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January 5, 1951
Gj:;()RGIA: T.h;e all c; Qmmo.dity..index o.:f .pric.e s-~:repeive. .by farmers in ~eor gia. r~acl;led a
record height; as of December 15., 1950 . In terms of the August 1909-July
1914 avera[re , it was ' 305 pe't cent:, i:lr ' mo te thcih three times greater than f' or''the '
~ase peri od , a nd .it was, eigh:t point9: higher : than :fo~ mid -N ov~ber when it ..s tood at its previo.us ali-t:L'Tle hi gh of 297;. vH.th ~the except'ion of meat animals, ' th~ indexe s of an majcr ' comnod:Lty groups ; shO::we.a.':iil.c~eases d-J.ririg t he s ame j )eriod. Meat an:iJrtals
rema.ine d . li.t t le -~~C!-nged b ee ~..~ J:oYre~ [prices for .hogs. _2;ffs ~t ,.~n.preap es in p7ic ~ of ,..
other am..mals . :!:lost out-standl ng g<:un was made by eggs whlch rose 1 9 cents from
56 cents to. 75 cents a ;dozen.;: C hic~:eiis showed ab out .at :c ent a .pound .decline, while
. an p. rac. tically
oth ~t
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s
.
illliTE:D STATES: Gez:1~rally h::i.e,-l:~er p r:j._qes .for. ~1ost .a gri_9-ultural commoditie s raised the
Index of Pric e s Received _by Farme rs 10 point s from mid-Novemb er to
mid-December . The I nde;x, P.-t _286 -per.. c ent of its :1919-:-14 average , i s a t the highest
level s i nce Septer.ili e r J;948' ah'd is 23" per c ent above mi d- Dec ember a yea r ago . Pric e :increas es fo r eggs dur ing t he.. mm'lt hwere t he . mos t no4eworthy, . up 12.1 cents a do~.en;
but ot her siz able increase s occurr ed for vrheat, corn, soybeans , flaxse ed, cottonsee d, and wool. Lower price:s vTer e:... recei v erl thiuontlLfor.. ~ot.ton;--~_f-rnit., hog ::inrl chickens. Cotton vras off 0 ..7:7 c ent s , .t he l a r gest de yrcas.es oc:curr:ing in the. We st
South Central a nd 1'lest.er p ~tates .. ,
The Index of Price s Paid by:-Farmer s inc ludi ng- Tnte!'e st , Taxe s , a nd Far m Ha ge Rat es
rose 2 po i nts dur i ng t f1?.. m_o!lt~ ~.S .. ?.~,--~1?-....a~-~ :~.~e hig~- ' c:s _ f:a~me r_s paid hi gher
prices for fee d, f eede r E \festG_ck , -''and ~p.rile~ :i:t~ms use~ .-.?.n f amily living . The Parity index rose 8 per cent during 19.50, '~iiith nio$t "of the r iSe in t he last half of the
year.
f
."t
. I
.. . .. '
As a result of ch~nge s in- th~ -Pari -t y. I ndex. and the Index of Pr ic es Rec e ived by
Farmers, the Parity RJ.tio r~se to 108, ;We h i ghest s i nce Sept ember 1948 . !-
...
. ~
-S;um.._m~ ~a~r
y
-
-T a-b-l-e..f.o.r.,t-h-e-
-Un-it-ed:-S-t a-t e-s--
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-=- ;-- ,. ~ ~ ~ -:------
-
-
..
I ndexe s
Dec. 15 , ~ :.Nov . , .....-: Dec . 15, : :-~. R ec ord hi gh
. . . (1910- 14 ~'' 100 )
_: : 1949 : .'; 195o
1950 - r ndei__:_ - nate--
------- ----- - -- -- . - --:-- - - - - --- - - ---- ---- - ---
Prices Reccivcd
233
276
286
306
J an . 1 948
Parit y I ndex 1/ Parity Ratio -
246
95
263
105
265
I uo
265
Dec. 1 950
IZ Z
OC G. I :;t4o
-y- Pric;s--P;i..':d.,~rtit~r.,~(~,t,,:,,-~:;-T~e-s-,-
--
and
- - -- --
Vfago Rates .
-
-
-
-
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~_,t_:,.:....:
- .- .;_;:t_._
-'-
-, .
-
D. L. FLOYD Agri cultural Sta tis tic i an, In Cha r ge
: .. / .: .. ', .
HARRY :A ...,.-l'V}ITm : '..:.
Agricultural f t i$tic~~t;l- .
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Sta tistician
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U.Ht:..l!iLil3l'ATES
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AND .' : ,
. Average :... .D.ec '( ~~ 1~pv . ]:!;) Awt.1909 -' -194911. , ..1' 1950
1JJec." .ro-r
, . 1950. .~.
\
. Av!p'age
Aua. 1909-
~c. 15 1949
INov J.;-5_
19"-"t ,
llJef~.;~~
~;:l:l\.1
I
UNIT
July 1914
. ,,
' Julv-1914
'
~~ Bu.:.~> . :.t~\_\ $ >,.: ~2~: :..,2._08 , " ~3-]/ -~.:~1 1 .88 . -- 1.93 . -1.94 , w~o3
.9'i -~ rn. Bu . . - : .. - .... . '
1..00
. . . ..
$. ,
..
~-ats, ,-Su. .
.. . .
6~?. . -.~: ,.,97.
l .. i.37
."46 . I
.I ...... 1.05 _ ,.,),...ps
.64 1.13
.40
.70
1.37
1.45 . 85
:::::::: :: :
1:~ . :~:-
;~::
-::::1
.70
.88
Cottonseed, ton
~.i; .
12.6
26.9
$ 24.39:- r- 43.00
40.8 93.00
41.3 1 12.4
I 97. oo
22. ss
25.5 43.30
.88
.89
. 1.481 1. 73 41.1 .' 46~'4':
98.401 102.00
Hay (baled.), ton
aogs' per cwt.
$.
$
7.33
17.50
19.60 18.60
21.80 1'. 17.70
7.27
. 21'.90 l :n.2o 21.80
14.ao.. 17.80. 17.70
:aeef Cattle, cWt. $ .. ,
3.87
16.20
21.10
Milk Cows, .head
33.85 137.00 162.00
Chicken s, Lb
13.2
I 23.5
23.2
Eggs, Doz~
21.3
58.0
56.0
Butter, Lb.
24.6
55.0
55.0
Butterfat,: Lb.
25.7
58.0
58'.0
Milk .( wholesa~e)
per 100 #= ]J
$ 2.42
6.05
6.20
Cowpeas, Bu. Soybean-s, Bu.
=~ $
-$r -
1, _ : ::-:=--+_;;:::...::..::. :
Peanuts, Ih.
5.0
10.2
iJ I
I
Preliminary for December 1950 .
10.8
21.50 I! 5.42
19.00 25.00 25.40
165.00
48.00
182.oo .212.00 218.op
21.9 Ii 11,4
75.0 '- !' 21.5 -
56.o I 2s. s
1
58.0
26.3
i
6.20 I1 1.60
::: 1i - ~= -
10.5 l 4.8
iJ .
l
22.3 . 22.6 22.3
40.5 45.6 '
I 58.9 59.-s 59.9
63.3 , 63.5 64.8
4.21 4".44 4.45
3.51 . 3.66
2.09 2.54 2.7(
10.4 I n.o 10.9
I
I
= INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES R]X;EIVED BY FARMERS I N GIDRGIA
(August 1909 - July 1914
100)
__ __ Dec. 15
Nov. 15
Dec. 15
1949
1950
1950
.---~----------'--~----~---- ----_.:__:
_,___
__,
1..11 Commodities
210
297 ,
305
Cotton & Cottonseed
209
330
336
Grains
126
156
158
Meat Animals
320
406
405
Dairy Products
226 *
235
Chicken & Eggs
- 244 -----
296
Fruits
-.,,.._....,....;.-:-:-= 186
243
i ~e]..l.$1neou-s - -
166
183
Revised
After Five Days Return to United States Depcxtment of Agriculture
Bureo.u of Agri.cul tural Economics 319 Extensi on Building Athene, Georgia
OFF! CIALBUSI1TESS
Fa.rm BAE-B-151-2001
.
Permit No. 1 1
Penalty for private use to . avoid payment of postage $300
Dr . Pau1 \'1. capr.::;.n P.ssoc. De n College of griculture ... onner Hall
t h ens , Ga .
UNI"'r'D ;;.-;-ATE'.~ OE.PARTMENT OF AGRtCU\..TURE..
&rojJ
UNIVE.R.SITV OF CiE.O~GIA C.OLI.E.GE. OF AGA.IGIJI-TUR.t
-- :- ~-- ..
c;i!OR.GIA AGRIGVI:-TURA\..
- f. X TIE:.N 6101'1 :IIE:._ ~V I C.~
Athens, Georgia. RECORD CROP OF TURKEYS EXPECTED THIS YEAR
January 22. ~851
Turkey . grONers plan .to raise a. record crop of turkeys this year, the Bureau of Agricultur.a.l Econo.m1.c-s. reported today. If' growers carry out their intentions, the number ~turkeys raised this year will be 44,773,000, about 1 per cent more than in 1950. A 5 per cent intended decrease in the West almost offsets expected increases in all other areas of th country, except the West North Central States where no change is planned.
Re.asons given by turkey grcwers for the slight increase from last ye_ar include an expected strong demand and. higher prices for red rrea.ts, as . well . e.s ~. .record level of
employrre nt, all of which are e.ipected to result in higher turkey prices.
In the West where turkey production is . predominately commercial, producers plan to decrease their 1951 production, as a reaction to less favorable returns in the 1950 season, which was marked by rising feed costs and lower turkey prices.
Tur key growers in the North Atlantic and South Atlantic States pla.n an increase of 8 per cer.t. An increase of l ' per cent is . expected in the East North Central and South Central States. In the West North Central States, where a large part of the early turkeys are produced, growers plan no chenge. However, in the West, where large flocks predominate, growers pla.n a .decrease of 5 per cent.
The nurrb ers of turkeys actually raised usually vary fro m January 1 intentions, the difference depending on prices of feed, supply and prices of hatching eggs and poults, and the value of turkeys re maining in growers' hands. Prices received by growers for turkeys during the last half of 1 9 50 averaged 5 per cent lower than in 1949, while feed prices rose 8 per cent, resulting 'in much smaller _profits for the grower in -.1950. Live turkey prices in riiid.-Dece mber were 3 per cent be low a year ago, while the cost
-- of the farm poultry r a tion was up 11 pe r cent.
The number of turkeys in 1950 raised was about 5 per - cent- larger than Ja.nua ryl intentions. This happened because during the hatching season there was a.~ abundance of cheaper poults, feed supplie s were a mple at slightly lower prices, and the turkey market showed firmness. In 1 949 the numbe r of turkeys raised was 4 per cent more than January 1 intentions b e cause during the hatching. season turkey prices held fairly steady, and feed prices declined 4 per cent below the January level when record farm sto cks of feed gr ains an d fa v or eo l e feed grain pr ospects bec a rre evident . In 1 948 the increase in nurr.ber of turkey s raised was 11 pe r cent larger than intended January 1, l S48 , wh en increa.sinl f turkey prices end pro sp~c ts o recurd feBd grain p r od uution and low e r feed pric e s r e sulte d in a l a r ge late hatch. I n H4 7 th e numb e r of turkeys raised was 2 pe r cent l a r ger than intended on January 1, 1947 , when higher feed prices and lower turkey p ric e s tha n a year earlier continued throughout t he hatching season. In 1046 when an unc e rtain f ee d situation develo pe d du.ring the hatching season, producers rais e d 3 pe r cent l e ss tha n the y intend e d on Janue.ry l. In 1945 the n~rnber of turkeys rais e d .w as 15 pe r c en t more than, January 1 inte ntions, reflecting the growing shortage of r ed meats and ris.ing tur key pric e s.
INTEN'r'"fbNS TO RAISE TUR!<EYS m 1951
. .
L - : - - S~+~n- adt- e
-.-,
.-.!A-v- e~ r- ag- e. .~ . .-:- :-- =-_-.-...-. , ~ --- -~-=----T- ur
.- ke- ys-r- a i- se- d - - PreYfmTriary
--
-=-
- - - - . - 0- ~~- Intende"d-
-
.
_T n. ,"-. ":."~-1:?"--~-I----
Division: 1943- 47 :
1948,.... . : 1 ~ 4 ~ . . :
1950
=- ,1ifumber~ -=- ~rt~"So--
----------------. ----Th-o- usa-nd-s - --- ~---------- P-~- r ~ Ce- nt- )
Me .
51
37
45
92
N. H.
75
Vt ,
153
Mass .
314
R.I.
31
Conn .
186
61
69
100
121
307
,335
31
. 34
178
206
105 : 93
103 103
107
N. Y.
655
763
809
115
N. j .
316
328
400
107
Pa .
. . 1,260
1,264
1,378 1,474
1,562
106
N.ATT.--- 3,o4T---- 3;669--- -3-;-397--- 3.,583----3,852---- To8--
ohTo---- I,o71---- I,o3I - - - -i;186--- I,3o5 - -- - -1,3o5---- Too--
I~d .
8 15
919
1,241
1,427-
1,498
105
Ill.
91 1
1,016
1,118
1,21 9
1,219
100
Mich .
792
780
975
1,024
1,085
106
Wis .
574
. 442
606
721
6.56 -.
91
'E.F. CENT7 - 4,1'6~---- 4;188--- -5-;-i"26- ~-'- 5,696 - - - - 5,763...~ .-~-ToT- -
1i1inn:- - - - 3,522- - - - 2, 759- - - -3-;-669--- j,366 - - - - 4,322 ~ - -- ; -:: -99--
Iowa
2,565
1, 899
2,848
3 , 2 75
3,.177 - " 97
Mo .
1,552
. 1, 310
1,572
1 , 651
1,701
... 103
N. Dak .
832
500
775
775
8 14
105
S . Dak .
423
. 201
Ne b r .
910
71 6
281
315
f-l3 1
93 1
315
100
968
104
Kans .
8 15
. 530
.742
8 38.:
8 55 _..
102
W.N'.c"E'RY:- -10,618 - - - - 7;9i5- -'-_--:-;Io-;8'18- -- -12, I5I - - - -l2,I5Z - .-~-Too --
- D- el.------8-7------ 6- 1 - ---_- . -70------ 77-- - ---. ;87g :~ ..~ . - -- ' 1- 15--
J\fld .
428
321
417
438
460 ':_~-
105
Va.
1,107
1,221
1, 526
1, 908
2,0b3'
-- 105
W. Va .
368
N. C.
341
498
682
887
360
4-86
58'3
940
106
729 '
125
S. C.
344
Ga.
165
446
714
757
18 7
280
280
757
100
322 :
115
Fla .
108
s:Art:- ~- 2,949--- -
109 3;-263 -:-.. --:-
125 -- - 4:3uo--
-7
s;1a361 1----
-
-5
144
,444-
'":'
.
-:---
110
1 o8
--
1\y'7- - - - - "22"0--- - - 1 1 3 - - - - -2'16- -: _- - "'Zb-"9 - r--- - "Z80 - ..- - - 108"--
Tenn .
16 0
Ale .
149
Mi s s ,
95
140
182
200
'192
96
122
146
14:6
131
90
76
95
' 10'5
126
120
Ark .
125
70
165
285'
285
100
La,
49
46
58
64
l?b
110
Okla.
666
365
474
521
547
105
Tex .
4,020
3_, 018
4,225
4 , 4 78
4,4 78
100
S . CETT:--- 5,483---- -.1'_,oio - - - -s-;-561--- 6 , '058 ~--- 6,1:09---- lOT- .-
MonC - - - -157 - - - - - 113- - - - -130-:- - - - T33- - - - - T3o - - - - -98--
Idaho
Wyo. Colo . N. Mex .
Ari~.
Utah
NWaevs~. .
280 . 1 54 854 80 87 1,479 , 44 . 1,27l
141 118 5S2 94 50
1,04:9 30
1,065
254 124 702 103
60 1,731
32 1,118
21 1 124 632 108
57 1,5 93
29 973
217 118 626 113
48 1,513
28 954
90 95 99 105 85 95 95 9S
Oreg._
2 , 270
1, 475
1 ,770
1,628
1,54 7
95
Calif ,
4,639
4 ,70 6
_6,824
6 483
5 159
95
WEsT:-- - _1T, 314 - - - - 9 ,1o3 - - - T2-;-848- - -12'ooi - - - -1T,453--- - -95 - -
s. - - - Tf..
-3-7,568----31,788 -
-- -- -- -- - --- - --- --- ---
1"2-;-oso-- - 44,55o--- - 44 '773--- - I oi - -
- - - - - - -'- -
- - -'-- - - - -
l';t
------------~------
~ 1 . :. . . .
'
A:..:thens, Georgia
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF JANUARY ' l5, 1951
February 5, 1951
GEORGIA: The all commodity index of price ~ rece~ved by farmers in Georgia contl;nued
on i1f rapid c;:limb. arriving as of :January 15 at 314 per cent of the August
1909-July 1914 average. _This new all-rtirre high .'is n,ine points above the previous -
high of 305 pe r cent establishe~ : ~ month earlier in mid-Dece mber. Main contributors
to 1 the increase .over December 15 were: seed, up $6.00 a ton; Corn, up '12 c ents
'Cotton, }lP nearly two cents a pound; Cottona ~_bushel; Hogs, up $ 1.20 a m'llt.; Bee f Cattle,
up ~ $ 1.00 a cwt.~ Va.al Ca lves, up '$ 2.00 a cwt.; arid Chickens, up five c e nts a lb.
on ty whe at and -e ggs showe d a decline . Wheat, ve ry little of which is now be ing soJd, ,
wa s off four cents a bushe 1, wh.ile egg s we r e sharply off 14 cents a dozen.
.
PNITED STATES: Higher prices for virtually all farm products exce pt e ggs, oranges,
grapefruit, co'ttonseed, and turke ys pus he d the Ind e x of Pric e s
Re ce ived by Fa r mers ' for Janua-ry 15, 1951, up 5 pe r \?.e nt, or 14 p oints from De c eiT).be r ~o 300 per c e nt of its 1910-14 b a se. At this -: l e v e l the index h a s b erm e xcee de d only ~n Dece nb e r 1947 at. ~01, and in Jen uary 1948 ~t 306 .' . : ;
At the same time the Parity I n dex (Index of Pr ices Pa i d by Farmers, including ~nterest, Taxes, end Far m Wage Ra tes) rose 3 .,per ce nt, or 7 points, to 272 per c'ent of its 1910-14 b a se, a new h igh. A sha r p i n cr~se in farm wag e r a tes tog ether with higher prices for goods bought for both living a~d production contributed to this rise. Int e rest pe r acr e on f arm r la l est at~ . inde-bte dne ss and f ar m r eal e sta te t a xes payable per acre, as indi c a t e d by :_preliminary d a t a , are up from 1950 l e ve ls and a lso
contributed to the incr ea se.
As a res u lt of the gr eat e r r is e i n pr i c e s r e ce i ve d by f a r me rs, the Parity Ra tio ros e
from 108 in Decemb e r to llO a s of mid-Jan ua ry. The P ar i ty Ratio i s th e high e st since
Septemb er
1948, b ut we ll b e l ow 't,h_e r e cord high
.
of 122 se t
in
~
.
Oc-t
~
obe r
1946 .
Inde xe s
J an . 15,
De c. 15,
Jan. 15 , :_ _ ~e~o!d_h2:_g~ __ _
-
-
-
(1910-14 :. 100)
--------
-
-.
-
1950
---
-
-..-
-
19 50
- --
-
-..-
-
1 9 51
---
-..-
I nde x
---
-.-
Da t e
---
-
-
Prices Re ceiv e d
235
28 6
300
30 6
J a n. 1 ~ 48
Par ity I ndex 1/
y Par ity Ra tio -
2/ 248 95
265
272
272 J an . 1951
108
l).o
122 Oct. 1946
Tr P rTces-Paid,-I nte re st,-Taxes-;- und Wage- Rates-:-----._;:"' ---- --- - - - - - - - - -
Y Revis e d.
:, ;_ --
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultur a l S t ~ ti st i ci an
.. , .
F~Y A... WHITE
Ag ricultur a l St atistici an
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Corn, Bu.
'~- '
.Oats, Bu
.') i':
Irish Potatoes, Bu.
Sweet Potatoes, Bu.
9otton, Lb.
Cottonseed, Ton
Hay (baled) , Ton-
Hogs, per cwt.
;
Beef Cattle, cwt.
Milk Cows, head
Chickens, Lb.
Eggs, Doz.
Butter, Lb.
Butterfat, Lb.
Milk per
(1w0h0ol#e=s1a.1/~)
Cowpeas, Bu, \ i
Soybeans, Bu.
Peanuts, Lb~
)) Preliminary
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1,;~0
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.:=,.\ .
1.08
.40
.1.151 .70! .85
.88
$ 1.12
1~85
1.65
1.70
.70
1.35 .89
.99
$
.83
; 12.6
2.10 1.85 ~ ..25 27.6.... 41.3 "'43.0
.88 12 .4
2.18 1.73 26.5 40.4
1.94 41.3
$ 24.39 $
. 43 ~ 00 97.00 103.00 19.:70 , 21.80 . 25.20"
22.55
43.60 102.00 101.00
I 21.90 21.80 22.60
$ 7.33 . 15.20 17.70 19.00
$ 3.87
; '
16.50 21.50 22.50
7.27 5.42 .
15.10 17.70 19.40. 25.40
20.00 27.00
$ 33.85 140.00 ; 165.00 165.09 48 .00 183.00 218.00 227.0C:
13.2 21.3 24.6
~0.0 "
4q.8
53.0
21.9 75.0 56.0
26.8
61...0
57.0
ll.4 21.5 25.5
20.3 22.3 24.3 31.2 57.7 42.6 57.4 59.9 61.1
25.7
56.0 sa.o 60.0
26.3 '
62.5 64.8 70.2
$ 2.42
5.85 6.30 6.6o
1,60
~ .07 4.54
4 .66
$
3.70 3.85 4.10
3.36 3.66 3,84
$
; 5.0
2.70 l(i).3
3.00 3.00
- I1- -10."-5- - 10.6 _ y
2.ll 2.70 1Q..5 .l.10.9
2.90 10.9 -
UrDU NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN G:EDBGIA
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(August 1909 - July 1914 = 100)
1 ommo 1 1es
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains W.eat .Animals Dairy Products Chicken &; Eggs Fruits Miscellaneous
B<::vised
Jan. 15 Dec. 15 Jan. 15
1950
1950
1951
211 214
305 336
I : 314
350
_)
132
158
169
322
405
428
222.
238.
246
196
296
261
186
243
243
167
183
18!$
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Ather>.s, Georgia
February 19, 1951
Numbers of J,ivestock on Goo rgia farms January 1, 1951 showe.d an increase for all
species compared with one year ago, except wor}{stock and chickens. Increases in
order of rank were: cattle, 9 per cent; hogs, 8 per cent;. sheep, 8 per cent; and turkeys J 2 per cent while mules, horses and chickens declined 6, 3, and 2 per cent
respectively.
The value of all livestock on farn1s January 1, . 1951 is placed at $213,801,000 compared with $181,117,000 one year ago, or an increase of 18 per cent. The i..11creasc .i,nl numbers and value per head of cattle and hogs is responsible for the increase in . alue of all livestock. The decline in numbers of horses and mules an9 a sharp de- d:rease i..n value per head reduced the valuation of workstock from $32 1 200,000 on Jan~ uary 1, 1950 to the current value of. ~~20,291,000. The value of chickens and turkey~ is about the same as one year ago.
Cattle numbers of 1~330,000 head on farms January 1, 1951 is 9 per cont above one
year a go and is the largest number in the history of the state. The -estimated val ui:!
:P(l head of ~? 104.00 is a record high. The number of hogs is estimated at 1, 836,000>
h~ad - an increase of 8 per cent from January 1, 1950 - and is tho largest number
since January 1, 1944.
.
Ylorkstcck numbers have declined annually since 1938. Tho number of mules on farms on January ;L was at the lov1cst level s:i.ncc 1901 and tho number of horses 1'Jas at the lowest lo'Vcl since 1939. NtL'llbcr of chickens was estimated at 8 ,543,000, or a decrease of 2 per cent during the past ycar, Tur!wys with 48,000 arc up 2 per cent.
DISTRIBU'fiON OF GEOHGH. J..I V:CSTOCK VALUES BY ICUJDS ON FAH.US ....rP erccnt of total v..ilfu' e f livest_oCic--=--:ra-riuc.ryT~ l 95i)
Hogs . $42~962,000
20.1% /
Cattle
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$138,320,000
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64.8%
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1940
1941
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LIVE&.rOCK ON . G~iA F.m.AS JJ.NUARY lE:l940 1951 .
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Thousand &Farm Value I Toi a.m. Value 1 Thousand & Farm Value a TotaJ. Fa.rm: va1ue Head . I Per Head a Thou~and Iblla.rs Head 1 Per Head a Thousand Dollars
' :f .
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98.00
. . 3,629
: 3l:4 .
150.00
47,100
1942
.' 104.;00
. 3;955
311
155.00
48,205
1943
1944 . I
I,
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: .I /' .
\.
114.00 126.00
. ~.325 4,802
297
174.00
291
20:4.00
. 5L678 59,364.
1945 1946
. -119.00 116.00
. 4,525 .4,408
285 ' . 276
199.00 194.00
56,715 53,544
.\ 1947
. .. . 119.00
4,522
268
204.00
54,672
1948
116.00
4,408
257
197.00
50,629
19-19
101.00
3,737
244
173.00
42,212
1950
84.00
2,856
224
131.00
29,344
1951
65.00
2 145
211
86,00
18 146
e ers, years o
1941
963
24.70
23,' 750
kept for milk
369
$35.00
$12,915
362
37.00
13,394
1942
1,011 _
32,'70
33,033
380_
50.00
19,000
/
1943 1944
1,062 1,136
41.80 44.90
41,367 51,006
395
62.00
399
69.00
24,490 27,531
1915
1,181
40.80
48,185
395
63.00
24,885
1946
1,146
49.30
56,498
403
73.00
29,419
1947
1,157
57.70
66,759
399
85.00
33,915
1948
1,145
63.90
73,166
395
94.00
37,130
1949
1,099
80.60
88,579
379
116.00
43,964
1950
1,220
83.30
101,626
406
123.00 .
49,938
1951
1 330
104.00
138 320,
414
148.00
61 272
194"1
19
.
3.55
1942
18
4.45
1943
18
4.95
1944
18
5.40
1945
18
.6.10
1946
16
6.40
1947
15
8.60
1948
14
8.80
1949
14
9.30
1900
13
9.80
1951
14
14.40
67
1,590
.
5,90
80
1,732
9.30
89
1,875
13.00
97
2,065
12.10
110
1,732
12.50
102
1,5G7
17.20
129
1,688
21.50
123
1,654
24.30
130
1,604
24.30
127
1', 700
20.60
202
1 836
23.40
9,381
16,108 24,375 24,986
21,650 25,920 36,292
40,192
38,977 35,020 42,962
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
1.14
12,766
45
5.00
225
1945
9,811
1.20
11,773
35
5,20
182
1946 10,139
1.30
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
12,613
47
7.30
343
1950
8,708
1.36
11,813
47
6,40
301
1951
8,543
1.37
11,704
48
6.70
322
Total value is sum of values by age groups. Included in cattle and cAlves,
D, L. FLOYD, HARRY A., WHITE and .1RCHIE LANGLEY, Agriculture.l St 2..tis~icians
UNITED &rATES LIVE9rOCK INVENroRY - JANUARY 1, 1951
LivestoCk and poultry on f arms and ranches recorded a net increase during 1950 for the eocond
succe ssive year. The increase on January 1, 1951 amounts to 4 per cent over January 1, 1950, but the number is still about 13 per cent below the peok of Jonuery 1, 1944. The upturn vas marked
by substantiAl increases in cattle and hog numbers. It Rlso featured a 4 per cent incre<tse in stock sheop, the first gain since the decline st~rted in 1942. The n\unber of milk cows was about tho same as on J!".nu0.ry 1, 1950. The number of chickens wns 3 per cent below ln.st year, while the number of horses ond mules continued the decline that has been in progress for mony years.
When the different species ere combined on the be"sis of their relative economic importance, the number of livestock increased about 4 per cent, whilo poultry declined 3 per cent. Meat anim~ls l'lll cattle, hogs, and shoep..incrG{J.sed 5 por cont. Milk onime.ls-milk cows end heifers and heif
er coJ.ves-show an increase of 1 per cent. Workstock declined 9 per cent.
Most species of livestock vtere on the increase during 1950.. Feed suy.vlies were enple except in a fevr locol. areas. Generally fe-.vorablo prices for most livestock rnd llvostock :products in r elati>n to food prices during most of tho year contributed to increased feeding operat1ons and further
increBSes in breeding herds. Poultry and dairy feeding rP.tios wore relE>.tively less favorable then those for moat animals. Chicken numbers declined, although egg production was maintained ~t a high levE;~lt
The 1950 pig crop were held back to
was 5 per cent lerger than farrow the 1951 s-oring pig
cinro1p9. 49U1 naJnadnounarJyan1u,
ary ! 1951
,
1951 more sows a record number
and gilts of cattle
and eelves were on f eed-5 per cent more than on the same date in 1950, Commercial hatchery
production during the first half of 1950 was 7 per cent below tho same period of 1949, and a 10
per cent smeller crop of farm chickens was raised.
Fe.rm value of livestock and poultry reached a now record of 17.5 billion dollars on January~ 1,
1951, 20 per cent above tho previous high in 1949, and 83 per cent nbove the 1()-yee.r average. Except for horses and mules, tho farm value of every species was abo'17e last yeer.
UNITED ~TATE.~ OE:MRTM ENT OF
AG~ICU\..TURE.
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U~IVIE.R.$1TV OF C,tO"-GIA C.OU.E.OL ()II AGf\1~\JL'!'.UF!-L
Athens, Ge.orgia
February 23, 1951
AVER.\.GE PRICES PJ\ID GEOHGIA THIBER PFWDUCERS FOR STJ:tNDING TH'!BER AND SAWI.OGS
(As ot January 15, 1951)
Georgia timber prices, by kinds of timber, on January 15 of this year showed in-. creases of 3 to 6 per cent over similar figures of October 15, 1950. These in-
creases were a continuation of t he upward price trend existing in Georgia through-
out last year. This quarterly report is based on prevailing prices of standing
timber and sawlogs as reported by sawmill operators over the state.
Increases in state average prices reported on January 15 compared with the same date one year ago by kinds of standing tjJJ1ber are; pine .38 per cent, red oc;tk 33 per cent, white oak 27 per cent, gum 31 per cent, and poplar 37 per cent. Corresponding increases in prices of sawlogs delivered at. savnnil.ls or local delivery points are: p:i..ne 26 per cent, red oak 26 per cent, white oak 22 per cent; gum 23' per cent, and poplar 28 per cent. Any changes since Ja~uary 15 are not reflected in the report.
Data on prices by kinds of timber were tabulated by forestry areas of which there are five in the state (see accompanying map) . There are various lwr~er scale
standards used in buying timber but the Doyle scale is the one most commonly used
in Georgia so all prices quoted in "tho accompanying table are in terms of this
scale. In many individual cases the prices paid timber producers varied cons ider-
ably from averages shown, depending .upon such faptors as quality, size, and location,
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Acknowledgement lS- m..a......--e-. o- t nose sawmill opera tor-s wnose cooperation has made tnese
reports possible.
(See Reverse side for price data.)
ARC HIE LANG IEY HARRY A. YffiiTE
Agricultural Statisticians
D. 1, FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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i{ iPine ... .. ' -~ 1~.50 18. 50 19.50 1116.90 _19.00 20.00
1951 1 1950 18.00 19.00 1 13.00 17.00 17.50
1951 FORESTRY AREAS IN GEORGIA
18.25 ~ -------------
t r:.~~"96~< ; !,19.\_75 12.00 12~00 a. 75 l1.50 11.50
12.00 12.50 II 9.50 12.25 12.50
I l 10~2s j.: ';v;,i;,.; oou/ iu.75 12.50 12.5o r..~~~ ;: ln:.7~ I 14.00 15.50
s. 75 12.50 12.50
12.5o 13.25 \ 1o. 75 l3.oo 13.75
I 9.75 12.50 13.00 j10.00 12.50 13.DO 9.25 10.50 11.50
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I 9.oo n.5o 13.oo , 1o.25 12 .so : : : :
8.25 9.50 10.251 9.75 12.00 12.75
~- t:_l--~-~1~4::::_l:::c_lB:~~!~:~-5-_15.5o-17_.2_~ 13_._o-o ~ ~~.oo l~:oo ~s_:_soj_s_ --~=~-5_1_4_.5_ol=-~--1~6-~-=-1-H._~5 ~ _:
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1 15 -1951
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1950 1950. 1 951 + ~~50___E ?_~ 1951
1-15 1950
10-16 1-I5-tr=15 Io-15 1-15 1950 1951 11950 1950 1951
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.Pine
;: Red Oak :~ -
Wh~t~ . 0~
. Gum .
!33:.25- 44.00 45.50
1:{:~7~~~~. 32.50 34.00
l27.25 ' 33.25 34 .00
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.
f9~50 ~ 35.00 37.. 00
35.00 40.50 41.50
33.50 35.00 34~00
32.qo 35.00 35.00
36.25 42.00 43.50 !29.50 36.50 37.00
I 28.00 32.50 33.25 12 3 .75 30.50 30.00
30.50 .33.50 34.50. 25.50 32.50 31.00
1, . 36.00 38.00 39.00 31.50 35.00 35.75 21.75 29.50 30.50
27.50 25.25 26.50 21.25
33.00 34.00 32.75 40.00 41.25
29.00 29.50 26.25
33.00,26.50 31.75 33.00
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35.00 26.00 32.75 34 .25
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32.00!28.75 34.00 35.50
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!Poplar
.i34.oo ; 42.75 _43.75 35.7,5 40.25 41.00 j34.25 42.50 44.00 2_6.50 . 37.25 36.50 26.00 34.00 38.oo 32.25 40.00 41.25
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]?j .R:1 ~RICE REPORT AS OF FEBRUARY 1), 1951
Q_EO~J.A : After r eaching a height last November never attained before, t he all cornHlodity index of prices rece:lved by farmers in Georgia has continued
t o advance each month s ince that time, As of February 151 tho i ndex stood at
319 per cent of the August 1909-July 1914 average. This was five "points l1i gher than it was a month earli~r. Higher prices for hay, gr ains, cotton and cottonseed, and sharp advanc es in priceG received for meat animals are l ar gel y re sponsible for the increace . Practically all ot her farm products also were up . Eggs selling at an average lower by lOcoS cents per doz en than they vrer e in mi d..J<J.nuary were tho only commodity showing an al?preciable decrease .
UNITED STATES: Higher prices for meat animalo and gener ally smaller . increases for most other commodities rais ed the Index of Pric es Rece ived
by Farmers !~ per cent above l ast month. At 313 per cent of its 1910-1914 level, the index in mid-February was 32 per cent above a year ago o Small decline s wer e noted for dairy products, eggs , cottonseed, and appl es.
At the same time, tho Index of Prices Paid by Farmer8 , including Interest, Taxe s, and Farm Wage Rates rose from 272 a s of J anuary 15 to 276 as of February 15. Higher prices for food, fee dor.livcstock, fe ed, and building materi als were primarily responsible for t his rise.
As a consequence of the chango in these two indexes, tho Parity Ratio (ratio of the Index of Prices Received by Farmers to tho Index of Prices Paid by Farrr.crs including I nterest, Taxes , and Farm li{age Rates) rose to 113, up 3 per cent fr om a month ago, and tho highest s inc e July, 1948 .
SUIIll1l.Clry Tabl e f or the United States
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I ndexes
Fob . 15, : Jan, 15, : Feb . 15, :- - - - - 7 - - - - - -
1 910- 14=100
1950
1951
1951
Index
Dat e
Prices Received
237
300
Parity I ndex 1/
2L~8
272
parity Ratio
96
110
313
313 Fob, 1951
276
276 Fob . 1951
113
.122 Oct. 19h6
~~ P~ ic cs PQi d, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates,
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural StQtistician, In ChQrge
.ARCJiiE LJ\NGLEY Agricultural StQtistic ~n
HARRY A. Yfi iiTE Agricultural Stati sti ci an
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PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FEBW.ARY 15, 1951 WITH COlt1PARISONS
pan. GEORGIA
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'UNITED sr.ATES ...... .. '
1 A:ver~ jl!'eb. lo .Jan, lo ~eb. lo AYeraae !l"eo. 15
is l!'cb. 15
Aug. 1 9~ 1 1950 1951
1951 Augol009 1950 1951 . i 51
July 1914
JulY 1914
:p
i:-24
<::.05
2;27
;G;;G8
o88 lo93 ;.::.ug
;.:: .G l
Corn, Bu, .
$
Oat s , Bu.
$
Iri sh Potatoes,Bu. $
.91 .67 112
1.18 ;.95
1.85
1.52
I I
1.08 1;70
1;62 I
I 1ol0 I
180
,64 1.16 1;54
.40 .706
r, 88
.70 1;,32
;99
1. 60 . 82
1.03
Svrect Potatoes~Bu. $
Cotton, Lb,
Cottonseed, Ton $
Hay(b a1ed), Ton
$
;83 12;6 24.39
-..
2.25 29;.0 44;00 1 20.10
2;25 43;.0 103a00 25;.20
2;40 43;5 105o00 27.80
o88
12.;4
22.55
- ..
2o24 1;94 275 41;3 43,60 101;00
2.05
I 41.8
100.;00
2150 22 .60 23.20
Ho gs 1 per cwto
$
7.33 15.80 19.00 2080
7.27 16>60 20;00 22.00
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
3.87 18.00 22;.50 24;50
5.42 20o40 27;00 29.00
Milk Cows, head
$
33.85 ~38.00 165.00 177QOO
4800 184;00 227.00 239o00
Chickens, Lb. Egg s, Doz. Butter, Lb.
13 ~ 2
21.3
24.6
24.0
26.8
28;8 I llo4 21.8 24.3
26.9
37.0 61.0 50,5
2lo6 29.6 42 ,6 41.4
53.0
57.0
56.0 ' 25.5 57.3 61 .1
61,0
Butter at 1 Lb.
25.7
56.0 60,0 60,0
26 o3 63.1 70.2
70,3
Mi1k per
(\1V0h0o#11e.s/ole)
$
2.42
5.60
Cowpeas, Bu.
$ --
3.70
Soybeans, Bu.
-- $ -
I 2.70-
Peanuts, Lb.
5.0 : 10.4
- 1} Preliminary for February 1951
6.60 4.10
- -3 . 0 0
10.6
I 6.60
1.60
-- 4.15 I
-- - 3;25 --
10.6
4o8
3o98 3.41 2ol2 10.6
4.66
3;84
2o90
-
10,9
4.63 4.03 3;08 10.9
= INDEX Nl.flvlBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.!IRMERS IN GEORGIA (August 1909 - July 1914 100)
Feb. 15 1950
Jan. 15 1951
All Commodities
Cotton &Cottonseed
Grai ns Meat .llnimals Dairy Products
Chicken & Eggs
Frui t s Miscollr:meous
219.
314
225
350
135
169
346.
428
221 .
246
176
261
186
243
167
186
Revised
Feb. 15 1951
319 355 178 468 215 231 243 187
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AGRIC.UL.TURE. .
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Athens, Georgia
March 12, 1951
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT MARCH 1~ 1951
Present reports indicate a decrease from last year in acreage of commercial truck crops for harvest during the spring season. The total , ~pring onion p.cr'eage is less
than half as large as last year, because of continued drY weather in 'Soutrr Texas
which restricted planting to irrigated areas. Early reports cov'eririg other spring crops indicate a 4 .per cent drop in a:.creage. Crops reported to date accounted for
over two-thirds of the spring acreage other than onions last year. Spinach and early
spring tomatoes are the only spring crops reported to date with a larger acreage than last year.
Planting intentions reports covering prospective acreage of cabbage, Qnions and watermelons for hRrvest during the 1951 summer season, indicate . R sl~ghtly smRller acreage than l a st year. These three crops accounted for 41 per cent of the totRl summer acreage in 1950.
,. . ,. ~ . CABBAGE: In the early spring, pt'oducing areas, the severe free.zes in, early, . Fe~ruary
killed nearly one-third of. the cabbage acreage. The 11,600 a9re~ that remain for harvest in theee States, is much less than the 20,700 acres harvested last year, a nd is the smallest for this season of the year .since 1933 Planting intent-ions reports from the summer producing areas indicate a slightly smaller acreage than las.t year. Present plans are to plant 13,400 acres in the early summer areas, slightly more than the 13,120 a.cres harvested last year. This incre~s.e. is more than offset by .the 5 per cent decrease indicated in the late summer areas yihere the prospective 17,550 c:res compares with the 18,520 acres harvested last ea.r-;--
LETTUCE: A reduction of less .than 1 per cent in early spring lettuc~ acreage is indicated for 1951. This reduction is due to slightly smaller acreages in
the major lettuce-producing Stat es of Cal ifornia and Arizona. Acreage in Georgia and North Carolina nill be up slightly and the same in South Carolina. Indicated production of 9 ,788,000 crates . in t his group of States is 5 per cent greater than in 1950 and is 31 per cent more than average,
l!JATERMELONS: Intention-to-plant r eports from growers in the early summer producing areas point to a decrease of 4 per cent in the acreage to be planted
for harvest in 1951 -- 186,600 acres compared l<dth 194,100 Rcres for harves t in 1950. However, if these plantings materialize ther e will be flbout the same as the 1940-49 average acreage for harvest. Indicated decreases from 1950 r~ng ed from' 2 to 26 per cent by StRtes 3s follows: Texas 2 per cent, Louisiana 5 per cent,'Alabama 6 per cent, California 15 per cent, South Carolina 17 per cent, North Cqrolina 20 per cent, ~nd Arizona 26 per cent. Increas es of 2 Rnd 40 per cent, respectively, are r eported in Arkansas and Oklahoma while no change from last year's harvestea acreage is expected in Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri.
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Louisi9-na : 6,090 M_ississ'ippi~ ~,_.; 6,aoo _
5;,200 . 11 500
5;,5oo j 4;100
4.2 5.0 " 4.6 5.4
25,700 26 ,000 31,4oo 29,700
Alabama ., 1;450 Geor gia,_Sout h ; 4,93d ~
11 400
500
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5.1 6.0 5.3 5.5
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27,600 36,000 !
New York, 1. I .: 1,090 900 . 900
9.6 9.5
10,400 8,600
Geor gia, North.: 760 11 100 1,200 I ndiana : 1;,770 2;300 2,300
4.6 4.5 6.6 6.0
3,500 5,000
11,000 13, 800
Illinois : 3;,430 3,300 3,300
6.5 8.1
22 1 000 26, 600
Iowa.~~ : . 1,190 1,020 -~ 1,-ooo
7.7 8.4
9)100 8,600
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Earl y Spr ing : Ar i zona ~ : 21;440 23,600 23,000
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Calif orn ia .~.: 28,780 31,100 31,000
137 170 175 3 , 819 5, 287 5,425
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722 .1 61)
6,h80 6 ~765 .
Arizona ~.: ),160 4,700 3,5oo
562 790
1,767 3, 713
Texas ~ : 55,160 56;000 55;000
162 150
9, 087 8, 400
Louisiana ~~.; 3,340 2,100 .2,000 272 270
903 567
Mississ ippi : 4:,650 4, 5oo !4 , 500
2J..~.o 280
1,111 1,260
Alabama .-.: 6,300 7, 200 6, 800
312 300
1, 932 2,160 June 11
Georgia : h7,700 50;000 50,000
288 275
13, Lr62 13,7 50
South C arolin~ .: 24;600 . 30;900 25,006
220 180
5, 358 5, 400
North Carolina .: 9,840 11,100 8; 900
232 200
2, 268 2, 220
Ar kansa s : 3,660
.OklahQma . : 12,53.0
4,000 10,000
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Mis s ou7i : 6,820 3,500 3,5oo
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Agricultural Statistician, In Char ge
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GEN.ERAL: Weather com iti6'ns in 'Geor.gia to date have been .:very unf-avorable for early
truck crops. Belcw freezing temperatures dur:lng the - first of February .in
southern areas of the State did considerable darre.ge to the E&.r.ly .Spr.ing_ oal;>bage crop
and de~ayed progress of other spring truck crops. Rainfall has been very light and
there is ~ e, deficiency of moist\.lre in southern sections. On the 13th and 14th of .
March . arou~4 freezing temper a tures prevailed in southern areas, but the extent. of
damage- ha-s~ riot been de _t e rmined, . . .
CABBAGE: The spring cabbage crop in Ge orgi a is in poor condition. The fr ee ze in
early February killed practically all the plants set to th e fields, r e-
:or sulting in poo.r stands. Re pl ants have : be eri unsatisfactory <l'!l!;l _:t;;o the ~~~lr
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earlY: . l\prU, ,. ge tting heavie r ' by . rriid - month.
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beg inning to come up. Additional moisture is ne e de d in this a rea to ge t the crop off to a good start.
WATERMELONS: Februa ry a cr eage intentions indicate 9.bout the s a"l e a cre age us hur-
_v e ste d h .st y ear. Planting was we ll .linderway by _March 15. in southe rn
counti e s, but soil moisture was insuffic ient for- .prope-r . see d g e rminution,!!.c-N_o l- : ::r::
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expected to begin around April 1 and become general by mid-'April. The
Florida VTinter cabbage crop is nearing its peak level in the principal producing
areas. Hmrever, under favorable groYTing conditions, late plantinc;s Yrill continue
t o ::er: ov.idft .!!l! , s~bstantial volume well into May.
SNAP BEANS: Pla nting is practically -completed i~ the ~portant Everglades, central
and north Florida secti'ons. __ Harv~sting in the important Everglades
vrill b e at its height durlllg April and early May. Practically all the snap bean
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Ap ril. Growing conditions have generally been favorable for lettuce in Florida but
there ha s b een some abandonment duo to market conditions. Harvesting is expected
to c~nt~_nu9, c::.ctive . during . the., r emainder of March~ :
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. 1 .~ood, P!pgr!;) ~ ~ i17_. r.~os_~ il,reas ~ - . Th~ r e c ent. cold did very little '
notic eable damage to the potato crop J.n Al c::.bama . The LouJ.sana crop was knocked back
to the ground by frost damage, but there is some hope of the youngest plants coining
out again.
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cent rains have b een very beneficial to the Yrate hnelon crop' throughout
the State and with continu~ ci f avoraple neather . much, of tho early_d,c l~y .,is expected
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The Crop Reporting Board of t he . Burea-u o Agricultural Economics m;J.}~es tl1.c f.o llovrihg
r E?port for the United Sta'te_s, on the indicated acreages of certain crops in i951
P?-sed upon reports from farmers in all parts of the .country on or about jJarch 1 r o- .
g~rding their acreage plans for t ho 1951 season.
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The acreages for 1951 are interpretations of. reports from grovrers and are based on
past r e:l ntionshi ps between such reports and acreag e s actually planted.
'The purpose of t his report i s to assist gro1vers gener ally in making such further change s in t he ir acreage plans as may appear desirable. Tho acreage s actua],ly planted in 1951 may turn out to bo larger or smaller t han indicated, by reason of 'IGJ.t hcr cond.itioris , price chru1ges; l aborsupply, fin2.ncial conditions, the agri- . cultural .proGrc.m, and t he effect of t.l'.:is report itself upon f<::.rmcrs '. actions .
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Corn, all All ::;pring ..1:i~Ja.t .!
89 1 481 18', '672
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85, 6.94
18,"509 : 21,850
'.101.6 118.1
Durum
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2; 814
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102.a .
Othe r spr-ing
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15, .695
18, 956 : 120.8:
oats Barley
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46,642 . 13,2~5
44,191 ll,hl3
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Sorghmns for all purposes
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16,587
12,)40
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Potatoes
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1,866
l,590
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Sweet potatoe s
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Tobac c o 1/
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1,59LI
1,745
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Soyb oan s - 2 / Cowpo~s 27
Peanuts 2/
12,266 2,043
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14,704
13,772
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941
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93.7 86 .4 95.0 .
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)ats, bu.
806
17.5
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896
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larlcy, bu.
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[rish Pot::..toos , all, bu.
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Jwoct pot ~to o s, bu.
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robacco, all , lbs. 1/
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106.1'
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3oybo(lns 1 alono 2../
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'canuts ( gr orrn c.Ione) 3_/
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155 : 92
cr.u hay, tons 17
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979 : 100
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increases .~n oa~s of 10_per cent, to'bD.cco 14 per cent, and soybe'<-n' s 5 :per'''ce~'t, . were bfts.et by '~
. dec;reas~s 1n Iru;h e;g.:d . sweet potatoes; peanuts, sorghums, and cowpeas.: . Int~nded' ncree1.ge; of .corn
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A rCJle.t1vely large acreage of spring pl:m~eii crops is now iri prospect --
m1.llion acres for the 17 crops now estimated, compared with 280 million in 1950. HOwever, gre nter
shifts r.mong crops may occur following this report than is usur.l. A mr..jor reru;on may be shifts
towc.rd . the D.:lpe1.rtment's acreage guides, det "'.ils of which gener ally hnd not re::l.Ched individUF.i.l
f n.ruiers by March 1. Spring activities were c-.t about usu'11 st.cges on March 1, but m~y h0.ve b e en
ret a rded by Mn.rch storms.
Much of the decline from l !:' st year in .the acreage of the 17 crops .currently ~s~i,mated. is o~.fset by the much l<J.Xgor <'.crenge .sown to .wheat lA.st f n.ll . Furthermore, nl.though cqtton .~re nge . l.S not covered iri current reports by f e.r!!lers nor in the es'tim('l.tC!'i, growers 't;ppea.r to be' keeping in mind. -well-knovm ne eds for <'n increase in the cotton crop. Declines from -1950 acreages ''.re now planned
for oa ts, bexley, sorghums, flax, hc.-.y, spy.benns, pot.-:>.toes, cowpeas, . sv;eet pot atoes, pe rnuts and sugn1. beets. Increa ses are in prospect for corn, spring who ~t. rice, tob~cco, dry be0ns nnd dry
pens, cll but the l a st of which were under C\.Cre age allotments in 1950.
Compn.risons be~ween prospective pl!cntings "'nd the 1951 ccrer.gc guides cm be mo.de for 11 field crops. F~lling short of the guide r~renges nre prospective ~crenges of corn by 5 per cent (4.3 miUion acres), barley .by.l4 p er cent, .prob able soyber.ns for bems .by r:iliout 7 per cent, prob -:o:b~e
sorghum for gr<'. in by 5 to 8' per cent;, 5weet pot'1.tOIDs by nearly 23 per cent ond fl r xseed by 2 per cent. While some shifts are prob :".blc, these coMparison s tend to indicnte "' reluct::mce ~".rlo~g ff1Jlmers to disrup,t their current progrn.ms c!:'bracing gr: '..ssl "~nd.s, smn.ll grain operf:'.tions <;m _tho :extensive rr.ther thPn intensive sc~".le, :r.md. proven cash crops such ns the oil seeds. Acr0nge ('.llotments for pe0nuts. ~p <:l.rently will be gree.tly exceedeJ., in~' S!'Iuch as the excess e>.creage rn""Y be hnrvosted for oil purposes. For tob<>.cco, despite ~>n incre e.se of 9.5 per cent in totP..l acre age, the ::>.cre ~ge of each kind under f'-llotment is indic1'\ted at less thM nllotted ncre nges.
.Principr1 crops plnnted or grovm in 1951 m"l.y tot ~l nearly 366 _million acres, UHE>wing for dupli-
... cations "nd nu.T!Ierous crops not yet surv~yed, including cotton o.t the guide :1.ereage. Such r. total
WQ"U;).d bo ::ibout 8 million ncres more thrm in 1950 nr.d, '1.lthough . 4 million ;:leros less tht:>n in 1949,
. other~vise the lnrgest since. 1933. It would mec.n tha.t !!lost of the ucreo.ge not cropped in 1950
woul'd be ii1 use this se<1.scm.
Feed. gr2.fn ocrci a.ges sharply.. Slll<':'.ller th~ i n -1950 '<:i.ppeeo.r to be in prospect, but without u pro- .
portionr.tc decrea se h. ~ot n.l production. The prospective corn acronge is 1.3 million ncres lnrger
thr:m liil.st year~s, but this includes an incre nse of over 3 million acres in the high-yielding Corn '
Belt o~ly p::!.rti n.lly of~set by dccre'1.ses tot ~.lling ne nrly 2 million ~cres in the South. Decre<J.sos
in 08.ts ucrc2.ge a.ro r.r:,.ther_gericx." ,_ but mo:r;:e th'}n _ti;~ -tl:U.r..d.s...Q! j;l}_e dro,p of ncb.rly 2J, million '
ncres is in the North Centre.l region. On \he b e1.sis of 1945-49 averrtge yields per n.cre, prospoctiv
fe ud grnin ocreo.ge would Hay ac;-euge is _indicated
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Sono i n crQ_n.se in food grnins fs in prospect, CO"lp::lred with 1950, vVinter nhe<'-t llCre::>.ge was incre n.seg: 6 per cent "nd prospective spring whe 0.t is up 18 per cent.
