the last 6 months of. l .949
dveraged aqout ?~. per~~nt lower ~han in 1948, feed prices during 1949 avera&ed
~0 ..percent_lowei-, thus largely. offsetting the lower. tur"key prices.- " 'l'he--i3ur.~e-u of
Agricultural Econom~cs ?till. not publish''es;timates : of numbers of turkey breeder herl~
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until late in March. However, reports from the leading .. tur1~ey egg producin$';i>ta.tes,
based_ on the number of_ breeders t.este_d-.::._this e~son .compared with la..s..t -.and, ~?o>; - -
association surveys, would indicate tha::t- there will. be suffi'Cient hatching_ ~1g.e;s at reasonable prices to meet the demand in:~:-1950~ Turkey egg pro~:ucers and h.~-t:cpery
men, in general-, had a prosperous year rih 1949 and are expeq~d to provide. ~
adequate supply of hatching eggs and poults to take ca.re of the 1950 deman~.
For the year 1949, the n~mber of turkeys raised was 4":percent more than January 1 intent~.ons - This happened bece.~se -dur~.g>the ha.tc_hing .sQ.fl~o:n.._\u.~-k~y prices held f ,E+tr:ty . steady and feed prices declindd . ,~ -~percent below ..:t.Qe :_Jfij-i~!l~y level when re~ord farm stocks of feed ~rains and favorable .feed grain pro~p(jlc.ts
became evident. In 1948 the increase ~n number of turkeys raised wa.s 11 pe-t<i.ent
larger than ~ntended January 1, 1948, when increasing turkey prices and pi'ospects
of ~qord fe~d grain production a.nd lower feed prices resulted in a large late
hatch." In 1947 the number of turkeys raised was 2 percent larger than in-eended
January 1, 1947, when higher feed prices and lower turkey prices than a. y~ar : earlier continued t~roughout the hatching 'season. In 1946 when r an uncerti'iin '.:feed
situation developed during the hatching season, producers raised 3 percent vless than . they int~!).ded on J~uary 1, In 1945'the numqer of turkeys ' raised we.s : 15 percent more than Januaiy' 1 .intentions, reflecti:q.g the gr~wing shortage or ~
red meats and . r:i.s ing Jn v~r{ce-y -pt:.io-e s,: . ' *1! ~;19.44 prqdqcer.s. raised 8 .. P~.rge.rrt~-fi\~re
turkeys t -han they p1ann~d. 6ri~:Januar.y --l.~--' :t_.:. - . .:.' _.~- :.: ... ....
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PJi1i' j ,i:~~i. '. l.ary_
:;-N\I.nit'epnid'ebderin_:'~_1"9~50i~49--
r: - - .- - . -., --:-~. -; -.. -... -~ . -- ~ - . .- -. .- . - -Th~qu~sa.-n-d-s..- - - - . - - - ~ - .-~,, .,-_.--,. -.r. e-r.c....e-pt.- - -
Me. .. _-.:,. . <:; 51" :. 5o
.37 ' . 48 . . 00
105
N. H.; ~ 74
73
s '1
69
76
no :
~t.
154
137
100
121
!33
110
}Aass.
308
316
307
335
362
108
~. I.
30
_ 33
,31
34
37
108
!::onn.
177
.178
178
206
2'22
108
N,; Y.
604
741
763
78.6
865
.110
NPa.. J.
, .'
271
1,1s1 .
354 -
328
1,317 ; 1,264
.. 410
. 422.;: ,. 103 , ,
. . 1,378 . . .1,419 ' ! 1o3_.: . ..~ - ,
N.-ATL7 -:-'T -2"";8"So---: 3,~o9-:--: 3,"069-- ~- -3-;3T37-- - .3,;sas -.- -1o6:- ~. :- ....
no . . T T m , l~~ 0 ---
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.-, ...
-. -
. .
!rid. . : .
919. . 9l9 ,
1,241 . . 1,_363 . 105 . . ....
~11.
Mich. .
818 . . 714 .
1,129 867
11016 1~0
11118 975
1~~74
1;012
105 - . no ,. '
-= .. .
Wis.
. . . 571 .
491
442
606 . 667 -110
:runn.:--- ~.-N: CENT7 -3-;821--- 4,7{19-- 4,Ia~-- ~- ~5-;1'77- ~ .- .~~"Ffoo- -"-:fro : ~ "'7-t::.:
-3-;4"'51--- 3.;'S'37- ~ !,"75?J----:- -3";7"52~-- 3 11r6'5':- .- :.-1'037- -::-..-:..;.-1
'lowa :
2, 398
2, Q66
+,B99
2 1659 . 2, 925
pq
Mo~ ' .
1,561
1,:g9
1,310
1,572
1 1651 .
lOS
..
N. :Dak
, 895
633
500
825 .
825 100 ". r:.
~~- Dak, .. . . . 554
29!5
206
288 ;
2B8
. ioo ..: r:
~ebr.
. , 920.
87.3
716
931 .
931
100
Kans. . ; 895. . . . 663
530
7'42 . . 853
115 . . r::
- s a - - w-N'.cE'NT:~ :- To-;s73~ ~ -1'0.,?577-- 7,92't>---- "Io-;-m9-- ....if;'!~~- ----~io5- -~ ~ ~.
D'eT.------ 92----
-
-7o--- -6r- - - - -
- -;t ~- -15"5- ~f ~!-
Md.
43o
396
321 .-
~ 417
438 106 . . '
w.ve.~
va.. ;
1,os2 348
1113,1 : . 398
1,221 498
1,526 sa2
1, 1.s-s
1so
us
no
:" .
~.t''~;;.;~ . .. ' ' 319
. 379
. 360 <
486 . 683
l20
. J ;;
s;c., .
308
357 . 446
.. 714 .. -, 857
120 i:: .:: ..
O:.a. ' 156
: 182
18.7 :
299 .; .: .. 359
120 . .. -.
. Fla.
'1'07
. I09 109 ' ,. . 125 . . 131.
lOS . .. . . <;
: S'.ATL~-~ ey. .... -
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. -: .-:-
-2-;s'2"2-:
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-:- - :- -:-. ~ :1-2!'6~
...... :- -
-
4-;947~ -
- '2'oo -~
-
-
- 'Iis"sb-:-:7'-:;
;i: ::.:::~;..,.
,Tenn.
: 164'
140'
140: . ' :; . 182.
200
110 .. . ...~ -"
Ala.
. . 1S7 :. . . ' 12s
122 . ''
146
.163 ' .105 , ; . ) ,,. :: .
Miss
rog ~ . .
72
:76
95 . . 90.
9fi .!:u ,_ _, ._
Ark.
' . . -136
' .. 851 .
' 70
- :J 190 .
218 . ~
115 l~.i ,, !i' .
La.
.. 50
-. 5'1
4'6 : .:
" 58
:: 64 ; 110. . J....t.. _,; .. '...l u .
Tex., . . . :3 Okla. . . . . 77,1. . . __ .522
365 ,. . . 456_
. 4 79
10.5
s.cEN:T-:.~-
~45,-0;268s.7-.--. 4.16:8e1-4 4. --.:st:,.~ool8io: .-. - ..-- -.5';4;,2525?8-~-
. 3,676 : : S:7
.
.-~.oa-s-:-: :~91~!':" ,~ . -.
'Mont: -: ~ -: "7 -174- - - - !19 - - - 11.3 - - - ..... - -13o- - .,.. ... .Trcr~ "'"" _,:as~~-:~ -~
ldSh<h ... i 305 . 191 , . . 14a.
Wyo. : : 1 . 163
~3l . ..
118 .
26a . , .:'214 : .:~ , "' .'.tf6 1 ,"' ' "'
. ..124 . . 112 . :.J, : _,.i 90 ..:;;::.<
Colo..- .. . .. .... : 89.1
t . : . ;. "'"
< .-702. -.= 562
.
759
. .
,.. : - ... - . , . '" '( ,-
68'3 ' go ;!, . ;
N.Mex . ' :.: :' ; 'Z4 - ., - ~ :.; 9.{ : ; , 94
103
103 . 11Qd 0 :, ,~ r '.,:::
Ariz _.
.. 8~ : :.' 1.~ .. - 5o
60
..
66
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: 1,?:; . ~U:t:ahh. --
1, 528 ).1:0~~39r:::, ~.s:g J~.049 >,. 111,711~0 ::::1~:28~2t : .: tg'75 .i:-~:,.:
Oreg.
CaJ.3. -~".
~. . . ,,3];5 . . .... 4. 483 . ,.
1A.
,'6o3s97
, .
. . ,1,475 . 'it 70.6
.
. _ . 1~593 1~497 .. 94 . , .. ,., ' . .:6 -253 .-:; . 's 035.-. :.- :e-9.5_, :..... .:;;~ :.'
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. .
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WEsT:--- 9 1'1-31'2--- ]" ~o1-..,. 40'! ..... -~- '!2-2'bo-- -1T ~3-s- - ..... ...,. ,2+ -~ ~-
u.s.--- - -31':793-- .._ 37-;i35-- -34:97'0-
;.;;.. :~1:4-,o;;.. ~ -4T:a94 - .- "'"iOf'' '.~...,-+
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Feb~~uary .6, -1950 t . _,
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: ~ GEORG!A: ' The all commodity index .of prices rece;iv~d by Georgia fa~~s. s.how~d ..
.
the f .ir.st gain since June 1949. The January 15 all index was 211 per
.. cent o{ the August 1909-1.4 level, and one .point above the index on Decelnber 15'-;.
On January 15, 1949 the ~],1 c01mnodity .index was ~L~7 per cel).t. The s:l;:i,.ght, }p~r~se
. in the gr..oups of cotton and cottonseed, grains, and meat an:iina1s, more than off-
-. set the' tl8 points ' declili.e during ;th~ past 3o daJ1'9 :in the poultry index. : ;
.. : .
9
,
.
~
Prices o:f corn~. yrheat, oa~s, svvee'\ipotatoes, cotton, hay, 'cowpeas, soybeans,
peanut~, beef cAttle, an'd milk cows made moderate increases during the pe-riod ~
. December 15 to Janua:ry 15~ Chickens and eggs made sharp declines and daj,ry
products and hogs showed sJ,ight decreases.
.
. ...
.
I .._ ,
. UNITED .STATES: . The rev.ised Index of Prices Received by Farmers rose 2 points
.
from Dec'ember 15, 1949, to Janu~ry 15 of this year and novv stands
at 235 per cent of its J anuary 1910-December 1914 base. The increase results
mainly''from higher prices farme1;,s :rece%id for tTUck crops ~nd meat an:Unals which
. more
than
offset:. lower
prices
fo:;-
poultry:, .' .
eggs:,, ;and
.cla,iry_ prod1.. 1cts
.' At the same time, increases in interest,. taxes, farm wage rates-~ and in. !=lrices - ~
. of feeder cattle raised the revised Parity Index (Index of Prices Paid, Interest,
Taxes,'and Wage'Rates) 3l points to 2)+9.
_\
The -Parity Ratio (ratio oL the Ind,qx of Prices Received by Farmers for tl:lings they sell to .the Illdex of -Prices Paid by Farmers for things they buy, inciuding :. interest, taxes, and farm.Wa.ge rate~) was 94 --. down 1 point from last month, and ( 10 points below a year ago
.. :: ..
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
: . Sum.mary .,..., -
-
-
-
J
Tab:;I.e
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~ -
.For The
-
-
-
-
Uni.ted States &!::1
... ,. .....
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-
-
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I
Indexes
----- --=---- ---- ----- ... 1910-14 100 ,'
: Jan. 15, : Dec. 15, : Jan, 15,
. 1949 --
194:9 : : 195o
---- - :
.: . . .
:
. ' :
:~I ----- ...
: Record high
:-tnde:i~ : - -Date - - -
: --- _.. . _ ~----- ..... . ,
Prices Received
265
233
235
306 Jan. 1948
.{ .
:
Prices Paid, _.-Interest;
Taxes, & Vfage Rates:
256
..<1 :-i l!f . . ' ... ..
246
2h9
262 .~/July 1948
Parity Ratio
104
95
94
122 Oct. 1946
:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .._ - .- - - - - - - - -- - - -
--
- - ....... .....,.
-
. ....'....!..
5/1/ January 1950 revisimn Als o June 1948.
' '
. :
{' '
- - . .. . ... . ..~ ~ ,.__...,,. :;~... '
~.-
~ ...
........._.....,....~!........ .
' 1.85 - 1'.85
. , . \~. )2:oa~.'
1:: - .
,.\....,...1'..93..
64... {.25
lol3 .
'
.40
76
70
.70
1-.66
;. 1.31
i ,.
70.5 1,36
,;)
~otton, ib.
Qottonseed, ton
~ay (b~f~d), ton
~~s, pe'r cwt.
~:~ef -Cattle, cwt.
Milk Cows 1 head Chickens, lb.
Eggs, doz.
Butter, lb. Butterfat, lb,
j 25.7
31.6 65.00
! 58.o
1.95 2.10
I 26.9 I . 27.6
I
43.oo 43,oo 1
.88 12,4. 22.55 -
2,36
2.02
2.15
29.3_, :_. 'i( ,?69 :::: ,26.5
65.70
43.30 43,60
17,50.
19,70
I
I
I I 15;50 15.20
I Hi',20: I 16. _50
I 13700 140.00
7.27
-5.42
48~00
24.70 . 21.00
I :10,10 14.80
21,90 15.10
2000
19.00 .19.40
J: 195.00 182.00 - 183.00
1
23.5 I 20.0
I . 11,4 I . 30.~ . -1 . 2.2.3
~0,3
5558~.00 ,
,. ~ ~ ,_~ Re: 9_,;.;~ 45,811 21.5 . < 4_?.t : .40.5 . 31.3
.59,,_9; . ,_,; 2,fi,.5 .. _6;l.5 ..
. _ 57.4
58~0-
56.o " '26 .3 .
s5,6 63,:3' 62.5 ;
Milk (wholesale) i
perlOO#J} ... $!
c'6w-peas, Bu. Soybeans, Bu. Pe.an~ts, lb.
__:$ i
. $!
jI_
2.42 . "'
5.0
I . I 6.20.
I 5.10 :
3.'45 '
I j 10,6: -
:5,75
5.65 1
3.60
3.7o/j
~ '2~S'o 2,70 J
! I ll
.j
1~~ 10.3 j
1.60
-.
4.8
relimlnary or anuary 1900.
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Prices for loose h~y disconti~ued since most hay sold is baled.
4.52 4,24 2;27 10.5
II 4,2i
L
3.24
I -I 2.09
I
I
I
10.4
I
i
!
4.08 3.36 2,11 10.5
' .. INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES ~EIVED BY FAF.M'EBS IN GIDRGIA
(August 190~ July. i9l4 ~ 100)
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
15
15
15
J
1949
1949
1950
' All Commodities
Cotton Grains
&
C
o
t
t, o
n
s
e .
e
d
_;
\,;:, .. .
t
rf-. . ...
Meat .Animals
... DaJ.:ry J?roducts .. ' Ch;i.<;:ken & Eggs :... .
Fruits
Miscellaneous
247
253 157
.....
377
230 ' 278. ..
193
186
210 209
126
320 222 244 ' l86. 166
211
214
' ~ 132 522
220
196 186
..
..
167
.
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.Aftet Five Days Return to
....
United States Department of .Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
' 319 E~tension Building
Athens, Georgia
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300,
OFfiCIAL BUSI1~SS
Form BAE B~2Jso~2192 Fermi t Uo. 1001
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iss. ~~ ellie M. Reese . Liorariari;
tate College of Agri. ,
e,q.
Athens ., Ga..
UNITED ~T,O.,TE.~ ot:.:MRTM E.NT QP
A GR. fc u \..:fU RE.
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UNIV~RllotTV OF vt:O"GtA OP AGFI.IGIJl..TU~t
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February 20, 195&
LIVE$TOCK ON GEORGI.A FP.RMS' JANUARY 1, 1950
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Hvestocknunbers .on Georgia farms January 1 showed inch~ases from one year e:go for : ~
cattle,, hogs .and chi.ckens but decreases for workstock and sheep. - Total value of al+.
~ivestock -except cattle were dovin from last year :due to low9:r: average values pel" he g. d
00:-ttle showed e. subst nntio.l grdn p'nused by incr.eC,.sed invento:r:y o.nd slightly higher '(:
~.ve r o.g e prices. Totrl current v.n1ue for o.ll livctstock of $181,.1171 000 wo.s 3 per .cent
le~s thnn the corresponding $ 186,6211 000 of Jon:u~ry 1, 194'9; '- ----- -
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'!'he estirn.nt:cd 34,000 hqr.d of hors e s nnd 2241 090 '_fii.ul e s this ;yer-r were 8 p e r c ent below
re$pe ctive figure s of 37 ,;000 nn.d fH4.000 lo.st .,Y.co.r. This is r.. continur,t ion of tho
downwn r<;l trend of the p c.st s-cv ornl yor,rs ond is. n r efl ection of incroscid us c of
tro.cto~~ nnd power e quipment. This de croc.se in works tock nunb u rs toge.ther vlith lower
per ho o.d pric e s -r e sult e d in . 30 .per c e nt l oss v c lu(J .. $32,200,000 r.gc. inst $45 1 949;009
NunbGr vdues
of
-o f
hogs vrr.s pl r. cod $35;ozo,ooo ~,nd
nt 1, 700,000 hoo.d. r gdnst $38,977 ,ooo - o. docroo.sed
1, 604 1 000 l e st yor:.r 011 d vrluo of ton por cent,
re sp c ~t!.\0
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Cattle ~umbers of 1,220,000 compn r od with 1,0991 000 one y or. r. r.go showe d n v o.luo of $1011 6261 0001 or n 15 pe r cent gnin from tho corre sponding ~S8,579~000 of 1949, .
thmb e rof chicke ns wns osti'Tl.r.tod nt 8 1 708 1 0001;>irds or nn incror.so C?f 4 por cent fran tho 8 1 3731 000 of lrst y ur. r. Vc.1ue f c l;t off: 6 pe r c ont b ocr.us u of lowe r current prices. Turkeys with 471 000 birds - uncho.ngod from l nst yor.r showe d n r e duction Of
12 I'o_r._ ca nt in v r.l uo
DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA LIVE~TOCK VALUES BY KINDS ON FARMS
t Po rc Gnt of tot nl v r,luo of liv6stock - Jcilur.ry 1, 1900)
l
Chi
-- " -...,, $12
c
1
ken 147
s
1
0
& T 00
u
r
keys :""
...
__.....-~--
----~- .. ..,-,
-r-~-+-~..:.~~--------:.:...-.
\~1'
I, ,
' ,,
i ',\, 6.'7%
/ .' ./ \ " \
Horses
~~ 2,856~000
1. 6%
/ \ \I
\
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M~~ 2u9l1es344,000
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\
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. :
/ 16 21o .
. .,__\ _\1 -. Co.ttlo
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rI -...:i. .__;_____._____. :.-:. - -- -..:.\\'lI .
~ 101, 626,000
56. 1%
1 I
~ '\ H~ 3o5gs,o2o,oo o-
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Ai'to r Five Do.ys R~turn to
.. . . -.) + ::..- -----~--~
Un~t o d St o.tes Dopo.rtmont of Agriculture Bureau of Agricui~uro.l Economics- - ..-., ..
319 Ext ens ion Bui~ld:ing , .-
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Athens, Ge orgi e.
OFF.ICIAL BUSINESS Fo:mi. BAE~Jl 2/50-6l29
PCi:nit No._ 10-01
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Pdn ~. lty : for priv nto us c t r.void p nymont of post o.go $300.
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.:LSS . .C :1 $ - ,. ~ ~ v -~,
r
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1.' b..r-a
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...,... .. ,._,
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. _l Thousand Year . : He'ad:
i. . 1939' t . 194Q.:~. . .... 'l
:l. : r1w94z1 .
'' ,...:.... :.i19914M3. .,:'
.1945 ' ' 1,946 ' .
1947 1948 1949 1950
1939 ; 1940
1941 1942 - 1943 1944 ' -1945
. .1946
1947 ' 1948 19'i!9 1950
,.
Cattleand Calves
924 $ 21o.s0
953 '963.
1,011 1,062
234.0
2470
32;. 70 41>80
'
1,136 ' 1,181
4490
4o~ ao
1,146
49.30
1,157
57 o"70
1,145
63.90
1,099
8Q.60
1,220
83.;30
$ 19,866
: 22,300
23,750 . 33,033 114,367 51,000 48',185 56,498 ,66,759
73,166 88,579 101,626
, Mule a and Mule Colts
331 .. ~- .' $ ],50,.00'
$ 49,650
. 320 " . . 155..00 .
49,600
314
15000 .
47,100
311
ts5.oo
48,205
297 . . 17400
51,678
.. .
229a1s.c.... -
.:
204.00
199~oOO
59,364 SG-,716
276
19400
53,544
268
20400
. 54,67~
257
197a00
56,629
244 '
173.00
42,212
224
131.00
29,344
Cows - ~d Heifers, _2 yettrs old and over, . ,. : kept :for milk... . . . - . .
p 365 309
362 . 380 395
399 395
.403
- 399 ' 395
379 406
$ 3200
.35.00
. 37.00 50~00 . .
62~00 ~ - . .
69;.00 63';.00, 73,00 . 95;,00 94;.00 n6.oo 123.00
$ 11,680
12,915
13.,3~4
19,000 . 24;490
27,531 24,885 r
2$,419
33,915 37 t 130 43,964 49,938
Sheep and Lambs
1939 1940 1\341 .1942 1943 .-., - ... .. 1944 .. 1945 .
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
23 $ 3.45
$
79
1,6.62 $ 7;.20
21
3.50
74
1,750
5..60
19
3.55
:
67
... 1,590
5.90
. 18
4.45
'
80
1, 732 .
9.o30
. 18
4.95
89
1,875
13.00
18
5,,40
97
2,065
12ol0
18
6.10
110 ~
1,?32 .
l2o50
16-
6;.40 :
102 '
.1,507
. 1720
15 .
8.60
129
1,688
21;.50
14
88o
123
'1,654
24;.30
14
9.30
130
1,604
24.30
13
9.8o
127
1,700
'20,60 .
$ 11,966
9,800 9,381 16,108 24,,375 24;986 21,650
2!3. 920 36,292 ..
40.l92. .,
!'38, 917. .
35,020
Chickens ( e."ltbluding chickf1 under 3 mos.)
. ~lfeys
1939
7,900 $ .62
. 1940
8,219
56
1941
7,642
;.59
1942 I '9,159''"
e74
1943
10;.244
.92
1944
11,198
1.14
1945
9,811
lo20
1946
10,139
lo30
1947
9,256
142
1948
8,639
1>41
1949
8,373
lo51
1950
8,708
h36
$ 4,898
4,603 4,'509 6,778 9,424 12,766 11,773 13,181 13,144 12,181 12,643 11,843
46 $
2j,45
$
113
47
.2;30
108
52
2;.30 .;:
120
.47.
2 ~ 80
132
48
3;.80
182
45
5o00
225
35
5,20
182
44
5~t80
255
55
6;.30
346
41
6;.50
266
47
7,30
343
41
6.40
301
Total value ~s sum of values by age groups. .. Include<! in cattle and calves.
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UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK HIVENTORY - - - - - - JANUARY 1, 1950
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Livestock and poultry on farms and ranches sho>ved a net increase during 1949 for the first time since 1943, The increase amounted to 2 per cent and placed the aggregate total for
January 1, 1950 above that of the two previous years, but 16 per cent below the peak on January 1, 1944. The main features of this upturn were a. 3 p,Slr cen.t. inc;rease .il1 cattle numbers and the first increase in milk co\'TS since they started dropping 5 years ago. Hog numbers were -p.p for the second straight year~ and chickens and turkeys recorded gains. Sheep numbers continued the decline that started in 1942 but at a much slower rate. The number of horses and ~ules continued their downward trend.
~ven with a slightly larger number of livestock and poultry, the farm value of 13,211 million
dollars v1as 1.0 per cent below the record high of 14,657 million last year, but 54 per cent
.- !lbove the average. Except for sheep, January 1 values of all species were lower than a year
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yattle numbers increased nearly two million head or about 3 per . cent during 1949. This marked
~ definite uptrend in the cattle numbers cycle which reached _t);le low point two years ago and
!Showed only a slight increase during 1948. The increase in all. cattle was accompanied by
gains for all of the different classes except steers.
Hog numbers were the largest since 1946 and were up 6 per cent from 1asf; year. Nearly all the increase was in hogs under 6 months old and reflects the increase in the fall pig crop. . !):he number of hogs over 6 months old was about 1 per cent higher than last year. However, all of this increase was in the number of sows and gilts being held for spring farrowing. The number
of other hogs over 6 months old was down 3 per cent from last year.
Horse and mule numbers declined sharply and at about the same ra.te as a year earlier. This decline continues the downtrend vrhich began in 1915 for horses and in 1925 for mules.
The number of chickens on farms, exclud~ng commercial broHers, was up 7 per cant from last year, P'Q.t was l per eeiit' b~low averagq. fullet numbers were up 12 per 9Cn'(; following an increase of 17 per cent . in chick~,ms rai~ed in l~9, while ben numb.ers dropped 2 per cent. Turkey
holdings on farms J"anuaty..l wel.'e -'I,Ip 10 J?Cr O<l~t from a year agO
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AVERJi.GE P~ICES P.AID GEbRGIA. TlhlBE.R1 P,RODUCERS . FOR ST,A.liDiim T IHBER AND SAHLOGS
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(/l.s of January 15, .1950)
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D;uring t}:w. .f~il of 1949 the Georgia Crop Reporting Service .published' the results of ' ~
r~~d. led su:Mi'.e,y conducted last Septeinoer 15 among sawmill operator~. _ove.r. the .State as
to . prev.ailing. p:r.ioes :being .paid . Qeo,rgia .timb'el" produoel's _for.. s;tan~.ing tinlb_e_;r __ and for
c :.:.vl ogs "deliv ered at local railroad sidings or at the sawmill. On January 15 of this
ye ar
a
similar survey was
made
and the
data
13-re
being
presented
in tabule.r
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? rices. :r.e p orted ~. b.y dth~_ . l}~wmills were -t. ~b'tllated _'Qy fore~ try ar ~t s- ()f :Wh~ch , tpe =re are
f ive m the State (see acc.ompa?ying out Hne map), ~ - A ~ ea average__ pfi'ce s 1sh6\m ; ~over .
the main k inds of timber produced in .t .he State~ .pJ:unely; Pj,fte ;~ "RE?~ ~i:lk, TJh;i.te Qak, . Gun.;: .
and Popl-ar. 'l~here :_are :v:ar.ious .lunber. .scale standards Usf;ld, ~h P'?Yif'lg_:t;:ytiber - bUt-- the -- - ---
Doyle .-:-sc'ale ~:Ui; th;e ::on.e .UlOs.t conun6nly 'USed . in Ge.orgi-i:l. .so. pt.iqes : .of. st;a:rid~l;lg ~ imber an<J.;: : .[
sawlogs-g:\.i.'ot ed e.re in tenns of this scale by kinds of timbel!' and by a r~as. In many
individ ual' c a sas ' prices ps.id timber p roduc e r's will vary frcm these- a'verap.:es, depen,d~. : . >'
ing upon such f a cto.rs as _qualit;y,size c.nd locatiQn.
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Acknowledg em~nt is made to the s awmill operators over Georgia. whose coopei-ation ha s
made t h es e r epoits possibl"e. Also, v'aluable assistance in fonntilP'ting the price
schedule and in ana lyz).ng the results was rendered by foresters of the- Ge org i a
Agricultur-al -ExtensiOn Se rtic e , School of Forestry of the Unive rsity of Georgia, members of the State and Unit e d St at e s Fore s t Services, and the South~ as te rn Forest
Experiment" St a ti on of the' U. s. Fore st Se rvice at Ashev ille, North .Car.olina '
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ARC HI E LANGLEY Agriculturo.l Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultur a LStatistic ian, In Charge
Harry A. 1.;!hite Agricultural Statistician
Return Aft e r Five Days to United Stat e s De pa rtm ent of Agriculture
Bure au of P..gricultural Ec anomies 319 Extension Building Athe ns, Ge org-ia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE - 2/50-1, 3~ Pennit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid p ayment of postage $300.
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March ~~ 1950 . ;
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FARM
PR!~E
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FEBRUP.Rl': e s
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GEORGIA: On February 15,
t,he index of ~~ices re,ceived b:~/deorgia farni~rs ad,.; ' ' .
vanced 7 p:oints and was 2l).(Fper oerit of the August 1909 - July 1914 average~ ::.;
1'he .c'!rren~ index ~~ 19 po1z:ts lowe:r. than q,l}::February 15 . on~ J_Tear ag~.
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Comparing prices in mid-February! 'with .a yea-r ago~ all eommodities were down except '.
milk cows . .l'he CJ,;ve;ra;ge price of :most co~odi'j:.?-es wet! up slightly compared with
J~munry 15; 1950 Eggs and oats viere the brU;Yitems showing a decline. . ..,
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By groups of products, change . in index numbers from January 15 to February 15 were:
meat animals chic;:kens a:r;d
up 22 points, :cotton eggs dovm 20 P?:Lf.lts,
and eottot!seed da.iry products
up :!;!
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points1 grains 2 points, and
D..dvnnccd J points~ fruits an.d :mis-
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UNITED STATESi : For the second con&ecutive month' the Index of Prices Receiveq by
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F'*,r.mer.s ros~ 2 point.s and it} midi-Fob~uary roa~hed 237 per cent of . the
January 1910 - December 1914 base, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics armounccd to-
day; Tho ; :indc:;~ on..February"l5 waq 7. per' 6ont bclo1v a year ago,
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Higher prices forhogs, beef cattle, veal calves, lambs and c;tton wore mawly'rospon~
sibl'e for tho risi3'"in tho Prices Roccivod Index. Among commoGlitios with lo,.;.cr prices
in mid-F obru.ary than a month earlier TToro truck crmps~ dairy .p~oducts 1 and:oggs . .,
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Moannhilo, slightl-y l'o17er pri.ccs for food, clothifig, :and farm supplies lowered tho
~arity Index (Index of. Prices PG..:L_d,. Interest, Taxes 1 and Wage Rates) 1 point to 248-'..i
about 2 .
por
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year
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Tho Parity Hatio (ratii' of the Index of Pri'co's Received by Farmers to the Index of
Prices Paid by Farmers Including Interest, Taxes? nnd wage Rates) nas 96, up 2 points
from last month; 'ciid 5 points bclon a ycJ.r ago
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Taxes, & Hage Rates
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249
248
262
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122
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Agricultural Statisticihn~ - rrt Charge
ARC HIE LANG LEY Agricllltural SU1t i..s tid..a.d
J/oi AND ,'J.'l
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Bu. 1'.
Wheat,
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' PRICES RECEIVED BY FAFMERS l'EBRU.ARY 10. 1950 WITH COMPAR!OOUS
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1950 1950
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July ''l914 ~ 1949
Jan. 15 1950 .
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1.02
1.00
.95
.40
,689 .705
.i!eQ_ ,' 15 1950 1.93 1.16 .706
Irish Potatoes, Bu. $
Sweet Potatoes, Bu. $
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Cqtton, lb.
qottonseed, ton $
Ha.y
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:ton.~. ...
$
Hqgs~ per cvit.
$
/',,
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Beef Cattle, cwt. $
Milk Cows, head $
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Chickens, lb.
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Eggs, doz.
1.12
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7.33 3.87 33.85 13.2 21.3
2_.50
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1,85 2,10
31.0
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53.00 .' 43.00
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17.60 . .: 15.20
18.00 16.50
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28.7 ~- :..' 20.0
48.0
45,8
loBS 2.25 29.0 44.00 20.10 15.80 17.70 138.00 24.0 37.0 .
.70 .88 12.4 22,55
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7.27 5,42 48.00 11.4 21. 5
1. 71 I 1.36 1.33
2.44 -29.2
2.15 2.2l
I 26.5 27.5
53.40 43.60 43.60
25.50 21.90 21.50
19,60 15.10 16.60
18,70 19.40 20,40 '
187.00 183.00 184,00
29.5 20.3 21.8
41.8 . 31,3 29.6
But-tE\r, lb. But~6.~f1a.t, lb,
24.6 25.7
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Milk (wholesale)
per 100/1; J}
$1
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6.20 5.00 3.45
53 ,0 53.0 56,0 56.0
25.5 26,3
5.65 5.60
1,60
3.70
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2.70 2.70
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4.30 4.06 3.95
I~- :36 4.18
- 2.05
3.41 ~11 2.12
Peanuts, -lb.
5.0
I 10.6
10.3
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10.4
4.8
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Pr1ces for loose hay d1scont1nued s1nce most hay sold 1s baled.
10.3
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INDEX 11UMBERS OF PRIC~~ REC'EIVED BY F .hl~M~:RS IN GIDRGIA (August 1909 .. July 1914 :; 100)
Feb. 15 1949
Jan. 15
1~50
Feb. 15 1950
All Commodities Cotton & Cottonseed Grains lf:eat Animals Dairy Products Chicken & Eggs Fruits 1ii scellaneous
237
211
218
243
214
2215
154
132
135
358
322
344
229
220
218
223
196
176
194
186
186
187
167
167
After Five Days Return to United .States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFIC.l~ BUSitTESS Form BAE B..3/f50- 55 Permit No. 1001 .
Penalty for private use to avoid payment , of postage $300.
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UNITED !)TATE".~ DEPAR.TM ENT Of' . AGR I CU 1-TU RE.
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UNtVE.RSITV. OF G'.0Pil.Gt,.._ COL.!..~<:> E. OP AGR.i GVLTUR.t.
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March
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GENERAL: Up until mid-February, G~orgia experienced one of the mildest w:i:n_ters on
record. However, since that date, temperatures have dropped with ':jome frost damage occuring in extreme southern counti.es. The .ear1y_planted acreage of
snap beans. was~ killed or serioU.sly damaged by frost. r!aterrnelons that Tiere up
were~ dan1aged and considerable :replanting is taking place. Lack of soil moisture
up until the first week in J.larch did ext ensive damage to the early spring cabbage
crop in s outhern areas. Rairis have now been received in all southern commercial producing areas and th _ciJ..rrent outioolc is improved.
CABBAGE, .EAll.LY SPRING: The spring cabbage crop in Georgia is in poor condition.
Both quality and quantity vr.ill be short .thi s year due to
the long drought in this area. Harvest season will be drmm out over .a long pericx:l
since many-fields were replanted late~ . Unsatisfactory prices are being received
at pre sent . Only 9 cars have bet3n shipped by. rail to Harch 11, co1iipare.d with 58
on the same date last year.
CABBAGE, :t:JORTH GEORGIA: A small increase is .indicated for the NorthGeorgi~
cabbage crop. Recent cold weather j_n this area has caused some damage to the seed be ds. Transplanting may be delayed somevYhat due to .the _setback of ,the seed beds
LETT\fCE: Lettuce prospects are :i.nt~)roved over one month a f;o as rain has been re-
ceived in this area. J"ight harvest is expected around lilarch l,t}. Th.e acreage appears to be about t ile same as last year.
ONIONS: Prospects have improved as good rains were received clurin:z the first half of l.!.arch in the main producing areas of Georgia. Disease infestation is
reporteq light this year due to better than usual organized spraying programs.
ffiiSH POTATOES, EARLY SPIUNG: This crop :i_s off to a good start in the principal commercial area of Southeast Georgia. Recent low
temperatures hcl've retarded grovvth but actual damage has been minor. The prel:L'1linary acreage is est:i.Jnated to be slightly l arger than one year ago.
WATERMELONS: February acreage intentions indicate about a 7 percent iri'c:rease over
acreage harvested last year, or a current figure of h9,QOO acres.
Planting was delayed somevrhat due to the extreme dry weather in January and
February. Some damage by frost to the early plantings has caused cons iderable
r eplanting in extreme southern counties. No planting has taken place in central
Georgia to date.
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L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
TRUCK CROP NEWS . - OTHER STATES
March 151: :f95'() r"..i: ...\ :
'"" ...,.. . CABBAGE:. ,The cal:;>bage crop is in very good condition in tpe !11;).in producing areas
. of Louisiana. Light movement cori't:i.n\J.es but cut-t;.ing is b eing delayed until prices become more favorable. Cuttillg is active in the Mobile area of Alabama. Peak harvest is expected a.round ApriJL 1. The spring cabbage crop in South Carolina is in much better condition than on March 1. Shipments should become general the week of March 20, and reach peak about April 10.
SNA.P BEAillS: 'Recent rains in centra], and north Florida have been very helpful in
getting these plantings off to a go<?d start~ In the Everglades, dry
weather, high w:i.nds, and insects are affecting the _Cl'QP and general conditions at
this time is only fai:t' Freez.ing tempe~iat\l.I'es heavily damr:.ged snap beans that
were . up in Louisiana~ About. one..half of the snap bean <l c:Ceage in South Carolina
has been planted and the, baiance should be in by ApriJL 10.,
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LETTUCE: Light supplies of Iceberg should be available into April from the Everglades, Rus~in~ and Zellwood sections of Florid~. Harvesting of the
Boston plantings will be about completed during the next -Ewo weeks. The South
Carolina l ettuce crop is in fair condition. h!ovement ;Ls . expected to begin -around April 1 and reach peak about April 15~
POTATOES, IRISH: Recent rains have improved the prospects in the important Hasting section oi' Florida where the crop has been subjected
to an extremely dry growing season ana a rather damaging frost. Hea~J movement
is expected the latter part of April. aga in this year in Al a.bama, but most shipments vill occur in May. About one-third of the Irish potatoes in S.outh Carolina
are up. Plants which sprouted early were killed back but al"e coming out again~
WATERllffii..ONS: Some watermelons have been planted in most sections of South
Carolina but t he weather has been too cold for extensive seeding.
General ra:ins over most of the watermelon area have been most beneficial in getting
the re-seeded and newly plant ed acreages to germtnate . in Florida.
NOTE: Other Georgia Truck Crops vli11 be adde ~ as they eom.e ~nto ~rodl,lction.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUS INESS Form BAE-D-3/50~1366 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private useto avoid
payment of postage 0300
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The_pr_o:J?)~~P,Ol~tin~ BoaJ;d of the Burea~ o~ A~riculturai Ecqnomics .r;lake&..:t}* fo'J;l~~i~ng
repppt for t ne Un1ted Stat.es, on ' the 1n~1ca-r,ed acreages of certa1n crops ~in 19$:0;;.:
base d. -'Uponr reports from farmers in .all parts of the country on or about .M~r~h- l :-re-
gard:\.ng. their acreage plan$ for the- 1950 season:.
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The_:g)~rp~$8. of. this r.e port is to _assist growers ~en_arally .in lllaki~~ such. fu~'t1_he:r .; :_
cbctrges . ln :.the1r acreage p;Lans as ~;?,y app~ar desJ.rab le, The acre_a,.~es a~-r,u;a1+_;r. pl?.,nt-
ed in>:l950 may turn out to be l ang~_f 01~ SI;lGl.ller than ;LndicaC.ect~1 J:ly)cea,sql),! :(),f: weath'err
r: . ' -, conditions, price changes, labor supply, financial conditions, - t'he agricultural
program, anti the effect of this r~port its elf upon farmers' action:;; .C(t ' :,:
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19,727 ::.,, . 87.4 ---<,
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11,208 lJ~-879 :.. : L:3 , 8 . .
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GmRGIAa According :tq - ~ 1 .repol'ted inteni;ion_s, Georgia farmers e~&ct to plant less
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acreage in crops (othe~ then cotton} .in +950 thah .they did l'ast yea.r . The total.. .
ai nndd i caal tlehd ~redwlJi9t h:tioa.nr
aaounts to eduction o
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per cent. Peanuts with an .18 cent are responsible for this
per cant sm~ler overall decrease
acreage from the
1949 acreage . _Practically alJ other main ~rops shOw figures equal to or above last year.
UNITEI>.STATESI ~ ~.r.,b.ti.Y~lY.~.B,rge' acreage of spri~~;~ : dropt ~sill prospect for 'l?50 The .
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.1ncrease in ~li~ t?tal of 'l? crops (including . hey-~ fo;o which :P~?Sp:ect1ve acres
are estimated, 1s from 274.2 DU.lhon acres in 1949 to 277.9 milbon acres thu seaso-n. In .. -
terms of total planted acreage, this increase is more than offset, however, by the large decline
in winter wheat seeded last fall. Declines in acreages are large for corn and ~ring wheat,
small for peanuts, dry beans, rice, potatoes and tobacco; all these a.re crops for which acreage
allotments will be in effect in 1950.
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Pri~ci'Pal crops planted or grown in 1950 may total nearly 359 million acres, allowing for duplicahon"S and for _numerous crops not yet surveyed. This would be about 1%- million acres less than in 1949, also less than in 1948, 1944 and 1943, but would exceed: the total in any other year since 1937. The peak period was in 1930-33; when the range was 369.5 to 375.5 _million acres.
comparisons are possible between prospective plantings and allotted acreages ~d.er government
programs in only a faw instances .For wheat, the pro~ective 19,727,000 acres of spring wheat
plus the 53,023,000 a.eres of winter whea.t, totaling 72,750,000 acres, is very slightly below
the national 'allotment for all wheat. For cotton and peanuts, legislation is still pending
whi~ ,may permit inereased. acreages. At the tiule farmers reported on intended acreages, in..
dividual farm allotments were rather generally known for wheat, tobacco, and potatoes, but not
in all 'instances. For corn, rice, peanuts, and dry beans, individual allotments were rarely
lmown, although the general phases of the programs had been published. Thus, ac;tual acreages
. planted
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changed
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allotments
become
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individual
farms. ~
A sharp decline in food grain acreage is in prospect, compared with 1949. W'inter wheat acreage .
wa.s reduced 15 per cent and prospective spring wheat is down 12.5_per cent. If yields of spring wh~_~t should 'be a.t the 194~8 average, about 1,185 million bushels of all wheat m~ be produced in 1'950. Allotment a.ereages were originally designed to obtain production of 1,125 million bushels, bu:t were later liberalized.
Farmers werl;l able to take into account most factors affecting 1950 crop acreages in making their plans. Availability of farm labor i.~ not reported to be: a limiting factor. Nevertheless' many farmers sa;y that they plan to curtail acreages of crops involving heavy hired labor requirements, shifting to these they can handle themselves with mechanical equipment, in view of relatively high wages. ~inery in use and available was ample for making rapid progress when fields ~ere rea.d;y' last year, and is likely to be ample again with more fall plowing done than usual. Sum>lies 9f some spring-sown gr~s and clover for seeding have been a little difficult to locate 1ii. some areas, but this is not likely to limit plantings seriously.
Plans r~orted as of March 1, well ahe~ of plan~ing__ time in. much of the country, are neces- ~
serily subject to -modification. One factor aiffi~t to evaluat"e is a. possible further effect of acreage allotments for several crops when they become known for indiVidual farms.
fQ!!: The 1950 planted acreage of co_rn is e~eoted to be 82,765,000 acres or about 6 per cent
below last yea.r, a.ecording to farmers' reported intentions as of March 1. This compares with la.St year's planted acreage of 87,910,000 a.eres and the average of 89,825,000 acres. The 1950 planted acreage would be the smallest in over 50 years, reflecting .the effects of acreage. allotments in the commercial counties of the Corn Belt end in other important producing States. WHEAT: This year' :s all wheat total of 72,750.000 acr~s will be about 14 per cent below the - . 84,931,000 acres planted for the 1949 crop, but 10 per cent above the 1939-48 average of 66,026,000 acres. The indicated total 1950-planted acreage is slightly less than the acreage allotment for ell wheat including acreage allotted under the provisions of .Public Law 272. - .
~~ The i950 acreage of oats, including both fall and spring planted, will be at a. near re. . . cord: level according to farmers' reported intentions. At 47,964,000 acres, the l~d devoted to oats will be about 8 per cent more then ~ 1949 and 12 P.er cent above average.
TOBACOOa A total of 1~581,000 acres of tobacco for 1950 iS indicated by reports of farmers
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intentions as of March 1. This is about 3 per cent below last year's acreage. Most
of the reductioz; is taking place in burley acreage, but substantial cuts are being made in dal'k
,Ul'"CUl'ed and f~re-cured types.
PEANUTS& 'l'he prospective acreage of peanuts to be grown alone for all purposes in 1950 is in-
: , d.icated at 2, 570,000 acres - 12 per cent less than the 2, 929:000 acres grown alone in
1949. This includes peanuts for picking and threshing, for hogging-off, and for other purposes.
Growers' plans, ~ reported about March 1; could be modified by the changed regulations now
peing considered.
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. _ _ _: ~.a:t~fac.tory fo!' ._Y.ouqg tr.uck crops. Strong winili; :o;n,:.Mafieh: 2,7_-l{h apd
light fr.ost ;on .-the 3.0th and 31st 'ciii considerable damage~ -t~ some<oT .tlie;ea;rJj, ;!
pla ntings"qf-snan. be<tns~ ~uc1.nb~rs, .end t~matoes -. The cabb_age -'crop. :has _:~a-ct~: _:.:
r apid pro g r:~s~. :t.owal:d matu:d~y, . with, mark~t .~onditiops .ve.r.Y .11.nsati~fa~tory1
. caus ing some ;fields:. to be. plowed under. Lettuce harve~t. --':j.,s ;well :uriQ.erv.ray, with
t:he best quality that has been produced in the pa9t severa].. years. Adequate . ;-
. mo \st~re p~~v,:fN?? receive~. tn a:J,l arE?~S to p.a,te _
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...ten:t. ofdp,mag_e .ll4.s. n()t been d~terni~ie d ' but s9nie replapting vrill be necessary :An
'inc'rease in acrea-ge is indicated over last year t s acreage iri s oU,:th Georgia. .: .