CORN: 'The 1951 pl>:'nted acreo.ge of corn is expected 'to be .85,694,000 (!Cres, nccording to farmers'
reported intentions as of Mn.rch 1. This represents ".n incru nse of 1.6 per cent ove r the : :.1950 pl~tings of 84,370,000 <'.ores but is considernbly below the 10-yeur avernge of 8~,481,000 ncr
WHEAT:' Growers' intentions to pl r-nt 'reports indicra.t~ "'n ell E]ring who".t C'.Cregge of \ 21,850,000
r.cres in 1951. Such C1ri ocreage would be nearly e.fifth l ::.rgar thPn thu.t seoQ:ed "' yen.r rt.go
nnd equnlly l r'xgor thnn aver age. .
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.. OATS: Pl anting iii tentioris of fP..rmors on March 1 were for 44,191,000 ncres of o:-- ts, i n Cluding bot!: f1:1.ll md spring pl ~nted. Such em ::.crenge would be 2 per .cen'\i cliove '.vernge but 5 p or cent
below tho nea.r-record n.cre a ge of 1:-.st yoi"!X.
PEANUTS: The ncreage of peMuts to be grown ~-lone for n.ll purposes in 1951 is indicated nt 2,614,000 acres 'on the b t'.sis of reports from growers st "-ting their pl '"'nting intentions
f'.s of Mn.rch 1. This is 5 per cen t less thrm l nst ye"r's -Mre nge of 2,752,000 n.crcs ::nd compares
vn th the 5-yen.r 8..Vero.ge of 3, 735,000 .rteres
.TOBACCO: A tot r.l of 1,745,000 ncres. of tob::J.Cco for 1951 is indicu.tod by r eports of f n.rners' intentions us of Murch 1. This is ohout 10 per cent nbovo l nst yea.r' s ncre ;:>.ge.
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TRUCK CROP NOTES
April 1, 1951
GtOP.GIA AGRICULTURAL ' , "XT..Nato~ ~t'.R.VtC.~
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GEN ERAL: Geri.eral rains .during the last half of -the month .in so-qthern . are!,~ have:
: -~-- i mprocve c.l gr'C"J :l.ng co:::H~i~;:!.o~s of all. truck crops ,; Plantin r, s eason is
a 1" +""- -.~.;.ri:.1.:J.;n. "0'
e. . JI....1 :._ ew:"'v"~'"..'. o'n .:..n"c'u"..". ,V1 -'1:1L<U"-..I.~:C cronJ:~~, due t o t,.:, he '"n" " ~""'"'""U{'o'I.',..I;J..y J. cC..:v e ."~ cld and -- dry.
Sp{~ ~-:~~~ Fl' ot>t a,~ound the r:liddle:of M.arch is causing s<;>me replan~ing of .the snap
.bef l crop 'that was up,
Some lima beans have been planted in southern areas : but . most of the acr eage r emai ns to be. planted,
..~~:r:::?.:.B.~!:~~.:_.~~?.SC~~~.~: . The oarly planted snap be an ~ s been hard hit by mid.-Jitiaroh kiJ :Ling frost and cold winds , ~~uch of. tp;e
. tl.~.': ;nge .Vui.ll have to . be plan::e d ove r and it is repcrJ.,;::3 c sc.,rre of the acre age will 'be
dlve :::~ed to othe r cropst causing a sli e;ht dec re ase ~n iicreage .f or thi s ye ar .
~~?:eB ~ GE! SOliTH GEORGIA:- Harve st of tho e a rl y spri ng cabb ag o crop is running from
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:.wil+ thr ee to four wee ks-- late ,. ,. Th~ o etb age crop in_.G~prgi~.
be sho:t thi.s year .due to :the r educe,d a cr eage a nd poor Y,ie l ds. The cold Sprin g did
rjcr-~i derab le damage to pl;mt s , cau3ing ve ry .pcor sto.nd _s and hcldi.ng ..g.rowth to a
m_t:i:num. Harvesting is not e xpect<J d in any volume until afte r April 15th ~
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:12 T'.:.'UCE: :. Georgia lettuce pros.pe cts for yields and qua lity ar e the .best in several :;~---. -. . _ ;years, Only one c urlo a.d moved by rail pri~r to April 1, bu't peak : move~ 1nent is expected a round mid-April, .
0/ IO~r $: Outlook at pre sent is for a b e ttcl r than ave r age onion crop this ye ar, .~-.-- Li ttie or n o dis e a s e damage has shown up a t the prese nt :time, and sooo . harve stirt:i is expe cte d eround Filay 1st~
.t~-~EH POTAT OES , SOUTH G~~'RGI~: Th e Ir i sh potato crop is in good condition with aLmost pe rfec t stands r eporte d .. Prior to r e cent
i' R.il:lS crop. growth Wf:. S somewh a t b a ckward b'ut it . is . now expec t e d to catch up With .lBual s eason a l progre-ss. :
'Pu'JLUOES : ' T;he r e ce nt r a ins in southern .areas h ave h e lped the progress of pl ant
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SI'J:t.ting ope r a:tions ~- An incre a;o~ in to~w..to a cre age is e:Xpe cta Q,_.-:1n:~Ge_9rgi a
.d:Ur y ee ro Al plent:i.ful supply . 9f. plants a r,9 avail ~b_;le . . '
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....---- - - - - nights a::-e c a using,.trouble in securi ng g ood stands. Li ftl e pl anting
, ha s t aken pl a ce in Centr a l Geor gi a to date. ' (
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SNAP BEANS: In South Caroline.,. snap beans are in good c ondition and the crop is getting off to a g ood start .. Planting of Mississip p i snap beans was
r.e~a.rded by heavy rains dl.ll"ing the iast week of March. Some replanting was necessary in . the north Florida section and those fields which survived the recent cold are only in. fair condition.
JAB BAGE: South Carolina's cabbage crop is in fair condition and movement to d a te has
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been extrerrely light. Indications are for shiprrents to get underway during
hhe we e k of April 9 and become increasingly heavier by mid-April. Growth of
:ili ~ sis sippi cabbage a verages two to three we eks later than normal. Movement is e x-
pe pted to start the first week of May. In Louisiana. harvest is not expecte d b e for e
May 1 fro mth e small acreage l e ft by th e Februa ry fre e.ze. Prospe cts are for a f a ir
yi e ld in the Mobile ar e a of Alabama. Harve st wi~ b e late and some abandon~e nt is
exf,e cte d be c aus e of ov e rlap with the pota to harvest. Harve sting is at its peak l evel
in" a n of the princip a l producing ar eas of Florida and heavy potenti a l supp lie s are
i ndicated through9ut April unle ss curre nt low price s c ause growers to be neg ligent
~n the c are of the ir younge r crops.
LETTUCE: The l e ttuce crop in North Carolina is l a te but in gene r a lly good condition. With f avor able weath e r, some cutting is - e xpe cted to begin about April 20,
be coming ge ne r a l by May l. In South Carolina , lettuce is in e xce lle nt condition with ~ ood yi~ lds in prospe ct. Pe a k move me nt is e xp e ct ~ d a round April 15 - 20.
I Ri SH POTATOES: Irish Pota toe s in South Ca rolina ar e in g ood condition and ma king s atisf o.ctory progr e ss. Pot e.to e s in Louisiana ar e showing som
r e cove ry from_frost d ama ge in mid- Mnrch. The crop suffe r e d littl e or no d rumge in A. l a b ama fr.o m th e l ow t e mpe r, a ture s of March 20 but growth has b e en somewhat slow. 1arve st is e xpe cte d to b e gin t re l o.st wee k in April which is about norma l.
ONIONS: Production in volume is not e x pe cte d to st e.rt for th e south Texas onion crop
. until afte r April 20. A f ew of tho ee.rlie st fi e lds in th e north Te x as ar e a may f urnish l igh..t harve st .in l e. t e May but the bulk of th~ crop is not e xpe cte d ttntil early June .
CUC UMBERS: The cucumb e r crbp in South Car olina is in good condition with most fie lds e ithe r coming up or a lre ady up to g ood st1~ds. Con sider able acre age was
r ~ pl an te d in Al ab ama a s a r e sult of frost d amage .
TbMATCES: In Mis si s s i ppi pl ants a r e now b e ing s e t in fi e lds a nd tr anspla nting will con tinue thro ugh the first ha lf of April. Acreage will . be s mall ag a in
th i s ye o.r. Transpl anti n g is now i n prog r e ss in South Carolina but a l a r ge portion of the crop is ye t to b ~ pl an t e d.
WATERME LONS : Tho s eeding of wa t e r me lon a creage in South Carolina is just ge tti ng starte d with v ery f ew pl antings up by April 1. In the Le e sburg ar e a
of Florid a f a ir volume should de ve lop c round May 15. Most of t he n orth and we st Florid a a cr e Gge is n ow up to a good sta nd and r e c e nt r ai n s ha ve b e e n mo s t bene fici a l. De s pite t he l a t e sta rt in south Texas b e c au se of Ma rch 13 frosts nnd s e r i ous drought tha t pr ev a ile d until l a te March, a f a irly l a rge o. cr e ng e is now in pros pe ct
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF MARCH 15, 1951
April 4, 1951
GEORGIA: Dnring the month ended March 15, 1951, the all commodity index of prices
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. received by Georgia farmers advanced three points to establish a new all-
. time high of 321 per cent of the August 1909-July 1914 average. Two commodity
groups showed a decrease from the average price reported for the month ending Feb-
ruary 15, 1951. The index for chickens and eggs dropped six points due to incre e.se d
pr oduction, end the index for dairy products dropped two points as a result of in-
creas ed quanti ties of surplus milk marketed through wholesale firms. Commodity
groups contributing to the all co~ odity increas e were : meat animals, advancing 14
points; grains, advancing 5 points; and cotton and cottonseed, advancing 4 points.
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 2 points, or less than one per cent during the month ended March 15, 1951, to 311 per
c~nt of the 1910-14 base period. Small to moderate decline s in prices of food grains, dairy products, and hogs, together with sharp declines for many truck crops, more than offset price incre.as e s in poultry and eggs , cotton and cottonseed, meat animals other than hogs, and wool~
During the same period the Parity Index (Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rate s) rose 4 points, or about 1~ per cent, to 280 per cent of the 1910-14 base
period, This increase resulted from higher average prices paid ~ farmers for items used for both liying a nd production purpos e s. Pric e s of food, clothing, motor ve-
hicles , fe eder live stock, and feed averaged highe r.
As a result of th e slight downturn in the Index of Prices Received by Farmers and the rise in the Parity Index, the Parity Ratio (r atio of the Index of Prices re~ e ive d by Farme rs to the Index df Price s Faid by Farmers including Intere st, Taxes, and 'lfage Rate s) dropped from 113 a month ago to 111 as of March 15, 1951.
Summary Table For The United States
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237
313
311
313
Feb. 1951
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276
280
280
Mar . 1951
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y1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates Revised.
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ARCHIE LANGLEY and HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
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$ I ~ :. ':" ' ~~ ; :... 1.27., - 1.62... . . ~ ~67 ; .:. ., e64 1.19 1.60 . '. :. 160
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1.10. . . . ... 1.11 . i' ..~ :..: .40 . "' . :: .72
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Irish Potatoes,Bu. $ 1
1.12
I Sweet Potatoes,Bu. $ I
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Cotton, Lb,
$
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Cottonseed, Ton
Hay(baled), Ton , $
Hogs, per cwt.
$
2439
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1.85
2.35 . 30.o. ..
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20.i0' 15.60
1.80
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2.35! 4'\1:.1 . 105.00
27.80
20.26
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7.27
1.32 1.03 1.07
2,22 2.05 2,07
28.0 41.8 42,7
. 43.00 100.00 103.00
21.20 23.20 23.10
16.10 22.00 21.20
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
3.87 ..19.50 '24.50
26.00
5.42 21.00 29,00 29, 7Q
Milk Cows, head
$
Chickens, Lb.
33.85..
13.2
140.00 . 177.00
30.5
28.8
l8~ .oo
31.6
48.00 186.00 239.00 245.00 ll
ll.4 23.8 26.9 28.9
Eggs, Dn.
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21.3
35.8
50.5
46.4
21.5 31.6 41.4
Butter, Lb.
24.6 : 52.0
56.0
55.0
25.5 . 56.7 61.0
Butterfat, Lb.
25.7
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Cowpeas., Bu.
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Soybeans, Bu.
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?eenuts, Lb.
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3.79 4.63 3.'55 . 4.03 2.25 3.08 1.0.5 10.9
43.7
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1:,51 4.15 ~ 3.10 10.8
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES ~Im;D BY FA'RME.BS IN GEORGIA . (August 1009 - July . l.914 : 10.0) .
Ma1rl~.5105
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178
18;3
366
468
482
Dairy Produots
216
244
242
Chicken & Eggs Fruits
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231
224
186
243
243
Miscellaneous
169
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187
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GEORGIA MOVES TO SECOND PLACE IN BROILER PRODUCTION FOR THE NATION IN 1950
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Georgia commercial broiler productiOtl continued. on. its dizzy
climb in.. l950 and d:isplaced Maryland frqm second place in
production for the Nation. A new all-time high record was
. set for , the State with a total of 62,892,000 birds marketed
., during the year. This was the fourth consecutive year in
-y;hich all . previous production rec.ords have been surpassed~
The 1950 record is 38 per cent above the 45,5?4,000 birds..
produced the year before and 90 per cent above the 33,025',ooo
of 1948. Delaware with a 1950 production of _6].,226,000 birds
maintains its place as the leading broiler producing state in
the Nation, but Georgia has now stepped up to second place,
forging ahead of Maryland which now ranks third, with a pro-
puction of 54,437,000.
Gr.oss income. from broilers in 1950 amounted to $45,433,000, or ~n increase of 38 per cent over the previous high of $32,9??,000 for 1949 and 56 per 9ent greater than the $29,108,000 of l948. Average live weight per bird was 2.8 pounds as compared with 2.? in 1949 and 2,6 in 1948. Average price per pound live ~eight was .25.8 cents compared with 26.8 one year ago and 33.9 cents in 1948.
Main commercial cotinties in the State are Cherokee, Forsyth and Hall with Barrow, Cobb, Dawson, Fulton, GwinJ!ett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin, 17hite, and adjoining counties making up most of the remaining commercial areas. Some other scattered counties produced some broilers and current further expansion is taking place.
DIAGHAM SHO~H NG PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF GEORGIA BROILERS (Period 1935 - 1950)
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1935
500 $ 230
1936
800
384
1937 1,100
539
1938 1,300
611
1939 1,600
676
1940 3,500 1,495
50
1941 6,000 2,775
1942 10,000 5,152
1943 17,000 12,198
1944 24,000 19,116
1945 29,520 24,466
1946 227435- - 20,171
1947 28,717 24,191
1948 33,025 29,108
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1949 45 ,574 32,977
1950 62,892 45,433
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Conunercial Broiler production in the United States is at a record hi'gh. About l, 889
1nillion pounds, live weight, of co~ercial broilers were produced in 40 St ates in
1950 -- 24 p.er cent more than in 1949. 'The average live weight price was 27.4 cents
oer pound compared with 28 .1 cents in .1949. a:toss income from broilers was
$517 ,046~ 000 -- .20 per cent more than in 1949. .
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PY Georgia with 10 per cent, "Harylarid uith 9' per cent; :Arkarl$as .with 8 per'- cent; . .
Virginia with 6 per cent, TexaS and -Indi'ami with 5 per cent each':, and N?rth Caro!Lina
and California with 4 per cent each. : 'l'hese 9 States: accounted for 65 per c-ent-o.f the
1.950 broiler production. Cominercial brC>iler producti(m has been expanding r 'apidly
during the past several years and concentrated: areas CU"e springi'ng up in many parts
.of the country. The record producti0n in 1950 -on a poundage ba.Sis wa.S 'slightly more
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or cross breeds, raised for .~eat . from 'Which puJ,:)..ets at:? well. as tl;le .~ockere:.ts are - sold
as broilers. Commercial 'broiler production i~ . not.~ inctuded in ..farin p_roduction . es.ti-
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~ and :-Number: PoUnds-::-rrice:. -Gross:- .r iJuiiiber~:-~"F'ounds: -Price~:- Gross--
" bivision :ProdU:ced:Pr.oduced: per Lb.-:Income '2/:Produced:ProdU.ced: per Lb.: Income 2/
-' -- ----- Th-ou-sa- nd~ s - ---Ce-nt- s :-T-ho- ill3-..D-o- l. --T-hb-us-an-ds- - --C-e- nts- . T-h-ou-s.-D-o-l. .
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i3, o18. s.3,3i4. "}7 ;3 lu, 571 . '.. 16, n 3 . 74,4.61 27 As ?o,477
N.H.
3,952 . 14,227 27.5 3,912 h,82l . . 18,320 27.2
4~ 98 3
Vt. .. r'lass . . . . F\ .I.
480- ..1,728 . 27.5 .. , 47,5 . . .$76 . .?,189. 27.5
602
7,45~ 26,'.i-o;3 , 28.o .. ; :_-7,3.o9. :.:... . -9,322 . . .37.,288 2'8 .5 . 10,627
6'97 2',44o : 2s.:L . "69.1:.:: . . .:, 'S36 . 3, .o93 ..28:.o. : . 3.66
Qonn. N.Y.
.ll, 760 .... 44, 688 8,153 27,720
29;0 1~,960 .. -; ],4,.347. : .55,9.53 : 27 .'7 . .15.,499
29;0 . 8~039 - ....9,784 . 3),222 '30.0 . 10,"567
N.J.
5,136 . 17,-462 29.3 . 5,116 ;. 6,163 : 22,803 -. .... 28.8
6,567
Pa. N. A t L - - -
10 432 b'1..t.oE6-
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562 334
. 47 461 ' . -296J.796--
28.0 28:-l--
13,291 -83,479-
Ohio---- -4~479- -14;333- -35.0 - -~ 4;3oo-- 5',B'23- 18~634-- 29:-s--- 5',497-
Ind. Ill.
20,219 64,701 29.5 . 19,087 2i ,902. 89,286 .. 28.4 10,076 29,2 20 31.0 9,058 14,610 42,369 30.0
25,357 12,711
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1,546 5,102 31.0 1,582 ... 2,189 ,7,194. 31.0
2,230 -.
~i~ - _..: _ 5..t.o~2_ _15,24~ __3!.Q __ 4,I~~ _:.: -:_ ,_o'( ;;... !9..t.8~i-. _ 2_0:...6..;.. __ 6,o6_2 _ ~
E.N .~e~t:... _ Jl1..402_ pB',~o~ __3Q.! _ _3~, 7;,3 .... . _5l,!2.t _l7_7..t.304~ _ ?:_9:...2___5!:,~60 _
Hinn. I owa
l;6bl 4,983 30.0 4,621 16,174 25.0
1,495' 2,193 . 6,579 ; 29.0 4,044 - ~ 6,007 ., ).9,823 . 27.0
l, 90B' 5,352
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11,430 34,290 26.0 8,915 14,288:..42,864 26.5 11,359
Nebr.
1,750 4,900 27.0 1,323 ..:< .2,975.. ' 8,62e ' 29.0
2, 502
~8-!!S:... ____lJ.5_2l__ 4,188 _ _29.Q ... _, 1,?:_1_2 -:- ;;g_,~94 .' :_;-;5..l8 63,.:..; _ ?:_9..!..5___ _ 1_,730 _
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Del. .
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?:...l..t.ol3 _ _6J,5'32 71,881 222,B'3l
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~.E3..t.7z7_. _ ~: 2'4B,679 ,
?:...7..!..3 _ _ _2?:_,~51 26.0 63,3Sb
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N.C.
48,174 149,339 38,127 118,194 13,708 43,866 21,943 6l,J.~40
27.0 26.9 27.8 26 . 9
40,322 ~ - 54,437 : -. 1~3,311 31,794 : - ~ :40,033 : ~24,10~ . 12,195 ~ . : ,15,079 . .'48,253
16,527 :.. >-?$,015 . 7.0,042 .
26.0 25.8 26.6 26.3 .
42,461 32,018 12,835 18,421
S.C.
6,519 17,601 30.0
5,280 :_.\.:::_,S,80i . :::2;;3, 763. : 26.9.
6,392
9a .
45, 574 123,050 26.8 32,977 62,892 17~,098. 25.8
45,433
Fla. .
8,367 23,428 33.0 7,731
9,036 2 ,204 3:.t.O
8,123
s.Xt1.-- -25'4;293- 7~, 749- -27.3- 2o7,43'b- 29b,~l9 -87~45'1-- 26:-2- - 229,039-
Ry: - - - - :-1~~6:- - 4,273 - -3I.o - - 1,325'-- I,9oE- -~,533-- 29:-5-- 1,b'32-
Tenn. . 3,li5 9,034 30.0 2,710 4,205 11,774 27.9
3,285
Ala. Miss.
10,491 27,277 28.3 9,395 . . 27,246 29.0
7,719 13,114 35,408 27.0 7,901 17,005 47,614 28.0
9,560
13,332
Ark .
39,983 111,952 27.5 30,787 .. 45>,179 :137,7.01 26.8 36,904
La .
:2,426 "6,550 36.0
2,358
2,790 7,533.. .. 30.2
2,275
Okla.
2,006 . ,, 5,21:6 :29..0 . l,5p . 2, 90~ _ : -7,8.54 . .' 27.5
2,160
'!'_e! .__ - - ?:...5.220_-' ..:._68,28) -. .J30.0 __20,~8 5 - _33,38J. _ 90..t.l34..:. :.._ ?:_8.!.7__ __25,.68 _
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Ariz.
: 838 .::_2,4.30 . ;" 36o.Q.~: . 875 1,048 3,039 35.0
1,064
\vash.
. 4;883 . . :.],.4, .649 ..._~, Jl;-0 .:: 4,541
5,860 17,580 31.0
5,450
i Oreg.
, 1~578 :: ~s;oso.:'. ' 3o.o. 1,515
2,13o 6,816 3o.s
2,019
Qa_!i. ___ ~0.~..7..2;__>~6~,2~2 ~ : ~)12 _20,~16 __23,~8~ __ l9..t.8~6- _ 2_0..!..8___24,592., _
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ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION. (As of April 1,. 195,1) . ; ~ :. I
_The following information on the acreage, yield, ~d . 'P.rod~ctio.~ of: comrn~rcial truck
crops for the fre~ih market is frorii reports and data :fW.nished ' by crop . co~respondents: field Statisticians, and cooperating-State agenci~s.
LIMA BEANS: Plantings for spring harvest in Florida, Georgia and South Caroli~a - ~e
17 percent below the acreage harvested last spring and ~~- less t.han;
half the ten-year average. This spring's 3,600 acres compares with 4,350 acr~s in
1950 and the 1940-49 average of 7,260 acres.
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SNAP BEANS: In the mid-spring areas of California, Louisiana, Missi~~ip~i~ Alab~a,
Georgia and South Carolina prospective production is placed at
2,062,000 bushels - 7 percent below the 2,225,000 bushels harvested last spring and
4 percent below the 1940-49 average of 2, 145:,ooo bushels. Acreage is 5 percent
smaller than in 1950 and 22 percent below average. The indicated yield for all
States is slightly less than the 1950 yield but well above average.
CABBAGE: Present prospects indicate an early spring ~abb~ge crop of . 54,000 tons, less than half of last year 1s production of 114,500 tons.. This .is ,_the
smallest early spring crop.since 1932. The acreage w~s sharply reduced ~y ; the .cold weather of early February p.nd the crop. is later than usual.
LETTUCE: Indications for spring crop lettuce show a slight improvement over .those on March 1. Prospective production is now' placed at 9,863,000 crates ~~
6 percent above last spring's crop of 9,346,000 crates and 32 percent above. the ..
1940-49 average of 7,487,000 crates. Yields per acre . are turning out better th?n expected earlier in Georgia and in the Carolina 's. Indicated yields.~~ Arizona and California are the same as expected a month ago. The acreage pl ante~. fo;r,_spri,ng
harvest in California is l'argcr than reported a month ago.
ONIONS: Preliminary reports coverin~ late spring oni:ans indic.ate 23, 900 acres .for harvest this year, compared with 17,700 for parvest last year and the pre-
ceding tGn-year average of 19,300 acres. Plantings in Texas and Arizona were substantially larger than growers intentions as reported -in January. In the other late spring States the acreagEJ is not much different from the Januc:u-y intentions.-
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CO:tvil'IERCIAL EARLY IRISH POTATOES: CompQ.I'ed with l .ast year, a reduction .of. 27 percent is indicated in the ~creage for lute spring .
harvest. Alabama is the only State in this- gro-up- in :Wnicn growers- incr,e.ased acreage. The 1950 acreage was maintained in South Carolina . For the other Stato.s in this group, acreage reduction~ ranging from 13 percent in Louisiana to 37 percent in California and North Carolina are riow indic ated. The sharp reduction in the two 1?-tter States reflects a shift from potatoes to o.ther cash crops following the low I"eturns received by many growers from las.t year 1s potato crop. Condition of the crop is generally good in California and the Southeast, but development has been r~tarded iri most other lat0 s.pring areas. For .the first time since this seri6s ~ of estimat_os was started in 1918, the acreage in Alabama is expected to ex;cecd thG North :carolina ~creage.
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~. : YIELD.: PER A~RE ; - : PRODUCTION
LIMA BEANS Spring:
Acres
Acres Acres ----Bushels----
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Florida 3,040: 2,050: 1,500: 79 : 95 :
237: 195:
. Georgia : 11 790 : 11 200: 1,100: 57 : 65 :
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98: 78:
$outh Carolina:_ 2,436 ...:.. _lLlOO..:.. _lLO.QO..:.. _54 .:. _60 .:. =:. _..:.. __ 121: ___6.: _ _ _ _
Group Total : 7,260 : 4,3~0: 3,6oo: 6"5 : iff :.
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.450: 339:
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Acres Acres : Acres : ----Bushels---- ----1,000 bushels----
Mid-Spring:
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C:alifornia... 4, 780 :t.ouisiana.... 6,330 Mississippi : 3,280
4,000: 4,300: 160 255 : 225 : 4,400: 3,'500: 65 75 60 3,000: 3,~00: 75 85 : 85 :
746: 11 020: 968 408: 330: 210
241: 255: 272
Alabama...... 1,640 11 700: 1,700: 66 65 70
110: 110: 119
Georgi a : j,530 : 2,900: 2,600: 60 : 55 : 45 :
208: 160: 117
$outh Carolina:_ 5,97.Q..:.. _5LO.QO..:.. _4L7.QO..:.. _73 ..:.. _70..:.. _8Q..:.. __ ~32: __ 150: __ 17.
. . .. Group Total: 2~1 ~40: 21,000: 20,000:
8~: lOb : 103:
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CABBAGE
Acres Acres Acres
---Tons---
---Tons---
Early Spring
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;Louisiana : 6,090 5,200: 1,500: 4.2 5.0 3.5 25,700: 26,000: 5,200
Missi ssippi : 6,800 5,500: 3,800: 4.6 5.4 5.0 31,400: 29,700: 19,000
'Alabama : 1,450 1,400: 500: 5.1 6.0 4.0 7,400: 8,400: 2,000
_Georgia, Souta 4,930 : south C arolina~ !1 ~80..:.. Group Total : 20,756:
6,800:
_lL8.QO..:.. 20,700:
41 000: _1L5.QO..:.. 11,300:
5.3 :
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4.79:
5.5 : 7.2 ..:..
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4.5 :
6.2..:.. 4.78:
26,300: 37,400: 18,000
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99,BOO:ll4,5oo: 54,000
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Acres Acres : Acres :-Cr ates 4-6 doz.-: ---1,000 Crates---
~ar~y Spri ng
:Prelim.:
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-Ar1zona ...... 21,440 23,600: 23 1 000: 158 163 -175 California ... 28,780 31,100: 31,300: 137 170 175
3,357: 3-,847: 4,025 31 819: 5,287: 5,478
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280 : --- : --- : 109
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460 : 600: 800: 88 100 110
42: 60: 88
South Carolina: 940 : 700: 700: 112 : 100 : 110 :
103:
70:
77
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Group Total : 53,280 :
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~7,300:
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~7 1 300:
!O.Q.!. 142 :
_61..:.. 163 :
!3Q.!. 172 :
_ ._ 132: ___82: __ 192 7,487: 9,34b: 9,E63
ONIONS
Acres Acres Acres -Sacks 50 lb.- ---1,000 sacks---
Late Spring
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Califor ni a : 3,120 6,800: 5,000: 444 530
: 1,484: 3,604:
Arizo~a :2/ 880 11 100: 11 200/399 600
: 2/ 284: . 660:
Louisiana :- 1,670 11 200: 900: 96 95
- 161: 114:
Texas : 12,740: 7,800: 16,000: 86: 65 :
: 11 076: 507:
Georgia :_ !z!6.Q..:.. __8.QO..:.. __8.Q0.!_ !39 ~ !42..:.. __ ..:.. __ !61:_ !1.: ___ _
Group Total : 19,300 : 17,700: 23,900: 164 : 283 :
: 3,087: ~,001:
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---11 000 bushel~--~
Late SErin~
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California : 58,500
357 400
21,549: 31,200:
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Louisiana : 21,350
69 85
: 1,468: 765:
Mississippi : 3,180
86 90
276: 63:
Al abama : 23,180 Georgia : 2,560
119 155 111 100
2,689: 2,712: 263: 120:
South Carolina: 12,600
137 150
1,701: l,l25: May 10
Texas : 7,980
69 75
545: 502:
Oklahoma : 2,830
95 220
262: 264:
Arkansas. : 5,100
90 100
452: 250:
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D. L. FLOYD ;lgricultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
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GENERAL: All early truck crops 'in .South Georgia have been handicapped by very unfayo~able spring weather and their maturity !'~ill be somewhat del~-e~.
The cOoi- night~ Of. April continue to retard growth of cabbage, snap: beans, and
cucumbers.. Soil moisture is r~ported adequate in all areas, butwarmer weather
is espec:j.alJ.Y neec;led for additional plantings and satisfactory growths
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T.he mid-spring snap bean crop is generally in .poor conditi.on, . and ir~egular stands in bean fields are
reported. Cool nights have retarded gx:owth, at)d little or no harvest is expected
in .main . commercial areas before late Nay. .
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CUCUMBERS: The early cucumber crop ivas planted about the usual time, b~t much of
. ' the. acrea~? had to be replante9. because of cold weather dam~ge. Vine
gro~h _ has be~n slow, antl: warm ~ghts ar G needed v ery badly for - cucumber plants
to overcome some of the . set~back.
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CABBAGE, SOUTH . GEORGIA: The South Georgia cabbage crop has been very disappoi~ting
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to date as a result of an' unusually cold winter ' and spring.
Very, little or no harvesting has taken place before April 15, and peak hurvest is
not expected until May 1 or after. .Plant lice and unf avorable weather this spring
are causing conside.rable, damage., and yields are not expec. ted to be up to normal.
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LETTUCE: Generally e. condLtion..:o.f'.-le.ttOOB- i& repa~ted ' g~od,--but the crop _is-
later than normal. Cutting is getting W:.ftll underway in some of the
eariier planted' .fielcl.s~ .and satisfactory prices and yields are being obtained.
potato miSH POTATOES, SOUTH GEORGIA: The Irish
prosp.ects a:re generally good,
arid' plantings are n'Ow .complete.
PIMIENTO PEPPER: Planting and setting pimiento p eppers to fields are well . under-
., ,way in souther:n areas and good progress; in establishing the crop
is being made in .central Georgia.
TOMATOES: Toma:tq tra_nsp1anting has been completed but' some replanting has been
necessary following damage from: cool nights and strong . winds. Warm
weather is b~dly needed to get plants off to a good start.
D. L. FLOYD
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L. H. HARRIS~ JR. Truck Crop Estimator
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics 3.19 'Ext ens ion B.uilding Athens, Georgie.
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SNAP BEANSa
Stands are irregular end plants are suffering from cool windy weath e r .~ .t . .. . . ., .. : t.
Mid-spring snap ~arsin South Carolina : are in fair to mostly good condition. Light shipment.~. a.r~ exp:.eced to begin nround .May 10. Early
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Heo.viest sale~ ilre exp~cte~r, in late April extend,ing. @n .iuto: M&~y . -North cci,roli'na ~ co.bba~e c_rop,' .i's ' in goo9-.. c.9,~. dition und hns mo.d~. r.f:lpi:d . g.rQ~h:. d'll,ring the
pqst week. He.nrest is expected to .- stn'rt "the first we ale of May in (fll sections, be-
nre cqming genero.l nround. the. middle 9f .the mon.~h . P.l.o.k mc;>v~e~~ . should pccur, during
p ei riod 'Mny lo . to 18 in Mississipp'i, . o..lt}:lough. no ,r,eni heo;v.y shipping pe'rfo-ds
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p ~ ct e d ?ue to reduc ,~~ no r on,ge nnd vfi.tiii.lg .R-ge.~.. 0'1:',.~ .l..Q.nts. "Flori.d.n. ~s w.~r t};).e p~nk
but hen'ty supplies nre indicated for the r1 est of the . month, ' ns we,ll ns - o substnntinl
volume which should be available well into MD.-yfrom l ate plantings if growing con-
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. : .oaused .considera'ble r'gplanting , In Sriuth cnto1ino: oool' weather h c.s r e- ;
t a rdc d growth o.nd wind ha s h n d o r nth er dnmr.ging effec't'~ As a ~esU:it, r eplanting "
h o.s b ee n he avy in some a r e o.s. Very few cucunbers are expE!c.ted .'to be shipped befc;>,r:e
May . 20th.
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p e:nk .
So~e light cutting of th e e r.:;.x:}Le r cr9p ~n N9r.th Cqrplinr- :i,s expecte d :to b egin dur'ing
the lO:st week of April, but movement will not b ocomE: he nvy prior to the first week
of Iviv.y. .
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ONIONS, Prbspects for t he ' l ttt 'e' spring onibn c~op i 'd T.e~c s i,~dic.\;t,e '.that 'p~oduc:tio:Q.~
. will 'bo n eg'ligib'le unti;l ' nrt orthEi' 'ocrly 'P. r rt of Juhe .'- '""~liovem~rif of' the" rri:c<~n
Rrprrnondvill~. ec.rly spring ~rop st rrted ~pri~ 7' r nd . ~irs.t .c nr.f,o:t . l,P ~ <-ng.....i~?- t~ y. ; ::: :: , Lcre do spct~on .~t r rt o d Aprll 13 . Supp'li c s ~n volume from.. th-~ Er.gl:c..P vs$ sect:ton . -r~ro-
no:t expecte d until a.ft~ . Ma.~ lOe ...,. : .,
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IRISH POTATOES, TI:e popd~tiop. .of the.: Ir,i,Gh.:. pb~o.to orop h ns improv.~fa. dtiring ~h~~1 Pt,s.t
: t:no : w:e~~s. ).nJ~.ln..bl;ma. : .Min.o..:r cligg.ing. !-will ge "b ::imder wry in Bo ldwin
co.11nty th 0 l c.st week of April, but volume movement will ' not sta rt 'Unti-l.' the week: o:r
Mo.'y 1. Digg ing is exp0cted to bcg:j.n in South Cc.rolinc. nround Mny 15. North Co.roli:b.G
Ir;ish pot ntoc~of?.. i:?..U~ to q,_.sto.~d C I1d ' ~nking good grcwth..in most ~.ectiohs : .. ........
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TOMATOES'i The Mississippi tor~mto ' pl~~~s h(l'rc rrici.,d<:> .~low g~m,vth, to ..dnte:., :but with
warmer weather th~ crop' mr.y ove rcome c i o. t e stnrt, Wea.thGr conditions in
Alo.bvmo. have been very unf'o.;oro.ble for the s etting c.nd growth of plcnts~ .Th e crop will be some.what l c~er. th9-n:: usunl. Transplo.nting of l ete- .sJi.r.ing tomc:toes :in South
Ca rolina has been pro.ctic.o.lly compl0ted a.nd the crop is r eported in good condition.
CANTALOUPSI Planting of ee rly summe r co.ntc loups in South Co.rolino. is ne nring com-
pletion and, except for th e Po.g ola.nd r-. r ee which is 2-3 weeks l ot e r thr.m
othe r crens , sould b e comple.'tie d this week, From one -th:ir'd to ':one-hn lf' of thos e
planted o.r.e up to o. st r nd.
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Alr..b o.na, Hr rv cst probebly will b e l r- t cr the n usurl .this, y ec.r.- Plnntingr
in the All endr l e-Bnrnwell-Bc.mb e rg e re r of South Corolinr h r.v o b e en mrdo, howev er,
cool werthe r h ns de loye d g E: r mino.tion. R0;ports indicrt ~C obout c;me-hf' lf of .thos e plo.nt
c d ere up to o. st cn d, First production is exp ect e d from the ' Ttontop r.r e.o. of. FloridQ
r..bout Juno 10-15, v.nd in the Liv e 0 ' k s ection r:: round June 15. Most North nn~l. West .
Flori do. acreages ha.v c mr de slow grovvth but hr v e bE., n help e d by r ec ent r oins, Progress
of wa.termelons in nll early c.r eo. s of Texas -wns r eto.rded by cool nights the p o. st two
weeks and high winds hcve nlso checke d vine growth.
UNITED ~ -TATE.~ DE.MR.TMCNT OF AGRICUL-TURE..
efro-1;
UtltVE.~.!irTV O" CitO"'-GIA tOU.LGE. 01' AGRtG.UL"''URt.
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GENERAL: . Weather
conditions
'd uri~g
the
past
two weeks
have
improved
considerably .in
all Georgia areas. Warm nights the latter part of April have been especial ly goo~ for . geririination of _late plant~d seed and for growing truck crops. Harve sting
has_ heen de laye.d solll3'Whfl.t dw to the c'old spring for all early az:1d late spring truck cr;ops . Light move !lBnt of . ~>nap beans is getting underw ay in s outhern areas and vollime
movetnent of c abbage and l e.ttuce is expected in e arly May.
LI~~ BEANS: The Ge orgia lima be an crop is Eb out two to three weeks l a ter than normru on account of the cold spring.
SNAP BEANS, SOUTH GBORGIA: Early planted snap beans h ave made littl e progre s s in
vine. growth due to th e cold weather in early spring; . Very poor .qua~~ ty and yi e lds w'ill be ha rve sted from t h i s early plante'd acre age. Later pl antings are looking go od wi'th much b ~ tter yields and qua.li ty e xpect e d.
CABBAGE, SOUTH GE ORGIA: .Cabb age of ve ry good qual i ty is be ing h ar ve ste d in s outhe rn
ar eas, wi.th volume movement expe cte d duri ng early May.
Pri .ce s .r ece ive d to d a t e. ha ve be e n very disappointing. Some north Geor gi a c abb age is b~tng s e t to the fi e lds. unde r . fa v or able conditi oris.
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CANTALOUPS: Pro g'r e ss of the c e.ntaloup crop h a s be en s.lcw due to th e unusually cool .nights of mi~-Apr.il. .Stands a:r:e r l7por t e d irre gular and much r e p lanting
has ~aken pl a ce ,,with some fi.el~ds abandoned a nd pl an~ed to othe r field crops.
CUCUMBERS: The cucumber crop is reported to be l a t e r than norma l. A l a te sta rt and poor stands a r e e xpe cte d to r educe yield prospects.
LET',I'~VC~; 'J:he Geo r g ia. l e ttuc e de a l is in full swing with quality and yields above - a-verag-e . Som ~ narvesting - from- l a-te "f>-lantings i s expected to- l a st 1.mtil
around May 15.
ONIONS: More g rowe rs than usual ar e goin~ in for gr f:di ng this season and indic a tion:: point to o. high p o r~ en~~ge of top quality on ions. Harvest i ng i s expe cted
to ge t underway around Hay 5 - io.
POTATOES, IRISH: P:r ospe cts ar e ve ry promis ing for a g ood Irish pot ato cr,op in south
Geor gia this ye a r. Some h a rvo sting is e xp e cted around May 15, if weathe r conditions a r e f avor ab l e . The .north Ge org:i.a pota to cro p i s l a t or than usua l due to th e cold and we t we athe r thi s sp ring . Some a crea ge r emains to be p l ant e d as of May 1._ _ _-~ __-,----:-
TOtvlATOE S : The s outh Ge or gia toma to crop is making goo d progres s ' end e x oo ll ent stands ar e r eported, :Li~tlo ot l.n o dis vr:'s e i s app~ ont to .date , but t ho crop 'is
l at e with harvAsti n g e xpe cte d to start a round MQ.y 25..
"ATERMELONS : Wa t e rme lons . ~r e mak ~ng slow pl'ogr es s this s oa.son' wi th mimy co mpla ints of p oor stands b e c a us e of the cold s pri ng Du8 to the adverse . wG a.ther
cond itions ;,nd othe r f a ctors, so re s. r eas will not harve st the a creage intended. earlier in the s eason .
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NOTES ~ : BY
S'l'ATES
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There
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has been
a
slight
'-
improvement
in
the
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cond~ti~.n
of
spring_. Lima .
beans in South Carolina. Shipments are expected to begin in early
June, increasing in volume by June 15. In northern Florida the crop has shown con-
s.iderable improvement in the Hawthorne-Mcintosh-LaCrosse-starke area, where harvest
~s expected to start May 15 and to develop into peak movement by June lo
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SNAP BEANS: Shipments are expected to begin about May 10 and reach peak during the
week of May 20 in South Carolina. The condition of the Louisiana bean
crop has in!proved and a light harvest is expected to begin around May 10. Planting
of North Carolina's snap bean acreage is complete and the crop is up in all areas.
Harvest is expected t o .begin about May 20 in the Cart.erEt, area, with peak movement
around May 30. In Mississippi the crop~two weeks later than normal, but picking
is expected to b.egin _about May 16_with pr_abable peak moveme~t cmning _during_the
week beginning June 4. Harvest in S()Uth and middle Florida continues in consider-
able volume and picking in northern sections, which began the last week in April,
~s expected to be heaviest during the. first 10 days of May.
CABBAGE: Ample supplies of good q~ality cabbage are available in South Carolina, but movement has been lighter than anticipated because .of recent market
conditions~ Shipments are expected to continue through .most of May. Cutting is e~pected to be completed in about two weeks in Alabama. Warm, bright weather has :iJnproved Tennessee cabbage prospects considerabzy. '"Stands . are none too good~ however, and plant sizes are uneven .
CANTALOUPS: Planting of cantaloups has been c~mpleted except in the Pageland
areas of South Carolinao Stands are reasonably good but cool weather ~d windhave retarded growth ., Harvest is just getting underway in southern Florida a~d is expected to begin around the Ocala area in late May, where is will reach it~ peak early in June~
CUCUMBERS: The early spring cucumber cr~p has sh()wn some improvement in South Carolina and movement is expected to begin Cl:bout May .21. Harvestis
expected to begin the latter part of May i~ Alab~.
LETTUCE: Shipments 0f South Carolina lettuce are declining and the season is ex. pected to be over by mid-Mayo Yields and quality are ver.y good. North
Carolina's Iceberg lettuce crop is in excellent condition. Peak movement is ex-
_pected during the week of May 7.
ONIONS: The present active harvest of early spring onioris in Texas is expected to continue past the middle of May but will probably be well out of the way
before the crop moves. in the northern part of the state. Conditions are improved . in the north Texas onion areas, where volume movement is , expected in early June.
IRISH POTAT~ES: Digging is expected to get underway in South Carolina around
May 15 and reach peak during the last week of May. Movement in
volume is expected to begin in the Southwest Alabama area May Jrd. with the peak
about May 15. 'l'he condition of North Carolina's Irish potato crop is generally
good. Stands are a little .spotty due to the cool, damp spring, but grov~h during the past week has been very satisfactor.y. In Tennessee, planting of conunercial early Irish potatoes is complete . in Frapklin county and nearly complete in Coffee county o The first two WE;leks in May will bring around peak harvest of potatoes in Florida, where yields are excellent and diggings are expected to continue throughout the montho
TOMATOES: Green wrap movement is expected to begin during the first week of June
:i.n South Carolina. Plants are making rapid growth in southern areas of
Alabama after getting off to a late start. The crop is late in Mississippi, where
f~w if a~ tomatoes will b~ harvested before mid-June. Peak production of the
spring harvest in Florida will come the first half of May, but picking will ~ tontinu e
through the inontho
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WATERMELONS: The watermelon crop will be late in Alabama, Mississippi, and ~ Carolina this year due to unfavorable weather conditions, which
necessitated considerable replanting. The crop is just coming up in these sta.tes,
but stands are good and condition of the crop is fair, Watermelons are now being ,
harvested in southern Florida and will come into production progressively qy areas1
moving north, approximately every two weeks until mid-June.
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UNIVE.~I!oi'TV 01' CitO"GIA C.Ot.L.I.QI. Of' AONG\JLTUR.t.
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FARM PRICE
REPOR'l'
AS
OF APR:J:L I
15 1
.l$51
Jle.y 8 I , 1 951
GEORGIA: The e.ll commodity index,..9f price)S reoe~ved by fa:r:mers in Georgia has .advanced steadily since i.S.st November when e.t that time it stood e.t e. he~ght
nev e r before attai-ned. Thus,' it he.s established e. new nll time record each month for
the past . six months. On April 15, 1951., it was -323 per cent of' the August lS09-
;Ju ly, 1914 average, two points. higher than it WaS a month earlier.
1 ~ comp c rison to March i5, the April inde~~ s for dairy products and chic k~ t:ls and
eggs show a decline. The index for fruit remained unchanged. All othercommodity
gr; oups regist er ed i:rorce. ses . Greatest .imreo.se was r ecorded: by the meet r;nimr ls
g;roup wliich o. dv cinc e d 14 points iri the month ended Ap ril 15. The mee.t enilllfls index
va s by far o.t the h.ighe st lev:0l of r.ll commodity gr~ups. Strnqing rt 496 pe'r c E: rit
or' ~f the bo.s e period, it V.rp's 124 points,
33 per C<mt, r..bove its 372 l ev -e l of' 1 yer..r
n,go.
UNITED STATESt The Pority I~dex (Index of Pt1ices Prid, Int.c r e st, Trx~ s, rnd Wrge
Ro.t os) ros f 3: pdnts during th month e nde d April 151 to 283 p e r c e nt bf. th e 1.910-14 bn$ e period, a mw record high. The incr6c s e wr s mr inly thEi r i:; su'l.t of highe r wcge rc,t 'l3 s t h r t fc.rro rs were p~. yine; for ' hir.6d lrbor~ . Fr.rmers clso. paid higher prices for some production items such rs liv estock end seed. AverC'.ge prices pr.id..fo~
food we r e slightly lowe r.
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For th E: s nme p e riod'; ' the . I~d e~ or: Prices .R~;eivect , by .fr.rmers dropped 2 points, l ess
tha.n l p e r c ent, to 309 per c ont of th E:i 1910-14 ba.se. Lm:ver prices for truck crops
nnd da.iry pr..oducts a.cco':lnted for most of .the decline. Wool, most fruits, eggs, end
some meet a.ninn .~s we..re c.lqo .}o.wer, while pric;:es . of... .o.otton, chickens, rnd r. f ew othe r
commoditie s were higher.
As o. r es u.lt of thes e pric e chunge s, the Pr.rity &.tio (rntio: of ,Inde;x: of Prices Re-
c e iye d by Fanners to the P r rity Inde~J. dropp e d from 111 r.. mo.r.rth -r. g. o .t.~... ):. 09 in mi d-
Ap ril.
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Indexes
1910-14 = 100
Apr. 15,
Mnr. 15,
1950 a
1 951
J Apr. 15, s
Record High
1951
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Prices Received
241
311
309
313
Feb. 1951
Pc.rity Index 2:/
y 250
280
283
28 3
Ap r. 1951
Pr. rity R'l tio
96
111
109
122
Oct . 1 9116
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Agricultura l Statisticir n, In Chr rge
HAAAY . A. l'llii.TE Agriculturt.l Strtisticiop. .
ARCHIE lANGLEY und BURI'ON J. HARRinGTON Agricultural Statisticians
. PRICES REX::EIVED BY F.AEMERS APRIL 15 !'951 WITH COMH.R! sm~s
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w~A~~J. 'J.'r
lJ~ '
!~~~~: f -~ ~--:""!f~""W.!'r
. ...-r-. .Wh, /.~...~..~...~.~?..)~:..,~~..;.>
$
I . C~rn.
lfl. " 'i
:en . I oats,
BU;
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$ $
.. -... . ,.Ir.ish
Po.
ta
t. o
e!
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.Bu.'~ ' $
~
Average I Aug.l909.:ru~1.9'H
"J..-.,~.. ~. ..:...,.-,~ .
91 ""
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: 1.31' :J
.'93'
' . 1~85
~MiaSr5.1i
5
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Ap1r9. 5
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. Aver~
~g .l.. -::. J1ulY. 1914
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Apr...ls...
19~0 , -~
.15, I h951
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~i
. 2.26. '
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:~ ...
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:88 -. .64
. i .li ~- ~ 1~. 06 '
- .40
2.01
:
1.26
.75 .
. ' \
2.12
1.6-0
., .91
1.85. .. 1.90
.70
1.32
1:.07
.A1Jr -15, 1951 ' 2 -l ~f
1.62
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')' 91 L,
1.12'
. ~eet . Potatoes, Bu. $
I'
-' .83
Cotton, Lb.
-~> ~ 12.6
C~ttonseed, Ton
~ ~-
-$
. :. '24 .39 .
. 2.40 :31;0 47.-bo
2.35 44.1 105.00
2.40
I 44.4 I
105 .00
,88 12.4 22.55
2.28 28.7 44.40
2.07 42.7 103.00
. 2.03
'4.3. .2--
103.00
Hay (baled), Ton $
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20.20
27.80 28.20
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-lo 21.40 23.10 23.
Hogs, per Cwt.
$
Beef Cattle, Cwt . $
7.33 3.87
:15.40 20.30
20.20 . 20. io - ---~~7 ..27
15.70
26.00 ' 27.-00
5.42 ... 21.90
21.20 29 .70
20.60 . 30.20
Milk Cows, head ~hicken s, Lb.
Eggs, toz,
. . .. $ 33.85
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. tl i
_, : I 13.2
~ 21,'3
141.00' 27.3 35,8
185.'00 31.6 46.4
1' 90.00 28.0 46.8
48.00
ll.4
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21.5
187.00 -23.4 ~~0. 9
245.00 28.9 43.7
249.00 29.3 43.1
Butter, Lb . '
ft 24.6 .
53.0
55.0
54.0
25.5
56.3
60.6
59.9 .
Butterfat, Lb.
25.7
1.1 Milk (Wholesale)
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per 100/F
I $ . 2.42
Cowpeas, Bu.
$ ---
Soybeans, Bu.
$ ---
Peanuts, Lb.
~
5.0
I
]) Prelimin&-y for April 1951
56 .0
60.0
5.50 3.90
.6.40
4.25
3.05 .. . 3.50
I I ' i0.4
10.7
58.0
26.3
I. :
6.30
1._69
4 .35 ---
3', 70
---
10.7
4.8
61. 0
3.60 3. 73 2.48
I 10.6
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H"DEX NUMBEffiOF :ORIC'ES REX::E!VC!:D FJ'f FA'ffi..~S I N GIDRGIA
. (August 1909 - July 1914. = 100 ) . :
69. 7 4 . 51
68.0
,
4.37
4.15
'4,32
. -.
3,10
3.12
10.8
_10,8
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All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains Y.eat Animals Dairy Products
Chicken & Eggs
Fruits Miscellaneous
Revised
Apr. 15,
M&-. 15,
J.pr. 15,
"
. 1950
1951
1951
230
321
323
240
359
361
146
183
188
372.
482
496
215.
242
23 9
180
224
217
186
243
243
169
187
188
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At hens, Georgia
OF7!CIAL BUS!}TESS Form BAE~B-5/51-2518
Fermi t No. 1001
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The fo'll.6wing~ i~ormat)..o~ o~ . the ~r~ag~, y~e_ld, and' prod~ct~ori of c.o~erc.~a.J.
truck crops f~r the fr esh m~ket is from .repdrts :an~. data rurnisheq .by cr:op
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SNAP .BEANS: Yie::J..d prospects improved. during 'April . in: Louisiana and Georgia and
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productio~ in tbe . six : rnid~spring States .i~ no~ forecast at 2,lo6;ooo-
bushels, 2 per cent more than. tndicated last :inonth but still 5 per cent les s than
last year; :aile( about ~
CABBAGE: Pr.~ci\ict:lon
eq. ual tq
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forecast .a'j;,
58,900
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year a,Jera.ge. : Yield pr.ospe,ets i mpr.ovad during April in Mi~sissippi . ~nd South
Ca.ro,iiria but ~emained u,ncha,.nged in the other early -:wring ~tates. . .
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CUCUMBERS: Pr~du~ti6ri' :Or lat~ spring cucumbers is forecast. at ._2,082.,000 bushels,
. . slightly. le,ss- than last year but 14 peir cent ab.ove the 1940-49 average,
Acreage _far . late ' spring: harvest is 5 per ce nt 1es si than a iear ago. : ~n~ic#t ed . .
yields pe~ acr~ ~re aboye ,last y ear! in North carolina a~ South yaro~ipa . but general:cy< poor~r _. than a :year a go . in other: States. ~. Cold . weather e~l~e:r . in the
season
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cons:iderable":rep. la.nting
in
:p1ost;.l at.e.
spri.ng
ar. eas. ,
ONIONS: -. C\ll'rezit prospe~ts. indicate a. late spring crop ' qf 4;6591 000 s~c~s, . 1 per
~ cent les ~ than :the' .5,oo1; ooo sacks produc ~d l as t y~ar, but sub~tantially
more tha?l 'the p~eceding ~ten-y'e.ar average of 3;087 ,ooo s acks~ This y~ar!s late .
in spring acr~age. Js . sharpl.y .~le ss . than .l ast year in Ca:lifornia .am Louis.iana; about
th,e same .in Geo~gia~ up"' ~light;l.y Arizona , and more th.an dpubla las;t year in
Texas. A~t~ough t~e totll p.cr eage is 35 pE3r ent larger thap last year, t~e
shift in acre ag~'from higher yielding irrigated areas to low~r yielding . ~on- .
irrigat e~ . ~as : is_ j. ~ge~ . re~Ronsj,ble for ~ holciing_iotal :Qr.oduction dq_ . o less
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pective p:roduetipn 'is . 32 'p er .cent . smaller than the. 1'950 'crop :and 14 per cent below
average. . The' 111,300 acr~s for harvest in this group of . Stat :es ar~ 28 per cent
below the 1.95.0 acreage.. an4 36 per cent below average. The 269 bushel yield in-.. . ' .
dicated bY rvxay 1 . condition has been exceeded only by' the yielsls. of ~he two pre.- ..
ceding s eil.sons. : Qalifornia 'has 44 per cent o{ "the l at e ,spring acreage in .l951, compared ~ith . 5l '_per . cent ,in 1950. This shift . in acreage : accounts ~ for :much of
-- the decli~e in y~eld. indiqated fol! this group of :.Sta~es .;~:as yield pz:ospe.qts in
the South ~~ar.e very.. . good. ; ..
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a"Jerage . better than last year in: most l ate spring areas, r esul:ting in 1,951 pro- .
d.lction of ~ 3,651,000 'Q:u.she;ts, Jl . per cent more than the short ).950 crop: am nearly
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; . . pr~du6ing s~ates, .2' per: cent l e ss than the plan~ing . intezt~~cm.~ .as
:eported irl Marchi. apd '6 p~r cent less .than last year's. 194,10q acres. :~ q eorgiaJ
aJNe:r.se we athE;lr d'll!:i,tig .the ;Plant:i;ng season restPic't-ed- 'fllarttng~ to -80 Pe;t", ,c.ept of
~:1-e I'1arch fnterrtio:ns, 'and tpe Ok~oma :acreage . ~s 14 per . . de~t I ess . t~~ :e?CP.~t-e4
1~1 March. :In_contr ast .g;-ow~rs in: Texas., North Carolina~ Mis.sis_1sippiJ._ ~.Arkans as
pl anted more wat erme+ons thpn wer B intepded in March. 1
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'-9e.lifornie. ~: 4,780 ~ 4,.000: 4,300:~' 160: 255: 225:
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Louisiana ...... 6,330 41 400a 3~500a 65: 75: 65: Mississippi : 3,280 : 3,000: 31 200: 75: 85: 85: 4 le.be.me.., ' 1,640 I 1,700t 1,700: 66: 65: 70t
<';eorgie. 3,530: 2,900: 2,600a 602 55: 55t
408a 330:
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241: 255:
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$o1,1th Caroline.,: 5, 970 : 5;000: 4, 700: 73: 70: 80:
432: 350: 37:
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!ouisie.na. .: 6,090: Mississippi : 6,800
5,200: 5,500:
1,500: 4,2:5,0 :3.5 : 25 1 70b:26 1 000a 51 20~
3,800:4,6:5.4 :5.5
31,400:29~700: 20,90~
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500: 5.1 :6.0 a4.o
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. !2! South Carolina.: 1,480 : 1,800; 1,500: 6.2 :7.2 . :8.5 z 9,000:l3,00Qa ,12,8Qt
' 'Group total : -2- 0,7-5- 0 - : -2- 0,- 70- 0:~~ 11- , _3- 00- : - 4.- 79-:5- ,5- 3 --2- 1 - ~-, -- 80- 0 .a- l~4- .J5-00- : :- 58-, 9~ Q~:
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Louisiana ,
730 t
Alabama......... , . 1,290 :
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173: 172: ' 1 ~
Georgia .& 1, 130 : 1,000:
800 83: 70: 65a
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South Caroline..: 5,280 : 5,700: 5,200: 87: 85: 95:
4652 484: 49 4
North Carolina.: 5,160 r 6,900: 61 900: 76: vo: 80:
39lz 483: . .5~ 2
Arkansas .: 1,000: 11 200: 1,100: 105: 95: 90:
107: 114:
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California : 1,980: 2,700: 2,800: 266: 280: 250a
524a . 756: 7CJ9
Group tot~~~ -16-,57'0 ;-J.9,'6oo:- T8;65o7 -lfo'f -1o9i"" -J.T2$ .... I,82o:-i;Y3..97 -2;-oB'z
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444: 530; 490: 1,484: 3,604: 2,450 , ) l, 200:./399: 600t 600: 2/ 284: 660: 720
Louisiana ,: 1,670 1 1, 200:
900r 96: 95: 90: - lEH: 114:
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Texas~ ......... , 12,740 : 7,800: 16,000: 86: 65a 80: l,O J 6: 507: 1,280
Georga . ' ' ,. 1,160 :
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167: . P6: . 128
. _ _G_r~ total :.-19',3oo: -17,7oo:- 23-;-9oo7' '"1,64; ....2'8.3": -l.957- 3,0.87,:-5;oo"ii.. -476})9 .: :
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Louisiana . . . . . . : 2,500
1,500: 1,200: 67: 65: 60:
l70a 98:
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Mississippi,,.,: -'!,660
l,OOO: 1,100: 79a 10: 60:
376: .10:.
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South Caroline..t 4,150
4,300: 5,000: 62: 60: 65z
254: 258:. ' 325
Georgia ........ : 5,540
5,700: 6,800: 78: 80: 85.:
435: 456t ..578
Alabama. : 3,280: 4,200: 4,000: . 84: 752 75; 270: 315: 300
Group total s-51, '740; -43, 2oo:- 517loo: -737 ...... 64;- 7'1':- 3, 7s7,-2-;-7'so7 ~~-651_
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caiifo rnie. , : 8,990: 111 000: Ar izona o& 3,).60 a 4,700:
91 300.: 722s 615: 3,500: 562: 790:
c 6,480: 6,765:June 11
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T~xas . .... ~: 55, 160= : 56,000: 61,;000: 162: 150:
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L9uisiana,. ; 3,340 a NI;i.ssissippi ~, 4,650 :
Al abama, , : 61 300 a GElJorgia,. : 47 1 700 a
2,100:
41 500: 71 200: 50,000a
1,800: 4,900: 6,800: 40,000;
272: 240a 312a 288:
270: 280: ~ 300: 275:
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S Quth Carolina,: 24,600 1 30,000a 26,000t 220: 180:
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N9rth Ce.roline..s 9,840 a 11, JOO: l0,500a 232: 200:
a 2,268: 2,220:
Ar kansas ....... : 3,660, 4,ooo: 4,400: 284a 285:
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Okle.home. ....... a 12,530: 10,000: 12, 000a 221z 150:
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Group total 't!8677'5o-,-194-;ioo"t
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D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, Iu Charge
L. H. HARRJS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
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?F G:ENERAL CROP,REPORT FOR GEOltGIA As MAY l, 1951
May 14, 1951
the late, cool spring this yee.r has delayed farm operations in most areas of the state,. Warm weather' during the 1~?-tter part of April however, was favorablEJ~ and
cro'frs survlvlng- w.rnter and spr1ng freezes .n~v$ made-re:p-rd~ recoveries ;- - Though -gra-in
abandonment, especially of oats, ha.s been heavy, condition. of the r(une.ining stands : ~s vtary good nnd prospocts for good yielQ.s are much brighter than they were .a month ngo. Cool , nigh~s and 'shortage of moisture since May 1, :have _mr.de _i-t;,_ difficult to
qecure stnnds ' of lo.te planted spring crops and a good g.enerc.i ro.in .is Iieedod. in mosj:;
sections of the state.
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, varieties ore moving to market from th e southern o.rec.s s.:>f the sto.te. On May third
lco ol hni). storms onul:)ea some do.mo.ge in th e Fort Vrlley ureo. Also oonsiderc.ble
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'WHEATa Bo.sEid on cQrtdit1ons o.s of Mcy 1, the 1951 Georgin wheo.t production is in-
9-ic nted o.t 1,904,000 bushels .comprre d with 1# 900 1 000 bushels harve sted one ye o. r ego. The wecthe r conditions during April \1rGre g<"ne rr lly fC\VOrnble end tho .
estirno.ted yie ld p e r acre of 13.5 bush e ls is r bove nv er nge .
OATS, The f n ll oat crop wcs dr'll1Dged by th e ',seve re vd. nter weathe r and acrenge . r.b ondo:runent wns much lo.rg r-: r thr,n usuo-1. Str'. n,ds wore .L. sp. ott c; d on the ncrco.ge
loft for ' h t rvest . The ncrco.ge of spring plC'.ntod onts is l nrg a r thc.n in recent' y Gr,r t
Report e d Mc.y 1 condition of 64 p er cent for n ll oats is. 9 points b elow th e conditi01
of on~. re~. r ngo nnd l5 points b e low. th e 1~40-~9 av erng e of 79 p e r cent.
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~~ACHESs Prospectiv e production of th e Ge orgie. totC':l pElo.ch crop {inchiding com,-
' merc~ol o.ntl fo.rtli prodootion) as of Mny l is plc. c.ed !ll.t 4,410,000 bushe ls
compared with ~7'5,000 bushels harvested in 1950 c. nd . is th 6 l o. rgest .crop since l947.
The fir'st shipments- ar~ exp ected about as followsa Mc.yflo.ve r, 1by 10; Dixired, Mn.y
:aos e, 21; Eo.rly Re~d . Fr c e, Muy-25; Eo.rly
Mc.y 28; Dixig ~o>m, June 2; Er.c rly Hil ey, June
10; nntl Elborto.s Juiy 4~ . P oq.k movement shcauld occur a week to 10 dnys o. ft o.r t 'he
sto.rt of ho.:rvest. Locnl hctil storms on Mo.y 3 c.c.used some dcmego to the cr<?:P in
.Tnylor, Pec.ch and Cro.wford counties. (See revers e sid& for detail ed conunents lby
sto.te s).
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1, ~98
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440
460
Miss,
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518
286
200
Ark. Ln.
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2,:482 .. 33o
2~412 260
1,980 . 18 9
900 .
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ARCHIE LfillGLEY J..gricul~urn l Stc.tistiq ian
UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS Of MAY 1, 1951
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lf~ ya~her c9.ndit~ons during the firs.t two-thirds of April retarded fann .work e.;nd .v.ege~.~
!'~i'ite growth in the greater pary 9' the . ~n~erior of :the oou;ntry. .In the Nortl1ea'st . a:ijd most Atlantic States, .north.ern :Hinnesota and the . Dakotas, and in much of the Ti'e~]
progress .was mosq.y satisfactory to advanced. In the larger portion .of the cquntryf. fiqweye.r, qelays r .\3su~ted ..frorn the iriver than usual temperatures gemira.py,. c.'.oupled t
:\'fith., ~ry s.oils in the ~en~re.l and southern Great )~lains,. but wet fields elsewhere. ~
frosts in April. a~pp~d dee:t'.. ~~0 ~I:e South, resulting in _light additional druna'ge t 'o,..
frvit. Slow ..deve~oP,me11t of )'li3.s~u~~s .: in~ ro~s~?d demands .. ~on hay and roughage supplies
But when we.n:ii.er ~han. usuel t emperat'\aes fot >Aprn came in the latter part of tne
month, iniprovemerit in dev.elopm~nt or ~il v.egetatio'n was r~oid. Fanne~s with their
power eqtirf)ment beg~ri to cetch up on th e ir spring work. :iiie fav.orable conditioris .
have continued to date in May.
Wide ranges of temperature marked April weather,' fr6m unusurlly cool in the first three weeks to unseasonably Warm near . the end of the month. Average temperatures for
the month, however I showed reletively sm~> 11 departures from normal. As a result of
the adverse April weather, progress of spring work; was delayed in much of the interio
a.rea of the country, apparently most seriously in Missouri and Tennessee. Soil moisture
was ~adequate to excessive ra-the r generally, the chief except ion being a large from western Louisiana end 0klahoma westward to southern Californ~_a. Perfs of this area received helpful but mostly insufficient rains at the :.end of April.
WINTER WHEAT: The 1951 crop of winter wheat is. pow estimated at 682 miLI.ion bus11eJ,.s,
e 44 million b ushels l~ss than indicated on April l. A crop this size
would be the smallest sine 1943 .an'd 9 'perd;et+t smaller than the 751 mill ~on ' bush~),.
\~tinter wheat crop of 1950, which a.:1so \lias s~riously injur~d . by fu.ought and ins~ct in-
festation in the southern Gre~t Plains Area, The current ~ndieated crop is ~ver an
eighth smaller than the 10-year average production of-' 791~' 7641 000 . bushels.
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PEAciiESJ The peach or9p , in tlje 10 South~rn:'states is foreo~st at 17,S99~'6oo=15usJ:{e.ls
., .,. ....":"- a,l.rilost ~hree tin!-es iast year's short crop of 6, 10. 3~.000 bushels bu~....
slightly less than the 10-yea.r average production of 17,7~2,00Q. bushels.. Large ,crops are in'dicated fo!' th~ Carolinas an Georgia.,.. a.nq fair crops for Texas, Oklahoi:ruc'a~q
Florida, . Short crops are in prospect for Alal'Hima, Missis$ipp i, 'Atkrinsas aiJ..d..
Louisiana because of spring frost dam~ e.
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South Carolina expects a record crop of 6, 708;ooo bushels compared ;_.,ith the n~a r- . ..
failure last year of 468,000 bushels ~nd the Qvera~e of 3,799,000 bushels. The set of fruit is .v,ery heavy e.nd mos.t . orchards ;.;.ill ~ ~reqube thinning to produce des irs.ble ..
sized . fruit . . . Ql.lality- is expected tG be . goo'd to excellent. HPrvest of the edrliest
as varieties is expected to stnrt the first week in June .Hileys the first weeK in
July and. Hale Havens and Elbert nr.ound mid-July... The . North Caro.lina. p.eech :c rop....is
forecast at 2, 772,000 bushels--5 times the sho~:t ~.r.op of lost year and 28 perotmt
above average. Georgia expects c crop of 4, 410,000 busQe1s--'* times ,the short ,crqp
of last yea~ but 8 percent less then average. Alabamn '.a.nd MississippJ,. at 460,000. -
and 260,000 .bushels, respectively, are about equal to last year's pro uction, but.
only about one-third of average. The Arkansas peach crop was severely damaged b~ ..
sub-zero weather around February l, The loss wa.s grea tE;st in the Cla~ksville anq ~, .
Crowley Ridge areas. Elbcrtas suffered most. Frosts o:nd hail in April in the Nash-:
ville area took a further ~ol1. The crop is forecast at 900,000 bush~ls--about orte~
ha lf of last year and tv~fifths of av erage. The Texris crop at 1,!50~000 bushels .is
85 percent more than last year but 18 perc.ent less thari average. Ol!lnhomo. expects .
< ..: 464.,.0,00 b.ushels--a f.ourth~~.nbove las.~ yee~ r . but s~_igh:tly below av<:rag~. : Wirginia ..
pro~?p.~c:ts . O.s a :wh_ql~ are l')ear average, ~l.~ho..ugh t~e crop in the Romiok_e ~:.o.re ~ a:.n'.~ :~n :._
August~ and Nelson counties was drunaged . s.~verel~ by frosts in mid-April.. . : .,. ., \,:
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GSNERAL: Sunny and warmer weathex- .of the past tvvo week:8 -has beeri favorabl e for
Georgia truck crops, but inadequate s-oii moisture is' rapidl.y becoming a
serious threat to . growth development. Both q)J,R.J:i,ty . and pro~uction will suffer sub-
stantially unles s generous rains are rece:l. ved 'soon~.. Hail a:nd: h.i.gh wi'rids on May ):
and 4 caused moderate to severe damage to .some. truck cr.ons in' sca:tter.eti:..localitii8"' -
in the southern pa rt of the sta;e, especially 'th~ Colquitt County -area. Ha rvesting
of cabbage, snap beans, onions, and Irish potatoes . i~. getting well underway, with
h.::.rvesting of l e ttuce almost cwnple te. , .. .
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3NAP BEANS: Harvesting of snap b.ean1:! is ,just beginning in 'sout_h Georgia. Quality
from first pickings was poor. due to the cold late spring but is expected
to improve from later plantings if rains are received. Some. planting has taken place
in north Georgia and is expected to become general in the next two weeks.
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poor demand to date is expeoted t0 .p.ause more abanqonment from the l ower ed acreage
left by the .unusually cold t;pring.. ,Through May 12; only 22.5 cars had moved by rail
compared with 1,382 to the same date .last year. In no~th Georgia cabbage are being
3~t to the fi elds under favora ble conditions.
CUCill-lBERS: Outl ook .for c'tcumbe rs at present is ' gb'od ; but rain is badly ne eded in
most . areas. Light harvesting is e'xpect'ed durfng late May or early June-.
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Satisfa ctory prices are bei ng r e ceived for the better than aver a ge yi e lds
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pimiento pepper crop off to a good start. ?fY weather has _held yp
setting to the fi elds and is causi ng poor stands.
LETTUCE: The season j,s about ov~; for l ettuc~ -, except a fey/j_~ght cuttin.'i$ i)-1_some
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Light harvesting is expec:: t ed around the last of May .
'VATERi',lELONS : This crop is ne eding rain in the main producing areas . Vine growth
ha s been slow due to the late cold spring and dry weather. Harvesting
i_ s expected to r un one to two we e ks l a t e r than l ast year.
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- - -- - e~~~li'l;'~d::~about Ma.y 20. Quality is fair to goo:i b'Ut the crop is light.
t.arvesting of snap beans in Florida declined rap idly during the first half of the
month and the a ctive marketing season on this crop is practically over. North
Cr rolina' s late spring snap bean crop is now in full bloom in practically all areas -~nd is b e gi nnin p; to put on young be ens.
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lV{r:~y , reaching its reak during the early part of June
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after 'getting ;of f to a late start. Harvest is expected to begin t h is
>'.leek. The e.ctiv e .. shi.p ping: season for cuc<imbers in the central and south Florida
sections is just ebout ove.r but sorre late fields will continue to harvest ' in this S:rea during most of the re>Yt9i. nde r of the month if market conditions are f~vor e.ble.
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IRISH POTATOES: Dry we e ther is be g inning to cause concern among co mmercial potato
:: > - - - - - - gro.~ers in ' l~ orth C'P. rolina. Earliest di gging is expe cted about
l11ay 25 end 26 and will conti nue until ab out June 11. The short Tenness ee acreage i s ua kin~ reason ab le growth in the Franklin - Coff e e CountY area. Carlot movement is underway in volume fro m 'Bald win e.nd 11obi le Counties in Al a b ama. Peak movement from the southwest Alabama area is expected to be re a che d by May 18.. Harvest .f.rom
the small Mi. ss is sip pi Erly p ot a to acre ~ge is expected' m st art roout May 22.
roMATOES: Mississippi torne.t.oes got a l ate start and harvest will likely sta:rt .?,bout
mid-June. R.ecent we a th e r in 'AlBb&.ma has been fav orable for the. oeveloprr:ent of tome. toes. Presenc'e1 of f ru -i.t w or~s and. bl i e;ht has beim reported , but farll'\e rs
have held damage to a minimum by dusting;
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ONIONS: Harvest of the south Texas onion crop is well along. SupplieS ~f onions are expe cted fro m th~ Wint e r Gard e n and Eagle Pass. s'ections . into the early
part of June . Most north .Texas onion . ar ea s . continue to rrake very good progress with light harve st expe cted the l a tte r part of May.
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WATERMELOHS: The s pring wa t e Mel on crop in the are a south of Gainesville , Florida _has suffered c onsid e rably fro m lack of r ain duri ng the pa s't month .
Active har.ve sting shoul,d get underway in the Leesburg ar e a the we e k of May 21, with heaviest production coming in e arly June. Ha rve sti ng i s expected t.o begin in the licinto sh - Newberry - Trenton - Gai.ne s ville area aro1md June 5 - 10, In Texas the laredo irri r:;e:ted section, and light plantings in the irr ie;ate d Winter G~rde~snould f urnish a light harvest star.ting late in May. Crops in mos t other e nrly areas are somewhat l ater than usual. Crops in central and eastern counties have continued to make good vine growth and ' sh ow promise of production eb ou t the" usuai ' time - starting late i.n June, wi.th peak production early in ~Tuly.
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AVEAAGE PRICES PAID GEORGIA TIMBER PRODUCERS FOR S~ANDING TIMBE;R AND SAWLOGS (As of April 15, 1951)
Georgia timber prices, by kinds of timber, on April 15 of this year showed that ~tat~ averages reported have increased 2 to 10 per cent over similar figures of January 15, 1951. These increases were a continuation of the upward price trend e~tsting in Georgia during the past year. This quarterly report ie based on pre . vailing prices of standing timber and sawlogs as reported by sawmill operators over the state.
Increases in state average prices reported on April 15 compared with the s~me date one year ago by kinds of standing timber are: pine., 40 per cent; red oak, 36 per cent.; white oak, 31 per .cent~ gum, 33 per cent; and poplar 1 41 per cent. Corrspor!ding increases in prices of sawlogs delivered at sawmills or local deli very polnts are: pine, 29 per cent; r ed oak, 31 per cent; white oak, 28 per cent; gum, 33 per cent; and poplar, 31 per cent, Any chaRges since April 15 are not r eflected in the r eport.
Data on price s ~y kinds of timber were tabulated by forestry ar eas of whi ch ther e are five in the s~~te (see accompanying map). There are various lumber scale standards used. in buytng timber but the Doyle scale is the one most commonly used in Georgia so all prices quoted in the a ccompanying table ar e in t erms of this scal e. In many individual capes the prices paid timber producers varied considerably from averages shown, depending upon such factors as quality, siz e , and location.
Acknmvledgement is made to those sawmill operators whose cooperation has made these reports possible.
(See reverse side for price data.)
ARCHIE LANGLEY HARRY A. WHITE
Agricultural. Statisticians
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician
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Ave rage Prices Pe.id for Standing Timber and Saw log s Delivered at Local Points . * (Reported by Sawmill Operator s as of Apr. 15, 1950 : and as of Jan . 15 and Apr . 15 for 19 51)
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TRUCK CROP NEVYS
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Athens, Georgia
GENERAL: Previous and continued dry weather during the last half of May in North and Central Georgia has left truck crops in poor to fair condition. The
drought has been largely alleviated by good rains in most southern areas, but additional soil 1noisture is needed for better growth and production. Harvest season f~ drawing to a close for cabbage, snap beans and onions in southern areas, with cucumbers and tomatoes gaining momentum daily.
LIMA BEANS: Outlook for the lima bean crop in Georgia is poor due to the prolonged
dry weather and irregular stands. Some harvesti~g, is expected in
southern areas by June 1.
SNAP BEANS c Shipment of South Georgia snap beans is drawing to ,.q. close with a very short harvesting season due to the dry weather. Rains were received
too late to be of much value to yields and quality. Dry weather has held up planting in the North Georgia areas and harvesting season is expected to be later than normal.
CABBAGE, NORTH GEORGIAc Setting and growing conditions have been disappointing this season due to the drought since late spring. Some
intended acreage has never been set to the fields. Little or no harvesting is expected until about July 1.
CANTALOUPS_: The first harvesting of carita.loups is expected around June 25th in southern counties. Dry weather has damaged the early crop but recent
rains have be~n very beneficial, especially to the late planted acreage.
CUCUMBERS: Light harvesting is getting underway, with peak movement expected during the first and second week of June. Quality has been poor from the first
pickings, but is expected to improve now that rains have been received in most of this area.
IRISH POTATOES: Harvesting of the South Georgia potato crop is well underway in the main producing areas. Dry weather did considerable damage in re-
ducing yields and size of potatoes. The North Georgia p~tato crop has been hard hit by the late cold spring and present drought. Very poor stands were attained and vine growth has been held to a minimum by dry weather.
TOMATOES: There has been little or no harvesting of tomatoes prior to June 1. Rains have been received in the main tomato producing areas and prospects have
improved. Widespread hail damage has been reported in the Glennville area.
PIMIENTO PEPPER: The prolonged dry weather has delayed setting to the fields and causing poor stands. It is feared that the intended acreage of
26,000 will not be reached.
WATERMELONS: Watermelons have made slow progress due to the dry weather and recent high winds have caused considerable damage to vines. Much needed
rains h&ve been received in some localities and the crop is making rapid improvement at present time. Little or no harvesting is expected before the last week in June.
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Mo rerren t is ex..pe c. t'ed t~ ~itart d luIn~ the week of June 10 and reach peak about the ?5th.
SNAP :lEANS: Snap beans have deteriorated considerably in South Carolina during the 7---~ .. le.st two weeks. Peak movement is over but supplies are expected to be
~vaileble in most areas until about mid-June. Harvesting is well underway in North
Carolina.
O_@BAGE: ~JTovement of North Carolina's cabbage crop is about over. Some growers are
not harv esting all their crop due to ~m.rket conditions. Tennessee cab ba ge ~respects were further reduced by dry, cool, windy weather t."J.e last half of May.
0-ANTALOUFS: Ce.ntaloups are developing very slowly in South Carolina and light sales
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are expected from some early plantings e.bout June 20. Harvesting has
S~tarted in the Oxford - Belleview - Ocala area ani the movetrent from north Florida
should be in its peak during. +.he first half of June.
IRISH POTATOES: The potato crop in South Cs.rolina has held up well despite the dry
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'-'ntil about June 15. Harvest of potatoes in the principal commercial area of south-
~est Alabama has about passed the peak. Yields and quality have been exceptionally g.ood. The Tennessee crop is suffering from lack of rain e.nd a much re du~Jed yield is
t,n prospect unless rain comes 's oon.
TOM..ATOES: In most areas of South Carolina, tomatoes are in good condition and plant: are well fruited. Harvest has started with peak shipments expected aroun<
rrii d- ._Tune. Earvesting is practi cally completed in the i mportant Fort l-' ierce and Manatee - Ruskin sections of Florida. ~rhe area .from Webster to Mcintosh should continue in production during mos t of the first half of June.
WATERMELONS: Harvesting in the Leesburg area of Florida i.s well over its peak. The Monticello area is expected to start shipping about June 15 and to be
in peak production June 20 - 30. The west !' lorida area should be in its peak p'rci-_. duction aune 25 to July 4. Prospect s continued to improve, particularly in the earl: se ctions of Texas, where the season was late starting. Harvest was expected to star in the Falfurrias area the latter part of May. Crops in the later are a s are making g ood vine growth end should be in production ab o ut the usual time, starting in late June or early July. In South Carolina a few melons may be harve sted a s e a rly as June 20, but movement of consequence . will likely start in the Allendale - Barnwell Hampton area during the week of June 24, become general by July 1, and re F.ch the pea! about mid-July
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.FA.RM PRICE REPORT AS OF MAY 16, 1951:
June 61 1951
GEORGIAt . -The a:ll eonunodity il'ldex of p:~.ices received by fanners in Georgie. declined
three points during .the~ _J!lonth ending May 15, 1951. It is now 320 percent
pf the August 1909-July 1914 average after he.yi~g established e. new all-time record
pf 323 percent during t'he month ending i\pril 15, 1951.. Declines in prices received
~or cotton and cottons e~d wer~ la r~ely responsible .ror the r .eduction in the ali
tiommodi ty index.
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Individual comnoditY indexes showed slight che.nge,s. The .index for grains, meat animals, and fruits rempined uncha~ged . The index fot de.iry' products increas e d one
point. As e. result of high_er egg prices_ duri~g the month, the index for chickens
and eggs increased two points. The index of miscellaneous commodities .comprising Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes~ peanuts,: soybec.ns, cowpens, tobacco, ail hny, ,nnd
wool advanced t wo po~nts, primarily as a result of increased ~prices for o.ll ho.y,
wool, peanuts, and sweet potatoes.
UNITED STATES1 Declines' in ' prices ror meat' .anima ls, s.trawberries, .cotton, milk1. wool, o.nd ~ec.t from mid-April to mid-'Mo.y were prima rily responsibl e
~ for reducing the Index of Price's Receive<;l by Fonne_rs slightly more thc.n .1 percent , or 4 points, to 305 perc~ntof the 1910-14 o.vera.ge, the Buren~ of Agricultural Economics o.nnounoed today. Declines of these commoditles wer~ only pnrti o. lly offsot by slightly higher pric es fbr corn, butterfr.t, eggs# and s .ome truck an.d fruit crops.
During the same period~ the P o. rity 1ndex dec.l:ined one point to 282 perc ent of the 1910-14 o.verage, primo.rily C\S 0. result of :lower prices for fe e de r livestock a nd some seeds, v>Jhich were only partially offset by incr ens es in h c. rv esting machinery c.nd f ee d. Rura l living prices o. lso n dvcmced.
As n result, th e Pc,rity Rntio (ro.tio of the Inde,x of P:rices Receiv.ed by Fr.rme rs to
the Index of Prices Paid by Ff' rmers including Interest, To.xes, c.nd Wnge. Ra.tes) de-
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54.o 5~.0 - ~ 1 25.5
55.7 59.9
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= INDEX NUMBERS OF. PRICES ~EIVED BY FARMERS I N GEORGIA (August 1909 -July 1914 100)
All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains
!-..feat Animals Dairy Products
Chicken &Eggs
Fruits Y.i sceileneous
May 15
1950
235 248 156 371 210 177 . 186
171
Apr. 15
1951
323
361 188 . - 496 239 217 243 188
May 15
.1951
320 355 188 496 240 219 243
.190
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Penalty for private use to avoid paymen~ of postag~ $300.
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ACREAGE ANDINDICATED PRODUCTION
June 13, 1951
(June 1, 19Sl)
. -~~ Bureau pf Agrieul tU+"aJ.. Economies makes the following report on the acreage, yield, and pro ~:uction of eommarciaJ. truck crops for the fresh markei; from reports and data furnished by crop porrespondents_, field Sj;atisticians, .and cooperating ~ate agencies. . :
~IMA . BEANS~ . The .sprin~ crop ' in Florida, ~eorgia : and South Carolina i~ now ~xpected
-~ - to total 38,000 bushels,. sl~ghtly . l;?elo~ t_he May forecast. Th~s pro-
Q.uction is 30. percent less than last year 1s spring crop of 339~boQ bitshels and 48
percent below the 1940-49 average of 456,000 bushels. While supplies\ have passed .
}he_peak .in Florida,.they are just ~oming on the markets in Georgia and SouthCer~
~
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SNAP BEANS: - Production in th~ mid-spring areas is .now expected to b~ 1,900,000
:
bushels--10 percent below the May 1 indications . Yieldsi in J1ississipp:i,
!md South Carolina were sharply reduced by hot dry weather. The .presrant prospective
. P-roduction
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is 15 below
percent below the 1950 the 194049 average of
mid-s;ering crop Of
2,145;ooo .
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bushels
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CABBAGE: In the i<ily. sununer areas~ prod~c:t;,ion'is expocte.d to be ab~ut 1 percent
.above last summer's early crop and 19 percent above average-~99,600 tons
~or 1951 compared with 98,600 tons in 1950 and the 1940-49 average o~ 83,500 tons~
The 12,800 ac~es reported. fo~ harvest are 2 percent below the 13,120 : acre~ _ jn _ l95Q~
but slightly
~tbove .
the
1940.:.4' 9
aver.. age
o.t. '12,680 .
acres. . .
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CANTALOUPS: The ~<1,_l.J_~s;.unrrier areas are expected to haY~? .' a 10 percep~ s~aliE?r ~rop
This
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an de
ia l:.Y crease
S6-_is
1;8991 000 c largelY due
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ate to
s compared with the r~duced .acre
2,101,000 age in,al
crates l State
s
in . .
.l950.The
average yield _indic:at ed by conditicns on, June 1 was only slightly below the 1950
yielQ. per acre and wel+ above aver{l-ge;
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CUCUMBERs: LO:te spring' productidl1 :is expected to total .' 2,-007,.000 .bushels,._75,000 .. .
. bushels less .than , tpe May 1 f.orecast. The present indication for. 1951
is about 6 perce.nt below the 1950 production of 2,139,000 bushels, but 10 percent
above the 1940-49 average of 1,820,000 bushels~ Indicated yields per acre are
above last year in Alabama and North Carolina but generally poorer than a year ago
in other states. --
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COMMERCIAL EARLY .IRISH POT.ti.TOES: Based on June 1 condi.tion, acr.eage for . summer
harvest in Vii:-giniaj Maryland, Kentucky, i'hssouri,
Kansas 1 Nebraska, 're.xas, Ge.orgia. and N?w .Jt;rse_y is eX!_)ected to p~oducc 17,3721 000 bushels. Production now indicated is 27 percent smaller than ' last y~ar's crop and
22 percent below average. In each of these States, except the Texas ' Panhandle,
acreage has _been reduced this year. Yield ~rospects are above average in all States
except Geo~gia, where the late .cold spring and continued dry weather: combined to
reduce prospective yelds.
.
TOMATOES: The acreage of l~tc sp~ing tomatoes ~s no~ indicated ~t 5l,l00 acres, the
same as _estimated las'b :month -and l8 percent above ths- 43,~00 acres har-
vested last year. Those States contributing td the larger acreage of this year are Texas, with an increase- of , 6,5oo-crcres, Georgia .vri;tl:l -an increase ~f 1,100 acres, and Mississipp~: ,and South Carolina 'tegether. accounting for an incr~as~ . ~f 800 acres.
These increas'es much more than off-Bet the small acreage decreases in Louisiana and Alabama, - -
WATERMELONSt The testimated 1:84,400 acres for harvest during the early summer season
.
. is 11 4.00 a9res more than indicated a month ago and 5 percent less than
last year's 194,100 :~ores Total .early summer lproduction is now estimated at
46,485,000 melons, 3 percent below -that of last YE?ar Yields p~ acre are expected
to average somewhat better than last year in mqst early .su,nuner m:eas, but bolov1 the
ton-year average. ' , ._ -
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After Five .Days Return to United .States Department of ~gricult~e.
Bureau of _Agricult~al Economics -319 Extension Building .. . . . .. Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL 'BgSINESS :
Form BAE-D-6/5.1-1376 Permit No. '1001
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck ' Crop Estimato~
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1940-49 1950 1951 40-49 1950 1951' '1940,:.!9. \ 1950
Ind. 1951
ACRES .1\CRES ACRES
- Bushels -
LIMA BEANS: . ..
. Prelin~. .. .. . . . ....
Spring
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Florida ' Georgia
3:,.040 2;050 - 1,500 79 1, 790 1,200 900 57
95. ,. 90 65 . 65
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South Carolina Group total
2,430 7,26o
1,100 :.4,350 !
- : 900
~-3,300.
54 66.
6o .' 5o 78 72, ,
- 1,000 bushels -
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ACRES . ACRES. ACRES . - .Bushels -
~~id,;.Spring
Prelim.
< c~lifornTa
4, 780 . 4,.ooo 4,3oo' 160 255 ' 225 ' 746 1,020
968
1ouisiana
6,330 4,400 3, 5'00 65 75 65 . 408
330
228 :
Miss'issi:P:Pi '),280 3,ooo. 3,200 75 . 85 so 241.:. 255
16o:'
Alabama
1,9hO 11 700 1,700 66 65 70 . .. 110
ilO ~ 119
. Georgia
. 3,530 2,900 2, 600 60 55 55 208 . .. 160 143
----r-------- --- -- .. ' South Carolina - 5,91'0 .5,ooo.. 4, 700 73-. 70 Group total _ 25,540 21,000 20;000 85 106
60 432 . 350 ,
282
95 -2,1-4-5 --' 2-,2-25-~~1,-90-0
<;:ABBAGE: .
Early Sunnner
:New Jersey . '. 4,440
New York, L. I 1,090
Georgia, North
760
Indiana
i;770
4,Soo
. 900
1,100
2,300
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4,600 16.2 s.o . 7.S
r600 900 9.6 9.5 10.0 0,400
I 900 Jh6 4.5 4.0 3,Soo
2,3oo 6.6 . 6.-0 7,0 1,000
. ,.; Ton5 .._
36,ooo 34,500
. 8,600 . . 9_,000 5,000 3,600 13,800 . 16,100
Illinois..
___ Iowa
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3,h3b
1,190
12,680
3,309 3,100 6.5 8.1 9,0 2,000 26,600 27,900
1;020 . 1,090 7.7 8.-4 8.5 9,100 . 8,600 B,So_o.
13,120 12,800 ' 6.61 7.52 7,'78 83',500 9. 8:-;60-0.- 99,600.
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CANTALOUPS:
Jumbo Crts~. :70 11: ': . 1,00~ crates:
Earl:r Summer -Nevarla
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200 100 .138 150 . lSO
5
30
15
:Georgia
.4,850 3,6bo . .".2, 900 , 62 . 65 60 275 '23h . 174
south Carolina 3,600 3,300 3,000 52 40 45 184 ' i32
135
Arizona, other 12,040 11,000 10,500 115 155 1 lSO 1,374" 1,705 ' 1,575
Gr~up total -2o,"S2o -18~ioo-16;.5oo- 91 ~ 1i61115 -~ 1,8;,7.::- """2~ioi~ ~. 1;'899
CUCill'IBERS: Late Spring
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ACRES ACRES Acn~s
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Bushels - . .
Prel~.
_
1, 000: bushels -
Louisiana
730
6oo - S5o 90 100 . 95
66 .
60 ' " 52
Alabama
1,290' 1,500 1,300 137 .. 115 125 . -173 . ._. 172
162
Georgia
1,130 1,000 800 83 70 65 93
70
.52
South Carolina 5,2ao S,?oo -s,2oo a? 85 7S . 465
484
390
North Carolina 5,160 . 6,900 6.,900 76 . .70,'" - 80 391
483 . ..... -552
Arkansas
1,ooo -1,200 1,100 1o5 95'. 90 .107 .
114
99
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1, 980 2, 700 2,800 ~66 280 . 250 .5.24 .
756
7oo
Group total 16,570 19,600 18,650 110 ~- 10-9 . 108 - 1,- 82-0 --- 2~-13-9 .~-2,- 00-7
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POTATOES: sunnner
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Vi r gi n i a
ACRES . ACRES ACRES - Bushels -
- 1,000 bushels -
Prelim.
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36,BSo 3l~ooo 26;000 166 225 : 215 6:,-042 . I 6, 976 . 5;592
Haryland
5, 760 . 4,9oo 4,bbo 142 lSO 1:90 . 816 . 735 ' :760
Kentucky
3, 87'0 . ~,800 2,300 136 150 . l)~O
520
420 , . 322
Miss ouri 1
337oo 1~900 l,6oO 176 2Bo 220
648 . 532
352
Kansas
5,560 2,800 2,500 161 200 210 87.5 ' 560
525
NebraSka
. . ~,200 3,100 2,300 238 290 250 .1, 218 .. 899
575
Texas
7,710 4,300 4,600 219. 23? 230. . 1, 663 , 1, 010 1, 058
Geor gi a
1,790 1,300 1,100 106 110 '80 189
143' . ' . .. 88 _.
-.-------------- New Jersey
. 53,:320 . :40,000 30,000 193 310 270 . 10,248 12,400 8~100
Group ' total - 12- 3,- 76- 0 - -92. - ,1- 00- - 74-,4- 00- 181 -'I ... - . - 2!- )7- 233 2.2,~~8 - 23,675 17 ,372
TOMATOES:
ACRES ~CRES
ACRES - Bushels -
- 1,~00 bushels -
Late Spring
Prelim.
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:Texas , other Louisiana
31,610 26,Soo 33,000 72 2,500 l,Soo 1,200 67
62 - 73 ., 2~28} :.' ' ~ 1~ 643 . 2,409
65 70
170 ' , . 98 . .. . 84
Mississippi
4,660 1,000 1,100 79 10 45 376
10
50
South Carolina . 4,150 4,300 s,ooo 62 60 65 254
258
325
Georgia
5,540 5,700 6,800 78 80 80 435
456
544
---- ---- ---- ---- .Alabama
3,280 4,200 4,ooo 84 75 75 270
Group total - s1;74o- j43,2oo 51,100 ~-7-3..--6-4-;.. .11/.3- 3,787
315 2,780
300 3,712
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UNITED ~TATE.~ DI::MR.TME.NT OF AGf\ICU\..TURE.
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U~evt.'JUITV or GtO"GIA
GOLI.E.GE. OP AGF\1 C.IJL.Tio~lllt: .
At hens, Georgia GENERAL CROP REPORT .FOR GEORGIA ~~-O!._<!_{f.N._l...t...~Sl
June 13,,; 1951
Hot dry weather and prolonged drought conditions during the month of Hay retarded development of crops in areas of northern and central Georgia. Some areas were r (3p ortedly without rainfall !for 40 days . On June 1 prospects were not favorable for even fair stands of some crops. M~ farmers did not have stands of cotton or c9rn, and a reduction in yield of oats was apparent. Crops in the southern part of ~to state were reported to be in a more favorable condition due to rainfall received in May .
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S~.nc e June 1, frequent showers in manyaraas of the. northern and central s ections have allevi aterl the drought conditions considerably, and most crops are recovering rapidly. Harvesting operations f or wheat and oats are underway, and although oat yi elds have 'been reduced, a r ecord yield of 15.5 bush els per acre of wheat is expected. Crops planted in May ~rill evidently be l at er t han usual due to dry weather
WHEAT: The condition of wh eat as r eported on June l indicut es a crop in Georgi a of
2,186,000 bushels comp~ed with 1,900,000 bushels in 1950. An i ndi cated
yield per acre of 15. 5 bushels is l.S b1~h e ls abovG the previ ous r ecord for the stab.
Total production vri.ll not exceed the average of 2,470,000 bushels f or the period f.rc
1940 to 1949 due to a 7 per cent reduction in acreage for harvest from last year's
r eport .
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OATS: The 9'eor gia oat crop is placed at 15,232,000 bushels. Only fair stands hc;ve been r eported throughout the state , and t he crop has been d ~1aged by advers e
weather conditions.
PEACHES: The Georgia peach crop, bas ed on June 1 condition, should be about
4,410,000 bushels. This is slightly below the aver age of 4,790,000 bush eJ..r pr oduc ed during t he peri od from 1940 to l 9h9; however, t his production is about 4. 5 times larger than ~ast year's crop of 975,000 bushels. At the present time, harvest ing operations are underv:ay .and, although hot dry ~-m ath er has r educ ed the s i ze of t he fruit i'n'some cas es, th e quality has been very good and insect damage has been much less thap in r ecent years.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultur al Statistician, In Charge
HA.ImY A. WHITE Agri cultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agric ultural Statistician
BURTON J . HAP..RINGTON Agricultural Statistician
Return After Five -uays to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Econorrics
319 Extension Building
. , At hens, Georgia .... ..OFFIC IAL BUSn'ESS
For~ BAE~A-6751-3985 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoi payment of postage $300.
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I*p~_qvement in producti\J~ prospects d\lring il1ay h<l9'- brought the . current situationk fol
the' country as a whole, ' virtually up to normal for June l. Favorable factors ha}"_e
about offset earli~r adverse factors. ivhile acreage losses of winter wheat h?-vehb.e~, p~avy, mostly in the central and southern Great Plains, Hay weather helped te?.: iplp:t'o:l_r, y;ield prospects on the remaining acreage. 'l'he abandoned acreage is being re~~?-nted~ '
to much need.ed food crops, mostly corn: arid sorghums. Hhile spring work ancf :S~edrig pf grains had been delayed in large interior portions of the country, farmers during
M~y were largely able to catch up to schedule. The area where seeding was most de-
l~yed includes much of Iowa, ltiss ouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Montana. In most
n9rtherly areas, spring grains were largely seeded by usual dates and in the Corn
l3~lt t he planting of corn and soybeans has made rapid progress. Unfavorably dry C OJ1
d~tions in the South were relieved in most parts by rains in early June.
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Y::\..eld prospects for winter wheat improved during May and production is nolv estimated
at 705 million bushels, about 23 million more th ah on Hay 1. Harvest has started
upder favorable conditions in the South. rt is slightly later than usual in the $ ~mth1.-rest, which permits the plants to take advantage of favorable moisture conditi01
8;t filling time. Heavy rains and cool we ather in Hay were followed by yellor,;ing of ..
ttte leaves in parts of the central Great Plains.
Growers appear optimistic generally about the corn crop. They made rapid progress wtth planting in the main Corn Belt and, though the start was a little late~ than
usual, were ne arly done by June l. ?ields lvere lvell prepared, many have been cultiv~ted and are clean. In t he dry South, corn was less affected than most other cropS in central Texas, fields are in silk and tassel and a bumper crop appears 11made 11 Dr y weather had delayed cotton planting , also necessitated much replanting, and s~ands in a large dry area are not satisfactory. The weather, however, favored chop ping and cultivation, and fields are mostly c],ean. 'i'he dry weather also retarded
s ~tting of tobacco plc:.nts, particularly in Tennessee and Virginia, but the crop is
expected to respond quickly to recent rains. Peanuts were mostly planted under f ~vorable conditions and have made good progress. The dry weather in the South was f~vorable for harvesting grain and hay, but has reduced yields.
ALL 1tl.HEAT: The Nation~ pr ospective total 1951 wheat crop is 1,054 million bushels .. Despite the generally adverse csrow:i.ng conditions from early fall to mid-
April t his year throughout most of the important hard red wint er wheat producing bel p*oduction of all wheat as now indicated will exceed slightly t he 1, 027 million bushc crop harvested a year ago . Thus, the combined crop of fall and spring sown wheat is ~Xpected to be the eighth succes sive crop to exceed a billion bushels, but is sligh~ s maller t han the 10-year average production of 1,071 million bushels.
OATS: June 1 conditions indic ate an oats crop of 1,341 million bushels. This com-
pares wi t h l,L~65 million bushels last year , and the average of 1,312 million
bushe ls. Adverse we a ther during the winter severely dama ged fall-seeded oats . S e~d
ing of much of the spring crop got off to a slow start. However, prospects improved
considerably during the latter part of Hay when generally favor able we ather prevaile.
in most of the major producing states.
pEACHES: The peach crop is f or ecast at 65,537,000 bushels. This compares with
53,485,000 bus hels produced in 1950 and 74,818,000 fn 1949 . The 10-year average is 71,150,000 bushels. The 10 Southern States are expecting a near average crop - about thre e times the short crop of 1950~ Western production is ind ic ated about 12 per cent above 1950 but 17 per cent below 1949. The crop in the middle Atlantic States is expected to be above a year ago and above average while peach prospects in the Central States are very poor, only 44 per cent of average .
Prospects in the 10 Southern States declined about 2 per cent during May, from 17,699,000 bushels to 17,317,000 bushels. The 1950 crop in these Stat~s, was... 6,103,000 bushels. Many areas in th ese States had very little rain dwin~ 'tvray. The
crop was suff ering bec ause of the lack of moisture on June l but good rains have bee?
received since the first of the month .
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TRUCK CROP NEWS
Athens, Georgia
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June 15, 1951
.. L!ENERA;L:~.' .. .General rains have been received in the northern pc:U-t of th~ sta~e, where . .. :. , . : the ..need had been greater than el.s~where . Practicchly.. all central and so~thern areas received rairi during the past two .weeks, but ge~eral deterioration ip
both quality and yields is showing up in most truck crops due to dry . weather :damage
alreagy .~ncurred. ToiJlato harvest is in full swing with harvesting of cantalorips
lnd w.atermelons expected to get. underway around June 20-25. Light harvesting of
North Geo;rgia cabbage has s'tarted. The conditi011 of the pimiento pepper crop...is
s. h
bw?-ng
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.improvement. as
of
June
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LD1A .BEANS: I"loveme nt of lima beans from South Georgia has pass ed the peak, but some
.. . . ,. late plantings are expected.to furnish a small supply until around July ~. In .the JMcDonough-Locust Grove section yie~d prospe cts have been cut ~onsiderably 'Py the dry weather.
SNAP BEANS: The North Georgia snap bean crop is r eported to be l ate on account of
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dry we ather around planting time. Rains have been received in this
area and have proved quite favorable for stands and growth.
CABBAGE: Recent rains have improved quality and yield outlook in the North Georgia area. Sc attered harvesting of early plantings was underway during .the
.second week in June and harvesting expected to become gener al by July 1.
IRISH POTATOES: Movement from the co~ercial . ar eas of South and Southeastern Georgi< is over. The North Georgia potato crop was hard hit by the pro-
longed dry weather, but rain has been received during the first kalf of June and . ::prospects are some b etter. Digging is expected to statt around' July 1 if wcathlr _t;onditions during the next two we.eks are favorable.
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.TOMJ.\.'!'OES: The recent rains r eceived in t~e commercial' t omato areas have hi'ightened yield and quality prospects considerably for young fruiting now on tho
vine: Harvesting is well underway with peak movement expected during tho third week in June. Fair to good prices are. being received in most localities. Considerable
spr~.~d is reported between prices .of the Glennville and Pelham are as
CANrT' ALOUPS: Harvest .s e ason is r,unning a little later than normal duG to the prolonged ;dry weather pr.ior. to June 1~ ' 9antaloups arc small in size but
are of good quality. The crop is rapidly approa ching maturity with light ~ovement reaching market around June 18-20 and expected to be in full swing around July 1.
1 :.-.; W;..Ao;,T;.;ERME==L;.;.O-.NS.;.: Prospects have improved in all producing areas during tho past two weeks. Much needed r~ns have been r eceived and siz o und quality from
late plantings will be bcnefited. Some harve.sting from e arly plantings is now underway and shipments will become general by JulY 1.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
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TRUCK CROP NEWS - BY STATES as of June 15, 1951
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North. C~.rolina, harvest
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complete. Picking of snap beans is practicallY over and sU:ppii~s aftei.
<!une 15 will be limited in South Carolina.
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CANTAIOUPS: Heavy movement of cantaloups in the Allendale-Barnwell area of South
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Carolina is expected to get underway :during the V!eek of June 24 and
~each peak by July 1. Rains received around the 15th have been very helpful to ~lorth Carolina 1s . cantaloup crop.' Light harvest is expected tq _b.egfn the first week
df July.
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Supplies are e'xpected to be available through most of June. North
Qarolina's cucumber crop is in good condition. No peak movement is expected due tq
~ariation in planting dates but movement Will be heavy from now tintil mid-July.
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J;RISH POTAT.OES: Harvest of cobbler potatees will be vfrtually complete in North
Carolina by June 25. Digging of Sebagos will .begin June 25 and
~11 be completed about July 4. Soil conditions have been very favorable to diggi~~
O, perations and the potatoes are unusually free of disease.
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of South Caro&ina since early June, and'on the increase in other areas .
With movement starting in other areas supplies will be available through most of
~uly. Harvest for fresh m arket is underway . North- G~olina._and :pe_g,_k__g1ovemant is
e;)cpected during the week of June 25. Prices received to date have been veryd is- .
a:ppointing to growers. The Mississippi tomato crop is late and harvest is just . .
~eginning. Harvest of the Lower Valley tomato crop in Texas was interrupted during
~e early part of the past two week period. This year 1s ,crop was four to five wee~.
~ater than usual. Movement of green v~ap tomatoes to fresh markets could contiriu~
~ctive for another 1.0 days.
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recent rains. Light movement will start in the Allendale-Barnwell-
Ittmpton area during the week of June 24, become. general by July 1 and reach peak ,
~e first half of July. The watermelon crop in Alabama has made good progress in
'fle south and minor harvesting began last we.ek in the Gulf coastal counties.
~ssissippi watermelon prospects have improved with recent rains. The crop averag~f
$te, and movement from the main producing areas is expected to start about ' July 9.
Harvest is underrtay in most of the early areas of Texas. Watermelons in most mid-:
~rason and late areas show promise of good yield a-nd qual~t~. Supplies of melons
are expected to be abundant from a tairly larg~ area the early part of July.