CABBAGEj s~~'.I'i-I GEORGIA:: -Har.~est of t1.1~ 1:1arly _spring cabbage:.ha's been active- :_'
. .. . .. :. ....~ ;. . > .. cluring thE3 ,pa$t tvvo. r;reekp. The -cabbage deal in South <j(}eo:r,-gia ,nas beep ~ver;Y' disitpp ointi.n.g this year, :both in prices r 'eceiveci ancr
quality" Some producers state that current price.s will not pay for harvesting.
, . -:T~;i.s is . re.sult .mg ._ ~ maw.. f_iel,ds pe.ing _plowect ,D:nder m Q. . fed, to - ~ivestqck, and
; some are h~rvestipg only a portion of their prod~c.tion . . . ", .
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LETTUCE: Harvest ofthe lettuce crop is well a:dvancedJ and .U. S. ' No l g_u.ality
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. disease damage has shovrn up at present time, and soine harvest is expecta:l
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t~e, < . A.eq1,1,a~e : moisture lias been r.ece~ved and go-od st,a!}d:;; ':- ~re.. :r:~poited. in-.this
area.
TmiL:\TOES: The strong winds on March 27th did consid~rable damage to the p]..ants alreaqy set in the fields and some replanting will be necessary.
PTII!I IENTO lT.ti:PPER: Good pro gress has been made on pimientos, in planting to the fields and pr epara~ion of land to set plants.
1~ATER1\JE LONS: . Watermelori: plantings in south Ge~:r:&ia are . ;'~eJ:r1-dv~~ceci:, - ut ~ool
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LIMA BEANS a:.. Pi~t:i.ng ." o Lima beans is active in South Carolina and somi:l.'are .comi~g /up. Re-
ports indicate about the same acreage as last year.
SNAP BE.ANS~ Snap beans in South Carolina are 'in go6d to excellent condition en a slightly
increased acreage;, In north ,Florida, the crop wa.s generally set back by the re
cent cold winds and low te!'aJ?_eratures. Very little harvesting from this acreage can be expected
before late April or early ~
... C.ABB.AGE& ~eak harvest i!;> underway: in the .Mobile area of !l.abama._ Quality is good but unfav-
. ,:, o:rrab,le pricel> . may result in some abandonment. Ail ampfe supply of :-good quality cabbage
is. now generally available in South Carolina. Cutting of early cabbage in Ocn:teret county of
Nerth Carolina: should get underway about April 15t' withJ>eak movement commencing .a week later. A good cabbage orop is ready :in ~uisiana but ~ unfavorable market is discouraging cutting. Some ~rea.go has . been . reported powe(f up .fot pl"antlJng to .Other :crops, In Florida shipments of cabbage declined slightly dUJ"ing the ' sE)cond hal:f of the month, Market conditions have been most : di scourageing throughout the entire sea.sim and economic abandonment has been heavy in somo
areas.
LETTtJCEa Generally, North Carolina's lettuce crop is in fairly good oo:ridi tion; however, some
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of the oldcst .plants were damaged ra,thor severely by freezes which occurred around
the :Urst o:f..March., F$;rst harvest of Romaine and Iceberg is expect-ed to get underwSQT around April 15. ~c South Carolina. lettuce crop is in good qondition. MOvement began the last week
in March and is expected to 'bo heaviest around mid~April.
IRISH :POTATOES& Irish potato prospects in South Carol ina are very good. Stands are generally
good and plants are looking ~ell ~ - 'the .:Ala.bama crop escsped. wi:th minor damage
frqm recent low temperatures and tho current outlook 'i's' e:ood. Minor digging will get underway
in southwest Alabama. during the nex-1; two weeks, but volume movement is not expected unt.il the
la.~t week in APril .:
ONIQNSI lXD'IJlly m~ldew is seriousl,y affecting the .onion crop . in Louisiana. and some l'lf the acreage
-: . . is a.l.rea.dy .reported wip!,'ld out, ,A:bandonment of acreage P:.as b.een heavy in the
'Raymondville section of TeJ(:as. .''l'he heavY- infestation o thrips and blight around mid.,..Fobruary
af~ectod practically "all c1ops .in th~s area. The ~y weather has done considerable damage to
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replanting.
. ll..ost of the oucumber acreage i:ri SouthCarolina has been seeded. an.d is '\lP~ to a good
stand. In Louisiana planting has been deleyed by wet weather in March. l/.ost of the acreage
. 'th:a.t wa~ .,eede.d.w~ll prob~bly have to b~ ,replanted.
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TOlvWOESl Transplanting o South aai-olina~ tomato~i; is 8Pout complete in the ;Be aci'o:re;.cha.rlesto~
area.. Some plantings direct ' to the fields are ,yet to be made, Conditions ha.vo not
been favorable fpr setting this. crop in Al.al.nuna. .pettiAg shoul!i. be active during ~e next two
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plant~ngs up. acreage escaped
In the Leesb~g dalllage; .f~o)ll the
area of Flor1da.1 the op1n1on 1s that about oneld.d-FebJ'Ua.ry-f:rost and, .i;p.at hai',.estJ..pg ..of this
acre~age :W~ll :start in late April aJ1.d early l4ey; . "ln the : &ea. north .~f'J,eale... t.~e . ~.1:01> ~il:! ~ener
:. . ;ally tW() wee~~; . to. f3. mo:qt_l'_J. l~t~.?.+: thap last ye.er, Much of the good progress that was m8:cto.1n tho
. early plantedwa.te;melon ' se<ftions l!lf Texas was last. .the second half of March by strongw1nds
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6~~RGIP~: ~- Conti11u:l.ng the ~~c~very begun at' the fir-st of th~ rew Yea:r, ~ihe' all coin-
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' modity inde~c of pTi.ces :raceived by ;far1c1ers in Geor,gia advance<;l again for
~he thir.4 consec~~ive month. On Narch 15 .it sto9d _at 224 per cent of the August
1909 - July 1914 average. This . is 6 poi.nts higher than reported a month earlier,
~tit it- i~ 15 poi:nts below~ its level of March 15 a year ago .
-f~-~st of the con~o chty : groups . includ~d in the :index contributed to the risee The
li:iggest .advance .was reco~~ded by th~ Chicken and Egg g roup, .even though the price of eggs vras down . Other groups shovring increases in .order of magnitude we:h:~--: . Grains,
C:b'ttpn 'a'hd Cottonseed, and Meat Animals Among individual items pri.ces w~re up from febr{lary: as :follows: Chickens, 6! c~>nts per pound; Corn, 9 cents a bushel; Wheat,
6 cents a bushel; Sweet Potatoes, io cents' a bushe'l; Beef cattle and veal' calves,
40 and 5{i "cen,ts a cvvt., respectively; Cotton, a cent a pounO:; and Cott.onsEted, a .
dollar a ton. Dairy products were slightly off in price, wh:i,le othe~ commodities
. not lis ted remai9ed practiqally tm<2hanged.. .
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.. r~ge Rate., ro s e 2 . points , (nearly 1 per cent) dp.ring the. month end-
ed March 15. During the same period, the 'Index of Prices I{eceived by J:i'arm~rs re:~
main'ed \mchangeda't 237. As a result, the Parity .H.atio (ratio of the Index of
Prices Received by Farmers to the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers including'Inter-
est., Tax es , and Wage Rates) declined one p oint to 95, the same as December 1 949 and
the lowest, .except for January 1950, since July 1941. ,..,.
The rise in the Parity Index rf's~lted from _-widespread. but mostly sr,1all price in-
creases in several of the groups of commodities b oU,ght for both living and produc-
tion. Feeder livestock vvere substantially higher; building mat erials, food, and
feed advahced mode r ate1y . Pric es of auto supplie s , farm supplies, and seed were a
little l ower l
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fruit, :c9tJcon, grain, meat animals, and: pou,ltry and eggs were higher.- . These in-
creases vrere. offset by'decreases in prices of truck crops and, dairy products.
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Inde...xeS'
; Mar.-:: 15, : Feb. 15, : Mar. 15, : . . : Record -hi-gh
. . . . . (1910~-l[~ ~ ':Lob)_~ _: _- ~ --i~Lf9 : 1950 : 1950 _:.-:'""ri}d~x--=- - -_ Date--;-:-.
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Prices Received
Prices Paid, Interest,
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258
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237
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237
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306 '
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Jan~ 1 9l.f8
Taxes, lie Hag e Rates
255
248
250
262 :~/ July 19l.f8
Parity Ratio
. 101
. 96
. 95
122
. Oct. 1946 -
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D. L. FIDYD Agricultural Statistician, In Char~e
HARRY A Y!HITE Agricultural Statistician
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O'pttonf, Lb.
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1.24 .91 .67
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~~ef Cattle, ewt. $
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Mil.k 'cows, head
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2.05 2,05 2ell
1.45
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2.55 k.75
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1.85 1.85
2,25
2.35
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30.0
45.0
20,10 .
1~80
17.70
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13800 24.0
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140o00 30.5 35.8
540 530 52.0
56.0
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20;00 2050 189.00 . 30.3 41.2
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63.4
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P:rices for loose haY. d~scont~nue_d~s_i_nc_e_ _l_ll_o_st]!?..x_so1d ~s-::b::::al::::::ed.::':=:
l.o93
198
hl6 hi9
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27~5 43e60 2le50
28.0, 43.00 2+,2d:
-1:6e60 20-.40 184:o00 2~ 8
29~6
1610
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186e00 23.8
573 .; 56;.7 63.1
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3;,95 3.o4l ;
2;.12 10.6
355
2;.25
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I :t.".DEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.ARMERS IN GIDRGI.!
(J\ugust 1909 - ~uly 1914 :a 100
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All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
G:rains
}1!eat Animi:ll s
. . ~ty Produc.ts
.< Chicken & Eggs
. Fruits
Miscellaneous
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United States .Department of Agriculture
Bp.;r:eau, of Agricultural Economics
619 Extension: ~uilding
_.Athens, Georgia
.on:ICAL BUSINESS _.
Form B~B-4f~2255
Permit No.- -1001
Mar. 15
Feb~ 15
Mar. 15
1949
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186
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UNIT'E.O !>TAT.~
DE.PAi<.TM f:.NT OF
Cfro-1;. AGRIC..U\...TURE..
UNI.VU?.SrT-Y Of' . GF:.O"'-GIA C.OLI..E.OE. OF AGA-1.G\.11-TUR.t.
Athens, Georgia
April 11 , 1950
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GIDRGI.A 1949 GOlvlvlERCIAL BROII&R FROLUCTION HIGHEST IN HIS'IORY OF STATE
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Georgia. 1949 commercial broiler pr.oduction set an all time high reccird .
for the State with a total of 45,574,000 b,irds marketed during the year.
This was the third consecutive year that 'all previous records have -~een
surpasseO.. 'l'he 1.949 figure was 38 per cent above the 33,025.;000 bitds
produced the year before and S9 per cent more th?.n the 28,71,7,000 of .. ,
1947. As usual, Georaia ranked third in the nation with Del.awar.e a:r;1d
Ma.ryl.and holding first and seoon4 places, respectively~
Gross income from broile;s amounted to .$32, 9?7,000, or an increase. of 13
per cent over the previpus high of $29,108,000 for 1948 and 35 per cent
greater than the $24,191,000 of 1947. Average live weight per bird
vtas 2.7 pounds compared with 2.6 in 1948 and identical ~ith average weight of
the tW;O y_ea;rs before ~- Average price per pound live weight was 26.8 cents compare.d w~ th 33.9 one.
year ago and 31.2 cents in 1947.. .
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Main commercial counties are C:herokeo, F0rsyth and Eall with Barrow, Cobb, Davson~ Fulton,
G~~ett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin, White, and a.dj?ining counties maldn~ up most of the r~ .
ma.J.mng commercial areas. Some other sca.ttere(!. cottnt1es produced eome bro1lers and current .
further e~~sion . i, s taldng 'p1.ace.
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~IAGRAM ~WING PRODUCT. ION A,HD .VAIJJJi! QF GIDRGIA BROip:RS
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Year
N't2gor
ralo2
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1935
000 $ 230
I 1936 "1937
800
1 ~ 100
384 539
140
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. 1938 1939
1940
"1941
1,300
1,600 3,500 6,000
611 67S
1,495 2,775
1942 10,000 5,152
1943 17,000 12,198
1944 24,000 19,116
1945 29,520 24_,466
35 '1946 22,435 20,171
. 1947 28.,,'717 24,_191
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t- 40
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Apout 1,482 milliolf pounds, ).ive weight, of commetc'ial broil~rs were produced in !10
~tates in 1949 -- 37 per cent'' more ' than in 1948. 'l'he average live vveight pr'ic~ was
2S.l cents compared with 359 cents in 1948. Gross income from .broilers was
$hl61 66h,OOO -- 8 per cent more th~n . ;l.ri 1948. Although farmers p::.oduced 37 per cent mbre broilers in 19LI9 than in 1948, they received only 8 per cent more for their
b ~oilers bc;cause the .a:verag~. :price n.ts 22 per cent ld'V1er than .in ~9.48.
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D~laware led all States with 15 _pEn" .cent of the Nationl~ broilers :Ln i9l~9 ;fol,.lo.Wed b~
M?-z:yland Vvith .lf? ',per' c~t~ Ge'q,tpa V(~th 9 per cen-t, Virginia and Arkansas with .8 per
-cent. each, Te:~~a;~ <and North Carolina with about 5 per cent each and California with 4
p~r . cent.. Th~sJ3_;:g States aceount~d for 6L~ per cent of: .the 1949 commercial broiler
.Ptoduction. C_omrnercial broiler production has been expanding rapidly during the past y~ar . Concentrated areas are sprmging up in many parts of the country, The record _production in 1949 on a pound-age b a~;Ls vms three-fourths as large as farm chic ken
sfles and made up about hro-fifths of all chickens sold .in the Unj.ted. States
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T:he-_term conunercial broi1.9r as used here, includes all young chickens of the heavy or
eross breeds_, 2-4 pounds .live weight, rai ~ed for lUeat- and from which pullets are sold
il:$ brotlers as well as the cockerels. Commercial broiler production is not included
~ f<::\r~n prod'<~ct;i.on" estimates.
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Me.
N. H.
6,509 25,385 35.0
3,321 11,624 35.0
8,88.5 10,545 43. 1 2)1+ 27.3
4,068 3, 952 14,227 27.5
11_, 803 3,912
Vt.
400 1,480 35.0
518
480 1,728 27.5
475
Mass.
6,374 23,584 36.0
8,490 71 458 26,103 28.0
7,309
R. I.
606 21 242 37.0
830
697 2,440 28.3
691
Conn.
N. Y.
9,800 36,260 37._0
6,79il 22,420 )7 .o
1.3,416 111 760 44;683 8,295. 8~:1.53 27 1 720
29.0 29.0
12,960 8,039
N. J.
4,176 14,198 39.0
5,537 5,136 17,L!62 29,3
5,116
Pa.
7, 903 27,660 36.0
9,958 10,432 36~512 28.2
10,296
w.-Atl:- -4~,TI83 -lc4:0~3-- 36:4---59,997- ~8:6!3- 214;114- -2TI.3-- - 6o,coi-
Tihio- - - - 3,'~8) - I1-;1o7- - 37:) - - 4,16"5 - ,...4-;'479- -1~i,333 - -30.0 - - - Ii,3oo-
Ind.
9,503 28, 509 37.5 10, 691 12,J.5h 39,533 29,5
11,662
Ill.
7, 872 22,042 38.0
8,-376 91 053 26,25h 31.0
8,139
Mich.
1,104 3,643 39.0
11 421 1,546 5,102 31.0
1,582
Wis.
4,235 12,705 38.0
4,828 5,082 15, 246 31.0
4,726
'E.-N: cent:23,297- ?s-;oo6- - 37:8- - -29,4BI - . 32,)14 -100,4"58- - 3o:3-- - 3o-;4of
Miiin: - - - 1,384 - :~4-;1)2-- }8.o - .... -l-;57s-- 1,661 - -4-;9"83- - 3o:o-- - -l-;h95"'
Iowa Mo. Nebr.
1+,018 141 063 5,080 15;240
500 1,!~0
;35.0 JS.o
35~o
4,922 5,334
h90
h, 621
ll,L~30
1,750
16,174
3L~ 1 290
4,900
25.0 26.0 27.0
4, 044
G, 915
1,323
w.-N: Kans.
11 034 . 2,895 35.0
1,013 1,551 4,188 29.0
1,21)
Cent:12,'0lb- 37"';7~0-- '35:3....... ._13,337- 21-;oij'- -6Ii,">3~ .... -2"b.3-- -1"b,992-
Dei.--- ....53,24) -lc:),o"bo- - 35:1-- -rf7,93"b- 7l-;BE1- 222,TIJI - -i1 .2 - ..- - 6'0 ,751'6-
Md.
38,233 122,)46 31.~.7
42,45~ 413,174 149,339 27.0
L~O,J22
va.
26,477 8.2,079 35.4
w. Va;. .; 11,817 38,996 35~0
N. c.
18,286 53,029 347
s. c.
3,951 10,273 Js.:o
29,056 l3,6kt9
18,)_~0 1
J,9olt
38,127 1181 194 13,708 43,866 21, 9h3 61,4lrO
6, 519 17,6o1
26 .9 2'7 .8 26.9 3o .o
311 794 12,195 16,527
5,2so
Ga. Fla.
33,02) 85, 865 7, 271J 18,190
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108 094
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h5,57h 123,050 26.8
32,977
_ff;3_t?1_-2J;r~w----33F --7, 731
s .-Atl: .... I92,3io -575;8)8- -3s.o. ,~ ...,.2o1-;6o2- 254,293 -759-;749- - 2r:3-- - -2o7-;436-
Ry:- - - ... I,o9o - -3-;032-:- - ) s:o::-- - !,16o - -1:526- - 4,273 - -3I.o - - - 1,32"j-
Tenn.
2,596 6,490 . 39.0 _\ 2,531 3,115 9,03~. 30.0
2,710
Ala.
Mis ~ .
Ark.
5,995 14,988 36.0 ' - 5,396 10,491 27,277 28.3
5,984 16~157 36.0
5,817 8,378 24,296 29.0
24,386 68,264 . 35.5 2)_~,234 30,033 106,492 27.5
7,719 7,046
29~2 85
La, Okla.
1, 617 4,042 43.0 1,056 2~851 35.0
1,738 998
2,426 2,006
61 550 ) 1 216
36 .0 29.0
2,358 1,513
Tex.
14,208 36,9.4~ , 38.3 . 14,148 25,290 68,283 30.0
20,4EJ5
s.-cent.- -55,92"0 -1-;2-;7Es:-co1o:--..,.- 910- ....2-;h)7-:- ~
t"'Jo6::of--
- -56,o22-
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9i:-2o5 ~s"',42I- -2"8.'8 .... - -72,Ii41-
""'l~JIO-- 3,537--35.0--- 1,2']'8-
Ariz.
729 . 2,0hl 41.0
837
838 2 1 ~30 36.0
675
Wash.
3, 756 11,64h 38.0
4,1~25 1+,883 14,6h9 31.0
h,541
Oreg.
1,214 4,006 39,0 1,562 11 578 5,050 30.0
1, 515
Qa1if___1_21lh4 _ _201..381.... _ _23_~0- _ .....19,145~ _2Q_,18~ _ ~6.z.502__ .2,1..!0__ .... _?,0.!616 ~
West.
U.-s:--
22,35.3
3~_,785
70.J._'5?.CJ l.P79,7cl--
313 .2 . 26";9)2
JS:9-:-"..-J87Y,J9l
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29,391 92 1 1758 hTI?-;oE91,482,4.55-
31.2 -2'8.1--
28_, 7TJ5"' 41(),'b64 ..
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,.:1Agr!ici.tltur<;iJ ~;'-tatistician, ;I1;1 Charge
Athens, Georgia
April 13, 19)0
GENERAL CROP RI;PORT FOR GEORGJ;A AS OF APRIL 1, 19)0
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GEORGIA: Uuseasonabiy warm- we~ther during the fall and winteJ?- months made possible
more than the usual amount of farm vrork and resulted in unusually favorable vegetat:lve growth of small grajns am~ winter cover crops over most of . the State. Ho'Vlever, extremely dry vteather in the Coa.stal Plains section caused consi de rable dainage to early planted trucl< and coveil." crops, grains, and pastures. Damage to
woodland from fire in 'this territory was the heaviest in recent years. The abnor-
mally mild Yrj.llter caused fruit trees to \']evelope irregularly with blooming of peaches, pears and plums starting in early February.
High vrinds, freezing weather and heavy frost the latter part of Harch and early Apr:i.l caused considerable injury to early planted truck crops and serious damage to fruit crops in raost sections. This damage was especially heavy to the peach crop North of Ilacon. Oh April 1, prospect,s for wheat and oats v1ere good in most .areas of the State.,
Cold nights have delayed planting operations. On April 1 only a small portion of the acreage had 'been planted in the southern area and. yery little progress had been made in the central and northern dis tricts.
GHllllJS: Based on April 1 condition the Georgia vvheat crop is placed at 2?050,000
bushels. This represents a decrease of 10 per cent from the 2,280,000
bushels harvested in 1949. The condit:i.on of the rye crop is rep orted at 8!:. per cent
compared with 80 per cent one year ago.
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PEAC HJ~S., (10 Southern States): Fr eez:i.ng temneratures the night of April 6 damaged peaches in South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.
Hardest h;i.t was Spartenburg Co11Jlty, South Carolina; where early reports sugge st a disaster 'con\.parable to 194.3, 'i:hen the crop was near ,failure. It i s too e arly, however, to accurately .eva],uate the damnge in these areas. The following conm1ents apply to prospects 6n April.l and do not 'take into account the effect of low _temperatures since Ap:r:il 1.
ago, In the 10 early southern peach States the April 1 condition is reported to average
62 per cent 'of normai ' in comparison "vvith 55 per cent a y ear
67 per cent two
a years ago, apd 78 per cent three years ago. The 1939.-48 average is 71+ per cent.
North Carolina ha~ favorable prospect; free1~e damage to date being iJostly to .
Hileys, a md;nor variety. In the Sand H:Llls area, trees were in f ull bloom the first
Yreek of April. South Carolina orc hards have been damage d by low teHr-e ratur es . Most
serious losses are in lon sp ots and :Ln orc.hards Pith poor a ir drainage. Prospects
on April 1 >'rere more favorable than last year. In Georgia the abnotmally yrarm
Tieather during the vvL'1ter 1nonths failed to produce the necessary hours of cold
weather to induce the d6rmancy of most varieties and t he development of the crop has
been very irregular.. The Elberta trees bloomed in the extreme northern section of
the State earlier than in the Fort Va lley section. Heavy frost 2.nd below freezing weather dl~ririg March caused considerable damage to tt1e North Georgic;t crop. The re-
ports fro m Jaclcson and Hab ersham county area indicate an almost total failure. On
the morning of Uarch 31, the teaperature dropped b elow freezing as far south as
Fort Valley, and the damage nas severe in many areas. The damage yms heavy in all
sections north of Hac~m . South of; Macon the current prospects point t;o a :j_ight
crop. The below freez;i.ng weather on J:,Iarch 31 damaged the Hiley 'crop, .especially in
lm: places . Elberta's came throur:;h in f air coridition in Fort Valley and Montezuma .
are~s.
Alabam9- and 1\lississippi report heavy losses from March ;freezes . . mri Arl~ansas, peaches Yrere in fu],l bloom on April 1 in all commercial areas. Although s ome buds vrere killed by frost the last week of Earch, the outlook is ..very promising. in the Clarksville area and fairly promisipg in the Nashville-Highland and Crovley Rj.dge sections, In Virginia, there was some kill of early blooming fru,it in the southern and southvres:tern counties, but in ,the comnercial producing areas cold weather retarded the develo'prnent of b1,1ds and there had been very little damage as of April 1.
D~ L. FLOYD
Agricultura,l Statistician
In Charge
JJtCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistici an
UNITED STP,TES '-:- GENERAL .CROP REPORT AS QF APRIL 1, 1950
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progress of farm work and vegetative development slowed down under ~elatively un-
favorable March weather in most of the country. h'luch of the advancement resulting
from the niild winter was offset, and numerous area'S now report backwar dness of a. few days to a. week or more~ . Snow remained only in northernmost areas, but .fields
were wet ri-.orri melting snow and March rains so that li_ttle work or seeding was pos~ible before April l. . Little concern is felt yet, however, as more than the usual
fall plowing was done a.n:d mecha.ni zation of farms enables farmers to make rapid pro-
gress :once they can get star-ted. - A few warm, sunshiny days in early April w-ould do much to rectify the general situation. Fall sown gr~ins ,. meadows and pas .tnres were growing slowly; some winterkill and heaving was apparer1t in areas where snow cover pad been inadequate. Soil moisture is mostly adequate, the chief problem area. being.
tn the cent:r.al and southern Great Plains and the Southwest, as most other dry areas
received rain or snow in March. '
Prospects for the winter wheat crop have declined and the current estimate of 764
million bushels is 121 mil~ion bushels less than forecast December 1. This is chief
~y because of. the continued dryness, aphid infe .station and acreage abandonment in
.'t-he southern Great Plains As the crop emerges from d9rma.ncy, some thinning of ~ta.nds is apparent in East North Central States, where alternate freezing a.~d tha.w-
~ng occurred because of inadequate snow cover 1 In most areas outside the southern Great Plains, .reductions in prospects and acreage losses a.re rather wide spread but
telatively light, occurring largely in fields where frost heaving or standing water ~illed wheat plants. Soil moisture is mo stly ad t;: quate for the present in central
Gre at Plains a.rea.s,but spring rains wUl be nee de d to maintain continue d developrpent. Live s tock have been moved from ~~heat pa.stur,es in mo~.>t areas.
Growth of vegetation was rela.ti vely slow during March, retarded by c.older than usual weather. Pastures and meadows were slow to start, but with e..mple so~~ moisture, . most areas are in a. p osition to make good growth when wa rmer weather comes. Pasture cond ition, at 80 per cent, was l point below average for April l and 5 points b e low the relatively high l evel a yoar ago. Poorest pasture condition is reported in the dry Southwest. In the 'south development has been slowe r than usual, but pastures we re still supplying rel a tively good fe e g.
Fruit and nut crops have face d severe haz.ards during the winter and on April 1 still had t he usua l April and Ivla.y s pri ng frost hazard to p a ss. Suppli e s of or anges for spring and summer will be a t en th .large r th&.n E y e ar &go, but li mited grape fruit supplies will be avail able from Florida throuz h May and from Ca lifornia during the . summe r. App les a ppelir to heve survive d in ali princ i pal producing are as with a minimum of . damage, as cool March weather r e t a rded the bloom. Peaches, howe ver, will be a.n extremely short crop in the Paeific Northwe st whe re many trees we re kill ed and bud kill was he avy from the ssve re WEather. Peach prospects in Geor g i a , South Carolina, Indi ana and I:j.linois we r e a lso r e duce.d ;by frost pr ior to April l,
. WIWTER 'NHEAT: April 1 conditions indi~ate a. 1950 winter wheat crop of 764 mil!ion . bushels compared with t he 1949 production of 902 million bush e ls~
This is a de cline of 121 million bushe ls from the forec ast of 885 million bushe ls mad e last December~ . Below normal pr e cj.pitation during the late fall and winte r . mon ths i n the i mpor~ant winter whea t producing area. of the southe rn Gre a t Pl a in s Sta ~es r educ e d crop prospects and incr e ased a creage losses, A crop of this size , if r e alized by ac tual harves t, would be the s ma llest since 1944 and only about l pe r c en t above the 10-year average of 75 9 milEQn bushels. Production in 1 948 was 1,008 milli~n bushels and the r e cord w&s 1, 068 mi llion bushels in 1 947.
MILK PRODUCTION: Milk production on United State s f &rms in March wa s 9, 996 million
pounds, about 4 per cent more than was produce d. tn March 1949 and
6 per cent above the 19 38-48 Murch aver a ge of 9 1 448 inillion. March production e sto.blishE:l d a p.ew high record for the month, exceeding the previous high of 9 ,925 million pounds produced in March 1945 by 1 pe r cent. An increase in milk cow numbers a ccomP.ani e d b y another new high March rate of prod~ction per cow were the f a ctors responsible for _'the r-ecord total milk o.utput for Mar e-h.
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TOiffATOES: The toniato plants that have been set to th,~ _fielqs . are making slow pro gress . Warm weather -vrith moisture j~s needed for this crop .
nATERMELONS: The cold neather is retarding grm~rth and hindering _.pJ.ap.ting of
watermel ons. The frost damage is reported 'hea:vy ii)'- dome areas a.):).d
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SNAP BEANSI Frost caused considornble dnmage to snap beans in r.~ost sections of South Carolina on the mornings of tho 7th and 8th. Mo~ornont from early plantings are expected
to begin around May 10. Le1tc cold 13nd frosts have . nc~essite1ted considerable replanting of
snap beans in Mississippi, and r.nich acro3ge is yet to be plarited. All snap beans in North O J
Carolina that wore up 1 were severely darnngod: by frost and :freezes which occurred last week. Tho crop is now considered to be one to two weeks lnto
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Continue to be g_ood-- . ll.overnent is expected ~ pick up tho last week of April t but most of the
crop will b'o hR.rvcistCd during Mey. Market conditions in Florida on cabbage conhmle to ;be
mO"st discow:~;~ging and much production is being abandoned.
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April 7 by frost. Some farmers rcplMted, but it is not expectod that tho total
acreage lost will be replanted. Most (Jf the cucumbers that were up in South Carolina wore
killqd by frost on, :tho 7th and 8th. Replanting has been activo and plantings arc expccte!i
to be completed by April 20.
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Carolina's l(;)t.t\lce crop has mad,o. l!)nly fal;r progress since April 1, ' -Some light harvest of too
ewllor crop . l,s underwavr but voluoe movement will not begin until tho first week in May
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ONIONS: H&vest of the :Raymondville, Texas cDop was practically finished by the. middle of
the month.. Harvc~t of; the Laredo crop has r eached the active stage. All north
Texas onion areas ~o ro b.ecqrning scrio1.1sly l,n need of moisture when tho mid-Apri~ .+ain? occurred . StBIJ.ds 1n sooe of tho north Texas ~fields are thin as a rosul t of poor q1.1aJ1ty _
plants, but ths 'plants that survived appear-to be in good condition. .
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Insh potatoes ' in South Carolina wore dar'lngcd by frost on tho 7th and 8th, but plants arc
sti-ll in fe.irly go'Oa7'coruHtio:il"With first digging expected ab.out May 15. Much of the North
Carolina's p~tato crop VfA,9; cy.t down l ast week by freez~s and light frosts. Gonerally, ,post
or-tho crop 1s expected to pull out, however, stands w1ll be spotted.
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is still active ro1d vrill likely continue to some extent until May 1. The Mississitpi tomato
..crop is getting a l ate start this year. Lata cold and frost h ave killed many plan s and
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because of low tcr.rporatures. Productlon will doubtless b e l a ter thBIJ. usual this year. In the ir~portcmt Leesburg a.roa of Florida, those :iolds which escaped damage from the mid- . . Feb ruary frost should start harvesting j,n late April and esrly May. In ~he area north ~f
Ocala, the crop is generally two weeks to . a. mon:th l ator thGI!l l a st year. Prospects _wez:c materially ~r.rprovod _in all watt?rme.lon areas of Texas a s a result ~f the mili:::AprH,rains. Some of the earhGst aroc.ts tha t showod early season: pron1se of produchon around the ml.ddle of
May are now expected to bo about two weeks l at .e.
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TRUCK CROP NOTES
May 1t 1950
Athens, Georgia
GENERAL:. Weather conditions during the last two weeks have in;proved; however,
growth has q_een substantially' retarded by cool weather and lack of::.mois- .
crop areas ture. Much nl3eded rain a.nd warm weather wa's . recei:ved the last few days of April
in most of the commercial truck
of Georgia. Rainfall for the . St.ate has
been far below normal to-date. Cabbage and lettuce harvest has passed its peak,
with other truck c~ops running from one to three weeks later than usual, due to
the late cool spring and dry weather.
SNAP BEANS, SOUTH GEORGIA: The snap bean crop has been hard hit this year, and
very low yields are expected, Quality will be poor
unless ideal weather condition:=~ exist for the next two weeks.
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The crop is late, with light harvest expected to begin around the 25th of May.
ONIONS: The onion crop has been held back by the dry weather, which will result in lower yields th!,Ul at firs~ : expected. Rains have been received the
las~ of April, but they came too late to be of much value, Light harvest is expected to .get Underway by the middle of May.
PIMIENTO PEPPER: Pepper growers have had a difficult time this season tryi11g tci set plants to the fields. Sufficient moisture will have to be
received during the next. 15 days for growers to get their intended acreage set. '
:BOTATOES, IRISH: Prospects are not too good B.t this time for a normal potato crop in South Ge orgia. The crop is late, due to the cold and dry
spring, and no harvest is expected before around June 1. The cold, late spring, has also held the North Ge orgia potato crop back and s orne of the crop .is n()t, up yet.
TOMATOES: The South Georgia tomato crop is making fair progress after all of the set backs this crop has had'. Some local areas were badly damaged by
hail on April 27. Harvest is running from 10 days to two weeks late; some harvest is expected to begin around May 20.
WATERMELONS: Watermelons are making slow progress this season, and the first harvest will be much later than one year ago. Due : to the adverse
weathe r conditions, some areas will not harvest the acreage intended earlier in the se.ason. Most areas received rain the last f e w days of April but more i .s needed.
CABBAGE, SOUTH GEORGIA: Volume movement is over for the South Ge orgia cabbage crop. Light harvest from the late acreage se t 'is going.
to market with some little increase in prices. This has been a very dis appointing season for cabbage growe rs in southern areas. Some North Georgia cabbage is being set to the fields under favorable conditions.
CANTALOUPS: The cantaloup crop is reported to be two to three wee ks l a ter than usual this year, due to the unusually cool and dry weather prevailing
since planting season . ~eports from o.ll areas indicate poor stan<ls and more than the usual amount of replanting necessary. General rains the last few days of April, combined with warm weathQr have been very beneficial to the cantaloup crop.
D. L. FLOYD
Ag~icultur a l Statistici an, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator
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TRUCK CROP NOTES - BY STATES
AS OF lvlAY 1, 1950
LIMA BEANS: Lima beans in So~th Carolina ~e ,i,n good condition. The crop j_s
about two weeks late viith some plantiilg still being made.
SNAP BEAt,lS: The condition of snap. beans in South Ca17olina is fair, hov,rever, with .recent rains the crop should show much improve1aent. Some movement
is expected about Hay 25. The North Carolina crop is now about two to three weeks
later than normal. kith favorable weather conditions, light harvest should get underway in the Wallace section during the last week in May. Volume shipping is not' expected until May,, 15 - 20 in Louisiana. Harvesting of the spring crop in the important Everglades section of }'lorida is well past its peak. In the north Florida areas light harvesting started during :~he last weel<:: of April and should be in its peak production during the first t>vo necks of May.
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CABBAGE: .This week will about end .the cabbage deal .in South Carolina. Yields
'were exceptionally good in Alabama Hith harvest almost complete . The Tennessee crop . is s,till about two weeks late and cutting will' probably not start until late May or early June,
ONIONS: Conditions were favorable for active harvest in most Texas onion areas the past two weeks. Present yield prospects ...in North Texas-are much below
average.
TOMATOES: The outlook is for a normal crop in Alabama, : but ' production vr.i.ll be somewhat later than usual. The tomatoes .in the Beaufort..Charleston
area of South Carolina are in good condition with gr~en wrap .movement likely to begin about June 1. The Idississippi tomato crop is =4ate, and .conditions point to a small :tomato crop this year .
CANTALOUPS: Cantaloups in South Carolina suffered from April cold and are in fair condition. Nuch replanting was necessary and stands are irregular.
The oldest fields in North Florida are nmv setting 'fruit and the earliest harvesting is expected in late Hay, with the bulk of the crop moving the first half of JUne.t
CUCUMBERS: Host of the early_planted cucumbers in South Carolina were killed by April frosts and cold. Some movement is expected to begin about June
1. The crop is i.n .fair condition in Alabama, but is late. It will be .the last of
May before any signif:Lcant volume is marketed, with most of the crop moving lli.' Jure.
In Louisiana poor . stanti-s - have been ~obtained;~ after a great deal of replanting,
even as much as three and four times.
IRISH POTATOES: Digg ing is expected to begin in South Carolina by May 20, and reach peak around June l. The potato crop in North Carolina will
be tvTO to three weeks later than usual. Digging should get underway around June 1. Carlot movement is underway from Baldwin county Alabama and good yields are being realized. Harvesting of the spting crop in the Hast:1.11gs section o,f Florida is over the pE;lak.
lifATERMELONS: The watermelon crop in Alabam,o. is about .tl1ree weeks l.ite and prbd-
u<;tion in .J1g1e ,is expected""'"t'O"be very limited. Even though the general. progress of_the melon crop throughout the main producing areas of Florida
has shown some . improvement during the second half of April;, the effects of SCJ.l)d
storms, cold and frosts, follovred by dry Yl@a.thor, are apparent everywhere Shipp-
ing has started in the iinportant Fort Pierce! and I,eesburg areas. The area north
of Ocala :and on up through Trenton, ranges from bunching to runners' 18~ to 24 inches
long. In the Live Oak area a fevv fields may start by June 10-12. Uost early plantings of Miss;issippi watermelons had to be replanted and the crop wilt .b~ . later than normal. Mqst ear~y vmtermeHort crops in Texas have .held up fairly well de s pite
the wind damage, dry weather, a.nd below average temperatures. Some harvest is
expected in the Falfurrias and Hiv1e ra sections starting the wee~ of May 8-:-13
After Five Days -Return to Unite'd States Department of Agriculture
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fARH PR!CE REPORT AS OF J.PRIL 151 1950
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GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prj.ces Rece:i;yed by Georgia farmers took a four
point gain to' bring it on April 15 to 228 per cent of the August l909-
July 1914 average. This was the fourth consecutive month in which "the index shoned
some increase, but it is still 12 points beloV'l the level at which it stood on the
same datea year ago.
Practica1iy all.of the increase was due to higher prices received for cotton and cottonseed. Cotton advanced an average of a cent a pound, and cottonseed rose two dollars ,J. ton, over prices reported l a.st .month. Corn nas. up four cents a bushel:, sweet potatoes ~~ere higher by f ive cents a bushel, and beef cattle broug}:1t 20 cents more per .cwt . Price of eggs remained unchangeci, but chickens were off three cents
a pound, hogs were dmvn hO cents a cwt., .and whoJ,.esale mi,Dc was off 25 cents a cwt..
UNIT:GD ST~l.TES: ,The I ndex of Pri~ es n ece).ved by Farmers rose )..J. points during the
month and in mid.:..April :reached 2hl per cent of the January 1910December 1914 average. 'I'he Inde~~ on April 15 11as almost back to itG October 191..~9
level, but 6 per cent below April a year ago .
During the same period the Parity Index rose one point ;from t he March level to 25"1, the nighest since the 252 of J1me 19L.9 . The rise-in the Parity Index resu lted chiefly from highe r pric.es for procluction. iter.Is, notably feed and f~eder livestock. Price s for items bought for fami ly living averaged about the same as a month ago, and the seasonally ~djus ted index of wage. ra,t?s .was d011ill .2 points .t o h27.
As a consequence of the greater i ncrease in the Index of Prices Received by Farmers,
the Parity Ra.tio advanced from 9.5 to 96 9-uring .the month. ,.
Hir,her average prices were the rule for most commodity groups sold by farmers t:lis month, important exceptions be:Lng the Dairy Products and the Poultry ancl Eggs groups both of which wore down seasonally about as usual. Most noteworthy changes for individual commodities we re: soybeans up 23 cents a oushel, corn 7 cents , and v.rheat
3 cents . Among the r.1eat animals, beef cattle 1:ere up UO cents and calves 20 cents
per CI'Jt. On the dovm side , hogs vrere off .50 cents.
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3.87
$! 33.85
I :::: I I 20.10 20.20 15,80 15.40
I1:::: 18.10 140.00
18.30 141.00
7.27 5.42 48.00
I 23.80
I 18.30
I 21.00
1188.00
21,20 21.40 1 16.10 15.60 1 21.00 21.80 I 186.00 1187.00
Cllickens, Lb. Eggs, doz.
I 13.2
I 21~3
30.5 43.5
30.5 35.8
I ~7.3
35.8
11.4 21.5
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23 8 1 23,3 ' 42.3 . I 31:6 I 30.8 '
Butter, lb.
1 24.6
Butterfat, Lb.
1 25.7
Milk, (Wholes~e) per 100# ]J
$1 2.42
Cowpeas, Bu. Soybeans, Bu. Pean\lts 1 Lb.
$!
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1 5.0
]J Preliminary for Apr1l 1950
I 54.0
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55.0
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55.0
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5.50
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4.70
3.85
I 3.65 I 2,80
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I 53.0 I 56.0
I ' 5.25
I 3.90
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I 10.4
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25.5 26.3 1.60
4.8
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61.4
I,I 62.4 I, 61.0
3.74 1 3.81 3.60
4.18 1 3.55 3.73
1, 2.08
i 10.6
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I 2.25 I 2.48
I 10.5 ' I 10.6
Prices for loose hay discontinued since most hay sold is baled.
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.APMERS IN GJOClRGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 100)
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All Commodi ties
240
Cotton & Cottonseed
247
Grains
158
li!Elat Animals
3$2
Dairy Products
222
Chicken & Eggs
212
Fruits
195
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15 1.950
224 232 144 349 213 187 186 169
April 15
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240
146
348 .. 212
180
186 _ _1-6_9
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Athens, Georgia GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA .'\S OF HAY 1, 19$0
May 15, 1950
The unseasonc&ly warm weather during the first part of the year was followed by intermittent cold :;maps and heavy frosts uptil late in the spring. Rainfall has been below normal and soil moisture is badly depleted in m.ost areas. - Uidely scattered shol:Yers have been received since 1-.lay 1, but a good general rain is needed in most sections of the State.
Unfavorable weather retarded ~;lanting of crops Cotton planting has been slow and
considerable replanting has been necessary. The soil has been too dry for trans-
planting tobacco and sweet potatoes satisfactorily. The condition of' growth of
small grains, grazing crops, and pasture has been substa:ptial+y retarded by the cold
weather and shortage of soil moisture. Yields of both wheat and oats will fall
short of earlier prospects. Dry weaJ._,her and cold nights have retarded commercial
truck crops and home gardens .
Freezing temperature and frequent frost in March and April have been very destructive to.fruit crops, especially in North Georgia. Only a f.air crop of peaches is expe'cted south of Macon but els evThere in the State the prospects are very poor.
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I'HIEAT: Weather col~ditions have been very unfavorable for the wheat crop in raost
areas of the State and the indicated yield per acre of 10.5 bushels is 'the
lowest yield since 191!.2. Based on condition as of :Hay 1 the wheat production is
indic.ated at 1, 701,000 bushels compar ed with 2, 280,000 in 1949 or a decrease of 25
per ~ent.
OATS: Condition of oats is reported at 75 per cent of normal on May 1 or 6 points
below the condition one year ago.
PEJ-~,crms: Prospectj_ve production of thE? Georgia total peach crop (including commer. , tial and farm production) as of May 1 is placed at 1, 040,000 bushels com-
pared vd_th 2,040,000 bushel'9 harvested in 1949 a:nd is only 21 per cent of the tenyear average (1939-48) pr-oduction of 5,044,000 bushels. The 1950 indic ated crop is the smallest production since estimates Y!ere started in 1909. (See reverse side for detail corronents by st,ates.)
Thousand Bt1.shels
N. c. s. c.
Ga. ,
2,167 3,789 5,0![4
2,698 2,838 !.+ ,200
2,172 6,300 7,395
3,160 2,905 5, 994 2/ 6,630
5,628 2/ 5,810
1,646 3,i60 2,8J2
1,428 2,340
2,01~0
365 702 1,01.;0
Fla.
89
103
96
96- 64
.92
66
63
Ala.
1,L100 1,200 2,000 1,250 . 1,525 1,29 8
792
550
rliss.
871
897 1,134
068
C54
840
518
455
Ark.
2,203 2,330 2j .)l8 2,4'19 2,220 2,482 2,412
1,800,
La.
302
296 . 320
293
270
330
265
2L1o
Okla.
Ld.r14
286
734 '
598
46Lr
280
679
360
Tex.
1,743 1,300 2,336 1,856 1,696 1,140 2,400
1,247
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PRIQ:S RECEI\lED BY F.ABl.fEIRS APRIL 1$ 1950 iV!TH COMPARI OONS
Vfheat, Bu.
dpri:i~ Bu.
Oats, Bu.
$1 1.24
$r
$1 .67
!rish Potatoes, Bu. _$j
$1 ~' t Potatoes, Bu. I
Cotton, Lb.
1
1.12 .83
. 12.6
$1 Cottonseed, ton.
24 .39
Half, (baled), ton $ ,
~gsl per cwt.
$1
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7.33
Beef Cattle, mvt. $! 3.87
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Milk Cows, head
33.85
Chickens, Lb.
13.2
Eggs, doz.