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GEORGIA 1951 SPRING PIG SURVEY REPORT
J~e 26, 1951
.PIG& SAVED: The spring pig crop in CJeorgi~ for this ~ar., which incllrles all pigs produced, from December 1 to June 1, is e.stina 'b3d at 1,476,000. This is
5 per cent above the 1,411,000 saved during the same period a year ago, ani is the largest since the spring of 1943, w~en a croi> of 1,485,000 pigs was reP,orted.
SOWS FARROWED: The 242,000 sows reported e.s farrc:ming this spri~ are 8 pgr cent
above the 224,000 estimated as farrowing during the . spring last ye!lr and are 17 per cent above the 1940-49 ten-~ ar average of 206,000. An average of 6.1 pigs saved per litter this spring is slightly urrler the 6.3 reported for the spring of 1950.
FARRONING PROSPECTS: Reports by far~rers on breeding intentions for this fall, cover-
ing the period fro rn Jure 1 to De cernber 1, are for 219,000 sows
to farrow. This number would be 6 p9r cent above ~he estimated 207,000 farrowing
last fall and 22 per cent above the ten-year average of 180,000.
SOW'S FARRONED Al>':D PIGS SAVED
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Litter - - -(00-0)
(000)
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GEORGIA:
10-ye ar, 1940-49
206
5.8
1,191
1949
200
6.1
1,220
1950
224
6.3
1,411
1951
242
6.1
1,476
180 188 207 219*
5.9
1,061
6.1
1,147
6.1
1,263
UNITED STATES:
10-year, 1940-49
8,920
6. 25 55,710
5,550
6.41
35,575 '
1949
9,148
6.45 59,040 .
5,726
6. 51
37' 262
1950
9 ,473
6.31 59,801
6,117
6.65
40,657
1?51
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HARRY A. WHITE
Agricu1tur al Statisticians
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
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spr~ng-, pi.g - ~rop
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63~8 18,000
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increase
of
7 per
cent from
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sp~iilg:, the :.B-ure.au df Agric,ulture.l ::!;conomics reported today . Tre numbe .r of sovis '
fe.r.rdwtng th:j..~ ~ spring .W,as . 4 per Cefl"t e.bov:e ' last spring. The nu.itiber ' of pigs' saved 'pel
litt-er, ,\was . 2 per. .,gen.t higher tha,ri last ye e.r .am equaled the record high attained ..in~:. . 1949.. -:F;:or +:he co:infpg' fall crop, reports on br~eding intentions irdice.te a: rtotal of -
6,374;b69 ..sC?Ji':..,.:to~ r-'aft-'6'w, 4 per cent e.bov.Eil 'the number farro.wed last fall. The com::-
b:i.ne d l~H)t . tote.l.: pig crop is now expecte<l to b~ about 106 millionhe,B.d. A combin?.d
pig -crop ' this size would be the second largest on record, 5 per cente.bCPre 1950. arid
l G.pe :r cent a.;bove . the 1940-49. average .
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The nu~ber of h~g s s.ix m~.nths old.: and over on farms ani re.nc res June l was 8 p3 r cen1 " larger than le..st ye e.r but 6 per cent be la.v tre 10-ye e.r e.ver age .
Spri ng Pig Crop: The number of 'pigs saved in thFJ spri r.g season of 1951 (Dece.nber l,, . ,
- T9"50 o J vre l, . 951) i s- es-timated to be 63,.8 18,000 1e-e.cL. is . is-- '
1 4,017,000 head or about 7 per cent. larger than tre spring crop last' ~ ~ ar. It is 15
per cent larger than the 10-ye ar average .The 1951 spdng crop is tn e.. ~econd
larg es t on record, being excee.4ed only by the spring crop in 1943. < ., I
Fall 1951 Intenti~ns: . Reports '. on. breeaing. i~tenti ons .indi cate the. t 6, 374,000 sows
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will farrow in tre fall of 1951. This is 257,.000 scw:s or
4 per cent mor e then the nuniber .farrowing last fall. If these interitioz;s are
realiz ed , the number of sows fe.rrowing during the fall season (June ' l .' to ' De,ce mber 1) wou ld b e the third largest on reoord - e xceeded only by the numbe r in the~'fal'l of
the war ye ar.s 1942 and 1943. Compe,rod with last year, all re gions : except. the South
Ce ntral show incre.as'es in the number of sows int ended ro r fall f a rrow.
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1950
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County : cultivation : -Harvested : cultivation : .Harvested : Gross Weight
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Pounds
Pounds
Bales
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DISTRICT V
~ldwin
~ibb
~~eckley
,3,540
81,1845'00...'
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3,270 1,120
8,740
254 '
269 312
254 269
313
B~tts
6,2$0 :.-
6,190
282
285
1,730 630
5,720 3,680
Crawford
]..,880 j
1,850
211
214
Dodge
15 700 ,;
15,420
269
271
G:reene
4;670 ' ,
4,590
185
186
~ncock
10,9g0 ;
10,780
171
172
ijouston
6,360 .
6,250
268 .
270
Jasper
6, 720 .._
6,600
238
241
820
8,710 1,780 3,880 3,520 3,320
J~hnson
Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton : Peach ' ~
P~laski
futnam Rockdale !faliaferro Treutlen Twiggs Washington
Wheeler Wilkinson
18,620 810 '
35,930 ; 2,260 4,410 18,980 9,850 2, 760 . 10, 720 '
2,270. 4,3l<.f 3,040 4,300
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19, 730 .. 3,800 :
3,190,
18,4do
Boo
35,200 2,220
4,330 18,690
9,730 2,710 10,530 2,230 4,230 2,990 4,220
4,l'40 19,400 3,7)0 3,i2o
233 184
236 217
245 273 255 . 323 232 271 200
156 241 i26
196 258 105
2-33 186 2'37 218 . .
246 273 256 )26
233 274 202 158 243 126
196 259 105 .
8,940
310
17,380 .
1,010
2,220
10,650
5,200
15,'183400
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1,270
1 , 188
980
2,i4o
1,090
7,940
2,020
680
Total
215,300 _
211,480
236
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104,370
DISTRICT VI
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren
Total
17,590 43,660
7,000
3,120 1,930 18,630 . 7.,260 25,350 14,360 8,94o .: 3,370 . 21,57f>:. 15,250
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7,080 24,910 14,05Q 8, 170 3,290. 2l,l..JQ 14,870
1&4,260
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305
97
177 225 150 201 225 .
21.8 . . J1317.. : : 2lh .. .
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263 200 308
98 178 226 150 202 2.26 . . 220. :
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215 ' 205
214
9,4hO 17,840 4,410
620
7-00
8,61Q 2,220 10,480 6,630 4,020 1,300 9,470 . 6,370
82,110
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~aker
Cq.lhoun
Clay
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D ~ catur
pqugherty
]!:cirly Grl ady
Le, e I Mi l l e r
Mi tchell
Ql.ti.tman
R~ndolph
S ~minole '
St:ewart . ,. Sumter l :: Terrell ..: ' ~-;
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Atkinsb'n Ben Hill
Be:rrien Brooks Clinch Coffee .. Colquitt Cook Cris p ::.;\ .. , Dooly ,_,;\:.. t .
Echols 1,..:.. . Irwin '. ! . Jeff Da\10!$ Lanier ..:.:~ 1
Lowndes :: -) ~: ,-~
Te lfa ir ~.! .; Tift Turner Wilc ox Worth
Total
2,740 4,950 3,620 2,250 1,760 14,060
2, 770
2,340 5,140 ,
11,~~;
1,480
t:~~g.;
3,2.t3.o .
11 8~i'\' 10 ~' 9t.1>p\.:>,
4,240
l,31Q . ,I,. 95,0~~
2,670
4,8)~0
3,5uo
2,190 1,720 13,900 2,650 2,290. s,o5Q:; . 11,350 1,440. 6,190 h,300 3,200 11,680. 10,850 4,110 1,340
93,31;0
666'. .
4,440'.
2,150 .. 6, 740.
100.,1
s, 770
17-,020 2,790 10,360 20,410
30 9,580 2,090
370 . . 2, Sl0 s,oooI : 6,166 :: -: 5,280 .. 12,340 15,260 ~ .
129,060
6SP 4,4op
2,lhO -
6,670 ~
100
5, 700 :
16,850
2,760
10,200
20,249 30 .
9,500
2,060
370
2,480
ll,910 6,080 :.:
5,210 ' :
12,200 '
15 080 : ~;
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232\
261 256
155
199 266 . 209
2.51 .
2.18 244 201 247
22.3
211 302 328 210 205
255 :, '
192 196 247,. ; : . 2J2: .. ..
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348 241 28-0 ..
257 200 275 191
211
223
201 265 ~; f
280 2L7
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294 . .
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234 262 . 258 : 155 (
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212 252 219 245 203 249 223 -
2lli ' 3QJ:. ' .1
329 ' .
212
207
257
. . 1,310 ': "..
2 ,o-sq~ ~: 1,.910- ;;. . :
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720 .
7'720' .!'. :
1, 170' '
1,2ro-~ ~ - 2 ,3d0 ::.
5,8oo
6lo ''
3,210 ;,,
2 , 000 :w,.
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7 460 . .., .
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192 . .
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348
241
280
257
200
275
191
211
223
201
265
280
247
294 .. t I .
266 . ''..' i t ')~~ .\
250 1, 800
1,100
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5,450 : :j !:
820 .: .~ : : .
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIElD AND PRODUCTION, 1950
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Acres
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
Bales
DISTRICT IX
~ppling
4,740
4,670
237
238
Bacon
2,090
2,080
222
222
~rantley
10
10
200
200
Bryan
220
220
123
123
Charlton
10
10
200
200
Chatham
40
20
150
150
Evans
2,960
2,960
169
169
Glynn
15
10
200
200
Liberty
95
80
162
162
Long
Mcintosh
330
330
279
279
20
10
200
200
Pierce
1,740
1,690
192
192
Tattnall
4,700
4,700
224
224
Toombs Ware Wayne
7,390
7,170
279
279
500
490
163
163
2,285
2,270
188
188
Total
. 27.,145
26,720
228
228
2,320 960
5 55
5 5
1,040 5 30
190
5
680 2,200 4,170
170 890
12,730
STATE TOTALS 1,054,000 1,030,000
225
227
488,000
!/ Based on acreage in cultivation July 1 less acres removed to meet allotments.
ARCHIE LANGlEY HARRY A. VOOTE BURTON J. HARRINGTON
Agricultural Statisticians
D. L. FIDYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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GENERAL: The hot .weather the. ~ast half Qf .June over the . con~erc~al area .of South . ; ' . .. .'...-~or.gia a:tfedteei. :adversely -:all g:r:-OW:rtg t:r.uck -c'ropS'~' 'sincEl r.:iins ha.;;.e'...been-
r.ecei.Jed, ;ciua'lity of'-th'e ' .rerna:i.nii').g c;rcips for har,fe8t 'ria.~ iniproveci. . 'l':r:uck crops in
t,he no!'the!'!l area of the . state at~ la.te'r than <us.a,l, but 'suff:i'ient to 'exce~~~iye_ ' ~
!(!Oisture is being receivediil this section. The;caoba~:,. ~.snap bean; and' potat:6 ~
~eas,on is ove~ in Sou,_th Geor~:i,a . a.nd -~~ e se cr,o~-~ ~re coJ!l.in,g into..P~.o~~~t~on .~P; ,~he :
~oPthern p art of t he state. .Ha:rsestwg' .of watermelons ancl cataloup~ ' l:s ' :mo'l/i-~g~ :~;n.~
~olume in soutl}~tn' ~ .C.'ou~tie s. aJ?-d, -~.s expected to st;cir;-t;.. in' central if~~?': 4Jri.n~ . the
~irst t wo weeks of 'July~
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some : de~ay in .planting and little o;r no harvesting had iakie~-:-. :pi~e-p~~or to" jtiiY:'T.' .
CABBAGE,' :NORTH. dEORGIA.': . Th~ liiea~o~ ha~ be.en: unfa,yor.able ;for.. c;bbage ;thi i ' year-' fn h~-;
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now .. . . North G.eorgl.a area., I_t was. t6:c;)-- dcy:f.ol;' .setting and . . ex~ .;
Qessi ve moisture is causirif heavy insect damage to some fields. Harvesting is gettirig
tipderway !V-i:th .OI}lY.
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. : Irish' potato yield' and quality,_,.. Th~ . sizE:( of ' pot_a:toes .
will- :be smalLl an'd the outlook' 1s for 'J..ow yi'elds. Ha rv~ sting : .,il;.:.:i!lx;pected ' to. becibme .
genera l within the next two weeks .
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last pickings. Many tomatoes were left in the fieJd s due to the low p rices received QUring the latter part of the season.
Pll.UENTO PEPPER:' The pimiento e~op has been hard hit this year due to generally poor
. stands a:-f1d relatively unfavorable growth iq ;nost a ~-'eas. - ~i~s-: }lave
been receivedo in all sections recen'tly and some -o.f ;~~- Ja teness - i? .expecteq -to be . .
overcome. The outlook at present is bad for near nor.mal yields per .acre.
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CANTALOUPS: Recent rains have improved the condition of this c~op . cons'iderabiV~ver two weeks ago. Size and quality have been excellent dutingt the past twc
weeks. Harvesting is practically over in southern counties and is becoming general
in central areas.
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WATERIEELONS : Harvesting of the melon crop in southern counties has pass ed t'he peak
and melons are beginning to move in volume in other areas. Quality and size have been very good this year. Hot sun and heavy rains during the last week in June have resulted in some blister and scald . Through June 28, 1520 carloads had been shipped by rai l J compared wi th _l629_ o the same. date last ;Y.ear.
D . L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
TRUCK CROP NEWS - BY STATES
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Light harvest fro~ early fields is .oow g~ttin '- .underway but Vt?-lume
movement is not .expected befor.~ J'\l:Y 10. Movement is..'-expe_.ted .to continue until
late Sept~mber.. 'l'he J'ennessee snap , bean crop is rather late and small. The .
Hountain City area reports some root rot. Light sales were to begin at Houniain
City on July 2e
CABBAGEt Qply small amounts of Tennessee ' cabbage were shipped after mid-June. Harvesting is making fair Pr.Qgr~ss in the Henderson county area of North
Carolina, but prices received have been~ rather discouraging thus fare
IRISH POTATOES: The:. h~v.'e~~ing _ of commercial early Irish .pota~q~~ .i'h Nori;.h CarolinE
is virtually complete. Prices received bY .'growers .were. s.omewhat
above last .}earrs average.~.. Light diggi~g pegp.n the.last week o.; . Jurie 'in the . Franklin Coffee area of Tennesseeo Yields a;:-e runn~ng low . : . ' .
{n CANTALOUPS s Light picking ~f cantaloups :North Carolina will begin about July 4.
Peak movement is expected about July 14. . Heavy movement started in
South c'arolina the week of June 24 and was in full. swing by June 30. Sales .are
expe cted to continue until about July 20.
~-JATERMELONS1 .. No.r:th Carolina's watermelon crop is in generally good condition. In
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...S~otland , c.ounty, light pick;ing will get underway around July 15,., .witth
peak movement July 20 - 25. Carlot shipments started in the Hamptpn-AllendB:].e- .. ..
Barnewell are a of South Gar'olina during ; t he last week of June and are on .the in...
crease. Movement from this :'are is e.Xp-ected to be heavy until July 25.
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growers began__ a1:, .a d~sappo~ting level,. . particularly ~n comp arison vlith
the 1950 sep.son price. 'Green wrap toniatq movement is holding up in the BealJ.fort-
Charleston are &; O;f. South. Oaroiina and supplies are expe eted to be available through
most of' JU:ly~ '
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics ' 319 Extens ion .~uilding AthEm:i; QE! ot~ia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Penaity for privat e us e to avoid
payment of postage $300.
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July
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF JUNE 15, 1951 ~
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GEORGIA: As of June 15 the All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers
was 317 -per cent of' the August l909~July 1914 av~r.a-ge. At thi_s level,,: tl}.e
Index was three points lower than it was e. month earl~er. . .
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The individual commo<:li ty gro1,1p comprising chickens e.x;1d egg~$_ increased 1.7 points .
during the month ending J:.lne 15 d1,1e to increased prices for these i terns. All other
oommodi ty groups showed declines, resulting from lower prices for a me.jor.i:tY. ()f_;fljl.rm
products . A slight increase in prices received for hogs we.~ offset by reduced prices
tor beef cattle, veal calves, and lambs.
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~ollowin.g the new harvest, prices r e ce i ved for wheat, oats, and Irish potatoes de
qlined slightly. Reports representing all methods of sale e.vere.ged $3 .60 per bustJ,el
or pee.ch~s~ A preliminary report for wholesale milk showed a decline in price. of ~bout 35 p~r cwt, for the month of June. Butter showed an increase of about ' l cent
per pound during the month ending June 15.
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IDJITED STATES: As of June 15, 1951 prices received by farmers averaged 301 per cent
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of their 1910-14 average, 4 points or e. little over 1 per- cent -lower
than a month ago, and 22 per ce nt abo ve last June, The decline i;n the inde.J~; during .
the month resulted from lower prices for e. majority of farm products which were only
partially offset by modest increases in prices of hogs, veal calves ~ but'ter:fat,
..~pples, and turkeys.
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The Parity-- Index. (Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rat~s) remained at
'l;he level of the revis e d May Index of 28 3 p_er ~e'nt of the 1910-14 base. The revision
of the May index results from preliminary tabulations of final rates on taxes paid bJ
f'ar mers on farm real estate ~hich indicate that the 1951 rate per acre is 313 per
cent of the_- 1910-14 average - 4 points above the estimate of 309 made at the beginnirf
of the year.
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The developments of the month resu1 t in a Parity Ratio (ratio of the :rntix of Prices
Received by Farmers : to the Index of Prices Paid by Farme rs Including : ti;l.~~ rest, Taxes,
and ire.ge Rates) of 106
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Summary Table for the United States
June i5~
IV!ay 15, ~ - -June 15, ~
.:-: Re cord hig h
(1910-14 = 100)
1950
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1951 :
1951
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Prices Received
247
305
301
313-- - - Feb. 1951
- Parity Inde x 1/ ,
Parity Ratio
y254 97
y2s3 108
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1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Nage Rates.
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}I Also April and May 1951.
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Sta tistic i an, In Charge
BURTON J, HARRINGTON Agricu1tural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
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PRICES :RECEIVED BY FA'RMERS JUNE 15 1951 WITH COMPARIOOUS
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15
.JunO. 0 15:-
.Avera,ge 0 0. ~'!me Aug. 1909-- 15
July 1914 195(}; : 1951
1951 July 1914
1950
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1.24 /. 2.03
2 ~_?6 . 2 . 10
1. 93
Hay 15 1951
.. 2 .~1 .. ...
Jutte -,
01s 1951
. .. 2.:08
Qo~, B-u.
$ ; .-9i :'1 1.52
1~74
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6~~oto ~ 0 Bu.
$
l~- ~iS,~' Pot~-toes, ~ :. : . . . .
Bu. .
$
Sv1eet Potatoes -~ Bu. $
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1.40 1.75
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32.3
43.8
1.72
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42.0
p. o.,ttonseed, Ton
$ 24.39
50.00 :100.00 97.00
22.55
46.20 101.00 95.60
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(b?-led) .T. oQ..~n
qgs, per Cwt. ' 1-'
0 7.33
20.80 18.90
29.30 27.60
I 20.40 20.60
7.27
20.80 17.80
22.90 20,40
. _21.1$.Q.. 21.10
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?eef Cattle, Cwt.
~lk Cows, Head
$ 3.87
'$( ;:~~3.85
19.50 27.00 25.80 154.00 -190 .00 .;.18.5.00
5.42 48.00
23.70 29.50 29.50 197.00 249 .00 246.00
Chickens. lb. I
Eggs, Doz .
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Bu~ter, Lb .
1.3'.2~
21.3 24.6
24.8 38.0 51.0
26.2 48 .5 55.0
29.5 n.'4 .. 0
51.4
21.5
56.0
25.5
22.1 30.1 55.7
28.9 45.2' 60.2
27. 3 , 44.7 . 60.3
Butterfat , Lb.
Milk . (Whole.s8J.e) per 100#: ]}
25.7 I ..< 54.0
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2.4~' " 5.20
59.0 6.25
60.0 5.90
26.3 1.60
59.7 69.5 ::-. 69.8
3.43 4.23
4,21
Cowpeas, Bu.
4.30
4.65
4.70
4.. 12 4.43 4.4?,
Soybeans_, Bu.
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3.50 . : 3 . 50
3.70
Pean.ut s 1 Lb.
5.6
1 10.8 ': 11.0 1 n.o
4.8
1/ Preliminary for June 1951
Prices for loose hay discontinued since most bay sold is baled.
2 .80 3.13 10.8 11.0
2.98 10 .8
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INDI!:X
NUMBERS OF FRICES (August 1909
R!m:IVED BY - July 1914
F=A'1RH0E0R) S
IN
G!ORGIA '
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Cottop &CQttonseed
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: Grains 0Meat Animals ,Dairy Products
Chicken &Eggs
Fruits
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}.ti see llaneous
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June 15,
19~ "0
248
251
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163 386
210
181
.,
363
171
.May 15 , 1951
320
.
355 ; 1 88
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496
240
,.219
243
190
June 15 . 1951
317 352 183 483 237 236 0226 189
Af t er Five . Days Return to pni ted States 'Depadment _of ~icul ture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSU."ESS
Form BAE-B-7/51-2885 Permit No. 1001
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GEORGIA'S COTTON ACREAGE 39 PERCENT ABOVE 1950
July 9", 1951 '
Georgia's 1951 .cotton acreage i~ cultivation on July 1 is estimated at 1,470,000 acres, according to the official report of the Crop Report-ing Board of the United , States Department of Agriculture. This is an increase of 39 percent from the
1,054,000 acres in cultivation one year ago but is 3 percent.-:uilder the ten year p.verage (1940-49) of 1,522,000 acres.
Vnited States acreage in cultivation on July 1 is estimated to be 29,510;000 acres ot
an increase of 59 percent from 18,613,000 acres on July 1, 1950. The current acreagt
+S 33 percent above the ten year average (1940-49) of 22,163,000 acres.
ARCHIE LANGLEY HARRY A. WHITE
BURTON J. HARRINGTON
D. L. FLOYD
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Agricultural-Statistician, In Charge
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ACREAGE I N CULTIVATION JULY 1 (in -thousands)
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FR01'1 NATURAL
CAUSES
1941-SO _______ :::Percent:--
Average
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1950
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1951
1951
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!.Iissouri j
2.0
56'0
128
Vir gi n i a
3.3
23
"'100
N. Carolina I 1.4
S. Carolina I
0.7
77$
130
1,170 .:::
133
Georgia
0.8
1,470
139
Florida
2.6
691
216
Tennessee....
1.0
Alabama
0.6
~Iississippi..
1.9
Arkansas.....
2.1
Louisiana....
1.9
. 835
133
1,575
119
2,625
126
2,350
136
1,000
133
Oklahoma.....
5.2
Texas........
2.4
Nelor Mexico...
2. 2
Arizona......
o.S
California...
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2.0
1,675 13,125
338
~-60
1,341
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29~510
174 186
192 200
229
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90
97 . ~ 108
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130 84 100 119
4
226 130 160 123
5
336 215 318 148
6
289 190 . 268 141
7
103
94 153 163
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180 129 220 171
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS.' . I
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GENFJiaL ' CROP -REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JULY 1, 1951
G"ood to excellent yields were in prospect on July 1 . fo~ most Geo:rgi,a,.i'eed and food
qrops, according to reports made by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop Reportiqr,
Service.' The abundan-ce o moisture the iast of 'june and early July was favorable for
tile corn crop and a record high yield of .19 ~0 bushels-Per acre is estirilated for the
State. Tobacco harvest is underway and a record yield per acre of 1,250 ppunds is .
~H'ected fo r this crop. As the harvesting season aavaiWOO.for wheat and oats, the
outturn per acre was much higher tha n was expected earli~r in the sea~on. A record
wj'leat yield of 19.0 -is'. estimated; this is 5 bushels higher than the previous record
o! 14.0 bushels in 1944 an~ 1947. Peanuts _show fai~ td excellent p~ospects. The
marketing season for the l a rgest peach crop since 1947 is about complete. : . Tpe quali-
'tf has been very good. Frequent rains in some local areas of North .--Georgl.a have re-
~~lted in grassy fields and some late crops will be damagedby the lack .of cultiva-
tion. Insect and disease injury to crops to date has been much l:i,ghter than :in .
recent years
Corn: .An indi.cated 3,465,000 acres . of corn will be hatvested ~ for grain this year
~ with a probable all time record high yield for the' State of 19.0 bushels per
or at:re. The current yield is 1 bushel above the previous record of 18.0 busheis
harvested in 1949. Pr.oduction sh.o.uld amount to 65,835,000 bushels an increase.' of
lS per cent from the 57,172,000 bushels harvested last seas on.
Small Grains: A record high wheat yield of 19.0 bushels per acre is estimated for
Georgia. The r.)revious record was 14.0 bushels in 1944 and 194-7-.
Wheat production for 1951 is placed at 2,774,000 bushels compared with 1,900,000 in
1950 or a n increase of 46 per cent. The oat crop turned out much better than' was
expected earlier in the season.
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Tobacco: Extremely dry weathel~ during May and J une damaged the tobacco crop in local
ar.ea s but most sections of the State will harvest a record yield. Jhe pro-
duction is estimated at 138,864, 000 pounds compared with 102,120,000 pounds one .year
ago, or an increase of 36 per cEent. The current acreage of 111,100 is 19 . per- cent-_. above the 93,200 harvest in 1950. A yield per ac r e of 1,250 pounds is e~ected.
Peanuts: Acreag~ planted alone is estimated at 901,000 or 2 per cent below 9~9,000 in 1950 . The first production eptimate will be made as of August 1.
Peaches: 'l'he i951 .total peach production of . 4, 91u-,OOO busheis is the large s t since
1947 and is 5 :til)le s the s hort crop last season. -
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-ARCHIE LANGLEY ; Agricultural Sta~iStician
D. L. FLOYD Agricu~ttiral St~tistician, In Charge
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JrCREAGE
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GEORGIA CROPS YIELD
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Indic.
. : Per Cent 1 950 Ju1y.l,
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PRODUCTI ,
ON 1000) In ic.
.19.50. July 1,
of 1950
: 19.51
1951
Corn
Bu-. 3,465 3,1.!65
100
16 .5
19.0 57,172 65,835
Wheat Oats
Bu. 152 146
Bu . 597 537
96
12.5
19 .0 1,900 2, 774
90
' 27 .o
26.0 16,119 13,962
Rye
B'\l.
4
6
150
11.0
12.0
44
72
Tobacco, all .: .
. Lb.
93.2 111.1 119 1096
1250 102 ;12_d : l38,8C,4
Potatoes, Irish
Bu.
16
15
94
78
Potatoes, sweet
Bu.
65
46
71
90
6. 9'
1,248 1;035
-85
5,850 3,910
Hay, all
Tons 979 1,014
104
Sorghum for sirup
12
10
83
Sugarcane for s irup
16
13
81
Peanuts, alone
919 901
98
Cowpeas, alone
169 1.52
90
Soybeans, alone
92 110
120
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Pears, total crop I/
Cotton
- ! 1,054 1,470
139
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975
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234
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~/ Total agr1cu1tural crop greater ~han and 1nclud1ng commerc1a1 crop.
4,914
--380
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PEACHES: The Nation's peach c.rop is noYt forecast at 67,128,000 bushols-26 percent above last .
yoar but 6 peroont below averago. The total for the 10 early Southorn States is ahove
average and about three times the short 1950 crop. The North Atlantic and Jd' ddl e Atlantic regions
will be above average and ~ovo 1950, but the North Cantral and South Central: regions will have
very short crops. The West will have ~crop less than average but ~t least a tenth above 1E1st yoe
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UNITED STATES
:ACRIAGE IN Tl'DU~ . ~ 1951 In. I
YIELD
:PROOOCTION IN THOUSANDS
1 Herv.
For l Por Cent 1
Indio.
: rndicn.tod
Corn, a.u
l 1950 I Ha.rv, : of I 1950
I
I 1951
bu.i 83,W2 84,576.
1950 I
102 : 37.6
July 1 1
1950
1951
39.0 3,131,009
July 1, 1951
3,295,143
Wheat, all bu.: 61,741 1 62,576
101
Oats, Cotton,
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bu.: 42,027 37,851 I 18,613 29,510
90 158
Hay, all~ ton: 75,741 76,573
101
16.6 34.9
1.41 :
17.1 36.1 -
1.47
__ 1,026,755
1,465.,,.134
106,819
1,070,132 1,367,967
112,927
Soybeans 2
: 14,704 14,485
98
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Cowpoas Peanuts
"~Z//
: 1,089 : . 961
88
: 2,748 2,694 : . 98
Potatoos,rr'i$11 bu.: 1,847 1,509 : - 82 I 238
236
439,500
356,043
Sweetpotatoes, _bu.: 563
398
71 I 104
100
58,729
39,854
Tobacco, all lb.: 1,604 1,785
111 : 1,267 1,290 2,032,450
2,302,963
Sorghum for s"YM : 101
87
86
~arcane for u ,;
62 :
46
74
Peaches,Tot.cropbul
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1
1
53,485 1 67,128
l / ACreage in ~tivation july 1. ]/ Grown alone for all purposes. (see other side for Ga. Report,'
After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Eitension Building
At~ens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BA:F?-A-~5,913
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Permit No. 1 l
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
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TRUCK CROP NEWS
July 15, 1951
Athens, Georgie.
_GF,J;N.E-RA. -L:
The truck crop season is practically over in tre southern part of the State. Deficient soil moisture during the past two weeks e.nd extremely
~qt weather are causing truck crops to deteriorate faster than no~mal in the rnid-
S~ate areas. In the North Georgia areas rains will soon be needed for snap beans
~'1d cabbage to maintain their present quality. Irish potato harves~ is get.ting
~~derway in the mountain areas, with only fair yields being realized. -.
SNAP BEANS, NORTH GEORGIA: Early North Georgia snap 'b.6e.ns have started to market in
small quantities. If favdrable weather condit~ops pre-
vail for the next two weeks, a good bean ~rop is in . prospect. .., , . : .. . . . .; . .
CABBAGE, NORTH GEORGIA: Cabbage harvesting has passed peak in some of the North
Georgia areas. Rains are needed in some sections for late
plantings to reach full !Tl.aturity. : ..
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~ISH POTATOES, NCRTH GEO!tGIA: Har.vest~ng of the lTorth Georgia potato crop is welL
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underway. Vveather condi tions have been satisfactqry
fq~ digging, wi tn deinand e.nd prices received somewhat better than one year ago. .
PIMIENTO PEPPER: Li :'; ht harvesting is expected the latter part 'Of July in southern.::.
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areas. The hot sun is reported doing some damage to p,epper
reaching mi:ituri ty. Plant growth in seine areas is pot sufficient to prqtect the
pepper from sun blister.
CARTALOUPS: The harvest of cantaloups is practically over in South Georgia and is drawing to a close in the central areas of the State.
WATER~~LONS: The hot, dry weather during the past week is causing considerable damage to the melon crop, especially in middle Georgia. Harvesting
~s practically over in South Georgia. Prices .received have been disappointing to date but are expected to pick up during the next two weeks. In comparison with last year, 3, 731 .carloads of watermelons had been shipped by rail through July 12, while 4,475 .carloe.ds were shippe~ u~ to the same time a year ago. .
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST 1951 TRUCK CROP NEWS RELEASE.
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>. a{>le_.\ . Jr~ -l!lost. : area~ "'qcy, hQt ,w:e~t~er, during the P<\st ..t'eri day~ has . l
~ aused so1ne dama'ge-. The cr-op is now moving .-in volume and prices r~ceived have been
:n. favorable .. In : Tennessee ; :-~weather the first half of July was favorable f Qr snap bean
g,, r owing ori ''the Cumberland 'Flateau. Planting will continue there u:ri.til about July
~~BAGE: In North Carolina, the late summer cabbage crop is in fair condition.
Growth iS being retarded by lack o~ adequate moisture supplies. Light
cutting of early set acreage is now underw~ iri most areas and movement is expected
~o reach volume during the next two Heeks.
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IRISH POTATOES: The Tennessee potato season is continuing to be unfavorable to the
2
end. Most of the Franklin County crop is now dug - a few more days
Qf good weather will see the finish. Sales of C'll1hberland Platea_!l _potatoes i-Till be-
gin about August 1.
O~~TALOUPS: Harve9ting of North C.aro1ina 1 p cantaloup crop is about 50 per cent -com-
'
plete. Dry so~ls az:1d h'ot, sunny days have damaged the crop, and
quai{ty is only fair. Prices . rece:Lv~d . by growers have b~en disappointing. SuP,pli~s
qf cantaloups have been available in all mid-s'eason areas the past two weeks in
-'1\exas, .,and harvest is . started in most of the late sections.
WATEru1ELONS: Rains are needed badly in North Carolina's watermelon producing areas. Harvesting is now underway and peak movement is expected during the '
week of July 23. In Texas, . supplies will be available in .volume for- . the. next 30 . ~ays, and fairly active:mQvement should continue through the remainder of August.
TO~~TOES: Heavy rains early in July h~med Tennessee toma~9~s, causing the fruit to :be too watery and to crack open. Low opening prices fell even lower . but .
recovered ; i~ter. Shipment of green wrap continues but Will soon change to shipment . of pinks and.' sales to canners. Tomato movement is past peak in North Carolina . Growers generally ar e very disappointed in the prices received this year
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Penalty for private us e to avoid payment of postage $300.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building
At hens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE-D-7/51-1383 Permit No. 1001
Librarian, Co llege of Agr i cultur e
Athens, Ga.
TC Rect
Athens, Georgia
August 1951
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GEORGIA 1950 CASH FARll mCOME 17 PER CENT ABOVE 1949
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Cash income (including Government payments) of Georg!a farmers for 1950 of
.'$5291 99l,OOO registered a gain of 17 per cent over .the .$J.5J 1 '-71.$1 000of the previous
year and 45 per cent above the ten-year average 1 1940 through 1949-.
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For the .past several years livestock have become of increasing relative importance
in contributing to the farm cash income with. income from. ~rQpf &hawing a Qprrespond-
ing decline. This trend is borne out in the 1950 income estimates from livestock
and crop grouws of commodities~ with livestock and :livestock -products accounting for
36.3 per cent of total cash income and income from crops amounting to 61.7 per cent
of the tota1. :
, . . .
In the crop group cotton and cottonseed ranked first in representing 21.9 per cent of total cash income, ~allowed in order by peanuts (l3.1%) ,and tobacco (9.6%). In the livestock group hogs ~ed with 9.8 per cent of total cash income, followed in .order by commercial broilers (8.6%), cattle and calves {6.9%), and dairy products (6.8%).
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The percentage tive~, are as
of cash income contributed by "follows: All Crops, 61.7 and
commodities for
64.-3; Livestock
1950 and 19491 respecand LiYestock Products,
36.3 and 34.4; Government Payments, 2.0 and 1.3; Cotton, 21.9 and 23.7J Peanuts,
131 and 13.3; Tobacco, 9.6 and 10.9; Truck Crops, 3.l.and . ).8; Fruit apd Pecans~
2.8 and 2.0; Corn, 2.2 and 2.2; Other Crops, 9.0 and 8.4; Hogs, 9.8 and 9.1; Commer-
ci;al Broilers, 8.6 and 7.3; Cattle and Calves) 6.9 .aruJ 5.0; Dairy,Products 1 6.-8 .and 7.3; Eggs, 2.9 and 3.9; and Other Livestock, 1.3 and 1.8.
DISTRIBUTION OF 1950 CASH INCOME fROM GEORGIA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
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CASH FARM INCOME FOR GEORGIA
CROPS
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Cottqp Lint 0 0 ~. ~ .. 80,151 . 121,966
. '
116,841
99,077 \ 101~810
4<\'
; . Cotton Seed 0 .11,034
17,220
l7 ,ooo . ' ' 9_,978
Cotton Lint &Seed 91,185 139,186 133,841
I .; .
.';~ .-: Peainits 57,064
. . . ._:-. '. . ~ ;..
_.. 'go:Oac_co 48,346
72,076 49,437
80,707 47,350
Frui.ts and Peea.ns 22,h54 Truck Crops o o 21,450
16,080 . 16,803
13,442 19.,536
9,420
' I!-:,"' '
15,074
16,197
Corn . ?1 76l
10,613
11.,939
10,409
11,704
All. Other Cr8,pS ~ -;, ~) . .42, 93?
. 51.,946
43,503
-TOTA-L CROPS ,.. ,., .. ,.. 292,_1_,.97
356,141
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Hogs o 0 29;987 ' : 49,956
~~- ..Cattle 9-nd Calves o
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:dilairy .Produ9 ts o "
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Commercial Broilers o . r: ~
21,5~4
25, 520
20,171
27,778 29,033 24,191
other Chicken o o o 7,2~7
. . t
6,646
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350,318 291,727 326,932
46,353 . 37,582. 31,450 29,108 5,963
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22,658 . j 36,460
33 454 ' .- ; ,
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.3..6. ,241 .... J l -.:: ~.~=--:. ;.
32 ,!)11 : : ..:..:145,433
3,838
3,587
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1,053
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o
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.'.1.. 3,656
. 1
Other
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TOTAL UVE5.'fQCK .&
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 120,612
- --
1,286
1,6.,.8. 33
..1,558' ' .
. 1,196
1,82-0.
~,856
,. .
'16,550
17,499 . .15,301
- .
._.____ 1,598
2,677 ; ...:.-1,465
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157,291 169,800 155~44 192,479
Government Payments
7,412
8,542
6,395
5,903
10,580
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TOTAL CASH INCOME OF CROPS,
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LIVESTOCK & GOVERNMENT
PAYMENTS o 420,221 521,974 526,513 453,574 529,991
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - ~-- --
. . . . . . HOME CONSUMPTION
Crops
; ,.
48,889
56,917
45,837
40,071
39,519
Livestock 78,932
GROSS INCOME
93,4h3
93.,030
85,-038
80,520
-- - -
Crops 341:;086 413,058 396,155
Livestock o 0 199,544 250,734 262,830
All Commodities 540,630 663,792 658,985
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GROSS I NCOME, ALL
COMMODITIES & GOVERNMENT
PAYMENTS o o 548,612 672,334
------------- -- ~ -- --~----- ------...--...-_.__-_ - -- - - --
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- 1/ Revised. 2/ Preli.minary.
331,798
240~982
572~780
5.78,683
366,451 272,999 639,450
650,030
ARCHIE LANGLEY HARRY A WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
D. 'L. FID'YD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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I I N I V r W...,_l I T tIt- t-.r~..JK\.11#4
GEORGIA .COTTON: ACREAGE, YIElD . A~ PRODUCTIO~_, l950
. . . -~---------------------~-------------~--~~ ~
District ___In- !c!:e~g~ ____ ; __ !i~l~ .Ee! !c!e___ ; Production
and
In
500-Pound
. - . . - - . . - County : cultivation : Harvested : cultivation : Harvested Gross Wei~t
July 1
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Bales
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Acres
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
Bales
DISTRICT I
Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield
20,400 2,920 8,210
980 13,280 1.5,660 6,400
.5,66o 11,430 .5 ,620 4.,640
19,380 2, 770 7,800
930 12,620 14,880 6,080
.5,380 10,870
.5,340 4,410
230 ..
118 64 96 .
134 133
70 114 95 .
77 . . 87
242 122
67
99 140 139
73 .
119 '
98 \
80 89" . ,
t.
9, 770 710 .,.
1,090
~~
190
3,680 h,300 ...
920 1,340 .
2,230 890 ..
820
Total
95,200
90,460
132
137
25,940
DISTRICT II
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson
DeKalb
Forsyth Fulton Gillner Owinnett Hall Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens Yalton 'Nhite
9,230 1,370 2,780 1,885
280
770 3,820 4;100
40 8,240 3,480 1.5,840
130 9,740 1,340 26,080
570
8,940 .
202
1,330 .
55
2,690
229
1,8.50
73
270
55
7.50
141
3,700
77
3,980
140
49
100
7,990
147
3,370
113
1.5,360
243
120
83
9,440 . . 249
1,300 .
44
25,270
267
550
65
207
3,860
56
160
232
1,300
74
280
56
30
144
230
79
610
144
1,200
100
10
150
2,510
116
820
249
7,970
83 .
20
254
5,000
45
. 120
273
14,380
67
80
Total
89,69.5
86,950
208
213
38,580
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Acres
Pounds
Pounds
-Bal-es
PISTRICT III
Banks
L,5oo
L,J70
. 270
275
Elbert
li,65o
11,330
231
237
Ftianklin .
12 ,OLO
11,710
267
272
~aber.sham
L8o
L7o
106
109
tia,rt. . -
16,590
16,130
258
26L
4J:ncoln
L,2oo
L,o8o
197
202
~dis on
1L,L6o
lL,o60'
253
259
Oglethorpe
11,810
ll,L8o
. 190
193
Stephens
1,500
l,L6o
168 ' .
171
wilkes
6,830
6,6Lo.
192
l9L
2'510 '. ' ::-: .
5,620
6,6Lo
110
,880
1,720
7,590
L,62o ..
520
2,680
' .. Total
8L,o6o
81,730
235
2LO
L0,890
DISTRICT IV
Carroll
Qh~ttahoochee
Clayton
Coweta Douglas Fayette [Iaralson
li~-rris
Heard Henry Lamar Macon Marion Meriwether t.1uscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson
l6,L30 130 ; ~
1,7 90
9,670 2,030 7 ,L90 _
5,8Lo 2,330
3,970 15,200
3,520 13,L6o
L , l 90 1L,L6o
2LO
7,990 L,Bl o 3,780 1,700 7,hOO 2 ,L1~o 1,630
16,050 120
1,750 9 ,LLo .
1,980'
7,320 5,700 2,280
3,880. lL,86o
3,LLo 13,150 L,o5o lL,l6o
230 7,800 l.~ , 700 3, 690 1,660 7,230 2,380
1,590
166 100
192
2L3 116 232
88 288 232 .. 249. ~ .. '
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252 ' . 211 282
153 2L6 2611 296 201
273 231 271
168 100
196
2L9 119 235
89 293 236
25L 2L7 256 211
285
157 251 269
302 203 278 23L ' t 275
5,620 20
720
L, 900
1~90
3,590 1,060 1,,390
1,910 7,860 1,770 7,030 1,780 8,Llo
80
L,o8o 2, 630 2,3 20
700 L,210 1,160
910
Total
130,500
127 ,!~60
232
236
62,6LO
Athens, Georgia
FARM PRICE REPORT AS _Ol, JULY 1.5, 1951
August 1, 1951
GEORGIA: The A!Ll Conunodity Iridex of Prices Received by Georgia farmers dropped 23
. points during .the 30-day periQd June 15 to July 15, with the sharp decrease in price' of cotton and cottonseed being. largely responsible f or the change. At the present level the Index is 294 per cent of tqe August 1909-July 1914 average and 34 points, or about 13 per cent, above last July.
Of the ~ub-groups, meat. .animals showed an increase of 11 points since June 15, and
chickens and eggs were up 12 points. Dairy products. showed no change in price., apd
miscellaneous gtoup advanced oniy one point..
Individual conunodity groups contributing to the all commodi t~y decline <mre: cotton and cottonseed, dropping 23 points and fruits, dropping 64 points.
UNITED STATES: ' Prices receivea by farmers averaged lower for the fifth consecutive .month and at 294 per cent of their 1910-14 avex-age in mid-July were
2.3 per cent below June 15th but still 11.8 per cent above a year ago. As was the ~ase a month ago lower prices were repor:ted for: a majority of ,farm products with the
~ost important decreases occurring this month in prices of cotton, meat animals, oilbearing .crops, peaches, . and oranges. Moderate increase occurred in prices for milk; eggs, most vegetables, grapefruit, a.nd apples.
Downturns in fa;r:m v-rage ~ates (af.ter seas.onal adjustment) and in prices paid by . farmers for commodities used in production were not . of sufficient importance to lower the July Parity Index (Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and. 1JJage Rat es) below the revised index computed for June. . ~ivin,g costs were .steady during the month . . At 282 per cent of its 1910.-14 average in. mid-July, the Parity Index is now only 10 per cent higher than a year ago.
The drop i n the Index. of Prices Received by Farmers, with no change in the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers, including I.nterest, Taxes, and ~vag e Rates, resulted in a decrease in t he Parity Ratio to 104.
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Indexes
juJ_y 15,
June 15,
July 15, : ___ ~eE_o.!:_d._h~gg _ _ -
. . . - ------ - -- - - -- - -- - . - 1910-lL~=lOO
1950
1951
1951
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Index :
:
:
Date
Prices Received
263
301
294
313
Feb. 1951
Parity I ndex 1/
256
ij282
282
283 2/May 1951
Parity Ratio
103
g/107
104
122
Oct. 1946
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Revised. '}./ Also April
1951 .
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Char ge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistici an
ARCHil): LANGLEY HARRY A. \VHITE Agricultural Statisticians
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-FRTCES - :RECEIVED BY -F~S JULY 15, 1951 WITH CO}AP!RISONS
GEORGU . '
. . UNITED Sl:.ATES
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... : CQM0DITY
AND
. .
.. UNIT '
Average Jul:v\ ' June
Aug~
July
19091914 .
.
liS ..
1950
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15 1951
July 15 1951
Aver~e .
July
.Aug. 190~ 15
July 191~ 1950
June_, July . 15 I 1 15
1951 1951
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Wheat . Bu.
.. $
1.24 .: _2.05 . 2.10 2t05
~88.: -. ; 1.00
2.08
2.05 '
Qorn. Bu.
$
,.
O,.ats, Bu.
$
I'rish Potatoes. ~- $
.. ~91 : 1o6l
1.72 1.68
.64 1.44 i._62 1.63 "
;
.67
.85 . 90 .93
.40
.76
.83
.78
....
1.12 1.55 1.35 190
.76 1.27 1.08 1.!8
Sweet Potatoes. Bu. $
3
~tton, lb.
~
.83. 2.45 12.6 34.8
2.35 2.35 43.6 40.5
. .88 . 2.08 12.4 33.0
2.10 42.0
2ol9 39.1
Cpttonseed, ton $ 24.39 52.00 97.00 75.00
-- ~~y (baled) ton $ ..
21.70 27.60 28.00
22.55
--
52.00 95.60 19.90" 21.60
78.00 20.20
H9gs, per cwt.
$
7.33 22.20 20.60 22.00
7.,27 21.50 21.10 . 20.80
Beef Cattle. cwt. $
I
Milk Cmvs. head $
Chickens, lbo
3.87 33.85 13.2
20.50 150.00 28.6
. 25.80. 26.00 .. .
185.00 " .18S~oo 29.5 29.6
5.42 48.00 11.4
24.50 199.00
23.4
29.50 29.00
246.00 .246.00
. ..
27.3 27.0
Eggs, D:>z.
21.3 42.2 51.4 . 55.0
21.5 34.2 44.7 46.6
Butter, lb.
24.6 52.0 56.0 56.0
25.5 56.2 60.3 60.2
Butterfat. lb.
25.7 54.0 60.0 60.0
26.3 59.4 69.8 68.8
Milk per
(w10h0o/fle1s./ale)
$
2.42 .s.l5 5.90 5.90
1.60 3.57 4.21 4.30
Cowpeas Bu. Soybeans, Bu.
$ ---
$ ---
--- 4.70 4.70 4.70 . .
4.17 4.47 4.29
3.75 3. 70 360
--- 1-"2. 93 - 2.98 2.86
Peanuts, lb.
5.0
10.8
u.o 11~0
1} Preliminary for July 1951
4.8
I 10.9 10.8 10.8
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES IID::;EIVED Fif. FABtfERS IN GEORGIA (August 1909-July 1914 : 100)
All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains Meat Animals Dairy Products
Chicken & Eggs
___ Fruits
.__ Miscellaneous
Jul.y_l5, 1950
~~~
421 211 . 204 305 172
June 15.
July 15.
1951
1951 .
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4~
. 237 236 226
189
4M 237 248 . 162
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Aft~r Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of llgricul tural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSI1TESS
Form BAE-7/512965 Permit No . 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
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UNITED STATE!tDEPARTM ENT OF AGRICULTURE.
r C!froP UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA C.OLLEuE. OF AGRICULTURE.
~thens, Georgia
GEORGIA - AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT
II. Georgia 1951 cott;n crop of 920,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) was indicated :
an August 1 by information reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop
neporting Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is 89 per t;ent above -the 488,000-bales harvested last season and is the largest crop since 1940. Indicated yield of lint per acre of 303 pounds con~ares with 227 pounds last rear and is the highest yield of record. Estimated acreage for harvest is 1,458,000
o,,t 42 per cent above the 1,030,000 harvested last year.
Planting got off to a seasonal start vdth generally satisfactory stands in all areas, ~xcept northern Georgia and the upper Pierunont. Prolonged dry weather prevailed -in ~ese areas prior to the rains of late June, resulting in poor stands and irregular
size of plants. ay Aug~t 1 recovery had been rapid with all sizes of plants -
f/:ruiting freely.
W~evil emergence this spring was light and the weather has been favorable for control by poisoning. July was extremely hot and dry until rains of the latter part . of the month. This resulted in some shedding of fruit and premature opening of small bolls in the southern part of the State. The hot dry weather has checked fruiting over most of the southern districts and harvesting operations are now underway.
HARRY A. ~miTE BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statisticians
ARCHIL LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD . Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
- -GEORGIA HAP - SHOWING 1\UGUST 1 CONDITION BY CROP REP9RTING DISTRICTS
1951-65%
1950-53% 1949-68%
1951-71% 1950-62% 1949-64%
State: 1951-75% 1950-69% 1949-65%
Districts shown are crop reporting districts and NOT Congressional Districts. --
1951-76% 1950-71%
1~49-66%
IV.
1951-77% 1950-74% 1'949-66%
MACON
v.
1951-75% 1950-69% 1949-64%
VII.
1951-76% 1950-82% 1949-68%
VIII.
1951-72% 1950-75% 1949-56%
VALDOSTA See reverse side for U. S. figures.
IX.
1951-82% 1950-77% 1949-54%
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~ ~NJ:.'!'._El) STATES - COTTON REPORT -AS OF..AUGUST 1., . 1951
~he Crop Rep.orting Board of. the Bureau of Agricu,l.tural Economics makes the folloldng ;
repcirt from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statistic;ians, ~roductlon
an~ }larketing Administration, and co(i_perating State agencies. 'rhe {i'nal O\l~turn of
cot'ton compared with t his forecast \dll depend upon whether the y~iOUS inf.f.U.!f_PCeS .
affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or:,l.ess favorable
than usual. .
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-:- -~- - - - --.... - =- !REA-rN - = ~- AuausT_1_ - ; tinT-;~1D-PER-- ~Pno'DucTioi(n:ri~N"iNnsw
State
. : CULTIVATION : CONDITION : HARVESl'ED ACRE : 500-lb . gross l-It. bales
:JULY 1, 19?l:Aver:: -- ~- - --:'Av9'r::-- -- -- :rnct~;:Av;r-.::- -- -- : :1951 c~
.JL :_LESS 10-YEAR:
~aVERAGE AEAN :
age : l940-:
1950::
1951
:: 1 a9g4e0 - :: 1950
=cated: age , :
:1~Sl :19~0-:
1950 Crop
=Indi=cated
. ,
:QO~!~i~! .:_1242 .:.. . _: ___ -~-1.242. .:.. .:.. _ .!. Y _ u.2.4.2.. l. ____:aug._l_
,-?8s- ;s4 - .. .
H-.is- so- u-ri-
.___ -. .=._ ..aT.~h__roeu_ss__.
~:: .~ :~. s49-
. _
:.Pet. 79
: Pct .: Pct .:. Lb . Lb .
: :
:
~3... -~63 r4;s-
Lb . :Thous.:'l'hous.:
:
:Bales: Bales :
~28~ -- -- -3~5 -
Theus . Bales -~ 32;
Virginia......
N. Carolina
s. Carolina...
Georgia
Florida . . .
22 764 1,162
1,458 67
-- -- 389 120 415 81 58 86 1369 151 383 75 67 81 308 224 355
73 69 75 23 8 227 303 170 20.8 215
24
4
19
579 181 610
707 405 860
738 488 920
14 13
30
Tennessee Alabama
...... Hississippi
Arkansas Louisiana
527 1,566
2, S75 2,301
981 .
77 79 75 384 318 342 75 65 73 276 212 300
559 919 .
h09 576' ,;.
' 590 980
75 77 81 326 ' 314. 373 1,644 1,332 2,600
76 76 76 343 1313 313 1;414 1, 090 1,_5'00
70 69 85 267 281 428 . 527 426 875 ..
Oklahoma 1,588
74 63 82 173 145 2o6 511 242 680
Texas .... . .... 12,810
76 76 67 181 211 187 3,049 2,946 5,000
New Nexico .