Butter, lb.
24.6
2.00 2.11 . 2.11
.8~
2.00
1.45
1.27
1.31
.64
1.22
.97
2;55
2.75
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32.0
I 23.20
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17.60
.95
1,85
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2.35 ,,.
.93 )..a5J 2.4o 1
'30.0
31.0
45.00
47.00.
20,10 20.20
15,80 15.40
.40 .70
~.88
12.4 22.55
7.27
IJ 2o.oo
., 139.00
30.5 43.5
18.10 140.00
30.5 35.8
18.30
I 141.00
II ~7.3
~ 35.8
5.42 48.00 11.4 21.5
I I , 54,0
52.0 - ' 53.0
25.5
.70
l .72 .75
l. 76 1.32 1.34
2.75
1 29.9 . 50.30
2.22 2.28
~, 28.0 28.7
43.00 44.40
1 23.80
I 18.3o
1 21.00
21,20 1 21.40
1 16.10 15,6Q
I
I 21.00 21.80
188.00 186.00 118?,00
'I' i 31.9 . 23.8 I 23,3 '
I 42.3_ . 1 31o6 30.8
I'58.9 - [ -$:7 "I 56,3
Butterat, Lb.
25.7
M ipl ke,r (1W0h0o#1esJ~Je)
Cowpeas, Bu.
$1 2.42
$ ~
Soybeans, Bu.
$ i
Pe~\lts, Lb.
Ij 5.0
1J Preliminary for April 1950
55.0 .I 55.0
56.0
26.3 I 61.4 I 62.4 I 61.0
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1 5,90
5.50
I i 4.70
3.85
I ' 3.65
2.80
I
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5.25 j
I 3.90
3.05 j
1.60
I
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3.74
I i
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I
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3,81 3,60
I ~ 4,18
3,55 3,73
I 2.08 j' 2.25 II 2,48
10,9 ! 10,4
I I, ! 10.4 ! 4.8
' 10.6
10.5 . ., 10.6
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INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GIDRGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 100)
April
Mar.
15
15
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April 15
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All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains IV~eat Animals Dai;-y Products
Chicken &Eggs
Fruits Mi scell aneous ' - - - - -----------~--:
240
224
247
232
158
144
382
349
222
213
212
187
195
186
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228 240 146 348 .. 212
180 186 169
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Athens, Georgia GENERAL CROP Il.EPOTIT FOR GEORGIA AS O:F HAY 1, 1950
May 15, 1950
The unseasonaTh>l~r ormrm weather during the first part of the year nas followed by intermit-tent cold ~naps and heavy frosts uptil late in the spring. Rainfall has been belovt -normal and soil mo:i,sture :Ls badly depleted in m.ost areas. r!idely scattered showers have been received since 1.'Ia:y 1, but a good general rain is needed in most sections of the State.
Unfavorable iveather retarded planting of crops Cott,on planting has been slow and
considerable replanting has been necessary. The soil has been too dry for trans-
planting tobacco and sweet potatoes satisfactorily. The condition of' growth of
small grains, graz ing crops, and pasture has been substa:ptial+.y retarded by the cold
weather and shortage of soil moisture. Yields of bothwheat and oats will fall
short of earlier prospects. Dry weaJ._,her and cold nights have r etarded commercial
truck crops and home ;;ardens .
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Freezing temperature and frequent frost in March and April have been very destructive to fruit crops, especially in North Georgia. Only a fair crop of peaches is expe'cted south of Macon but elsewhere in the State the pros.pects are very poor.
HIIEAT: Weather con<:litions have been very unfavo rable for the wheat crop in most areas of tri~ State and the indicated yj_eld per acre of 10,5 bushels is 'the
lowest yield since 191!.2 . Based on condition as of 1-'Iay 1 the wheat production is indic~ted at 1, 701,000 bushels compared ivith 2,280,000 in 1949 or a decrease of 25 per cent.
OATS: Condition of oats is reported at 75 per cent of normal on May 1 or 6 points below the condition one year ago.
PEACims: Prospective production of th~ Georgia total peach crop (including comi1ler. . tial and farm production) as of May 1 is placed at 1,040,000 bushels com-
pared vd.th 2, 040, 000 bushel$ harvested in 1949 a:nd is only 21 per cent of the tenyear average (1939-48? pr'oduction of 5,044,000 bushels. The 1950 indic ated crop is the smallest production s ince estimates vrere started in 1909 . (See reverse side for d.etail com,"!lents by states.)
Thousand Bt'.shels
N, c. s. c.
Ga. .
2,167 3,789 5,0h4
2,698 ?,8}8 h,200
2,172 6,300 7,3 95
3,160 2,905 5, 994 2/ 6,630
5,628 2/ 5,810
1,646 3,160 2,8J2
1,428 2,340 2,01+0
365 702 1,01+0
Fla.
89
103
96
96 - 64
92
66
63
Ala.
l,t100 1, 200 2, ooo 1, 250 . 1, 525 1, 298
792
550
Hiss.
871
897 1,134
868
G54
840
518
455
Arl;: ,
2,203 2,330 2i$18 2,479 2,220 2,482 2,412
1,800,
La.
302
296 . 320
293
270
330
265
2L10
Okla,
L1L14
286
734
598
46LI
280
679
360
Tex.
1,7h3 1,300 2,336 1,856 1,696 1,140 2,L.OO
1,247
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- ed on account of ec onomic conditions. In 19h7, estimates of such quantities
were as follows (1,000 busfiels): South Carolina, 362,; Georgia, 100.
2/ Includes the following quantities harvested but not utilized because of abnovma1
- cullage (1,000 bushels): South Carolina, 180; Georgia, 181.
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prop prospee:ts 'in general :were -leSs e;p.couraging th~ ,ti:~'tl~~ on)4ay 1:. Winter'wheat ..
!ieveloped slowly in most areas and deteriorated further,_,-:in the dry Southwest, re~
'fleeting growing conditions E~ss favorable 'thari usua,i dur~g ~pril~ ... Addit:i._op-al ~
~dandonr~nt decreased the acreage for harvest and. slov(growth lower.ea , yield pros- . :
pects. Winter wheat produc.tion fs nOW' estimated at 690 i:n:Lllior:1; bushels . Seeding -
bf spring wheat hp.s been serious]ly de~ayed in the'ihU'oitcn t lviinnesota-Dakota-Mon~a!):a
area and f.armers: may find it im.pJ:'actic'al' to seed theJ,r: full intended acreages. YI;i.llh
pnly average yields in the spring wheat areas, production o;C all wheat may fall
pelov a billion bushels for th,e first...time in 7 year~.- .The Jirst .officia::L estimate
bf spring wheat production is schediiled for June 9.
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A,.dvers:e weather conditions duri:ng April further retarded farm work and vegetative
~rowth, particularly in the northern two-thirds of the country. Inthe South,
~pring work was nearly up to normal, but fall and spring sown crops, meadows and
pastures had made slow progress. Hay prospects over most of the country are below
average, particu.larly in newly-seeded meadows. Frosts in April, reaching nearly
~o the Gulf of Mexico, caused additional damage to fruit crops, particularly peaches,
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':fhe unfavorable April weather retarded progress of spring work in virtually all ,
parts of the country. The season was 2 to 3 weeks late in much of the northern two-
fhirds of the country, .even later in North Dakota, and in many. areas wet fields
90uld notbe worked by May 1. In parts of the Southeast, from Virginia md Tenness~ ~outhward, soils were dry, tending to retard plowing and seedbed prepg.ration. Bene~
f.icial rains fell in many of'thes,e dry areas at the end of April., and since then
progress has been more rapid.
~eeding of spring- grains.. has been seriously retarded. At the end of April virtually no seeding had been done in North'D akota and only 1imited progress; was being made :i;n Montana, north~rn South Dakota, J,;innesota ana: e<?-shrard to Nevi Englarrl. Vvhen
eonditions permit, mechanized equipment will enable farmers' to seed rapidly, be- '
ginning with spring wheat. Corn planting was progressing about normally in KaJ1sas; I~isaouri and Virginia, and pr'epar~t;Lons for planting were vYell along in Nebraska,
In mopt of the Corn Belt, however, field preparat:Lon fw corn and .,soybeans was de... Jiayed. Cotton,.planting progressed slowly in . T~xaa, but was well ,aion( in most of the cotton area. Peanuts vmrc mostly plante,d ~p the Sout~.r a~~err... ~ea.
WINTER Y!HEAT: This year's winter wheat crop V'lill be the smallest since l943, ac-
cording to May l indications, Growth md development of the crop
generally vms poor during April vdth production'prospects declining in all but a
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few States;. Production is estimated at 689,595,000 bushels. This is a decrease of 74 ~l~.iot:J. hushe_ls froiJl the April J .estimate and.. 212 millcion~ bushels_, or 24 per cent,
below the crop of last year.
PEACHES: The 1950 peach crop for the 10 Southern States is forecast at 6.8 million
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bushels. -- the smallest crop since 1943 -- about half of the small 1949
production, and about one-fourthof the record-large 1945 crop. The shortest crops
are in the Carolinas and Georgia, where indicated production is about one-fifth of
average. Low winter and. spring temperatures have severely damaged pe@:ches :Ln many
other States, and supplies of fresh peaches for June and July markets will be very
small, perhaps about comparable to l943 when the country's peach crop vras very short,
In Georgia, freezing weath(!fr ori March . 31, April 6, +3, and 14, along with frequent
heaVIJ frosts morning after morning killed most of the crop north of Macon. South
of Iviacon, many trees do . not have sufficient foliage to support the peach crop, and the May drop may be heaVy due to lack of leaf surface. In South arolina,
Spartanburg County - the principal area -- has an almost complete kill. The bast crops in South Carolina are on the 'Ridge from Trenton to Columbia. There ~tre some good crops from 6olumbia to Cheravr. In the- North Carolina Sand Hills area, a fe1r _:..
orchardS: have small crops Freeze damage was severe outside of the Sand Hills ate a but damage was not quite as great. The Arkansas crop is forecast about three-fourths of last y~ar and four-fifths of average. April freezes hit the northwe~t and Crowley
Ridge area very hard. The Clarksville section was.. hurt some by freezes, particular]y on lowlands. Little damage has been reported in the Nashville-Highland area .
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May 15, :t9 50
Athens, Georgi$
GENERAL: The general rains during the first of the month, supplemented by lighter rains this week, have improved growing conditions of all truck crops'.
Rainfall has been short this spring especially in the central and southern areas and more rain is needed soon to prevent substantial falling off in quality of truck crops ~ea.ching the maturity stage. Harvest or lettucB and cabbage is nearing completion. Very light harvest has started for snap beans, . cucumbers, onions, and Irish pota~oes.
SNAP BEANS,: HarV'esting of snap beans is beginning in South Georgia. Quality from first pickings are reported poor due to the dry and cold spring but
is expected to improve on sorr~ of the later plantings as general rains have been,
received, Planting in North Georgia 'is underway and expected to become gene ret in the next two weeks.
CABBAGE: Movement of South Georgia cabbage is about over. Through May 6, only 1,300 cars had moved by rail compared with 2,020 to the same date last
year. In Nor~ Georgia considerable cabbage acreage has been set to the fields under favorable conditi~ns.
CUCUMBERS: The outlook for cucumbers has improved since rains have been teceived. Harvesting is e~pected to become general during the last week of May.
ONIONS: Li~;ht harvesting is underway : with volume movement expected during the last
ljal.f of May. . Quality arid 'size a re not up to normal due to the dry weather
during MarcP, and April.
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PIMIENTO PEPPERS: The pimiento crop is off to a good start, as recent rains in all
areas have helped in securing good stands. If favorable weather-
~ontinues,. a good crop of pimientos is expected~ .
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IRISH POTATOES: Considerable improvement for Irish potatoes has resulted from the recent rains, and condition is fair to most;ly good. Prospects
are somewhat less than usual, owing to injurious effects of previous cold. Harvest is r.~nning late, but volume digging is expected during the .next two weeks. -
LETTUCE: The season is over for lettuce except for a few light cuttings in some fields, Yields and prices have been satisfactory this year.
TOMATOES: The tomato crop is making good progress now that rains have been receivOO..; The outlook c-at :present is good for both quality and size. Light
harvesting is expected during the next 10-15 days.
WATERMELONS: The watermelon crop is later than usual, but. vines are making good growth and some of the lateness is expected t o recoi('er if favorable
weather conditions continue.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Cha~ge
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LILIA BEANS:
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SNAP BEANS: Snap bean prospec!"f:.S' werlr :Unproved in South ~Carol;iita qy;, recent rains
but the crOp -is still in-..only fair condition. .Hoveme:rrt;;.,_is - becoming active and :i.s expected to be heaviest around May 22. The over-alb;c:~rtdit'ion of
the North Carolina snap bean crop is fair to good, but about t vrci t6 111tee weeks
later than normal. Harvesting of the spring snap bean crop in Florida is rapidly
drawing to a close.
CANTAIDUPS: Canteloup vines are running and blooming in the Barnwell-Blackville
w section of South Carolina . Firs t shipments should occur about June
15 . Occasional fields in South Florida are nov1 harvesting, but it will be late
before the main acreage begins to harvest, with the bulk of the crop moving during
June.
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later than normal. . _First harve s t is expected to get .~underway . ar_ound . : ;-
June 10 . Movement is "expected to begin from the Chaileston-Beau;fc);r;t;,., Barnw~p~7 ,,..
Bambe r g and Hampton areas of South Carolina ab out Hay 25, and reach peak arO'und ' ;.'
June 10 . Cucumbers got off to a l ate s t art in Alabaina and recent dry weather .
conditions have further retarded development. it will be the last week in. May
before any significant volrune -is marketed.
IRISH POTATOES: The Ir'ish- potato crop . in South Carolina is from ten days to two weeks' later -than usual v1ith digging expected to get underway
about Hay 20, and reach peak around June 1. The Nod:.h Carolina commercial I;rish ,. . potato crop made good grovlth during the first half of Hay as a re sult of the improved moisture situation; ) hmvever, . the cr.op, :;i.:s one, to two weeks l ate r than normal. Light digging will start in the earli~~ aiEiJas a r<;:mnd June 1. Carlot. .' movement is undei""vvay in heav<j- volume from Baldviin _, Escombia_, and Il obile ,countie s; ' Alabama . Insufficie nt r ainfall I1as r educea yields 'to some extent from earlier prospects.
TOM.ll..TOES: The tomato crop in South Carolina is in gO od condition. Green Yirap movement should begin from the Beaufort s~ction about June 1. The
development of the Loui'siana :crop is now only abou,t .1.0 days behind normal. Carlot moveme nt i s expected about June 10 this spring . Rapid development of the crop is reported but it will be around June l before marketing gets underway in Alabama. :..
WATERME LONS: The condition 'of watermelons in South Carolina is very spotted on irre gular stands. Harvest will likely begin in the Hampt on-Allenda-le-
Barnwell section about June 25. Progress has been rapid a nd it is believed that some of the latene ss of the Alabama crop due t o cold -v~mather and replanting will be overc.ome . It is anticipated that sane production nill be r eady f or market in late June. Harvesting i s expected to become general in the central Florida area around the first of June. Very little production is exr:>ected fro ra the Newb erry, Tr enton arid Live oak sectiOhd ;until after the middle or'J-uiie.
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ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION (May J., 1950) .
May 161 1950
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes th~ folloWing report on the acreage,
yield., and production of commercial truck crops . for .the fresh market from reports
and data furnished by crop correspondents, f:i,el(rstat;isticians, and cooperating
~tate agencies
SW.P BEANS: Prospects for the six mid"'!'Spring States are 8 per cent below those of
a month ago. Cold weather and rains reduced yields in the Gulf States
qf Louisiana, Mississippi, and A:Labama. Yields in the Atlantic Coast States of
Qeorgia and South Carolina were reducecl, _by frost and dry weather in April. Cali-
fornia's spring crop appears to be holding up to earlier indications. Production
or . in these mid-spring areas
below the 1949 production
is now e~pected to be l, 9?~,-ooo bushels.
1,7181000 bushels .
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CABBAGE: Prospective product'ion of early spring cabbage is now indicated at
107,100 tons, 9 per ,cent more than the April 1 forecast but still 4 per
cent less than produced l~st year. The acreage for harvest in Louisiana is larger
than indj.cated a month !3-K9,.*. and yield prospects :improved during the month in
Louisiana, Alabama, and seuth Georgia. Prospects in Mississippi were reduced by
a severe hail storm on April 27 in the Crystal Springs-Hazlehurst area.
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and the Phoenix area of Arizona, acreage is estimated to be 9 per cent
below last su.rmilerl s early acreage. Decreases below 1949 are reported at 12 per cent
mArizona and 6 per cent in Georgia. South Carol~a has the same ~c~eage as a year
ago and Nevadat s small acreage has been increased by.. nearly one-half~
COMMERCIAL EARLY IRISH POTATOES: May 1 condition indicates a late spring crap .of 40,242,000 bushels. This quantity 1s slightly
smaller than last yearts crop, but one-fifth above average. The Ja te spring acreage for harvest is estimated at 149,900' acr~s, compared with 138,500 acres harvested in 1949 and the 1939~8 average o! 177,010 acres. The 268 bushel yield indicated for
this group has been exceeded only~tlY---the-ree-erd-~ielEl-of -2-94 bushels that was pro-_;...
duced last year. Only in Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahorria., and Arkansas are pros-
pective yields higher than those of 1949.: In the_,southeast, potatoes have suffered
more frost damage than usual and dry weather has delayed development. The prospect:.. ive yield in Ca lifornia wa.s reduced by frost. Harvest is active in California1 Alabama, and Louisiana. In the South, the proportion of the late spring crop that v1ill be marketed in lday will be smaller than usual .
TOMATOES:
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Miss.,
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acreaee and ind:i,ca.ted yield pyr acre are less than in 1949 and are below
the ten-Ye<).r averages. , The May 1 pros p e~:ts of 3,164,000 bushels are 10 per cent
less than the 3,SlO_,QOO bushels .. harvested las t spring and 17 _per centb_elow the .
1939-48 average of 3,801,000 bushels. The crop is late this spring and would re- -
spend to good gr6ifLng conditioris during I.Iay
1'fATERBELONS : The a'cr~age :iri- the early summer producing States is estimated at
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210,900 acres ...- 7 per cent more than the 197,300 acres harvested in
1949. an~ ~2 per cel'}t above the 1939~8 average of 187, )20 acres Incr-eases occurred
m all .States except Louisiana vrhere a decline of 200 ac;res is indicated and Arkansas
where no change developed.
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' SNAP BEJ\.NS:
ACRES ACRES ACRES
-Busheb-
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Mid-Spring: California
, 5,050
3,500
3,100
152
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210 200 757
735
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620
Louisiana
6810 4,400 4,300
64
70 ! 65 1 428
308 . 280
Mississippi 3,430 3,000 . 3,400 74 75 'I 70 i 248 . . 225
238
Alabama
1,580 1,600 1, 700 68 65 ~ 65~ 107
104
110
Georgia
3,730 1 2,200 2,400
South Carol~ 6,060 5,000 5,000
60 71
I 70 50 223
90 70 . 428
154 450
120 . 350
Group total 26"7660- !9"77oo- T9"79oo-- '9"3- ~roo-- '9"6 ~~'!9'! -r-r;-9"'76-- T,"'71"8'-
CJ\.BBAGE:
ACRES . ACR!!;o AClllio
Early Spring:
~Tons-
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6,020 5,300 5,000 4.1 -4.2 5.2 25,100 ' 22;300 26,000
Mississippi Alabama
7,,030 5,200 5,200 1,420 1,300 l,40D
4.7 4.21 4.5 33,300 21,800 23,400 5.1 . 5.5 6~C 7,200 7,200 8,400
l Georgia,south 4,490 6.800 6,800 5.0 6.5 5.E 22,900 44,200 37,400
SouthCarolinal 1~470 1, 700 1, 700 6.2 9.5 7.C 8,900 16~200 11,900
Group total 12o"743o- 2o-;3oo- 2o-;1oo-- 4."715r-s-::5o:-s-;32 TJ7-;4oo- !1T,"'7oo -riT7-;-1oo-
CANTALOUPS:
' ACRES ACRES ACRES -crts.Jumbol,. 'TUlb~
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Early Summer:
Prelim.
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Nevada
50
130
190 114 180
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23
Georgia
5,340 3,400 3,200 57
80
; 270
272
SouthCarolina1 3,700 3,300 3,300 52
40
I 189
132
Arizona,other Group total
j2:.1.!.7_20_ 20,790
T1284.80_3200.....
10.!.500_ T7,190
.,.112_ 87
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1:_,536 ____ _ 1,963
CUCUMBERS:
I ACRES . ACRES . ACRES
-Bushels- :
-i,OOU bushe s-
Late Spring: ,i
. Prelim.
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Louisiana
I . 710 .. 650
. 550
91
80 80
65
52
44
Alabama Georgia
'j l , 300 1, 5DO 1, 600 146 115 80 188
1, 200
800
650 81
90 70
96
172
128
72
46
SouthCarolina,5,290 5,700 6,000 85
90 90 454
. 513
540
North Carolina 4, 810 71 700 6, 900 .76
70 64 36 7
539
442
Arkansas California
1~999000
1,500 2,500
1,400 101 2,20!) 259
125 100 93
188
290 2751 510 L 725
140 605
Group total T6-;2oo- ~0";350..... T9-;3o(r -109- f- T1T ...,.. ToT .-1-;7"74- f 2,26T - -1-;945-
0NIONS: . Late Spring:
ACRES ACRES ACRES
-sacks 50 lb. 1
-1,000 sacks'
California Arizona
2,750 5,200 6,600 436
I 960
400 1~000 395
490 520 1,297 420 500 303
2,548 168
3,432 500
Louisiana
,1, 700 1,300 1,200 97 100 85 166
130
102
Texas
113,040 10,800 7,890 87
90 70 1,114
972
546
Georgia
I 1,120
600
700 138 150 140 161
90
98
Group total ~9-;-180- ~8"';300- !7:;-300~ r-l56- 214- 270 !'"2";920..,.. - 3,9o8- -4_-;678-:-
COMMERC IAL EARLY
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Late Spring: California 55,200 ~6,000
ACRES "'
-Bushels-
-1,000 bushels-
Preli m. 76~000 346
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455 400 19,701 30,030 30,400
Louisiana
22,800 9,500 9,500 68
71 80 1,552
674
760
Mississippi 3,450
800
700 86
80 85 296
64
60
Alabama Georgia
j24,260 14,400 17,500 117 1 2,730 1,100 1,200 109
150 130 2,_800 _ 2,160
150 110 283
165
2,275 132
SouthCarolina 13,300 6,500 7,000 136 160 140 1,800 1,040
980
Texas
8,340 7~300 6,700
67
80 75 553
584
502
Oklahoma Arkansas
3,190 1,400 1;100 91 140 150 293
196
165
5~210 3,500 2,600
90
85 90 461
298
234
Tennessee
4,780 4,000 3,600 113 120 115 540
480
414
North Carolina 33,750 24,000 24,000 154 2101 180 5,182 1 5,040
4,320
Group total T7"7,olo T3tr,b"oo T4TJ.9oo -189- r-294"1- 26"9" '!3-;461- 40"7731-- 4o-;-242-
WNI'ERMELONS:
ACRES ACRES ,ACRES .
. -Melons- . . -l,UOO nielons-
Ear ly SUl'l1lffi r: II
Pre 1im.
I California
Arizona
8,920 10,000 11,100 734 2,860 3,800 4,500 570
Texas
: 52,760 64,000 67,000 154
Louisiana
3,610 2,300 2,100 269
Mississippi
4,980 4~200 4,5001 244
Alabama
6~410 6,900 7,2001 309
I Georgia
49,360 46,000 5o,ooo 1 274
SouthCarolina 24,350 28,000 30,000 '222
NorthCarolina 9,810 10,700 11,800 ! 236
I Arkansas
3,840 4,200 4,200 I 286
I Oklahoma
12~580 14.000 15,000 217
L Missouri
8,040 3,200 3,500 280
r Group total T87,52o II97,3oo ~1o,~oo 257
540
6,561 5,400
650
1,634 2,470
195
8,319 12,480
280
964
644
225
1,222
945
280
1,938 1,932
280
13,113 12,880 June 9
170
5,342 4,760
200
2,303 2,140
290
ll,105 1,218
200
2,719 2,800
250
2,176
800
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AVERAGE PRICES PAID GEORGIA TiiIDER PRODUCI:;RS FOR STANDING THillETI AND S.AVfiDGS (As of April 15, 1950)
Prices of -Georgia standing timber on April 15, 1950 showe~ some :i.ncrea~e for the' ' '
State .as a .~;vhole from corresponding prices on January 15 of this year, according to
the quarterly report of the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Increases by kinds of
timber are: Pine_4. per. cent, Red Oak 8 per cent, White Oak 2 per cent, Gum 3 per
cent and Poplar L~ per cent. State average prices o;f sawlogs delivered at local
shipping points or at smvmills showed no change from the previous report for Pine,
slight decre ase s for the Oaks and G'l.lms , and a , 2 per _cent increase fo:J;' foJ~:{_ar . Any
changes in prices of either stumpage or sawlo gs since April 15 a,re not refle9ted in -
this report, which is based on information furnished by Georgia ;;;awmill oper;p.tors.
Data on prices by kinds of timber Yiere tabulated by forestry areas.P:f. -wl1i911-i;.here are five in the State (see accompanying map). There are v.arious -~tl:inber ~ seal~ standards used~ in buying timber but tl1e Doyle Scale is the .one most -ci:Jlhmonly : used in Geor-gj_q_ s o a_ll prices quoted in -~l"!e accorilpanyD:tg table _pr~ .~n _terms of this s cale.
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26.25 33.50
28.09 32.00
30.75 1 36.00
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34.25 i 30.50
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June 1, 195'0
Athens, Georgia
GENERAL: 1Neather conditions were quite favorable during the last half of May, and truck crops continue to improve j_n condition and _gro.:wth., although,
s oil moisture insome areas is still below requirements. Damaging hail fell in an area from Thomasville to l:vaycross on May 17 and in the Glennville area on May 20th. GrovYing conditions have been ideal in the North Georgia area during this period, The South Georgia seas on is over for cabbage and drawing to a... close for ~map beans. Onion, potato, and cucumber movements are beginning in volume, and harvest of tomatoes is gaining momentum daily1
LIMA BEANS : Harvesting is just getting underway in the southern counties,_.:with normal yields expected. Since rains have been received in Central
Georgia areas the crop i s making good progress with some harves~ ~xpected to begin around the last of June.
SNAP BEANS: Shipment of South Georgia snap beans is drawing to a close, with disappointing yields and poor quality. Planting of .the North Georgia
crop is about complete, with early plantings up to a eood stand1
CABBAGE: Growing conditions have been ideal for the .North Georgia .cabbage crop, The harvesting season is running about two weeks later than usual, with
light movement expected around June 20th1
CANTALOUPS: The first harvesting of cantaloups is expected around June 20 25' in southern counties , The crop is late this year, due to ~he late
cold spring, and poor stands are reported which will result in lower yields,
CUCill.flBERS: Harvesting is just getting unde.rway, with peak movement expected during the first week in June. Satisfactory price s have been re-
ceived from the first picking, with an unusually high percent of production going to picklmg plants.
IRISH POTATOES: Harvesting of the 3 outh Georgia potato crop is just getting underway in t ho main produclllg areas, This crop has been hard
hit this year from tho late frost in early spring, Yields and quality are veiy low and farmers are late in digging so as to let the crop fully mature, The North Georgia crop is making good progress, under excellent growing conditions, Very little harvesting is expected before July 1,
TOH!i.TOES: There has been little or no harvesting of tomatoes prior to June 1,
considerable damage from hail is reported in soroo local areas around Glennville, Better than normal yields are expected, with good quality and size~
ONIONS: The South Georgia onion crop is moving to consumers in volume. Harvest... ing of .this crop will be over around June 10, Field run onions are grad-
ing about 85 per cent No, ls,
HATERMELONS: Watermelons have made appreciable improvement in growth during the past two weeks and are in fair to good condition. No harvest-
ing is expected before June 20 in southern areas and around July l in Central Georgia; Good yields are in prospect., with little or no disease damage reported to date.
D, L. FLOYD
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L. H. HARRIS, JH. Truck Crop Estimator
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SNAP BEANS: Peak move of South Carolina snap beans is over but sales will likely
continue until around mid-June. Harvesting of snap beans got under-
vray :i.n North Carolina .this week, but is not expected to reach any volume until abottt
June 10.
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CABBAGE: Movement of North Carolina's cabbage crop is about over. Both yield and price have been disappointing to growers. The first car of Tennessee
cabbage was shipped on May 2.5, with heavy movement beginning May 29.
CANTA10UPS: Light harvesting is in progress in Florida and the bulk of the crop will Irrostly move cluring the month of June. Light sales are expected
in South Carolina from some early vines about June 15.
CUCID.ffi&"tS: South Carolina Cucumbers are in fair condition with peak movement expected from the Blackville area about June 12. Peak movement is
underway in Alabama. Lack of moisture has caused some d@!terioration of prospects.
IHISH POTATOES: Exces~:d.ve rains delayed digging in South Carolina unti:J_ near the
end of May but movement was general-by June 1. Peak movement .is
expected the week of June 5. Potatoes are in full bloom in Franklin and Coffee
counties, Termessee. Shipments are expected about mid-June in the Franklin-Coffee . ~rea. Harvest 1s about .90 percent complete in the principal commercial area in Southwest Alabama as of June 1.
TOMATOES: Light movement had begun in the Beaufort -a:re-a of South Carolina by June 1. The crop is in fair to good condition. The supply of tomc:-toes from
Florida is declining rather rapidly, a light volume is in prospect during the first half of June.
WATERMELONS: The South Caroiina watermelon crop is in fair to good condition. Harvest may begin frmn a few early vines by June 20, and reach peak
the week of July 10. The Mis sissippi . crop averages a little l ater than usual, but
had good yield prospects. I,ight harvest is expec t ed the last week of June. Harvesting of the early acreag e in central and s outh Florida ::i.s nearly completed. Harvesting is now active in the important Leesburg area and this section should be in its peak produ.c.tion dur'ing the period June 1-15. With f avorable 1:1eather and
market conditions :.some harvest'ing is expected to continue into July from the north Fl.o:rida area. A good. vratermelon crop is in pros pect :i.n practically all areas eSCc ept the hail dar~mged sections of Falfurrias and Riviera Texas where crops were completely destroyed around thE! middle of Hay . Harvesting in central .ahd eastern counties will start about the usual time, late June and early July.
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GEORGIA: .Continuing on an uptrend started five months earlier, the 'All, Cor:imodity
-.- - - Index of Price-s Received by Georgia farme rs as of May 15 stood at 235 _per
it c~nt. of .the August 1909-July 1914 averaee. This -vras seven }':Joints higher than .Vvas
a month before and only four poin~s short of its ~evel of a.year ago.
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Pr.ices fqr ci1ickens, especially commercial broilers; were off sharply ahd dairY
products vrere moderately reduced from pric e s rec~iyed in April . These decr.e.ases, :.
hoiiever, 'ivere r:J.ore than t>ffset by a.dvances in price of practically all other farm .
products ..: Hogs, which i:er.e up ~~2 .20 a cwt~, led other coJn,'11odities in gains. : Cotton
.oo.. wa's a cer{t a pound higher, and cottonseed was bringing an aye rage of $3 mqre.; per
ton .. Beef cattle, veal calves, eggs, s1:~-reet potatoes, and corn also showE?d appreci-
. aqle ga.~.n.s,. .
-: . . ' ~ .
UNITED STATES: Sharply higher prices for hogs togefther with :i.ncreases in prices of
most other me at animals , cotton, vvool , soybeans, and corn raise d the
In.cJ.ex of fl;'ices Received by fa r mers for I'Jay 15, 1950 to 247 per cent of fts January
1910 - December 1911-t average. At this level, the Index is the~ highest sinr::e September
of' l9Lf9'. Although the Index is 6 per cent above Decer:1.ber 19l.t 9, it is 2 per cent be -
lo~ a yea~ ago and 19 per .cent b e low the J anuary 1 948 peak.
As of mid-May, higher prices for both' ;J.i-ying and production go ods raised the ParHy
Index ' ( Prices Paid by Farmers including Interest, Taxe s, and Far m lfage Hates ) 3
l)oints t o 251.( . This is the highe s t since Apri+ l9L~9 but 8 poj.nts .below the record
l evel of 262 oi June and July of 191.~8 .
As a result of the se ~.ncrease s ~ the Parity Ratio (Ratio of Index of Prices Received to the Index of Prices Paid, including. Interest, Taxes ~ and Farm Wage Rates) rose
from the.. 96 of a month -earlier to 97, the highest since November 191.! 9
.
,,
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
. -
-Sm=m-n-ar~y -
- Table
-~-
=f-o-r
.-th. -e
-Un-i=te-d-S-ta-te-s
...~~-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
-: -
Indexe s
-Date - - (:1,910"114 = 100)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -
- -
" ~
-- -
-
: -lc'Iay 15, : April 15, :
1 9h9
195o
- - - - - - - - - -
Hay 15, :
Hecord high
1959 . :;~.: - r ni"'"de-x .~-- .- -
.,
- . . . .
: . ' . i -~ ~ -- - -
-. ' . : .' ' -~ - ~
_;_ ~.
Prices Received
253
241
247
306
Jan. 1948
Prices Paid, Interest,
rf CL'{8S , & TJa ge Rates
253
251
254
262 ];/ . Jt1J:y 19L(8
Parity Ra tio
100
96
97
122
Oct. ~946
}:_/ Also June 1948 .
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Oharge
HARRY A rnUTE AEricultural Statistician
. ~.
., .
. . . . . . . ... . .. . '""'::.' '.. ... . .
- . > :' '
. .
PRICES
BECEIVED
BY F~S
: A ~~::Jj.lf.
M.A.Y'15
1900
WITH
COMPAIDSONS
_U.Nl'.i:.JW..J
::S.l.".A:rES
i
(;QM!v'DDITY AND
UUIT
Vl'b.eat 1 Bu.
.Average Aug. 1909Jui:Y 1914
$ 1.24
~ 1949
. 2~00
Apr 15
l~
1950 . 1950
2.11 . 215
Aver~ . May
AUg. 1 9- 15
Af1~5
~t . 15
July 1914
.sa
. 1949.- ' ''19QO
1950.
.t
. 2.00
" 2..01
. 2~04.
..
Corn, Bu.
$
Oats,
' ~
.
Irish
Bu.
..
Pota
t
o
. .
es,
B
u
.
$
~$
.91
.- .
,67
lo12
i.45
.90 . .
1.95
1.31 1.42
.93 .91 . . . ' . .-~ ..
1~85 1.70
.64 ., .40
.70
1.22..
.6..,.6...
1.77
126 1~34
I
.75 '. 79
1.34 1.28
Sweet Potatoes,Bu. $
.83
3.00
2.40 2.50
.88
2.73
2.28 2.2~
Cotton, Lb,
; 12.6
32.0
31.0 32.0
12.4 30.0 28.7 29.2
Cottonseed, ton $
Hevr, (baled) ,ton $
24.39 .,.
47,00
-
47.00 50.00 20.20 20.00
22,55
...
50.40 22.!00
44,40 45.28 21.40 22.00
Hogs, per cwt ... . $ 7.33
Beef Cattle, owb. $ 3.87
17.20 19.00
15,40 1/.60 18,30 19.00
7,27 17,00 . 15.60 18.56 5.42 21.10 21.80 23.20
Milk Cows, head $ 33~85
138.00
141.00 148.00 .
48.00
Chickens, Lb.
. Eggs, doz .
Butter, Lb.
13.2 21.3 24.6
26.5 45.6
-
53.0
. . 27.3 24.1 35.8 37.3
$3.0 I 51.0
ll,4 21.5 25.5
'
Butterfat, Lb,
25.7
55.0
$.0 !?4.0
26.3
Milk, (W'noleJ:/e)
per 100/1: 1 CoWJ?eas, Bu.: Soybeans, Bu.
$ 2.42
$ ..
$ -
5.55
5,251 5.20
4.50 ~---- 3 ~90~ 3.95
3;80
1 ~.os 3 5
1.60
...
--
Peanuts, Lb.
5.0
10.9
10.4 I 10.6
4.8
iJ Preliminary for May 1~bU
!
Pr lce z f or 1oos.e hay d'cscontJ.nued Sll1ce most hay sold J.S b aledo
186.00 28.2 43.4 57.9 60.6
3.61 4.14 2.18 10.6
187.00 191.00
.23.3 22.5
30.8
. 56.3
29.~.
,.
55.1
61.0 60.6 ..
3.60 3.48
373 3.f?7 2.~ 2.71
10.6 10.7
..
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FABMERS IN GIDRGI.A (.August 1909 - July 1914 ::~ 100)
April
May
May 15,
15
15
1949
1950
1950
All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains Me at J.n; mdl s Dairy Pro.luct s Chicken & Eggs Fruits Mi sce.l.l911'30US
After :n"e Days Return to
United States D..::;?:Jrtment of .Agriculture Bureau of .l.\g r5.cultural Economics 319 EX:;ension Building kthuns~ Georgia
239
228
235
247
240
248
158
146
156
366
348
371
217
212
210
210
180
177
195
186
186
189
169
171
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of J?Ostage $300,
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-B~50=2273
Permit No~ 1b01
i ss . Nel li e M. Rees e , Librarian,
tate Co l lege of Agri. ,
.e q.
Athens* Ga.
VI-41TED e.TATE.S OE.P,4.RTMENT OF AGRIC.U\..TURE..
{!}rofJ
UNIV!.R.EoiTV OF Gf.O"'-QIA
C.Oli..E.GE. OF .AGR.IG.Ut.TURt
..
OEOP.GIA AGRICULTURAL !.:KT.N610N SI!:..R.VIC~
Athens, Georgia
June 131 1950
~
I
~he Bure~ of .Agricultural Economics makes the following report on the a.c~eage, yield, and pro-
. duct ion of commercial truck crops for the fresh market from reports and da.ta furnished by crop
~orrespon~ts, field Statisticj,ans,. and cooperating State agencie:;.
,
.
LTII!lA BEANS: Prospective production for the three spring crop States is now placed
at 362 11 000 bushels-- 5 per cent above last springfs crop of 34611 000
bushels and 26 per..cent below the 1939--48 average of 488 11 000 bushels Per.....acre yields in Florida turned out .better then expected earlier' in the 'Season. Georgia and South Carolina yields remain as indicated on May 1.
SNAP BEANS: Production in the mid-spring group of States is turning out better
than indicated on May 1 conditions. , The 11 801,~~000 bushels novr esti-
mated for the six States is still 9 per cent belpw the 1949 productionof 1_,97611 000 bushels and 18 per cent below the 1939-48 average of 211 1911 000 bushels~
CANTALOUFS: . T-he first production forecast for the season in the early summer pro. clueing areas - Nevada, Georgia, South Carolina, and the Salt River
Valley of Arizona . -- indicate 11 7391000 jumbo crates, 11 per cent less than last
year ... Most of the reduction is the result of a 12 per cent cut in acreage in the salt River Valley of Arizona.
CUCUI1ffiERS: Production prospects improved in some late spring areas during the
past month, and the 21 04911 000 bushel crop now indicated is 5 per cent
above the May li forecast. The present indications for 1950 are still 9 per cent
below the 1949 production of 21 261,000 bushels but 16 per cent above the 1939--48
average of 11 774,000 bushels
ONIONS: Production of late spring onions is now estimated at 41 65111 000 sacks (50 lb.)' slightly les s than indicated a month ago. A reduction in the
indicated yield in Texas more than offsets the increase in Louisiana.
COMMERCIAL E.ARLY IRISH POTATOES: During the past month, the prospective potato - . crop for late spring harvest either held its own
or improved slightly in all States except Georgia, The 401 823,000 bushel crop now indicated is practically the same as last yearfs crop of 40.,731,000 bushels but about one-fifth above average. Compared with 1949, acreage for harvest was increased 8 per .cent ' this year, but the 19)0 acreage is 15 per cent beloi'Taverage. The late spring group yield of 272 bushels per acre has been exceeded only by the record yield of 294bushe1s harvested in 191+9.
T0MATOF$: . The acreage of late spring tomatoes is now indicated at 451400 acres, 311 000 acres less than estimated a month ago, This decrease occurred
in Texas and was the result of hail damage in scat tered areas, The average yield estimated for this group of States of 67 bushels per acre is up 2 bushels from last _month but still 4 bushels below the 1939--48 average, Production of 3,0291 000 bushels is less than indicated a month ago and is 21 per cent belm~ the 10-year average production
WATERMELONS: . The estimated 205,700 acres for harvest during the early summer
,
season is 51 200 acres less than indicated a month ago, Host of this.
loss was the result of hail damage in the Falfurrias and Riviera sections of Texas.
Total early summer production is now est~nated at 53 1 516 11 000 ~elons, 10 per cent
more than last year
D. L. FIOYD A.g1~icultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. ffiURRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Esti..rna~or
After Five Days Return tq, United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau_ of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUS INES.S
Form BAE-D""6/50-1376 Permit No. 1001.
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage ~;300~
<Li l'')-tari an .
Colle g e of Agrlcul t;t.1!'e ' Athens. Ga. - ; - ~ \TC Re.q.
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""' """' "1- ; ...., .
.. . ., _!I'ft~c~' c~oPs FOR FRESH .;~RKE;.
_ ..~.--;~~-:S-T-A-T-~--~~~~!i~_~~fo~_c_l:~~~:-7t~I~sdo,_-~-i~~~~f_r1~~~~1~:~r3;9_~:4Dst~~~~~N- f__1~9d~:~-
1 ACRES AC~S I A?~ES .I - ushels - !I - 1,ooo bushelf -
LDM BEANS ; ppring
. iI
!
,
1!
l
1I
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l
,
i : Florida Georgia
3;140 1 2;,00 11 900
lj900 1,250 . lj200
80 51
95 115 I
6h . 65
South Carolina _21 710__lilOO_ ..,...1.1_00__ 53 __60 - 60
248 1 200 ! 2J.B
107 132
! i
8B : 66 l
78 66
Group Total 7;75'0 4,430 .4;200 . o_> 7fJ ; "86- - - 48"8 i - -346- -3"62-
I pNAP BEANS: l
Hi d.,.,S pr:l..ng .
;' Ii
'.j!
i
i
:C2.:Lifor nia i 5,050 3,500. 3,100 152 210 , 200 !.
757 1 735 i 620
L~u :L~ :i.a~a .
1
6,810 h,4oo 4;300 61.+ 70 : ..72 1 428 1 3()8- I 310
M:LSSlSS lPPl
Alabama -
3J430 1~580
3_y000 1,600
31 400 1, 700
7)+ 68
75 . 82 !
65 : 65 I
248 : 107 i
12024) ._.1i
. 279 110
I I Georgia
I 3,730 28 200 21400
South Carolina,_61_o_o__Sl.OQO..;.j_S.i..OQO__
! I Group Total 26,660 19,700 191 900
60 70 11__ _20_
83 __:.oo
i
:_
55 i
10_1
91
223 __ l2Q
2,1~1
~
1
__145~40-
I
L
_31~320-
11 976 .. [1,801
CANTALOUPS:
}tarly Swnmer
' Nevada
I )0
Georgia
South Carolina
35~;374000
.
.
...Jumb, 1
Crts 41 70 1b
I 3;11.~3000
3,300
190 llh 180 ! 180
I 3s200 1
3i300
57 52
80 : l40 i
6) 40
..
- 1 1 1000 crates, -
. 6I
23 i 34
! 270 I 272 I 208
189
13-2 :I 132
l Arizon~ other ~~?go_. ~2Logo_ ~~o~sgo_1_112_ 18_ !_120__ ! 111! ~ -~526_~1L3~5~
Group Total 20,790 18, 830 i l7.~190 87 1104 [ 101 1, 776 i 1,963 j 1:739
CUCUMBF..RS:
, .
~at e Spr ing_
l ,J,i
1, - Bushels ..
- 1 000 bushels -
1
.
Loui s ia na
710
Alabama
1;3oo
Ge or gia South Carolina
North Carolina
.
J
4.:51.~;!1' 22890~000
650 ~ . 550 ! 9-1
I 11 5oo ~ 116oo ' 146
, Boo 11 650 81 5;3 700 I 6,5000 1 85 7$300 : j: 63 900 ! 76
80 115
90
I 90
70 '1
I i
90 110
. 70
I
j
970~
I 65
I 188 1 96
454
367
1
1
52 : . 5D
172 1 176
I 72
513
I i
46 5hO
539 518
Arkansas
. 9JO l,9 ~oo h 1~200 1 101 125 1 95
93
188 . 114
C~oaluifpo
rnia Total
0NIO!>E ;
I - LL 9?0
j.L6f2'3o-:-
. !
22 )00 o;J)O-
i\ill
92;.2:r0o0o-
l
!-
259
i69-
, 290 !. 275
)10 t' 725 i 605 (
i::.Tl- j1o7- 1- 11774 , -2;2'bl- T2-;o49-
!
I i -Sacks (Sa lb)
1,000 sacks -
~!ij~~;~:
j 3,4~2 23 750 5,200 ,, 6 , 600 II. 4361 490 ! 520 I 1,297 1 2,5h8
Ariz -:;na
I 960 , hod . 1, ooo 395 420 i )00 1 3031
168 j 500
~=:C~ia l i].~~g_ li~ ~~Qg~ ~ ~1~ ~ ~~ 1_l;~1 ~~ ~ ~i~1-- :~Q :~1 Louisiana
Grand ,Total
1~1; 700 10~300 'I 1; 200
97 100 I 95
~9~1 80 r
lrlB,,30Q lr-17,300 j . 156 j 214 ! .269
1 166 i
21 920!
130 . 114
j -
31 908l41 651
l ~ TmKAT. sOpESri:ng 1
Texas , other ,. 311 330
Louisiana
2;,620
! Mississippi 5;150
South Carolina Georgia
~
41 h6o S,Lfho
Alabama
3;,080
Group Total 52;o8'Cj
I ' 1 - Bushels ...
- 1, 000 pushels ..
I
\
I 30;,000 27,000 1 71
11 800 3,Soo
11 400 2;800
,
i
68 85
73 70 1.+0
65 65 55
.21127491
j
1
21
190 126
ji
1 1 755 91
h46 I . 140 J 154
I I 3;, 909
i 6.,ooo
41 300
5J 700
:
I
60 76
65 . 60 80 80
263 ! 254
h17 ~ 1.}80
2){3 456
L 4.;,000 h,200 84 80 1 75
255 i 320
315
i 4.9;'?00. lli5,4oo -7'3- -7! -67 r -3-;BoJ.j-J"'i:Yio-. - 'J. o29-
1
1
WATERl.JELONS ; Early Surmner
Calif,, other Arizona Texas Lou:Lsiana
8;,920 2j86o
521 760 3;610
lo,ooo 3;,8oo 641 ooo 2;300
i - Melons -
1 I 11~1oo Ii 734
1
j
Sho
750
1.+;5oo 570. i 650 ~- 6oo
62 1 000 1 154 I 195 175
2;,100 1 269 . 280 1 260 .
- 11 000 melons -
61561 : 514oo ;. 81325'
11 634 1, 2;47Q . 2; 7.00
I 8,319 1 121480 , l01 85e
964
644 ,
546
Mississippi Alabama
4;980 . 61irlO
I 41 200 h1 5oo . 244
6;,900 7;,.200 309
Georgia
i 49;~60 46j 000 So, 000 274
South Carolina !241 350 281000 30j000 222
North Carolina Ar k a n s as OklahoiJ.a
; 9, ,810
i 3;840
112,580
,
101 700 41 200 14,090
r
1L1~1,8o0o0o 1)i000
:
236 286 217
Mis souri
s.~,o4o 31200 L 31500 : 280
I I
225:
280 i
280 !
170 l
200
290 i
200 I
285! . 1,222
260 290 200
! 1
!
1,938 13 1113 5,342
220 li 21303
280
190 I
11 105 2,719
. 1,
!
! '
945 I 11 282
1;932 ... 1 .11 872_ 12; 880 .14i500
4 1 760 21 140 121,82o18o
1, 6;,000
i 21 596
; 1,120 . 2,850
. 250 : 250 : 2;176 . . 800 . 875
l
Group Total 1tr?,s'2o- 17,3oo 2oj,?oo . -2~7.... - 24b'"'" 26o -41,39.6- 48;469- -53,};16
l
UNITED ~TATE.~ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-TURE.
&ro;b.
UNIVER.~I'TV OF' C,E:.O"-G'"
C:.CJI.I.E.O.. OF AGFI.ICOVL.TUR.t.
.~thens, Georgia
June 13J 1950
.
GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JUNE 1, 1950 .
Qe!l8ral -;rains rirere received over most of the State during May and crops made satis-
i'as:tory .groy.rth. The corn crop in the southern part of the State has recovered
:t;!apidly .from the April drought and on June 1 prospects were ver;Y favorable in: ;most
of this area. Frequent ral.ns since June 1 have delayed cultivation of crops in
t<lorth Georgia and fields are becoming very grassy with dry weather badly needed at
t;his time.
. ..
Vfueat ,. oats, and other small grains irnproved during the month and average yeilds
will be above expectations of one month ago. Small grain harvest is nearing com...
pletion in central and southern districts and well underway in North Georgia . Recent
rains have delayed harvesting operations, and dry weather is needed. to complete the
job.
'I
The ext~eme]y short peach crop 1vas reduced further durin,g the past 30 days by a
. heavy 11M~y drop11 and prospects on June l point to the smallest .production of record.
Pear ,production .is,
also, .
expected to
be
very
short -
in
all
are.as.
WHEAT: Favorable weather during the latter part of April and early May improved
-
wheat prospects in many areas of the State amd final yield is expected to be
above earli.er :forecast. Based on conditions as of June 1 the wheat productioN! is -
placed at 1_,86JJOOO bushels, compared with 2,280_,000 bushels in 1949. The decrea.se
in production is due to a 15 per cent re duction in acreage for harvest and a yield
of one-half bushel below the 12 bushels per acre of a year ago.
OATS: The Ge.orgia oat crop is placed at lp;l69,ooo bushels or 9 per cent above the lh,775,ooo bushels harvested in l~lr9, and is the largest production since
1946.
PEACifS: The total Georgia peach crop, based on June 1 condition, should amount to about 845,ooo bushels; compared with2,oho,ooo bushels. harvested in 1949
and an average production of 5,044,000 bushels for the ten-year (1939-48) period. Georgia cur.rent. peach production will pe the sma llest crop since estimate s were started : in 1909. There will be very few peaches for harvest north of M<1con and the crop is light in a ll areas south of :Macon.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician
Ret~rn After Five Days to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building A-thens, Georgia OFFIC :Ul L BUS Th'ESS.
Form BAE....A-6/50- 3, B50
Permit No_. 1001
..
Penalty for private uso' to avoid payment of postage ~?300 ~
iss. w~~l'le : 1.t. Re.~se, Lillra-riMt,
tate Co'llege o Agri .
e~.
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to f ).:~rop pr,ocfu.C\:ti~n~ ':J.;?50. i.s expect-ed'. .:'00- well below that of recel').tS~a:x:s. Ap~~iges:>
~ - . \ioi important. 'crops _.have been reduced by c1-iversion to fallow,. ,pa.stu're;,..n~'i' meaQ.~s :
f -
~$-dddile~~i~~~,_-ptp6ro-9g\rJcr?stSiywe-.,ccf
rops. t,he
More growing
crs:e:Japsloanndist-h)ratni;LuJ,s. u:ar2jl:.c'v"J._~do..l<lhr~eam~~ah~.o~~g.d?l.e:-i~n~:~1.'l!9-5~9~i~\~~-In
:
t:~B~~Y~~i~u~~-:~~~~~~::YPl~~~~~~~w~o~a~~ ~;%!~~~~~~~!J~~~X~s
~he J,~tter part of May and Eivelopment of these crops is about normal. VTinter wheaf
prospectS imprl')ved slightly with favorable conditions in most areas as heads formed
~.nd filled Favor<:t'ble weather in late May and early June tended to correct defi., ~iencies of sunshine or rain, as the case might be_, in most of-the country, though
. the rains in some sections interfered with completion of planting and sp;ring vtork,
'1,
_.- .
.
Yield prospects for winter wheat improved to the extent that production is now es.. iimated at 710 million bushels, nearly 21 million bushels more thJ.n on May 1 . Har~
yost is under Ytny in the South, also in the Southvrest, whore yields are mostly bctt~
t;,han expected earlier. Heavy heads developed on tho short, thin str<l.Vf as kernels
filled 11011. Inab ility t o seed spring whent at usual datos in the North may hnvo
reduced the acrengc below intentions and, has lowcred yield prospects, Estimated
production of ever 234 million bushels, added to the winter wheat, results in a
t'ot<>.l n heat crop of nearly 94.5 niillion bushels, first to fall belov1 a .billion bushel
:Ln 7 years_.
I
.
i
.
9orn _pl2.nting made r a pid progress in the latter pnrt of M2.y and vras nearly completed
by Juno 1, Weather tmd ,-;et fields caused some delay in starting corn plnntJr+g, but
observance by growers of borer-free dates is likely to have been a more significant
_:factor. Fields Vlore generally well prepared and stands are good in most areas,
Cotton pl2..nting continuos in some aroas 1 as rains in early Juno interfered nith c6mpl9tion of this vrork in northucstorn sections and interrupted choppij..ng and cul-
tivation rather generally in the southern cotton bolt, June weather has boon favor.,
able 'for 1-rcovil activity, Good progress .-.ras made in po~nut planting~
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ALL Y!HEAT : The 1950 Yihoat crop vrill be the first crop in seven years to fall short
of h billion bushels, according to crop conditions on June 1.. This
y oarls production of all wheat (combined fall and spring soYm crops) is estimated
at 944,5J.1,ooo bushcls-1 about lfJ per cent loss than tho 1~1!~6,463 1 000 bushels pro...
duccd in 1949, and 8 per ccrit bolovr. tho 10-year average production of,_l ., 031;312_,000
bushels A shift in tho general Yrcathcr pattern in May slightly improved. 'winter
wheat crop prospects compar ed Yiith a month ago. Seeding of spring Hhcat in the
extreme r~orthern plo.ins Stntos has been unusually lat'b this season, tmd growth of
this crop is gonorJ.lly t-w~J~ t6 thrcc :-;rccks behind what is considered nornial dcirol-
oprncnt. for Juno 1.
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l conditions indicate tm oJ.ts crop of 1,380Jmillion bushels. 'I'his is
only 4 per cent J.bovc tho 1_,)23 million bushels produced lastyoa r, but well
above tho lo-yc ar average of 1_,274 million bushels. Tho relatively l<Ja'go productirn
this r y;oar results from a nov; record planted acreage and an indicated yield only
slightly below both last ycJ.r and J.vorJ.go.
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PEACHES: Tho 1950 U4 s. peach crop is forecast a t 56~151_,000 bushels -throe...
fourths of last. yoJ.r!s production and four-fifths of average., Tho peach crop is short ovoryHhcro except in CaliforniJ., Yihcrc clingstones - the canning crop - J.rc noJ.rly a third ab ove average J.nd freestones a rc a seventh boleY; average,
Other exceptions arc tho Northeast nhcro tho crop is about avcrJ.go and llichig<m and Missouri Yrhcro it is slightly above average.
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In tho 10 southern poach States_, prospects declined fu:t'tho:( duril"!g;_Ma_y and tho pro~ .
ductioill forecast is now 5;~91!.~;.-000 bushels _,.,loss thJ.n half of_::th~ ~malll9h9 crop.,
about ono~third of avorJ.gc m1d about one-fourth of tho 1947 production, tho latest
y ear Ylith a good crop in this area; Tho crop is especially short in tho commercial
arcJ.s of the Carolino.s and Goorgia 17 Tho MJ.y drop nas heavy. Loss tho.n third of North Carolina 'ts 365_,000 bushel crop is in tho Stmd Hills, tho principo.l shipping
area. Tho bulk .of tho poo.chcs- marketed from this arcJ. Hill be eJ.rly varieties Tho
South CarolinJ. crop is ostimJ.tod to be only one-eighth of J.Vcragc. SpartJ.nburg
County r eports almost a complete fJ.ilure.
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TRUC K CROP NEWS
June 15, 1950
Athens, Georgia
GENERAL: Y!eather conditions during the past two weeks have been favorable fo-r replanted truck crops which up to then were behind in their groVTth.
Cultivation is v,oell advanced in central and southern section.s_, but adequate to excessive rainfall in the northern areas has delayed this activity with the. remJ.lt . that oome fields have become rather grassy. Harvesting of snapbeans, onion_,cucu.nt:ers and Irish potatoes is about complete in South Georgia. Light truck movement of cantaloups started a few days ago, and the first loading of watermelons is expected around June 20-25. Light harvesting of North Georgia cabbage has started.
SNAP BEANS : The North Georgia snapbean crop is reported making good progre ss now that warmer weather has been rec eived. In the main producing areas
of South Geor gia harvesting has been completed.
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CABBAGE: The North Georgia cabbage crop has suffered slight damage from the excess:bs rains during the past week . Cutting from a few scattered fields in Gilmer
County began the second week in June, but cutting will not become general in other northern counties until the l ast week in June.
IRISH POTATOES: riovement f r om the conunercial areas of the southern part of Ge'orgia is abC'Jut over. Prices and quality have been lov1 "throughout--the -
season. The North Georgia potato crop i s reported making good progress, Yiith harvesting expected to get Uhdervray about the . usual , date of July 1.
TQil1iATOES : Peak movmaerit i s just getting underway for tomatoes Y!ith quality nuch
on improved over the first pickings . Demand and pr.ice s have been good to-
date , and light harvesting is expected to continue into early July.
PIHIENTO PEPPER : Pimiento p'epper is making rapid progress in growth but heavy rains have caused some of the first bl ooms to shed., which will retard
the maturity of the crop in some areas. Adequate to excessive r ainfall during the past two weeks in the northern and central sections have caused some fields to become grassy. Under favorable conditions first harvesting is expected around July 15-20.
+5. CANTALOUPS: Very little harvesting took place prior to June
The crop is
rapidly approaching maturity and movement should be in full svring
around July 1-lO.
;:!ATERiillLONS: The South Georgia watermelon crop is reported to be in good condition., Sunny and dry weather is needed to complete development of melonsJ
which will begin to rriove to market around June 20- 25.
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to light movement is expected to continue until about July 1 on the
later acreage.
CABBAGEs The Tennessee cabbage deal is about over Th~ prices paid to growers was low, with hardly any demand at any price. Considerable tonnage will be
plowed under.
CANTALOUPSt Light harvest of cantaloups had started by the 15th in South Carolina,
hovrever, peak movement is expected from June 22 to July 1. Downy
mildew ii causing some damage in the Barnw~'<ll-Allende.le area and is a serious threa~
to yield. Light harvest is expected by the last week in June in North Carolina.
IRISH POTATOES,. Peak harvest of the potato crop in North Carolina is expected to be reached about June 00. Poor prices have caused some of the
growers to leave part of orop in the ground, hoping for an improvement imprioes.
Shipments .of Tennessee p'otatoes began June 13 in the Franklin-Coffee area. The crop is about two weeks later than usual,,
TCMATOES: Green wrap tomato movament has been ~henvy -:rn- t,he Beaufort-Charleston .
area of South Caroline. since about Juhe 7th and on the increase in other
areas. Supplies are expected to be available through July, depending .upon market conditions. Excessive rains and late blight practically ruined the Missisaipp.L ... tan~to crop. The damage is general and many fields are a complete failure, with some fields already plowed up.
WATERMELONS, South Carolina 'W!ltennelons are nro.king good groWth, but anthre.nose ie shovang up J.n practically eve ry fi e ld in the Hronpton-Allendnle-Barnwe~J
area Light shipments are expected from this area the week of June 26 1 and peak movement July 5 - 15. The wo.tennelon crop in Alabama is sanewhat late in all'areas1 but prospects are. generally good. First movement is expected from extreme southern
areas the last week in June. Light movement of Mississippi vvnternrelons fran the southern counties, .;i~ now underway, but most of the crop will be harvested in July. Most early wo.~e sections in Tex~s nre still in productio~ Total carlot movement to date J.S ~ti~~ below that of thJ.s period last season, me.J.nly as a result of the important Falfurrias crop being lost, but truck movement has been active from all other early sections
CUCUMBERS, Harvest of North Caroline. cucumbel"s began June 12, but is not expected to reach-v:olume until about June 20. Despite a rather slow and eneven
start, the condition -6' the crop is reported as good. Weather pennitting volume
harvest should continue well into the month of July. No disease or insect dome.ge was evident as of June 15. Cucumber sales continue, but the peak is over and the
market poor in South Carolina. Supplies will be available until about July 1, but .
many growers have stopped picking because of low prices.
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Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA 1950 SPRING PIG SURVEY Rl~PORT
JWle 261 1950
PIGS SAVED: 'fhe spring pig crop in Georgia. for this. year, which includes all
This
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pigs produced from Decemb~r per cent above the crop saved
l to June 1, is during the same
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largest since the spring of 1943, cent more than for this year) was
when the -big reported.
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last year and are eight per cent above the 1939-48 ten-year average. An average
of 6.3 pigs saved per litter this spring is the highest number on record for
Georgia.
FARROWING PROSPECTS: Reports by farmers on breeding intentions for this fall, covering the period from June 1 to December 1, are for
203 1 000 sows to farrovv. Th:Ls number would be 8 per cent above- the estimated 188,000 farrow:ing, last fall and 13 per cent above the ten-year average of 179,000.
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Saved
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GEORGIA:
10-year, 1939-48
207
1948
187
1949
200
1950
224
5~7
1,190
5.9 1jl03
6~1
1,220
6.3
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179 171 188
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1,045 1,043 .
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UNITED STATES : ,
10-year, 1939--48 8, 883
6.21 55,191 5,512
6 ~39 ' 35;,230
I 1948
7,964
6~l~4 51,;266
5,169
6 ~ 58
33,995
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9,148
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6~45 59;,040
5,726
6.51 37,262
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'the 1950. spring .pi{!; .eto.p totaled 60,079,000 -hee.d, an increase :of 3 percent .from
last spring. The number of sows farrowing this spring was _5 percent above last
&pring, but the number of pigs saved per litt.er we.s 2 percent smaP~.r than .last spring and only s~ightly above the 10-ye.ar average~ For the c~ming fall crop,
reports on breeding i-nte.,nti.o-I).s indicate a to.tal pf 6,017,000 sows to farrow; 5
~ercent above the number farl'bwed lest fall. The combined 1950 total pig crop ~s .'
I\ow expected to be 99 million head. A combined pig crop this size wo.uldbe 4 p~rceJ;I!;
~bove 19~9 and 10 percent above . the 1~_39-48 average
Spring Pig Cropi - The number of pigs saved in the spring season of ~950 {December
1, 1949 to June 1, 1950) is estimated to be 60,079,000 head. This is 1,6531 000 head or about 3 percent larger than the spring crop last year. It is aJ,.so 9 percen-t;
I.arger than the lO~year average. The 1950 spring crop is the third largest on ~ecord, being exceeded only by the spring crops in 1942 and 1943.
The number of sows farrowing in the spring of 1950 is estimated to be 9,518,000 4ead. This number is 5 percent large~ than last year and 7 percent larger than
~re - 10-year average. The 1950 spring farrowings are 3 percent, or 2791 000 head . ~ess than farmers' reports last December ~ndicated would be farrowed.
lhe number of pigs saved per l.itter in the spring of 1950, at 6.31 pigs, is 2 percent less than the 6.45 pigs of last year. The record is 6.46 pigs, attained ip. the spring of 1946. ,~reather conditi.ons over most of the important hog producing ~tates were not entirely favorable during the peak farroi.ving months. Reportet:s generally attributed the smaller nmnber of pigs saved to cold or stormy sp~ing W,, :eather. In most of the Southern States, weather was generally favorable.
Jllall 1950 Intentions: Reports on breeding intentions indicate that 6,017,000 sows Wlill farrovr in the fall of 1950. This is 291,000 or 5 percent larger than the t}kuber farrowing last fall. If these intent:lons are. realized, the number of sows farrowing during the fall season (June 1 to December 1) would be the third largest
oh record--exceeded only by the number in the fall of the war years 1942 arid 1943.
The indicated increase in fall intentions is not uniform over the country. Only the East and -t-"Jest North Central States shovr increases, while in other regions the number of sows intended for fall farrow is the s~e, or less than lnst year. The indicated increase in the West North Ceritro.l is ll percent, and the East North Centro.!, 6 percent~ In the South Atlo.ntic region, the smnc number o.s lo.st fo.ll is indicnted; v:Thile the South Centro.l is do1Nn 2 percent; 1'vest, down 11 percent; o.nd North Atlantic, do'livn 13. per..cent.
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QoEOR.GIA AGRlCULTURAL
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Athens, Georgia
TRUCK CROP :HEWS
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July 1, 1950
GEl\lERAL: Hot dry Yleather the last half of June over the conunercial area of_South Georgia affected adversely all growing crops. All truck crops in the
harvest stage are being seriously damaged from the hot sun and lack of moisture. Truck crops in the northern area of the State had not suffered for moisture up to July 1 but rain will soon be needed in this section. The cabbage, snap bean, and potato season is over in South Georgia and these crops are coming into :Qro_duction in the northern part of the State. Harvesting of watermelons and cantaloups is declining j_!,1 'the southern counties and is be ginning to move in volume in the central areas.
SNAP BEANS, NORTH GEORGIA: place prior to July l~
Growing conditions have been good on this crop during the past two 'IYeeks. Little or no harvesting had taken
CABBAGE , NORTH GEORGIA: The growing season has been favorable for c abbage, honever: rain will be needed for some of the late crop to fully
mature, Unusually low prices are prevailing at present, and it i s feared that some of the. crop will be left in the fields.
illiSH POTATOES, NOli.TH GEORGIA: V!eather conditions have been favorable on this crop and goo d growth is reported. The crop is late this
year due to the late spring and ha rvesting is not expected to become general before J uly 20.
PDHENTO PEPPER: Weather during setting time was favorable and good stands are re....
por .t ed. Sj_nce that time dry hot weather has prevailed over most
of the pimiento t erritory and is resulting in serious damage in some areas by causing l eave s and blooms to shed. S orne harvesting is getting undervvay i n the ex...
( treme southern counties. If rain is not received soon harvesting nill not become
general until l ate July or early August.
CANTALOUPS : The dry hot weather has seriously damaged the cantaloup crop by causing the me:J_ons to ripen before a ttain:L.'1g full s ize. Rains would
hot benefit this crop now) as the vines have died in the southern areas and are seriously damaged in the central areas. Prices r ec eived have been disappointing to date .J
liiATERHELONS : Harvesting of the melon crop in southern counties i s about over, with v er y poor yields realized due to tho dry hot weather coming around
harvest time. The dry weather is causing yields to bo low this year as tho second crop of melons failed to r each full maturity. &:treme heat during tho l a st few days of June u-aused some melons to blister so tha t they 1Yerc unfit for mar lcot,.
Through June 30th 1, 858 carloads had been shipped by rail, compared with 33 648 on
the same date last year.
D. L. FLOYD Agricu~tural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator
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As of July 1, l95o
SNAP BEANS: Light harv~st from the early fields in the northwestern counties of North Carolina is now getting underway. Prices rece'ived have been
fair to good1 mostly good. Light sales began at Nountain City, Tennessee on June
26 and at Clarkrange July 1. Prices have started out below last yearls level.
Late plantings will be influenced by prices received for the earlier crop.
CABBAGE: Low price and lack of demand brought the West Tennessee cabbage deal to a premature close shortly after mid-June. Harvesting of the crop is
maki.t'1g fair progress in the Henderson county area of North Carolina. Pl'ices received have been only fair.
IRISH POTATOES: The harvesting of commercial early potatoes in North Carolina is
rapid~y nearing completion. Generally, weather conditions have
been very favorable for digging. Quality and yield of potatoes dug in the
Fra,nklin-Goffee area of Teilllessee have been good but demand and price have been
poor. Digging in the Curriberland Plateau will not. begin for another month.
CANTA.IDUPS: Cantaloup vines have deteriorated considerably in South Carolina and are badly parched in the heaviest producing area. This has
shortened the season and the heaviest movement is about over. In North Carolina light movement of cantaloups began the last week in June. Volume movement :Ls
expected by July 7.
livATERMELONS: Harvest from earlier fields is expected to begin about the last
vmek in July, becoming general by August 3 in North Carolina.
Generally the crop is one to two weeks later than normal. Peak movement is
expected in the Hampton-Allendale-Barnwell area of South Carolina July 5-15. Dry
weather has caus ed da.J11il.ge to watermelon vinqs but has helped combat anthranose.
Supplies of waterme lons at this period are available over a vride area of Texas. Cr9ps in t he latest grod"~Jcing_ areas , usually for mid-August and early Septei'ii'G'er
harvest, are in good ~ondition.
TOMATOES: Tomato pric ,3 s have been generally 8atisfactory in South Carolina and supplies are expected to b~ available through July. Carlot shipment
..of Y!est Tennessee tomatoes began on June 21. Demand and prices have been exceptionally good.
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF JUNE. 15, 1950
July. 10, 1950
GEORGIA : As of June 15 the All Corninodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia fariner~
rose for the seventh coriscutive month to jump 13 points to 248 .per. cent ot_-
the August l909..Ju.ly 1914 ~verag e. At this level, the Index was four points higher '':.
than it v;as a year ago.
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Main reasons for the marked increase of the Index vrere the sharp rise in price of mecit animals, and the effect of favorable prices received for the new crop of peaches . "' Hogs shovred an advance of $1.30 a cwt. over the price reported a month earlier, 1 Peaches of all quali ~ies 1vere reported as selling for an averaGe of ::J6 . oo per bushel~
Following the new harvest,. pric es of wheat , oats, and Irish potatoes , showed some der,: cline,_ but practically all other conunodities showed some increa se over prices of mid;. May. Prices of dairy products remained unchanged.
UNITED STATES: There was 11 no change11 in the over....a.ll Index of Prices Receive'd by Farmers during the past month as lower pric es f or food -grains (wheat)
and dairy products were offset by higher prices for most other groups, ma inly fruit,
truck crops, cott on, and poultry and eggs . The Index remains at 24? per cent of its January 1910-December 1914 average, about l per cent below June a year ago . Among t h meat an:Unals lovrer pric es for hogs and sheep were- offset by s'crengthened beef cattle , veal calf, and lamb prices. Wool prices continued to increase to re ach the highest point since December 1918. Changes in the fruit, dairy, and poul t r y groups were abou seasonal,
The Parity Index continue d to rise for the fourth consecutive month , and as of Jude 15, it was 255 per cent of the 1910-14 average, up 1 point from a month ago, The relative change in i{he Parity Index -- l es s than one-half of one per cent -- was not sufficient to change the Parity Ratio vhich r emained at 97 per cent.
Higher rural living costs, mainly as a result of upturns in food prices , were responsible for t he increase . Building material pric es also ros e as did ~rices for petroleum products. Prices of production goods averaged the same as i n mid;I\Iay
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Parity Ratio
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COMPARISONS
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$
1.24
1.85 '..2.15
2.03
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9orn, Bu.
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$
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$
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1.44 .75
1.42
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1.90 1.70
1.40 I. ~70 l
1.72 1.28 1.27
S_, weet Potatoe s,Bu.$
.83
3.00
2~50
2.30
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"2.64 2.28 2.11
' gotton, Lb.
12.6
31.8
32.0
32.3
12.4
30.1 29,2 29.9
ciottoneeed, ton $ 1
Hay,
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Jlogs, per cwt. $ '
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7.33
46.00
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50.00 20.00 17.60
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20.80 18.90
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46.70 45.20 46.20 20.90 22.00 i 20.80 18.80 18.50 17.80
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3.87
18.50 19.00 19.50
5.42
20.90 23.20 23.70
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:!4ilk Cows, head Chickens, Lb. Eggs, doz. Butter, Lb. Butterf a-t , Lb.
$ ' 33.85.
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1 21.3 1 24.6
t 25.7
138.00 26.5 47.0 52.0
55~0
48.00
124.1 37.3 : 51.0
154.~
154.00 . 48.00
183.00 191.00 197.00
' 24.8
I 380
I 51.0 54.0
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21.5
25.5
' 26.3.
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22.1
44.1 29.6 ! 30.1
56.8 55S 55.7 '
I 59.3 60.6 59.?
Milk, (Whol esaie)
. per 1001/: 1}
Cowpea:>, Bu.
$ $
2.42
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Soybeans , Bu.
$
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Peanuts, Lb.
1 5.0
5.40 21 .35 3.70 10.5
1 5.20 3.95
I 3.15 110.6
5.20 4 .30 3.50 10.8
1.60
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3.5, 3.481 3.43
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10.4 i.10.7 10.8
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Prices for loose hay discontinued since most hay sold is baled. I
= INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEORGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 100)
June 15, 1949
Way 15, 1950
June 15, 1950
All Corrunodi ties
Cotton &Cottonseed
Grains Meat .Animnl s
Dairy Products Chicken & Eggs
Fruits Miscellaneous
244
235
248
245
248
251
154
156
163
376
371
386
215
210
210
215
177
181
304
186
363.
186
171
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GEORGIA'S ;COTTON ACREAGE 28 PERCENT BELOV( 1949
-~uly 10, 1950
G~prg ia ' s 1950 cotton acreage D1 cultivation on July 1 is estimated at 11170_,000 (;\:cres, according to . the official report of the erop Reporting Boo.rd of the United St2.tes Department of Agriculture. 'rhis is a decrease of 28 per cent from the
1; 918_,000 acres in cultivation one year ago 2-.nd is 25 per cent under the 10-ye.:tr ~v~ rage (1939..-48) of 1,5591 000 acres.
Upite d States acreage i n cultiva tion on July 1 is placed at 191 0321 000 acres or a d.iGreasc of 31 per c ent from tho 27, 7l91 000 on July 1_, 1949. The current acre age ii 13 per cent below the t on...year average (1939-h8) of 21_, 859,000 acres.
ARC HIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural StatisticianJ In Charge
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Avcro.ge : 19h9
1950 :
1950
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tiissouri - - - - -
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408
60h
LrhO
73
Virginia - - - - -
1.5
30
33
26
79
N. Carolina
s, Carolino. -
1.1
750
869
570
66
o. 7
1,122
1,283
875
68
Georgia
0.7
1, 559
1, 618
1,170
72
Florida - -- --
2.6
45
51
34
67
rennosseo-------~
o. 8
697
845
650
77
l l abama ----------
0 .7
1,675
1, 825
1,330
73
lis sissippi------
2.2
2,Lf69
2,859
2_,085
73
~rkansas --------
2.0
1, 985 2,616
l, 720
66
Louis i ano.--------
1.9
9130
1,077
775
72
)k1ahoma---------
3.8
1, 492
1,3h4
1_,050
78
Cc:;:as -------------
2.3
Jow Licxico-------
2.2
7) 887 10, 988
7,200
66
131
323
189
59
'lrizona----------
0.5
210
401
290
72
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o.5
402
963
61Lf
64
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2. 7
18
20
14
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.GENERAL CROP REPOl1T l!'OR GEORGIA AS OF juLY 1, 195'0
July -13.1_ 195'0 '
Extremely hot, dry weather .during the latter part (j'.f June caused rapid deteriorat-
ion of corn, tobacco, haysr~pastures .and truck crops,_ the greatest damage occurring
in south central and south eastern areas of the State. Corn and tobacco were 'in the critic.al st~ge of grovrth in the southern part of the. State and littl.e jmprove-
!Jlent can be expected from rains of early July .for -the early planted acreages
.. Some sec;~ion? Of the. _central a.nd northern portion of the State received little
rainfall . during June and crops were suffering on July ;t. ' If f _ayorable weather if.:
received at an early date most of the crops in these areas will make rapid iinprove. ment~ The hot, dry weather has been favorable for boll .weev:Ll cbntrol and all
reports. indicate that growers are carrying on an intensive fight. . Damage from boll
worms i s being reported in many sections of the State. . Yields . of email grams
have turned out better than was oxpected earlier in the season.
Corn: Condition_ of corn was'reduced sharply during the last t1~o weeks of June by the extreae, hot, dr-y weather , 'I'he 1950 corn acreage is indicated at
3,53l,OOOcompared with 3,300,000 one year ago or an increase of 7 per cent. Yield per acre is expected to be 14.0 bushels comoared with the rec"ord high of 113,0 bushels in 1949. Production should reach 49 ;h34, 000 bush.els o~ a decrease.. of 17
ppr cent from the 59,hOO,OOO harvested last year .
Small Grains : Weather conditions were generally favorable during the harvesting .season and the . small grain crops were saved in g o~d condition.
Wheat acreage of 162,000 for harvest was do-vm 15 per cent from the.l90,000 harvested in 1949 and an estiinated yield of 12.5 bushels per SJ,cre was above early seasbn expectation. 'l'he oat crop. was goo.d in most s.s;ctions: .of the State, an
acreage of 650,000 being harvested with a record yield per acre of 27,0 bu13hels. B:roduc.:tion of 17,550,000 bushels in 1950 has b een exceeded only by the record larg~ crop .in 1946.
Tobacco: Acreage of 98,100 is up 5 per cent from . the 93,..000 harvested in 1949 and
the indicated y ield per acre of 1,002 pounds is 242 pounds belo~v the
record highyield of.last year . cur:rent, pr.ospects point to a pro duction of
98,265,000 pounds ?ompared.with final sales of ll.S,670,000 in 1949
Peanuts: Acreage planted alone' is. ~stimated at .878,000 or lL~ per cent below the
1 1 021',000 acrt:ls of 1949 'l'he first production estimate rvill be made next month, based on August 1 conditior1 ,
Peaches: The 1956 peac~.production of BL5,000 b:Ushels is a-t;. the lowest level s ince
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AGRICULTURAL STATIS'riC~
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IYIELD
PRODUCTION( 000)
Indlc.
!Indic-:-
CROP-
. 1949
1950 .Per Cent 19h9 . July Jc, 1949 1July 1~
of 1949
; : i1 19:~o
I 1950
Corn Wheat
Bu . 3,300 3,531 ' 107
.Bu. 190 1~2
85
18.0;! 14.0' 59 ,hOO 49,434 12.0 : l2.5 2,2 8Q 2,025
Oats
Bu , 591
650
110
25 . 0 27 . 0 14,775 17,550
Ryp
Bu.
5
5
100
10.0 . 11.0
)0
55
T0bacco, all
Lb., . 93
-98.1 105
1,.2.44 . 1_,002 115;670 98,265
Potatoes, .I r ish
Bu.
:18
18
100
72
77 J..,296 1,386
Potatoes, sweet ' Bu.
67
70
104
90
85 6,030 5, 950
Hay, a ll
Tons
Sorghum fo r sirup
Sugarcane for s irup
Pe anuts, alone
1,099 10 18
1,021
1,041 11 16 878
95 .6-h
110
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89
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86
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Cowpeas, alone
184
169
92
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Soybeans,, alo!!C
~=:~~:st o ~~ia~r\~~op
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90
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117
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Cotton
21 1,618 ' J.,l70 ! n 72
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2,0h0
845
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198
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commercial crop. g/ Acreage in cultivat ion July 1.
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lnHTED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1950
~otaJ. erop~.PT'miuet.~~n'in 1950 will oaconstd.eiraoly less than"iri 194!r''a'mi"-:-~~"~heless, !'~':"".
may exceeq:':.th\3-t ~!f~ 5 out of .the, 1!'1-.st .8 years ~u hi.ghJrod1;10tion and. ~l!~~'bl:) muca, l :at:ger than 1n . ~Y year prior to 1942. Large acreage's tha.t are '\lilU ly m .corn, 'Wheat, eotton and other crops
.{low und:r allotm~nt :programs, haye be~n .~.ivel;ted t? uses that .will con~ribute less to this yea::ls~
,_produchon total!'..' The season was: adve.rse fol' ' !!eedJ.ng spring small gra1ns 1 but since mid-May :pome of the backWardness has been overcome and yield pros:pects have improved. Larger acreages
pf corn, soybeans, sorghums amd hay than intended earlier have been planted under mostly favorable conditions. These increases .more then. ~fset decreases in spring grains. Still the total
acreage in crops is nearly 13 million acres less than in 1949 and 7 million less than in 1948.
kgregatc produetion, based upon current forecasts, may be 24 per cent tibove the 1923-32 a.vera,se
~d nearly equol to the average of the :past 8 seasons.
pontributing heaviest, as usuol, . to the aggregate crop .production, are the food grains. These
include 3-,176 million bushels of cOrn and 1,.395 million bushels of oats, both of which are much
~arger than average crl'lpst 265 million bushels of barley, which is more than last year, but bolar
~verage; and Jith a heavy
a sorghum grain crop carryover, dt'lmina.ted
likely to be by unusually
well larg
e
ehove stoc
a.vero.ge 1 ks of cor
p n,
erhap faz'm
s
s
as up
lorge a plies of
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n 1949, ed gr~
:Per animal unit will be exceeded tlnly by those of the last 2 years. Hay supplies \rill also ba
?-mple, perhaps largest of record per hay-consuming l'll'limru unit. Among the oil seeds, the large
f.Creage in so!beans tends to indionterecord production of soybeans for bean?; but cottonseed Pnd peanuts w1ll be harvested f~m sharply reduced acreages, ond the 29 mill1on bushels ~f flax
peed is well below average. Tobaceo production will be only elightly less than in 1949 and about ~ per cent above average. Potato production, despite the smallest acreage since 1876, is likely to be nearly as large o.s last year. Sweetpotatoes continued the upturn in ecr~oge from the low
:(>oint in 1948 and an o.utturn only 6 per cent below average is now expected.
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ALL W'HEA.T: This year1 s wheat crop now promises nearly 957 million bushels, 12 million more tha)
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was indicated on June 1 but still the smallest erop harvested since 1943. Estime.te4
:t'roductien is 17 per cent below the 1 1 146,46~.!:000 bushels harvested last year and compares with
the 10 year average production of 1,031,312,000 bushels. During each of the past six years pro-'
~uction had exceeded one billion bushels.
goBN: The Nation's .1950 corn Grop is estimated at 3.2 billion bushl;lls This compares vri.th
,
3.4 billion bushels last year and the 193~8 average of 2.9 billion. The indicnted
~ield per acre of 38.2 bushels is 0.7 bushel below 1949 but 53 bushels ahovo average.
~his year's acreage for harvest, . 83.1 million acres, is the smallest since 1894. Acreage redue~
ions in some of the hfgher yielding ar<:las tended t~ reduee the no.tional aver:o1ge yield this year;
however, there were other factors tending to increase yields. Hybrids are being grown more o~
~ensively this year particularly on the acreages out side the commercial corn area end more forti~
J;izer and power equipment are being used in most parts of the c~untry. Also, more effective
~nsect ,and weed control chemienls are now availnble and are being used extensively
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The 1950 "ats crop is crop ?f 1,322,924,000
estimated at 1,3941 772 1000 bushels, 5 per cent more than bushels ::md about 9' per cent cibove avero.ge. Indications
last year's are tha~ the
1950 crop vnll be the fcurth largest s~nce 1925, exceeded only by the record crop of 1 1 536 nu.1Hon
bushels in 1945 and the near record crops in 1946 rmd 1948.
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PEANUTS& The 1950 MreZ1ge of peanuts planted o.lone for clll purposes, including the acreage for
. picking, threshing ond hogging, is estimated at 2,647,000 acres - about 8 per cent belo>v l a st year. This is ab~ut 3 per cent me-re than the acreage intended in March due largely to increased allotments r~f acreage for :picking and threshing and regulations permitting fnrmers to grow peanuts for oil ip excess of their a.creS~ge allotments. The estimated acreage ffJr picking and threshing and the first foreco.st of 1950 production will be published in the August Crop Report.
TOBACCOt Total production of all tobaccos is f ,:>recast at 1 1 932 million pounds for 1950. This
reduction
is is
2 per cent below accounted for by
the crop of last year when 1.1 970 burley which is estimated at 499
million million
pounds pounds
were grown. The compared with 560
million in 19~9. The fluecured crop 1,115 million :pounds were harvested.
of
1 1150
million
pounds
exceeds
last
year's production
when
PEACHESc
The las
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Nation's prosp se~son's crop
ectiv and
e 21
peach crop per cent l
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s ss
55,512 thrm
1000 bus average.
h
els The
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26 op
per cent less than is extremely short
in
the importcmt early &:luthern peaeh area and in all Western States, exCeJ>t California, where
:prospects are above average aJ. though less than last year. For the 10 Southern states the Cr(')p
is extremely short 12,940,000 bushel~
o.t 51 8491 000 bushels - less and less than a third of the
than one-hell of the short crop average Df 18,052t000 bushels.
last
season
of
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UNITED STATES
CROP
:ACfuiAGE IN THOUS. : 1950 Ina
Rarv, !'or
:Per cent i
YIELD
a PRODUCTION IN THOUSANDS
Indio.:
: Indicated
1949 Harv.
of
1949 Julyl,l 1949
July 1,
I 1950
1949
Corn, all
Wheat Oats,
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. bbuu.,:;
86.735 76 751
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839091 60,513
bu.: 4o:sso : 42,765
1/ . Cotton,
Hay, v~l
Soybeens 2/
27 1 719 I 19,032 : ton 72,835 75,686 :
l 11,409 14,542
"1J Cowpea.s
Peanuts ~
1,177 1' 152 : 2,882 I 2,647 I
96 79
ios
69 104 127
98 92
Potatoes, Insh bu.&
Swee -pote.toes 1 bu. i
1, 901 I. ' 542 '
1; 826 584
96 108
. 38.9
14.9 32.6
'' 1.36
211 l 100
1950 ' 1358..82 ".. 32.6
214 99
3,377, 7.90 1,146,463 1,322, 924
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99,305
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'' 401,962 54,232
1950 3,175,602
. 956,586 1,394, 772
103,498
390,431 57,.892
Toboeco, all lb.; 1,630 1,596
Sor.for Syrup I
90 J
97
98 108
' 1,209
1,211 : ~. 970,376 :
1,932,146
Sugarcane for11
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59 ; 86
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GENERALt ,: Beneficial rains received in most sections . of the State durin,g the last
week in June and in ee.riy July greatly alle~ie.ted the distress caused
by the hot, dry weather prevaiiihg for the greater pn~ of June, The relief
to brought.. ~bout some improvement in the quality of truck crops being produced, but
it came too late to add much stimulus the declining prices of local sluggish
markets~ After a very unfav@r.&ble spring~ most truck crops were so late thi~
year that they came into serious competition wi'th production in other sectionq,
and local prices for most commodities have deteriorated rap:i,dly~ - '
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SNAP BEANS, NORTH GEORGIA& The h:arvest of snap beans in North Georgia. i.s just
getting under vro.y. Generally, the growing season 1NO.S fa.vo!"able, but beans were beginning to suffer from dry wec~ther .just before harvest,
and q_lo.li ty of ~ome f i r s t pickings' has 'n'ot been very high. Goo<;l beans are bring-
ing fo.voro.ble prices 1 and since cunple ro.iris recently ho.ve boon received i.J)l .the
producing areas, a general improvement in bean quality is expected,
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CABBAGE, NORTH GEORGIAi Recent rains have been of considerable benef~t to cabbage
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in North Georgia, and prices, though still diso.p'pointing
to producers, :are somewhat higher than they were in June-.
IRISH POTATOES, NORTH GEORGIAa ' Potato digging is j\1st starting in North ,Georgia,
and th'e movement of potatoes to rrinrket is very
slow. Local demand for potritoes is very weak, and prices received are generally
unsatisfactory:, 'Th.Q gtowing, season for this crop has been good, o.nd fc'.ir yields
.are expected,..
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PIMIENTO PEf,PER: .Good rains throughout the pimiento terri tory ho.ve stopped the
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-shedding of pimiento leaves o.nd blooms sto.rted by the pr.olonged
dry weather in June, Harvest of mnture poppers, largely confined to tho mor~
southern arons, is spe e ding up, o.nd prospects for good yields are now much better.
CANTALOUFS: The hc.rvest of co.nto.loups is prr1 cticr lly over in South Georgia. o.nd is well_along towc rds its close in th e central o.nd northe rn sections
of the Stote,
WATEIMELONS; A very wonk mnrkot for vro.tennolons wns further depressed by large
quantiti e s of poor quo.lity me lons produced in tho extremely hot
dry weo.thor of this yenr' s gr.q>wing s 0o.son. Prices h(W~ been gonoro.lly unso.tis-
fi:tctory, Harvest, now ove r in lower Goorgin_, is well under vro.y in mid-sto.te, o.nd
is off to a. good start in the upper Piedmont,, In comp'nri'son to last yoo.r,
4 1 063 carloads of watermelons ha.d been .shipped by rci.il through July 13, o.s against
4,873 carloads shipped up to the sn.mc time a year ago,
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.,. . : . ~ SNAP. BEANS; Frequent raifis in some sections of Tennes~~e have, caused some nail-
head rust in snap beans, but in general' 'quancy o'f 'beans is good, and sales are in progress at Mt, City and Clarkrange. Harvest is under way in North Carolina, and with the exception of poor stnnQ$ in late plantings, the crop is ., good, Supplies probably will be available throughout the summer, In Virginia picking is moving along in the Carroll-Floyd County nreo, and good yi e lds of satisfactory quolity are mnterializing,
CABBAGE, (LATE SUWv~R): Summer cabbage are better than average in North Carolina and good yields c.re in prospect, Light cuttings nre
being mnde, nnd volume movement is expected nround August 1, Hnrvest is nenr the peak in th.e Smyth-'Wythe County rircn of Virginin nnd is well o.dvnnced in the Co.rroll County section, where 'yields promise to be above nvero.ge,
IRISH POTATOES: Digging of comin.ercinl early potatoes is well over ho.lf finished
in ~e Franklin-Coffee area of Tennessee, where yields and
quality are about the best on local record, Harvest is well along in all product~ ion areas of Virginia, but is being somevh at retarded by frequent and heavy rains~
Digging ho.s been very active in Texas, Where quality of potatoes is exceptionally(
good and all planted areas are now in production,
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CANTALOUPS.a General rains hnve improved cantaloup prospects in North Carolina, and harvesting is now at a peak. Prices. received by farmers have been
satisfactory. Most of the crop has been harvested ip. Texas, but supplies are still plentiful,
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WATERMELONSt . Much needed rains have come to watermelons in North Carolina, Some movement is under way in the Scotland County - aren, but -no volume is
expected before August 1. Prospects continue to be good in Virgini>.1 but re.in has been a little excessive, and dry weather is needed to prevent losing tho s et of small melons. Harvest is about over in the early me lon section of .Texas, but melons nre still plentiful, and growing conditions hove been favorable .. for late plantings now . coming into production.