331
91 90 92 488 526 435 151 187 300
Arizona ... . ... California
557 1,334
I 91 97 91 446 825 707 92 100 90 598 805 630
222 474 820 584 978 1,750
t Other States l.J./
18 , --
-- 407 246 328
16
7
12
~N~~~S~A~-~ ~~~8:910~ ~ ~7~ ~5~ !~ ~2~5~9 269~~2~2~6~7_ J2_P~o 1~,~1~ =1~,266
.. ~n-~r~ ~~~~ __ - -~8~4- l - --~~L-= 1 ~-_1~0= _~9~ J:7~ _-2~.~ _ :4~21 ~5--2
1/ From nat ural causes. ~ Indicat ed Aueust 1, on area in cultivation Ju~ 1 less 10-year average abandon-
ment .
3/ Allm-:ances made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning .
4/ Illinois, Kansas, i\entucky, and Nevada .
~Included in Stat e and United States totals. Grown principally in Texas, New Hexico, and Arizona.
CROP REPORTING BOAH.D
ftter Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building At hens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSIN1SS Form BAE-C-8751-3845 Per mit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid pa;yment _of postage :tP300,
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South noranch LibrafrY~g~iculture
Sta t e College o ' ..
Athens, Ga.
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~thens, ~eorz.ia
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August : 13,
G~~L CROP REPORT f~ ~GJA AS OF AUGUST_1, 1951
According to reports made. by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service as of .Au,gust 1, some .crops in localized areas were damaged by pl'ol.on.ged hot ~Y' weati1er andf- iP-Fegular distri-buti-on~- rainfall during the month of July.
p8spite tl1 e adverse weather conditions, good to excellent yields are in . ~ospect for
r,1,)St Georgia food and feed crops. T~~ peanut crop is good in most areas; .and a
oc~tt~:i:-. .than average yield p~r ac.re is : ~ected. Pecan prospects on August ' 1 indi-
cate': a:total produetion .slightly les 11 than last year 1s harvest, but app~9J:Cimately
40 .per cent aboVe the average production for the period 1~40 to 1949. Ind~ cated
t obaoco pr6d~ction based on August 1 condition is e;p~cte~ to reach an ~11-time high
::: ~Jf 135, 5:64, 600 pounds At ~his level .t.he 19$1 produbtion tdll be about 33 .per cent
above last yearts. .tota.l ~nd.. wili exceed the p_reviou8 all-time record established in 1.947 by appr4>ximately. eight 'mill:l.on poun~ .
..:.i : .
GORU: Freq1,1ent loc~li~ed showers dur.ini la:~e July-.inade some improvement in. the corn
r-- crop; howev'oer, d~age i .ncurre.4 Q;t prolonged hqt.:dey ' we~ther ~arlJr in J\icy'
4eereased the indicated JD_eld. per acre !rom 19.0 tola.o bushels, The ?~r.~nt
w t produ~tion :i,.s e.atimated at 62,!370,000 bush~.ls. 1 , an all-~ime )f'ecqrd and r-~ approximat~
l;,ncrease of 9 per cent .over
yearta' . pr<:~ducti()n.
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in T~cco: Despite.~Uiifav~f(~tiler cb~tions l~cali~eci are~, fe~'uit~~ in an
,
. indic:&tea. decr~ased yield "Of ~out 30 pounds ~er acre during July, .an al:t.-
time record production of ).35, ;'64, 000 pounds of ~obacco :Ls 'expected, The eurrent
acreage ot 111,100 ~ expected .'t;9. yield an averag~ of 1,220 pounds per acre. . .
l'EANUTS: }Todu~tion of. pe:~uts in Georgia for pi~king ~nd threshing is indicated at
599,02.5,000 pounds ,crr l2 'per dent less than the 679,875.,000 pounds .h~~
the ~ted in 1950. T~ current in4icated yielq is 815 potinds per acre. A t~ta~ of
735,000 acres fof' harv~st is
same as the rei>ort~d -a.craage laSt year.
PECAN{i: Based on CQild,ition ts ~ AUglol!t 11 the em-t-ent peoan crcp is indicated at
.
39,000,000 pounds or about ~,000,000 pounds less than the revised production
f.or last ye~'s crop but well above the average production 1940 to 1949. Weather
-cond:iticms have been favorable for the pecan ~rop, and damage from dise(iSes and
i Mects has beell light.
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GEORGIA
:ACREAGE:.:..._XI~gl. PER .AC~E -~~7 ~TOTAL P~ODUCTtQ!J (IN THOUSA}JDS)
: (000) ~Av~age; . . t:-Indicated:Aver~: ~ :Wdicated . .
: 19 1 ti940-49: 19 :. 1951 :1 40-~2 =.11.5_~: __1_9.,21
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~n bu.: 3465 13 .5 16.5
- ].6.0 46799 5'7172 62370
Wheat bu.: 146
.QI.ts bu ~ : 537 ~ .... bu.: 6
Ha;y (all) ~tbn: 1014
' 12.4
~.2
9.1
.55
12,.5 27....-_Q. 11;0
.&.
19.0 2470
.2.6.0 lU
12.0 104
.57 752
1900
6u9 . .44
604
2774 .3962
72 .578
Tobacco (all) ...lb .: 111.1 1030 1096
1220 90527 20 135564
Potatoes, 1r i sh pu.; 15 68
78 ,
69 l$17 i248
Po-tatoo.s , Sweet-;-;"'bU";t - Q:&-- ~ - --... 90 . 7.5 6551 : .5850
103.5 3450
. ......
Cotton bales! ' 1458 23a
227 . ~ , .303
~738 ' 488
920
Peanuts (i'or ..picking : :
. '
and threshing) .lb.: 735 706
925
Y: -. P&aches, total c~p,: .. . Qll.
81.5
79875 . ' 59.9.02 5 .
4790 . . 975 5040
Years, total crop,
bu. 1/.
?e~ans ... ib'. :
375 234
335
27846 41000 .39000
11 Total agricultural crop gre~- te-r ~th~a- n -an~d-.i-n-c-lu-d-i-ng._c~o-m-m~e-rc-i-al-~cr-o-p-. ----------
D. L. FLOYD, In Charge
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultt~al Statisticians
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
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UNITED &rATES - GENEBAL CROP m:PORT AS OF AUGUsr lt 1951
The second-largest all-crop volume continues in prospect for 195i. Weather factors, varying by areas within the country, resulted in cl.eolines for such important crops as corn, wheat., barley, flaxseed, potatoes, sweetpotatoes and tobacco. These were partly offset, however, by i~rovement in prospects for all hay, oats, rice, sugarbeets, d1'y beans and p~as. Moreover, crops for which current estimates are the first for this season-cotton, soybeans, sorghum grain, and peanuts-
p;-omiso better than average yields. .An aggregate volume of all orops 34 per cent above the 1923-e
32 average is now in prospect. 'This would be 1 point lower than indicaited on July 1 and 4 points less than in tho record year 1948.
Corn prospects were neady maintained at the July 1 level, with the estimate at 3,207 million
bushels. :t.bch of the decline of 88 million bushels is due to flood losses. Grovring conditions
wero fairly favorable in the Corn Belt, as rapid progress in the latter part of July did much to
overcome lateness in planting and previous development. However, some corn which was planted or
replanted late will need at least the usual fall growing season to reach maturity. In l?arts of
the South, corn yields were reduced by dry, hot weather. Corn was tasselling as far north as
southern North Dakota. In Io~ the crop bad made about the same progress as in 1900, but was
later than in 1948 and 1949. let fields in some sections had prevented cultivation to the desired
extent, but the ample soil moisture in most crn..growing areas was a factor favoring current and
future development.
The near-record all-crops outturn forecast on July 1 is still in prospect. Declines in several major. crops were partially offset by improvement in others. The chief factor, however, was that yields of cotton and of some other crops, for which the ~gust 1 estimate is the first in the season, promise to exceed the average yield at which level they were incorporated in the index on July 1.
coma The 1951 corn crop is estimated at 3,207 million bushels, a decline of 88 million bushels
from the July 1 forecast. This compares with 3,131 million bushels last year and the l94Q.. 49 average of 2,981 million. The indicated yield per acre of 37.9 bushels is 0,3 and 4.0 bushels, respectively, above last yea.r and the average.
PEANUTSI Production of peanuts from the acreage for picking end threshing is estimated at 1,827 million pounds. This is about 9 per cent below both the 2,019 million pounds harvested
in 1950 and the average of 2 017 million pounds. An increase of 27 million pounds is indicated
for the Virginia Carolina J;ea while declines .of 136 million pounds, and .64 milli9npounds, rospectivoly, a.r~ indicated for ~e Southea.itern end Southwestern Areas.
The acreage for picking end threshing is estimated at 2,255,000 acres, 1 per cent less than in 1950. In the Virgini&-Ca.ro1ina .lrea. the acreage for picking and threshing is 2 per cent larger than in 1900 while the Southeastern and Southwestern Areas era each expected to have about 2 per cent less acreago than last year.
P.roANSa The pecan crop is indicated at 128,100,000 pounds, 2 par cant above the 1950 revised production of 125,622,000 and 3 per cent above the 1o;..yeer average of 124,006,000 pounds.
The improved varieties are forecast at 65,970,000 pounds, 8,21 'f,OOO pounds above tho 1950 and 14,060,000 above average. The forecast of seedling varieties is 62,130,000 pounds, 5, 739,000 below last year and 10,026,000 pounds below average.
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PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED
ACre~e 1/
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Har.voato 1 For :
Yield: per aore
:
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State Average : . I harvest A-nrege
I Indictl.tod ' Average : .
: Indicated
1940-49 l 1950 I . 1951
194()..49 I 1950 , - 195], ' I 194a-4'9 ; 1950 I . :1951
Thousand acres
Founds
ThOusand pounds
Va. N.
c.
152
146
146
1, 240 1, 535 1,500 188,021 224,110 219,000
279
231
238
1,122 1,065 1,170 311,000 246,015 278,460
Ts.encn..
8
5
5
31
20
17
?82
800
780
5,960 4,000
3,900
614
790
725
18,696 15,800
12,325
Ga.
985
735
735
708
925
815 690,583 679,875 599,025
750 64,735 59,040 54,000
875 310,160 325,360 279,125
400
7,695 5,525
4,800
450
6,470 3,325
3,150
325
2,896 1,020
975
580
98,328 125,280 132,820
500 303,934 323,400 233,000
1uJ.
s. 2,923 2,277 2,255
Equiviilent solid acreage.
1,000
8,483 6,545
6,000
'704
887
810 2,016,962 2,019,295 1,826,580
State
N. C.
s. c.
Ga.
Fla. Ala.
Miss, kok.
La.
Okla.
~T.exsa.s
:
Average 1940-49
2,629 2,543 27,848
4,312
11,825 6,829 3,995 10,578 21,760 30,615
124,066
All Varieties - Production
1900
- - -Th-ou"s2a,n~d"s7
'~'~Ounds
,&.; - - - -
3,000 41,000
5,200
13,200
3,625 2,450
9,100
7,000 39,000 125,622
Indicated August 1, 1951
3,120 3,816 39,000
4,964
18,000 8,680 2,800 9,000 21,120 17,600
128,100
: After Five Days Return to United States ~artment of Agrioul ture
Bureau of ~r1cultural Economies 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia. OFFICI.A.t BUSIBESS
Form BAE-A:Sb6I-7,612
Permit No. 1 1
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Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
Sout ra nch Li rary
Sta ve Co. lege of Agriculture At hen s, Ga.
Req
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tOlLEuE. OF A<:JRiCULTURE.
A~ens, Georgia
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E.XTEN510N SERVICE.
August 13, 1951
COH}lERCIAL TRUCK CROPS
ACREAGE ~AND INDICATED PRODUCTION
_J. ... AUGUST 1, 1951
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GEORGIA
SNAP BE~, NORTH GEORGIA: An indicated yield of 100 bushels per acre'as of August 1
..:--. .
will give a total production .of i7o,oqo :bushels in
North Ge orgia for 1951. This compares to an acreage of ~,000 wi. th a yield of . 95
pUSheJ.'S, . .aha.. a -p' 'l'crctuettdn of 190,000 for the same :section last year.
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+;:;,, ... CABBAGE1 ,NORTH GEORGIA: Th~ acr~age qf cabb<l;ge in N~rth Geor gia was reduced from 1,:1,00 ac:res ~n 1950 to 900 in 1951. At an estimated yield
.~{ 4.5 t .ons per acre (the s~e as. for _last year) production this Y:ecir is set at
~-~'qoo tons. ~ a~ compar~~ to 5-'000 last year.
~;~~SH Po;r,a'rtdES, NORTH GEORGIA: Production of Irish potatoes _in No~~h _Georgia: _for
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1.951 i.$ place.d at only 99, 000. bush. e. ls' This f.igure
is derived from an estimated yield, as of August 1, of 90 bushels per acre on 1,100
- acres . :tast--year the --a-creage in t hat section was put at 1,300 acres from which an
~stima~ed yield of 110 bush els per acre gave a total production of 143,000 bushels.
WATE:R.I_!.ONS, ~LY SUM!'1ER: Figures as of August 1 indicate an acreage of 40;:000
.
_ early summer wat~rmelons in Geor~ia for )9~1. This is
~0,000 acres less- t lla-fl- harves-ted last--year. -Yield this year is 290 T(lelons per acre -
~ {is against 275 ;for last year. Total production for 1951, thus, would be 11"'600,000
melons i n comparison with 13,750,000 produceq in 1950.
UNJ;TED s1ATES
CANTALOUPS :' The United States crop of cantaloups for 1951 is expected to be three per cent less than .for 1950, though 18 per cent above the 1940-49
average. Prospective producti on for 1951 is '12,648,000 crates as compared to 13,050, 000 cl"ate:s Lor 195o-qnd 10, 712,000 crates for the ten:.:year average.
an WATERMELONS., EARLY SUMMER: . In the earl y summer sta-tes, producir:i:on o-f wa-termel-ons
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is now estimated 'at 5o,o48,ooo m~lons,' inqrease of
three per c:ent over the July estimate, five per cent above last ye~'s production of
47,855,000, and four per cent above the ten-year average of 48,122,000. .During July
the condition of wate~melons improved in Mississ i ppi, Georgia, South Carolina, and
Oklahoma, thus .more than offsetting a drop in condltion for North Carolina and no
cha;nge in :qther early -'-summer ~tates.
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. After Five Days Return to U~ted Sta~es Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 .Exterisiqn Building Athens, Ge'?r gi~
:Penalty for priv~te use to avoid _payment of postage $300.
Libr arian. Col ege of Agr i cul ture Athen s. Ga.
TC ReQ.
UNITED 9rATES - GENERAL CROP moRT AS OF .AUGUsr 1, 1951
The second-largest all-crop volume continues in prospect for l95i. Weather factors, varying by areas within the country, resulted in cl.eolines for sUch important c~s as com, wheat., l>arley, ~la.xseed, potatoes, sweetpotatoes and tobacco. These were partly offset, however, by improvement 1n prospects for all hay, oats, rice, sugal'beets, dry beans and. p~a.s. Moreover, crops for which current estimates are the first for this season-cotlion, soybeans, sorldmm grain, and peanuts-
promise better than average yields. .An aggregate volume of all crops 34 per cent above the 1923--
32 average is now in prospecli. 'This would. be 1 point lower than ind.icatea on July l and 4 points less thaii in tho record. year 1948.
Corn prospects were nearly maintained at the July l level, with the estimate at 3,207 million
bushels. !oUch of the decline of 88 million bushels is due to flood losses. Grovring conditions
wero fairly favorable in the Corn Belt, as rapid progress in the latter pari of July did much to
overcome lateness in plant.ing and. previous development. However, some corn which was planted or
r lanted lat Lne_a_d__a.t_lea.si: }ha nsnal fa.ll u '""'"" nrt aoa...,n~~~.a.L,.,
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.Alab ama . Ge or gia, North North Carolina Virginia , New York, other. ~: i ch i gan Colorado
Te nn~s~ee.~
Gro:':lP t.qtal, ~.,
2,200 1,700 1,500 73 95 70
2,160 2,000 ~., 700 96 95 100
5, 770 5' 9.00 s;ooo 102 115 110
780
400
250 85 110 95
12,240 12,500 13,100 150 135 140
2,940 3,200 3,200 84 90 100
1,240
750
550 145 160 120
1,420
500
450 ' 119 135 130
-28,750 -26,950 -25,750 -12o- T2o -i21-
160
162
105
206
190
170
584
678
550
65
44
24
1,816
1,688 1,834
250
288
320
186
120
66
167 3,434-
- -3,-236-88
58 -3,127
GABBAGE:
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Early Sumner
New Je.rs ey 4,440 4,500 4,600 6.2 a.o 8.0
New York, L.I 1,090.. . 900
900 9,6 9.5 11.0
Geor gia, north,,
760 1,100
900 4.6 . 4.5 4,5
I ndiana l, 770 2, 300 2, 300 6,6 6.0 8.0
Illinois 3,430 3, ;jQO 3,100 6.5 8.1 9.0
Iowa ..1, 190 . 1,020 1,000 7.7 8.4 7.5
Group total -1!,!80 -13,!20 _1'2',1Too -6:6r .,.b'2 -8716
27,600 36,000 36,800
10,400
8,600 9,900
3,500
5~000 4,000
11,000
13~800 18~400
22,000 26.600 27.900
9,100
8.500 7,500
s3,"5'oo- ._98,6oo Io4,5oo
COMMERCIAL EARLY
I
IRIS H POTATOES .:
. '
~ Sumner
Mary land . 5,760.. 4,900 4,000 142. 150 190
816
' 735
760
Ken tu~ky. ~ . 3,8 70 2,80.0 2, 300 136 150 170
520
420
391
Missouri, 3, 700 1,900
500 176 280 200
648
532
100
Ka.ns~s 5,560 2, 800
200 161 200 230
Nebraska 5,200 3,100 2, 300 238 \. 290 300
875 1,218
560
46
8 99
69'0
Texas, 7, 710 4,300 4,600 219 235 240 1,663
1,010 1,104
Georgia . 1,790 1, 300 . ' 1,100 106 110 90 Virginia, 36,850 31,000 25,000 166 225 220
189 6,042
143
99
6,976 5,500
New Jersey , 53,320. 40,000 30 , 000 193 310 290 10,248 12,400 8' 700
Group total
I23,Jso -9!,Too -70,000 -i81- !57 -248- -22,'2'18 - -23,675 -17,390
WATER:.IIfl.E'
LONS
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- 1,000 Melons -
Early Surrme r
Calif., other . ; 8 ,990 11,000 9,500 722 615 750 6,480
6, 765 7,125
Ari zona. , . , , 3,160 4,700 4, 700 562 790 750 1, 767
3,71 3 3,525
Te xa.s 55,160 56 ,000 61,000 162 150 165 Louisiana,, 3, 340 2,100 1,800 272 270 260
9,087 903
8,400 10,065
567
468
Miss i ssippi 4,650 4,500 4, 900 240 280 280 1,111
1,260 1, 372
Alab ama ,,. 6 t 300 7,200 6,800 312 300 330 1, 932
2,160 2,244
Ge or gia 471100 50,000 40,000 288 275 290 13,462 13,750 11,600
South Carolina, 24 ,600 30,000 26,000 220 180 2 70 5, 358
5, 400 7,020
North Carolina 9, 840 11,100 10,500 2 32 200 230 2,268
2,2 20 2,415
Arkansas Ok laho~a Mi ssouri,
3,660 4,000 12,530 . 10,000
6,820 3, 500
4,400 12,000
2,800
284 221 286
285 150 280
r 285 1,041
200 2, 767 200 1, 948
1,140 1,500
980
1,254 2,400
560
Group total
T86,75o T94,Ioo Ta4,4oo -2t31- 247 -271"- . 48,T2"Z- f-47,855 -50,048
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D. L. FLOYD, In Charge ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statisticians
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Esti mator
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,.1 , ' GEORGIA: The A:ll -Cotiimodity index of 'Prices.'Received by Georgia farmers dropped 31
. r:; .
ppints c\~ing the. !J'!Opth ending August 15 , At the present level , the
index is 263 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 average and 5 poi~ts below the
r,! average f Oi:' the San'le peri.od .a year ago~
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An approximate decrease of $10.00 per toJ?. for cottonseed and an approximate de-
. ~ crease of 5.8 cents per pound for lint caused .the individual commodity index for
cotton and cottonse.ed to drop 46 poi~ts 1 anq contributed largely to the decHne in
the all commodity index. The grains l.ndex declined 4 points, meat animals declined
1 point, and dairy .pr:oduc~s rema:lned unchanged.
In the miscellaneou~ commodities sub~group, sweet potato prices were off~et by
4eclining prices for Irish potat~es, soybeans, cowpeas, tobac co and all ha:Y Sub-
groups showing an increase were c~1ickens and eggs 1 advancing 7 points, arid fruits,
advancing 1 point.
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) UNITED STATES: Declini.ng for the six.th consecutive month, the Index of Pri:ces Re-
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average,
the
ceived by Farmers on August 15 was 292 nercent Bureau of Agricultural Economics announced- today.
of its -1910-14 This ~as 2 points
below mid-July, and 25 points (or 9.4 percent) above August 15 a year ago. Prices
for most crops, except fruit, were down during the month, with the decrea ses in
prices of c otton, truck cr.ops, and -oil.:..tea ring crops contributing most to the de-
cline in the index. These declines were partially offset by higher prices for
fruit, some meat animals, m:i:-lk, and eggs~
The Parity Index (Prices Paid for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates) in
mid-August remained at 282 percent of its 1910-14 average. This was 1 point below
the all-time peak r e corded in April-' and May of this year, and 9. 7 percent higher
than a year ago. The index of prices paid for family living items '!las unchanged
quring the month, but the index of commodities used for producti'on was up 1 point.
Price .indexes for both living and production commodity groups were .above August
~950, as were also the interest, tax, and wage rate comp onents.
'!'he Parity Ratio at 104 in rnid-Aug11st was unchanged from July 15 and .at this level
was the s ame as a year ago.
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f .\~g. 15,
July 15,
Aug. 15,. :_ -n.J~?~r~ !!iz.h____ _
. - - - - - - - - 19"10~14 = - .....
1-00-.' .
'.: ..
.:,_
1. -95.0 -.
-
-:-
--
1951
-- - -
-
. - - - 1-95-1 -
.. : -
- - I.n..-d-ex - :-
- D- a-te- - -
Prices Received
267
294
292
313
Feb. 1951
Parity Index ~/ 2/ 257
282
282
283 11 May 1951
:a:i~y:_R_:t~o- __ ~~- ~o~ ____ - _1~4._____ ~o~ ___ ~- ~2~ .... __o:_t~ ~9~6- _
},/ Prices Pai , Interest, Taxes-,- -and F-a rm- Wage Rates-. ~/-Revise _ /-A-l-s o-- April
1951.
D. L, FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Cha rge
ARCHIE LANGLEY
HARRY A. WHITE
Agricultural Statisticians
BURTON J. HARRINGTON ' Agricultural Statistician
PRICES mi:EIVED BY FABME:RS AUGUsr 15, 1951 WITH COMPARISONS
.. -:- :. ~:-~"0MMODITY
-: . . Am)
uNIT
Wheat, Bu. ;
GEORGIA. .
~ . .- Aver~
.
_Aug 1 Julv 1-914
.
.
1950
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$
.1.24 \
..~. 2. 13.
July 15
1951
2.'.06
UNITED 9rA!r'ES
. ~
'tit~~:::, A~
July 15
1951 Julv 1914 .1.9.50 1951
2.05
.aa ... ' :.. 1;97 2.05
Corn, Buo .
\ .
Oats, Bu.
,$
.91 .
$
.67
Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes,
Bu.
Bu.
$ $
.. ...
1.12
-
' , .83
: :~~'-'
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Cotton, lb.
12.6
lo70 16~ .. \
90 93 1.50 . l.oOO
..;a.ss 2.35
37.0 40.5
1.63 o97
1.75 3.60 34.7 '
o64; 1.44
w..... \ \....
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' It_ .71
I
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- ..7. 0
''
..'. 1. 22
:.8.8 ' 2.18
12.4
37.0
163 78
1.18
'
2.1:9'
39.:i
~. .~5 1 51
t..os
i
. l.l.65
:
~. 76
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1\.17
~.73
34.6
Cottonseed, ton $ Hay (baled), ~ton $ Hogs, per cwt~ .. $ Beef Cat t1 e, cwt. $
24.39
---
7.33
3.87
61.00 75.00 20.40 28.00
. 22,00 ' 22'.00
19.50 26.00
65.00 27.00 22.20 25.80
22.55
-i
7.27
5.42
70.90 20.20 21.60 24.10
78.00 ; ~.l
20.20
69.10 20.40
20~00 ; ... 21.20
29.00 29.10
Milk Cows, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, Ibz. Butter, lb. Butterfat; lb.
Milk (whoi~~e)
per 100#: 1 ' Cowpea.s, Bu.
Soybea. n-s, Bu.
. Peanuts, lb-.
$ 33.85 ' . 156.00 186.00
13.2
28.9 29.6
' 21.3 24.6
47.6 52.0
55.0 56.0
25.7
56.0 60.0
192.00 29.8 57.0 56.0
sa.o
$
2.42
$ --
$ --
5.40 4.40 3.60
5.90
6.10
4,70
4.35
I
3.60
3.40
- s.e- '' :10o6 1.e- -u.o - -
48.oo 11.4 21.5
202.00 25.4 38.0
246.0d .. 2.4:7~00
.27.0 . 26o0 :
46.6 49.7
25.5
26.3
..
1.60
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4.8
56.9 60.2 60.1
60.3 68.8 . : sa.s
3.73 3.87 2.42
n.o-
4.30 ' 4.29 -.
2.86 10.8
. 4.45 3.95 2.71
10.8
INDEX :m.JHBERS OF PRICES ~EIVED BY FA..t~.MERS IN GEORGIA
(.August 1909 - July 1914 : 100)
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Miscellaneous
August 15, 1950
. 268 289 182 408 217 222 226 171
July 15, 1951
294 320 179 494 237 . 248 162 100
August 15., 1951
263 274 175 493 237 255 163 170
;, After Five Days Return to
:Jnited States Department of Agriculture
BureBI;l of Agricul tura.l :Ebonomics .
. 319 Extension Building
. :Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAt BUSINESS rorm W:BF9f51-:306.4
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payment of postage $300. '
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DEPARTMENT OF
.GEORGTIA ECONOMI~S .AGRICULTURE.
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GEORGIA .,. SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
September 10, 1951
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Georgia cotton
cro.p. pr~spects
of
September
1
indicated
probable
production
of
about
9J5,GOo bales (500 pounds gross weight), according to information reported ~Y crop
correspbndepts to the GE~or~ia Crop Reporting Service of the United. State~ D~partment
of' Agr1~~lture. This figure is 92 per ce-nt above th.e. 190 crop of~ 488~000 bales and
is 2!7"-~r cent more than. the _.ten-year average (1940-49) of 738~000 bales~ Indicated
yield per acre af 309. pounds is the all time high record for the state. Acreage for .
harvest" is estimated at 1,.45i,ooo. -
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Owing,to the extremely hot and dry August weather throughout Georgia ~he prospects
in the northern half of the state deteriorated somewhat from one month ago. Fruit-
ing was checked in all but some late 'fields and size of mid-crop and top crop boll's ~uffered w:Lth consider.able premature opening reported. This is .the earliest rria.;tur:-
ing crop in years for t:his __section with many fields white and ginning 'becoming gen;...
eral in latter August. Elsewhere over the state yields are generally good to ex- .
cellent despite some complaints of late bolls being small and opening -prem-"! turflly .
Picking and ginning are in ful~ swing with a limited supply of labor available and
' relatively high prices being paid for picking. Weevil damage is negligible in. all
parts of.'the state.
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Bureau of Census ginnings to Septe!Jlber 1 are 218,000 running bales compared wi.th
96,000 to that date in 1950
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D. L. FLOYD
HARRY A. 1~iHITE BURTON J. HARRINGTON
Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statisticians
In Charge
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1951 production indicated Qn '
September 1
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-STATE-
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1 9 5 1 -9 35_,000
1950-488..,000
. 1949-604, 000
Districts shown are Crop . Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts.
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'rhe C.rop Reporting Board of the Bureau of 'Agricultural Economics makes the ..following <
report from data furnished. by crop correspondent.s, field statisticians, Production
q.nc\ 'Marketing Administration, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of
cq.tton .compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the 'various influences
~~fecting the cr~p during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable than usual.
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SEPT. 1
LINT .YIELD PER :PRODUCTION-GINNINGS :
ACREAGE~/ : CONDITION
a.RVESTED ACRE :500-lb.gross wt.bls 2f.
STATE
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Tota1 aban-
: For ::.Aavgeer-.::
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.:.Aavgeer-!: .
:: Ind1. -::"Aavgeer-
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. 1950
::
19~;)1 Crop
::: iacne1gnnssnu-.t~:
\
;donment :after
: har-1940-.1950.1951:1940-.1950 ~.vest~l~49: : :1949;
:cated:l940:19.51 ;1949
: :
crop
;Indic ;Sept.
. 1:.9/ l / 5 1
:iuly 1 :Thous: Pct.Pct.=Pct.: Lb. Lb. : Lb. :Thous.:Thous.:.Thous. ~Thous .
~o. va.
N.c.
q. c.
G.a.
: Pet.
12.0 3.0
I 1.5 6.0 1 i.2
iacres:
: : : .
493 l. 78 j 74 69 j425 285
l 1 22 j - -
- 389 120
! 763 1 79 46 82 1369 151
\1,163 1 jl,452 l
71 69
I .
61 66
I 82
j 79
308 238
224 227
:
312 415 384 363 309
:bales :bales :bales :bales
375 254 320 I -
24
4
19 1 -
579 181 610 -
I I 707 448085 1i 880 124
738
935 218
Fla.
'l!enn.
Ala.
I I 2.0
68 ! 70 I 68 83 170
l I , 2.6 1 813 1 77 68 78 1384 6.0 ,1,566 : 72 57 76 1276
208 318
212
212
369 .314
I
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14
559
919
. ~1~3['j
30 II
I 625
1,025
~
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Miss. 1 3.5 , 2,533 1 71 I 69 j 75 326 314 1379 . 1,644 1,332 1 2,000 i 152
.1\'rk. I' 4.2 2,251 1 73 70 77 343 313 350 1,414 1,090 1,640 1 5
!~~akl. a.
~exas
~ M.
1.4
986 65 I 59 I' 77 267
II
I 1
1I
4.5 4.0
j ll~,66oooo ll
67 1 48 61 72 70 j 63
173 181
I 2.4
330 1 88 86 i 86 488
281
145 211 526
414 1 527 426
188
511 242
183 3,049 2,946
436 !I 151 187
850 168 1
625 ! 4,800 1' 1,157
300 -
L h - - I Ariz. 1 S.o
557 I 88 97 I 88 4~6 825 707
222
Cal. [ 9.0 1,329 l 92 97 II 92 598 805 I 650
584
Other
4.3 I 18
i - i407 -2.46- J3J-
16
474 1 . 978 j
820 1,8oo
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5
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-7
12 . -
y~s. _ j-:J-~4-i 73.-~?8 1 74 265.9 269.2 29o.8 12,030 10,012 17,291 12,o14
Am. E.4
2.5
58.3 !!
.:.
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- 30l. J298 373
25.4 64.2
45.21 -
Tex.
4.0 24.0 1 - I - - [! 363 ) 214 1 380
4.1 18.9 19.d -
N. M.
4.o
Ariz
Q
Other I 0
12.o ; - 1 - - 326 238 24o
22.o i - :. - ! - j265 1402 436
.) ! - .I - - I - ; 168 400
3.5
17.7 -
8,2 1
36.9 ,. .2
6.o1 -
2o.oj .21 -
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2/ Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning.
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Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky1 and Nevada. Included in State and Uni ted States totals.
CROP REPORT ~NG BO~
After fi ve days return to United State s Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agri cultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens , Georgia
OFFI CI AL BUS INESS
Form BAE-C-9/51- 3720 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of pos tage $300.
Sout Bran ch Li br ar y
State College of Agriculture Athen s, Ga.
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~thens, Georgia
September 13, 1951 GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1 2 1951
High summer temperatures and a general lack of moisture over most of Georgia became greatly pronounced during August, developing into severe drought in central and ~orthern _regions of the state. These advers~ cond~tions seriously d~1aged late grow! ing crops, particularly corn, pastures; a,nd truck crops. Weather1 however, was very; favorable for harvesting operations, and considerable progress was made in digging peanuts, making h~, and picking cotton.
Apparently corn has suffered more from the. recent drought than any other crop. In ._.
some up-state sections late corn is almost a complete failure. other corn, though
hurt, has not been so badly affected, since it had largely reached maturity and had
eegun to season in the fields before unfavorable weather became intensified. The
~~ weather, through control of insects and diseases, has actually 9een favorable
~or pecans. A larger production of pecans than indicated on August 1 is now in
prospect, but thim crop also needs rain to fully mature nuts for harvest. Seeding
~f small grains and w:inter grazing crops is behind schedule because of the dry1 hard eondition of soils.
CORN: Cumulative weather conditions have banished early prospects for an all-time ---- high record corn yield. An indicated yield of 17.0 bushels per acre as of ~eptember 1 is one bushel less than the 18.0 bushe~ outlook of August 1 and two qushels short of the 19.0 bushels expected on July 1. The present est~nate places :
total production at 58,9051 000 bushels. This is three per cent above the 57,172,000 bushel crop produced in 1950, but it is one per cent less than the record crop of 59,400,000 bushels for 1949.
Tobacco: Late returns on aL~ost complete marketings of tobacco indicate a thirtypound higher yield than estimated as of August 1. Present es t ima.tes
place the yield. at 1250 pounds a..rid total production at 138,864,000 pounds, an all time high for both yield and production.
Peanuts: Producti on of peanuts for picking and threshing in Georgia is now esti-
mated to be 624,750,000 lbs. This is 4 per cent above the outlook on
August 1 and is due to an indic ated incre as e of 35- pounds per acre in yield. Esti-
mated yield on September 1 was 850 pounds per acre as compared to 815 on August 1.
Beneficial rains in mai n producing areas duri ng August are considered responsible
~or the increas ed turn-out. This puts the current expected production 11 per cent
uhder the 1950 crop . .
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GEORGIA
: ACREAGE: YIELD PER ACRE
:TOTA_L PRODYCT IOi~ (IN TH9USANDS )
CROP
. (000) :Average:
;Indicated: Average :
Indi cated
1951 :1940-49: 1950: 1951 1940-49 1950
1951
Corn .bu.: 3465 13.5 : - 6.5: - 11.0
vfueat. .bu.: 146 : 12.4 : 12.5: .. 19.0
Oats .bu.: 537
23.2 : 27.0: 26.0
46799 2470
~ 1.4113
57172: . 190o: 16119:
Rye .bu.: 6
9.1 : 11.0: 12.0
104
44:
Hay (all)
ton ': 1014
.55: .62: , .55
752
604:
Tobacco. (all~ .lb.: 111.1:1030 :1096 12)0
90527 102120:
Potatoes, Iri sh pu.: 15 68 : 78
69
1517
1248:
Potatoes, Sweet . bu.: 46 79 : 90 70
6551
5850:
. Cotton b al es : 1458 238 :227
Peanuts (for picki ng
309
738
. 488:
and Threshing .1b. : 735 708 :925 850 Peaches, tot al crop, :
. 690583 679875:
bu.;!/
4790
975:
r:ears, t otal crop ,
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bu.l/
375
234:
Pecans l b .:-
- - - - - - -27-84-6--.-- -4'1000:
!/ Total agr i cultural crop gre at er than and includi ng commercial crop .
58 , 905 2, 774 13,962
72 558 138, 1364 1,035 3, 220 935
624,750
4,725
325
42,000
D. L. FLOYD
/illCHIE LANGLEY
HARRY A. WHI TE
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Agricult ur al Statisticians
tnUTED STA:rES - GENERAL CROP BEPOR!' AS OF SEPTEMB'ER 1, 1951
~ro.duction pro~.~cts on September 1, although slightly lo~er than a month earlier, continue to
_l.ndica.te the second largest all..crop volume of record. Some major crops deteriora.tedlmder 'Un~ favorable ~st . weather conditions, chief among them corn and peanuts, while some ot~rs imp;t'oved. For most crops changes from the August 1 forecasts were relatively small. Harvesting of ~8.11 ~rains was retarded by intermittent reins in much of the spring grain area, but elsewhere :harv~~t-: ?ng conditions were mostly good. ~h fall plowing has been done and a little fall seeding was
}lilderway in well-prepared see.d.beds.. .Pastures were mostly BOOd, except in drier parts of the South.
~-rn prospec'!;.s .~elin~d sli~h~ly d~ing . August, becaus~ of lack of good "corn weather11 in parts .
i'Jf the Corn Belt end dry weather in Ohio and the ~uth. Production is now forecast at 3,131 . ~illion bushels, 76 million loss than on August le In tho northwestern .part of the Corn .Belt, .:
~low progress of corn h causing concern that some will not reach maturity before killing frpsts..
9ccurt. The all wheat estimate remained below the billion-bushel mark..-at 999 million bushels!"'- .: Q.espi~e a slight incre~e in spring whee.t to 348 million bushels. Earlier estimates placed ~le . yririter wheat crop at 851 million bushels. ~hre spring wheat than usual remained unharvested, p articul~ly in North Dakota, 'lT~ming and Montana, and harvesting losses on this portion may be :tteavy. 17:mter wheat was virtually all harvested.
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~ong the crops for which production Eospects declined during August other than corn and peanuts, .
We r e oats, buckv1heat, fla,xseed, ha~,
:peas, potatoes, sweetpotatoes, tobacco, sugarcane, broo~
o~rn, . apples, pe~s, and gr.apes. Sligh urprovemez;1ts 'l'tera noted for cotton, spring whaa,t, barley,
f l:Cet
,
sorghum.
gra.J.n,
.
dry beans, .
s o y b e a n s,
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sugar beets,
hops
and peaches,
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GOBI-; : The Nation's 1951 corn crop is foreco.st at 3,131 million bushels, the same as the 1950 crop. ~ This is a decline of 76 million bushels from ~st 1. The 1940-49 average production i~ ~
~,981 million bushels. These estimates include corn 'for grain, silage, forage, and for hogging.
~he indicated yield per acre of 37.0 bushels is 0.6 bushel below last year but 3.1 bushels a.boye
t he average of 33.9 bushels.
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PEANurS: Pr9duction of peanuts .for picldns and. threshing . i~ estimated Bt 1.,.742 million polmds.
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. This is 5 percent l e ss than the August 1 estimate and compares with the 1950 crop of' .
2,01; million pounds and the lQ-year average of 2,017 million pounds. The decline in indicated
production from l a st month is due almost entirely to lower yield prospects in Al abama,. Oklahoma,
~d Texas r e sulting from hot, dry .weather.
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'DOBACCO: The Septembe r 1 estimate of total tobacco production, at 2,226 million polmds, is about
J : . ono percent below last month's estimate. Drought conditions, particularly in some of
the burley producing States, largely account for this decline. HOwever, the current estimate is
nearly 10 percent above the 1950 crop of 2,032 million pounds and 25 percent above the 1940-49
average production of 1,787 million pounds.
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PECANS: The pecan crop is now f~recast at 133,904,000 polmds, 7 percent above the 1950. c.~P .and
8 percent above average. The crop developed very satisfactorily during August and the
pre sent indication is 5 percent ahove a month ago. The orop improved during the month in all
states except Oklahoma and Texas with the latter showing soma decline .from the August 1 .e sUmate.
Except for Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Toxa.s, above average crops ara forecast.
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State
Va. H. C.
Tse. ncn..
Ga.
Fla. Ala. Mi ss. Ark . La. Okla . Texas
uN.. Ys..ax.
PEANUTS l'!CKED AND THRESHED
Yield per Acre
Production
;-AVerage-,----:-
f 1940-49 ' 1950 :
"InCiice.'toC!. 1951
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'T:
in<Ifcated 1-951
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Polmds
Thousand Pounds
1,240
1,122
702
614 708 664 705 353 382 326 494 473 1,062
7o4
1,535
1,065 800 790 . 925
820
980 425 475 340 580 660 935 .
887
1,500
1,170 700 700
850
750
700 360 450 325
550 400
1,000
772
198,021
311,000 5,960
18,696 690,583
64,736
310,180 7,695 6,470 2,800
98,328 303,934
8,483
2,016,962
224,110
246,015 4,000
15,800 679,875
59,040
325,360 5,525 3,325 1,020
125,280 323,400
6,545
2,019,295
219, 000
278,460 3,500
. ll,900 624,750
54,000
223 ,300 4,320
3,150 9 75
125,950 186,400
6,000
1,741,705
State
Average
1940~9
.. PE:ANS
All Vari eties Production 1950
Indicated Sept. 1, 1951
_ TJ:!ol!s~~ !o~~s-
Ns.. cC..
2,629 2,543
Ga.
F1a
27,846
4,312
.Al a.
11,825
l~ s.
. 6r829
AL~rk..
3, 995 10,578
Okla .
21,760
uT.exsa.s
30,615
124,066
After Fiva Days Return to
Unit ed St at e s Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 EXtension Building
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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Permit .No. 1b01 :
2,047 3,000 41,000
5,200
13,200
4,625
2,450
9,100 7,000 39,000
125,622
3,380 4,028 42,000 5,256 19,500 9,380 3,360
11,500
21,120 14,400
133,004
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF' SEPTEMBER 15, 1951
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GEORGIA; ~ Tffe Alr- Commoattt Index of Pri~~s RBceived b,y Georgia farmers dropped one
point during the period August .l5 to September 1? . At the' pr~sent level
the Index -is 2:62 per cent of the .August. .1909 ~- July 1914 average, ~ 30 per.centage
points b~low th.e Index for the .same period a year ago.
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as _.clined 2 point.s due to lower p:rices received for corn, and meat animals dropped 18
. points' a result of tower prices: for hogs, beef cattle, veal calves,; and -.sheep . Higher wholesale and r~tail milk _prices resulted in a 2 point increase. in the dairy
products index. Advancing prices for eggs more 'than o.f'l'set a decline' fn the price of chickens and resulted in a 12 point increase in the chicken and eggs .ind~Xo
u.P- Miscellaneous Commodities Ind~' advanced 16 poirits; resUlting in part from an
ward trend in prices f01' a short crop of sweetpotatoes as well as a .slight increase
;i.n the price of Irish potatoes
UNITED STATES: Prices received b,y farmers during the month ended in mid..September
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continuad t!:e downward trend that started in March, tqe Bureau.of
Agric~tural Econo:mics .:::-epv:r-ted today. The Index of Prices Received by Farmers on
$eptember 15' was 291 p e::- cent of the 1910-14 average, down 1 point froin mid-August
~ut 19 points (?par cent) abov~ a year. ago. o:rh!=l all crop index dec1i.l}ed 5 poi;nts
during the past mont h ,, more than of.i's~tting the 1 point :r;_ise in the livestock and
~iVestock producc.s indC::.C, lOlii 8 r pri.ces received for tr~ck CF.Op(:J .ana, cotton V>Tere
tna~or contrmbu:t,~:~s ~o : .~h e luwer al~ c:op index. . Increa:es in egg, rriilk, a~d cattle
pr~ces more than of.t l:3er, l<;>w:~r hog, chJ.cken, and W'ool prJ.ces to r aise the l~vestock
and lives.tock products index~ ::
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For the f~urth consec~tive month, mving to offsetting price movements, the Parity
IndeX {tne Index of Priees Pa:td by Farmers, including Interest~ Taxes, and Farm
Wage RatEl~) stan9-s _at 2~2 . per cent of its 1910...14 average., Prices paid for fee der
livestock and clotning made +2\E:f 1 argest" advances 'during the month end.ed September 15-,.
Retail prices of food, building mat erials, and several other groups declined. The
mid-September Parity Index wa~ 1 point under the all-time high . recorded in April
cnd May of this yearo Compared w:i.th a year ago, the Sept~ber 1?' Parity Index was
up 8 per cent, with . increases {or the various components r~ging from : 5 per cent
for taxe farmers
s to 12 per ce averaged8 per
nt for farm wage rates. Prices cent higher than in .September
of of l
commodities
ait y"ear.
.bought
by
The Parity Ratio is now 103, 2 points under a year ago.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S~ag_T!!~l~ f.or. ~h~ Q_~t~d_S~a~e!! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- - - =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - s 191In0,~d_1ex4es l.OO
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1.
5
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1950
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Au1g9e541.51
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Sept l~~j . 19>1. ..
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I-nqR-~e-co~rd~: h-i.g.-hD-a- te -
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Prices Received
272
292
291
313 . Feb. 1951
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260
282
282
~8.3 _yMay 1951
Parity Ratio
105
104
103
122 Oct. 1946
-g? -!7-P.ri~es Paid; Interest; ~aXes,-~d-Firffiwaie-Rates:
Also- April 1951-.---
D. L. FLOYD
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AgricJlltural Stel!bi~t~cian1
In Charge
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HARRY Ae WHITE
BURTON J HARRINGTON
t gricultural Statist;i.cian1 ).lgricultura~ Statistician
~ rrrrpy
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UNIT
:l'heat, Bu.
PRICES Rlm:IVED BY FAEMERS SEPTMER 15 1951 1t'ITH COHPARIOONS
.GmRGIA.
. UN!TEI Sl'M~S , .
~: Aver~
~1 g..
~
lY 1914
1951
&~ ~r
.a.verege Aug. 1009-
. ~n,.
1951 July 1914 1950
. ~t. 1951
$
1.24
2.16 2.05 2.11
.as
.
1.94 2.05
2.07
9orn, &
,;
pats, Bu.
$
.91
$
.67
.~ ~rish Potatoes, Bu. $
1.12
SWeet Potatoes, Bu. $
.83
1.63 1.63 1.59 97 .97 1.01
1.65 1.75 1.90 2.05 3.60 4.00
.64
144 1.65
1.65
.40
.73.
76
.. 78
. ,
.70
1.05 1.17
1.23
.sa
1.92 2. 73 '2.87
potton, lb.
9ottonseed, ton .
FaY (l;iaJ.ed), ton
~gs, per cwt. ~ee Cattle, cwt.
12.6
$ 24.39
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$
7.33
$
3.87
40.3 82.00 1.9.80 22.00 20.20
34.7 65.00 27.00 22.20 25.80
34.3 63.00 25.40 20.10 25.40
124
22.55
--
7.27
5.42
40.0 78.80 20.30 21.10 24.70
34.6
.69 .10
20.40 ..
21.20
29.10
33.7 66.10 21.30 19.70 29.50
ilk . ..
Cows,
head
$
33.85
162.00 192.00 196.00
48.00 209.00 247.00 . 250.00
,G.hi.~kens, lb..
13.2
29,5 29.8 27.9 " 11.4
24.5' 26.0
25.2
r.ggs, : Ibz.
21.3
49.4 . 57.0 62.0
21.5
40.,4 49,7
55.0
Butter, lb.
24.6
52.0 55,0 56.. 0
25.5
57.3 60.1
60.7
Butterfat, .lb.
.25.7
Milk per
(1W0h0o#l1es1ale)
$
2.42
Cowpeas, Bu.
$ --
Soyl;leans, Bu.
$
-
Peanu,ts, lb.
5.Q
56.0 58.0 .
5.60 3.50 3.00 10.6
6.10 4.35 3.40
u.o
58.0
-
6.2E) 4.35 3.40
10.9
26.3
1.60
-
-
4.8
60.9 &8.5 . 68.4
3.94 3.57 2.26
ro;s -
4.45 3.95 2.?1 10.8
4.60 3.79 2.59 11.0
11 ~ Preliminary for September 1951 ..
INDEX NuMBERS OF PRICES ~EIVED BY FAB!~S IN GJOORGIA
(August 1909 - July 1914 :: 100)
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Sept. 15, Aug. 15, Sept, .15,
1950
1951
1951 .
~1 Commodities . Cotton & Cottonseed
...
292
~63
262
322
274
. 271
Grains Meat A.."limaJ. s
.
177 427
175
173
493
475
)
Dairy Products
224
237
239
Chicken & Eggs
229
255
267
Fruits .
224
163
,160 .
Miscellaneous .,
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184
170
186
. After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau o Agrieul tural Economics .
319 Extension Building '
Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-B-10151-3064 Permit N9. 1001 .
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~c~Lf.uf. . Of A<;1RI_cu_L.TURf..
Athens, Georgia
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.P~osp:ec"t1i~e curf~~t pr.od~c..ti~n -:of: coit~n- ifi oe~t~ia ~as irtdi~ated on .October 1 t.o
be the
abfcoiur~~e?~,3t5;;ooo~q.Sbe~Rlt~esmb~~r~plda'pnod~~d$~--
~9~2~9_spse:r.~c:e_~itght.~.eJ a.. t.e.T~~st.h.~~~t~~~e-i1s950uncshhqo,~tgtedcrofrpomof
.. 4.SB,ooo. :w.-l~s_.; It. -:is 21 .percel1t. ab:o~e the ten :ye.ar aver~a .(:19!~0-49) of 738,000
'ba].es, If reali~ed the ~ndi"cated current :yield of 309 poUnds lin-t;. per acre will
exceed .that of_ cinf':prevfolls :yearin .1'-e mer~ozy :~f :~the ._state~ . For the . first ..time.
in years. a top c~0-p of boll.s has been .:'Pt.od\1-c.e;d althougq.llsiz~ yof t})ese bolls is relatively-:small due to th~. prolo~ged . drr ;we~ther lq$.ting __thro:qghou-t;. august. We1-vil
dal)!age is :neglig:i,b];e in ~ll secti~ns ; . : .. .
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V{eather G;luz:ing pr~c;:tic ally all of Sep~e.mber , was especially favoral?l~ for picking
~ild fa-rmers have ;_Q'een utilizing -:~. sho~t labor supply in every way possible~ Qne
southern county . has brought in Mexican pickers and most sections are drawing on
whatever town l~bor is a~ailab~~ ,j;n t:t'ying .t .o get the cr.op out of the field qef,o:r:e
bela weather sets :t;n. Co~~on begai?, op~.Qing -very early thi(:l season a:q<;i on repor;t ,
d~te ginnirt(i ~was .~~P-. adyanc;~d. : Howev.E;Jr, many fields were ~et to .be picked".~ .
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~~e Bure~~ of Cens~s repor.ts 585,062 :running bales.-:ginned to October 1 compareq ;
with 300,152 bales ginned to t~e..same date in 1950.
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Ag~~cultural 3tati~tician, In,Charge
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-- " ' "1951-57 ""000- , Nol'J-Oot-ton
c !95o-26,.ooo -.._y ..;..~.,~ ...-...---./
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~949-61,.9?0 195.1-55, ooo, . rrr .
1950-38,000~.
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.. ~1951 producti01;.1 . indicated 9!\
~,..Octooer 1... . _.STATE' -
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'I .. .; 19$o- 488.;6oo
. ~ 1949~ 604,~00
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Districts shown are Crop
Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts.-.
IV.
v.
1951-_100__, 000 1950- 63,000 1949- 74,000
1951-201,000 1950-104,000 1949-128,000
1951-177,000 1950- 82,000 1949- 91,000
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1951-146,000 1950- 71,000
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1949- 79,000
1951-39,000
1951-99,000
1950-13,000
1950-50,000
1949-15,000
1949-49,000
VALDOSTA
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The Crop Reporting Board ef the Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the follbJi;;:;:.:
ing report from data furnished-.by -~rop correspondents, field statisticians, ; Bur~a~ \ :
: of . the Census, . Product+on and l~arketing Administration, and cooperating State <./. )
1agencies The !inal outt'Ul'Il of eotton compared with this forecast will d~p.end il:f>9~ \
'whether the various infl-uences: affecting the erop during the remainder of the : s.~~ f
ar~ more or l,ess favor~blt than U.Suai.
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-----,ACREAGE:- - fuT.-1- - -a:.:-LINT YIELD PER i"PRODUCTION(armi!N'Gs)y:- CENSUS~
: FOR :_ 0!iD.fT0!! __:~~R.YE.TtD_A~ .t5.QO~l_.~,2S~ ~.!.b~!:_s_: GINN INGS
STATE :HARVEST:Aver.,.; :. sAver..: :
a Aver-:
: 1951 : PRIOR TO
: 1951 : age a z a age : :Indi-a age : 1950 : Crop : 10/1/Sl ~fRELIM.)sl940.al,SO:. l95l:l94~cl9SOceated: 1940'!": Crop : Indie~= :...' '.:::. .
:___ -~~9!_9_: _ _ !..:.. _!,9~9_: __ .!. .~;9,~1.!. :,9~9..) _ __ _:Qc_t..J._=-<~:':..;.':._~
Thous.:
: .. : ..: 1
a I
ITheus.- Thm.is.: Thous~: : Thousw
I Aeres I Pet. a PettPet Lb. : Lb.; Lb. :b&toa ; Balee : Bales : : Balesi.
33o - -
Ho.