TOi\iiATOES ( EARLY SUMMER): Shipment of early summer tomatoes has passed its peak in west Tennessee, and. a decline from exceptionally
goqd prices :i,s now noticeubl G. Movement hus b e en .very heavy from enstern Virginia1 .but recent ruins hove domnged the crops to the extent tho.t shipping quo.lity hus ,:-_ been impaired, und if these continue, the harvesting seeson will be short
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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P(:n"init No, 1001
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HONEY REPORT, JULY 1950
July 261 1956
A total of. 51 612,000 colorries of bees were on hand July 1 in the United S1;a.teEl~ according to a. preliminary estimate by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics based' .
of on reports from about 41 000 beekeepers covering fa.nn ovmed and non-fann owned bees.
This number colonies is the same as the number on hand a year ago. In.crea.ses
of 3 percent in the Wests 2 percent in the South Atlantic and 1 percent in the
. North Atlantic cwere offset by "decreases of :2 percent in the So\rbh Central and i
percent in the West North Central States. Colony numbers were about the same as
last year in the West North Cenb'al States.
Winter loss of colonies was light. The loss of 15 percent last w:i.n~er was.
about the same as irt the winter of 1948.-49, but well below the loss of 20 percent
in the winter of l947..l...'48. Winter and spring losses we~e 20 percent in the West .
North Cen.tral ,. :l5 percent in the West and in the South Atlantic, 14 percent in the
South C@ntral, _1.3 percent in the East North Central and 11 percef!t in the North
Atlantic States. Causes of losses as a. 'percent of total were reported as 'rollowsa
. stary9:tion 28 _percent~ .: .queenless 24 percent, winter killing 19 percent, ins!cts
4' percent, foul brood 3 percent, spray poison 3 percent, other causes 19 percent. These losses are for winter and spring and do not cover losses during the ~one~
producin~ se:a.son .
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totaled 1,030 1 000 --about 18 percent This is about the same percentage as
of in
the ~umber of . July . la.~t year'
..and compares wlth 20 percent in 1948, 19 percent in '1947 and 23 percent in 1946
The condition of colqnies about July 1 WaS reported at S6 percent compar~d
with 88 a year ago. July 1 condition of nectar plants was about 80 percent cam-
pared with 79 last year. Honey flows are in progress in practically all areas of
the country. Conditions and honey crop prospects are variable for the leading
honey producing States. Iowa crop prospects are excellent. Clovers of all kinds
are abundant and weatqer has been favorable, The California orange honey crop was
short, Dry weather is reducing the flow from non-irrigated plants, In Minnesota
the late spring was followed by d17 weather which has been unfavorable for nectar
plants. The citrus honey crop was light in Texas, However, in the southern part
of the State the huajuillo and mesquite flow was heavy and in the central and
northern parts mesquite, horsemint and clovers yielded well. Cotton po;i.sQni:Q.g .in
.. the lower Rio Grande Valley has had devastating effects on colonies ~emai~ing . in
the area, The late spring in Wisconsin retarded nectar plants and the spring
colony buildup and honey crop prospects are uncertain. Florida citrus bloomed
much longer than usual and a fairly good crop of honey was obtained. Conditions
in New York a~e variable but prospects are good over most of the State. In Ohio
the condition and abundance of ~ necta.r plants are f avorable for a bumper crop of
honey. Indiana has plenty of. riecta.r plants but continuous rainy weather has hamp-
ered bees in gathering the crop. Pennsylt ania crop prospects look promising. The
sumac, tulip poplar, basswood, and clover bloom are good and a larger than usual
acreage of buckvtleat is expected. Prospects are favore.ble for a good crop of
honey in Illinois, Sweet clover looks better than it has in years and a good
honey flmv is being obtained from White Dutch and Alsike clover,
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151
159
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127
105
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189
186
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90
85
59
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81
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86 ' 79 ' - 81
89
84
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69
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Tenn. 1'79
181
101
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87
84
82 78
Alo..
204
194
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74
80
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Miss.
82
73
89
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82
77
66
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Ark . 106
92 .
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27
86
82
81
77
Lo..
101
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95
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58
100
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87
89
87
79
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of Pene.1ty for p rivo.te use to
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.Athens, Georgia
GEORQJA: 1949 CASH FitiU ( INCOl$ $:HARPLY OFF
Q.ash income (including Government payments) .:rece.iv:eO. by !}~orgia farmers during 1949
a4fiOUnted to $452,405,ooo. This is only 86 per cent of the s526,513;ooo :received in -~
1948, but it is 33 per cent above the ten YE"lilt: a,v~r"!,ge c;overing the period from 193 ~. ,
t~ro:!gh 1948~
Cpntinuing the trend of rec ent years, relatively a iittle'more of the total cash in~ c6me in 1949 was contributed by livestock, "~::Thil~ (,;!r9ps <?ont~ibuted relatively a ', little less. In the crops group, tobacco increased in importance; vihile other majb:r
crops showed some decline,, In the livestock group, ipcreases came from _commercial ;:
broilers, dairy products, hogs, eggs and turkeys, more than o.i'f-setting a decrease ' ;in income from cattle and chickens 6ther th~n commercial broilers~
Cotton maintained a lead in contributj_ng 23,7 per cent of the total cash farm in-
come, followed by. peanuts (13 .3%), t obacco (10,9%), and hogs ( 9-X'b>.
The percentage of the total cash farm -income contr:ibuted by commodities for 1949 anp
l94H (respectively) are as follows: All Crops, 64.3 and 66,5; Livestock and Live- :~
stock Products, 34.4 and 32.3; Governnent Payments, . 1.~ and _1.2; Cotton, 23.7 and '
25.4; Peanuts, 13.3 and 15.3; Tobacco, 10,9 and 9.0; Fruits and Pecans, 2.0 and 2.5;
.Truck Crops, 3.8 and 3.7; Corn, 2.2 and 2.3; All Otper Crops, 8.4 and 8.3; Hog.s, ;
9.1 and 8.8; Cattle and Calves, 5.0 and 7.1; Dairy Products, 7.3 and 6.0; Conunercia~
Broilers, 7.3 and 5.5; Eggs, 3.9 and 3.2; and Other Livestock, : l.B and 1.7.
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DI[3TRIBUTION oF 1949 cAs H INcmm FROI'ii GEORGIA cnoPs ANb LIVESTOCK
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121,966 . ll-6,841
97 ;490
Gqtton Seed
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17,220 139,186 72,076
17,000 133,841 80,707
'9,809 107,299 6C,l70
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49,437 16,o8o 16,803
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10,613 356,141
11,939
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43,5-03- - -3-7,-92-9
350,318 290,768
LIVESTOCK
Hogs 29,987
1.).6,353
41,021
Cattl!'l and Calves.
Dairy Products .
21,584 25,520
37,582 31,450
22,753 33,301
Commercial Broilers . 20,171
24,191
29,108
32,977
Other Chickens 7,227
6,646
5, 963
3, 838
Turkeys. 1,05.3
1 , 2 86
1,196
1,820
Egs s 13, 656
16,833
16,550
17,499
Other. I
1,414
1, 568 . 1, 598
'l'OTAL LIVESTOCK & LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS. 120,612
1)7,291
169,800
155 ,734
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TOTAL CASH I NCOUE OF CROPS, LIVESTOCK
AND BOVERNldENT PAYMENTS
420_,.221 521,974 526,513
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48,889
56,917
45, 83 7
39,910
Livestock 78,932
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GROSS INCONE
93,443
93 ;, 030
84,844
Crops . _... I 341,086
413,058
396,155
330,678
Livestock 199,544 . 250,734
262' 830
240,578
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663 ,792
658 ,985
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GOVER:t-IT~!ENT PAYHENTS 5h8, 612
672 ,33L~
665,380
577,159
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D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A. vmiTE Agricultura~ Statistician
UNITED 5TATE.5 DEPARTMf:.NT OF AGRICUL-TURE.
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UNIVE.R.SITV OF' GtOP\GIA COLL.E.6E. OP AGA.I~VLTUA.L .
~EOA.~IA AGRIC.ULTURAL !..XT:.N.6101'1 8E.~VIC.!..
Athens~ Georgia
TRUCK CROP NErJS
August 1~ 1950
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GENERAL: The truck crop season is practically over in all parts of the state ~
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vrith the exception of pimiento pepper and early fall cucumbers in south
and central areas1 and Irish potatoes and cabbage drawing to a close in the Inountain
tocounties. Recent rains received in southern areas were too late to be of much value the qual1ty and production of truck crops. Excessive moisture received during
the last two weeks of July in the mountain counties has delC~.yed harvesting of Irish
potatoes and is c ausing late cabbage to be light and of poor quality. Some damage
~s reported on the last pickings of the early snap bean crop.
SNAP BEANS, NORTH GEORGIA.: Harvesting of. the early snap bean crop is being cut -I short due to- the excessive rains. The quality during
the past tv;o wee ks has been cut, ,r-esulting in poor demand and prices. Late plantings are reported to be in good condition and vine growth above normal.
cABBAGE, NORTH GEORGIA: Most of the earJ..y North Georgia cabbage ha.s been harvested. S orne of the late plante d fields have been h.::1.rd hit by the
excessive rains, causing the heads to be li[~ht in weight and of poor quality.
IRISH POTATOES, NORTH GEORGil\: Harvesting has been v ery irregular this season, due to the unfavorable weather around digging time.
Consider ab le dainage is reported to yields by potatoes rotting in the ground. Digging should be completed by the second week in August if the weather permits.
PD1IENTO PEPPER: The prolonged dry weather during setting and growing s eason in
most areas did some damage to popper by causing tho l eaves and
first blooms to shod. Practically all sections have received sufficient to excess-
ive moisture during the past two weeks Light disease damage is shoning up in some
areas and clear Ymather is needed. Light he.rvesting is ge tting underuay in Central
Georgia and uith favorable noather conditions during August, quality and yields
should shon marked improvement.
VJ'ATERIJE LONS: Conunercial shipments for all practical purposes is over in Georgia., a lthough, some truck movement is still taking plc:J,~o from middle and
northern parts of the state. Truck shipments continued heavy this season and probably totaled fully half of the amount shipped by rail. Carlot shipment~ through
July 25 J.mounted to 4,444 cars, compa red nith 5_,104 to tho smno date last yeG.r 9
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NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST 1950 TRUCK CROP NEWS RElEASE.
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SNAP BEANS: There was excessive rain in both Tennessee snap bean areas the last
half of J uly . Qu a lity has been poor from l as t pic kings and some
beanS. vrer~ rtot lJlar)cetab l e . Harvest of Nort h Ca.rolina t s l ate summer snap bean crop,
gr orm principally in West Jeffe r son and 'I-fonder sonvill e aTeas, was at peak during
the last week of July. Offeringsha:ve been of good quality nit h fair prices being
f.eceived. Fr equent rains, hovrever, have hindered the picking of beans in some
s,e. ctions.
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CABBAGE.: In North Carolina harvest of late summer ca)Jbage vras getting underway
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by i:.ugust 1. Peal~ harvest should be reached by Al}guj~ 15 Trith supplies
being available fu_to lat ~ f <J.ll or until the first heavy fr eeze occurq. Demand
.. {pr early cut_ cabbage has not been very s trong, with prices fa],.i'~ng a little short
Of expectatiOn.
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with the crop about 75 per cent dug in Coffee County andimore
c pii1plete l y harve sted in Franklin County. Digging will begin in the Cumberlin
Piciteau~ when t he ground is dry enough.
WATERHELONS: Only r:1odera te supplie s of me lons a r e expected from the North
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Carolina crop t his season. I\iarket demand has been dull and . pr ices
rec eived comparably lovr. S tlpplies of me lons , will continue to be p l entiful .
Cip.ring .mo s t of August in ,Texas as the late areas i n rio.rth (lnd northwes t e rn sections
a.re jus t copri.ng into 'full pr oduction .
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After Five Days Return .to United States Department of Agriculture
Bur eau of Agricultt1ral Ec onomics
319 E]::tens i on Duilcling Athens , GeoTg ~a OFFICIAL BUS I NESS
For m BAE -D-8/50-"j4'i Permit No. 1001
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF JULY .15j . l950
Au~st 21 1950
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GEORGIA: The All, qmunod.ity Index of Prices Received. by. Georgia farmers r.ose 12
points ''dUring the 30 cfuy period June 15, to Ju~ 15. The Index of Prices
Received has advanced for the eighth consecutive month and on July 15 was 260 per
?ent of .the August l909 - July 19lh average The current Inde:JF :is 21 pqints above
one year ago and isat the highest level since "uly 151 1948~
9f .the sub...gro';lps; meat an:i.m:tls showed an ~ increase of 35- points sinqe l~.st report
date, chickens and eggswere 'up 23 points;, , grains 9 po~pts., and cotton ~nd cotton..
seed 8 .point:s. Da.:i,-:cy products and the miscellaneous group made only slic.;ht ad- :;
. vances.. The fr:uit Indeic declined 58 points due to the decrease in peach prices
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.uNITED .STATES: .Generally higher p:dces. for most agricultural commodities r es.ulted
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in 'the . sharpest monthly- increase in the Index of Prices Received ~ .
'by Farmers since March 1947, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. At
2~3 , per cent of its 191014 average this index is at the highest leve~ in 18 months:
6if per . cent'aboye a month ago and 6.9 per cent above a year ago.
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'Sharpest price upturmr were .regi..stered for hqgs, cottar:, and eggs, but"sizable in-
cre?-se$ were a1:so no:t;.~d for fwheat, rice, corn, soybeans, cattle, calve:s, and
chickens. Principal commodities showing downturns in prices during tl;le month were
oats, grain sorghums 1 hay, flaxseed, oranges, lemons, and butterfat. Sonie of the sharp increases in average prices received by farmers this month are the: l7esult of
. the bolstering of an already high demand by the reaction -of the Korean situation~
HO\'ieVer,
decrea ~3e
~fupply factors such as in cotton acreage, and
the smallest.wheat a much larger than
crop sinc.e 19431 average oat crop
a 31 also
per cent had-. their
effect on price chang(3s for individual conunodities The price increases for wheat,
rice, rye, cottonseed, cattle, and eggs were contra~easonal. v1hile those for cotton1
hogs, and calves were greater than seasonal.
. The P?r~tl I ndex (Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates) rose 1 point
and is now 256 per cent of the 1910-14 average, Prices for feed, food1 and buildin{ materials were higher, reflecting a slight reduction in prospective feed production,
a strong demand for food, and a record rate of home building.
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As a result of the sharp increase in. prices received by farme~s and a small rise in
price;3 paid, the Parity Ratio increased 6 points in the past month and is now 1031 - 5 points above a year ago.
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19lo-14=loo
1949
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Prices Received
246
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Jan, 1948
Parity Index 1/
250
255
256
262
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7.33
44.00 19.40
1 9 .eo
50;,00 52.00
ao.ao .'21.70
. I 18.90 . 22.20
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
3.87
17.00 19.50 20.50
Mtlk Cows, .head
$
... ~~~~
qhi.ckens, lb ~
/! ~
'
~ggs, Doz.
'
Butter,
lb ~
.,
'
Bu'titerfat, lb.
33.85 13.2 21 . 3 24.6 25.7
137.00. 154.00
i
26.0 I 24,8
I 50.0
38.0
50.0 I 51.0 .
53.0
54.0
150.00
;
28.6
42.2
52.0
54.0
Miplker(1w~es1o.l/ e)
. Cowpees, --B-u. .. . Soybeons, Bu.
$
2.42
5.40
-- $ --,
- I $
- 4,10 ... ---~ ~-
I '
3.6.0
. 5.10
i I
5.15
4 .. 30 . 4.70
3.50 3.75
PeMuts, lb.
'
5.0
10.5
! 10.8 I 10.8
d} Preliminary for July 1950.
..-22.55 37.50 20.4o
. 7/2/l . 19.30 ' 5.42 2000 ' 4800 178.00
4e'.20. 52.00
20.80 . 19.90
'
'
17.80 21.50
i~
23,70 24;50
,.t
.1Q7 .oo 199.oQ
' 1104 21.5 25.5
24.3 .
...
45.3
56.2
22.1
30.1
. 55.7
2 3 . 4 :':
.
34.2
.56.2
26_.3 . 58.9 ',
' '
1.60 3.72
3.68
----- 2.27 -
4.8 10.4 .
59.7
3.45:
4.1~
:a.ao
'I ~
1'0. 8
59;4
3.57 4.17 2.93 10.9
= INDEX NUMBERS .OF PRICES !rn:;EIVED BY FABMJ!S IN GIDRGIA
.
(August 1909 - July 1914 100) . . .
.
. l' , ,
AU Commodities,
Cotton &Cottonseed
Grains
Meat Animals' Dairy Products Chicken &: Eggs Fruits Mi scel-1aneous-
~ July 15, 1949
' 239
244 154 360 212 223 247 186
June 15, .1950
248
'
251
' '
163 386
209
181
363
171
July 15, 1950
-
260 . '
269
~
172
421
211
204 \
-
305 ' 172 .
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After Five Days Return to United 1States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
PFoerrmmiBt A.NEo-.B1:?0/0510-2266
P. e'naJ.ty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
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tate Co l l ege of Agri .,
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Athen-s. 'Ga.
UNITED STATE.~
A{i;p - D!:AAR.TMJ:.NT , OF
UNt\I!.FU.ITY OF fltO"GIA C.O&.Io40E. OP AGFI.IGIJI..TURL
Athens, Ge.orgia \,~,
,
' FARM PRICE REPORT /I.S OF JULY 15'1 ~ 195'0
August 2, 195'0
. ::- ;,.
CfORGI/\.: The All Oommodity Index of Prices Received by Ge<;>rgia farr,ners rose 12
!:.
points dup~g .the 30 day period June 15' to July 15. The Index of Prices
'Rceived has advanced for the eighth consecutive .month and on July 15' was 260 per
c~nt . of the Augti.st 1909 - -July 1914 average~ The current Index is: 21 point,s above ,
one year ago and is at the highest level since July 15, 1948,
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Of th
~te',
e sub..groups chickens an
1
d
mea~
eggs
animals WE!re up
showed an increase of 35' points 23 p,ointe 1 grains 9 :poirits 1 and
since last. report cotton and cott~n
:Jeed 8 points. Dairy products and the miscellaneous group made only slic;ht ad- '
yances. Th~ fruit Index declined 5'8 po~s due to the decrease in peach prices ..
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UNITED STATES: Generally higher prices for most agricultural commodities resW.ted
in the sharpest monthly increase in the Index of Prices Received .
by Farme:i>s 'since March 1947, according to the Bureau of Agric;ultural EconomicS At
263 per cent of its . l:S~lQJ.l+ average this index is at the hignest level in 18 months~
6! per cent above a month ago and : 6.9 per c.ent above. a year -ago.
' :'
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in- sAa~~est pri~e upturns were registered for hogs, cotton, and eggs, but sizable
creases were also noted for wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, cattle, ca+ves, and
chickens. Principal commodities showing downturns in prices during the month were
oats, grain sorghums, hay, flaxseed, oranges; lemons, and butterfat. Some of the
sharp increases in average price(3 received by farmers this month are the result of
the bolstering of an already high 'demand by the reaction of the Korean situation~
However, supply factors such as the smallest wheat crop since 1943 1 a 31 per cent decrease in cotton acreage, and,. a much larger than a::verage oat crop also had their
effect on price changes for individual commodities. The price increases for wheat,
rice, rye, cottonseed, cattle 1 and eggs were contra-seasonal while those for cotton1 hogs, and calves were greater than seasonal.
The Par.ity Ira:dex (Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes~ and Farm Wage Rat~RJ rose 1 point
al)d is now 256 per cent of the 1910'!"14 average, Prices for feed, food, arid buildin&
~terials were higher, reflecting a slight reduction in prospective feed production,
~ -~.strong demand for food, and a record rate of home building,
. '
.. ) ~
.
~s a result of the sharp increase in prices received by farmers and a small rise in
p
-
r,ices pai,
5 points
d1 the above
Parity a year
Ratio.. increased ago ._
6 puints
in
the
past .,:
month
and
is
now
1031
! .
Summary Table for the United States
. ("
-Inaex- -:--nate - - ~ :'" ~- In- de- xe- s -- l-- Ju- ly-1- 5',--:- - Ju- ne-1-5,--: -Ju-ly-1-5,--: ----R- cc{-)rd-n-ig-h-----
191o..J.4::rpo
1949
: 195o
: 195o ,-
-----~---~-------------------------------~
Prices Received
246
2h7
26}
306
Jan. 1948
Parity Index 1/
2,5'0
25'5'
25'6
262
!}JulY 194t3
Parity Ratio -
98
97
103
122
. Oct. 1946
y ---~-------------------------------~~----
1:,/ Pf:i:Ces paidl 'Interest) ']axes, ap.drWage Rates,
Also June 1948.
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ARCHffi IANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
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.AND ..
UNIT
PRICES RECEIVED BY FABME:RS JULY 15't 1950 WITH COMPARISOnS '
li.L'l J.'J.' lWJ i:)'J :ruJ!;;:,
I I AAuvge.ra1g9e0g...
.JUly 15
'.Ju1n5e
olU!_y 15
tJ.lvor,e
tluJ.y
Aug. 909- 15
vune 15
L July 1914 1949 1950 19.50 July 1914 1949
1950
Wheat, Bu.
i~
P..'Q.. .rn, Bu. , ~
p<;tts, Bu. : ~
I
$
lo24
1.00 'I 2.03 2.05
$
o91
1.44
I
I
1.52
1.61
$
.67
.76
I
I
.ao
.as
.sa 1.82
1.93
.64 1.25 . 1.36
.40
.58;
. 8o
I ~ish Potatoes, Bu, $
1o12
1.65 1.40 1.55
,70 1.55
1.27
I~
~weet Potatoes, Bu. $
( ~
.83
3.20 2,30 2,45
,88 2,83
2.11
~otton, lb.
;
Cottonseed, ton
$
Hay (boJ.ed), tori $
12.6
24.39
-
31.7 i 32.3
I 44.00 I 5000
19.40 ao.ao
34,8 52.00 21.70
12.4 22.55
--
30.1 37.50 20.40
29.9 46.20 20.80
cJ~y :.1950
1.93 1.44
76, 1.27 2.08 33.0 52.00 19.90
!log s, per cwt.
"- t
$
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
7.33 19.80 18.90 22.20 3.87 17.00 19.50 20.50
7,27 19.30 5.42 2000
17.80 21.50 23.70 2450
Milk Cows, head . $
'
Chickens, lb.
33.85 13.2
I 137.00 154.00 150.00
26.0 24.8 28.6
48o00 178.00 11.4 24.3
197.00 199,00 22.1 23.4
Eggs, Ihz.
'
Butter, lb.
21,3
50.0 38.0 42.2
24.6
50.0 51.0 52,0
21.5 45.3 25.5 56.2
30.1 34.2 55.7 56.2
Butterfat, lb.
25.7
53.0 54.0 54.0
26.3 58,9
59.7 59,4
* Milk per
(w~esrue)
1 J}
CoWJ?.e ~ Bu_. - - - $
Soybeans, Bu.
$
2.42
--
Pe8Iluts, lb.
5.0
J} Preliminary for July 1950.
5.40
-- 4,_10
I
3.60 10.5
5.10 5.15 4 30 .- .4.10 3.50 3.75
I
! 10.8 I 10.8
1.60 3.72
-- - 3.68 2.27
4.8 10.4
3.45 3.57 - 4-.12 ~ 4.17
2.80 2.93 10.8 10.9
= INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES mtEIVED BY F.AR~S IN GllDRGIA (August 1909 .. July 1914 100)
July 15, 1949
June 15, 1950
July 15, 1950
All Commodities Cotton &Cottonseed
Grains Meat k.i mal s Dairy Products
Chicken &Eggs
Fruits
Miscellaneous
239
248
260
244
251
269
154
163
172
360
386
421
212
209
211
223
181
204
247
363
305
186
171
172
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Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-B"?/50=2266 Permit No. 1001
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Dr . Pa ul "\!. Chapman ' Ass o c . Dean
Coll ege of Ag r i culture
conner Hall Athens. Ga.,.
UNITE.O ~TATE.~ - .
DEPARTMENT OF
A~
or UNtV!.R.61TV
GtO"Gt~
.C.O~L.LGE. 0" AG"IGUI..TtJR.t.
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA -AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT
August 8, 1950
A Georgia 1950 cotton crop of about 540,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) was in~
dicated on August l by information reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia
Crop Reporting Service of the u. s. Department of Agriculture. This indicated
production is 11 per cent below the 60l.J., 000 bales harvested in 1949 and is 30 per
cent -less--than--the- 10-yeal' average -(1939--48) of 769--,000 bales. Proqable yield of
lint per acre is 223 pounds compared with 181 last year and the 10-year.average of
243 pcunds. Estimated acreage for harvest of 1,162,000 is 27 per cent below that of
1949 and the lowest acreage since 1868.
.
The current outlook for the state varies considerably by secti~ns. Southern territory shows the best prospects, with the mid-state s ection next and North Georgia poorest. The crop was planted on time and stands first secured wore generally good . to excellent but fungus blight caused considerable loss of plants after several weeks. Poor stands r esulted on many North Georgia farms. Weevil emergence this spring was especially heavy following the second consecutive very .mild.winter but extremely hot and dry weather over most of tho state during tho lattcr.half of Juno enabled farmers to got effective results from po;i.soning. However, most of July T:as unusually Trot so that the Yloovil : gained ground during tho month. This latter was especially true in Northern Georgia Tlhere infest ation on report date Yras very heavy Thor o ha s boon some complaint of boll norm damage in southern territory. Effective fruiting is over in s outhern and m~d-stato areas but fruit norr being sGt qvor tho remainder of tho state can mature under favorable condition. Fjnal oYtturn . of cotton compared with this for ecast -vrill depend upop uhether various influonGGS affecting tho crop during tho rema inder of the season are more or less f avorable than usual.
ARC HIE LANGLEY . Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FWYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
GEORGIA 1~P ~ SHOWING AUGUST 1 CONDITION BY CROP REP0RTING DISTRI CTS
~~ 195o-SJ% ~n:.Cotton[
1949-68%. 1948-7 8% 1947-69% 195e-62%. (
/ III. ~
. 1949-64% ( -
1948-78% ~ .
I. 1947-70%
J' 1950 6%
)
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AT II. --
1949-7 o 1948- 82
, c: ~ r~ I 1\ -- -~J9\4_7-~6/9'%"--
c__;- \.) 19.50-74%
State:
1950 - 69% 1949 - 65~b. 1948 - 78;~ 19lt7 - 70J{,
Districts shown are crop reporting districts and NOT Congressional Districts. ---
1950-71%
/ 1949-66%
191+9-66% 1948-75%
l( 1948-79% 1947-70%
f 1947-67% IV
MACON
\ v, ---
\~s
\
vi.
195e-69% I 1949...64% ) 1948-7 6%
(._1947-"/0%
h,_~--(L_
\
.
1 950-77 %
ALB.~
1950-7 5%
1949- 54%
1949-56%
1948-77 %
1950-82% 1949- 68% 1948-82%
- ;L?lt7.-75% '- i - '
l948...82% 1947-82;;
1947-75%
l l ..' .... . ,.,. - ~ lli.n~bsfr ;;
"- ~ '
. . .. , .;
See r everse side for u. S. figures.
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, . .' ;UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS Of AUGUST 1, 1950
The Crop Reporting B-oard of the Bureau 'of Agricultural Economics makes the follow~~~. report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians,
Production and Marketing Administration, and cooperatine State agencies. The final
outturri of cotton compared with this forecast \'vill depel'ld upon whether the various
influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less
.avorable than usualc-
~ -------:-- AR~EA-I- N -~: ~A-UG-US-T -1 ---: -LI-NT-Y-IE-LD-P-ER-.-,:P-lW-DU-C-TIO-N-(G-JN- NJ- NG-S)j
:.JUCIU,YLTIlV,AT1~95O0N.:1i\,..:9-!r0I~i.~_!Tf0l!: __ ::A_Ifvd:.eflr:-!:_E:l~D_A:QIBnd!i_~:;_A2v0.eQr--.1~.!.gro~s:1_915.0C~r1ql:r:
State
:I.Es.s 10-~~A!ba;:;e : 1949:1950:age :1949 :cated: age : 1949 : Indi- .
f/ :AVEP~GE ABru~:l/3 9-:
:
: 1 939 - :
: 1950:1939-: Crop :ca.ted
:QO!ME!N! Jj_ .:_12)~~ .!. __ :__ J.l24.. l. __ .;. ~ .;.121+.. _;_ .:_ _ -:Aug.__l_
: 'I'hous.
:
Thousc:Thous . T[lous
: acres
;Pet. Pet:. Pet. :Lb. Lb Lb :bales :bales :ba les .
~i:s:~i~.~.~.~~-- -4;2-- 80 -8~-7; T4~2- 3;8- 344 -3~3 - :6; -3~0~
Virginia J' N.CarolL~a.o~ ,
s.carolina .u .. ,
Georgia
Florida ....
1 1
I I
Tennessee
Alaba.ma,,.,,.,,l Mississippi .
Arkansas
Louisiana j
26 564 869 1,162 33
645 1,321 2,039 1,686
760
378 305 185
23
20
10
81
79 58 373 259 196 578 -4/466 230
76
72 67 321 209 254 738 . - 554 460 ;
73
65 69 243 181 223 769 60L! 540
162 153 160
13
16
11
76
81 79 378 . 365 387 541 633 520
75
71 6.~ 272 226 ' 203 912 852 560
75
68 77 330 261 334 1,653 1,487 1,420
76
81 76 344 309 313 ,393 1,632 1,100
71
70 69 269 298 253 536 6.So 400
Ok1ahori1a 1,010
73
Texas 7,034
74
New Mexico ~.
184
91
Arizona
289
91
Calii'ornia.,,., ~ 611 . 92 I
Qt~eE t~t~sz/_ _ _ ~3- _
74 63 ' 164 225 133 502 610 280
89 76 170 266
"'
90 90 1+98
428
205 '72 9 6,040 3,000 483 133 276 185
96 97 433 649 693 188 51-d 417
94 100 600 634 672 501 1,268 855
4]:8_ 3.3_ 357
16 - _1.2.
10
UNITED STATES I 18,678
76
--------
Amer.Egypt.i/
107.5
-------- -I------
75
----
261+.
10,308
---
301 27 .s 4.o 67.h
1/ From natural causes. ~/ Indicated August 1 1 on area in cultivat:Lon July 1 less 10-year average aband-
onment.
3/ Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning.
4/ Revised. "5/ Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada, b/ Included in State and United States t otals . Growri principally in Texas , New
- Mexico, and Arizona .
CROP REPORTING BOARD
After five days r eturn to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 :Cxte;nsion Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSit~SS Form BAE - C/8/50 - 3503 Permit No . 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid. payment of posi;.age ~:;300 .
Lss . ~e !Iie M. R ~ ese . Li.brar i.an,
tate Co l l ege of Agri.,
eq~
Athens, G~.
UNITED 5TATE.~ DE:.PARTME.NT OF AGRIC,U\..TURE.
{jn;jJ
UNIV!.F~.li>ITV OF Gt.Ol".GIA C:.OLI.E.()E. OP AG"ICi.IJI..TU~L
..
.A_thens, Georgia
GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST _l J 1950
August 14, 1950
Abundant to excessive rainfall during most of July was very favorable for late feed crops, and prospects improved rapidly~ especially in the northern districts of the State. In the southern part of Georgia most of .the corn and tobacco were -too far advanced to showmuch improvement from the July rains, The peanut crop is good in most areas but the sharp decline in acreage for picking and threshing will r esult :. in a smaller production than in r ecent years, Pecan prospects on August 1 indicat~ a much larger crop than was harv<;sted in 1949 but smaller than the record produc- : tion of 1948 . Tobacco harvest is well under way with growers recelving prices muct~ above a year ago.
CORN: Frequent showers during Julywere very favorable for the late corn crop and on August 1 prospects were very good in the northern part of the State .
Much ofthe corn 1;1.creage in the sout hern districts wastoo far advanced for .much improvement from the July rains and the average yield will be l ess than one year ago. The current production is estimated at ,4;9 ,L,34,000 bushels compared with 59,400;000 bushelo for 1949. Indicated yield per acre is 14 bushels or 4 bushels below the record yield last year.
TOBACCO: The extremely hot, dey weather of June r educed yields and the average, yield is expected to be 1,051 pounds compared with 1,244 pounds one year
ago. Indicated production, based on condition as of August 1, i s expected to be 103,115,000 pounds as against 115,670,000 produced in 1949 .
PEANUTS: Production of peanuts for picking and threshing is indicated at 537,660,000 pounds or 12 per cent less than the 61;2 ,000,000 pounds har-: .
vested in 1949; . Acreage for nuts is estimated at 672 1 000 compared with 800,000 one year ago and only 57 per cent of the l arge 191~8 acr eage , The current yield per acre Of 800 poundS is the highest Si~lCe 825 pounds Yl8re produced i n 19/,0 .
PECA NS : The extremely hot, dry weather during June caused some shedding of nuts, and frequent shower s in July were favorable for insect and disease damage.
Based on condition as of August 1, the current pecan crop is indicated at 26,400,000 pounds or 47 per cent above the 18,000,000 pounds,harvested in 1949 and 33 per cent l ess than the record 1948 production of J9,600, 0GO pounds. Produc tion from improved varities is expected to amount to 21,400,000 and s eedling pecans to 5,000,000 pounds.
(See revers e side for peanut and pecan production by States)
CROP
GEORGIA~------~~
:J..CREAGE: YIELD PEli ACRE TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUSANDS)',
(000) :Average ;
:Indicated: Aver~ge
:Indicated
1950 :l939-L,.8: 1949: 1950 1939-48 1949 1950
Corn . .- , bu. : 3, 531 12, 6 :18.0
14.0 44,857 59,400 49,434
Wheat, . bu,: 162 : 12,J :12, 0
12.5
2,419 2, 280
2,025
Oats ....... bu .. : 650
. Rye . bu ,:
5
Hay (all) ton 1,041
22.7 :25. 0 8,8 :10,0 :
.54: . 64 :
. 27.0 13,502 14,775
11,0
117
50
.56:
750 : 698
17,550
55 583
.. Tobacco (all) ,lb.: 98.1: 985 :12L~4
Potatoes ,Irish bu ,: 18 68
72
1051 77
88 ,728 :115, 6?0 103,115 1, 541 1,296 1,386
. Potatoes ,Sweet ,. bu.: 70 78
Cotton , bales 1,162 243 Peanuts (for picking
90 181
85
6,72.3 6,030
5,950
. 223 ol
. 769
604
: ' .
540
and threshing,,lb.: 672 : 687 : 765
800
666,233 :612,000 537,600
Peaches,total crop,:
bu. 1./ ...
: I
5,044 2,040
. Pears,total crop,
. :
1J- ... bu,
388 I 187
Pecans lb.:
- 1/ Total agricultural
crop
greater
than
and
including
28, 228 18,000 commercial crop,
845
198 26,400
~r
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D. L. FLOY.D
Agricultural Statistici"an,
In.
c;:gm'~ee'"'
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural St at istician
UNITED Sl'J:rES GENEEW.. CRoP REPORr lS OF .AlJGUSl' 1, 1950
Excelient proiij>ects for most crops were maintained 'byfe.vorehle g;zoowing weather .turing July. ..
in :Cool, rainy weather hampered haying and he.rvest.iilg, cul,tiva.tion of ,row crops and insect control
measures, but 'was bimeficial for spring grains, espacia-,l~17 the l&t13-pleo'u areas, end for
;development of most ln.tergrowing crops. Co:rn prospect-s wore maintained at _a. .high levol, despito
:lack of ncorn weather". SOybeans will b-e a. record crop; .An ~~gate outt\lr'Il of E>ll crops
24 percent larger than the 1,923-32 erage is now' in pfd'spect in the current forecasts of crops
esti~ated -~hange ~ .Corn production is now
prospects during July.
Average team.t p3e,r1a6t8urmesilllnionthO::bunsiah.einl 5(1J()irrnidBicoe.lttil:wlgerve i.rlto'lwlie,t~lll.ybh:naon usU!'ll
tending to rota.rd development of corn plants. Tasselling and silking a.re considerably later
thon in either 1948 or
later thM usual, a.s a.
1949, which wore nearly whole. Some corn which
ide was
ol corn years, -ple-.nted very
l
and ato.
ma.y wil
lbnee.ae.d. we.a.~~k. leonrstmotrhee
usual f all gx:'wing season to reach maturity.
..
Harvesting of wintor wheat, from Kansas northward and eastward, was dele.~ci.'-by..July rains.
While in some a.reo.s the delayed maturity improved yiolds, it olso lowered quality Of the wheat. MUch of the threshed wheat wa.s of relatively high moisture content in East North Central areas ~he current estimates of nearly 741 million bushels of winter wheat and 256 million bushels of spring wheat add to over .996 million bushels o ~1 wheat, b~ly short of the billion mark and about 4 percent more than forecast on July 1
~~ The Nation's 1950 corn crop is estimated a.t 3,168 million bushels,- practically unchanged
from the July 1 estimate of 3,176 million bushels. This compares with 3,378 million bushels last year and tho 1939-48 avern.ge of 2,901 million bushels. The indicated yield'-per
acre of 39.1 bushels is 0 ..8 bushel below last yerno. The avore.ge yield is 32.9J>u,shels per acre.
PEANUTSa Production of peanuts from the acreage for picking end threshing is estimated a.t
1,660 million pounds. This is 12 percent below the 1949 crop of 1,876 million pounds. The . lO..yeer DN?r~e l'roduction is 1, ?51. million p~unds. Jn ~ncrease. of 11 millio? p~unds over the 1949 crop 1s md1cated for the V1rgmiat-Ca.ro1ula. Area. wh1le dochnes of 150 m1lllon p<?unds and 77 milli on pounds, respectively; a.re estimated for tho Southeastern and Soutpwestern Area.s.
P~ANS: August 1 conditions indi ca.tf( a pecan crop of 106, 571,000 pounds. This compares with
128,,174,000 pounds (revised) for 1949, The 1950 crop is i ndicated 12 percent below
average and 40 percent below the recordlarge 1948 crop. .lll St ates except Georgia, Florida
and ~exes report smaller productions than in 1949. ~,roved varieties .r-IJ.'e placed at 45,398,000
pounds in compo;rison with 47,373,000 pounds {rov~sed) or 1949. Seedlings at 61,173,000 pounds
for 1950 co~are with 80,801,000 pounds (revised, for 1949,
.
_
.
FE.ANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED
state
:
: or a.rves
n ca e
1949
'
1950
1949 ' 1950
Va..
T~ Th-ou-sa-nd-A-C-rers;o
.
Pounds
1,42{)-- -1-;350
N.c.
236
238
1 ,o3o
1,040
Ts.encn..
5
5
825
850
22
20 .
650
650
14,300 13,000
1Ga1.
.-
a.----
------
-80f0??------6r72:;r-
-
-
---
-"7'6G5 's---
-~
800
-fJlJ()--
-6s1r2,,-0z0055--5-3;:7?,6sn00cJ
Ala..
350
276
830
775
290,500 213,900
Miss. A.r'k.
13
12
375
410
4,875
4,920
8
8
450
450
3,600 - 3,600
La..
3
3
360
350
1,000
1,050
Okla..
170
185
670
600
113,000 111,000
Tex.
513
472'
650
550
3331450 259,600
"NT. MJe.x:-s:.--------- -z.7~---- -z;n7 s------1:.1.0t0.sor---1:..0L5m0s--- T,"S157,,"S7Z005 -r;6597!"s3o5o0-
JJ Equiv8lent solid acreage.
State
p:El;.ANS
I,.----~x~~~e~r~aag~e~--------A-l-l --V~a=r-i~e~t~i e~-s -~~P~r~oIdn~udc~t iio~nc~a~t~e~a~-----
'
193!)..48
1949 -
_ !liu~f!!d_P.~d~ _
J.uzyst l, 1950
Ns..
C. c.
2 1483 2,465
2,925 3,200
1,980 2,650
lG'lIl:a.!..- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -248,,'22'9248 - - - - - - - - -1?8 ,0-060'bo--- - - - - - -246 :4'070 45----
.Ala..
11,261
15,500
9,275
Miss.
6,617
10,000
4,640
- .A.rk.
3,860
4,900
4,161
La..
9,596
17,000
12,220
--.__ --- ------- ---- Okla.
~~=~=------
-~~-
---~21~12~6~0 -
24,000
~~~m_:_
9,000
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After five days return to
United Stat e s Department of Agri~ilture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building
Athen, Geo~gia.
OFFI~~BUSINESS
Form BAE=E;B 50-8,086
Permit No. 1 1
Penalty for 'pri:_,ate u se to avoid payment of postage $300~ .
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i ss. Nell ie M. :Reese, L.ibrarian.
tate College of Agri.,
eq.
Athens, Ga.
..
AthEms, Georgia
August 24, 1950
RECORD UNITED STATES TURKEY' CROP 'IN PROSPECT
GEORGIA: Turkey grQ_wers :i,.n Georgia are producing an es,timated 280,000 birds this
.
year, or t.he same as was produced in 1949, but 50 per cent above the 1948
production and more than double the ten year (193?....46) average. Repqrts indicate
that mortality has been much smaller during the current season than one year ago.
-~
UNITED STATES: Farmers are raising a r ecord orop of L~,550,000 turkeys this year-
,
6 per cent more than last year and 1 per cent above the previous
peak production of 1945, according to a preliminary estimate of the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics. This is the second year turkey production nas increased
since the profitable small crop of 32 million in 1948, which . brm1ght the highest
prices of record.
Record high turkey prices during the fir st half of 1949 with a 26 per cent drop,in f eed prices from 1948, encouraged turkey growers to increase their 1949 turkey . production by 32 per cent. A decline of 23 per cent in turkey prices from 1948 during the 1949 marketing s eas on wa s partially offset by a 12 per cent drop in feed
prices. Despite these lower turkey, prices, growers expressed their intentions on
January 1 to raise about the same niimber of turkeys this y ear as last. Tvith ai1 abundance of cheaper poults , slightly lower f eed prices during the hatching season -and a firmiit3ss i.n the market, -growers decided- to increase their turkey _production
in 1950.
T11rkey production is above that of last year in all r egions of the country exc ept
the Yvest, where production is down 7 per cent. Increases from last year are 18 per cent in the South Atlantic, 12 per cent in the 1iifest North Central, 11 per cent
in the East North Central, 9 per cent in the South Central and 5 per cent in the
North Atlantic States.
Producers of hatching eggs held over 9 per cent more breeder pens this y ear, foll-
owing a very profitable year for eggs in 1949. Although there were plenty of early hatching; eggs the February hatch was down 24 per cent from February 1949, because
of a vveak demand for poults. Hatchings picked up in March, however, and increas ed
still further to r ecord high levels in April and May to meet a strong demand for poults. The June hatch dropped 16 per cent below June last year, following a
sharp drop in the demand for poults. The ,July hatch was very small, ,
.c:A.RLY Mf..RKETINGS EXPECTED: The trend tmvard earlier marketings continues and growers, if .~ they carry out their intentions, will
m~rket about 26 per cent of their crop in Oc t ober or earlier, the heavi est early. marketings of record, However, changing economic conditions and high meat pri'c es may induce some growers to hold on for later marketings .
Production of early turkeys is increasing in all regions of the countr"J. About 2/3 of the earl y turkGys come from the West North Central and Western States. The South Atlantic States ar e increasing in lirrportance, wit~ about 1/~ of the early
birds. Thes e three r egions combined raised e.bout 4/5 of the early turkeys rais ed
in the United States. The 1.Vest produces about 2/5 of the late ,turkeys marketed in
January or later. California alone produc es about 1/4 of the Nation's late turkeys,
. a large part of which are heavy toms that. go into the fr eezers for hotel .and r estaurant trade .
D. L. FLOYD
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
HARRY A. 'WHITE
Agricultural Statistician
UNITED SUtrES GENEBJ.L CROP REPORr .1S OF .AUGUsr 1, 1950
.Excdien~ prc)~ects for most cro:ps were maintained by favoreh1e _g!'Owing ~ather ;u-ing July. .
in .Cool, rw.ny weather hampered he.y1ng and ha.rvest.ing, cultivation of ,rovr crops and 1nsect control
measures, but was beneficial for spring grains, especi!d17 the l&'be-plai)\u areas, end for :development of most lf1tergrowing crops. CoJ"n prospect:s wore maintained a.t _a .high levol, despito ,lack of "corn 'vea.ther11 SOybeans will b'e a. rocord crop;. .An eg~gftte outt'lll"tl of eJ.l crops :24 percent larger than the ~.923-32 erago is now' in-pMspeet in the current forec~ts of crops.
Corn production is now. estim"*ed at 3,168 miliion bu~elS, ind.ico.ting virtUfUl-y :no chrmge ~
prospects during July. Average temperatures in the main Corn Belt were lowe],' .then usU!'lJ.,
tending to rotard development of corn plants. Tassolling and silking are considerably later
thnn in eithor 1948 or 1949, which wore nea.rly ideal corn years, Sllli ma.y be e.- we~k or more
later th!lll. usu~, a.s a whole. Some corn which was -ple-.nted. very 1a.to. will ne.ad a.~.lel'.St tho
usual -fall grOWl.ng season to reach maturity.
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R-:A~ISE-:-D~;O:N:- rF;A: R-M-SN1119ni5508~
WITH COMPARISONS R:aised- -::_\;:.:. ,;--
~
-
-
-
-
-
. .
an~+ ~'--1 ~-Average--;:;. -:::;-t. -:-~.:::_!~:.- .- -::..-- .:: :---:...- . - _- ..~;...;';~~ted- :--1%8 a:e-:%-:
~ : ~i~i~i~n- 1 _1231~6- ~ _1241 _ ~ _ 19~8- _:_ 19~9_11 _:_ 1920_31 _:_ ~f_l242 _
'
Thousands
Percent
Me.
49
50
37
45
46
'.:102
N~ H.
64
73
61
69
74
107
Yt.
140
137
100
121
120
99
M?ss.
269
316
307
33$
318
95
R~ I.
. 26 ; ; .33
31;
.3L~
.34
100
NCo!nYn..
137
178
490
741
178
. -206
227
76.3
809
890
'. 110 . 110
N~ J.
. 199
364
. 328
-400 : :~ - -400
100 ~ (
?~.
949 1317
1264 1378 . 1 474
107
N;_ , _ A-tl-. - - - .- - 2- 3-22- - -3 '.-20-9 - -. - 3.L0-69- - - 3L 3-97- - - - 3.1:5-83- - - - - :-10-5' - -
.'Q-.. t.;-lio- - - - - - - .L8-84- - -1,'2-1-3 - - - 1.,L03- 1- - - 1.,.2.1. 8- 6- - - - 1..,2.3. 0- 5- - - - - _11.. -0 - -
Jnd.
545
919
919
1, 241
1,427
115
Ill.
664 1,129
1,016 1,118
1,219
109
M ~ch.
589
867
780
975
1,024
'..,105
4 Wts.
479
491
442
606
721
119
E~-N~ cent~-- _3_160-- 619-- -4-188-- -5-126--- -5-696----- I1I--
-Mi-nn-. - - - - - - 3..,2..04- 4- - -3,'5-.3-7 - - - 2..,2.7. 5- 9- - -- 3.'.2,..6-69- - - - 1+..2..,3-66- - - - - ,-11-9 - -
I cvwa
1,990 2,566
1,899
2,848
' 3,275
115
MQo
l, /+57 1,310
l,JlO
1,572
1,651
105
1~ : Dak.
1,159
833
500
7?.5
775
100
S ~ Dak. N~br.
830 . 295
201
281
315
112
878
: 873
716
931
9.31
100
kans .
989
663
530
742
838
113
~: )J~ :Qe:5t~ = := Io~)~7= :=1Q,Q7l := = =7~9!5:= = Io~8l8= := = 12~1~1= := := := := :!1~ := :=
Pel.
i Ol
68
61
70
77
110
Mv-cat..
w. va.
416
396
321
417
438
105
923 1,r31 ; 1,221 1,526
1,9o8
1z5
28 5
398
498
682
887
130
N. C.
s. c.
27 5
379
360
486
583
227
357
446
714
757
120 . 106
FGlaa. -. - - - -----1J.-3C49 s.-Atl~ ~- ~ - -2-46 9-
-
3
182 109 o2o--
187 109 -3--2oJ.-
280 125 -4-3oo---
-
280 131 5-o61-
.
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100 105 Iis
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-Ky-. - - - - - - - ..2..2-74- - - ' -16-5 - - - ..2..1-73-, . -. - ..2..2-16- - - - ..2..2-59- - - - - -12-0 - -
Tenn.
178
140
14o' ,
182
200
110
Ala.
144
128
122 ,
146
. 146
100
Miss.
116
72
76:
95
105
111
Ark.
127
85
70
165
285
173
La.
56
51
46
58.
' 64
110
Okla.
1,139
522
365
474
521
110
Tex.
4 031 3 681
3 018 4 225 . . 4 478
106 .. '
-S. - C- en- t. - - - . - -. 6..2..0-65- - -4 ' -84-4 - - - 4..2..0-10- - - 5..2..5-61- - - - 6.L0-58- - - - - -10-9 - -
-Mo- nt-. - - - - - - ..2..2-12- - - ' -11-9 - - - ..2..1-13- - - ..2..1-30- - - - ..2..1-33- - - - - -10-2 - -
Idaho
272
191
141
254
241
95
Wyo.
190
131 .
118
. 124
124
100
Colo,
874
702
562
702
632
90
N. Mex.
70
94
94
103
108
105
Ariz.
80
71
50
60
57
~ 95
Utah
1,155 1,039
1, 049 1,731
1,593
92
Nev.
46
37
30
32
29
90
wash.
949 1,121
1,065
1,118
97)
87
Oreg.
_
1,9.47 1,639
1,-4?5
1, 770 1,628
92
Calif.
3 727 4 057
4 706 6 824
6 483
95
W_ - e_ - st_ -. _ -. _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 9.,.2L..5-_ 22_ - _ - _ -9,'_ 2-0_ -1 _ - _ - _ - 9...2L..4-_ 03_ - _ - _-12....22....8-_ 48_ - _ - _ - _1- 2....22....0-0_1_ - _ -- _ - _ - ._ - _ - 9_ -3 _- -_
u. s.
33 885 34 970
31 788 42 050
44 550
106 . .
- - - - - - - - - . .l. - - - - ' - - - - - ..2.. - - - - ..2.. - - - - - :.l. - - - - - - - - - -
]} Revised.
3) Preliminary estimates as of Au.gust 1, 1950.
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Athens, Georgia
I
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August 24, 1950
' .AVERAGE PRICES PAID GEORGIA TDITI3ER PROriUCERS FOR STANDING TIMBER AND SAWLOGS
.
. (As of Julyll5, l9SO)
P'org'ia
timber
prices
ha:v~
advanced
during
.:..:'
the
:, , .
p~st
three months.,
according
to
i4 t{le qua~terly
P.epartment of
repo!'t of the Agric~ituref
Georgia Crop The report
Repor.ti;r1~
based on
.Service July 15
of the lfnited States going prices of
$tanding timber and, sawlogs as reported ."6y sa:wm,ill operators over the state .
.
I
' .
Increases in state average pr;ices since April lS by' kinds of standing timber
are ; pine 13 per cent, red oak 10 per cent, white oak 12 per cent, gum 10 per cent,
c;l.nd poplar 14 per cent. Gains during the period in prices of sawlogs delivered at
sawmills or local shipping points are; pine 8 per cent, red oak 10 per cent, white
oak 9 per cent, gum' 'J.O' :Rer c.ent, . and poplar .9 per cent. Any changes occurring
since July 15 are not. .r:eflected in the report
.
Data on prices .' by ' kindsof ,timber were tabulatftd by forestry areas of which there
are five in the state (se e accompanying map). Ther;e are various lumber scale
stp.ndards used in ouying timber but the Doyle scale is the one must commonly
us'ed in Georgia so all prices quot~d in the accompanying table are in t erms of this
scale. 'In many individual cases the prices paid timber' producers varied consider....
ably from average s shov'm, ~depe nding upon such factors as quality, size, and loretion.
i
. '.
i Aoknovfledgement is made . thos e sawmill. operators whose cooperation has made
these repo-rts possible.
.. ~ ...: ......
(See Revers e side for pri'c e data.)
I
ARCHIE LANGLEY HARRY A WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
D, L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Return After Five Days to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agri'cultural Economics
/
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia
Penalty for private use to
avoid payment of postage $300.
OFFICLA.L BUSINESS
Form BAE - ,8/50 - 1,332 ..
Permit No. 1001
iss.L1 e llie .L Reese , Librarian ,
tate Coll ege of Agri .,
eq .
Athens , Ga .
\Go...... A
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; GEORGIA
'>
i
Average Prices Paid for Standing Timber and Sa~logs Deli~ered at Local P~ints. W
.
._of (Reported by Sawmill O.pera:o../' dt"~ as...... .~ April 15 and July 15.~ of 1950)
K:i,nd
'- or
trfmber
P~ne
.., .
~-- _7 --~--~~-~-~ -~P(Pr~iec~er~sl~f,oO~rO~OS~tBa~nd~di~nF~gt~T~iDm~obye~r:l~ien~S1~c9a5~0lre~!l~--~~-- ~ ~-----
: Area- l
Area 2
Area 3
Area 4
Area 5
State
: Apr.i July Apr. 1 July Apr. : July Apr. July Apr. jJuly Apr. July
: 15 i 15 15 : 15 15 > 15 15 15 15 ! 15 15 > 15
$ $ $ $ $ $ > $ $ $ $ $ $
14.75 16.50 l4.75 j 17.25 l4.75 i 16.50 13.25 14.75 11.00 13.25 13.75 '15.50
Re,d Oak 11.00 11.00 10.00! 10.00 10.50!11.25 9.75 11.75 8.50 9.50 9.75 10.75
l~ite Oak 11.75 12.00 ll.OOl 11.00 1P.75! 12.25 11.00 12.75 8.75 10.50 10.50 11,75
.!
J
:
~
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GUJ!l
f~ ::
..:. \i'
P9.plar d
11.00
11.5o
10.50!: 1),..50
11.oo.i 11.5o
. 9.oo
:\
10.50
7.50
9.5o 1o.oo 11.00
14.75 15.00 12.75114.00 14.00! 16.00 12.00 13.50 10.00 12.25 12.75 14.50
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Kind ' of Timber
Pine
. . . . . .
Area l
Apr. July 15 > 15
Prices for Sawlogs at Local Delivery Point ~~
(Per 1,000 Bd. Ft Doyle Scale)
Area 2
Area 3
Area 4
Area 5
State
Apr. ' July Apr. i July . Apr. July Apr !July Apr. : July
15 15 15 15 15 : 15 15 J 15 15 15
. $
35.25
i $.
39.25
$ $ 33.75 : 36.00
$ 36.25
$ 38.00
$> ! $ '
29.25 i 32~50
:
.:
$ $
26. so! 28. oo
$ :$ 32.75: 35.25
~
Red Oak 26.25
Whit e Oak 28.00
Gum
30.75
27.75 31.75 31.25
31. 75 ! 35.00 29.50 30.75 22.50 )28.25 23.25~ 25.75 26.25! 29.00
:
34.25 )35.00
29.50
31.00 24.25 !30.00
/
:
25. oo\!27. oo
..
:
27~:so i
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:
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3o.oo
!
32.25[ 38.00 30. 75! 31.75 23.00 i 27.75 20.75 123. 60 27.75 i 30.50
. Poplar
35.75
38.50
35.50: 39~00
36.09
38.00
28.50: 32.50
25.75 !29.00
32.75! 35.75 :
-1~ At local R. R. Sidings or at Sawmill.
UNITED :.TAT.~ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
&ro-j;
Ut!IIVE.RSITV OF' Gt<-.GtA (.Ol.L.E.Q. OF A~~IGUI...TUR.t.
Athens , Georgia
WHEAT VARIETIES GROWN IN GEORGIA
1950
~he Sanford variety of wheat represented about three-fourths of the total acreage of wheat planted in Georgia, according to a special survey made in 1949 by the Bureau cf fJ.ant Industry in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. In 1949 i;'here were 205,000 acres of wheat planted in the state. Of this amount the Sanford variety made up 148,000 acres or 72 per cent of the total. Redhart was the second ' most popular variety, with 31,000 acres or 15 per cent of the total acreage, and Purple straw ranked third, with 11,000 acres or 6 per cent. The Chancellor variety, fj_rst distributed in the fall of 1947, and Hardired each had 2 per cent of the tota+ ' acreage, Other varieties with less than one per cent were Flint, Carala, Gasta, Fulc aster, Rice, and Leap.
The Sanford variety increased from 13 per cent of the total planted acreage in 1944 to 72 per cent in 1949. Redhart decline d fl'Pm 33 per cent to 15 per cent, and Purple straw dropped from 49 per cent to 6 pe:r cent during the same five-year period.
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Distribution Of Georgia Wheat Acreage By Varie ties (By five year intervals 1919 - 1949)
Varie~.
Sanford Redhart Purple straw Hard ired Chancellor Flint Car ala Gasta Fulcaster Rice Le ap Others ani not reported
Total
Percentage of Total Acreage : Acreage
i I :1919 I 1924 1929 1934 I l9.3~ll94~Jl949: 1944 jl949
I
12.9 n. oI' 31 339 147,594
3.9 21.3 33.1 15,2180,423 31,093
54.2 69.2 83,4 77.0 71.9 49.4 5,5 120,196 ll, 290
------ 1.9 1.9 4, 776 3,896
1.7
3,419
( *) 2.2
.5 5.9 2.5
.1
,. 56 !____1_1_4 1,157
1,046
.3 ! .6 1.7 .5
l, 123
689
12 .4 7.1 3,2 3,7 1.3 1.8
.2 .l
!--4-,4--0-4
454 299
1,6 1.7 2.6 . 1
.2
473
31,8 198 10.3 8.8 1.3 .1 2,0 152 4,063
100.0 100,0 100,0 100.0 100.0 -100 .o 100,0 243,000 205,000
(*) indicates a variety r e ported as grown, but the estirrate of acreage was less than ';
0.1 per cent of the total acreage of the State.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A, WHITE
ARCHIE LANGLEY '
Agricultural Statisticians
A?lf}p GEORG lA UNITED !:>TATE.~
DMRTME.NT OF
~-
~CONOMIC5 .
.
cJ~
UHIVE"SITV OF' .CiE.O"GI'-' C.OU:.E.Cie: OP AGA.IGULTUA.l.
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GE~IA AGRICUL"T\JRAL
~XTE:.NIIIOI'I ZI!:.R.VIC.~
Athens, Geort:La
September,. :J,:CI59
( ,.
GEORGIA FLUE~CURED TOBAQCO: HARVESTED' ACREAGE, JJ.ELD AND PRODUCT~ON
'
(The estimates are based on the latest available data)
District-~ I I tHa1~v.es.te.d I and
County --------
i
.
191,8
,__ i i eld
Harvested Per Acre Acreage Lbs.
. - ------
Production (000 Lbs .)
-- - - - ---
-. -
Acreage -- - - - - -
~~-----
1949
Peir Ac"re :PE roduction Lbs ( 000 Lbs ).
----
DISTRICT II GwJJmett
5
LIOO
2
Total
5
hOO
2
DISTHIC'l' IV Taylor
5
400
2
5,
800
4
Total
5
l.JOO
2
5
800
4
DISTRICT V Dodge Houston Jo hnson Laurens Montgomery Pulaski
Treutlen Washingt on Wheeler Wilkinson
305
5
75 2a~.. 960 10 1,060 10 )So
10
1,052 hOO 707
909 902 700 . 886 400
1,057
500
321
445
1, 063
473
2
53
90
833
75
259
325
985
320
866
1,160
1, 070 1,241 .
7
1)
1,200
18
939
1,180
1, 015 1,198
4
5
1,000
5
613
680
1, 063
723
5
10
700
7
Total
3,300
930
3, 069
3,910
1, 038 4,060
.DISTHICT VI
B'U:iloch
Burke
Candler
Effingham
Emanue l
I
Jefferson
Jenkins
Richmond
Screvert
4,000 10
2, 280
175 1, 680
5
125 10
95
1,02L1
300
l,OLI7 886
977 400 872 200
863
4, 094 .
3 2,3 87
155 1, 641
2
109 2 82
4,400
5
2 ,L~75
190 2,180
5
200
5
105
1, 299 600
1, 266
1, 195 1, 076
L100
910 200
933
5,716
3 3' 131.~
227
2, 3L16
2
182 1
98
'J;'otal
8, 380
1, 011
8, 475
9, 565
1, 221-J. 11,709
DISTRICT VII Baker Decatur Dougherty Early Gr ady L.ee Miller
Mi tchell Stenart Thomas
:c; 240
20
1,235
5 5
2,415
1,670
)..J.OO 879 650
1, 046 800 600
1,055
1,038 {
2 211 13
1,292 4 3
2, 547
1,733
10
340 20
5'
1,500 .
5 5
2,790
5
2,030
700
926
1,100
600
1,087
l
'
000 600
'
.
1,076
400
1,138
7'
315
22
3
.1;.6305
. 3 .,
J ; 003 2
2, ) 11
Total
5, 595
1,038
5, 805
6, 710
1,088 7,301
. ~'
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GEOH.GIA' FLUE..CURrm
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TOB. AC.CO.,t,}ju.1.V. E-STED
~AGE,
YIELD
AND
PRODUCTION
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are
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H~rvested
~ield,. ' . ' '
Per Acre .Production
I i
)Yield
Harvested Per Acre
.. ' .
_Production
Ib_s:. county . .. . : .. "r'!fl._j_ li>".!::..~ _J.~~l..r acre~g
<ooo .Lbs. J _
-~----- - --
DISTRICT VIII /l.;tb.nson . . ' B~n Hill
B~rrien
B~o oks
Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp, Dooly Echols Irvdn Jeff Davis
Laniel' Lmmdes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth
1,605
J,,o6o 4,845 2,570
, 285
5 1/ 0
6,545 3,510
35 10 400
2;595 2;295 1,560 4,520 . 515
3,310 195 '185
1,965
1,356
1,197 1,299 1,135 1,182
1,318
1,257
1,252 771 500
1,028
1;278
1,295 1;254 1,000 1:,004 1;252 1,005
908 1,140
2,177
1,269 6,294 2,918
337 6,838
8,229
4~396
27
5 411 3,316 2,971 1, 957 4,519 517 4,144 196 168
2,241
I
1,610 1,195
5,190
I
2,935 355
5,795
7,050
3,785
35
10
1.~60
2,805
2,530
1, 730
5,045
715
3,630
210
260
2, 275
1,473
1,1~2
1,401
1,155 1,287
1,409 1,293
1,338 -1,371 1,300 1,115 1,304 1,428 1,328 1,131 1,094 1,262 1,248 1,088 1,181
2,372 1,1.,.13
7,272
3,389
457 8,165 9,ll9 5,066
48 13 513 3,659 3,613 2,297 5, 706 .
782 4,581
262
283 2,686
Total
43,195
1,225 52,930
1.~7 ,620
1,296 61,696
DISTRICT IX Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham
Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tattna11 Toombs Ware Wayne
2; 930 2:,440 1,100
310
5 155 10
1,250 75 325
3;670 3,795 2,-060
1; 730 1,'670
1,096
1,334 1,327
855 1,200 1,213
800
1,030 920
969 1,265 1,010
900 1,320 1,053
3;210
3,254
1,!. ~60
265 6
188 8
1.,287
69 3J:5 4,641 3,832 1,853 2,283
1,758
3,215 2,710 1,260
365
5
215 10
l,L~30
95 390 3, 980
4,125
2,490 1,975 1,920
1,169
1,332 1,_32.2 1,181 1,200
1,172 600
1,198 1,095 1,085 1,241 1,224 1, 090
1,362 1,210
3,758 3,610
1,75.4 431 6 2)2
6
1,713
101.~
423 4,939 5,047 2, 713 2, 689 2,323
Total
21,;525
l,D5 24,h29
2h,l85
1,231 29,768
STATE TOTAlS 82,000
1,155 94,710
92,000
1,245 114,540
~
ARCHIE LANGLEY
HPuttRY A "WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
D. L. FIDYD
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Return After Five Days to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bul"eau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia
OFFICL~L BUSINESS
Form BAE-9/50-2,540
Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
is s . ' e lli e M. Ree se, Librar i an ,
tate Co l l ege of Agri .,
eq.
At h ens, Ga .
lA
- c~ -
Athens 1 . Ge orgia.
GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
Septerrber 8, 1950 ~
Co-t;ton production for Georgia. of 540,000 bale~ (500 pounds gross weight) is indicate~
91 September 1 prospects as reported by crop c'orrespondents to the Georgia Crop Re-
p orting_ Service of th_a United States Department of AgrJ_g_ul ture .e __ This is unchanged
f,'rom the forecast of 540,000 one month ago and is 11 percept less than the 604,000 qales harvested in 1949. T!=ln year average production ( 1939-1948) was 769,000 bales. P.robable yie ld of 225 pounds lint per acre is 24 percent above the poor yield of 181 pounds last year but is 7 per.cent below the ten ye ar average_ of 243 pounds. Acreage f'or harvest is estimated' at 1',151,000 or 28 percent" less than the 1,600,000 a c res harvested last season.
:('.s was ~;pparent earlier in the s e ason, indicated yields are r e latively b e st in the
southe rn part of the state, next best in the mid-state section, and poore st in north;.
':l ern Ge orgia. Northwestern counties show l owe st prospects in the state. Following ~~
generally wet July, the weather over the state prior to rains of l a tter August was mostly dry and was favorable for weevil control in a~eas wherever late poisoning was
practiced. In the mid-state s e ction many growe rs poisoned during August as a pro- .
teet ion to immatur e bolls. Poisoning during the month was f a irly gilne ral in tm
northe rn paJ;"'J:; of tl;1e state whe re consider a bl e fruiting was taking place : With a l ate fall trp'ilch o~ this late fruiting ce.n produce matur e bolls. Harvesting was-g e neral o:h report date in southern counties and ge tting und e r way in middle Ge 0rgia .
Final outturn of cotton co mpar e d with this forecast will depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop durin g the r e mainder of th e s e ason tire more or, less favorabl e than usual.
ARCHIE LANGLEY, HARRY A. ~MHITE Agricultura l Statisticians
D. L. FLOYD A~ricultural Statistician, In Charge
t' j ----G=EO-R-G--IA-..M;,A-P--- SHOW[ N-G- SEPTEMB-ER 1 CONDITION BY CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS 19'50-45% 'L }Jon-C otton
l .1949-59%
'1948-82%~.
J
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195~0-59%
~
State:. .. 1950 - 66% 1949 59%
1949-65%
III. \
1948 - SO%
. . \ 194S -85%
.._-
ElBERTON
r. l
fj
\
195o..:&9% -
.fl:'ffiENS 194 9-67~
Districts shown are crop r e porting distri c ts and NOT Congress-
---l \
II.
\ 1 948- 86%.'-. .
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AHG~j.'A
1 950-6'7%
/ 1949-59%
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1949-62% .1948-76%
/ 1948-8 3% ' \.
I
VI
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--~
) IV./
MP.CON - -
\ 1 950-64% J 1949-51%
) 1948-72%
\ \,
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VI I I .
ALB ANY 1950-76%
1950-76%
194 9-49% 1 948- 80%
IX.
1 9 50-74%
~ 1949-49%
1 948-79%
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. 1 949-65%
1948-76%
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Se e r e v e rse side for U. S. fi gur e s. ----- -- ---
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UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT A.S.. ..OF.. S.E...P,.TEMBER 1, 1950
The Crop Reporting B~a.rd: of the Burea~ of Agricul'fura.l Economics makes the follow":'
ing report . from data. furnished by crop corresponderit'.s, field statistic ia.ns, Pro due~~: ion and Marketing Administration, and cooperating State agencies. The final out~
turn of cotton compared with this .forecast will depend upon whether the various
in.fluences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are rore or less
favor able than u~ua.l.
, ..
p:: ...
State
I I Total :
a.ban- 1 For
verage
I ---HLiA1RrtfV'YE!SELTDEDP~EER !i5P0R0O-D]U_ClT>IOoN~(sGIwNtN.IbNl_Gf~:C-)
ver- j . 1
Aver-
~950;'
age
Indi- age
1949 Crop:(
donment I' har- 1939-jl949 1950 1939-L1949 cated 19.39- Crop !ndiQ;
afyer !.e!t_ L 1~4~ .J_ _ :_ _ 1~~ ___lf.f 1~~ ____ .._;,ep~;,
IJuly 1 lThous. ;
, :
'
'l'hous. : Thous. !Thou!$_
Pet. . j acres Pet. , Pet, : Pet.; Lb. : Lb . ; Lb. Fales bales :bale$
M.-i-s_s_o_,~,...r-i-.-.-.-.-.+,- 2.7 ~-42B 78 86 74 442! 378: 336 ; 373~ 462 ! 300
I ~~~.i.rcCgaairrnoo~llal~~nnaa,
1 1
Qeorgia...... 1
F1lorida.i.....
2~5
25 556
1.4
863
1.7. 1,151
33
Tennessee.... 1.6
640
i -
~578 1 305: 173.
79 67 i . 46 37.3 : 259 : 173 :
73
57 1 . 61
321 ! 209 ; 256 )
70 ' 59 1 66 243 : 181 1 225;
t ..
I
l62 i 153 : 160
!
77 76 , 68 i 378 : 365 . 360
23 ~ 578 ;
7'$ j
769j 13 :
:
541!
20 ! 1~
466 554
! ~
209 460.
604j 540
i16 I
+-1
!f~
633 i 4~9
Alabama 2.0
1
l Mississippi.. 1 2.0
Arkansas 1 3,3 Louisiana 3,3
1,303 2,043 1,664
749
72 59 57 i 72 I S7 1! '69 '
74 66
l 68 I, 70
66 59
272' 330 : 3441 269 ;
226 ! 206 261 ; 334 309 ! 317 298 : 224
912 1 852 i 5qp
1,6531 1,487 !1,42t)
1,359363~
1,632 !1,100 650 j 39?
! 0k.l ahoma 1
Texas........
I New Mexico I
Arizona California :,
7, 9
967
4.0 6,912
. .2 , 3
185
8~' 288
.8
609
I I 66 II 75 .ij 48 1 164 'j 225 : 99 1 502 . 610 , 200
l i 70 . 88 70 ( 170) 266 1 193 2,729 .6,040 !2,775
87 j 89 i 86 l 498 428! 480: 133
I 87 I 97 j 97 433i 649 ~ 678 j 188
276j 18 .~
5431 407
92 ! 93 I 97 j 600 ! 634 . 690 i 501. l,z-6lf l 875
= -;3=: ;Omt~hTe~rD=SSt~atAe~sE;3~ -3~2= 18~4~193= ~ - : ~- 4t~- J,~l4~183t!2~346:30:123~457::+~~91~6 !~6~11~58++9~8~1:0
r - ..:.t + Am:_r:_E:y:_t:_47 ! ~~-
1"exas :
~09.5 ~: __ :. _ _ .._ .l-299- : 346_ ~ 286 ~ .:?.:8_ 1 4:_0_ 65_:._
4o.o 1 -
; -
1
-
: 3~4 sr3b2
: '2'9'b ; 4.4 ~1.5
. 28 .o
New MeXlco,.. -
16.5 l -
319 i .,.
1
. -
i 384
291 ! 3.4
I
.8
1 10.0
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1/ Preliminary.
2'/ Allowances made for in tersta.te movement of seed cottcn for ginning.
3/ ~llinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada. 4/ Included in State and United States totals. "! Short-time average.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
After five days return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgi a
OFFICI AL BUSINESS
Fc;>rm BAE - C-9/50-3,045 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
i ss . J ellie M. Reese , Librarian ,
tate College of Agr i .,
eq.
Athens , Ga.
'
Athens,_. Georgia
GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
Septenber 8, 1950
Co~ton production for Georgia of 540,000 bales (500 po,mds gross weight) is indicated
P1 September 1 prospects as reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop Re-
porti;(lg ' _S_e_r:v,ice of the.. IJni ted States nepartmen t of Agriculture. This is unchanged from the forecast of 540,000 one . month ago a.nd is 11 percent less than the 604,000 qales harvested in 1949. Ten ye.ar average prod\lction (1939-1948) was 769,000 bales. ~robabl~ yield of 225 pounds lint per !J.Cre . is 24 percent above the poor yield of 181 pounds' ..last year _but is 7 percent below the ten year average of 243 pounds. Acreage f'or harvest is estimated at 1,151',000 or 28 percent less than the 1,600,000 acres harvested last season.
As was apparent earlier in the season, indicated yields are r e latively be.s t in the
a southern part of the state, next best in the mid-state section, and poorest. in north-
ern Geo rgia. Northwestern countie s show lowest prospects in the ~state: . Foll.owing generally wet July, the weather over the . state prior to rains of latter August WB.S .: mostly dry and wa~ favorable for weevil control in areas wherever late poisoning wa'~ practiced. In the mid-state section many growers poisoned during August as a pro- . tection to immatur e bolls. Poisoning during the month was f a irly gene~al in tre . northern .part of. the state where considerabl e fruiting was taking place. With .a late fall much. of thi,s late fruiting ca.n produce mature bolls. Harvesting was general op. report date in southern counties and ge tting und e r way in rirl.ddle _Georgia.
Final outturn o.f cotton compared with this ' forecast Vlill depend upon whether the
various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season ure more or
les's favctra-bl e than usual.
... .....
ARCHIE LANGLEY J HARRY A. 'WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statisticiani In Charge
GEORGIA MAP - SHOWING SEPTEMBER 1 CONDITION BY .CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS
1950-4-5% """\(}.fon-Cott~n / { - .
1949-59% 1948-82%
:
ROME. \ - .. .. I.
L
\
-...,
.
,.
,.
_____~\..
/
)950-59"/o
~
~~
1949-65%
III. \
! .1948-85%
\.__ \
195E6L~B6:E9R%TO- N
State: 1950 - 66% 1949 59% 1948 - 80%
Districts showz: are crop. report
I.J
ATHENS 1949-6 7%;
ing districts and NOT Congress-
__
II.
---\ 1948-86%\...
ional Districts. --
- 1'
~-/-1/-'))A~-T-..L~--A--~N-TyA.
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----
~~' - ,
C___ 1950-6 7%
'\) 1950~ 70% / 1949-59%
AUG~TA
-- -- - .Y."'l..L
1949-62% .1948-76%
( 1948-8 3% . .,
I
\
VI.
\.
-~
)
IV.
Iy~._QQN.
\ 1950-64%
\
l 1949-51%
. 1948-72% )
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~\
.
v
f VII.
/ i
VII I.
ALBANY
1950-76%
-- ~ M~IAJ.... I
IX.
1950-74%
?
1949-49% 1948-80%
1949-49%
c)
1948-79%
1949-65%
l 9 4 8 - 7 6 ~1 o
\ _ _.
., .
0
. "------ -__ _j __ \J ~-~v~.LD~~A_.:;t, r-- 0
See r e verse side for U. S. figures.
:,:.
UNITED STATES "" COTTON REPOR1r' AS OF. SEPTEMBER 1, 1950
,,'.
' The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the follow.;. ing report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Produc-i. ion and Marketing Administration, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of . the season are .rrore or less
favor able than usual;,
""=""='_ _....__ _' r
--:--i95o-- ,
State
l r'.}'Il.Q'oRtEaAlGE! Jl_
. aban- For
f SEPT. J - - --f-:--LI}JT YIEL. D PER l[JRODuCTION( GINN'llffi.~}
lIJ'.Vcear-N1 DIT_
I I age
HARVEsTEJ;)_~ ;soo-l_piro~~-wt. bJ~.
verage
1
Aver
Indi- age
'l 1949
i~9~:5o0p~'
donment I'. har- 1939-j 1949 1950Ll939- 1949 cated 1939- Crop llndi."
l after _ !e!.t_ ~._1.4~ J_ _ . _ _ 1~~ __ .....1~0 1~~ - ,- __ .sep~J
July 1 l Thous. i
l
'
. hous . ' Thous. l'rhou ~
I - - - - - - Pct._J_a~~-s Pet. , Pet. ; Pet, ; Lb. Lb. i Lb. jbales :bales i ba1e;~
I Miss?U.:i.
2. 7 1., 428
78
86 74
442! 378: 336
Virg1n1a. II -
25
i -
378i 305! 173
373 ; 23:
462 :
20 !
30~Q
N.Carolina... S,,Carolina I
~~or~~a......
orl ai
Tennessee.... Alabama......
! Mississippi..!
Arkansas I Louisiana ,
2.5
556
1.4
863
1.7 I11,1~~.
1.6 I 640
2,0 1,303
2.0 2,043
3,3 1,664
3,3
749
79 73
67 ' 46 57 1 61
373 : 259 173 i 321 ; 209: 256 .
578 :
728 j.
466 11 2QYJ 554 460
70 ' 59 i 66 ~:~ : i~l ! ~25 j 7~9j 6~:1 5~
l-
3 : . 60 , _ 3 :
; ::
1
77 ; 76 1 68 l 378 365 :' 360 j 54ll 633i 46Q.
72 72 74 66
!
'
59 57
.
1 1
.
57 69
!
I I
1
68
1
70 .
! i 66 j 59
272 ' 330 344 l:
269 ;
226 : 206! 912 1 852 l 5~0
261 : 334 1 1,6531 1,487 !1,420
I i 309 ! 317 I 1,393 1,632 ;I 1,10P'
1
298 : 224
5361 650 35p
Oklahoma II 7. 9
967
l i 66 75 J 48 j 164; 225 ! 99
502
I 610 200
Texas........ 4.0 6,912
I New Mexico I 2.3
185
Arizona
,8 ~ 288
California; ,, - .8- - - -609
70 87
87 92
I 88 ! 70 l
j 89 ; 86 l
1 97 j 97 I
! 93, - 971'
170; 498 '
433! 600 ;
266 1 193 1 2,729
i 428! 480 ; 133
649; 678
188
634 : o90j 001
6,o40 :2,7t-5 276j 18~5
543 i
1,268!
8470~,
Other States 3.
= 24r 19 2 ~Am~:_~r:D._=E~Sy~~tA:~_fSl~ i!
-
13
-~3~-2-=t1~8o~94~.95=
1~..~-.:3-=~:~. --~-.I.;-.~-!~.,229~94l-1~83TIit324~36~6-03=~:I2~2384765~
tL1l.~:7,~891~~61~l~64~_:l0~1_B5i
10
_:8~
65_:3.
,l - . 'T'exas:,..
New Mex1co -
4s;s -
16.5
1
1
..
. - . - , ~4 5{3"5"2 , "2"9'5" ; 4.4 ~1.s l28.o
1
i -
. -
319 i 384 ; 291 ! 3,4 I .8
10.0
_ !J:iz~th;;:::: 1 : .--~::]J. :.---~ =-- ~- --=--~-~~~ -~~:__!_jJl_~~-~-=----~- 1!8 i 27:~
1( Preliminary.
.
~ Allowances made for inter~tate movement of seed cotton for ginning~
3/. Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
y4/. Included in State and United States totals. Shor'l:;-time average.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
After five days return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extansion Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICI AL BUSINESS
Form ,BAE- C-9/50-3,045 Fermit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300,
Dr . Piu W. Chapman , Assoc . Dean College of Agriculture
Conner Hall At hens, Ga.
!
Athens, Geqrgia
l .. ~::'
.' i . ~
I
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.FARM
PRICE
REPORT AS
OF
AUG}!_~T
..' I
l5,
.1950
,. . Sept~p1ber 12, 1950
me
.
i .':~
' :: ,
GEORGIA.:'
Ail Comrnodit..y Index of Prices Received by Georgia farme:ri's rose 8L ...
. . . poin,ts duirit;g the;3..0 day period July 15 to 'August 15. The 1ndex has ad- . vanced for the 'ninth consecu~ive month and . qn August 15 wa~ 268 per cent of 'the : August r1909! - July ~914 ' average. The curre11t !nde)C is 40 points above one ye~:;-, ago
and is at its highes.t. l .evel s~.npe July 15; 1948.
. .
' ; - \ ' . . i.
f
,. : ..
In th~ . ~omrnodity :.sub-g.roups, iilde~es for misbellarieous'products, meat animals, and,
fruit dec~easeg one~ 13 and 79 point~, rE(speptively, sinee last reporti date. The'
9harp decline ih the fruit index was due to ~he contrast..of present mal::letings ail ~ '
qompared to' tho~e . for .r.ecent months which were then heavily weighted with sales of
peaches: To heavily offset these de~reases, ~the. cotton .and cottonseed index was up
2b points, the ehickens and eggs index ro'se 18 points, the grains index advanced 10
p9ints, and the index for dairy products was h:i.gher by 6 points. :
.
!
'
UNITED ST.A.TES: , Sharply higher. prices for cotton 'and cot'tonseed together with higher
'prices for dairy and poultry products raiseq the Index :of Prices ' Received by:: Farmers 4 points during the month. At 267 per cerit of its January 1910,, December 1914 average, t .he index was l. 5 P.er cent above a mdnth a:go and :9 .4 per ~;nt above a year ago and. the highest since November 1948 when it was at the:same level~ : :
However, the all crop indeX at 239 was 14 poi.nts higher than in November 1948 rJriCi.' the
livestock and products index at 292 was 14 points lower.
In a.ddi tion to the higher pri~es for ,cotton., , cottqnseed~i pault-ry and dairy products;
rice, dry edible beans, vwol, and all' meat animals exeept bee.r cattle also showed in-
creases over a month ago. On the dovm side were most other grains, soybeans, flax-
seed, potatdes, and fruits.
.~
306
Jan. 1948
262 2/July 1S:48
122 - Oct. 1946
---------------~-------------------------~
1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and 1"!age Rates.
~/ Also June 1948 .
( -..- '. ~ c
D. 1. FLOYD
')
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
'
, IIARRY A Y'JHITE Agricul~ural Statistician
Wheat, ~u.
$
1.24
Corn, J..il.
$
,, .
,
.91
'
Qats, l~
; .
:-~ .u ..
... ,$ ' "; ; ...1 , ... ' .
., .67
Idsh Potatoes, Btl..$. i ~a2
~weet Potatoes, Bu. $
'
eotton, lb. ' '
.
.83 12.6
. 8.,.1..
.85
. 1.70 ., 1.55
2.80 2.45
30.6 . 34.8
.90 1.50 2 . 55 37 .0
1.18 1.44 1.44
.58
.76
.71
1.27 1'.22
I '
.
2.67 2.oiv _.{i~ aa
12.4 29.3 33.0 ~'.f&;.:- .~-
Qottonseed, ton
';: ~
~~ (baled) , ton
$ 24.39 $
4.7.00i (-, :... 52.00 18 . 80 21.70
61.00 20.40
22,55
44.40 52.00
20.80 19.90
70.9Q 20.20
l!ogs, per cwt.
$
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
7.33
20.00 22.20 22.00
3.87
, 16.30 20.50 19.50
7.27
::,
: 5,42
19.40 21.50 21.60 19.40 24.iQ:: 24.10
Mi:lk Cows, head
!
yhickeris, lb. ~ggs, Doz. Butter, lb.
$ 33 . 85 137.00 150.00 156.00
13.2 21.3 24.6
2.7 .8
' ' 54,.5
5o.o
28.6 42.2
52 .a.
28.9 47.6
52 .o ,
48.00
n .4
2):.5 25.5
176.00 199.00 25.1 23.4 48.8 34.2 57.4 56.2
002.0Q,. 25.4 . .,_
38.0
;\
56 .9'
Butterfat, lb.
, 25.7
53.0 54.0 ' ' 56.0
26.3 60.5 59.4 60.3
Milk (whol e sale)
per1 100# 1}
$
Cowpeas, Bu.
$
Soybeans,, Bu.
$
2.42
5.45
3.80
--- -- - -3-.Ge-
5.15 5.40 4.70 . 4,40 3,75 3;60: - -
1.60
3.86 3.48 2.-60
3.58 4.17 2.93
3.73,
3.87
~:
2.42
Peanuts, lb.
5.0
10.4 10.8 . 10.6
4.8 10.2 10.9 11.0
JL~-P-re-li-m-in-ar- y -fo-r -Au-~4 st-1-95-0-. ----~~--~~~~--~~------~--~----~--~-
--------===---r-__ __-_- =---- ----..,..=--=-~----- --:::=-=------==----------=-=-===--=---:::..:.=:;::-_k ...
INPEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEOIGIA (August 1909 - J'-\lY 1914 100)
Aug~-st 15
July 15'
August 15
1949
- ------ --'-- ~ --r------ -- - - - - - - -- -
! All Commod.i ties
228
--- - -----1 . 1~50
---- --- - - - - ----- - --- -
1950
260
268
I Cotton & Cottonseed Grains
. .
237 154
269 172 '
289 182
1 Meat .Animals
353
421 .
408
DairyProducts
I Chicken & Eggs
I Fruits
213
211
217
242
. 204
222
189
305
226
Miscellaneous
155
172
l 71
-
-- -
- - - - - - ... -
- -- -- -
~ -- ---- - ~ ~ - - --- - --~.' - - - - -
- - --- -
- - - - -
- - - -- - -- - -- - - -- -
i
- - - ' - . . ..j
'\mited
StAatfetser~aFritvme eDnatysoRf eAtugrrni
to cult
ure
Bl.lreau of Agricultural Economies
319 Extension Bui l ding -
Athens, Georgia .
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
. . . OFFI,CIAL BUSINESS
.Form BAE-B-9[50-2096
Permit No. 1001
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tate
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At hens , Ga.
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UNITED ~TATE.~ DEPARTMf:NT OF
AG~IClJL.TURE.
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UHIVII!:.FUoiTV_ OP' .CiE:.O"-G'-' tOLS..t.ciE. 011' AGI'I.IGULTUR.t.
Athens, Georgia
September 13, 1950
. GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF SEPTElffiER 1, 1950
Dry weather during most of August was favorable for harvesting peanuts, saving hay,
and picking cotton in the southern areas of the stateand good progress was made.
Th shor-tage_of moisture caused some .damaga to -late crops, ...espe.s1ially truck _crops
and uastureso General rains the last week of August and early September delayed
harvesting operations in most sections of the state and improved condition of pas-
tures and late crops. Pecan prospects immproved during August, .but heavy rains and
high '~lnds since September 1 have caused some damage. The tobacco marketing season
is over and total production will be about 12_per cent less than in 1949.
1;
Extremely hot dry weatherduring June damaged the corn crop in the southern portion of the state and average yields will be . less than the record yield of l ast year. ..; In North Georgia weather conditions have been very favorable and near r ecord corn yields will be produced. Soil moisture has been favorable for plowing and prepar... ing -land for planting small grains and winter grazing crops and good progress has been made in recent week;:>.
CORN: The September 1 condition of corn promises an average yield of 16.0 bushels per acre. The current indicated-yield has only bet3n exceeded by the record
yield of 18.0 bushels harvested in 1949. The Georgia corn crop is estimated at 56,496,000 bushels, lL~ per cent above the August estimate and about 5 per cent below the last year's production of 59,400,000 bushels..
TOBACCO: The tobacco marketing season is over and the indicated production is
placed at 'lb1,6oo,ooo pounds compared with 115,670,000 poumds harvested
one year ago. Average yield per acre declined from 1,244 pounds in 1949 to 1,036
pounds for the current season.
PEANUTS: Weather conditions during most of August were favorable for harvesting operations and good progress was made in digging the .Spanish crop. Based
on conditions as of September 1 the peanut crop is estimated at 520,800,000 pounds or 15 per cent less than the 612,000,000 pounds harvested last season.
PECANS: The Georgia pecan crop improved during August and on September l the total producti on was estimated at 29,700,000 pounds compared with t he small pro-
duction of 18,000,000 pounds in 1949 but 25 per cent below the large 1948 crop of 39 , 600 ,000 pqunds. The hurricane of the first week in September caus ed some damage
which is not r eflected in this r eport.
(See- reverse .side for peanut and pecan production by. states )
CROP
GEORGIA :.ACREAGE :__}]J~I:D PER ACRE _____ :TOTAL PRODUCTION(IN THOUSANDSl
:(000) :Average :
:Indicated : Average
: Indicated
1%0 :193.9-48: 1949: 1950 1939-48 1949 :Sept o 1 , 1950
Corn.............. bu.: 3,531: 12. 6 18 .0: 16 .0 Wheat . bu.: 162 : 12;3 12&0: 12.5
4L,9 857 2,419
59 ,400: 2,280:
Oats ............. bu . 650 : 22 ,_, 7 25.0: 27 . 0 13, 502 14,775:
Rye . ........ bu . :
5: 8;13 10.0: ll.O
11:7 :
50:
Hay (all) ton : 1, OL~l: ~54. : .61.,:.
, 58
750
698 :
Tobacco(all) . lb.: 98.1: 985 .. . :1244 . 1036 88' 728 :115,670:
Potato e s ;Irish~ bu.~ 18
68
72
77
1,541 11 296:
Pdtat6es; Swee t ~ bu.: ' 70 . : 78 . -: 90
88
6~ 723
6~030:
Cotton . , . , . . tales : 1,151: 243
181
225
769
604:
Peann ts (for pic.__k:i.ng :
and Th:..e shi.ng ,J.b.: 672: 687
765
775 :666,2.33 . : 612,000:
Peaches,total crop, :
bu .1)
5,044 . : 2,04c;>:
Pears,total crop, :
bu .]j Pecans ... lb.:
-
. :
388
187:
28,228 : 18,000:
1./ Total agricultural crqp grea.ter than and including commercial crop.,
56 5 496 2,025 17, 550
55 604 101.$'600 1, 386 6,160 540 .
520_,800
975
~50
29,700
..
.: r~
I "14
...
D. 1. FLOYD
,. , ... "' ) 1\ RRY A.1Ji1HITEif'1
ARCHIE L\NGLEY
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Agricultural Statisticians
. . . ........ _._;.) _..... ....... -.- - . ;-:\ .. . _: . c~~:w-~:!.~~ - ~ t }'~ \ -~_..: ~... .... ~ >.;"'...'"':.:.~~--....~ ....... ......_......_ ...... .~ ....~ (........ ......,....,~ ---~ ..-h-~
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. ;_;,.,;;:;~ ~~ .'_.: wrTt.~.~s'ift.tS~ : ~-<q~EBN- _cRoP REPoRt;.As OF ~EP~E~IBER 1~ 'i9so . . :~ ~ .