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493 I
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79
- 6.i.. .-j,6- 7... -
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425
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:26$
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321
-
- - -
;375
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c 254 :
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- 64,...:-
va.
22 -- .... . t - 389 120 415 24
4 . l~i
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N ~ C.
s. c.
763 78 34 .' . 88 36~ 151 399 579
181
635
188' .
1,163 10 55 1 86 308 224 363 101 4o5 88o 47$...
Ga~
1,452 69 61 83 238 227 309 738 488 935 585
Fla.
1
otl 73 7l ~6 170 20tl 212
ll+
13
30 .}?,.
Tenn. Alae Yuss.
Ark. La.
813 77 63' 75 384 31tJ 363 559
1,566 72 56: 77 276 212 299 919
409 576
61$ 975
,..':Islah6'
2,533 71 6s . 75 . 326 3i.4 34l 1,644 1.,332 l,Boo i 15
2,2S1 73 61 73 343 3lJ 34l l,U4 l,~o 1,600 3o4 . .
986 67 55 . 62 26T ~8l 389 $27
426
800 4.36
Okla.
1,60~ 66 - 31 :.62 173 14~ 174 511
242
580 ., . 55 .
Tex~
12,600 72 6f 63 181 ~ll 183 3,049 2,946 4,800 11 761
N, Me
330 86 88 80 488 526 436 151 187 300
18
Ariz.
557 87 97 84 446 825 707 222
474
820
,56
Calif
1, 329. 92 ~.~ , . 91 598 805 650 584
97 8 1,.800 ~- ...,91
other g/
18 - -- -- 407 246 333 16
7
12
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1,--_2---gs2,sS4.U.3~4---
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7tr -ib~ '~~ - 3o!
:.-- 363
-2b9~2
-298-
-2i4-
--2_JS6,b';clfr-l2,--c2>~4.3r.o1; ----115-,8604.'1~92?1---lb"-t1,498c32.1o----~-.~.-~4..6~:8---
Ne M
12 e0 - - -
326 238 240 3.5
8.2
6.0 - .._
Ariz. othe!r
22.0 Oo3 -
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265 402 436 17 e7 - 168 400 -
36.~
0.2
20.0 0.2
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ifAU~wanees ;ade-:-ior-~teritite moveMnt-of se~- .~ton fer ii~.- ~ ~---
y illinois, Kansa~, Kentucky, Cl8d Nevada.
;} Included il'1 State ~d Ul\ited States totals.
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Bureau of grieultural Eeonemie'
3lJ' Extensitm ~ns, Athens, Geor ~.l.a. '
OFFI CIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE.Cl0/5'l-3,:84s
Permit No. 1001
Penalty fe~ pivate uee to av~ii payment of pestage $.300.
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Athens, Ga.
GEORGIA CROP REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 11 1951
Weather conditions during the first half of September were very favorable for har~ jesting operations and good progress was made in all areas, General rains dUring ~he latter half of the month improved pastures and made conditions favorable for preparing land and planting small gr{l.ins and winter pastu;re crops. More moisture.
~..s badly neeaed at this time,
lndicated production of Georgia crops made little change during the month of . ~eptember. Production of corn, cotton, tobacco and sweetpotatoes, was unchange~; peanuts, hays, pears, and pecans improved slightly; while the indicated production
qf Irish potatoes declined.
~he current indicated pecan production of 44 mill~on pounds is 2 -million above one
month ago ar.d~the largest production in the history of the State, Georgia's pro-
duction is 15 million pounds above the next largest state and amounts to 30 per cent
of the total for the United States
CORN: The corn crop is estimated at 58,905,000 bushels, which is 3 per cent above -
---- the 1950 production and has been exceeded only by the 1949 crop of 59,4001 000
bushels. The yield per acre of 17 bushels ranks second to the record high of 18.0
bushels harvested in 1949.
TOBACCO: A total of 138;8641 000 pounds of tobacco produced this season is a new
. record for the State. The current crop is 12 million pounds above the previous record produced in 1947.
~S: Production of peanuts. for picking and threshing in Georgia is expected.
to be 643,1251 000 pounds or about 3 per cent above the estimate of one
month ago. The indicated yield per acre of 875 pounds is So pounds below the near
record yield of last year,
PECANS: The Georgia pecan crop is turning out better than was expected earlier in the season. Weather conditions have ~een more favorable than usual and. the
damage from insects and diseases has been light. ~ased on reports as of October .1,.
the total production is placed at 44,400,000 pounds, compared with 41,000,000 in 1950 and is the largest crop on record~ The Schley variety is the largest in r.~cent years and will be of very good quality,__
' GEORGIA
CROP
:ACREAGE: YIELD : (ooo) :Average
:P-E-R-:AInCCREii;a'ted::X:TvOETAirLagPeRO-=D.-UC-TI-ON-( IN:r
THOUSANDS ndicate'd
. 1951 :1940-49: 1950 :
Corn , . bu,: 3465 Wheat , 6 Oats ~ bu.: 537
13.5
.-b
23.2
16,5:
e~s: 27'~0:
1951
17.0
~o
26.0
:1940-49
: .46799
. h7
14113
1950
57172
~
16119
. 1951
58,905 . _ .
~774-1.3;962 ' .
.ss : Rye , , bu.: 6
9.1
Hay (all) ton : 1014
11,o: 12.0
,62:
.59
Tobacco (all) . lb.: 111.1:1030 .1096 1250
104
752 90527
44
72
604
598
102120 138,864
Potatoes 1 Irish b~.: 15 '68 . 78
68
Potatoes, Sweet bu.: 46 79
90
70
Cotton bales .: 1452 238 227 309
Peanuts(for picking
1517
1248
6551 . : 5850
. . 738 .
488
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1,020
3;220 935
and threshing ,lb.: 735 708
925
875
Peaches, total crobp,u.:y
Pears, total crop,bu.:y
Pecans lb. :
690583 4790 375
679875
.ns.
234
643:,125' 4;12-5 355
27846 41000
l/ Total agricultural crop greater than and including commercial crop,
44,400
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A. ltlHITE
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statisticians
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UNITED STATES - G'ENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF OCTOB ER 1, 1951
C~ndit'ion~ f.or .m!it .uttng..and - ha~vesting crops we~e fairly . satl.sf~~t~~y .d~~ .~ni: s:~.~t~~
~f3r. Major exceptions were the freezes tha.t nipped much immature c~rn " ~ri th.e nor..~h . western par,t . of the Corn Belt and adverse .weather that continued t~ 4e.~~iY. ha:rvE3.st of
. small grains iri the northern spring grain _e.r.ea. Benef~cie.l rains ,feh. in,;criticaUy ... qry areas, such as in ~e. eastern Corn Belt, the Central Cotton Belt and the Pacific
~orthwest. Fall. seeding has progressed rapidly .under mostly satisfactory t9 ideal o~ndi tions. , As a result' of th~ decline in production of co-ttori e.nd corn and the ':
h!irvesting losses of late small'' grains, and despite slight improvei(ISnt in prospecte
for some other late-growing crops, the total outturn of all 9rops is slightly lowe'r
than forecast September 1. It now equals that of 1949, which was second-l~rge st of
-~f3cord. .
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Corn production is now forecast at 3,105 million bushels, about 1 per cent less than
a. month ago. In much of the Corn BAlt progress of corn was re.tarded during the usual growing season by lack or real "corn 'weather 11 'While the bulk of th~. .crop mature.d
rwrmally, a- considerable porti-on in Iowa, Ivdnnesota, Nebraska, the Dakotiii' and. other
spattered sections we:s vulnerable to the freezes that occurred in the latter .~art of
September.
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{Vith 'the decline i 'n : prospect's f~~ sorre of' th~ more imp.ortant crops outweighing the
i!TIProvements in others, the aggregate all-crop volume fell off slightly. This index
i~ now ~bout 132 per ce.~;t of th~ 1~23-32 base, compared with 12 7 per cent in 19.50;
1!52 per cent in 1949 and th~ record of 138 per ce;nt ~n 1948. Production r ecords are
if1d{c'ate'd for all hay, rice~ grapf,ls . and hops~ with soybeans, tob-acco !Ul~ pecans. ne~
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record~ Outturns of corn and cotton, despite reduc tions .in prospects . during : S~pt~m-
ber, will still be much above average.
C.QRN: The Nation's 1951 corn crop for all purposes is now estimated a t 3,105 ~d.lion
. bushels, ~ decline of 26 million bushels from last month. This oompares " ~i th : ~. ~31 miH.ion bushels l ust yeat' and the 1940-49 averag~ of 2, S8l ' mill,ion . \>us.he~s ;: I
The indicated yield per acre of 36.7 bushels is 0~9 bushel below le.st year but 2.8
bushels above the average of 33.9 bushels.
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v-fflEAT( Tdtal whea,t produ~tio~ is < ~stima.ted at 994 milli~n bushels, about 6 mil.li~~
-:-~ :bushels. ~e low the. s epte.rnber 1 .estimate. This is 3 pe r cent smaller .tha.n."the
1930 c:r~i:ip 'ot 1,027 million and 7 per cent smaller than th~ aver age of 1,071 rnflllon
bushels. This year's total production consists of e. winter wheat crop of 651 million
bushels for. whi c h the last est.imate was made as of Aug~st ~. plus. a spring whe,fi't crop
curr'e'ntly .est'~mat~ 'd at 343 million bushels.
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PEANUTS: Production of peanuts for picking and thr"eshihg .is estimated at 1,.68 5
million pounds. This is a decline of 3 per ce nt from the September . 1 fo~ cast, 17 per cen't less -t-hari' the 2 ,OH.J. mill~ion -pounds rharvosted in 1~50 imd l6 per
cent less th'ari :the 10-year average of 2,017 million" pounds .' The. de crease i n ,indicaiEd pr:eduction from~ last month i .n 'the importa:nt producing States of. North Cl:.lr 'o-lina, . ....
Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas was not offset by the increas'ed prosp'ects iri Virginia,
South
Carolina,
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PECANS: . The pecan crop is . now forecast at 146,895,_000 pounds, ~ 10 per . cent from
. the Septem9.er . l. esti~:te. J~e Hl50 crop was 125,622.,000 pounds,..-while ..tho
10-year average 'is.124 ,.056 ,0.0.0 . pounds. Improvement in t:he . crop during Septe mber occurred gene_ri?-lly througho.tit.. th~ pecan l;lel t, :though decl-i:~es ,in pr.os.pects " occurred
in Florida and Texas, and there was ri.o che.nge-' in . the. Carolina s. 1;Ye a:ther cond.itd:ons
have generally been very favorable for the deve lopment of the crop. Dnmage from
In insects and disease is small this year . In Georgia, the production of the Sc hle y
variety -is large, w;i. th scab damage the "smaUe st in r e cent ye ar:;;.
.Alabama, nuts
have sized up fairly .well : ip.;. ~pite of the dry season-. In Mi ssissippi, mos t :Stuart
ti-ees are heavily loe.d~d. sh~ddit:lg . of l).uts to. da~e has been less than in r e cen t
years~ >.Go6d r a~n~ ~n Ati9.;l.rtsa~ du:ring S.6ptembe~ were' f~vore.ble- : for sizing . In Okle.~
homa .~ the ~e.mage frOm insec,ts :exp,Eicted ~arlie r d id .not materi.alhe and .pFospticts are
favorable ~or.. :e.J,.l are as .. The 'Tex:~s crOE was furth~r d amage'd by.the.cQntinus d odf6ught in the soutJl e rn parts of _th e S ta~~ e.nd J?r9spects, ~t 12,000,00Q .pounds, e.ra 17 pe r
cent oe low 'the crop.
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Bur.ea~ of Agricul tura:l Economics . 318 ~xtension Building Athens, G:t: orgi:a O'F'FICIAL BUSINESS
Form. BAE-A-.10}51-4101
Pe rini t No. lOOl
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GEqRG~; The all commodity index of price.s received by Georgia farmers advanced 4
points during the period SepteJ!lber 15 to Gctober 15 and .es t ablished t he first upwarc;i tr end since last April. ~tt the pr es ent level the index is 266 per cent
.9f. the. August 1?09-July 1914 a verage, and 23 points .below the index for the same
period a year ago .. Increasing pric es for cotton and cottonseed, eggs, and wholesale
milk were .the ma,in contrib1;1tors to the increase .
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In th e s~b-co::nnodi 'cy r;r oups, (.;Otton. and c ottonseed advanced 10 points, The index
t or grai ns remained unchanged - increasing p rices for wheat, oats, and rye were off..,
set .by decliping prices .for c orn. The meat animal index dropped 1 point due to de-
c4ning pri ces for hogs and veal .calves. f1igher whole sale milk prices eleva ted the
dairy produc ts index 2 p oints, and the iridex for chickens: and eggs increased h pointS
resulting from higher egg prices . An 8-point decline. in t he miscellaneous corrun9di ty
index res ulted primarily from a shi f t in pr i ce of 11 new crop 11 commodities.
UNITED STATES: Prices rec~i ved by farmers ;increased during the month ended in mid-
T'--
Oc tober, interrupting the downward trend tha t started i n March , the
Bureau of L>[:':ri cultural Economj_cs re ported t oday. The Index of Prices Received by
Farmers on uc t ob er 15, a t 296 per cent of the 1910 -14 average, was up 5 points
for(2 .per cent) from mi d-september and the hi gnest of record f or Jctober. Higher pric~ cotton and for dairy products were . ].eading contributors t o the increase. Cattle,
fruit, chickens , c orn,; and wool were a mong the coiJU11odities showing p r ice declines
during the month.
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Dur.ing the s ame neriod t he Parity ~ndex rose 1 point . (ab9ut . on~ third of one per oen~
chiefly as a result of hi p-her )!rices oaid for f eed. , feed er lives tock, automobiles,
and trucks. Thi s put the Parity Index (Index of Prices Paid, Interes t, Taxes, and Wage Rates ) ba ck to 283 per cent of th~ 1910-14 base and at, the ;record hi gh reached
in April and Jl ay of this year.
As a result of the larger increase in the Prices Received Index- than in the Parity
:{ndex , the Parity Ratio ( R<;~.tio of the Index of Prices Received to the Parity Index)
increased to 105,
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Prices Rec~ived
268
291
296
313
Feb. 1951
Parity I ndex ""};/
261
282
Parity Ratio.
103
103
283
283
!I Oct . 1951
105
122'
Jet~ .1946"
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1( Pric;s-P~id,-I~t.;r;st,-T~x;s: ~nd i~a;m-vi;g; Rate;.---- - - - - - -
"iJ Als April a nd May :!.251.
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D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Stat istician
I n Charge
HARRY A. WHITE Agriculttiral Statistician
BURTON J. Ht.RRINGTON
Agricultural Sta tistici a n
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PRICES :R:roEIVID BY FA'Rl.fERS OCTOBER 15, 1951 WITH Cm.lPARIOONS
GIDreiA
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rN!Tt;D STA'l'ES
CX)l.}f.QDITY--.-. ---,-A-v_e_r_ag-'e
0ct . ._,_Sept.
Oct . Average
Oct.. Sept . Oct.
Am}
Aug-.1909'-'
15
"1.5
15 Aug.1909- 15
15
15
~------m~:r~T------~~J~u~ly-~~1~91~4~ +-~.19~~50~. - +-~1~25.~1~ -4_ ~ ~19.~5~1--~- -~Ju~ly.~l~S~l~~.~, ---~19~~0~~~19~5~1~~.19~5~1-
J.l)eat, .Bu.
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$
1.24
223
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2.1f
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2.22 . . . .. :.88' ' : 1~~.1 2 :01 : 2.10
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Corn, Bu.
$
. , ~ ~ts, Bu .
$
~ ri $ ..Potatoes, Bu. $
.91 .6? 1.12
. 1.4; .. }.Ql
1.55
1.59 . .. 1.01
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1.90
1.56 , 1.15~ 2.QO
.64, .. 1.'3?. . ; . 1
.40
.?4
, '7 0
.89
1.65h . . i.S
..
' .?8' .82
1.23 1.39
SWeet Totatoes, Bu. . .$ (,
Jp t.t_~ri . Lb
<t
~q t:f;on seed. , Ton
$
.~?,-Y (baled), Ton
$
. 83 12.6 ' 24.39
1.65 39.~ \85.00 19.70
4,00
63.00 '. 25.40
3.35
35.6 . !
65..0o
I
1
24.50
. .. . 88 12.4 22.55
.1-.54 . 2.8?
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;38.9 :33.?
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20.60 2 L:~o
. 2.71 36.2 69.90 21.90
:~o gs, p e r cwt .
$ 7.33
18.80 20".10 20.00
?.27
19.20 19.?0 20.30
. s : B~.ef Cattle, C'llt.
;,Ii lk Cows, head
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n
s
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Lb.
~gg~. !X}z.
$ 3.8? ;~ 33.85 13.2 21.3
Butter , Lb. .:.. '
BUtterfat, Lb.
24.6 25.7 .
M:. ,tlkpe(rw1ho00le#sa]l}e.) $
2.42
20.00 25.40
158.00 196.00
25.5 I 27.9
51.;7
62.0
55.0 56.0
58.0 5S,O
. -25.40 ..
190.00
64.5 56;.0 58.0 '
5.95 6.20
6.45
5 ..42
24.30 .2:-50 29.00
48.00 ' . 209.00 250.00 253.00
11.4
22 ~ 7 ' 25!.2 . . 24.2
'21.5 25.5
43.2 .. 55.0 ' 55.6
ss.o. 60.7 61.4
I 26.3 I 62.8 l _ ..
68.4
I 1,6~
4.23 I 4.60
69.9 4.86
$
4.35
3.75
3 .79 3.73
Soybean, Bu.
FOan\it. Lb.
$
5.0
10.6
0 1:::
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. 1::~ 1 11. 3 2 ._59 2.62
0 I 10.4
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INDEX NU1Vi!3EPS OF F'RIC'F.S mx::-:tiv~ BY ;FMJJERS ThT GIDRGIA
(August 1909 - J11ly 1914 = 100)
All Co1T!l"lodities ~
. Opt. 15, .: 19'50
28.9
Sept. 15, . 1951
262
l Oct. 15, 1951 266 .
Cotton & Cottonseed
31'8
. :2?1
281
~rains
163
173
173
~Jeat A.ni.mals: .~
392
475
~74
D'airy :i'rodttcts
230
240
242
Chi ,)~.:.-, s & :-;;ggs
228
267
2.?1
Frui '~ti
241
' 160 ,
1.34
Ei scella.neous
183
. 186
1:78
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urn After Five Days Pet to
United Stat~s ~~partmen t of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economi cs 319 Extension Building -Athens, . C~or gi':
OFFICIAL BUSHTESS
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'e rm it No. 1001
Penalty. for private use to avoid payment ?f r ostage $300.
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GEORGIA - NOVEiviBER 1 COTTON REPORT
November
.~
~orgia cptton prod~ction was.indicated at about 940,000 bales (500 pounds gross
~eight), according to November .1 information gathered b,y the Georgia Crop Reporting I
S~tvice of the .United States . Department of Agriculture This forecast is a sltght f ~~raas~ frc;>m the corresponding ~igures for the past two months. and is 92 percent
~pt>ve th
49) was
e.l950 producti 738,000 bales.
o
n of . 488
Curr~nt
1000 lint
bales. The . lO yield per acre
year average production (1940of 311 pound~ is an all-time
high record for the state. The . 1950 yield was 227 pounds per ~ere and the 10 year
a...verage yield was 238 pounds.
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Weather during the month of October for the most part was favorable for . picking and .
~ on report date the crop was practically all out of the field except in northern .
COUnties. Farmers have done a remarkably good job in gathering the crop this year
'!f.l:~h a very short supply of labor and percentage of production ginn~d to November 1 .:
~as greater than usual.
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Th~ Bureau of Census reports November 1 ginnings at 837,000 running bales compar.ed ~th . respec~ive ginnings in 1950 and 1949 of 4291 000 and 494,000 bales.
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HARRY A. WHITE
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statisticians
D. L. F.LOYD Agricultural Statisticia~, In Charge
GEORGIA MAP SHOWI NG I NDICATED PRODUCTI ON 1951 AND FINAL PRODUCTI ON FOR 1950 and 1949
I 1951-56,000 I 1950-26, oo6
949-61,000 1951-57,000 1950-58,,000
1949- 55', 000
1951 producti on indicated on November 1.
-STA'PE- . 1951 - 940,000 . . .. 1950 "" 488,000 1949 - 604,000
. I I ATHE:NS
1951-60, 00
1950-41,0 1949-'52,000
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Districts shown are Crop Reporting
Districts and NOT Congressional Distri cts. -
/ AUGUSTA
r.v.
1951-100,000 1950- 63,000 1949- 74,000
COLUMBUS
v.
MACON
1951-192,000 1950-104,000 1949-128,000
VI.
1951-171,000 1950- 82,000 1949- 91,000
VII.
ALBANY 1951-100,000 1950- 5o,ooo 1949- 49,000
1951-165,000 1950- 71,000 1949- 79,000
VALDOSTA
IX.
1951-39,000 1950-13,000 1949-15,000
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IJO.\l'SMBER
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1951
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_. Th~ Crqp .H.ep0r ting Board -of the. Bureau qf Agri culturai Economics make s .the f oll:ow-
_.: _ing rep-ort frpr.l data . fur,hisl)e<l by crop c'orrespondents; 'fi eld .statis_ticians' ;3u reau '
and . 'of: the . Ce~sus_, . Product:ipn
't~Iarketing J..dminis trati ori; and cooperat ing State ag e_n.:.
. ~ies. : rhe final outturn of cottOn compared with this forec'ast. will depend upon ; .
:.: --~Fije.t~er . : the V?-rious infJ,.uenoes affecting . the crop dur-ing the remainder . of the se~.'son
~7-e ~ m<>r..e__or..-_1e.s s fP,:voAa:ql~ thar} usual~.-.
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~- ------ :ACR&\GE ~ - LI~"T-Yiti D- PER- - - -:-PRODtTC'i'ION (GINitlNGS) l f - :CENSUS-
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FOR; .:__tL_iH.YE.'f]D_.- .Q.R~ ___ _:_ _2_G_Q-_!b.!. _gr~s~ ~Ft.!. Ea_!e~ _ : GI N
STATE . : HARVEST : Ave~-:
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: Aver- :
.: 1951 .. :JJHTGS
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19 .: . l951 : ag e. : - r.:~ - ~ Indicated: : a ge :_ 1950 . : Crop '-: ~o NOV
- ~ ( PH.ELII-h): 1940-: YJ : 1951 . : 1940- : Crop.. . : In9t .c. :I, 1951
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: 1c.;49 . :
;
: 1949 : .. .:. Nov. r :
.,. _.: ~ - - :-Thous:- "7 -L~.-:- tb~:- -L~.~ -:- Thous.j' Th~us.-:- -;- .ffi,~us_.-:-:-:'hous-:-
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bales : hale s .: ..bal<?s. . : oales
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~~m~H:
GBOrgi a Florida
Tennessee Al abama Hissis sippi Arkansas Louisiana
1 1m. . 11.~~ ~ ~~ . ~ ~~~ I 1,45_4 238___ 3 2? I 311 .
68 I 170
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81.3
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i
-.384
. j 1, 566 1.276
I I II 2(}8-TI
I .318 214
I
226 --
.325 . 288
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j ,. ,_738 14 I
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'9:J11.20
1 . ' I' '
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_8 ) 7 ..18
. 559
. 409 1I- , 55.0 _ l' . 368
919 .'i : 5.76 ,. . 9LA ,.. .834
2,533 j .326 I. 314
.31.3
i, 644. 1~3 32 . i'~65o '1/382
1
1 2,251 ! 34.3 .313
283
1 1,414
1,090 , 1, 350 1 840
1 . 98o ., . 2~7 I 281
375... ..:.1: ..52._7_: '. '426 j : , no..j 6.68
Oklahoma
i 1,600 17.3 145
150
sir' I: ... ; :242' .,. . ...5'6o . 224
Texas
12,600 I' 181 211
164
.3,049 I 2, 946 j 4,.300 ! 2,521
I Neu Mexico
Arizona
! Ca l i f o r n i a
l 1
1
330 ;57
1-~
L~8 8 446
526 825
I 1,329 598 805
j
422 707
650
151 ! 222
584
J--::: ~-~ Qt_her~_St_. tes 3/ l8 ~ 407 _ 246 _ L :c;299 _., ~ .
-3:-b
I !
187
474 i
290 i 111
810 I 188
978 j 1, 800 ! 658
. - ; ' =t . 11 ! . 3
=== 1 1-:: ~~m_=:sr~~E!y.!:t.:J-ZcI_2_~5~~-~~ ~ -~lo6l~:_~~- ~_}2~~8~- ~ _ ~~5~~:_~_: r~1~_;~~5~~4_::.L. =..:1._~,-~E~~1~~?]~ _~:_5-~_'4~i.i:~(-~~~o~_o_~i_=
Texas
24.0 I .36.3 214 ' .340
I i : 4.1.
l B. 9 ! . 1?..0_. .
New Mexico
12,0 ~: J.2~- 2.38 ! 24()
-i .3.5 :
6.2 i .. q.C ,. .
Arizona
. 22 .~. ._ - 265 ~___. ,. _402 1 436 . 1 17~?,: j_ < .. .36-.9 ~ 20.0 __
yAll other , 1
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.. : ?:) lr;l.inois, Kansas_, . Ke.nt-qclC'J, a nd Nev.actp.. . .
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.. CHOP HE!'ORT I 'G 30ARD
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After Five Days Return t o .
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Ag ricultural Ec onomics
.319 F..xte.nsion: Buj,.l_d;Lng
Athens, Geor gia -
I OFFICiAL BUSI~S '
Fcrm BA.E-C:ll751..:.J_, 846. - .
Fermit No. 1001
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SoSutth~teBraCnoclhleLgeibroafryAgriculture Atllens, Ga..
Athens, Georgia
GENERAL CROP REP~OR GEORGIA AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1951
Weather conditions during October were very favorable for harvesting operations, and good progress was made in all areas of the State. On November 1 most of the
cotton had been harvested with a total of 837 1 000 bales ginned prior to November 1. Picking and threshing of peanuts were well advanced, progress of corn harvesting w~ up to usual and digging of the short sweetpotato crop was near completion. The .
shortage of moisture during the month delayed planting of small grains, legumes, and winter pasture, General rains since report date have been favorable for early planted small grains, and good progress has been made in preparing land and complet.. ing the planting operations. In spite of the extremely dry weather during the grow~
ing season the yield of corn per acre has been exceeded only by the record yield of :
1949; the cotton yield set a new high record of 311 pounds; and the indicated pecan
production is a record high for the State,
CORN: The indicated 1951 corn production of 58,9051 000 has been exceeded on~ twice
in the history of the State. In 1917 production amounted to 591 0801 000
)
bushels and in 1949, 59,400,000 bushels. Current estimated yield per acre of 17,0
bushels ranks next to the record yield of 18,0 buahe'ls in 1949.
PEANUTS: Picking and threshing of this year's peanut crop is about complete in
Georgia. The indicated ou,tturn of. 617,4oo,ooo pounds is below earlier season expectations and is 9 per cent belmv- the (:>79,8751.000 harvested in 1950. Yield per acre of 840 pounds is 85 pounds below the record of 925 pounds harvested last l season but still 132 pounds above the ten-year 1940-49 average,
~POTATOES: The very dry weather during the spring months maqe it difficult for growers to do the usual transplanting and the current sweetpotato
acreage is at the lowest level recorded in the history of the State. The shortage
( of moisture .during the growing season damaged the crop and resulted in an indicated
yield per acre.of 70 bushels, being the lowest since 1941. Estimated production of 3,220,000 bushels is 45 per cent less than the 5,850,000 harvested last year and is
the smallest production on record.
PECANS: .Indicated final outturn of the Georgia pecan crop is expected to be less than was expected earlier in the season., Damage from the pecan weevil
has been very heavy in some areas, and dry weather has reduced the size of the nuts in II\OSt sections of the State. Heather conditions have been very favorable this year for the control of scab, and the quality and size of the Schley variety is the best of recent years. Pro~uction of Success and Moore varieties is expected to be above average in most areas of the State, while small crops of Stuart and Mobile
varieties are indicated. The total crop is placed at 43,400,000 pounds compared
'!fith 41-,00G,{)GG--~harvest-ed-n-1956. . . oductiou fronrmproved-vari-ette-s-is- -
expected to be about 361 7921 000 pounds with. s~~dlings am~unting to 71 008,000 pounds.
GEORGIA
CROP
.
Corn , .. bu.: 3,465 : 13.5: 16.5:
Hay (all) ton: l,OJ.4 : .55: .62= Tobacco (o.ll) lb,: lll.I 1030 :1096 :
P~tatoes,Irish .bu,:
15 : 68 : 78
Potatoes,Sweet .bu 46 79 90
Cotton bales: 1,452 : 238 : 227
feanuts(for picking; and threshing) lb.: Sorghum Syrup gal: Sugar Cane
735 708 92.5
. . 10 : 56 : 56
Syrup gal: Pears, total Crop bu.:
13 : 158 : 175
. .
Pecans lb.:
17.0 46,799
.59
752
1250
90,527
68
1,517
70
6,551
. 311
738
57,172: 604"
102,120:
1,248: s,a5o:
488;
840 : 690,583 679,875:
56
918
672:
:
155
, 3,783 : 2 8oo=:
375 27,846
58,905 598
138,864 1,020 . 3,220 940
617,400 560
2,015
355
43,800
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charg~
HARRY A. \VH;I;TE
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural St~tiSticians
UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF NOVE~~ER 1, 1951
~ll..crop production pr_o.spects .declined .slightly during october~ ..!!hieny because or .. /' ,
reduc'tions in corn and cotton.: Mostly favorable condi~ions for .maturing and harvest.:; ...
ing late-groWing crops in much of : Oct.ober., however, helped to maintain the volunrE!' at :
t-hird highest -of record. In parts or' Minnesota.,. North Dakota and Montana, wet con:- . .' ~itians prevented 'completion of harvest .of some s~all grain and flax, and the north- . :..
y.restern Corn Belt salvaging of frosted immature corn was a problem.- . In nJost .{:iections corn cured well, and haryest .of sqyb~ans' sorghums, rice ant;i .z:ooot crops pro'ceeded: :.'.'
rapidly~ with harvesting losses at a minimum; Killing fros.ts occurred generally
,.
early ' in . November, dipping deep into the South with snow or rain that was mostly .
in . beneficial to fall SOWn crops ~ .In Virtually all areas SOil moisture is .now ad~qU,ate . .. .
to ample. Fall seedings of ..grai~, cover crops and new meadows are mostly .. satis...
f'actory tp excellent condition.- .. _ ...
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iields per acre for most crops. .e1re above average, but many are lower than .in 1950.
New record yields are expectecf.for all hay and sugar beets. Yields of oats, rye and , .
tobacco are_higher than e.ither last year .or average. On the other hand, yields of ,. .
cotton, wheat, flaxseed, .buckwheat, syweetpotatoes, broomcorn, sugarcane sirup and... ..
sorgo sirup are lower :thap either.
..
CORN: The Nation's 1951 _corn . crop, .for all .purposes is now estiinated at 3,088 m:i.D,ion;., .
' bushels, a decline of . l? million bushels from last month. This compares, vrith. 3,131 million :tJushe?-s last year and the l 'S40-49 average of 2,981 millioh l;>ushels. ..
The indicated yield :per acre of 36.5 bushels .is 1.'1 bushels below last year l;>ut 2.6 .-'
oushels above the average 'of 33~9 bushels~
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SOYBEANS: Harvesting of the Nation s s~cond largest soybeari crop is near:i;..ri~ . .com~.. .., .
pletion. Production is currently estimated at 2?8 million bushels. This
is only about 3 percent less than the record 287 million bushels produce<i last .year
and is 55 pei:cent above the 10-year average. production of 179 million bus.hels
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PEANUTS: The 1951 'peanut crop from the acreage for picking and threshing is .eP.~i- :.. ., ' mated at 1,638 mj,._llion _pounds, . a de-cline of about 3percent from October
prospects. This production is 19 percent less .:than thf3 cro.p harvests~ in 1950 -.and . .
also 19 percent belovt the 10-yea:c average. Improved prospe.cts during the past month
in North Carolin~,-, Tennessee, and Arkansas failed to off's.~t . declines in Georgia-,
Florida., Louisian~, . Oklahoma; and Texas. In the remaimng. peanut producing S.tates-:... .
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of improved varieti-es- and 70, 66j, 000 pounds .Of :wild or . S,:J_edling rruts. The .';. ' ;
present es,timate: of all .pecans is 18' percent above the .1'9.50 _cr,ops .of 125,622,000 . .:. .~
pounds and 19 percent abo.ve the 1940-49 average of 124,066,000 . patinds. Production .: .
ar )f both improved and. seedling: vari-eties is indicated aboye .'t'qe '1956 produ-ction. Pro.;..,{'.
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rexas crop this year was hard hit .by both freeze and drought. ~ Oklahoma expeQts a., : .
CrOp Of 27.' 5001000 pounds Of ; Seedlings; Well above last year I S Short CrOp Pf:Only :.' :~ ' ::. 6, 370,000 pounds a~d . 3.6 .. percent above the ll.J-year .average. Early November f:t~eezes ,
have cause_d s'ome .uncertainty as to the final outturn and quality of the.Okl.ahonia crop.
rhe production of improved varieties is indicat:ed 'above. las~ year. anq the 10-:-year ; . .
werage for most States. Georgia, the J:eading producer of .:lmproved varie:t-ies1 e,:cRects
1 crop of 36,792,00,0 pounds. The total Ge'orgia eroif.is p;Lf.lpeq. at 43,,800,-,QOO: po.uhds;,
rell above the last two years and the lO..:.year average. ' pr6ductio'n of all pecans in
:~he Caroi:nas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas is indicated above. last
year and the 10-year average. Harvesting generally has :Pee-n lat!=l:r than usual but is
1ow getting .well started iri Geor~ia and Alabama. Hatvest/Lng ih M~-s~iss;i.ppi,
,ouisiana and }"lorida is well along.
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GEORGIA COMMERCIAL TRUCK CROP SU1,~Y - 1951 and 1950
Production of Georgia 19$1 Truck crops for both processing and fr~sh marke~ was valued at $9,882,000, a 15 per cent decrease from the corresponding valuation of $11,604,000 in 1950. This decrease was caused mainly by acreage reduction ~n watermelons and pimiento peppers. Average prices for most crops were above the 1950 level. F~r 1951 watermelons led all truck crop values with $4,0201 000, followed in order by the next five crops: tomatoes $1,176,000; pimiento peppers $1,148,000; snap beans $760,000; cucumbers for pickle $5981 000; cabbage $4721 000. On a value per acre basis, lettuce led with $610.00 followed by $432.50 for onions.
Harvested acreage for fresh market and processing combined was 88,700 compared with 116,100 the year before or a 24 per cent decrease. Watermelons led with 40,000 acres for harvest, followed by pimiento peppers with 18;000; tomatoes 6,800; cucumbers for pickle 5,8oo.
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Beans, Snap
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For ~ket, S.Ga. 1950
2,600 2,900
143, i 2.10 lSOiQOO I 1.45
Beans 1 Snap
1951 1 2,000
For Market N.Ga.. 1950 2,000 I
00,000 i 2.30 1.95
230.00 185.00
Cabbage, s. Ga.. 11995510
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76,00 79,70
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1951 2,900 81 1950 3,600 65
Cucumbers~ 1951 For Market 1 ly 1950
Cucumbers ]J
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For Market, Late 11950
Lettuce
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800 70
soo a 1,000 70 400
! 700 110
600 ! 100
Onions
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Potatoes, Irish 1951 South Georgia 1950
800 1160 800 j 145 ?~ 1 145 ooo 1 95
IljJu(m7.b0o1Cbrsa..~el
1 Bushels 1 (48 lbs~)
II B(~u8shleblss.) I Crate
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(50 lbs.)
I Busheh
(60 1bs.)
235,000 iI
2341 000 I
40.00
29..00
1.35 1.00
56,000 2.00 70,000 1.55
25,000 I1 20,000 !
77 ,ooo I
60,000 l
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5.55 3.15
128,000 !
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2.70 1,55
1.30 1.20
186.67 118.18
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234;000 65.00
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I 1ao,ooo 1 225.00
I 1~3,000 ! 190.00 103,000 I 114.44
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l44,000 J 130.91
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1 1,93a,ooo 1 .34o.oo
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Beans, Snap
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For Proce.ssing j l950
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ABOVE CBOPS
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1951 88,7oo ' 1950 : 116,100
Ton I (2000 lb s~ )!I
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598,000 : 103.10
576,000 ! 104.73
9,882,000 lll ..41 11,6041000 99.95
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'FARH .PRICE REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1951
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GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers advanced 23 points d~'i.ng the period October 15 to November 15. At the present
level the .ind~ is 2-89. per cent of. the August 1909-July 1914 average and 8 points
below the :index foT the same period a yei.r ago. The index for the individuaJ,.
commodity ;group of cotton and cottonseed increased 38 points during the month~
peripd ending November 15, ..and was the main contributor to the increase in the
all commodity 'ind,ex.
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corn~ oats, arid rye. Higher prices tor wholesale' milk resulted in an approximate
increase of 2 points in the -dai.ry products index. . .
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and beef cattle. In other sub-groups, the index of fruit prices remained unchangErlJ
and the index of miscellaneous commodities dropped 7 points. In this ' group, :in- :
crea,sed price~ for Ir~sh por,atoes and all hay were offset by lower prices for
sweetpotatoes 1
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(4 dur1ng the month ended November 15. but was still 12 ppints. pe~
cent) lower taan the record reached .last February, the Bureau of Agricultural
Economies. reported today. The Index of Prices Received by Farmers at 301 per cent of the ~~16-14 average on November 15 was 25 points (9 per cent) above a year ~go.
During ~e past ~onth .meat animals, citr~s fruits, corn, chickens, and wool declined i~price. These deplines on~ partially offset price increases for most
. other commodities. .
During the same period, higher prices for food and feed, together with a reflection
of increased excfse "taxes in new ca.r.iprices, were primarily res:t>onsible for raising the Parity Index~ (Prices Paid1 Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates) to a new high at 284 per centq.f .;'the 1910-14 average. This is one p.oint (one-third of one per cent) above the prev..i!o( ~ record high first s~" t i n April of this year, and 8 per cent
above a year ago.
The more rapid incr.ease in .far.m product pric.es from October 15 to November 15 raised the Parity Ratio to 1061 the highest :sine~ June of this year, and up one point (one per cent) over a year ago.
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Production of l espedeza seed for 1951 was curtai]...Eji~_: in Georgia by unfavorable weath-
er conditions during the growing s eason. Stands were damaged by exceptionally heavy
frost and freezing weather' during the early spring months . Plants surviving the
cold were subj e cted to further damage from lack of soil moisture and long periods:o:f
l;lot dry weather during' late smnmer months. Pam;:tge from the adverse weather was lesfl
tq the Ser icea variety th::m to other varieties. . Weather col'\ditions have been ~nrort.
able for harvesting seed. The repor.t ed loss in cleaning is the. large13t in rec Gnt
.years.
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.. seaqon. This compares w,itp 9.;700,000 pounds harvested one year ag o and 19.,100;000
p~mpds in 1949 . Yield per ac :ce is placed at 175 pounds, 5 pounds below last :.year .
The tota l seed crop is estimated to be made up by kinds 9-.s follows: Sericea,;.: 50 per
cent, or J, 5oo,ooo pounds; Kobe , 37 per cent, or ;2,59o',ooo pounds; Korean, 12 ' per
.. cept, or 8~0 ,000 poun~s; and Te nnessee 76 and Common, 1 per cent, or 70 ,ooo pounds.
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the srualle ~t si'nc/"1943.
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10,900,000 ll,700,000 16,100,000 19,100,000
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that of last -year and .- 21 per c ent below.'-the 1940-h9 average. A production: of
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150,750,000 pounds of thresher~run seed is forecast by the BU;;r.eau of. Agricultural
Economics. This compares with 174,770,000 pounds in 1950 and the 10-year average of
192,011,000 poun&s. Prospective c;rQijs :i,.n'io out of 16 producing States are smaller
than last year, with reductions most marked iri . Mississippi and Kansas. However,
crops 2 to 43 per cent larger this year th~n . last . ar~ . indicated fo~ Illinois,
Indiana, Maryland, Arkansas,- South Carolina:, S:rid Kentucky.
. Although s.ome grmvers did not eXp~ct t.e . bt~gin . ha;vesting . t heir lesped~za ..seed ..u' ~.r~~ il
the last half 6f. ' November" it appea.rs' that only a l .ittle ..more than ,two-thirds o.f . an
a verage acreage will be har.vestec:l 'this yeixr. The esti~~E?d 1951 acreage of 610,;900
. acres compares 'with 743;500 acrea las:t year _and the q.verage of 884, 7.00.acres . The
decrease. in le'spedeza-seed acreage is 'due 'chiefly .to 'the relatiyely low level of : . prices for this seed in recem:t yearfl~.: too ii.ttl~ rain in Southern produci.ng..States
for normal growth of l e spedeza arid. to'o 'much rain for seed 'development in prod.uc;Ll'!-g.
Sta tes west o! Illinois, and shortage of forage in some of the producing States.
at Yield 'per acre thiif- year is ' estimated 24.f po~ds ~f t~re~her.-rtu}. ~ee d~... T.hl~ . is .
a ' little larger than either the 1950 yield 'of 235 pounds .pr ' t he averf-J.ge o:. 216 :;. pounds. However, yieIds are .indica ted .t9 .be Sl)1ailer this . year tha{l . i;as.t ip. .~l.Ctl1 e
producing States. Effects of :snows early :tn November -and . of. fur~er de lays ,.in. .har-
vesting on prospectiveyields' are problematic, but .'the.se factors,)were _taken. into. . .)
account in estiinating Yields ' .,1
Loss in cleaning lespedeza seed this . year is... estimated at 22.2 :per cent-; c,o)npared ,
with 22.3 per cent in 1950 and the 1940-LI9 average of 19.5 per cent. Of the total
estimat ed clean-~ eed production of ll'r1 230,000 pounds this year an~ 135, 7.70,00Q;.., p~:n~nds .],ast year, production.~:of each kind in thous ands .of pounds i S es timated as .... ..
follows; Korea n, 76,427 (88,603 last year); Kobe, 29,055 (30,142); Tennessee #76
a nd
Co~~~;
1;448
(2 ,634);
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Current s.upply of l espedeza seed, ].~eluding production th:t~ year a nd carry-a..;~~~ is
130,498,000 pounds of clean s eed . This is 30 per cent snu~ll,er than in 1950 a.I1~:l(24
per cent below the 1940-1.19 average.-
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Ge or gi <:Kent u c ky Tenness ee Al abama Mis s issippi Ar kans a s L o u i s a na Oklahoma
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Production by States, Aver a ge 1940-49; 1950 and 1951 \ .
(Thr!'lsher-run seed)
t
Average 1940-49
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4,525 3,l36 61, 850
....,. :12,990
1/ 900 -6,120
... ' . 34,780
. . 7., 550 9, 850
1b,810 19 , 820
2,142 3,110 5, 850
964 _!/4,050
. 1950
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14,300
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5,200 5,400 13,900
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UNITED S1'ATES
192, 011
174,770
150,750
_!/ Short-ti1ue aver a ge.
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA - DECEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
December 11, 1951: ,:
Georgia has_ produced a cotton crop of about 935,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) :
which is 92 per cent above the 488,000 bales of 1950 and 27 per cent more than the . .
ten year average (1940.:.1949) of 738,000 bales. Of the estimated .-1,-4141 000 (revised)
acres in cultivation on July~, one per cent was abandoned, leaving 1,400,000 acres :
for harvest. This is 36 -:per cent. above the 1950 acreage but 7 per . cen:t below. the
tenyear average of 1,499,000 acres.
Yield per , a~re of 321 pounds sets ~ all time high record for the State, the second.
highest being in 1944 with 292 pounds per acre . Weevil d~ge was aL~ost non-
existent thi$ . season. Spring surviva]. of the insect was very light, following a
winter of extremely low temp;lratures. Dry weather during May and much of June, wit}+
very high temp:era.tures during the 'latter month, was responsible for faUlty stands .,
and late deve.lopment of plants in some areas but early weevil number.s were held in . check. Prolonged hot and very dry weather of .Juiy and throughout the lat~r growing
season wiped -out practically all weevils so tnat for the firs.t time in years , the
entire state made a top crop of cotton.
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A comparison of .current product'ion with 1950 shows increases in all sections 'of the
State. North Georgia is about 70 per cent ahead of la~t year, with mid-state and
southern territory shmring increases of 85 per cent and 120 per cent, respectively.
Despite a limited labor supply no unusual amount of cotton remained in the field
on report date.
Bure.a.v. of Census reports 897,000 running bales ginned in Georgia to December 1 com-
pared with 476,000 bales last year and 584,000 to tbat date in 1949. United States :
ginnings were 12, 803; 000 compared with 8,185, 000 one year ago and 13., 976, 000 in 1949
HARRY A. WHITE
ARCHIE LANGLEY
.
D. L, ELOYD
. ...
. . . Agricultural Statisticians
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
7 . GEORGIA MAP SHOWING I NDICATED PRODUCTION 1951 and FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1950 A:t-ITI 1949
1199~01--~~66.,0o0oo0
19 9-6l:ooo
~ N~ on~- otton '
1951 production wdicated on December 1.
:, .:. .~ J
. 1951-60, 00 III
1950..38,oo 1949-55,00
1951-~T~~~;ooo
1950 - 488,000
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1949 - 604,000
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Districts shown are Crop Report.-
ing Districts and ~ Congrl3s~-. . :.
ional Districts.
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COLUMBUS
1951-168,000
1950- 82,000 1949- 91,000
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-AL-BAN-Y
1951-92,000 . 1950-50,000 ' 1949-49,000
.. i951-i7o,ooo
.1950- -71, 000
1949- 79,-000
VALDOSTA
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1951-39,000 1950-13,000 1949-15,000
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ACREAGE HARVESTED ]:_/ H.ARVESTEp ACRE , l / 500 lb. gross Tt, bales
nra:~-:~950 jl~n!!~1l-l ~A:i:=--~-950 f(D;~:.i I~~:;~-=-1, . i~~o;~ ::':~;;r,
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Virginia N~ Carolina
421,
29 I
75.3 1
435 1
. 18 1
580
490 424
21 .38r} 690 ll .369
s. Carolina
Georgia
Florida
11,1,08 --~ 865 1, 045 308
I 11, 499 , 1, 030: . 1 , 400 239
l j . 40
Jl 1 65 173
1
Tennessee
I 716 'j ..630 1 775 376
Alabama
t , 6J.5 1,3.05 1 1,460 1 2'75
Mississippi
!1 2,41.9'
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2,030
.i ,2 , 3.30
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326
Arkansas Louisiana
I I I l ; 98'0 l 1, 670 I 2 , 070 I 343
s:o4
715 I 920 I 231
Oklahoma
I 11,380
795 1 1;450 173
Texas New Mexico Arizona
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883 148
i 6,700
I 170
111, 800 1 320
228 ! 2'75
555
181 490 449
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l/..9 I 382 :. , : .57.9' . 181
550
224 . 1. .394 ' . ,' .707. _ 1.05
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227 .., J 2l 1 7.38
i 226 258 1.. 17 I
488 935 14 35
310 333
559
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540
212 J03
919'
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920
;314 JJ3 1 , 61..4 . 1 ,'332 1, 620
2J ~l J7
290 l , 414 4 00 I 527
145 1149 I 5ll
1, 090 l, 25 5 1,26 765
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211 526 8 25 .
167 425 741
J, OL,9
I 151 I 222
. 2 / :l/,6 187 474
4,100 284
860
California
458 j 581 l , 290 600 805 65 7 , 584
.:978 . 1, 770
Other States_2/ 18
T UliJITED-STJ\TES - i2i622
i 13 l 1?, 843
1 17 126;698
1
405
266. ~
246 . .
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Texas. New Mexico..
Arizona.
7. 5 I
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4:::.21 24 .0 363 16.5 1 14.4 326
44-oll 22 . 0, 265
214 , j' 340 238 299
402 1435
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17.7 36 . 9 20
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168 j . 447
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!7 Acreage and yield data for 1944 through 1050 are as revis~d on the basis of the
1950 Census enumerations. Production revisions were ma(je" in Alal:mma and :Florida in
1949 and 1950 only. The United States production remains unchanged.
2/ Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cotton fa!' ginning ~ .
YJ/ Illinois, Kansas , Kentucky, and Nevada . Included in State and United States totals,
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(SEE OTHER SILE FOR GEORGIA REPORT)
Product i on of Ge or gia f ield crops in 1'9 51 was v -tlu ed a t ) 477 ,275, o._;G or an increa se of :;76, o....o, uCJO f rom the F l50 va l ua t i on of 11i401,176,000. This is nn increa s e of l q perc ent. Cr ops s howin~ the gr e3. te s t increase in value were; pea ches, 155 perc e nt; cotton lint a nd seed, 71 perc e nt~ pea rs, 66 p<3rc e nt; wheat, 34 perc e nt; t 0bac c o, 27 pe rcent; and hay, 21 perc ent. I n most ca s e s the incre;.~ se in v ;;lue was due t o a l ar ger pr oduction rathe r than an i ncre~ s e in price pe r unit.
Cott on pr o<..iu ;.!ti on was the hi ghes t sinc e 1940. The peac h crop was ab out f ive times the s rnal. l 19 50 pr oduction. Tobacco, Crimson Cl over see d and Pec a n pr oduc tion set new high r e c or cis f or the .St a t e . Due to the v e ry hi Er h yield per a cre, t he -wheRt crop was about one-t hi r d l arger t hi:in l a ~-; t y ea r. Mos t other c r ops showed decl ine ~ fr om t he l G50 pr oduction. Lupine seed leci the list vfith a- de c re ~ se of 93 per cent, and 31veetpot at o8 s ranked sec ond vlith a 59 oercent smaller product i on.
,meat a nd cotton ma de .r ec ord hi .~h yiel ds p :~ r a ~re for Ge or gi a . Corn hfl s be e.n exceeded only by t he hi gh yi el d of 1 1)4~: . The pea nut y i el d wa s nea r the rec or d hi :~h of pa s t year s
.t>.s u s ua l, cott on r ank ed fi rst a mong t he ca s h crops wi th .;~19 5, 551, 000 fo r l int a nd seed . This wa s a n incre :<se oi' nv ar B l, COO , GuL !'rom t he :.114, 171, 000 in l~ 50 . Tobacco moved ahe ; d of pea nuts t ' i s yea r ifi t h a v<-!lue of ~: 64, 4 5 1 , 000 . Peanuts r a nkEd third among t he c a 9h crops with :Ob55,79J, 0v0 . Pea c hes , c or1merc i al tr uc k crops , a nd pecar;s f olJ.orred in or oer. Of t he f r)od a nc.l fee d cr ops , c or n l ed wi 'Lh .:.81, 734, GOO; hay come s ec ond wi t h '.lb ,l ~5, l;JO fol l owed by oats, velv e t beans and swee tpot <1 t oe s .
Val ue of t he r espec t ive crops in orcter of t he ir r ank fol lo<'IS: (l ) Sot t on (lint and seed ) ~:.195, 551, 000 ; f2) Cor n '18l /l34, 0uU; (3) Tobacc o ~. 64,4 5l, Ouu ; (4) Peanut s (pi cked a nd thr e s hed) '' 55, ? S3, 0 v0; ( 5) Hay ~~16,165, 000 ; (6) r ats .J. CJ, .296, 000 ; (7) ?eaches ".-9 ,686, v00 ; f S) Commerc:L .l 'l'r uck Cr ops :9 , 614, 000; ( 9 )' ?ec a .1s .$8 , 8 32 , 000 ; (lG) ':elv et ~P.8 ns ;. 6 , 51 2 , JLO; fl .i. ) Sweet pot a toes ~- 4, S7 5 , 0v0 ; fl 2) 'heat :..3 , .167 , L-JO ; fl3) Cr imson Clover Se ed. 1 , 944, 000 ; (14 ) Suga r Ca ne S i rup , ~ , 768 , 00U ; (1 5) Cowpeas for Pe afl i;,J. , 466 , 00C. ; fl6) Le spedez.a Se ed ;_.l, 050 , 0UO ; (17 ) Sor ghum '-orage V112 , uGO ; 118 ) I ri sh ;:>otat oes ~/749, Cu0; (l<j ) -~:l or 5hum Sirup 574, 000; (20 ) Lu pine 3eed ~- 4 5 0, 000; and ( 21) ?ea r s '~~./+ 26, 000 .
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D. L I:T_,OYD Agr i cult ura l wtatistician, I n Charge
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ARC HIE LANGLEY Agricultural Stati sticia n
- -CROP
*- GEORGIA SUMMARY OF HAIN CROP ST~TISTICS
1951 AND 1950
lACR1..,.L-=-GE=----.~y=IE-=LD:-=--=pE=Rc--:-.,:,PR""'o=D~U=c=Tr=o:-:-::N ...UNIT.. TOTAL V1~LUE . VALUE .