Prof~~ts .for HJ5<Y c~op pr oduc~(~.I1-- rk~i~~d ~.Jc~~agi~,..'~~ most crop~ improv.ed e.r:tli ; .
Qnljri:.A ifew declined during Avg-ilst. Sw.an gl:-e.ib~ .f'i lJ:e~ well during the cool wee.ther;
i;;o 9.va:r;come mllt.C{l of .t~. d~sad'v.~t '!j!.ge of .'la.~n~?-~ corn prospects reme.:i,.~ed virtuallY,
t.lnc~~ged. . ;M~~t, o,ther.1a~.,growing. crop& ;and :rr\:t4,ts' lmprov~ci or held their own, but:
g:rowirig conditions were less favorable for cottOn . See.sonB.l harvestin'g operations
m~df~~tis.factory pr.ogres's ;~ despite unfavorable weather e.t tirre's. Plowing and prept
r~tt~n. _of :fie'lds ' we.s~ u!':d.e.r .wa.r _a:nd " s'6ne ~~-'If~~~ - in ~xoe~lent seedbeds_ he.d. , been~done .
~pro.:ug.holJ.:t : the. G.r~fit . :Pl~ins ..~ncf.~, in .pe..rt.~. gf . thE;J Wes.:t. , .P.~s.tures-. were ~us;-tA~lly good.
GORN: The Nation's 1950 corn crop is estirre.ted e.t 3,163 million bushels, pre.ctical iJ ~ unchanged .from the August 1 estimate of 3,168 million bushels. This compare$
.wtth 3,378 million bushel's last year and the 1939-48 average of 2,901 million bushelj3. T~ese estime. tes incl trle corn for grain, silage, forage and for hogging. The indica.~ yj.eld per acre of 38.1 bushels is 0.8 bushel below last year but 5.2 bushels above ;_ t~e average of 32.9 bushels.
PEANUTS: Production -CYf peanuts for picking and threshing is estimated e.t 1,656
~:~
million' pounds~ This is slightly less than indicated e. month ago, and com7
p~res with the 1949 crop of 1, 8 76 million pounds. A decline in the estimate for the
Sguthee.stern Area due to reduced yield prospects was almost . completely offset by e.n
i~proved production outlook in the Southwestern Area.
PltJCANS: September 1 conditions point to ' e. prospective crop of all pecans, seedlings
'' '
and improved varieties combined, about in line with the forecast of August :
H Prospective production, e.t 106,438,000 pounds, is 17 per cent less than the crop
9~ 128,174,000 pounds produced in 1949 and is 12 per cent less than the average of :
lg0,9f,)5,000 pounds. Some improvement during August in production. prospects for G~orgie., South Ce.ro line. and North Caroline. was e. little more .than offset by declines
it}. Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Arkansas. In Georgie., however, the
.I:J.J.rrice.ne of the first week of September caused sonE damage (reported e.t 3 to 5 per -.
oe'nt) which is not reflected in this report.
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. PEANUT8.PICK.;";".E;:ID:; =,:--:AN~T;':<:D--;::'T.;";"~:lR~E~SI~-~IE:'I'l:D~-:-----
~.
State
Pounds
Thousand pounds
Ve..
1,420
1,350
195,960
202,500
N.C.
1,030
1,040
243,080
247,520
Te n n .
825
850
4,125
4-,-250 -
S.C.
650
650
14,~00
13,000
Ga. Fla.
765
775
612t..OOO
..- - 52Ch~.-:::00~---
765
750
51,255
50,250
Ala.
830
750
290,500
207,000
Miss.
375
375
4, 8 75
4,500 .
Ark.
450
425
3,600
3,400
La. Okla.
360
375
1 1080
1,125
670
600
113,900
111,000
Te x.
650
600
333,450
283,200
=-=. -== N.Mex.
1,100
1,050
7,700
7,350
1J:._s. !. ::_ ___ ~ _. YQ:4:=-~ ____ J..81. _ -~ - ._l.J..8_~5..t.8~5- ____ _:!:_,._5~,~9~ _
ALL PECANS - PRODUCTION
---state : Average 1939-48 :
1949- - - ---=----.;I,_n-,d..i.-c-a."~"t.e..".."d....,..l"'91"':5o~-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - --:- - - ....T!iousana potinas-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
N. C.
2,483
s.c.
. 2,465.
2,924 3,200
2,112 2, 750 .
Ga. Fla. Al a .
28 228 4,294
ll, .261
18,,000 . 3,650
15,500
29 700 4,526 9,275
Miss.
6,617
10,000
4,060.
Ark.
3,860
4,900
4,015
La.
9,.596
. 17,000
10,400
Okla.
21,260
24,000,
8,100
Tex.
. 29,615
29,000
.
,
31,500
u7s7 - - - - ~- -12o-;-955---- - - - - - Ti8,174-- - - - - - - - To6,438----
After Five De,ys Return to - -
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agn cul tur e.l Economics 319 Ext~nsion Building Athens, Georgia
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300
OFFI_CIAL. BUSINE SS Form. BAE-A-9/50 - 4,032 Permit No. 1001
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At . ens , Ga .
UNITED ~TATE.~ DEPARTM !.NT OF AGPtiC.U\-TURE. .
&raj;
U~IV!.~l!>ITV 01' C,tO"GIA C.OLI.E.GE. OP AGI'\IC.VI..TUR.t.
Athens, Georgia
September 13, 1950 GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1950
Dry weather during most of August was favorable for harvesting peanuts, saving hay, and picking cotton in the southern areas of the state and good progress was made, The shortage _oJ jn_Qi.~tJ.J.J:.e_ c.auQ_e.d _same _damage_ .to :Late crops, especially: iruck crops and !Jastures. General rains the last week of August and early September delayed hanesting operations in most sections of the state and improved condition of pastures and late cropsc Pecan prospects ilmproved during August, but heavy rains and high ~vinds since September 1 have caused same damage. The tobacco marketing season is over and total production will be about 12' per cent less than in 1949.
Extremely hot dry weather during June damaged the corn crop in the southern portion of the state and average yields will be less than the record yield of l ast year. In North Georgia weather conditions have been very favorable and near r ec ord corn yields will be produced, Soil moisture has been favorable for plmving and preparing land for planting small grains and winter grazing crops and good progtess .has been made in recent weeks.
CORN: The September 1 condition of corn promi,ses an average yield of 16,0 bushels'
per acre . The current indicated yield has only been exceeded by the record
yield of 18,0 bushels harvested in 1949. The Georgia corn crop is estimated at
56,496,000 bushels, 14per cent above the August estimate and about 5 per "cent be-:
low the last year's production of 59,L~oo,ooo bushels.
,:
TOBACCO: The tobacco marketing season is over and the indicated productio~ 'is placed at 101,60Q,OOO pounds compared with 115,670,000 poumds harvested
one year ago, Average yield per acre declined from 1,244 pounds ::ln 1949 to 1,036 . pounds for the current season,
PEANUTS: Weather conditions during most of August were favorable for harvesting
operations and good progr ess was made in digging the Spanish crop. Based on conditions as of September 1 the pean~t crop is estimated at 520,800,000 pounds '
or 15 per cent less than the 612,000,000 poun~s harvested last season,
PECANS: The Georgia pecan crop improved during August and on September 1 the total production was estimated at 29,700,000 pounds compared with .the small pro.:..
duction of 18,000,000 pounds in 1949 but 25 per cen,t below the large 1948 crop of 39,600,000 .pounds, The hurricane of the first week in September caus ed some damage which is not reflected in thisreport,
(See revers e sido for pean1lt and pecan production by states )
--------CROP
GEORGIA
:ACREl\.GE: YIELD PER ACRE
:TOTAL PRODUCTION(IN THOUSANDSl
:(000) :Avera."ge.:
:Indicated : Average
: Indicated
1960 !1939-48 : 1949: 1950 1939-48 : 1949 :Sept o 1Jl950
Corn. .... ........ bu. :
1Vheat ............ bu.:
Oats . ............ bu. :
Rye ... ........... bu. :
Hay (all) . ton : Tobacco(all) . lb.: Potatoe s ,Irish. ,.bu~: Po tatoes~ Swee t bu.: Cotton ., ,, . , o .tales : Peanuts (for pi ::.,king :
3,5.31: 12. 6 18 .0:
162: 12~3 12.0:
650:~ 22 ~ 7 25.0:
5: 8,8 10.0:
1' 041 : . 54 : .6Lt.
98.1: 985. :1244
18
68
, 7'?--:
. 70 78 . 90
1,151: 243
181
16.0 4Lf:;857
12.5 2,419
27.0 . 1:3 , 502
11,0
117
, 58
7 50
1036 88,728
77
i,5Lfl
88
6.723
225
' '769
59,400: 2,280: 14,?75:
50: 698 : :115,670:
1 ., 2 9 6 : 6,030:
604:
and Th.L~e sh3Lg . " ,lb.:
672: 687
765
775 :666,233 :612,000:
Pea ches ,total crop, :
bu.]} Pears,total crop, : .
bu.]J Pecans ... lb,:
5,044
388 28,228
2,040:
: 187: 18,000:
]J Total a~ricultural cro:r,.~ greater than and including commercial crop .
56s496 2,025 17,550
55 604 .
l 10l.l'600 1, 386 6,160 540
520,800 ...
975
250 29,700
D. L. FLOYD
' ) ~ , ;:~~RRY ~\~TIHFE
ARCHIE L\NGLEY
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge ~
_Agricultural Statisticians
_ _. ~ 1.)
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< .. -~f:PTE~Iima i.:: l95o - - ~:-:.::~_.:\
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,,
,. ...
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0A - 0 '
~ 0
.... 0 , 0 0
~ 0
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Pcro~-Pe~~ts idt 1950 crop productJ~.n r:emairied : encouiagi!1g, as most cro.ps improved. and ,' }
~nly 'a l fev/~~c.lined dwing A.l.Jgu.s't~ Sm!ll)': grairis. riJ.l~~ W.ell during the,:_.coo'i . -~ioothef ..
~o ~v:e:rcome much of th3 disad>Vanta.ge of la;t_~ness. Corn pro'Spe cts rema,ined, yirtually :: ~nch~~ged. Mbs't. 9t~r _latE! growing croM aitd rrui'ts 'improv&d or~.hetci'\the'iz: ow.n, bui:(i &ro~_ing condtions1 w~re les's ra.;,oraple for ''cut ton. Seasonal harvesting operations' _
rriad!f .s~tisf'acto:tY. 'progr~:Ss, : despite unfavorable weather at titres. Plowing ' and -prepa
nat~dil.... 0f. . f.i<:-lds was ~der way a~d SOJ9 ~ee,<).ing ..in: ~xo~llan~ seedbeds -ha<,i_- been done
'eprotighout . th~ Gre _at Plain's and in parts of trie W,est . Pastures were ur1:~sually good.
:,;
, 0 0. ) , , ...... ..
, , :, I ' ' ' ,
',
,
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.... N j o ~
, .,.. , I
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, ~.: 0 0
1,....
0 ,,
o o) ' , , ,
o .:t~fl'
O~ORN: The Nation's 1950 corn crop is estirmted at 3,163 million bushels, practicall~
ry-- unchanged from the August 1 estimate of 3,168 million bushels. This compares.:
with 3,378 :million bushels last ye!'.r and the 1939-48 .average of 2,901 million bushelf!! 3:'-pese estimates incl uie corn for grain, silage, forage and for hogging. The indica~
1 y~eld per acre o_f 38.1 bushels is 0.8 bushel below last year but 5.2 bushels abo'l!e ,c,
~pe ~verage of 32.9 bushels~
f{EANUTS: Production of peanuts for pfcking and threshing is estimated at 1,656
-~
million pounds. This is slightly less than . indicated a month ago, and com~
pfJ.res with the 1949 crop of 1,876 million pounds. A decline in the estimate for the::
S ~mtheastern Area due to reduced yield prospects was almost completely offset by an
i~proved production outlook in the Southwestern Area. C!
fECANS: September ,1 conditions point to a prospective crop of all pecans, seedling$
1! and improved varieties combined, about in line with the forecast of August ' Prospective production, at 106,438,000 pounds, . is 17 per cent less than the crop :
of 128,174,000 pounds produced in 1949 .and is 12 per cent less than the average of : .
1~0,955,000 pounds. Some improvement during August in production prospects for
?~ orgia, South Caroline. and North Carolina was a little more than offset by declihe~
i~- Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Arkansas. In Geor:gia, however, tl}:~
h~rricane of the first week of September caused sorre damage (reported at 3 to 5 per :.
c.
~
'.
nt)
which
is
not
reflected
in . this
report
PEANUTSP1CKED AND THRESHED
-r;r-~ ------=-----.Y,....i,._.e-.l"'d.......p_.,.e. _r_A.-cre
. :
Production .
''
-. sta~e
-1949--- 1 4 :-- - ; ~-- -=- -1ii<Tic.-- -=--
-=-- -rndic:--- -:- ...
:
1 9 50
1950
~------------~
va..
Pounds
1,42o
1,35o
Thousand pounds
195,96o
2o2,5oo
N.C.
1,030
_1,040
243,080
247,520
Ts9.-cn.n.
Ga.
825
8 60
4,125
4,250
650
sso
14,3oo
l3,ooo
765
775
612z000
520,~--=-00-:----~--.....
Fla.
765
750
51,255
50,250
Ala .
830
750
290,500
207,000
Mi s s.
375
375
4, 8 75
4,500
Ark.
450
425
3,600
3,400
La. Okla.
360
375
11 080
1,125
670
600
113,900
111,000
Tex.
650
600
333,450
283,200
-=____ . -== N. Mex.
t_!._s.:.
'1,100
1,050
7,700
1;350
- --=-= -_BQ{=-- ____ ].8~ ____1J..8_Z5.z..B~5- _...:.. __ .!_;.5~~~9~ _
ALL PECANS - PRODUC""'T="=I'""'o=N----
State : Average 1939-48
:
1949
:
Indicated 1950
- - - - - - - - - -- -- -- -- --rriousana poU:nas-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
N. C.
2,483
2,924
2,112
S.C.
2,4.65
Ga.
28 ' 22~
3,200 18 000
2,750 29 700
Fla.
4,294
3,650
4,526
Ala .
11,261
15,500
9,275
Miss.
6,617
10,000
4,060
Ark.
3, 860
4,900
4,015
La.
9,096---
17,000
10,400
Okla.
.
21,260
24,000
8,100
Tex.
29,615
29,000
.
31,500
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After Five Deys Return to United States De?artment of agriculture
Bureau of Agn cultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, .Geor. gia
Penalty--roi'-Pr'fvate use to avoid p~yment of postage $300
OFF~CIAL BUSINE SS Form BAE-A-9/50 ~ 4,032 ~.ermi t No. 1001
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Co leg of Agricu l tu~e
Conner Hall Athens . Ga .
UNITED ~TATE.~ D!:PARTMENT OF
AGR tC..U 1-T~ RE.
/c>~ .
L/lVf./
U~IVUUITY Of" fit.O"GI~ COU..tQE. 01' AGF:I.t~Vt..T\o/1
. OEORGIA AGRICUL'T~RAL E.XT!:.NaiOtol O&RVIC.~ ;
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Athens, Georgia September 20, 1950
. BROILER CIITCK REPORT FOR NORTH GEORGIA flOMMERC IAL AREA
o'uring the ymek ending September 16 hatcheries placed 1,272,000 chicks with broiler _pfroducers in the North Georgia coP111lercial area. This n'umbcr was practically un- changed from 'the 1,271,000 placed the previous week but was 68 per c-ent more than the 756,000 for the same week last year. -~-
Local hatchings of 1,1991 000 (excluding ~hipments of 165,000 chicks to other states) were up almost_the same as the 1,195,000 hatched the week before but 69 per cent
above the 711,000 of one year agoe Number of eggs set by local hatchm:ies of
1, 715,000 was L~ per cent less than the previous week but 54 per cent higher than the
corre sponding week of last year.
Hatcheries reported average price paid for hatching eggs during the week at 90 cents per dozen, and average retail price charged 'for chicks $16,25 per huncbced. These prices compare with r espective prices of 89 cents and $16.25 reported the previous week .
l Date
(See table on reverse side for reports giving placement by states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY VJEEI\S - PERIOD JU!\TE 17 TO SEPTEMBER 16
-~~~~Eggs
crl:iC'ket Hatched~ -:rn-s-hipments~-- Total Placed
Yieek
Set
Placed in Georg1.a
of Chicks
.. on Farms
End~I2_~ -
1949 19$0
1949 : 1950
T ousands ~ - ~;:-tfhciusands--:----
1949 : 1950 Thousands
1949 : . 1950 Thousancrs-
I June 17 l,l7h 2,a34 . .ii4~
1,265 79
96
922 1,361
June 24 I 1, 067 1, 986
809
1,2 90
78
85
887 1,375
July 1 I 1,022 1,996
756
1,302
94
80
July 8 I 971
July 15 ! 938
1,808 1,8t6
741 685
I 1,306
69
1,276'
84
121 79
July 22 II 941 ~' 855 I . 725
1, 22 6
66
91
850. 810
769 791
1,382 1,427
1,355 1,317
,July 29 \791 1, 834
608
1, 218 .
'72
120
Aug . 5 811 1,852
596
1,160 1. 38
100
680 63 4
11,, 3~3680
Aug . 12 796 Aug. 19 1 908
I Aug. 26 957
! Sept. 2 1, 015
1,794 1,799 1,774
1, 804
612 667 673
587
I 1,212
31
1,185
47
1,138
43
1,133 . 1 39
97
643
82
714
I 106
716
65
626
1,309 1 , 2 67 1,244
1,198
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}:_/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Ge~rgia .
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
-. D. L. FLoYD Agricultural Stati stician, In Charge
Return After Five Days to
Penalty for private use to avoid
United States Department of Agriculture
payment of postage $300.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form B.lill-N -9)5o_..ff5"9~-
Permit No . 1001
Mr . Roy E. Proctor
Div. of Agri . Economics
Univers i ty of Georgia
Athens, Ga.
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- . . StfllilMARY OF EGGS SET IN ALL REPORTING AREAS : Virginia :N. Car.:
_,
Total
Week
~riding
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&East. :Del..;r\Jlar-:Shenandoah:Chatham: North : N. W. : Texas ;Reported. Areas
. :Conn.: va.
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... . . Valley :Wilkes :Gcorgia:.Arkansasa
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_yune 17 375 3,551
980
474 2,034 708
878
;Jp.ne 24 342 3,688
848
460 1;,986 650
913
~~ly 1 342 3,657
893
453 1,996 608
868
J?\llY 8 368 3,790
851
438 1,808 592
889
J.1lly 15 373 3,908
823
426 1,816 571
865
J\lly 22 396 3,838
846
450 1,855 571
851
J1lly 29 393 3j834
788
436 1,834 563
865
Aitg~ 5 423 3,681
806
l116 1,852 571
902
Alg~ 12 441 ]:,626
779
414 1,794 567
887
/-.1,1g~ 19 434 3,738
795
401 1,799 559
854
A?-g 26 489 3,758
868
431 1,774 542
886
Sept~ 2 l.f65 3:,932
813
428 1,804 592
863
Sept~ 9 423 4,056
757
443 1,787 579
884
Sept. 16 42u 3,832
751
459 1;715 571 ' 867
9,000 8,887 8,817 8, 736 8,782 8,807 8,713 8,651 8,508 8,580 8,748 8,897 8,929 8,619
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- - - -- . - - . - - - - - SUI>LII\!LiiRY OF CHICKS PLACED IN ALL REPORTING .Jl.REAS
:
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111!
: Virg ini<l. :N. Car.:
:.
: Total
Week :East. :Del-Mar-:Shenandoah:Chatham: North : N H : Texaq :Reported Areas
. . . . . . . Ending
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___: _V_al_ley_:__W____i_lk,_ _e..s,_._.:_G__eo_rg_ia:_Ar_ka_ns_as_:
a 1950 : 1949
Thousands
June 17 217 2,980
687
453 1,361 703
707 71 108 . 6,386
June 24 238 3,136
661
427 1,375 688
677 7,202 5,958
July 1 262 3,091
693
490 1,382 633
669 7,220 5,764
July 8 229 3,111
719
459 11 427 756
688 71 389 51 361
July 15 225 3,130
646
458 _ 1,355 671
686 7,171 4,939
July 22 157 3,128
660
444 1,317 647
638 61 991 4,391
July 29 180 3,2 85
624
392 1,338 627
619 7,065 4,413
Aug~ 5 164 3,168
645
407 1,260 695
621 6,960 4,468
Aug~ 12 183 3,246
645
440 1,309 649
581 7,053 4,649
Aug. 19 284 3,154
642
395 1,267 769
636 7,147 4,801
Aug . 26 294 3, 081
647
420. 11 244 719
621 7,020 4,549
S ept ~ 2 266 3,031
564
412 11 198 710
643 6,824 4,491
Sept. 91221 3,136 Sept. 16 262 3,277
621 665
413 11 271 714 424 1,272 576
588 6,964 4,696
619 7,095 51 225
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AGFt I C. U I..T\J R.
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Ullltvt:.R$1TV Of' .CttO"G'...... (.OLIJ.QL 01' AGIII.tGlJt..TUI\t.
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA - OCTOBER 1 COTTON R~PORT
October 9, 1950
:prospectivecotton produotioi1 for Georgia is about 545,000 b~les (500 pounds gross i~[eight ), . according to OctobeJ. 1 information reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop.Reporting Service of the United States Department of Agricult~lre. This
forecast . is 5,000 -bales above those of the past two months but is 10 per:cent below
"l~"-9 production of 604,000 standard bales and 29 per cent less than the ten-year
.aver.ag~(l939-48) of ?69,000 bales. Indicated yiel:cl per ac;:re or 227 pounds compares
W,ith ,181 "la~~ season and 24.3 for the ten-year aversge yield.
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Except for several days of wet weather during the first week of September, harvesting
'onditions for the rrionth were'ideal'and farmers mad~ unusually good progress in
.. getting the crop out of the field. Yields per acre are generally good in the south-
ern part of the state, next oest in mid-state areas, and spotted but mostly poorest
over northern Georgia. The nortrrvvestern section ha$ been especially hard hit by
weevil and boll worm damage with the lowest yield in years.
Most of the crop is out of the field in .southern and mid...state sections and picking is unusually well advanced in 'the northern part of the stater . Indicated per~ entage of the crop ginned to report date for the state is also ahead of recent years. Bureau of Census gih report shows 300,000 runnihg bales ginned to October 1 compared with 292,600 to the same date last year.
ARCHIE LA-NGLEY, HARRY A. l:VHITE Agricultural Statisticians
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
GEORGIA MAP SHOWING INDICATED PRODUCTION 1950 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1949 AND 1948
1950-35,000 1949-61,000
. No,~Co. tt~~~~~./)j/~(~.J:
1948-91,50 . .
1950-41 ,ooo
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1949-54,500 \. _
ELB~TON
l948-84,000ATH~N~l 1950-4.~000
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II.
----Li 1949.-51~5oo
1950 prod prospec t s
uction in October
d1~ic
a
t
ed
by
crop
- STJ.TE - .
1950 - 545,000 1949 - 604:,000 1948 - 751,000
ATLANTA
_194.8-76,00&_, _
Districts shown are
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1950-111,000 . AUGU_T~
Crop Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts.
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\. 1950-70,000
./ 1949-128, 500 1948-l47,00Q .
VI.
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\ 1949-74,000 ; Mi\CON - ,1948-92,000
19 50c89,000 \ 1949-91,000
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( 1950-16,000
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STATES
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REPORT
AS
OF'
OCTOBER
11
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The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the follow-
ing report from .data furnished by crop correspondents, .field statisticians, Produc~ion and Marketirlg Administration, and cooperating State agencies. The final out-
turn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the various in-
i luences aff ecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less
%avorable than usual.
j' - .-- i" ACREAGE' 7- -ocT:!-- 1 IJ:NT-YIELD-PER- TP!i:o'Du'Ct!oN('GJ:NNiNG'S}_.!/i"a'ENSUS"
;
: FOR : CONDITION : HAHVESTED ACRE :500-lb.gross vvt. bales : GIN
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: HARVEST :Aver"::-- 7- -:Aver-::---:-- -:-Aver'--:----:- 195'0-:NINGS
:
: 1950 : age .: : : age :
: Indi-: age : 1949 : Crop :TO OCT
. 'sTATE :(PRELIM.) :1939-:19h9Jl950:1939-: 1949:cated: 1939- : Crop : Indic. :1i 1950
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=-:
:1948 :
Thous.-:--
: :1948 :
7-
-=~
: 1950: 1948 :
: Oct. 1:
-=-Tnous~:-Tnous~:-Tnous;:Thous.
: Acres aPct. :Pct.:Pct.: Lb.: Lb. : Lb. : Bales : Bales : Balee . :Bales .
~2~ -1-8~- ~4- -6~ :4~- ;7~- ; 1_ : -3;3-- -4~2-- -2;; -~- ~o-
v~.
N-. c
~
25
-- -- -- 1 378 305 173
23
20
556
78 59 34 I 373 259 164 578 . 466
s. c. I 863 . 73 5o 55 1. 321 209 245 738
554
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F~a. .
33
10 5h 61 243 181 221 769
6o4
1 3 20 ~ 1 13
1
I 9
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190
47
44o 227
545 300
Tenn. Aaa.
Miss. Ark. La.
64o 1,303 2,043 1,664 I 749
77 .74
72 56 72 55
74 67
68 72
63 378 365 56 272 226 65 -~ 330 261
I 61 344 309
55 269. 298
345 541 232 912
329 1,653
314 1,393
240 536
633 852
1,487 1,632
650
46o 630
1,400 1,090
375
28 232 1 436 , - 119 215
Okla. 1 - 967
63 80 37 164 225 94 502
610 190
5
Tex.
1 6,912
69 93 67 170 266 193 2,'729 6,040 2,775 ,1,001
N. M. Ariz.
II 185 288
86 82 88 1 498 428 . 493 , 86 98 97 433 649 678
133 188
276 543
190 I 13 407 j 76
Cal. I 609 I 92 91 96 600 634 682 501 1,268
865 1 52
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Tex.
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352
~73
264
3.7.!.8_- .::.4.!.0 - _32.3J--.:-_
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N. M.
Ariz.
J 16.5
47 .o
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-- 265
384 327
291 276 .
3.4 20.4
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1.8
27 .oj1 ---
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. 1/ Allowanc es made f or interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning .
' ~4, Illinois , Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
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3/ Included in State and United States totals.
~/ Short-time average .
CROP REPORTING BOARD
After five days r et urn to United St ates Department of Agriculture
Btrreau of Agricultural Economics 319 Ext ens ion Building A-t:;hens , Georgia
OFFI CillL BUSi l\lESS Form BAE..{;-io/so.:3-5B9 . ~
Pe rmit No. 1001
Penalty for private use t o
avoid pa~went of postage $300,
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FARM'PRICE .REPORT .A.S OF SEPT-EMBEI~ 15, 19:So
October'12, 1950
'GJ:c'ORGIA : The All Corrunodity Index of Pric.es Received by G~o~gia farmers !sky-rocket-
:..<:
ed 22 p'oints during the period August .15 to Sept.ember lS to reach 290 per
.-ent of the AuguE;t 1909-July 1914 average. At th~s point the Index was at the high""
~~'b level on record, The current figure vras approached only by the previous high
.qf, June
v:~~
1948,
when
the
Index
stood
at
281,
In the commodity sub-groups, the biggest co:httibutor to the over-all increase was . d ~tton and Cottonseed, which advanced 33 points .during the .month from an index of
g89 to 32-2. The.actual averag e price <?f cotton rose from .37.0 to 40,3 cehts a
:po1md, and that of cottonseed from ~~6l,C'l0 to $82 ,00 a ton, Indexes for Fruits- and
M:il3cellanec)Us commodities'; largely reprE?iJenting_ off-season crops, .showed some de-
~line as c_Ud the index for Grains , the last be ing influenced by the incoming corn
crop. Indexes for other' sub-groups advariced as; follows : .Jiileat Animals, 3 P<?ints ;
Q[lickens. and Eggs, 7 points; and Dairy Products, L~ points.
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UNITED STATES: ):tecord high prices for cotton and sharply higher prices f'or c.dtton-
secd and citrus , together with smaller i n-crea se s for many other fa;m~
p:i>oducts; raised: the Index of P:r;Lces Received: bY Farmers...S. points, or 2 per cent, to
nkper c.ent of the 1910-14 average . .Prices of grain s orghums, soybeans , flaxseed;
. most vegetables, c!J.icke11s, and hogs were 1off from a month earlier.
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/tt the sanie time . h:l.ghcr prices f-or building IJlaterials . ~- ' pp_i;.ahly lumber - .fe ed~r live stock, clothing, .and auto ~v.pplie.s yie.;re maiJ:J.lY r espo.ns;lb:).e .:fqr raising the Index
J2f Pric e s Paid by Farmers, :inchld,ing .Intere~.t,. !l'o.xes, ar,i_4 F&rm wage Rat e s to 259 ,per
cent of the .1 910-14 base ' l p~ int above.).a st rponth, and only 3 po ints below the all..;
ti.-ne high of 262 set in the s'wmner of l9h8 . .
As a r esult, the Parity Ratto (ratio of . tho Index of Prices Received by Fa:rmers to
the Index of Prices Paid by: Farmers, inci11ding Inte r e st, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates,)
ro se from 103 to 105, the l:lighost sinc e qctob er 1948.
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- - -- -- SurrJnary
T-ab-le
for
the
.'. -.;.-.
U-nited -States
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Indexes
~ Sept . lS; : Aug. 1~-; : Sept.- 15,- .: ..
Rec ord high
.
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( 1 910-14
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;
-
100)
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-.:-
1949
---
-
-.-
1950
---
-
-.:-
195o
---
-
-.:---In-de-x
--=.--
-nate
---
--
--
Pric es Rec.eived
21+7
267
272
306
J an. 1 948
Parity Index ];/
Parity Ratio
248
258
}59 .. ... . .
. ~ t .
.,
., .,
262
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-2/July .1948
100
103
105 ..:..,
122
Oct. 1946
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~~ Als o June 1948.
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HAI-lRY A WHITE Agricultural Statistician
AHCHIE LANG LEY Agricultural Statistician
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Corn, Bu.
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$
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t,r.i~sh Potatoes.- :Bu. $:l.
~et Potatoes, Bu $1!
~~tton, , lb.
~o;tonseed,, ton $1
I ~ay (baled) , ton
I $
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. .89 ; ~
'1-.12 '
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1.85
.83
2.20
12.6
29;5
2_4.39
44.50
18.50
2.13 1.70
OO 1.50 2.55 37.0
61.00 20.40
~gs, per cwt.
$
7.33
19.00 22.00
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
3.87
17.40 , 19,50
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'2h6' 1~63
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.88
6~
I '" l~SS
2.o5 I
40.3
I I
a2.oo 1
19.80
22.00
2o.2o I
.40 ;. :70
,88 12.4
-22,55
5.42
1 ~t~:
, 1950
I I !'.87
. 1~1s
).97 :.: ~~
.,. ' ,)
144 I l'~l1
., .. 61 .
. 1.37:
t1 ,._ . 73\1 1.05
2.30 2.18 29.7 1 37.0
1.9Z
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40.0.
43.50 21.00
70.90 78.80
. l -
.
20.20 I 20.30
21.10
19.70 24.10 24.70
Miik Cows,. .head $ i
Chickens, lb.
:E;ggs, Ibz.
Butter, lb.
Butterfat, lb.
1./ Milk (wholesale)
per loot
$
Cowpeas, Bu.
$
Soybeans, Bu.
$
Peanuts, lb,
;
33.85 13 .2 21.3 24 ,6 25.7
5.0 .
138.00 27.5 58,5 53.0
55~0
5.50 3.70 3.60 10.4
156.00 1162.00
28.9 I 29.5
1
52.0
,1'
49,4 5.2.0
,'
li 56.0 56.0 li 5.40 5.6. 0 I
I! 4.4o 1 3.50
li I
3.60- 3
.9Q
II 10.6 10.6
48,00 . 177 .oo .202.00 . 1209.ob
11.4 24.4 25.4 24 .5
21.5
52.4 . 38.0
40.4
25.5
58.1 ! 56.9
57.3
26.3
I 61.7 60.3
60~9
1.60 4,02 3.75 3. :ti
...--
3.29 3.87 3.57
2.14 2~42
2.26
4.8 10.2 u.o 10.9
J) Prelimin,;:y:y for Septemb_e,~. 1950,
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INDEX NUJ:.m3ERS :oF PRicES :RECEIVED BY FARMERS I N GEORGIJ. . (AUgust 1909 .;. July 1914 100)
,I,
pf ,
. -....~
-: '
All Commodities
Cot t on &Cottonseed
Grains
Me at .Animal s
Da iry Products
Chicken & Eggs
Fruits
}/Ji SCe llC:Il'lGOUS
Sept. 15 1949
223 228 142 342 216 255 189 1.53
Jug . 15 1950
268 289 182 408 217 2?2 226: 171
Sept. 15 1950
290 322 . 177' 417 221 .. 2Z9 2 24 16 9
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CRQP REfORr . .
AS .
OF OCTOBER
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October 13, l95b
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~d1cated pl"oduction o! Oeorgia crops made little change dudJ1g the montfi o! Septe:t'n..
ber. .TJ:1e adverS(;l weather conl:l~tions during the first weelc of September ~rere of:fs.~t
py.. very fJ.vorable weather the 'last t:1ree 'Heeks of the month. The Georgia. pecan ,crpJ
:unproved
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during
.the
-
month
anti
on
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October
1
the
indicated
product:ton
was
about
3
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million pounds above the September 1 estimate. Hay and cotton made slight ga'ins
during the past thirty ~eys, W~?,ile S'Neetpotatoes and pe ars nere ~he only CrOpS _tp (-
decline during the same period. ~.
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Weather c onditions during most ;. of September rrere f avorable for harvesting cro~ s ~ :r~P'.
good progres s wa s made during the month; The dry and f ait v1eather enabled f armers , i
save their hay crop in excellent condition. Digging of peanuts is ab out over, with picking and threshing operations well advanced. Picking of the s hort cotton crop ;i.~ about over j_n the s outhern a nd .~ lower mid-state areaB -a.nd :i,.s in full sw:i11g over the '
rema.inder of the state.
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Dry weather the latter pa rt of Septemb er delayed prep uration of l a n d for s mall grair
and vllinter pa sture, and on October 1 genera l r ains were neede d i:;1 mos t a r eas of the
state.
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~: The 1950 corn prodUction in Georgi a is expected ~o be 56,496,000 bushels
This is the largest crop s:tnce 1921, vli th the exception of last year when 59,400,000 bushels were producld . The per acre yield of .16.0 bushels has been ex':' : , ceeded only by the 1949 crop when t8,.0 bushels were produced per acre. Near record... yields are expected in the north<shl areas of the state, ~vhilc the average yield vrill' be very lovr in the southeastern territory due to the extremely dry June wcathe~. :
TOBACCO: A total of 101,600,000 po~nds of tobacco is es.t:iinated as of October 1 .c~in,-. pared v1i;th 115,670,000 pounds harve sted one year ago. The extremely dry
weather during June reduced the yield per aere to the lowest level since 194~.
PEANUTS: Weather conditions during most of September Trere favorable for harvesting operations, and on October 1 most of the crop had been dug. The productipr
is estimated at 520,800,000 pounds compared with 612,000,000 in 1949. Yield per acre is 775 pounds compared with 765 pounds last year.
PB'XJANS: The Georgia pecan crop is turning. ~ut b etter than; v1as ahticipated earlic:r , fr' :::'
the season. Damage from iris ec.ts and diseases is lesi than in recent y ears
and a crop of gopd. quality nuts . ,is_ ex:pct :t ed in most are as~ .~ :Ba~ e d on r eports as of , .' '
October 1, tho total crop is es {:i:iillited a:t 32,450,000 ooundi c~mparod Tilth the~sma'll ~: .
produ.ction qf J.8,ooo,ooo pound~ ~ 1949 but about 2o per :ccrit oclow 'the ' record 1948 :: :
production of 39,600,900 pounds~ . :(sue reverse side for detailed.cia.nnnents by 'states~ )
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CROP
(000) :Averag-e: _. aincilcatod: Average:
--Indicated
19)0 .:1939;_48':..: 1949
1 950 1939~48: 1949 Oct. 1, : 1950
corn . .....bu.: 3,531: 12.6 : 18.0 s "i6.o 44,857 59,r~-=o-=-o:---::~5'7'6,'"hT-:::9-r6-
Wheat .. ,.bu.: 162: 12.3 12,0
12.5 2,419 2,280:
~,025
Oats bu.: R;y-e ,bu. :
650: 22.7 : 25.0 :
5: 8.8 : 1o.o :
27 .() : . 13,$02 11.. 775:
11~0 -:- 117
5o:
1T:,55'0
55
Hay 'all) ton: 1,041: .5ln .64:
.6o: :75o : 698:
627
Tobacco (all), lb.: 98.1: 985 Ll2b4 : 1036
88,728 :l15,670: ' iol,6oo
Potatoes, Irish. ,bu.: 18
68 : 72
77 : 1,541 :. 1,296: ' 1,386
Potatoes, sweet bu.: 70
78 : 90 : 84 : 6, 723:~i. 6,030:
5~880
Cotton b.:1lcs; 1,151: 243 :1a1
227
769
6o4:
5u5
Peanuts (for picking: and Threshing lb.:
. 672: 687 :765
775 :666~233 :612,000:
520,800
Peaches, total crop, bu.l/
-
5,01_~4
2,040:
975
. Pears, tot~l crop, -
Pecans ~~~~~blbu~,l./-~:-...---~".~.".' ------~- ---.~.. -----2-8,-23-28~88 ~:~~18~,~01~080~7::~----3~2,~42~53~04 --
1/ Total agricultural crop greate~ than and including commercial crop,
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D, L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A, WHITE
ARCHIE LAl\lGLE.Y
Agricultural Statisticians
UNITE"D STATES - GENERAL CROP RE PORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1950
:; Growing;~'inaturirig ~tr.xM;~iflg~~~iQ~..,iJl. SeP .f.;L!!~.!:~~less th'7Ln satisfactory '
:t~~: . ~~~~~:;;~ -~~1i!+i~t!r::to~~~:~~~p:0~~~:v;:~li~\i~~a~:b~~!:!q~~:!::~~u~r:
~<u;Otunstlriyg
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The tly
'tota above
l out the
atuv.r~n~agae1
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'is st
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t3
qoewx~e\l~lsE~ia:trteAcl.~.e.lltshoens
same as a ..Co!ldit
month ea:rlier1 ions have' beeg
. f .avorable to ideal for ,s e~ .f{3.ll grain~.
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bulk
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~rn, al:tf.iqygh quality of the crop in some important areas still depends upon satis-:?
I'ac,tory 'ffi?-~urtng. a nd cur:~ weathe:ifdur,i,ng '99.:\:.oQer. . Hm~~~er, . ~here will be consider
lt &blt! "chaff)'- aoo .t1wetn co;-n~'in p'a.rts o-f : tl)E; 'Co'tn .Belt .. l'l1.e. cUr,;terit estimate ~of 3,118
million bushels i s about per c ent smaller than a. month ago '. . . . . . ;,,., .
Declines LYl production . from. Septembe r 1 f.orec-asts are showp for only a few crops ''
besides corn. Cotton prospects improved in s ome ar6as, declined in others, with the h,et re sult of 13,000 bal~~ less .than a month earlier. A sh{3.rp decline in durum whea:t more than offset an _increac;e in other -6pring wheat:~ Declines in sorghum gr<iin; ;~
'S:weetpotatoes, sugarcal)e, grapes, and hops Y:ere also 5mall. On the other hand, cur.;."
pent e--stimates are slightly higher than a mo.nth ago for oats, barley, rice, buekwheCJt.
.flaxseed, all . hay, soybeans, peanuts, sugar be-ets, potatoes, apples, peaches, pears j~;
p;-,,hd pecans..
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CORN: The Nation's 19)0 corn crop f or all purposes is now estDnated at 3,118 millior
"~
bushels, a decline of 45 million bushels fro~ last month. This compares with'
-3':,378 million bushels last year an d the 1939~h8 average of 2,901 million bus hels. .
The indic a ted yield per acre of37.5 bushels is 1.4 bushels below l ast year but 4.6 -
bu,shels above the average of 32. 9 bushe'ls.
WHEAT: Total nheat production is estimated at 1,010,;0691 000 bu shels, virtually un_:
: .'1
changed from the September 1 e ~; t;Lmate. This is 12 per c eht smaller than th~
1,146,463,000 bushel crop produced l as t year, and slightly smaller t han the 10-year'_
~verage production of 1,031 million bushels.
OATS: The 1 9)0 crop of oats , estimated at 1_,483, 975,000 bus hels , is the fourth
largest of r._ecord , exceeded only by the crops of 1945, 1946, and 1 94-tl. Pro- .
duction this year i s 12 per c ent higher than the 1,323 million bushel crop of 1 949,
and i s 16 per cent above the 10.:.yee..r average produ. ction.
PEANUTS: Production of' :peanuts for picking arid threshing is e s timated. at 1, 677
million pounds on the basi::> of Octob er 1 prospects. This i s slightly
larger than t h e crop of 1,656 million pounds indicated a month ago , but 11 per c ent smaller t han the crop of 1, 876 million po1.mds pr oduced l a s t year. Improved prospect:
from a month ago resulted froni an Dnproved yield in the Virginia-Carolina and Ssmth-
eastern Areas , 1vhich more than off set teduced yield pros pects in Oklahoma .
PECANS: The U... S. peean crop i s nm~ est:i.rn.ated at 109 ,731,000 pounds - 14 per c ent
le ss than l ast year and 9 per c ent less than average. / I mproved var:i.eties
t o-M.l L!B.5 million pounds - 2 per cent more than last y ear .
Improved prospects in Georgia, Fl'orida, ~liss i ss ipp i and Louisi,aha mqre than offset
declines in Alabama, Arkansas a,nd Oklahoma, and t he Octobe r 1 est imate is up 3
million pounds over Sep t ember 1. In Georgia, high winds and heavy rains the' first
few days of September caused some damage, but favorabl e weathe,; ' since then has more
than offset t hese losses. Insect and disease damage i s r eported l ess than in recent
years. In Alabama., pro spects are poor in all areas, particularly f or Staarts, the
main variety. Some loc a l areas in southeastern Alaoama have a f air to good crop.
The import ant Mob ile-Baldwin area ha s the light.es-G set of nut s in many years.
Alabama produGtio:fl is indicated to bo ; less than three-fifths the 1949 crop, whereas
Georgia, Yli.th 32.4 million pounds, is ab out 1 3/4 times the short 1 949 crbp and 15
per c ent above average. . The Oklahoma: arop is very short in .:ill areas of t he State,
with the State total reported about a ~ third 9f ~ve rag e. _An unusually high proportio
(30 per c ent) of the u, s. crop is credited ~o Georgia this year. La st year, Georgi
. . had only 14 pe r . cent .of
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the 10-' st. at~ total.
Aft$r f:l-v~ days r .eturn to . .
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avoid payment - of postage $30C
Athens , Georg:i.a
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Fo;rm BAE-A..J.0/50-3893 Permit No.- 1001
.Dr. Paul W. Chapman. As so c . Dean
coll ege of Ag r i culture
conner Hall Athens. Ga .
UNlTED ~TATE.:> DEPARTM E.NT OF . AGF\t(:..ULTUR_L
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C.OL\...0!. 01' AG~IGUt..TUII\t
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 15, 1950
October )1, 1950
GEORQIA: The all commodity index of prices received by farmers in Georgia eased off
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from the .aJ.,l-time high of 290 per c,ent attained in mid-Septem'E>er to 287 per
a cent as measured for' Oct9ber 15. The percentages are in terms of the August 1909 -
J,uly 1914 average .. Ma:Ln reasons for the decline were a drop of almos't cent a
pound for cotton and. sharp reductions in the price of meat animals, particularly hogs.
;Price~ of eggs, dairy products, and fruit remained strong, but their advance was i-lot ~ufficient to offset decreases in prices of other important items now reaching the ~arket in relatively ' large volume, The reduction in cotton price occurred largely in the lower sections of the state approaching the end of the harvest season.
UNITED STATES: Sharp decreases in hog prices; together with more moderate drops in
prices of most crops, lowered the Index of Prices Received by Farmers
4 poin~s, or .over 1 per cent, from a month earlier, to 268 per cent of its 1910-14
base period. For the first time in 9 months, the average price received by farmers.
for cotton showed a decline from that of the previous month. Dairy products and eggs
were up, as u_sual for . this time of year. Rice, cottonseed, sheep, and wool were otrer
important commodities showing sizable _price increases during the month enqed in mid~
October.
At -t-he same time, the Parity Index held steady at the revised September level, or at 261 per cent of the 1910~14 base. Increases in prices for consumer goods and for
building materials, feeder cattle, and lambs wer,e generally offset by l ower pric es
for feed and downturns in farm wage rates.
As a result -of the decline in the Index of Prices Received by Farmers, the Parity . Ratio declined from 104 in September to 103 as of mid-October .
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Indexes
= (1910-14 100)
Oct. 15, : Sept.l5, :Oct. 15, :___R~c~r~ ~igh___ _
1949
1.950
1950
Index - Dat'e
- - - - - - - - - - - -:- - - - - - -: - - - - -:- - - - - - - - - - -:- - - - - - -
Prices Received
242
272
268
306
Jan. 1948
Parity Index 1./
246
?:.1 261
261
262 J/ July 1948
Pa_~y Ratio
98
?:.1 104
103
12? Oct. 1946
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1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Ratep.