YEhR (00.0)
ACRE
(000) PRICE . (000) . Per.. Acre
* 1951 price and value figures are preliminary:, Values are for the crop year and
should not be confused with calendar year income,
1/ Preliminary estimates for 1951.
1 Covers only mature crop (acreage alone and interplant~d) harvested for peanuts,
peas or beans.
.
l,fter Five Days Return to
United States Department of griculture
Bureau of i.gricultural Economics
319 Extens i on Building
Athens, Georgia
OFFICIJ,L BUSINESS
form B..E-A-12/51- 8, 930
Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
.. A'(;hens, Georgia
G'IDRGIA 1951 PIG CROP 10 PER CEr'T ABOVE LASr YE.4:g
December 27, 1951 ;
:G:!.'ORGIA: The estimated 1951 Georgia fall pig crop (June 1 - Deccmbe1 :0.) of ~.317 ,000 sho,,red an
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increase cf l4 per cen{; f rom the 1950 nunioer of 1,159',000 (rev:;. sed, and vras 26 per cent
:~bove the r ev ised 10 ye ar a..re l'age ( 19401949) of 1,044 ~ 000 head In the spring of 1951 an esti
l!lf.l.t e d 1,31~ ~ 000 pig .s we re s aved ~:~ak i ng a total of 2r635,000 for the ye ar. This was an increase
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from
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2,406,000
head
of .
last
year~ .
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$o':'/rS farrowing during the latter half of 1951 amounted to 209,000 compa red with 190,000 in the
.fall of 1950, Total number of sows farrowing.for the year was 425,000 or a 10 p er c ent increase
~.rqm last year. Farmers reported breeding_iAtentions indicate 220,000 SO'NS to farrovr next spring.
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Acknowl e dgement is made to the Po~tmas~ers . and R~al Carriers over the St ate
I for their a ssisi;ance in collecting:_t he basic iriforma.tion from vrhich the se
estimates vrer e made . Tho splend.id coopet:a-tion sho'Im by nearly 5,000 of their
ILpatron s who furnished reports for. their individual farms ' is so appreci ~~E.!-
WITED STATES: The 1951 pig crop totaled 102.1 million head, an increase of 5 p er dent from last
\: :
year, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics r eport ed today. The.' incre ase r esults
from a spring pig crop that was 7 p er cent larger than l a st year and a fall c_rop 2 per c ent larg-
o~; The numb~r of sows farrowing this fall v1as 3 per c ent large r than .last year.-_._ The f a ll pig
c.:op at 40,18.;,000 is the third large st on record.
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A:d ecrease of 8 per cent from last spring. is indicated in tho number of sows to farrov1 in the sprins of 1952. Assuming a litter siz e of 6o45 (tho l~year average of 6.26 with allo,rance for
ti>endh this numbe r of sows would indicat e a -pig crop of 56.5 million head in the spring of 1952.
~ch a crop vmuld be 9 per cent smaller than ) .a.St spring.
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Tni.s report is based on a survey of 134,000 farm and ranch operators. These returns vte re obtained
largely in cooperation with tho :rest Office Department through the rurPl ma il carriers. Previous :
cst~mate s of sows farrowing and pigs saved have b een revised dovm-:1ard for the years 1945 to 11:151 as -~ a r c sult of an6J.ysis of tho 1950 Census and other available check data.
FALL PIG CROPI The numbe r of pigs saved in tho fall season of 1951 (June 1 to December 1) is
. .
e stima ted at 40,182,000 he ad. This is 778,000 head or 2 per cent larger than tho
1950. _!8.11 crop, The 195r r an- crop exceeds the 1940.:49 average by l4 per cent cmd- ts-th'lrt111rd
lwge,st on record, being exce eded by ;rar ye'ar. .crops in 1942 and 1943. Tho numbor of sows farrow-
~Jig in the 1951 fall season is e stima ted at . Eh089,000 h ead, 166,000 or 3 per cent above last fall.
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'P'Jf!LY PIG CROP: Tho combined spring and f~ll .pig crop for 1951 is estimated at 102,13 9,000 he ad.
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This is 4,800,000 head or. s .por cent larger than the 1950 crop and cxccJO ds the
lO'jQ~ average by 12 per c ent. The 1951 pig :-crop marks the third time on r ecord 'lrhen more than
100 mi~lion hogs ,rere produced.
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SPRtNG I NT:Et-TTIONS Farmers' reports on breEi!ling intentions indicate 8, 794,000 sows to farrow in
the spring of 1952 , This. is a d.acrease of 8 per cent from last spring and 1
per :?ont belov; t~ lQ-yea.r average.
AnCHIE IA1TGL.:!."'Y HARRY A.. VIHITE :< Agricul tura.l Statisticians
D. L. FIDYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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, : !3lllt'~au of Agricultural Economics
: . 619 Extension Building .' ' Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSI NESS
~orm B.AE=-1l=12/51-3685 Permit .l~o. 1001
55,407 57,935 61 .957
5,522 5,923 6,089
6.41 6.65 6 .60
1,044 1,159
3
35,400 39 ,404 40,182
Penalty ior privatc use to avoid p aymc:mt _.of postage $300.
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Sou t , Branch Library
St t e Co llege of Ag r i culture
Athens, Ga.
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YEAR ,.
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 ~~ 1948 ~~ 1949 ~~ 1950 ~H~ 1951 ~Hf-
s_ows FARROWING A.ND PIGS SAVED I N GEORGIA - SPRING MID Ff.LL
(Period 1935 1951)
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sows {000~
Spring
Fall
148
119
167
149
175
1.30
189
162
216
179
184
149
184
170
215
206
256
220
248
167
191
172
195
182
187
173
170
163
182
173
198
190
216
209
I Total
267 316
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'I 305 I
351
395
333
354
421
476
415
363
377
360
333
355
388
425
Spring
842 924 1,010 1,115 1,210 975 1,067 1,247 1,485 1,414 1,108 1,131 1,103 1,003 1,110 1,247 1,318
PIGS (000}
Fall
653 834 762 940 984 849 969 1,215 1,276 952 998 1,092 1,038 994 1,055 1,159 1,317
* Revised
~~ Preliminary
Total
1,495 1,758 1,772. 2,055 2,194. 1 , 824 2,036 2,462 2,761 2,366 2,106 2, 223 2,141 1, 997 2,165 2,406 2,635
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GEOfiGIA COMivlERCIAL TRUCK CROP SUJ.iMARY - 1951 and 1950 .
Production of Georgia 1951 Truck crops for both processing and fresh market was
valued at $9,882,000, a 15 per cent decrease from the corresponding valuation of
$11,604,000 in 1950. This decrease was caused mainly b,y acreage reduction in
watermelons and pimiento peppers. Average prices for most crops were above the
1950 level. For 1951 watermelons led all truck crop values with $4,020,000,
followed in $1,148,000;
orde snap
r by the next five crops: beans $7601000; cuc~bers
tomatoes for pic
.$1,1761 kle $598
000; 1000;
p
imiento cabbage
peppers $472 1 000.
On a value per acre basis, lettuce leq with $610.00 followed by $432.50 for onions.
Harvested acreage for fresh market and processing combined was 88,700 compared .with 116,100 the year before or a 24 per cent decreaseu Watermelons led with 4o,ooo acres for harvest, followed by pimiento peppers with 18,000; tomatoes 6,800; cucumbers for pickle 5,800o
GEORGIA ANNUAL SU}~RY OF COMMERCIAL TRUCK CROP STATISTICS - 1951 WITH CavWXRISONS
Cro~
Beans, Lima. For Market
Beans, Snap
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1951 T,
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Bu els
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:$
166
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1 V8lue ! Per Acre j 166.00
!. i 1950 1,200 ' 65
(32 lbs.) 1 78,000 2,05
160,000 1 133,33
I 1951 2,600 55
Bushels .l 143,000 ! 2ol0
300,000 115.38
For Market, S.Ga ; 1950 2,900 55
(30 1bs.) I 160~000 ' lo45 . 1 232c000 1 80.00
Beans, Sne:o
1951 2,000
t Bushels
200,000 : 2.30
460,000 ! 230,00
For Market:N.Ga.. 1950 2,000
(30 lbs.) 190,000 i 1.95
:wo~ooo 185.00
Cabb
s G
1951 4 000
age, a. 1950 6:aoo
j(20T00on1bs~) , !3/
18,000 : 37,400 I
1169~~0000
I 304 ~ 000
1
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76,00
542,000 79,70
Cabbag N G e;. a..
Centaloups
1951 I
1950
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j 1951 I
1 1950
900 1,100
2,900 3,600
4,7 4.5
. ,,(. 2T~onlbs.).J1./
4,200
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40o00
5,000 29,00
i 81 ---t:Jumbo Cra.tel1 235,000 ! 1.35
65 . ! (70 lbs,) 234,000 1.00
I 1 6 8 , 000
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186.67
130,000 118,18
I 317,000 109.31
234,000 i 65.00
Cucumbers 1/ 1 1951
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112,000 I 140.00
108)000 l 108.00
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'G~orgia:
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Duri,ng the monthly of: prices rs~eived
pe~~o.d ending
by farmers in
Dec~m'ber 151 the
Georgia advan'ced
all commodity four points.
index At the.
. presen~ leve~ . ~~e ind~~ is 293 per cent of the ~ugust 1909-JulY 1914 average, and
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.~ .beef cattle, and sheep prices declined.
6 'Notewortny gaihs were reported in the price of grains, all baled hay, cotton and .:.cottons~ed, chiCkens :a.ni eggs, end dairy 'J)roduci'tse
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-::~.;.United States: .High~r. prices f'br truck crops and dairy products 1 together with
minor increases or other vegetaqles, feed, and. hay, wefe Rrimarily
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December, the i~dex was 19 points or nearly 7 per cent above last Decem'ber, arrl
58 points or 23 per cent above June 1950, taken as pre-Korea.
During the mont~ ~~e~ ~ece~ber 151 the Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates remaine'd .at. 284. ; The living cost component remained unchanged
with slight increases in food prices offset by decreases in prices of clothing.
Changes in.prices of commodities- :bought for production were down by something less
than one per cent. The Index of Prices Paid1 Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates in December was 7 per cent above December a year ago, and 12 per cent .above June 1950.
As a result of the i~crease in th~ Index of Prices Received by Farmers, the. Parity
Ratio increased from:106 for November to 107 for December. This is one point below
December a year ago and 10 points above June 1950.
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1951 : 1951 :
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301
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313 Feb~ 1951
265
284
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Parity Ratio
108
106
107
122 Oct. 1946
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BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statistician
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Oats, Bu.
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3 Hogs, percwt. , ;,.;:: ~. $: ,~ .~;~.:33:,. :. ...l.?.70 18.50
Beef Cattle.,' Cwt.
87
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Milk cows, head Chickens, Lb.
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727 542
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21.5 25.5'
57.7 59.9
Butterfat, Lb.
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: ' 59,0
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INDEX Ut.Tr.ffiERS OF PRICES rul:EivED :BY F~S IN GEORGIA
(August 1909 - July 1914 ;: 100)
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GEORGIA.; Turkey growers in Ge?~~i~ plan to :p~ise a. re~ord croJ? of .turkeys in 1?:2.
,. :rf grouers carry. out th~J.Z: present. :~ntentlonst Georgla tu~key productl.on . . will ainount to 785, OOQ bi~ds o an , inc:rease :;o~ (56 per cent from the 503,000 raised.. : in 1951. The rapid increase in th~ turkey broiler industey is respon~ible for . a
+arge part of this increase. ,\ .
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UNITEP $TATES: 'rurkey growers P.lan to raise a record,.c~p of turkey~ this year,,. , If
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growers carry out their intE;Jntions t~ number of turkeys raiseq.!.in:
the lJnited St.f.ltes this year will ,be about ~J-;'pe_rcent . ~bre than in 19.~~ All are.as:of
the country expect increases, ra~ging from ;F~:t1q 31 ..pefcent_.
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. price? during the past season~..:; ~ riiore favor.at,le turke~-fliled price r.~+ationship and
smaller cold storaee holdings on January l <:. than a year ago.
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In the west whe:t'e. t~rkey producti on is preg.ominantlyi commercial, : grovrers plan to
produce 12 percent. more turkeys than last year. This ,is a reaction.' to the favora.ole retur,~s in 195l.t:'.vvhich r'esul~ed 'from. higher' turkey: prices. 'vi'th r~latively: higher > prices for the ~~vy birds a1id:; ~ fast gr oWing profitable turkey b:roiler indust'rY.;.~
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l\lrkey gr_ow~rs in .ffie. South Atlarl~ic State's plan the largest i-ncrease, 31 percent,
with. large incrE!ases in Georg~., :Virginia ,' North Carolina and 1Vest ~irginia, The
rapidly increasing turkey brpi,ler industry is r e sponsible for a large part of the
~ncrease in this area. The ~~allest increase is expect ed in the South Central States
where Texas dominat es the pr9duction with only a 4 percent expected increase this
y:ear. Growers plan an increase of .7 percent in the North Atlantic and 12 percetJ.t in
the; ~~st North ..c~~traJ .ta~es>, .~In -~he ,.r~.~. North cer;y.ral States, where about a. ~ tl:lir~
qf :t:.'he
early
turkeys
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prq\i~ced,
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plan 8' " 5 v~'.rcent
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~he numbers of turkeys actually raised usually vary from January l . intentions, the
difference depending on priqes of feed, supply and prices of hatching eggs and poults
and the value of .turkeys remaining in growers' hands, Prices rec eived by growers for:
turkeys during the last half of 1951 averaged 12 percent higher than in 1950, while :
feed prices were 10 percent higher, resultl,ng in a more favorable price-feed relat:ion-
ship than in 1950~ : Live turkey prices iii mid-December were 15 percent higher than a
year : a~:o., Y!hile: tne c..ost of the far'm.. poult.ry_., ,.ration w.as up. ~3 percent.
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The number of turkeys raised ln 1951 was 15 percent' higher than January 1 in~entions.
This happened because during the hatching season tu:dcey prices rose 15 percent above th~ir 1950 level and the t urkey-feed price relationship steadily. improved as the.
hatching season advanced. In 1950 the number of turkeys raised Y.tf!.s about 7 percent
la'rg'er than January 1 intentions becausEl_. during the hatching s eason there was an abundance of cheap.er poults, f~ed suppl~es, were ample at slightly l ower prices, and
the turkey market showed firmness, In 1'9'49->the number of turkeys raised was 4 percff!t mcir~ than January 1 intentions ,because <.lring the hatching season turkey prices held ,._ fa:~dy steady, and feed price~ .dec! ined l'.f .J>ercent below the January level vhen record farm ~tacks o feed grams a11:a favorablrl 'feed grain prospects bec<{me evident. In 1948 the increase in nuniber of ."turkeys raised was 11 p,ercent larg~* than intended J~rruacy 1, 1948, 'when increas Uig turkey prices and prospects of record fe ed grain
production and 16wer feeo. .Pr.;L~~s __Tesulted in a large +.ate hatch. In 1947 the number
of turkeys raised was 2 percent larger than intended on January 1, 1947, when higher
feed prices and lower turkey prices than a year earlier continued throughout the
hatching season.
ARCHIE LANGLEY HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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1,107
1,186
1,305
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726
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908
1,241
1,42?
1,641 1;936
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3,495
3,669
4,146
4,436
5,013
113
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3,290
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110
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1;57-2: . : 1,?29
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781
s. Dak.
353
775 . . 281
775 . 301
969
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331
394
119
Nebr.
893 .
931 :
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1.,150
110
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689 - .. io-765--
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70
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414
417 1,526 =~ 682
438 2,28(j
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460 3,571 ' 1,064
506 4;821 1,383 . ;
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365
486
559
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280
294
503
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210
216
244
293
308
105 .
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153 ... 139
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315 .
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2l)4
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248
112
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145
124
124
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138
106 . ,
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702
66? .. : - 660
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103:
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113
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1 ,. ' 80
60
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1,264 . , 1,118 .
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GEORGIA: The all"cemmodi ty index of ;ptices r'eceived. by famers in Georgia declined
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centaoge points below the index for the same "period last year-:
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In;: th~:- lndi~iCilial ccimrnodity gr-oups, lower pri~e~ were; report~;~ during the ~onth fo~ " ..
wheat, oats, : ~hogs, beef cattle, eggs, and cowpeas. The price of S'.rveet potatoes '
?-dva~c~d sha~pJ.y. .~lightly :. ~~gher pr.~~es Her.E} repor.:t!?.d for 9.~rn, Irish potato.es, ,
and eh~ckens.._
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aniln:Hs, and oranges and grapefruit during the mopth ending
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January 15, 1952, were primarily re sponsible for reducing the Index qf Prices Re.;.:; . :
ceiv:-~d by Farmers 5 points or nearly. 2 "percent, the Bureau of 1.gricultural Economics
ann~u~ced today . Higher prices for bu:tterfat, . chickeQs, veaL. ca1ves,. : hay, aijdr).-ce ,.
partly offset the de'creases. As of January 15; the Index of Prices Received by
Faz:~.E!;:s stoec}-r at 300 percent . of the 1910-14 av:eragej the same as a year ago.!
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(Parity Index) .. rose 3 points, or sl:i.ghtly over 1 percent, to 287 during the month
ending_ _.._Janua:ry 15 c . Higher... pr:i:ces for feeder cattle;:- feed, and food, offset only in
part by 1cwer prices fo.r . clothing and bui-lding materials, raised the Index of Prices
Paid by Farmers foi commodities 2 points,. or about three-fourths of one percent, to 2.75. This i ncreA-se, com bined ,~i th increases of 5 percent in the index of farm wage
rates, 4 per.cent in the index of taxes payable per acre on farm real estate, and 8
perc eut in the index. O.f interest payable per acre on mortgag~s s~-ur~d by farm real
estate, ~ccounted for the rise in. the over-all index. It ui _ri6w 1S :~oints or 5. 5
percent higher than January a year ago.
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Farmers to the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers including Interest~ 'Ta.xes, and Farm
1' age Rates) : .:d~opped 2-points and as of January 15, 1952, stood at 105. This is 5
points (.5 percent)- below January 1951.
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1910-14 = 100
Summary Table for thi} lLJ!ited States
Jan. 15, 19 51
Dec. 15, 1951
Jan. 15, 1952
Price.s Received. . .
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300
305
300
272
284
287
Parity Ratio
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107
105
!/ Prices Paid, Inter est, Taxes, and Farm Yfa ge Rates.
Record High
Index
Date
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HARRY A. WHITE
Agricultural Statistician
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Agricultural Sta tistician
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'LIVESTOC~ bN GEORGIA FARMS JANUARY lt 1952
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Estimated ).nveJ}_,tory of livestock on Georgia farms on January 1:, 1952 shewed increas~s :
over one yeat,.'T'or all speoi.e~ except workstock and turkeys. Increases in o:t'der of:,
rank were: cattle 11%,_ sheep 10%, hogs 6%, and chickens 3%, while decreases'were: :::. .
workstock $%_; and turkeys 5%. These figures represent comparisons with rev~ sed
estimates for January 1, 1~51, such revisions being necessary to:conform to .the 1950
census enumeration base lev:el.
va~ue of all livestock on farms January 1, 1952 was 'about $224,200~000' or an incr~~ of 17% from the $191 1 207,009 (revised) of one year ago. Increase~ noted in numbers~ together with h ig!'l~=Jr p:::-i.~es . for cattle, are mainly responsible for the favorable
comparison; Pr i ces of milk smvs and all cattle were at a record high for the state : and prices of other l ivel:i to6k wer e mostly around the 1951 level, ~xcept for work-
stock. Vfith tractors and pqwer machinery corning more and more into farming oper-
ations Georgia workstock numbers and prH:ew are c ontinuing the downward trend of the past fe~ years.
Values by .kinds in order of r ank for 1952 and 1951 r~spectively are: (l) cattle $153,140,000 .and $~17, 978 ,000,; ~(2) hogs $43,884,000 .and $42,120,000; ( 3 ) Work~"tock $15,025,000 and '$20,165,000;' (4') chickens and turkeys (excluding broilers)
$11,949,000 and $101 800,000; :and (5) sheep $202,000 and $144,000 .
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1951 which will be released. a.~ soon as final figures a~E;) available~
DISTRTSUTION OF_QEORGTA ]"l'l0~-~~':_Q~( VALU~S BY KH!DS ON FARHS
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HA~ttY A. WHITE .
Agricultural Statisticians
After pive Days Retutn :to. United States Department Of Agriculture
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OFFICIAL BUSTNESS Form BAE-M 2/52 - 5,288 Permit No. 1001
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Penalty for private us e t o avoid payment of postage $300.
Olt ~ ranc Li ra Y Sta~c Col ege of lg icu ture
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Sh~ep and Lambs
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68,181 : 79~149 .
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110 102 ' 120
106 93 '88
144 202
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350 364 368 372
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63.00 .73.00 S5.oo 94,00. 116.00 123.00
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12,10 lp,SO Hi,80 .21.50 24.30 24.00 20,60 23.40 23.00
27,'531
24,885 29,127 32,895 34,9.68 ' 40;600 44,772 54,464 64 356
$.24,375 24,986 21,650 25,318 36,292 . 40,192 39,541 34,340 42,120 43,884
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11.773
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5.20
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1.30
13,017
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5.80
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1.42
12,787
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6.30
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1.41
11,678
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6.50
286
1.51
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7.30
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11,038
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6e40
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UNITED STATES LIVESTOCK INVENTORY- ..,. - ~ - JANUARY 1, 1952
Livestock and poultry on f~ms and ranches sh~wed a net increase of 4 per cent during 1951, Tho upturn was marked by a substantial increase in cattle numbers ~o a new high record of 88 rp.illion head. Modest increases took plaee in h~g, sheep and chicken numbers, end turkeys were notably higher. Cows end heifers 2 years old and older kept for milk ' were down about one per cent from the previous year. Horse and mule numbers continued. to decline at an accelerated rate,
Combin,ipg :the different species on the basis of their economic ~!jpO'rtane'f shows l_.ivestock numbers
inor<:f(I-Sing 4 per cent, and poultry increasing 3 per cent. Meat animals \all cattle, hogs and sheep) increased 5 per cent. Milk stock (milk cows; heife:r.s an~. calves) sbpwad a slight decline
~d work stock dropped 11 per eent,
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fhe numbers shown in this report Are on the revised level of estimates of livestock and poultry c:>n farms January 1, The revised estimates were derived from en,.. analysis of .the 1950 Census o -kticulture . enumeration of livestock and poUltry on farms together wi ~ other -available data. Re.,. Vlsed estimates by States for the years 1945 to l~50, . inclusive, are 'sbovm iri a separa~e publi ~ation, Statistical Bulletin No. 106, which is available uJ>pn requ,est1 ' :
Most species of livestock increased during 1951 as g~~erally f a~o~~l;le :pdc~~ for livestock and
livestock products encourage& production. The rate of expansion ~lov1ed down in the l e.tter part
~f the year as a result of decreased feed supplies and.higbe:r feed costs in relation to prices
~ livestock and livestock products.
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Qn the other hand, hog production had 8{lparently reaehed a peak in 1~5~ : - the ~hird largest in history - and was starting to decline. Farrowings fell below the previout year ' after AUgust 1951,
For 1952, f~ers intend to decrease their spring pig crop~ They also plan to buy 10 per cent fewe r baby ch1cks~
F' arm value of live stock end poultry reached a record of 19,6 billion dollars on January 1, 1952,
14 per cent above last year, the previous high, end 90 per cent ahovo the lQ..year average. Except for hogs, horses end mules, the total value of every species was above last year
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DUENPITAERTDMSETNATTEOSf
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AGBURIRGEUALU.TUORFAL
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itlrch 1952
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GEORGIA RECORD CHICKEN BRO~LER I NCOME OF $68,601,000 RANKS NEXT TO COTTON
Georgia chicken broiler production for 1951 reached an all time high record for the state with 88,769,000 birds marketed at a value of $68 ,601, 000 , This was a
41 per cent increase from 1950 production of 62,892,000 birds and was 51 per cent above tho valuation of $45,433 ,000 for that year, This marked the fourth consecutive year in which all previous production and value records have been surpassed, Average liveweight per bird was 2.8 pounds compared with 2,8 in 1950 and 2.7 the year before, Average pries per pound liveweight was 27,6 cents compared with 25,8 one year ago and 26,8 cents :!-n 1949.
Another new record has been established in that the value of 1951 broilers topped that from any other Georgia farm cash commodity except cotton. Ordinarily either tobacco or peanuts occupy this position but the heavy expansion placed broilers well above these crops.
Main commercial counties are Cherokee, Forsyth, and Hall, with Banks , Barrow, Cobb, Carroll, Dawson, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jac ks on, Lumpkin, Pickens, Walton, White , Whitfield , and adjoining counties making up most of the remai ning commercia~
areas , Some other scattered areas produced some broilers and current f trrther expansion is taking place,
Figures on other sta tes are not available at this time but a full report on broilev production by states will be released in April~ This will show whether or not Georgia ranked first in 1951. In 1950 Deleware led the riation with Georgia in second place
DIAGRAM SHOWING PRODUCTION A:ND VALUE OF GEOHGIA BROILERS (Period 1935 - 1951)
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1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
Numbers
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Value (000 )
$ 230 384 539 611 676
1,495 2,775 5,152 12,198 19,116 24,466 20,171 24,191 29,108 32,977 45,433 68,601
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 1952
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GEORGIA: The alJ.. conuncxii ty index of prices recerved by Geo-rgia fc!rmers declined . .
six points during the month ending February 15, At the ,present level the. index is 285 per cent of the August 1909-July i9iU aver age .- In the individual ' .:
cornmodi ty_ groups' ~rices :r;eceived for eggs dropped c onsiderp.bly during tl].e month_, ,,.::,
and a general decline in prices of cotton lint, hogs, butter, and wholesale milk was in ev!i.tlence. ~ .:t-fie pr1ee' of cowpea's advanced approximate-ly 45 cents per bushel,
and sligh~ly hi g~er pricE!l~ were rec.Edved f~r :corn, oats, sw.eErt potatoes, _ co~tonseed,
be ef cattle, milk cows, and chickens.
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; UNITED STATES: Sharp decline s in prices r e ce ived .. for truck crops, cotton, cotton;<_
s'eed, oats, eggs, viool, and lambs, 'together with small but ge'neralt
declines in prices of many other commodities during the month ended February 15, '
1952 dropped the Index of f'rices Received by Fa rmers 11 points, or nearlY.: .4 per . cent, to 289, the Bureau of Agricultural Ec0nomics annou11c ed today. This ~:i.s. 8~ pei:;
cent bel;w the all time peak of 313 established February a yea r ago, but well above
any other Februai'y of record.
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Dliring the same period" increases in retai:l price s of production go ods bougnt by
farmers lifted t he -Pari ty..Index (Pr.ices Paid for Commodities, Interest, 'Ilaxes, an4 ' Farm Wage Rates) 1 point or a third of t>ne per cent to ano~(let .new_ higlf. . Jiigher :_
prices for field crop seeds, feeder livestock~ and motor velii'e:les--.ed the 'advance i
Price s of commodities bought for l~ving purpos e s averaged -the same as a month
earlier. At 288 per cent of its 1910-14 average, the Parity Index was 4 per c ent
higher than a year ago.
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As a r esult of the ll point drop in t he .._rndex of Prlces .Received, and t he 1 point
rise in the Parity Index, the Parity Ra tAo (ratio of th.f;'J Index of Prices Received
t o the Index of Prices Pa id, Inter est, .:'I'tJ.xes, a nd Vvage Rate s) dropped to 100.
Beginni.ng with July 1950, the' Parity .Rat~ o was continuous~y; gr eat er .tha n 100 until,
r --this month.
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1910-14 =100
S'l,liTliM.ry T~Lble for the United States ------R~e-.c- or-c- i ~h~ig~h------
Feb. 15, 1951
J an. 15, Feb, 15, 1952 ~ 1952 ; Index
Da te
Prices Received Parity Index ];_/ Parity Ratio
313
276
113
300
287
105
289 288 100
313
Feb. 1951
"2:88 - )\.: Feb. 1952 '
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-.1/ Price s Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statistician
BURTON J. HARRmGTON Agricultural Statistician
..... . : PRICES RD::E!VED BY l.f.AmiERS F!ERUARY 15, .-1952 .JIITH COlv!l?ARis:JNS
COMHODITY
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luAg:v:.elr9a0ge9- Feb. 15 i: Jan~ 15 Feb. 15
July_1914 1951
1952 i 1952
I I Wheat, Bu. .. . ...$i"\". \,- - ~:' r .
2.2e:. 2.2.5 :.>. 2 ...~~- . .---. ~88
2.21
2.20 I 2.18'
Corn, Bu: .. '. . ~ \ >}~.91 .) 1.62 1,73 ' !~a .. . ~> !.~~
1.60
I 168 1.66
Oats, Bu. ' $ , ;'// .~67
Irish Potatoes, :8~~$ .. ~~ii
lolO :
i.8b
1.15 1.18
i 2.25 2,25
.40 ~
.92 : .94
.89
70
1.03 2.07 ! 2.05
Sweet Potatoes, Bu.$
.83
:aAcr :-. 3,85 1 4.oo
.as
:.2.05:' 3~47 . . 3.57
Cotton, Ll:i:
12.6
43.5 41.5 40.3
41.8 : . 38.7
37.2
Cottonseed, Ton $
Hay (baled), Ton $
Hogs, per ewt~
$
Beef Catt~.~. cwt. $
Milk Cows, h.e84 $
Chickens, Lb.
Eggs, tbz.
. 3._87 .: 33 ..85 . .13.2 21.3
67.00 69.50
, 27.80 28,20 29.70
.20.80 17.30
2~.50 1 24.00
I77.0Q r . 195.oo
28.8 2s~3
50,5 67,0
-17.00
' 24.50 ..
1200..00 ::.
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I :47o'O:
22.55.
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7.27
5~42
11.4 21.5
100.00 70.10
23.20 25.50
22~00 17.40
29.oo 27.20
26.9 41 ~4
253.00
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25.1
6?.10 25.40 17.20 2?.60 255.00 25.7 34,6
Butter, Lb. ... . : .. 24..
~tterfat, ~b. : t
-~5>1'
.- ;SQ.O . ~8,0 80.0 . :.: 60.0
57.0 61.0
.25.5
' 61~~
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64.1 82.9
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1(0W0:#h:oJlJes.ale).
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Cow:Peas, BU.
1.60
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4.03
5.16
5.09 3.99
Peanut~, .-~r~-- J.~:.:: r~:~ Soybeans, Bu.
5
3.08 .,
2.78
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. : . : INDEX NuMBERS OF P~ICES REC'$IVEI;l 'BY ~ABE!;!S IN GIDRGIA
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(August 1909 :- July 1914.,. lQO)
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Jan, 15 r Feb. 15
1951
1952
1952
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Fruits
Miscellaneous
Revised.
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318
291
355
:323
178:.!.': .
188
.468 .'
440
'223414'.. '. ,
246 252
243
134
l87
180
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285
316 193 444
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246
222 134 181
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Uni'hed Btates Department of Agr. ~.c~lture
Bureau of Agricul tura1 Economics
319 Extension Buildi~g
Athens, Georgia
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Form BAE-B- 52 - 4215 Permit No, 1 1
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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 Statisticians, and cooperating State agencies o
Reports covering growers' intentions to plant cabbage, onions and watermelons for summer harv~st indicate a 4 per cent larger acreage than last yeara Watermelons showed the largest increase followed by onions with 3 per cent while cabbage
acreage is indicated below last year's. These three crops accounted for 42 per cent of the total summer acreage in 1951.
CABBAGE: Plantings for harvest in the five ~arly spring States are reported to
be 11,100 acres -- the same as the acreage for parvest in 1951 but 47 per cent below the 1941-50 average of 21,020 acres o Growers in l'tississippi -and
Georgia have reduced their plantings belnw last year by 14 per cent and 25 per
cent, respectively, but these decreases are offset by increases of 87 per cent in Louisiana and 40 per cent in Alabama. South Carolina acreage shows no change from a year ago. Acreage in all States except South Carolina is below average.
LETTUCE: An early spring lettuce acreage 2 per cent greater than that harvested
in 1951 is indj_cated for 1952. Acreage increases occurred in all early
spring States except Georgiao Production prospects on March 1 indicate an e~ly
spring crop of 9,446,000 crates, about 2 per cent greater than 1951 and 21 -eer
cent over the 10-year average~
WATERMELONS: Growers in the early summer areas report their intentions to plant 7 per cent more--acreage than a year ago, or 198,500 acres, compared
with last year's acreage of 185,100. The increased acreage this year is expected mainly in Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia, the increase i~dieate~ for these thr~e . States totalling 13,000 acres. Indications from other States are for unchanged to slightly higher acreages than a year ago except for Missouri where growers intend to plant 600 less acres (ab<!>ut 20 per cent) than las,t year.
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator
INDICATED ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION 1952 SEASON, \VITH COI1PARISON~
CROP
AND
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ACREAGE
: YIELD P1R ACRE
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STATE :Average:
: Indo : Ave :
: Ind. :Average:
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Acres Acres I1
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.Y I I .. I i I ' CA. BBAG~:
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I ' Early ~-,prlng, 1
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-- I 6,150 1, 500 ! 2,800 1 4.3
4 i Tons
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26,600 5, 200
Miss.
! 6,650 1 3,600 ~ 3,100 1 4o7 ; 4o3 I j 31,600 ! 15,500
Al a " Ga .) , south
i s ~ car~
!1 1,470 i 500 j 700
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5;~ 340
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3,000 !,202
5.2 ~ 4 .. 0
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5.4 6.2
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1 7, 600 1 2, 000
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I 28,900 : 18,000
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LETTUCE : Early Sprin;; Ariz .
Calif~
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1 22 ,370 29 , 3 0 0
i 23,000 I 23,500
i 30,100 30,500
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i 183 i 165 l 3,512 i 4,209 13,878
155 170 ! 3,990 ! 4,666 : 5,185
Fla.
260
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s. Car.
I L N. Car.
T _ ~U
!o!a1
480
1L396~00-
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700 I
1!'9~0090.
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2bl.lQ04 2
650
!1,1~0OQ0
7L320
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91 104
I _97 _
l_lh[_
110 I 115 : 120 j 120
1_1l_6s~5 -..J~l_!~1S0-_l
45 1
77 I
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108 ,!75
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75 132 _176 _
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- M-~elons - :
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9,100
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9,600 J 10,000
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700
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1 3,470 1 4, 900 1 5,000 591 ; 790
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j 2,058 j
Melons ! -
6,720 3,871
Texas Lac
1 I .~ 56,370 ! 61,000 ! 68 ;.000
, 3,100 l 1 800 J 1~800
160 ~ 165
271 l 260
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9,202 I lO.t065 j
'j 834 1 468
Miss. Ala.
I 1 4,450
1 6,340
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4,900 ! 6,800 1
5,200 7,000
~ 320474
I 280
! 330
1,081 1 1,372 j' 1, 910 1 2s-244
Ga.
s. car.
N. Caro Ark. Oida.
146,100 1! 40,000 I 42i000 287 I 300 !
125,050
I 9, 800
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26,ooo ' 10,000
1206.,~000000
I 3,600
jl 2,030
, 152,,300000 j l65~)300000
218
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250
22 8 j 23 0
284 295
212 J 210
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98 9 388
! 1 21 000 ! 6,500
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125~350640 I
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. 2,557 ; 2_.5201
Mo. . Group total
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the annual totals, not the sum of the State or group averagesc 211 Includes cabbage 11seafor sa-uerkraut.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extens ion Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAED-=-3i52-1,376Permit No .. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $3 00.
Librarian. Co l eg _ f Agriculture Athens, Ga..
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Athens, Georgia
TRUCK CROP NEWS BY STATES
As of March 15, 1952
March 24, 1952
SNAP BEANS: Planting of the spring crop of snap beans has largely been completed, except in the North Florida section where some replanting is still
being done. In the important Everglades section, where a slightly reduced acreage
is in prospect1 the crop ~s generally making good progress. Planting of Louisiana snap beans was active during the first half of March, and a large portion of the crop is yet to be planted,
CABBAGE: Harvesting of the winter cabbage crop in Florida reached its peak level
during the first half of March. Slow market conditions caused some postponement in harvesting resulting in s~me . fi~~ds becoming over-ripe. The crop is well past the halfw~ mark so far as acreage harvested .is concerned, but a good volume continues in prospect during the remainder of March. Shipping is expected
to begin in South Carolina during, the week of March 23, but little volume is likely
before April 1. This crop is at peak production in Alabama, however1 movement has been restricted by market conditions.
LETTUCE: North Carolina's lettuce crop is in good condition and the stands are
good. With favorable weather conditions, the harvest of the lettuce
crop should begin the last week in April, reaching volume during the first week in May. In Soutn Ga.rol'ina lettuce pr ospects continue brfght. -- Harvest is expected
to begin around April 1 and reach peak the latter part of April. Lettuce shipments
declined sharply in Florida during the first half of March and the prospects are
for continued light supplies during the remainder of the season.
IRISH POTATOES:. The bulk of the acreage is up in Baldwin county Alabama and the
crop generally is making satisfactory progress. Planting of
potatoes in some North Carolina areas has been .seriously hampered by excessive
rains, and generally little planting progress was made during the first half of
March.
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\ WATERMELONSt The condition of the spring watermelon crop in Florida is very irregular as the. result oj adverse weather for growing and favorable
conditions for disease (mostly gurnm1 stem blight). In the Central Florida area, considerable replanting has been necessar.y. In North Florida, the original planting has generally been completed e At this time it looks like .' a light movement of early melons, with most of the acreage later than usual.
NOTE: Georgia Truck Crop News will begin as of April 1, 1952, with all crops being
added as the season. progresses
D. L. FLOYD
L. H. HARRIS,. JR.
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Truck Crop Estimator
ter Fiv e- Daysn eturn to
- Penalty for private use to avoid
,
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics
payment of postage $300.
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE-D-3/S2-11 3Bl :ftermit No. 1001
Li 1 rari an .
Co .3::-t' ~ o~
A t ~en s, Ga .
TC Re q
Athens, Georgia
The Crop ReporUng Board of the Bureau of -Agricultural Econoinics make$ the follow;ing report for the Uni ted States , on the indicated a creage s of certai n crops in 19.52 based upon r eports from farmers i n all parts of the country on or about March 1 re-. garding their acreage plans for the 19.52 -scason.
The acreag es for 19.52 are interpretations of reports from growers and are based on
. past relc3:tiom>hips be t ween such. reports and acreage;> a ctually, planted.
The purpose of this report i s to assist gr .owers generally in making such further
be changes in their acreage plans ~ as may a ppettr desirable The acreages a ctua lly
planted i!1 19.52 rnay turn out to l arger or smaller t han indj.cated, by reason of 1 weather conditions, price changes, .labor supply, financial conditions, the agricultural program, a.nd the eff ect of this report itself upon farmers' actions.
s UNITED STATES
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=-:Average -:.--~ - - -=-Ind~a'Cted- : . - I 952-as--::-
-- ______________ :_ _!911.:.5.2 _.!. _ _!9_21__ :_ ._ 1 9_22__ .!. Ec_!._of 19.21.:.
- Thousands -
Per Cent
Co_rn, all All spring wheat
Durum
138 ,379 18,742 ..
2, 64L~
.83' 866
83 ' 9.28
22,257 : - 21, 998
2,.586 : . 2,344
100.1 98 .8 90 o6
Other spring
16 , 098
19,671
19; 6.54
99.9
Oats r Barley
43, 968
: . 13, 9R6
41, .594 . l0,8ho
42,818
9~ 7 52
102.9 90.0
Sorghums f or a ll purpos es ...JPot.;;.tpes
Sweet Potat oe s
1.5,2 60
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2 ,J ~S 7
632 .
1 .5 , 1 1 3 1,3 79
316
13 ,4L2 1,373
33h
88 .9 99 . 6.
10.5 . 4 .
Tobacco 1/
1, 630
1 , 7 82
1, 804
101 .2
SoybeaDs-2/ Peanuts 27
Hay J:./ ~
. 12,788
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3,649
14, 838 : l .5, h.57
2,.593
2,1.58
. . . . 7h,536
74,718
75,3 80
104 .2 " 83 2
100 . 9
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: Thousands : Acre : Thousands : Thousands : of 1951
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: Per Cent
Corn, bu.
3,383 ~ -: 13.3
3,127
3,190
102
Oats, bu. Barley , bu.
. :
831 : 16.2
8
18.2
764 , .5
840
110
8 I
160
Irish Potatoes , all~ bu.
i8 .2 70
7
6
86
~veet Potatoes, bu.
78
74
27
30 . 111
Tobacco , all , lbs. 1/
88 .8 1 ,033
112.1
113 .1 , 101
1\.11 Sorghums
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53
38
38
lQO
-Joybeans , a l one 2/
?/ Peanuts ( gr own aTone)
77 1,210
86
92
107
791
657
83
All Hay, tons ~/
. . . . 1,3.57
.54
991
912 . 92
IrAcreage- harvested: - - - ~- -- - - -.:..- -- - - ~ - - - - - . : . . - - - - - ..!. - - - -
~/ Grown a l one for all purposes. Partly dup1.ica ted i n hay ac r eage.
ARCHI E LANGLEY HARRY A WliTTE Agricultural Stati sticians
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS REPORr FOR GEORGIA AND 1JNITED~.JES
GEORGIA: Acco1ding to March 1, 1952 reported intentions, Georgia farmers plan to plant about ~ .
per cent less total acreage in crops (other than cotton) than they planted last year. ;
Increases i n corn and the small grains ;and in tobacco, sweet potatoes and soybeans were slightl7
more than offset by decreases in pe~t s and other crops.
UNITED STATES: Farmers 1 plans for the 1952 crop season indicate relatively small changes. from ' 1951 acreages. The 271.8 million acres indicated as a total of the 16 crops ~w
estimated in March, is about a million acres less than in 1951. For individual crops, ho..wev.er, the tendency is to shift from crops of high labor requirements to those of a less intensive na . Weather during t he spring planting season is always a major factor in changes in plans. Other significant changes may result from the Department 1 s production program, when all the goals and allotments receive the individual farmers' consideration. Spring activities were mostly at the usual st ages on March 1. Soil moisture is generally satisfactory, although in part of the Southwest it is only temporarily adequate. Reports from farmers show a general concern over farm labor supplies and this appears to b o 13. limiting fact"Or in plans for 1952 operations.
A limiting factor in the acreage availa~le for seeding spring crops is tho large acreage sown to
winter v1heat last fall end of which little has be en abandoned to date. Cotton acreage is not covered in current reports by farmers, but the goal acreage is about the same as the large 1951 acreage. Farmers indicate a strong desire to retain end increase their hay end grassland acre.ag.e end to shift to les s intensive types of farming. Current plans indicate decre a se s from 1951 ' acreages of spring wheat, mostly durum, of barley, flax, all sorghums, peanuts grovm elone , dry beans and pea s. Large increases are indicat ed for oats, soybeans and hay.
Comparisons of prospective pl antin.gs with 1952 goal or a.llotm~mt acreages are pos sible for most such crop s. Prospective acre ages exceed the goals for on ly 5 crops -- all wheat by about 0 . 4 per cent 1 oats by about 3 per cent, soybeans for beans by nearly 6 per cent, rice en9. hay each by 1 p er cent. But fallin g short of the goals are prospective acreages of corn by ne arly 6 per cent, barley by 24 uer cent, flax' by 2 por cent, all. sorghums by n.; arly 12 p er cent, pot a toes by 7 per cent, sweet po tato e s by 2 9 per cent, dry beans by nearly 13 per cent. 'rho prosp ective acreage of tobacco is slightly below the acreage computed as likely to produce the marketine quota. For peanuts, the 1, 7S0 1000 acr e s likely to be picked end threshed is 5 p er cent larger than .tho nationoJ. allotment, but according to la'l'r farmers are pormi tted to market more then their quota under certain conditions. \Vith fe e d p roduction a major aim in the goals, the s111all exce ss for oats and hay is more t h an offset by shortage s b e low goals for corn, barley nnd sorghums,
Acreages of the principal crops to be planted or grown in 1952 are likely to total over 361! million acre s, allowing for numerous crops not yet surveyed. Such a total would be less than a million acre s smaller than in 1951 1 m1d exceeded only 5 time s since t he 1929-33 period of ree~rd acreage s. It is smaller than last year partly b e cause there wi11 be l e s s abandoned yfinter '-'Theat acreage available for replanting to spring c1op s end partly because of more gras slands.
Fee d grain a.creag>3 s totaling about 1! million acre s less than i~ 1951 do not augur well f or feed grain supplies for incNased livestoCk numbers, but no decrease i n production proportionate to tba decrease i n acreage is likely. The prospective corn acreage barely exceeds the 1951 planted aero age. Decline s are in prospect in lower-yielding ar.a as such as in the South and in northwestern Corn Belt States whe:re the 1951 corn crop was disnprointing. But these are more than off set by
larger acrewses than i n 1951 in the hi gher-yielding main Corn Belt States. An oats acreage total
ing about 1% million more than in 1951 is indicated, with i ncreases in most s 0ctions 1 but t he
largest i n crease s are expected _in the higher yi e lding ii ost North Central area . A hay c!creage
n early 1 p e r cent larger than the l arge 1951 total, plus an average pr o spective carry-over, would provide liber al hay supplies, even for the exp~ding live stock numb ers.
For food grains, littl e change from the 1951 total acreage is in prospect. A sli ghtly l arger
acreage of wi nt er v1heat was sovm l ast fall end h a G vnnt 0red well.
.
CORN: The 1952 planted acre age of corn is expected to be 83,928 ,000 acre s, acco1ding to farmers'
r 0port od intentions a s of March 1. This is only slightly above t he 1951 pl antings of 83,866,000 acres.
iiHEA!I': Accordin g to f armers' r eported int entions as of March 1, the 1952 seedings of .all spr{nf wheat are e xpect e d to total 21,998,000 acres . This is 1 pe r cent les s than in 1951, u
17 per cent more than the 10-yo8.l aver age.
OATS: Farmers' pl ans on March 1 pointed to an incroase of 3 per cent in oat acre age t his year for t he ~'C~.tion at l ar ge . This would r 0sult i n a 'total of 42 , 818, 000 acres pl8:n.ted to oats in
~ 9 52, vrhich compares rrith 4 1,594 ,000 acres pl anted in 1951 and the 10-year average of 43, 968 ,000
~re s s oe dod.
PEANUTS: If grovrcrs carry. out their March 1 int entions, they will plant a total of 2,158 , 000 ac res of peanuts a lone for all purpose s. This ,,vould be 1? per cent les s t han the
~. 593, 000 acre s pl ented alone for all purpo s0 s in 1951 and the smalle st acreage pl anted for tbls purpose since 193?, The se intentions include peanuts for picking end thre shing, f or hogging-off end for ot her purpose s.
TOBACCOl A total of 1, 803,700 acres of tobacco for 1952 is indic at ed by r eports of farmers' in
t ention s a s of M?zch 1. This is a little over on e p er cent ab ove l a st year's acreage
17ith flue-cured ana burley typos accounting for most of tho i n dic at ed incr ease.
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A<2JRICULTURE.
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF MARCH 15, 1952
-- - - GEORGIA: During the month ende d March 15, 1952, the all cornmodity index of . pric9s received by Georgia fanners declined three points, At the . pres~nt level the index is 282 percent of the . August 1909 - July 1914 average and 39 points below the index for the s?me period a year ago . This is the third con.secutive month .that the index has .declined.
In the individual commodity groups, increases in prices received for
Nh ee.t, corn, sweetpot atoes, (all) baled hay, cowpee.s, soybeans, and peanuts were
mo!"e thari offset by lower prices for .cotton lint, hogs, beef cattle, chickens,
eggs , and wholesale milk.
UNITED STATES: The Parity Ratio remained at 100 in mid-March as the Index of Prices Received by Farmers and the Parity Index showed little
change, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported today.
The Index of Prices Received by Farmers at 288 pe'rcent of the ;1:9.10-14 average in mid-March was 1 point ( 3/10 of 1 percent) less than in. Feb:ruary .and was 23 points ( 7 percent) less than in March 1951, but with that exception was the highest of record for March. The index, however, was at the lowest point since December 1950. Declines during the past month in prices received by farmers .for dairy products, meat animals, and many other products slightly more than offset higher prices for truck crops, fruit, and food grains.
During the seme period, the Index of Prices Peid by Farmers including Interest, Taxe s, and lf.'age Re>tes r emei ne q at the record high of 288. Upturns
r in prices of household furnishings, building materiels~ fertilizer, and tractors ~were offset by lower prices for feeder livestock, feed, food, clothing, and motor supplies. The Perity Index in mid-M?rch was 3 percent higher then a year earlie r.
Indexes
1910-14 = 100
- -- - -- -
Prices Received
Parity Index y'
Parity Ratio
Summary Table For The United Ste.tes
-- ---- --
Mar. 15, 1951
Feb. 15, .1952
Mar. 15, 1952
------
.2-
Record High -- A-
--In-de-x-t-- ----D-ate
311
289
288
313 Feb. 1951
280
288
288
y 288 Feb. 1952
111
100
100
122 Oct. 1946 .
1( Prices Paid, Interest, Taxe s, and Fann Wage Rates. 5( Also March 1952.
D. L. FlOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
ARCHIE LANGLEY and HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statistician
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
l l - : _ _ _ _ _ _...:;_Et-'I"-'C-E'-=-S-RE-CEI-VED-B-Y FA..l1MERS MARCH ,15, 1952 WITH COW'"'-'AR=.,I._s:J_,,=N=S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
COMl.1JDITY AND UNIT
r Average
Aug .l009July 1914
GEORGIA
~. 15 ]J'Jfb. 15
1951
1952
Malo. 15 1952
UNITED Sl'ATES
Averffie _Aug. 1 09-
Mer.
15
j
Eeb.' 15
ar. 15
July 1914 1951
1952 1952
Wheat, Bu. Corn, Bu.
$
124
2.26 I 2.24
2.27 !
.as
2.12
2.18 ' i 2.20
$
;,91
I 1.67
1,78
1.82
., .
64
1;.60
1 -~66
li65
Oats, Bu.
$
~rish Potatoes,Bu. $
Sweet Potatoes,Bu. $
.67 1.12
.83
1.11 1.85 2,35
1.18 2.25 4.00
116 .
I 2,25
4.40 I
40
91
.89 I .a
,70 1.07 2.05, .1:~1~
.88
l I 2.07
3.5'7
3.8~
Cotton, Lb.
Cottonseed, Ton $
Hay (baled), Ton $
Hogs, per cvrt,
$
12.6 24.39
~
7.33
44.1
40.3
105.00 6~.50
27.80 . 29.70
20.20 17.00
39.9
I,
II 69.50
30,20 16.30
12.4 22.55
. -
7.21
42.7 103.00
23.10 21.20
37.2 36.7
67.10 . 61.50
25.40 25.10
I
17.20
i
I
16.70
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
3,87 26.00 24.50 24.40
5.42 29.70 27~6b 27.60
~lk Cows, head $
33.85
Chickens, Lb.
.
13.2
Eggs, Ibz.
21,3
Butter, Lb.
24.6
Butter.fat , Lb.
25,7
M
ilk Per
(1W0h0o#le1sa./le)
eowp~as, Bu.
Soybeans, Bu.
Peanuts, Lb.
$
2.42.
$ -
1-$ ---
5.0
1/ PrelimiLDB.ry for March 1952
185.00 .,'200.00 1201.00
i
31.6
29.8
28.0
46.4
47.0
I 40.7 I
55.0 60.0
I I
I
57.0
61,0
.1
57.0
I 59.0
I
II
II
I 6,40
6.60
6.50 I
4,25
4.40
4.50
3.50
2,90
3.00, I
10.7
9.5
-'
9.7 !I. . --i
48.00 11.4 21.5 25.5 26.3
1.60
-
--
4.8
245.00 28.9 43.7 60.6 69.7
255.00
25.7
I
34o'6
64i1
82.9
256.00 25.Q . 33.9, 63.l
77.~
4.51
5,09
4.15_ 3;.99
310-
2,78
10.8 . . 10.4
4.~
4... 09
2,76
10.5
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES F.ECEIVED BY FARMERS UT GIDRGIA (~1gust 1909 - .July 1914 100)
All Commodities
Cotton &Cottonseed
Gra ins Meat Animals Dairy Products Chickens & Eggs Fruits Mi sccllanepus
Mar. 15 ~_9_5_1 _
321 359 183 482 242' 224 243 187
Feb. 15
Ha.r. 15
___._1952~_ _..:;1'-"-952=--~
285
282
316
313
193
100
444
439
246
244
222
197
. 134
134
' 181
184
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T:R U .C K .C R Q. :P N 0 T E S--
April 1, 1952
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GENERAL: In Georgia_, continued cool nights and heavy rains during the la~t half :
of March were generally unfavorable for planting and growth of commercial
truck . cropso Planting. season .is -running late on many truck crops;, due .to the con- .
tinued .rains. Some.: one to ..two weeks delay in harvesting is expected in .the eariy .