'"'?:_! Revised.
11 Also June 1948.
D, L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, Ih Charge
HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY
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Cottonseed, ' ton
$ i
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~y (baled), ton
$ I
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~og_s, ..per cwt.
$ I
24.39 7.33
~:E;lf Cattle, cwt. $
Milk Cows., head
$
3.87 33.85
Chickens, lb.
13.2
Eggs, Doz. Butter, lb.
21.3
24.6 .
Butterfat, lb: Milk (wholesa~1) .
.. per 100# ]J
25.7 2.42
Cowpeas, Bu.
Soybeans, Bu:
Peanuts, lb.
5.0
i/ Preliminary for October 1950.
40,3
. 42 .00 82;00 .
17.50 19.80
17.70 22.00
16.2.0 20.20
135,00 162.00
27.2
29.5
60.7
49.4
'54.0 ' . 52.0
56,0
56.0
1.65 39.6 85.00 19.70 18.80 20.00 158.00 25.5 51.7 55.0 ' 58.0
6.00 3.55 2.75 10.4
5,85 3.50 3.90 10.6
5. 95 3,95 3.10 10.6
.88 12.4 22.55
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7.27 5.42 48.00 ll.4 21.5 25.5 26.3
1.60
4.8
1.96 28.7 41.80 21.50 17.60 19.20
.~ .e~
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1.92 1.15~.
I. .
40.0 1'38.9
I ,
78. 8~~ s.l.PQ
20. 30, 20.~0 I ':
21.10119.20
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24. 70! 24.30
179,00 23.2 51.4
209.001209.00
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24 .5 ! 22.7 -
40.4 ~, 43.2 .
58.5 . 62.1
. 4.17
57.3 58,0
60 .9 j 62.8
I
4.~011 ' 4.22
3,26 2.09 10.2
. 3.57i 3.5'
:2.'26/ 2.m I I
10.9 i 10~7
INDEX NtnvlBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEDRGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 ~ 100)
Oct . 15 1949
Sept , 15 1950
Oct. 15 1950
All Commoditi e s
Cot t on & Cottonseed
Grains
Meat Ani mals
Dairy Products
Chi cken & Eggs
Fruits Mi scellaneous
221
290
287
224
322
318
134
177
163
320
417
392
224
224
228
261
229
22 8
186
224
241
167
169
167
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-B~l0/50-2061 Pe rmit No, 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300,
Ls s . Nellie M. Ree s e , L i br ~ri an,
tate Coll ege of Agri .,
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Athens, Ga .
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T~e November 1 Georgia crop report indicates' that the "i95b :production of corn"
sweet potatoes, peanuts, and pecans, will be larger than was expected'bne- month
ago. The 'current indicatecl. yie1d .per acr,e of corn . nas ...b,e~n exceeded only _by t.he..
' :record yield in' 1949. Peanut. production :is above eS:'rly: .seq.son expectations :and
the November l ..indicated yield per acre of . B/+0 pounds i's- : the highest s-ince i'Jl7.
Sweet potato yield per acre is at the highest 1evel sine~ 1929" The :'1950 pecan crop
hi?-S Been damaged less than US1).a;L from. ~nsec.:ts and diseases and' the indicated pro....
duction 1948. '
of
351 750,000
pOUY).dS has
be~n
exceeded - . ,
on],y -
by '
the
large
crops
of .
1945 '
and
October weather conditions were generally favorable for harves-ting' craps -and satis-
fact'Ory progre.ss was made in all sections of the state. On November 1 most of the peanut production had been save.d _in good conditiop~, Cotton picking was w:eJl advanced, with 429,000 bale.s reported ginned .priq:t tq. No;v-ember 1. The majority of the hay production had been ,harvested in. excellent cortdition. . . ' .
General rains the middle of .October. were fp.vq:tab_!e. .t;.or. preparation of .land; seeding
of small grains, cover crops and winter grazing crops ' AbundartC of rrroisture the
latter half . of October was favorable for vegetative growth and ea:rly planted fall
c
ro ,
p..,,s
made
excellent ,
growth
during
this , pe~iod~
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.,CORN: The indica-ted ~.l950 , corn crop pf 58,262,000 bushdis is the seco~d largest pro-
- duction in the past 32 years; be ing exceeded only by the 59,400:;ooo bushels
produced in 1949. Estimated yield per acre of 16~ 5 bushels ranks next t:o the r ecord
high of 18.0 bushels one year ago . Th.e ~urrent yield is '3.9 bushels. above the ten-
year (1939-48) average yield _9f 12.6 -bushpl$.
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PEANUTS: Picking and th~eshing . of 'this yea,r.' s :peanut: crop is about complet .ed in
Georgia, The outturn is much bet'ter thah was7'expected earl'ier in the year,
with 'production: exp~cteq to be 564,480_,000 pounds, compared with 612,000,000 har-
vested 'last yea.r.o. , -Yie1g per acre is estimated at 840 pounds or tlre highe st yield
. .. since _1917. ,. :, .
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S'W"EET POTATOES; Indicated sweet potato production 'is 6, 440,000 bushels; compared with 6,030,000 bushels in 1949~ Yield per acre is .estimated at
' 92 d::iushels, 2 bushels above one year ago and th~ highest yield in recent years.
PECANS: . Prospective .production of .Georgia pec ahs '; is now 35 9 750)000 pounds ..... ~ per - --- - cent above the yery short':crop of last year a~d 10 per c~mt less than the
. recoPd 1948 production,of 39,600,00Q.. pounds. Weather conditions hnvebeen favorable
for
the
current
crop
and
dama. ge
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dis'eases
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:.ACREA.GE: . . YIELD PER ACRE
;TOTAL PRODUCTION IN THOUSMIDS
{000}, :Average
:In~icated:Average
:Indicated
1950 "il939-48
.. Corn ....... ,bu. t 3,531: 12~6
Hay(all tame)ton - 1,041: .54
.. 1949 . ; . 1950 :-19)9-48 -
18,0 : 16,5 44,857
,64:
.60
750
' l949 : ' 1950
.. 59,400
58,262
698' :
. '627
Tobacco(all) lb,: 98.1: 985
1,244 1,036
88,728 115,670 101,660
Potatoes,Irish,bu: 18
68
72
77
1,541
1,296
1,386
Potatoes,Sweet,bu: Cotton ... briles: Peanuts(for pick-:
& threshing,, lb.
Sorghum Syrup,gal:
Sugar Cane
70
78
. i,l51; 243
672: 687
.11: 56
90 :181 :
. :
765
59
92 . : . 6,723
.. 213
769
.. '
6,030 604
840 .. ';666,233 612.;ooo
55 .. 969 :
590
:..
6,440 510
564,480 605
Syrup. gal. : Pears, totai
16; 153
175
175
3' ,
9
3
.
2
3,150 ; 2,800 r
Crop .... bu.:
388
187 ' :
234
Pecans ..... lbd
28,228 18,000
35,750
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!.RCHIE Lz\NGLEY,
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.th~ ' country,- .~ pa.ftf.i'cularly 'tri the lcltter part of the morlth. The ~rm, sunny ahd ~ i.
dry "WE:lather M~!Ritted -opmpletion of.. the small grain harvest in. th~ :Nor.thwest, helh
ed~ to . :c~re.. t{le c~rn..,q~?J?, . favore<i,..~evel.~P,~P.~ ~~d .pic,king:.: of:_ co~to9.. .in t~e . S~uth -~ )t
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~illing frosts did not occur until in the first week of November, prolonging the
growing geasoil anQ. the utilization of pastures, gardens and vegetabl,e cr.dps. P.aJ.,l-:
~own grains, new meadows. -9-nd c.over crops made excellent progress in most areas,
*ith eonditions to November 1' mostly sa tisfactory to ideal for seeding, germination
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ihillion hushE::is, ,..a decrease of about 13 !llilJ)..on bushels from October l. Moisture ~ontent of the corn .was rprhced :as a resu.lt of the ideal conditions for maturing
.-nd.curJn~ the late por~i~ns of .the crop. Thi~ same ;factor accounts for a sharp
~ncreas~ insorgh~ grain to 196 million bushels, placing this crop in the record
9.lass, along vdth soybeans and sugar beets. 1)oybean, peanut, dry bean and .rice
prospects also improved s:ignificantly during October, with C<?nditions ideal for
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The Nation's 1950 corn crop for all purposes is now estimated . at 3,105 million bushels, a decline of about _l3 million bushels from last month.
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~7 .4 _,bushels is 1.5 bu~hels below last. year ~but 4.5 bushels above the avera-ge of
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duct ion is now estimated at 2Sl million bushels. This is an increas e of
2 per ce:qt over the Octob er l forecast a!fd ab,out 27 per cent above last 'yeart s near .
record crop. The 1~39.....48 averagE) production is onl,y l64.5 .million bushels.
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less than the 1,876 million pounds produced last year, and 9 per cent l ess than the
10-year average production of 1, 951 million pounds"
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l es s than l~st year and 8 per cent l e ss than average:. . Improved vq.rieties
are forecast at 52,064,000 pounds - 10 per cent more than last year while seedlings
are indicated at 58,624,000 pounds - dovm 27 per cent from last year.
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Georgia,,the most important State in the production of improved varieties, expects
a crop of 35,750,000 pounds - almost twice the short crop of last year but a tenth
below 1948. The Florida crop is_ a third above :1ast year but below 1948, The
Carolinas ~ave crops b.elow last y ear a nd b_elow 1948 Weather in khe eas t ern States
was dr:i.e r than usual during the s1.umner and lilarly fall ,, which r e sulted in l e ss \than
usual damage from ins ects and diseases. Quality 6f pecans . :i:s: expected to be good.:
Oklahome and T-exas are the two most' important Sta t e s in the production of wild or
seedling pecans. Oklahoma has -a very short crop of only 7.2 . mi1lion pounds com-
of pared with 24 m:i.ll;i.on pounds l,a9t year. Texas expects ~-' crop 30 million pounds
a little above the short <;:rop last year of 29 milJ,iorn but' far : short of the 1948
crop of 57 miliion pounds. . ' ..
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G~R9D\ ~ NOVE:tviBEH. 1 COTTON REPO~'t
Novero.'oer S1 1950
Nove~b~r l indicationson production of G~org~a 1950 cotto~ pofnt to a crop of
ab,aut 510 1 000 bales (500 pounds gross weight), or a decr~ase 0fl6 per cent from .1949 production or 604 ,-000 bales. Ten.:year average production ()..9.)9~1948) was
7 69~~00 bales.
Indicat~d yield per acre or" 213 pounds lint is 18 per cent above the 181 pounds in
'191+9,.but 12 per cent below tq.e lO...year average of 243! Yield~ are best in southern
and. mid.-state terr;Ltory and poorest over most of northern Georgia wit_h northwe stern
and northcentral counties having the lowest yields in years. Current figures are
based on the preliminary acreage for harvest of 1,151,000, the ].ow~stGeorgia
J.lC:t:.e~ge since 1 868 ~
The curre11t for (Jcast of production is 35,000 bales less thari the corresponding
figi.lre cf October l, as wit-h the advancement. of picking and ginning in the northern
half of the s t ate , lt has become apparent that the weevil riddled crop is shorter
than was iitildicated by reports at that time, Except for about on'e week of mid-month
wet weather, October we.s f~yorable for picking bein{ unusually well advanced at the
(3 nd of the n10nth. The cr()p is out of the field in southern and mid~state t erritory
,vith very f~w white fi elds . rerpaining ;in nort~ern counties.
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tng, rep~;rt f:r.om d.ata (furnished by' crop correspondents, field statisticitln;:;..:,.::~ ,r.ro<:l:Uc-; t ion: and :Marke~ing f!,mn:i.nistrat;Lpn, and. -cooperating t>tate:_. agencies. ..The frtmi ou~. ~ ~Urn ~ of c~~ton ; _~.:~mpared with' ~h)i~ _foreca~t will dep~d .upon ,whether the vad:ob.s ... .
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s.carolina . : 863 I 321 209
Georgia .. . .. ..... ! 1,151 1 243 ' 181
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33 1 ' 162 153 640 1 3?8 365
AJ;abama ......... ! 1, 303 ! 272 . 226
i Mi$~.iss.ippi. .. 2,043 I 330 261 Arkansas . , 1,664 I . 344 ' . 309
Louisana... .
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3) Illinois, ~~nsas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
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CROP REPORTING BOARD
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINEss
F,orm BAE-C-11/50-3082 Permit No. 1001
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Department pf Agric~l~~re. The report is based. on preya ~~i~g p*i?~s of standing
timber and sawlogs ~s ~. reported quarterly up to October 15: by sawm1l.l ogerators
over the st~te. .
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sia~ding timber are: pine lJ per cent, poplar 10 per c.ent, gum 9 per qent, red oak
? per cent, and white oak 6 per cent. Corresporlding gains in prices o~ sawlogs_
deliverec;i at sawmills or local delivery points are: : pfne 13 per cept, poplar 12 .
per cent,. gum 11 per cent, red oak 9 per 'cent, and white oak 9 per cent. Increased
prices oyer jthe April 15 quarter are substantia~ly above ~:he, foregoing comparisons.
Any changes ;in prices since October 15 are not refl~cted . ip t,he report;. . .
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standards: us~d iri buyihg timb er bnt the Doyle: schle is thJi.one mest commonly used
in Georgia sp all pric e s quot ed in the accompany~ng table ~r~ in t erms of this .
scale. In many indiyidual \ cases the pric es p1;1id; timper pr~dlfc er~ va,ried consider-
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UNITE-D ~TATE.~ OEMRTM !.NT OF
Athens, Georgia November 29, 1950
' . - PRODUCTION OF LESPEDEZA SEED FOR GEORGIA
Cold weather followilig :~.~r-ly growths of lespedeza last spring and hot, dry periods coming later in the growing season have resulted in the short~st 9rop of' .seed . produced in Georgi~ s;ihce 1941+ The production this fall i-s set at 10,300,,00.0
_.. pou nds of thresl:'):er7 n,1n :seed, 46 per cent under the record . cr.;op of 19,l00;0QO pounds pr oc;J.uced in 1949 .and. foul"--per cent under the 1940 - 49 ten-year average
Acreage harvested for seed this year is estimated at 54,000, 36 p~r cent le~s than
the 85,000 acres harve.st:ed last year. This y ear is the.. first time 'since records
on the . crop were started in 1938 that the acreage harvested showed a decrease over
that . of the previous year. Yield per acre of thre sher-run se ed is placed at 190
pounds, 16 per cent less than the 225~pound yield of a year ago.
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' .Th.e. total seed crop is estimated . ~o be made up by kinds as follows:' Sericea,
54 per c ent, or 5, 562,000 pounds; Kobe , 35 per c ent, or 3, 605, 000 pounds; and
Korean, 11 per cent, or 1,133,000 pounds.
Lespedeza-Seed Acreage, Yie ld, and Pr oduction for Georgia fb.r 1941 through 1950
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1944
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26,000
28,000
45,000
55,000
59,000
65,000
73,000
8'5,000
'54,000
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210
200 --.........-:--
170
265
185
180
220
225
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Production (lbs.)
4,600,000 5,500,000 5, 600,000 7,600, 000 14,600,000 10,900,000 1 1 , 7 00 ,000 16 ,100,000 19,100,000 10,300,000
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319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS Form &\ E-F-11/50-1038 Permit No. 1001
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UNITED STATES 1950 LESPEDEZA-SEED CROP
Production of lespedeza seed this year is indicated to be 34 per cent smaller than last year and 8 per cent below the 1939-48 average. It is f orec:ast at 163,270,000 pounds of thresher-run seed, compared with 247,900,000 pounds in 1949 and the tenyear average of 178,191,000 pounds. The prospective 1950 crop is only 9 per cent ~arger than the 1947 crop - smallest in 10 years . Al-though harvesting -qf this year's crop is not expected to be completed until about .;mid-DE;ce.rnber, it now ; ~ ppears that production in all States except three - Alal;:>ama ,,. Mississippi, and . Arkans.as .-- will .be smaller this year than last. The indic;:ated decreased prop.uction is due to reductions in acreage and yield per acre inmost States. . Declines from last year's crops are most marked in South carolina, Virginia, Q.eorgia, and Illinois .
Ohiefly becau'se prices to growers last year were the lowest in 7 years and the
carry-over is the largest on record, growers indicated that they would harvest
this year the second smallest acreage . in .ten years. ' In several states ., particu-
larly Kentucky and Tennessee, rains r educed the quantity and quality of hay, and
~ended to make less lespedeza acreage than otherwise available for seed production.
The 1950 acreage for seed is forecast fit 740,600 acres. This is 26 per cent
~maller than the 1,005,000 acres harvested in 1949 and 13 per .cent below t~e ten-
year average of 846,940 acres. Larger acreages than last year are.indicated on+y
' ~n Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
lield per acre this year is expected to nve!l'age about 220 pounds .of thresher-r11n . .
seed, compared with the record 1949 yield of 247 pounds and the ten..:..year avei''age
of 208 pounds. It was a little t oo dry for proper development of seed in October
in a f ew States, and too wet in a few other States. HeaVY rains November 8- +5
in a few States probably caus ed much -of the seed to shatter. Although prospective
yields in 11 States out of 16 ar e smaller than l ast year, yields in only 3 are
indicated be;Low average .
Harvesting , of lespedeza seed began about one---half day later . this year than last and also ope-half day later than usual. Weather in most s ections was favorabl e
for harves ting~ Although a little harvesting in scatter ed s ections of a f ew States occ~rred as early as September 20, harvesting did not start on the average until October 22 in Georgia; October 23 in Alabama ; October 27 in Kansas; October 28 in Oklahoma,; October 29 in South.Carolina; October 30 in Tennessee; October 31. ih Hissouri and J)Jfississippi; November 1 in Illinois, Kentucky, and Louisiana; . November 5 in North Carolina ; November 6 in Arkansa s; November 9 in Indiana ; November 10 in Virginia; and November 20 in Maryland.
Loss in cleaning lespedeza s eed this year is estimated at 21.6 per cent, compared with 20.6 per cent in 1949 and the 1939.:48 average of 19.1 ,per cent. Of the total estimated clean-seed prod.uc~ion of 127,990,"000 pounds this year and
196,940,000 pounds last year, the quantities of the several kinds of l espede za seed are estimated in thous ands of pounds, with 1949 figures in par enthes es, as follows: Korean, 84,3 55 (14.3, 821 last y ear); Kobe , 27,553 (40 ~ 021 ~ ; eomrrion:, 2, 019 (2,409 ); Tenness ee #76, 139 ( 526 ); and Seric ea , 13,924 (10,163).
Current supply of l e spedeza s eed, including production this year and carry-over, is 177,638,000 pounds of clean s eed. This is 20 per cent smaller than in 1949 but 10 per cent above the 1939~48 aver age .
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UNITED ~TATE.:\ DEPARTMENT OF
AGRiCU~TURE.
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UNtVf.R$1TV O!P C,tOA.GIA C.OU..f.GE. 0" AGA.tG.ULTURt.
Ath~ns, Georgia
_GIDRGIA C0~~1l'RCIAL TRUCK ~ SU-.1rWW .,. 1950 A11p 194.9
December 1950
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Traduction of Georgials 1950 Truck crops for bot~ processing and fresh market was valued at
~11. 718,000, an increase of $577,000 (5 per cent) from the corresponding v~uaHon of $1,1,141,00?
m 1$49. Watermelons led all truck crop values v1ith $3,438,000, followed m order by the next hve
crops: pimiento pepper, $3,150,000: tomatoes, $1,938,000; cabbage, $672,000; cucumber for pickle .
$616,000; and sn?-p beans, .$.602_,0CQ. On a value per -acre- basis, tomatoes l'ed with. $340.00 followed
by $315.00 for lettuce, and $225.00 for onio~s
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year before. Watermelons led with 50,000 acres for harvest, followed by p1miento p,epper with
32,000; cabbage, 7900; cucumbers for pickle, 6,000; and tomatoes, 5700.
GEORGIA AN1'rLJAL SUMlvi.:ARY .OF COMMERCIAL TRUCK CROP STATISTICS .,. 1950 \'i!TH COMPARISONS
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Ear Market, S. Ga,J l949 j 2,200
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160,00() 1 1.4'0
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(3.0lbs,)j ~09,000 j 1.95__
4?8,000 ~ 185.45 .
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3,400 \ 80 1 (70 lbs.)l 272,000 i 1.60
435,000 1 127.94
Cucumoers-1/
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CUcuriiFers
1950
1.ooo 800
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-tl--Bushels j-ro.ooo (48 l~s.) j 72,000
200 l so I BushefS""1 1o,ooo
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700 j 40 j (48 lbs. )j_ 28,_~~
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500 . 92
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Potatoes, Irish North Ga.
Tomatoes b'or Me.rket
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so.ooo 46,000
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ForProcessing Cucumbers
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.97t.2000lbs.)J 23,770 us e s !
70.00
1,664,000 j 67.92 616,000 ! IOT.b?--
For Pickle
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~ Watermelon pr1ce per 1000 melons
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D. L. Floyd Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
1. H. Farris, Jr. Truck Crop Estimator
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Dee~E!rnlfer 8, 1950
o( p~orgia cotton "production for.- 1~50 has amounted to about 495,000 ~a~es (500 pounds .
g~_oss weight), or a ctecrease 18 per cent from 604,000 bales i~n l949~ apd 36-,per
cent less than the 10-.year average (l939-48) of 769,000 bales. It i's the smallest ..
G~ orgia crop since 1875. .
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ed acres plowed up under .PM~ aJ.1citme:nt' ani;i 1,1 .rJ$r cent or 12,000acres abandoned . '
from natural cause~>~f.'t;~t~ :Jul;Y' :i_. TW,s ha.r:v.e:.~t~.~ acreage is 35 ,pe:r;- .~ent below 1949,
32 per cent under ! ~he l~yea-r. i:>: av~rage ' .a'nd. . th~: ;l.o~est q.creage for-harvest since
>< ._.. . . ~-8~8. The 19~0 ;v:Leld per acre of 227 pounds compares _with 181 las~ . season and a
~0-year average bf 243 pqunds~
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f~e current s{10rt crop wa:s pr~duced ur1der veT':( adverse conditio~.~-~': Wee~il emergenc~
'i.n the spring was extremely heavy fqllowing a second c<:msecutive ve:ry :mild winter.
Good to excellent stands first secured were damaged considerably by i\mg.us blight, especially in northern Georgi~;~ . A v:-~t :Ju,ly low.ered efficiel'loy ol' .poiso11ing oper,... . ations over thiS northern territory}': res\l,lting in ~Xt'r'emeiy pOOl" _yiels ' :Qver northwestern and north central aref-q al1~ in .- sp~tt~d y:).eld_s: :'in th~ .. upper- ! Pie~C)nt. area~
;rn the midstate $ec.tions yiellil.s wet~, ge~er~lly::.:fafr. t:o.~.gpO,di while :. so\Ltl;lE}rn. territory .
inade mostly good yields~ Prod'uctf6n i _n>trie rtorthern porion :o.f t~~ .~t'a~e vra._s' about
~2 per cent of last year, in middle Georgia al:;'ou;b 84 per cent, and in southern
pounties about 102 per cent of the 1949 outturr1~
1950~. 63 ,Q..QO .
1949-74,\'mC _ ' \1948- 92, 000.
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172 498
273 433
578 600
365 319 ' 541 633 400
226 209 912 852 570
261 316 . ' 1,6S3 1,487 1,340
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266 428
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Athens, O~.q:t?giq .
FARM~PRIQE REPORT AS OF NOVF:JIDEB. 15, 1950
December 11, 1950
GEORQJ!: After reaching a record high in September, the all commodity index of . prices received by farmers in Georgia showed a slight deGline in October
9nly to sky~rocket to the all~time high o~ 297 as of November 15. In pe~ c .ent of the August l909~Juiy 1914 ,average, the re-vised index fcir the past three months was as
.follows: September, 292; October, ,289; and November, 29'7. Generally high prices for :P:ra"ctically all commodities are respop.;:;ible f or the sharp climb of the index.
In mid- November cotton at 40 .8 cents per. pound, beef cattle at $21.10 a cwt., and
veal calves at. ~~24,00 a cwt. were selling at the hi'ghest average on record. Amor1g
m~at animals, only hogs wer~. selliqg - for less than they were in October. Prices of
cl:tickens v(ere also down, as we re those for corn and sweet potatoes. Cottonseed, .
hoi.vever, a $9 3.00 a ton, was $8 . 00 higher than for Oct ober, and prices of eggs were
up sharply.
VNITED STAT'BS: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers ros~ 8 points from mid~
Oc.tober to _mid-November as ,a result of ge nerally higher prices for practically all commodities; the nai!f e~ceptions were :fruits and hogs. The index i~
now 276 per cent of the 1,910-14 average. As o~ nid.:...November farmers were receiving
the highes t price on record for their cotton, cottonseed, ca1ves , .sheep, lambs, and
wool ..
Higher prices for feed, feeder livestock and for goods :bought ' fer f amily living
mainl y clothing and household f urni s'hings -- w-ere primarily r e sponsible for a 2 point increase in the Parity Index (Prices Paid by Farmers Incl1~ding I nterest, Taxes, a nd Farm Y.Jage Rates). The index now stands at 263, up 7 per cent from a year ago, and 1 point a bove the previous high reached in June and July 1948 .
-\s a re sult of these changes, the Parity Ratio r ose 2 points. from mid-October to mid-
November and is now 105, the . highest in 2 years .
Indexes
(1910-14 = 100)
Nov . 1 5, 1949
Oct . 15. : Nov . 15, 1950 . 1') 50
Prices Received
Parity Index 1/
2.37
268
276
245
261
263
Parity Ratio
97
103
105
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Jan. 1948.
263
Nov . 1950
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistic ian
HARRY 'A. 1VHITE . . .
Ag:ricultural Statist:\.cian ,
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COi\"JODITY .
, Average ;Nov_._ 1~~ ( Oct.15 ;:Nov. 15 , -~verage :Vel.V' 15! Octl5 ~ Novi 15
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1~50
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l . i'; i JulY 1914 .
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! July 19:t:-4 I ..... . . :
. 2.
~l
I .. ,,
. _.88. .:.Ij
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.
'1.00 j - 1'.91
!1
. ;> 1.94
Corn, nu:
$ : ...: .9i 1 ' l..'o?
( ?~.ts, Bu.~ .
. ~
.
.
:::.-"~- .~ ~'1) :'
'
.
! ... 67 :-.ej-
. . ..J~5
1.46 , 1,37 i1
;
.
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!
-r
~
:
l.P~
!! . .,.. .;:
l ,i .64'' j . . 1.02: :;':.::1.37 :;'~_. t.3'?
' . 7 .'
.40 . .. :
~'~
J,;~~: :i:;,;':,!'.:.2"~,;.rP:~-..':.;;_...;:
_ .
. 81
:7o-T .. :.- I/hihPov~toes, Bu .$ : -~ ' , 1~12 . : _l,.f3Q_. .. 1.55 i li ' "1.';50
1.34 1 .89 1 .sa
~ ~~~t Pot:~~~e s, ~~~;;:; :.$> ...l'-. .8; j 1.75
1.65 1 1.45 1!
.88 j I.as:i ,t.: 1:'0s.t. ;(:: ri.:8
. Gotten, ro.c ...
C9ttonseed, ton
~?gs, ~.~Y (baled), ton per cwt ..
B~ef Cattle, cwt.
ilk Cows>head.
~~ickens, lb.
~ggs , Ibz, .
'I 1 12,6
$
$ j
24,3s
$ . 7.33
$ ' 3.8'7 $ . ,.33.85
; .1l _3,:;l
! 21.3
28.2
i 39 .6 . . 40..$ -lf-,.. 12.4: ...., 27.7 j 38.9 i 41.1 ,
j
43.50
-. ,
85.00
1
:
9~.001:
2f..55. :h.~2.3Qj ' 81.50 'j- 98>i!o
~ - I i il 17.00 :[ .. 19..70.._!' 19.60
16.30 ,; 18.130' { 18.60
' --- I 2~:50 i 20 ..60 ; 21.20
.7.27 _1s.so! 19.20 17,00
I5.10 T 20.00:! :n,lO t 5.42
1~? .'~ 1 l5S.oo 1 u52.6o ,r- ia.oo
I 2.9.4 . .1 25.5
23.2 . 1: 1l.4
59.0,: c' 1 ?1.7 I 56.0 '[i.'' 21.5
1 ' 18.90124.30 ,: 25.00
i. ~8o.oo
l ~3~~
1 200 .. 00
t 22.7
~12.00
22.6
47~0 i 4;3.2 .45.6
B-qtter, lb. B.q.tterf.at, lb. MUk (wholesa.le)
-' per l_90 # '{/
Cowpeas, Bu.
~yb eans, ;eu .
Pennuts, lb.
. ~ . 'i '
24.6 '25.?
l I t 56.0 j _s5.o 1 55.0 (
.j
! 58.0 ;
58.0
58.0
25.5 26.3
58.5 - j58.ci
58.5
I. 62,6 62.8
63.5
.$. ' 2.42
.. ,,_.; !:~'' . . . ;
.6,Q.:Q~ ..~;.~-
1
\
' ,
;
6,10
.
1:
6,lQ :: . 1.60 ,.
I
I
'4,25 !
. 4,25
I
!,.,
4.37-
$ _:i $
2.1:d': r:;:, 3.6Q .;.: . 3~95 , 3.50 1':; .'. _3 .10 : 2. 75 1;
3.15 j 3,52
j
1. 95 2.03
3.51' 2.54
' ._ 5.0
1 0 .4
10.6
!i
10.8
4-.8 .~ 10.4 i 10.7
11.0 .
]./ Preliminary or Novembt;r 1950. ---.-~=...,=.-. :.:;;::.=,, =__.,:t:::;;:=======;::::::===============
INDEX NUMBERS OF FRtCES ,ktGJd:\~ BY FA.'RMERS IN GIDRGIA
. (August 1909 -J11ly 1914 lOG) .. ' ' :
: ... .( ',\ ' , . '
e
N.ov: .. -~ I : . , '..'
15 .. .
Oct. ' 15,
Nqv. 15 ,
~
.. . 1949
l950
1950
All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
. ' ~-., J ~~ ;: :_i
217 ;,hg
289 ' ' ' 318
~,
297
330 .
Grains
126
.163
156
Meat Animals
' 311
392
.. 4C6
D8-iry Pr.6duct s
: 226*
' 230.
230
Chicken &.Eggs
261
228
237
Fruits
.
Mi. see ll2neo11s
186 :'166
241
241
183"'
183
L
. * . Revised
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Athens, Georgia
December 15, 1950
-P-L-A-N- T-ING-U---JT-E-N- TI-O-N--S-O-F -E..l\-R-LY--S-P-RING CABBAGE
Tpe Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the fol1ovving re port on acreage intentions of the Early Spring Cabbage Crop as of December l:
11 Planting intentidns r eports from the 5 .~arly sprin_g States indicate a sharp reduction in acreage for harvest during the 1951 season. Late November freezes severely injured cabbage seed beds in most of these areas and growers anticipate difficulty in obtaining plants . Present plans ar e to plant 17,500 acres, 15 per cent less than the 20.1700 acres for harvest during -the 1950 early spring season and 16 per cent less than the ten year average of 20,750 acl"es.u
- - - - ACREAGE - - - - - -YIE1D-PER-ACRE ~- - - PRODUCTION- - - - - -
CROP
Al\TD
!lo=Year ~ -- - - - - - -- iio=Yr.- - - - - - ;-10-Year: - - - - - -- - - -
fAyerage J
Ind~ Av.
!Ind. l Average !
Ind.
STATE Jl~4~-:9_ i _ l 9:_ol 1951 ;40- 49 1950 : 1~5~ :9:0=4-~ i - :9~0 L1951
~ PT_?S3pec- 1
Ea,r~ S pri~:
: u l Ve 1
--:Louisiana-
6,090 5' 200 : 4, 000 ; 4.2
Mississippi Alabama
6,800
i 1, L~5o
15,'-450oo0.
i
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4,800 i 1,400 :
4.6 5.1
Georgia, soutn 4,930 South Carolin~ l,4i30
Group total 20,750
6, 800 i 5' 500 i 5. 3
... 1,800 i 1, 800 l 6. 2
- - - ,_ - - - 1- - - - ! - -
l '20 ,700 j 17, 500 4 .79 '
,
- -
i
25,700 !
31,400 .
1.
7,400 Dec. 18 : Apr. 10
26,300
I
I
9,ooo :
l
;
- 1-
99,800
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D. I" . FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
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December 22, 1950
GEORGIA 1950 TOTAL CROP VALUE PLACED kT $418,905,000 .
,_
Tote.l value of Georgia crops pr''oduced in 1950 was $418,905,000 or 12 per cent above the 1949 valuation of $374.,804,000. Most of the incr:~a;>-e wa13. due t9 advance :i.n the
: generc:l pr:i,ce level rathei' tha-n larger production, The crops showing -the greatest
inc-rease in value were lupine seed with 211 per cent, pecans 195 p~f" cent, soybeans
.for beans 86 per cent, .crimson clover seed 69 per cent, and cottonseed 45 per cent.
froductioncof _lupine arid crimson clover seed set new records:. The corn crop was
exceeded only~by the record production of las~ year, and the pecan crop was exceeded
only by the 1948 production. Most other crops had a smaller. production thai) in 1949.
The peach crop :was down 52 per cent, and lespedeza seed showed :a decrease of 49 per
cent... .
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In rank of cash crop values, cotton was in the forefront with $114,A.85.;000 fo~. lin~
and seed, peanuts came sec.ond with $73,958,000, tobacco followed with $50,664,000,
and commercial truck crops and pecans were -next in order. Georgi~ led the nation
in the production of peanuts, pecans, velvet beans and lupine seed~
!!':
or' the food apd feed crops, corn outnmked the others with a valu~ .of $82,899;ooo,
oats came second with $14,507,000, hay ~12,080,000, . swe.et potatoes :)t;l0,822,000,
velvet beans $10,686,000; while wheat, sugar cane syrup, and Irish potatoes were
next in order.
Value .of the respectiv'e crops in order of their rank follows: (l) C'otton (lint and
seed) $114,485,JOO; (2') Corn $82 ,899,000; (3) Peanuts (picked and threshed) . $73,958,000; (4) Tobaeco~$50,664;0oo;~ (-s~) -oats- $14,507,000; - (6) All Hay $12;080,000;
(7) Commerc.ial Truck c'rops $11,367,000; (8) Pecans $10,875 ,000; (9) Sweet Potatoes $10,822,000; (10) Velvet Beans $10,686,000; (ll) Lupine Seed $~,327,000; (12) Wheat $3,990,000; (13) Peaches $3,802~000~ (14) Sugar Cane Syrup $3,080,000 ; (15)",Irish Potatoes $1,~10,000; (16) Criri:tson Clover Seed $1,554,000; (17) Lespedeza Seed
$1,552,000; (18) Cowpeas (harvested for peas) $1,520,000; (19) Sorghum Syrup $1,310,000; (20) Sorghum Farag~ '$748,000; (21) Soybeans (harvested for beans) $612,000; (2~) Pears $257,000.
- - -. :DIAGRAM
SHOWI Ncr
DISTRIBUTION OF 1950 CROP VALUES IN -~ -- ------- -- ----- --- --- -
-
PERCENTAGE
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O-- F T.-O-T.AL-V-A-LU-E--
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Harry A. White Agricultural Statistician
Archie Langley Agricultural Statistician
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. December 22, 1950
~GEORGIA 1950 TOTAL . CROP V~LUE PLACED AT $418,905,000
Total value of~Georgia crops p:roduced in 1950 was $418,905,000 ~r 12 per :cent above
the 1949 valuation of $374,804;boo. Most of the increase was due to .advance in the generc:l price ~evel rather .than larger proauctl:on, The crops showing the greatest
increase in value were ).upine seed with 211 per cent, pecans 195 per cent, soybeans
for beans 86 per cent, .crimson clover seed_69 per cent, a.nd cottonseed 45 per cent.
~~d' uction of lupiyte ar:d crimson clover seed set new records,. 'l'he corn ~r_op was
exceeded only by the ; F~cord productio~ of last year, and the pecan crop was exceeded
only by the 1948 production, Most other crops had a smaller productiqn than in 1949..
The peach crop was do~ 52 per cent, and lespedeza seed showed a decr~ase of 49 per
ce~t"
~
In rank of c.a~h ;~ro~ .:ti-<il.ues; co"t~on was in -the forefront with $114,485,000 for lint
ang seed, pea,IJ.uts came"second w.ith $73,958,000, .tobacco followed with $5b,664,000, ah~ commercial truck crops and :Pecans were next ; in order, Georgia led the nation in.the production of peanuts, pecans, vel"'<)"et beans and lupine seed~
Of the food and feed crops, corn outranked the bthers with a value of $82;899,000, oats came second with $14,507,000; hay ~~12~080,000, sweet potatoes $10,822,000, velvet beans $10,686,000; while wheat, sugar cane syrup, and Irish potatoes were next in order,
Value of the re' spective crops in order of their:rank follows: (1) Cotton (lint and seed) $l14,48S.,)00; (2) Corn .$82,899;000; (3) Peanuts (picked and threshed) $73,958, OOO-;- E4} Tobaee-o---$50;664:;-00G; ~cs )- -vat-s- $14,507,ooo; (6) All Ray $12,080, ooo; (7) Commercial Truck Crops $11,367,000; (8) Pecans $10,875,000; (9) .Sweet potatoes $10,822,000; (10) Velvet Beans $10,686,000; (11) _Lupine Seed $6,327,000; (12) Wheat $3,990,000; (13) Peaches $3,802,000; (14) Sugar Cane Syrup $3 ,080,000; (15) Irish Potatoes $1,810,000; (16) Cr:lmson Clover Seed $1,554,000; (17) Lespedeza Seed $1,552,000; (18) Cov~eas (harvested for peas) $1,520,000; (19) Sorghum Syrup $1,310,000; (:29:-) Sorghum Forage $748,000; (21) Soybeans (harvested for beans) $612,000; (2~) - :Pears $257,000.
DIAGRAM SHOWI NG DISTRIBUTION OF 1950 .CROP VALUES IN PE-RCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE -------~--------- -----"--~-------- -- ;
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Harry A. White Agricultural Statistician
Archie Langley Agricultural Statistician
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]/ Preliminary e'stimates for 1950.
~/ Covers only mature crop (acreage alone andinterplanted) harvested for peanuts, peas or-beans.
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UNtVER.l:iiTV OF (itOI".GIA . (;.OLI.E.OE OP AGA.IGVI..TURt.
Athens,, Georgia
DECEMBER
~
1950
PIG
REPOB. I'
December 28, 1950
:&EORGIA: An estimated Georgia fall pig crop (J,me 1 to December 1) of 1.263,000 head is 10 per
'
cent larger than for the same period in 1949 and is the largest number since the fall
' ~f 1943. The 1950 spring pig crop was pla6ed at 1,4~1,000, making a total for the year of
2,674,000 head, or 13 per cent above the 1949 crop and, the largest since 1943.
Sows farrowing the last hal of 1950 amounted to 207,000 compared with 188,000 in the ;fall of r949. The _total number of sows farrowing during the year .was 431,000 or the largest number in the past several years. Farmers 1 reports on breeding intentions indi.cate 246,000 sovrs to farro.v in the spring of 195lo This is an increase of 10 per cent f;rom the spring of 1950 and, if raalized, will be the largest number since 1944.
. rkimo~l;d,~ement is hereby made to the Postmasters and Rural Mail C~;i~;;~f -- ~
this State for their assistm1ce in collecting the basic inform_ation _rom which I
I . these estimates were made. The fine spirit of cooperation shovm by nearly
1_ 5,000 of their patro:p.s [ als.<?_~P.E~_?iated.
who
furnished
reports
;for
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UNITED mATES: The 1950 pig crop totaled 100.7 million he!1, an increase of 5 per cent over last
year. This is exceeded only by crops in the war years, 1942 and 1943, Both the
spring and. the fall crops were larger than last year, with the spring crop up 3 per cent and the fall crop up 9 per cent. The number of sows farro\rlng this fall was 7 per cent large;r than last year. The number of pigs saved per litter at 6.65 pigs is the highe st on r e cord for the fall farrowing season . The fall pig crop at 40,657,000 is the third largest on record. _
An . ~ncr~ase of 4 per c?nt ove7 last ?Pring ~:s indicated in the number of sow~. to farrovr in the
spr:~,nz _of 1951. Assummg a htter s1ze of 6.4 (the lQooyear average of . 6.22 ,,t1th allowance for
trend), this number of sows would indicate a pig crop 'in _the spring of 1951 of 63.5 million head.
Such a crop \1ould be 6 per cent lru;ger than last spring, . Marketings from the 1950 spring crop
h'?-ve been quite rapid during the past fall and at weights not greatly different from the li ght
average weight of the previous fall. Farmers' reports indicate that on Pecemb er 1 the numb er of
lt<:>g s over 6 months old vras somewhat higher than last year. However , with more sows _being h e ld
for farro wing n ext spring , the supply of hog s over 6 months old for market in the next few months
is not g reatly different than last De cember~
.
F-4IJ, P_IGCROP: Thl=l nu!Jlber of pigs savodin the :2a.st fall season (June 1 to December 1) is es-
timated to be 40,657,000 head, ~ 1 482~ 000 head or 9 per cent larger -than t he- 1949
fall crop. The 1950 fall crop exceeds the 1939-48 average by 15 per cent and is the third largest
on r e.cord, being exceeded by war ye ar crops in 1942 nnd 1943. _. The numb _er of sows f arrowing in ,:
the 1950 fall season was estimated at 6 1 1:}.7 ,000 head, 404 1000 head or 7 per c 13nt above the f all
season last year. The number of sows farro wing this fall was 2 per cent ab"ove the number tnat
farmers 1 reports last June indicat e d would farrow.
.
YEARLY PIG CROP: The combined spring and fall pig crop for 1950 is placed at 100,6 54, 000 h ead.
This is 5,053 1000 head or 5 per cent larger than the 1949 crop and excee ds tho
10-ye ar average by 11 per cent. The 1950 pig crop marks the third time on r e cord when more than
100 million hogs were produced.
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SPRING H1TENTIONS; Farmers 1 r eports on breed~ng intentions indicate 9 1 920,000 sows to farrow in the spring of 1951. This is an increase of 4 per cent over last spring
and 12 per cent over \he lO..year average.
ARCHIE LAi'qGI:EY Agricultural Statistician
c:mm-u 10-ye ar 1939-48 av. 1 948 1949 1950 'l,iNl 'l'JWJ -1::1-l.'i!:i'l!;::;
1o=year 1939-48 av.
1948
1949
1950
207 187 200 224
8,883 7, 964 9,054 9,504
5.7 5.9 6.1 6.3
6.21 6.44 6.45 ': 6.31
Return After Five Days to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics .
. 319 Extension Building
Athens, Geo r gia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form B~f50- 4,204
Fermit l'Io. 1001
,
1,190 1,103 1,220 1,411
55,191 51,266 58,426 59, 997
179
5.8
1,045
171
6 .1
1,043
188
6.1
1,147
207
6.1
1,263
5,512 5,158 5, 713 6,117
6.39
6.58 6.51 6.65
35,230
33 '921 37,175 40,657
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1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 19LI5 19L~6 1 9L~ 7 191+8 .. l 9h9 1950
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SOT!'S F/JtRO~IUTG AND PIGS ~).WI.:D IN GEORGIA - SPRING .AND FL.LL'
. .. . ( Pei~iod 193h-195D.) ....:.: -. \ . ..
Year
1 .
. ,so!. s (ooo.) ~ ~ : : ~ Prcts c ooQ) .. . .
____ . Spr inff__ __!_~ll______~l'ota~ ~---~~ring
l~'a1 1
~ . :T.Qta:l :,
t'
1934 : 1935. . 1936 19J7' . 1938.
i~~~>
1L.r 9
108
148
119
167
1h9
175
130
;.: . i B9
.:t-62
i~E
-~l~
i
257: ' !
267, .. j
l 316 1
305'
II 351 :
~~5 11
:ao6 Bh2 924
1~010
1,.115
l~~-~~ ~-
.
,
~)86
1, 392
653
-- l-,L-95
B3l-t ... ~ :_:~,-_: l';~r.~-a:
762
1, 772 _
9l~o
2, o:)5 .
. .~-~~ --: _,: f.;~~-t -
1941
.lsh
17o
19h2
215
206
1943
256
220
19l.r4
24 8
167
1945
191
172
1199!;~1 L.
11 99~1
1828 17
1199L4~89
..2.~;o::_
._j_I2__12208l07l_ _ _
_
171 188
_ _297
-l~ Preliminary
354 L.r21
I1 1,067 l,2h7
4 76
1,485
II 415
1,414
363
1,108
3757 11
I 37
I 3ss
1,1361 1,1, 2 1,103
388 , , 1,220
h31 ll 1,411
_ . :969 : ... 2:, o56'
1,215. ~ :. >._ 2,46-2 .
1, 276 .... ' .; ~ '?.J 7'61
952 95/.8
':
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~.-:..:-. : -.~:22',?.~3-6666'
1,0~28
:2;22' 2.3
1,0u
2, 30
1,043
2,146
v 1, 1Lr7
1,263
7
2,367 2,674