~
spring planted ~reps o
. . .
LTI1A BEANS: Some; lima .beans have been planted in southern areas but most of the a~reage_ remains to be planted. .
!)NAP BEANS; SOUTH GEORGIA : ' The early planted snap beans are upto .good stands, but
cold and wet :vreather . is delaying 'growth. A small portio~
of the crop is yet to be plantedo
CABBAGE, SOUTH GEORGIA: Harvesting .of the early s pring cabbage crop is just. getting
.. :
underway, ldth peak. movement expected around 1nido.April .
~low market conditions and wet fields are causing some delay in harvesting.. Go<;>d . .-
rields and qua~ity are expected from the r educed acreage compared with one year ago,
. ,
LETTUCE:
In
Georgia:,
'
lettuce prospec.ts
continue
bright~
~
Nost of the crop is in ..
.; good to excellent condition, . vTith some damage rep orted to first c.u.ttings due to the heav:V rains .Light h~vesting began the last week in Marchj with., peak
m~ . ov. ement
.
~xpe.
cted
.
around
mid-April., '
ONIONS: Out-look at present : is for a better t han .average onion crop, this ye8ri Little or no disease . darnage has shown up at the present time .. Harvesting
is expected to begin around the third week in April1 . with better than,:average yields expected.
. r IRISH POTATOES, SOUTH: .GEORGIA: I rish potatoes that. were planted ear'l;y are up to good standsi but growth has been retarded ~ the cold
and wet weather. Heather conditions have h endered field operations .to the ~xtent
that the full intended acreage may not be plantedo
.
..
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TO~..ATOEs: some. tomatoes have been :set to the .t:ields :and good stands are reported.
The supply .of good plants is b~ coming acute;, but it .is hoped this situatia
willcl~ar up in time to get the acreage sate
' WhTEruillLONS: Watermelon plantings in South Georgia is being del~ed, due to wet
. weather conditions now prevailing. No planting has taken place in
9entral Georgia to-datee- .
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TRUCK CROP NEWS - BY STATES
AS OF APRIL 1, 1952
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SNAP BEANS: In the Charleston-Beaufort area of South Carolina, snap beans are up
to reasonably good standsa Growth has been somewhat delayed by cold,
wet weather and a portion of the crop is yet to be planted. Early plantings of
Mississippi snap beans are now up to fair~ good stands, but the bulk of acreage
is just being planted.
CABBAGE: The Mississippi cabbage crop is growing well and has good ~ield prospect~~
Hovement of the crop will probably start around April 25, with bulk of ''':
movement during Mayc Light movement was underway in Soutl:l Carolina by: the end of
March with peak expected around mid-Aprilo Harvesting is near.ing completion in tht3 Baldwip-Mobile area of Alabamao Quality and yields have generally been goodo Har~ vesting continued active during the second half of March in Florida. Improved
markets during the latter part of the month caused considerable harvesting from old fields o Shipments are expected to decline rather rapid~ after the middle of April, :but some late plantings will cut into Mayo
LETTUCE: In the Beaufort area of South Carolina, lettuce harvest started .during . the last week of March and was increasing in volume by April 1. Some
damage was reported to 'first cuttings, due to heavy rains and extremely tender he~de Supplies of good quality lettuce will be available for several weeks.
IRISH POTATOES: Plantings of the North Carolina~,.Iriah potato crop .has been delayed
considerably by heavir-airifall-: Only a few have surfaced. In
general the potato crop will be late this yearo Prcgress of the Louisiana :spring .
crop was retarded by coo damp weather in Feoruary, but most of it is now in fair
condition0 Earliest harvest is expected during the last week .of April. The South
Carolina potato crop showed some improvement during the last two weeks and as-a---
whole is in reasonably good conditiono Growing conditions have been very favorable
for this crop in Alab~o Some minor harvest is expected about April 151 with move~
ment in volume the last week in Aprilo
ONIONS: In Texas harvest of the Raymondville and Lower Valley onion acreage is ex-
pec~o be over by April 10 - 15e The coastal Bend section expects pro-
duction through Aprilo Prospects now point to most of the ear~ spr1ng crop being harvested about two weeks before the late spring crop comes into productiono
'l'OMATOES: Transplanting of tomatoes started around March 15 in South Carolina ahd.
was about 90 per cent complete by April l in the Beaufort-Charleston areac The crop is in good condition. Transplanting continues in other areas of th.e State. The Mississippi acreage of tomatoes will be very small again this year~ Plants are being transplanted to fieldsQ
.CUCUMBERS: Planting of this crop was completed by April 1 in Baldwin eounty
Alabama. Some replanting was necessary because of cool weather. In South Carolina cucumbers are just coming up to stands, but .are considered in good condition.
WATERMELONS: Watermelon planting in South Carolina is expected to begin during the
week of April 6a The condition of the watermelon crop continues very
irregular as the results of the adverse weather during February and March in Florida
Stands are uneven and tne average advancement is behind that which is generally con...
sidered to be normal for this time of the yearQ In the Immokalee-Fort ~ers sectioP.
the first car was shipped on March 29.
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ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION (As of April 1, 1952)
.April 14, . 1~52
The Bureau of' Agricultural Economics makes the following report on the acreage,
yie ld, and production of' commercial truck crops for the f'resh market from reports
. ai.l~L data furnished by crop correspo ncieats,. fi.eld 8tatisticie.ns, and cboperating
State agenc ies . .
LIMA BEANS: The preliminary estimate of acreage planted and to be planted in the spring group of' State~ is 30 per cent below last spring's acreage and
58 per cent below average, or 2, 800 acres for 1952 compared with 4,000 ac r es. in :' :!.951 and the 194l-50 : average of' 6:640 acres. Li ght supplies are coming from the " Florida acreage but p lanting has been delayed in Georgia and South Carolina and only part of' the acreage in those States had been planted to April 1.
SNAP BE~~S: In the mid-spring group of' States p~oduction is expected.to b e . 4 per
cent larger than in 1951 but 2 per cent below average -- 2, 0 95,000 . bushe ls for this spring compared with 21 016,000 bushels l~st spring and the 19 41-50 average of' 2,132,000 . bushels. Acrea ge is . only slightly below that of' a year ago h ut is 19 per cent below the 1941-50 av erage. The exp ected yield per acre f or the mid spring group is slightly higher than last spring's yield and well ab ove av s rage (1941.:.5o) . The season .is late and supplies from most areas will be coming on the ma r k et later than usual.
CABJ;lAGE: The 10,700 acres . of' early sp rinl!: harvest are expected to produce 59,500 tons of' cabbage, according to prospects on April 1. Th is indicated pro-
duction is only 13 p~r cent above last year's unusually small . early spr~n g . pro duc tio:r;t anl!l only slightly more the.n half' ~s l a rge as the 10-year ave r age .productiol;l .Alt~ough acr~age is Q.own slightly from,. last y e ar, the higher yields indicatfild for this ye ar acqount for the increas e d pro duction .
LETTUCE: P rospective production for the early spring crop areas is about 2 per cent
.
au ove last month's forecast as a result of' an {increase in the acreage.. i'e-
ported in California.. The 9,630,000 crates now in pros pect for the f'ive . States are
4 p~r cent above last spring's early crop of 9,235,000 crates and 23 per . cent above
the 1941-50 average ef' 7 I 0 ,o 0 crat e s. If' t e -pro duct ron incfice.ted Tor I9'o2
materializes it will be a record crop for the early spring group of States. All areas
ate coming into full production with the exception of' North Carolina which .will .begin
fl
,.,
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h
i.p
p
i
n
g
about
April
15.
ON' IONS: Preliminary r ep orts on late spring onions indicate .15,500 abres for harvest this year, 35 pe r cent l e ss than the 23,900 acres for harvest in 1951 and
~ per cent l e ss than the average for the p receding 10 years, Plantings in Texas, California and Arizona were substantially l e ss than indicated by growers' intentions reports in J anuary. In Texas favorable moisture conditions did not develop soon enough to stimulate gro we r i nteres.t, with the earliest sections not receiving "rain until it was too l at e to plant. Plantings in Geo.rgia, where growers had .a very successful s eason last year, exce.e ded earlier int entions.
COMMERCIAL .EARLY IIUSH POTATOES: Acreage for late s p ring harvest is a . little ~ower . th~ the acreo.ge indicated by intent:l.ons-to-p1ant
reports as growers in Alabama, Tennesse e and Arka.nsa~ did not . plant aH -of the e.cre-
age originally int e1-1~e-d. The 124-; 350 -acres . now indicate-d a re 9 per cn1t- larger than
the 1951 acreag e but 28 per c ent belQw av e r~ge. Growers in C ~ lif'orni~;. Sou.tb . .
Carolina, Arizona, Oklahoma and North Caroltna increasedacreage. this : year: .. These
. increas~d ple.ntiP.gs we re parti a tly offs.et by : r e duc e d ac'reage in Louisi ~na; :UUssias~ppi,
Georgia;: Texas, Arkansas :and T ~nness ~a.
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------------------------------------------ Indicated Acreage and P reduction Reported to Date for 1952 with Comparisons
: CROP
AND
ACREAGE
. : YIELD PER ACRE a
c
PRODUCTION
STATE
LJMA BKANS Spring:
: 10-Yee.r: :Average:
y : : 1941-50 I 1951
Acres : Acre s
:
:
: : Ind. : 1952 :
Acres
.10-Yr.:
:
1 lO-Year :
2
Av.
: Ind.: Average t
: Ind
. :41~
: :
1951:1952 :1941-50
:
: )/
l
1951
: 1952
: - Bushels
1,000 bushels
:Prelim.
'
:
Fla : 2,sso' 2,ooo= l,ooo= 82 : 70
233 : 140 :
Ga. ., 1,660: 1,ooo: l,ooo= 58 : 65
93 : 65 : May 9
-J----L--- - ------------------------- s. c.. : 2 100: 1 000:
800: 56 : 55 :
Group _tot a l : 6,640: 4,ooo: 2,8oo: 68 r 65 :
: 110 : 55 : : 436: 260:
SNAP BEANS
Mi(i:.s p ring: Ca lif., 4,600~ 3,700~ 3,200~ 166 :250 250
736
925
800
Le 6,o40: 4,30o: 5,ooo 67 10
80
401
301
400
Miss 3, 2oo: 3, 2oo 3, 2oo= 78 55
85
Ala
1,710: 1,700~ 1,500~ 68
70
70
246
176
272
117
119
105
Ga . 3,3so: 2,6oo: 2,3oo: 60 55
65
202
143
150
s. c
~roup total
~-2"5i;ssaooo~-
2o4~27ooo-o:-
4 900 -ro;Too=-
74 87-
: 75 :
"71oo-. 7
75 To4
:
7
431 : 352 : 368 -z-;-132-: -2;oT6-:-2;o95--
Tons -
Tons
'Early Spring:
La.,..... 6,150: 1,500: 2,400: 4,3: 3.5: 5.0: 26,600: 5,200: 12,000
Miss..... : 61 650 : 31 600: 3,100: 4. 7: 4. 3: 5. 5: 31,600 : 15,500 : 17,000
Ala . : 1,47o:
soo:
7oo: s.2: 4.o: 5.o: 7;soo: 2,ooo 3,5oo
-o. Ga.(south): 5_,340:
s. c. : 1,410:
Group total : -2T,rr2rr,-
41 000:
1 500:. n!irro:
31 000:
-l~1'T5o0r0r::-
5.4: 6.3: 4. "9"2:
4.5: 8.0: 4 . '7"5:
5.5: 28 1 900:18,000: 161 500
7.0: 8 900 :12 000 : o6iJ.0"?,-6rro-: o2;7rro-:
-51~0"55000()-
LETTUCE
:
:
:
: - Crates 4-6 doz.-
- 1,000 Crates -
Early Spring:
:
.
,
:
:
:
:
Ariz, : 22,370:
Ca lif,, : 29,300 2 Fla . : 260:
23 1 000: 30,100:
--- :
23 1 600: 159 : 183 : 165 : 31,500: 140 : 155: 170
--- : 100
:
:
31 512 : 4, 209 :
3,990: 41 666:
25 t
:
31 878 51 355
s. c..... Ga :
480 1 960:
700:
650: 91 : 110 : 105 :
45 : 77 r
68
900: 1,100: 104 120 110
101 : 108
121
N. C 1_1:_,~22_: __1L40..:_ _1:_,._02_:_ ~7- ;_1:_2~ .:_ 2:_22_ .:_ __1f_7_: __1'!_5_: __ ~0~.
Group tot a l 1 54,690= 56,100= 58 1 350= 144 : 165: 165
7,800 : 9 235 : 9 630
1
1
ONI QNS t
- Se eks 50 lb. -
- 1,000 Socks -
Late Spring::
:
.
:
y Ca lif, : 3, 720: 5,000: 3,600: 456 450
Ariz, : 910: 1, 200: 1, 200:S( 424 720
f:/ , : 1,811 2,250
: 331
864
La., .... 1_,650:
900:
600: 97 90
161
81 May 9
Texas, 12,060: 16_,000: 8,900: 82 80
975 11 280 :
Ga :_ 1:_,1:_89_:___80..:_ _ 2:_,_g_OQ_:_1:_4~ ..:_1:_62. :_ __ .!. __12_3_: ___1~8_: ____ _
Group total : 19_.340: 23,900: 15,500: 181 : 193 :
:
31 385:
4 603 1
:
COMM'L. EARLY:
:
IRISH
POTATOES: t
- Bushels
z
:
t
:
1 - 1,000 bushels -
:
z
t
:
:
Late Spring::
:
:
t
t
;
1
Calif,, 62,7oo= 49,ooo= 6o,ooo 368 1 445 s
: 23,610 =21,so5 s
La r 171 930: Miss, I 2,950:
5,ooo:
ooo:
31 500' 5501
68 : 70 t 89 t 80 :
: 1,227 I
I
264 1
350 : 48 :
Ala, I 221 320 2 211 200 I 211 200: "123 t 170 :
Ga. I 2,140:
700t
600t 110 I 145 t
a 21 670 : 31 60 4 :
1 215 I 102 1
S. C, I 12,000t - Ar~z..... 1 4,160:
Texas,, 1 61 460: Okla. I 2,520:
Ark...... : 4,940:
Tenn : 41 720:
N. c t 32,100:
7 , 5 0 0 :
31 200: 31 500t
800: 1,9001
2,700:
18,500:
8 1 000: 135 : 200 t 3,500: 346: 4aJ t
31 4001 70 t 70 1 11 200: 105 t 145 : 11 300: ' 90 : 85 : 1,7001 116 1 95 :
l9,400t 171 : 210 :
: 11 590 I 11 500 t May 9
: 1,440 : 11 344:
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449 : 245 :
239 t 116 :
1 436 z 162 :
t
544 z 256 1
I 5,394 : 3,885 t
Group tot a l =I73,690=-1I4;6oor 124,350=- 22o: 292:-- r 37-;64s-=33;4I7-=---- -:>~
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the sum of the State or group averages,
Onions, Arizona, 8-year, 1943-50.
D. L. Fl.AJ:(D Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator
:Athens, Georgia
April 15, +952
NERAL CROP ' REPORT 1''0R~ORGIA AS OF APRI(l, ,1952
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GEORGL\': .Excessive rainfall during March deJ,.ayed . the ' pr~parat:i.._on of land and p're..
. . _ vented planting on scheduie. On April 1 farme;t's- .i .n the centr-al and north-
ern- districts of the st.ate had mads very little. progress in preparing the' land for
the 1952 crop. Fair weather is badly needed in these ar_eas . Tobacco planting is
. nearing completion in the southern districts and good progress has been made with
other crops.
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The ample supply of moisture arid the- above' rior.mal temperature -during .most of March
were favorable for vegetative growth. Small grains and gr~z.ing. c.ropi'J..made 'exc_ellent
growth. On April 1 the improved pastures were furnishing an abundant supply of
graz~ng for livestocko
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tion is eJq>ected in most areas
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WHEAT: Based on condition as of April 1 the 1952 Georgia wheat production is ex-
. :pec_ted .to reach 1,740, 0~0 bushels or about t}fe same as was .har_ve?:ted .on_e .-
year ago ._
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PEACHES, (10 Southern States): ' Pi'ospects in the .10 Southern States are. generaUy good with April l condition of 72 per cent .reported.
This c..ompares with 65 per cent reported a year ago and the Aprill av-erage of 71 per
cent; The 1949, and 1950 crops were" damaged by Ap.ril fr!3eZe_s - Present crop prospects
are . good in :the Carolinas and Geo:rgia butMarch freezes damaged the crops -in
Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In North Carolina, weather conditions have been very favorable . and ~urrent prospec~s point-' to~ a good crop this y~ru: In Sou:th Carolina,
peaches were generally past fUll broom by April le . There has _been little .or rio
fro.St damage .to date, although trfe: crop. is still subject to injury. . Pz:ospe.cts in Georgia indicate good crops in :all ' i:lreas Weather condit;ions ,.t,o April 1 have ~e.en favorable for normal development~ .-In Alabama, present prospects point -to -~ gooci crop after three successive short ones . Prospects in Mississippi were f~vorable . on Apr_il 1. _Mar.ch was .;rather cooT but there were .no freezes -.or killin~ .frosts , to
damage the. crop. In Arkansas, peacnes bloomed; qu~te rearly this year. Da.rnc:ige from
March freezes was mainly corifined ,; to the Clarksville and Northwest areas. .. Although
many buds and ' blo6m~ were 'killed, the set of. buds w_as so hea-ey tha,t a number. of
orcha~ds in the~e ~teas 'still have ffair prospects . Prospects in the Crowl~ 'Ridge
and Nashville areas are still qtiite prom:tsirig~.-. In Louisia.I:l~, fre~zing temper~tures
in early November 1951 caused some damage. In Oklahoma, some varietie~?.. - in the
. Southea~t. starteri l;>looming in early 1-iarch while in the Northern areas' some late
varieties Wf3_re_'~o~ l?lt,~oming tiiltil Aprit lo Fr:eezing; tempera.turf?S:in 1-ate .Marc}:l des-
.troyed .a large ~ :.o-bl'o - .
in ~ro:!lpects
Texas -a.p.e-~at~er poor becau5e-of --
freeze damage in late Feb'i-uar,Y am l-ate March .in most importan~ producing _areas.
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State
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1941-50 _1949
N. c. s. c.
77
43
72
33
Ga.
71
54
Fla.
68
61
.dao
67
53
Miss.
70
62
Ark.
71
84
La.
72
75
Okla 0
62
76
Tex 0
68
82
..10 States
71
55
Condition as of April 1
1950
1951
1952
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71
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ao
87
64
86
-82.
57
'75
74
45
54
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41
38
78
53
35
72
71
29
.61
77
43
68
73
48
43
58 62
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39 72
HARRY A. WHITE
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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UNITED S'l'ATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRIL 1,. 1952
Spring work and vegetat.ive development was r "etarded ."dur~ng March in the._ main agri-
cultural areas, as in the. past tWo years, by mostly unfavorable weather and, wet )
fields. Snow had mostly disappeared by April 1, except in northern New England,
the upper Great Lakes area, . adjacent portions of North and South Dakota, and . in the
western Mountain States. But fields were ~till_. wet from meltingsnow and Marph
rairis,: so that preparation of seed beds and seeding of spring crops made less thari.
usual progress. The situation was not regarded as serious in most areas~ Earl.y
April weather has already helped to rectify th~ situation, and the high degree of
mechanization of farms enables farmers to make rapid progress, once the,y are able
to get started. Fall sown grains, meadtJws and pastures were slowly emerging from
~nter dormancy in northerly latitudes, showing mostly good survival and fa~or.able
prospects . Soil moisture is generally satisfactor,y to abundant and the mountain
srto"Wpack promises ample irrigation water, exc.ept for New Mexico and portj,ons: _of ..
adjacent States to the north and east.
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\-linter wheat survived the critical March period in promising condition. .The April .l
estimate of 947 million bushels is nearly 29 million more than forecast 'o.n Deceili.be%'
1,. 1951, reflecting smaller abandonment than previously expected in hig}fer yielding
ar~as and improved yield prospects ,
Farm stocks of feed grains on April 1 wer.e much smaller -th:an average~ Tl;ley t.ot~e~
about a third less than the 1949 peak tonnage for April 1 and about a sixth less
than a year earlier. In terms 0f supply per ~mal unit. t:.o be f .ed grain, the .
April 1 total of feed grains on farms was smallest since 1948 and smaller than ~n
all but 2 of the last 15 years.
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Vegetative development was. retarded a little by cool weather, ..par.ticularly .after
mid-March. New seedings and old h~ meadows appear to have wintered well, with . .
little damage. Pastures were furnishing little grazing, except in the South. But
both -meadows and .pastures had ample soil mois.ture and .were r~ady .to .make .rapid ..
growth with warmer weathero .
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WINTER WHEAT: The .1952 winter wheat crop is forecast at .9.4i.milli~n b~hels . A:
. production of this size would exceed the 195l .crop of 645 million :bushels by 47 per cent and would b_e nearly one~fifth_ larger than , the aver~e of . .
800 million .- bushels. With continued favorable prospects in most areas, except. in .
the Southwest, production prospects since last December 1 have improved ~9 million .
bushels, -- or about 3 per cent. Current prospects are based upon an appraise+ 9
the April 1 condition of the crop as reported by individual growers, on m~isture . . reserves, winter survival of plants and othe:r facto:rs affecting c:r.op p.;:~uction..
PASTURES: Pasture development over the countr,y was somewhat delayed by below-average : temperatures in March, but with soil moisture conditions generilly favor-
able, . prospects for spring pasture are excellent. The condition of farm pastures on April 1 was 82 per cent of normal, 2 points above a year ago, but 1 point below the 10-year average for that date. Pasture conditions were average or better. in aJl regions except the South Central and West,. and above a year ago in all secti'ons of the countr,y.
MILK PRODUCTION: Milk production increased seasonally during March. March produc~ . tion on a:l1 fa.rms ;is estimated at 9,679 million pounds, almost. the
same as a .year ago, but lowe:r :than fqr .the same month in 7 of the past 10 y.ears. . This was equivalent to an average of 2.0 pounds of milk per day per pers~n, the
lowest for the month sihce 1935 when feed shortages severly curtailed production.
After Five Days Return tC;
United States Department o.f Agriculti.lre Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE~;A.,4/52 ,.,)~ 991 Permit Noo 1001
Penalty for pr=ivateuse .to .avoid p~ent of postage $300.
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AGRICULTURE.
GJ0RGTIA
A~~~~~~Yt:L
C5rojJ~1AMf!l c),g/721tLe~ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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GE.ORGIA AGRICULTURAL
C.OLll:uE. OF A6RICULTURE.
f. X1EN510N 5E RVICE.
Athens, Georgia
TRUCK CR0 P N0 TES
April. 15, 19?2
GENERAL: Considerable progress has been made in planting truck crops in central and southern sections, but not much more than a beginning has been made in
the northern areas, Seed germination has n6t . baen ~atisfactory due to recent cool nights, Soil moisture. is reported adequate in all areas, 1;>Ut :warmer weather is especially needed for additional plantings and satisfactory growths, Harvestin~ of lettuce is ~ell under way wi~h cabbage sal~s gaining qailY.
?NAP BEP..NS,z SOUTH 'GEORGIA:. The rrrid-spri.Tig snap bean crop i~ generally in fair con- .dition, Cool ni'ghts have retarded growth, and little
or no harvest;j..ng is expected in main commercial areas before late May or early June!
CUCUMBERS: Planting of the early cucumber crop has been completed, Stands. are reported irregular and vine growth has been slow, due to the .unusually
cool nights,
CABBAGE, SOUTH GEORGIA"! The conditi9-n of the South Georgia cabbage crop is re-'...._:
ported good. : H?.rve.stin,g is under >vay from the earlier . : .
planted fields, with yields and qu.?.li~ g~bd Weat):1er conditions have delayed late:ti'.
plantings and pe~ harvest is expeo;lied .av.ound May le
LETTUeE: The cooi nights have been favorable on the lettuce crop. Harvesting i~ . .
well under way and some cutting is expected to continue into early lVIay
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ONIO~lS: The 'OUtlook continues bright for a better than average onion crop in Georgia:. this ye.a:r . Some' harvesting is expected ip late April, r eaching the peak
around May-- 1.
IRISH POTi~.TOES, SOUTH GEO~Glf\: Mpst plantings are :UP and reported making good .pro- ...
gress in southern are~s,
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necessary, follo-vJing damage from cool iu.'ghts and strong winds, Wfl'!'mer
weather 'is badly needed to get plants off to a good start.
WATERMELONS~ . PlCJ,nting has been completed in southern areas, and is well under way
in central Georgia, Some aelay in date of harvesting is expected~ due to present slow pro~ress of plant growth re-sulting ;from the unusually cool and
wet weather.
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L. H. HARRIS, JR,
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Truck Crop .Es~imator
#ter Five Days Return to Uniteg Stat es Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building At hens, Georgi?OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form Bl&...D-4/52-11 381. Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use .'to avoid payment of postage $300.
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At 1en s, Ga. ~c Req
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As of April 15, 1952 .
LIMA BEANS: Planting of Lima beans was delayed by cool, wet weather, but most of )
the crop had been seeded Qy mid-April in South Carolina.
SNAP BEANS: The South Carolina snap bean crop has been delqyed by recent cool weather and some replanting was necessary. Light shipments are expect-
ed to begin Qy May 10. Planting of the Mississippi snap bean crop is about complete and much of the acreage is up .to good stands. Harvest is expected to start about .
mid-May.
CABBAGE: Harvesting of South Carolina's cabbage crop is well underway and nearing the peak. The condition of North Carolina's cabbage crop is quite varied,
Harvest in all sections is expected to get underwqy . the first week in May. Cool weather during the past month has been beneficial to the Louisiana crop. With the current strong demand, harvest o.f cabbage should soon be complete. Cabbage ship~mts in' Florida are expected to decline rather sharply during the second half of April,
with very light supplies continuing into Ma.y. Some light cuttings are being made from .early fi~lds in Mississippi, but harvest will not be general until the last week of April and the bulk of movement will be during May.
CUCUMBERS: In South Carolina, approximately 50 per cent of the crop is up to a stand
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butcool weather has retarded ~owth and S(')Ille replanting was necessaryo
The Alabama cucumber crop has made slow progress, due to low temperatur.es
LETTUCE: In the Beaufort area of South CaroiinaJ the bulk of the lettuce crop has been harvested& However~ reasonably good volume will be available in
th~ and other areas of the state for several weeks. The lettuce crop in North Carolina is in goad conditiono Movement from the Wilmington area is expect~o
.begin about April 25, reaching its peak between May 15 - 20.
ONIONS: Harvesting was active in all early spring onion areas except Eagle Pass and Wilson-Karnes duri~g the past two weeks in Texas. Harvest in the
. Eagle Pass area is not expected to be important w1til the early part of May.
IRISH POTATOES: The outlook for the potato crop in ' the Gulf Coastal area of Alabama continues bright. There has been some minor digging, but it will
be the last week of the month before volume shipments begin~ There was some loss of potato acreage in South Carolina. because of excessive rains, but the crop is now ~ in good condition and doing nicelyQ Planting is now in progress on the Cumberland Plateau and generally coming to fair stands in the Franklin-Coffee county areas of
Tennessee~
TOMATOES: .. Transplanting of tomatoes is practically complete in South Carolina and the crop is in good condition. Tennessee tomato plants .are making only
fair growth in the cold frames and are in need of more sunshine. Setting in fields ~11 be active. around April 23, which is about the usual date.
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CANTALOUPSa Most of the cantaloup crop in South Carolina had been planted by
April 10. Approximately 50 per cent of th&Crop is up to a stand, but
is only in fair conditioi).. The bulk of the cantaloup acreage is located in North Florida, principally i~ Marion and Alachua counties. The crop is rather irregular1 due to the fact that considerable replanting was necessary. Very little harvesting is expected from this area before the middle of Ney.
WATERMELONS: The average advancement of the watermelon crop is Florida continues to run behind what is generally considered to be normal for this t~
o~ year. Planting of watermelons has practically been completed in the Allendale-
Barnwell are of South Carolina where a little over 50 per cent of the crop is up to
a stand but is in only fai~ condition. Most of the crop in the Chesterfield area
J of the state is yet to be planted. Growth of the early plnntings in Texas has been
slow because of cool nights, but most se6tions have favorable moisture con~itions,
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GEORGIA I..Ei\bs THE. NATION Dl" ..CHICKEN }3RPILER PROD.UCTJ;O,N.
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Final estimate.s by st~tes on ~951 chickeh..broiler .pro- , . .
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duc't;ion show .that Georgia led the riation by produ<?ing 88,6781 000 birds valuedat $68,530;;000o Delaware crune
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in at
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$661447 1 00P
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fporlol odwuicntgi oinnoofrd8e1~.,-7~o1f ,r0a0p0!<':bwi redrse
Ark.ansas, Ma.n.-land, .a.nd Virginia.
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oe<i:rgia .shoV:ieti: a. 41 per cent ipc~ease ove~. the -62';892.,ooo . . ~
broilers produced . in ~95p; anq the 1951 va.'l\19-tipn :was 51 .. .
per cent above the $45,'4~3 1 000 f igure fo~ -1950~ .T.his . marked the fourth conscc~tive y'e~ in wh:i,ch all pr~vious production and value. reyords ha:Ve beeri :surpassed, .Averag_e
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liveweight per bird ~as . 2. 8 pounds compsred witn 2o 8 in . 19;;c:~' 0 . and . 2.7 the year b~. fore . Ave~age price per. pound
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..thai;. from any other GE?orgia..farni .cash ~ c.ornrnodity . except ,.; co~tono Ordinarily either
t6ba.cco or peanuts -occupy this'positioribut the ~ he avy expa:qsion ,placed broilers well
abpve thes _e crops
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Main comme:td:al counties ar~~ ~~erokee., Forsyth; and Hall;, with Banks., Barrow, Cobb.,
Carroll, Dawson, Gordo.n, Gwinn.ett, Ha:l;ie~sham_, Jackson,- Lumpkin,..I'i'cken;>, Walton.,
White., Whitfield and' adj.Oiiiihg 'c6untiea making \lP most..or' the -rema:ining commercial areas Some other scattered C}reas. prod~ced some-broilers and .c~rrent further ex-
pansion is 'taking placeo
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DIAGRlu<i .SHOw-ING i>RODUCTION i\,1'1}) V1~LUE OF GEORGIA BRJI~S
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Numbers . Value
(ooql_. {000 ) . .. ..
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500
$ . 230
I 1936 1937
-I 1938
1939
80
.1940
'800
1,100 ];,300
1,600 . .3.,500
:. 384
539 611 6'7 6 '! 1,495
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1942
! . 1943 '1944
6,000
. . 2,775 ' . ' .:
10,000 . . s; 152 ... .
17 1.ooo
12,198
24,000
19,116
' 1945 ; 29',520
t _ U46 22,435
6() ... , 1947 28,717
24,466 . .20 ;1 7.l.~ :'. . : 24,191
1948
I 1949
33,025 45,574
29,1 ()8 ; : 32,177 ...
1950 62 ,{392
45,43:5
Millions
I 1951
88,678
68,5:30
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~--~_?MMERC_~_!_~~~JPR PRODUCTION..L.AND GROSS__El.~.2!.1E, BY . STAT~,!.' 19.5_?_.:-_L_____
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and ' Number 1 Pounds 1 Price t Gr.oss . t Number: :.'. Pounds s Price , Gross
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Cents
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Thous,
d.o?-Jl,2pro'dThuocue~.da:pndrosduc
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Cent s .Thous. dol,
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16,916 74,430 27,5 ,: . 20;460 21,145 86 1 694 27,6
23,928
N, H,
4,03:4 15,329 27,2
4,169 4 1 841 18 1 396 28,0
51 151
yt.
462 -1;756 27,5
. 483
508 1,880 28,8
541
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R, r.
11,943 47.1 772 770 2,849
28,5 28,0
13.,-6).5 151 526 58 1 999
798
924 3,511
28,9 29.1
17,051 1,022
ponn,
Y,
13,982 54,530 27.7 15,105 17,198 . 67 1 072 7,714 _27,770 30,0 : 8,331 . 8,717 31,381
29,1 32,0
19,518 10,042.
:N.J.
7,538 2.7,891 28,8
8,033 8,518 31,517 31,0
9~770
-:ro-.5 . - .9,os6-- Irl!?Ja,.-A-t1-, -
71- 36'L,.9.5-26-12-
47 467 -29-9','-79-4
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-29:1 -- - 5,422-
16 546 57 911 . .28, 5 -93.L,9-23- -35-7',3-6-1 - . - 2-9,-0
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27,880 89,216 28,4 25,357, 34,014 108,845 28,6
31,130
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Mich.
14,610 42,369 2,180 7,194
29,0 . 12,287 18,262 52,960
30,2
2,173
3~008 10,528
30.0 31.0
15,888 31 264
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61 607 19,821 30,0
51 946 8,589 27,485 31.0
8 1 520
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Minn,
2,193 6,579
28,9 . 51,165 72,899 2291 604
28,0
1,842 31 618 10,854
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. 67, 88 7
28,8
3,1.2. 6
lowe. Mo.
61 007 19,823 14,288 42,864
27,0 26,5
61 352. 7,809 231 427 29,0 11,359 22,004 66,012 28.6
. 6,794 18,8~9 : .
Nebr,
3,720 10,788 28,6
3,085 61 138 17,800 . 29,0
51 162
-~a_::s!.. ___2!..0~4- _ ~~~6~ __2.,?_.! __ ~,2_1~ __ 2_,~1~ __7.!.5-~2- _ ~9~4.i _....: _2!...2~2- _
W.N,Cent, 28 1 302 85,917 27.,2 231 350 42,187 125,685 28,8
36_1 193
Del, Md, Va. 1~ va.
80,922 54,596 40,033 15,079
2421 766 163,788
124,102
48,253
26,0 26.0 25,8 26.6
631 119 42,585
321 018 12,835
81,731 2451 193 58 1 418 175,254 461 038 . 142,718
17,341 55,491
27,1 27,1 27,3 28,7
66'1 447 47 1 494 38;962
15,926
N, C,
s. c.
28,109 78 1 705 8,801 23,763
26,3 26.9
20,699 32,606 911 297 6,392 11,441 32,035
27,9 ' 28,4
25,47'2 9,098
Ga, Fla.
621 892 1761 098 9,ool .26,103
25,8 29,3
45;433 8S~678 248,298
27.~6 . r 68.,5'30
7, 648 -s, 9ll 25,842 .. 31,0 . ; s ,o11
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Ky,
1,702 41 936 28,5
1,407 2,468 7,404 29,0
21 147
Tenn,
31 894 10,903 27t9
3,042 5,_841 16, 35 5 28 ,9
4,727
Ala.
13,114 35, 408 27,0
9,560 16~655 44,968
29,1
13, 0 86
Miss, Ark, :t:.a.
17,010 47, 628 49,179 137,701
2,146 5,794
28,0 26,8 30,2
13,336 36,904
1,750
231 47 4 65,727 69,834 195,535
4,507 12~620
29,3 2'1,6 31,0
19,258
531 968
)
3;912 .
Okla.
21 909
7,854
27,5 r 21 160
5, 382 15,070
28,5
4 1 295
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.
- -3
- 1-2
3-,3-833-,3-37-
- - 9-0,134 -34-0,3-5-8 -
- 2-8,7-- -
2-7,6
- 2-5,-86-8 - -50-,40-8-. 9-4-,0-2-7 - 1-78-,569-
-14.1-,-14-2
498,-8-21
_.,.
-..-32---08-...
.-0 ,-8
-
4-2-,3--4-3
- - 14
,._
3 ..
,-7..3
6
- -
Ida ho
750
21 025
33,5
678 1,050 2,940 34,0
1,000
Colo,
1,638 4,750 31,0
1, 472 2,129 6,387 '31,0
1, 980
Ariz.
1,048 3,039 34.0
11 033 1,100 . 3, 190 34,0
1, 085
Utah
700 2,170 29.0
629 11 421 4,405 30,0
11 322
Wash, Oreg.
4,646 14,403 4~336 13,875
31,0 30,0
41 465 41 162
8,130 26,829 5,854 1~,5 6 2
31,0 36,0
8,317 5,269
9_a~i.-- ~2!..69._5_ !.19_,~5.!--~-~- _3~,~4~ - ~9!..4~2- ~3?-~-9~--3~ - --49_,~2~--
!e~t!.. __ ~5!._73_3_ ~5~,_:1~ _ _ 39!~. __ __4~,~8~ _ ~~J-_3.6_ _:9~,~~ __~~ _ _ _ s.~,~o~ __
u. s.
603,816 1,938,000
27,4 530_24?.__?~1,8?8 ~.4~9~]04
28,5
6.90,~_8_6_
y Revised,
.?! Includes consumption in households of producers which is less than 1 perc ~nt of total production,
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319 Extension Building Athens 1 Georgie
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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UNIVER51TY OF GEOR.GIA
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GE.ORGIA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE. OF ' AGRICULTUf~E..
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EXTENSION SERVICE..
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TRUCK CROP NEWS
Athens, Georgia
May 1, 19.52
GENERAL: Weather conditions during the past two weeks have been mostly fair to good for all Georgia trucks crops Much needed rains fell during this
period, but temperatures have been too chilly for proper germination and growth- on some late plantings. Growers indicate that stands are poor on all early planted tr~ck crops and much replanting has been necessary. Harvesting -of lettuce and . cabbage is well underway, with light movement of snap beans and onions in southern areas.
LIMA BEANS: Poor stands are r~pQrted in southern areas due to the prolonged cool
nights in early spring. Good progress has been made in planting Lima beans in the central areas of the state~
SNAP BEANS, SOUTH GEORG~: Some picking is taking place from early plantings with satisfactory prices belng received. Better yields and
quality are expected from later plantings.
CABBAGE, SOUTH~GIA : Harvesting is well underway for cabbage with some local areas about through cutting. Demand and prices have been
good to date. Current indications point to better than average yields for this ye~s crop. All cabbage is being harvested this year and no abandonment of acreage is . expected. Some north Georgia cabbage has been set to the fields under favorable
conditions
CANTALOUPS: Progress of the cantaloup crop has been slow due to the unusually cool nights around mid-April. Poor stands are reported in some areaS and
much rep~anting has t~~e~ place.
CUCUMBERS( The cucumber orop is reported to be making fair progress, with some
. . _har..Ye.sting
expected
aroun. d
May
10
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1.5. .
LETTUCE: Some harvesting continues from Georgia lettuce fields, with late movement expected to .continue until around.- ~d-May.
ONIONS: Weather conditions have been favorable far onion harvest, which is getting
.well underway. Present indications point to good yields and top quality
onions. 1.
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POTATOES, IRISH: Prospeets .are very promising for a good Irish potato crop in
south Georgia this year. Good stands are reported and the crop
is making satisfactory-progress. 1be north Geor~ia potato crop is off to a late
start, due to the cold, wet weather this spring. Some acreage was being planted
as of May 1.
Tm~TO'ES' : The south Georgia tomato crop is reported to be in good condition, as sufficient moisture has been received in the main cownercial area.
Little or no disease is apparent to date, with light harvesting expected around
Hay 20 - 2.5.
WA'I'EID1ELONS: The Georgia watermelon crop is reported to be later than normal, due to the lateness of planting and much replanting. Because of the ad-
verse weather conditions and other factors, some areas will not harvest the acreage intended earlier in the season.
D. 1. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Es timator
TRUCK CROP NEWS - BY STATES As of l1ay l:1 1952
LIMA BEANS: Late plantings of Lizna, beans in South Carolina are about complete.
. Shipments are expected to begin in early Jun9;
SNAP BEANS: Light harvest is .i;lxpected in 'the Charleston'-Beaufort area of South Carolina b.Y M~ 10, with peak movement during the. last ten days of May.
In the north Florida -area light harvesting is now in progress, with the heaviest movement from this section expected during the next two weeks and very light supplie~ after the middle of May Planting of North Carolina's snap bean crop is about complete -in all areas. Mississippi snap beans promise fairly good yields, but progress has been r .etarded somewhat by cool nights
CABBAGE: Weather conditions were very favorable for Tennessee cabbage during the last two weeks of April and shipments will begin during the last ten days
of May. The cabbage deal is nearing th~ end in South Carolina, but shipments are expected to continue until midM~.
CANTA,LOUPS: Light harvesting is now in progre_ss from the earliest south ' Florida
- ---- acreage. The progress of the crap has been delayed by cool weather in
~orth Florida. Earliest harvesting is expected around May 20 in this area, with
active harvesting expected to begin around the first of June.
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CUCUMBERS: Cucumbers are making good progress in the Charleston-Beaufort area of South Carolina, Where plants are be~inning to runo Shipments are ex-
pected to begin during the last week of ~. Due to unfavorable weather conditions at planting time in Alabama, cucumbers will be late. Little harvesting is expected to take place before June 1.
ONIONS: Good progress was made in harvesting the south Texas onion crop and conditions 1-1ere favorable for rapid maturity of the late crops in this area.
Shipments will continue fairly active the first 10 days in May. Conditions have
been exceptionally favorable for development of onions in all north Texas areas.
IRISH POTATOES: Digging is expected to be general during the week of May 181 and heaviest during the last week of Hay in South Carolina. The .
Tennessee potato crop is- now gener-ally- up t-o good "13tands and making satisfactory growth. Carlot movement is underway from Baldwin county Alabama and good yields
are being realized. Harvest of the Louisia.!}! commercial _crop has passed its peak,
with better than average yields and good quality reported.
TOMATOES: The spring tomato crop as a whole continues to make fair to good progr'ess in Florida. Harvesting should continue through the middle of May and with
favorable weather continuing into Juneo South Carolina tomatoes are in good con~ dition but stands are broken in ~orne fields. Green wrap movement is expected to b~gin during the last week of May.
WATERMELONS: Advancement of the ~assissippi watermelon crop averages a little later
than usual because of difficulty in getting early stands. The crop
is further advanced in .the extreme southern counties where first melons are expected )
about June 15. Watermelons are now being harvested in southern Florida and will
come into production progressively by areas; moving north, approximately every two
weeks until mid-June. In the important Allendate-Barnwell area of South Carolina,
watermelons are not ~ far advanced as normal due to weather conditions. Some of
this slow growth is expected to be overcome as a result of recent rains and warmer
weather.
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF APRIL 15, 19~2
May 2, 1952
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GEORGIA: ' The all comodity index of pr:Lces received by Georgia- farmers advanced 3
points during the month ended April 15. At the present level the index
is 2135 per cent of the August 1909-July 1914 average.
Price increases for the following commodities contrJ.buted largely to the increase in ~he all co~nodity index; cotton lint, corn, sweet potatoes, be ef cattle, cowpeas and soybeans.
Lower prices were r e ceived during the month for chickens, eggs, cottonseed, wheat,
oats,
(all)
baled hay,: hogs,
b u~ter, '
wholesale
mi lk .
and
pean. uts.
In the commodity sub-groups, the inqex .for _meat e.nimals stilLremains at the highest level of all commo.di ty groups.
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers rose 2 points (2/3 of one per c ent ) to 290 per Mnt of the 19l0-14 a.ver.age during the month
ended April ' l5, 1952, the Bureci.tl of Ag:r;i.cultural Economics announced coday. Sharp increases in prices of several truck cr ops, notably cabba ge, tomatoes, and onions, together with higher prices for cotton, corn, potatoes, eggs, l ambs, sheep, and beef cattle were primarily r esponsible. The effect of these increases was only partially offset by lower pric es for dairy proquct~, . hogs, veal calves, chickens, small graj.ns, and a numbep of other connnodities
During the same peri od, the Index of Price s Paid by Farmers, J;ncluding Interest,
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates advanced one point .(1/3 of one .per cent) to a ne>v high of
289. The increase rE!SUlted primarily from a 12 point ( 2 per cent.) rise .in the Index
of Farm Vfage Rates. !n the commodity price portion of the Pari ty Index, higher
average prices for food, housohold furnishings, seed, and fe eder lives tock vrer e only
partially offset by slightly lower prices . for clothing, petroleum products, and
r ather farm supplies
As a result of only slight increases in both the Index of Prices Received by Farmers
and in the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers, Includi ng I nterest, Taxes, and Farm Wage
Rates, the Parity Ratio r emained at 100.
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- - -=-- - - -=--- Si.munary Table for the Unj_t ed State~ .
1.5; ---indexes--~: -Apr:
-:--~Air: I~-:- Apr.-i>,-
ITecord-hig'ii "7'"-
- - l9_.lO- --l4-=lo- o- - -: - 1-95-1 -- - :- - 1-95-2 - - -: - - 1- 9-52- - r-nC..-iex --: =--- --na-t-e -- -
Prices Received
309
268
290
313
Feb. 1951
Parity Index ):_/
283
288
289
289 Ap.r.- 1952
Parity Ratio
109
100
100
122
Oct. 1946
D. L. Floyd Agrj.cultural Statistician, In Charge
ARCIITE LANGlEY and HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statisticians
BURTON J. HARRINGTON
Agricultural Statistician
Alm--J:l tJ11IT . Wheat, .Bu.
PRICES BECEIVED BY FARMERS APPlL 15,, 1952 :rrrTH OOMPAR!OONS
A
Uid.'J.'.W -~ ll.'.a:J.' i!i~ .
1 Aver~e
Aug.l 9Julv 1914
Aver~
Apr. 15, Mer.l5, Apr. 15 Aug.l 9- Apr.l5, Ma.r.l5, .A.pr.16
1951
1952 1952 July 1914 1951 1952 1952
$ 1.24
2,26
227 2o24
.as 2ol4 2;,20 218
Corn, Bu;, Oats, Bu.
$
91
$
.67
173 . 1.06
lo82 loBS 1.16 1.12
;,64 162 1;.65 loSS I
.40
o91
.89 . 81
Irish Potatoes, Bu~ $ 1.12
Sweet. Potl;l.toes; Bu. . $
.83
1.90
2.25 2.25
2.40
4.40 4.55
.70 1.12 2.16 2.31
.sa 2o03 3;.83 4.16
Cotton, Lb.
12.6
44.4
39,9 40.9
12.4 43.2 36.7 37.3
Cottonseed, Ton Hay (baled) ,Ton
$ 24,39
$ -
105.00 28.20
69.50 67.00 30.20 29.50
22.55 103.00
- 23.10
61.50 60,80 25.10 24.80
Hogs, per Cwt.
$ 7.33
20.10 16.30 16.00
7.27 20,60 16.70 16.40
Beef Cattle
$ 3.87
27.00 24.40 25.00
5.42 30.20 27.60 27.80
Milk Cov1s, head
$ 33.85 190.00 201.00 199.00 48.00 249.00 256.00 254.00
Chickens, Lb.
13.2
28.0
28.0 25,0
11.4 29.3 25.0 24.4
Eggs, Ibz.
21.3
46.8
40.7 39.0
21.5 43.1 33.9 35.2
Butter, Lb.
24,6
54.0
57.0 55.0
25.5 59.9 63o1 61.6
Butterfat, Lbo
25.7
58.0
59.0 58,0
26.3 68.0 77.8 73.6
Milk (Wholesale)
per 1cx:>lf J}
Cowpeas, Bu.
$ 2.42
$ -
Soybeans, Bu.
$ -
Peanuts, Lb. -
5.0
... 1 Prelimin for April 1952
6.30 4.35 3.70 10.7
6.50 4.50 3.00
9-;7-
6.25 4.75 3.10 9.5
1.60 4.37
-
4.32
-
.3.12
4,8 - IJ.U.a
4.92 4.09 2.76 10.5
4.66 4,20 2.72 10.3
IND::E:X NUMBERS OF PRICES R~EIVED BY F.ABMERS IN G:EDRGIA
(August 1909 - July 1914 .:o 100)
;r. 15, 951
Mar,, 15, 1952
.Apr. 15 1952
All Commodities
323
282
285
Cotton & Cottonseed
361
313
319
Grains
188
196
198
Meat Animals
4$
439
444
Dairy Products
236.
243.
239
Chicken & Eggs
217
197
185
)
Fruits
243
134
134
Mi. scell aneous
188
184
183
Revised
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
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South Br anch Library Stat College of Pgriculture
Athens. Ga.
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GENE1lAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF MAY 1, 1952
May 13, 1952
Cool weathe r during the early part of April delayed vegetative .:growth and made it necessary for farmers to do constde-rable replanting 1.n local areas. Planting of . most cr.ops wa.s about. complete by ~~ 1, except in the extreme northern counties. Sta nds are generally good in southern districts, .while more moisture would be -: beneficial in central and northern districts. The tobacco crop is off to a good start and curre:nt prospects are bright for good yields. Improved past.t,J.res .C:tr~ ... furni shing excellent grazing and fruit prospects are generally good. 'rhe first , _peache-s are expected to reach the market during the first week of June. .
Conditi on of small grains. is reported as good to excellent in practically all
sections of the atate. Rains already r eceived are sufficient to mature grain of
satisfactory quality and near :record yields are ind:l.cated from present prospects .
Sprea,d of nar vesting dates between southern and northern parts of the sta te will be ,
less, ._than usual due to extremely dry weather last fall tn the sout hern part of the
sta te.
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Wheat: Based an conditions as of Mp.y 1 the 1952 Georgia wheat production is indi~ cated at 2,142,000 bushe l s compared with 1,794,000 bushels harvested in
1951. .;:rhe -yield per acre is expected to reach 17 .o .bushels whi ch has been exceeded
.only by, the. record 18 .5 bushe l yield cf l as t year.
Oats: The fall oat crop came through the winter in good shape and good yields are
expected in mos t areas of the state . Reported condition on May 1 was 83 per
cent compared wi th 64 p.e~ - _cent on I1Aay 1, l95Land is 4 points above t he ten;...year
(1941-50) average . The first-.- pr.oduction estimate wili be made as of June ..l.
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P~aches : Prospective production of the Georgia total peach crop (including both
... . , .' .c.omme.rcial and farm production) as of :May l is placed at 3, 672 , 000 bushels
c.ompared with -3,975,000. harvested last season . Weather conditions have been gener-
ally favorable and a very good Hiley crop is expected. The Elberta bud crop was
shor.t in most :areas but with fav orab le conditions :a fair crop could be prOiiuc.ed
(especially in the territory north of Mac on). The first shipment of the liayflo\ver
variety is expected during the first week of June, Dixired will start moving the
second week .and Hileys sh ould :teach the !narket about June. 20 with volume movement
by the l ast week of June. Elbertas are expected to reach th market in volume by
the l ast week of July.
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state :-. -:-Average-:..,..:-: ----:-------:------=~ .=- : rridi~ated .... -
': 1941-50 : 1949
: 1950
:
~951
:
1952 .
-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thousand-b1is'heis- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
: ~
N. C.
s. c. .
Ga. Pla~ -
1,867 3,226 4,114 .: '65
870 1,844. 1,674
16
324
-'' 1, 806
360 - '3/ 4,980
810
3/ :3,975
ll..i
-
24
1, 798 L,514 3, 672
22
Ala.
1,036
396
220
256
630
Miss.
702 .
261
183
255 ,
.,,552
Ark.
2,027
2,010
1, 650
1,044.
1;620
La.
201
. 70
5L
63
110
Okla.
438
559
302
413
308
Tex. Io-states
1,327 -l5',oo2----
91,,4I4h0b-
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472 -4-;389- - -
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696
495
I3-;512---- -i3,72I---
lrRevised-on b asis l9~0-Census and other check data: - - - - - - - - ~ .- .-....- - -~ :-
2/ For some States in certain years, production includes some quantitie~ .unh~~vested
r and/or harvested but not utilized on account of economic conditions. In 1951,
c., 1 ..,.,..- estimates of unharvested quantities were as follows (1,000 bu.): S .. 309; Ga.., ,100.
ll Includes excess cullage of harvested fruit (1,000 bu.): s.c., 366; Ga., 100.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistici an, In Charge
ARCHIE L1NGtEY Agricultural Statistician
,\
UNITLD STATES - GLNERAL CROP REPORT AS OF ~~y 1, .1952
Rapid improvement during the latter part of April brought progress of the 1952 crop
se~.~on....v.irtually ,up to normal for the -country as a whole. Croii pr6spects have
bright~~d stnce April 1. Hinter wheat. produGtion is estimated at 986 million
busheis1 about 40 million more th~n on April 1 . Condition is reported to be among
the brightes:t: of record for oats i;il the 10 Southern States;_, fall-sown barley, and
for ,:,~aY..m.e.adows and pastures throughout the countzr. Soil. moisture is general,
adequate to ample, although more surface moisture ~ould be beneficial in a few
areas. l"avorable conditions. have c.ontinued into early May.
During t~e first haif of April) weather conditions retarded spring work and in some
areas slowed vegetative -development. Melting (!)f late sriows in the upper Hissouri.Mississippi River baain res.Ulted in floods whi~h damaged crops along streams, most~ alfalfa and wheat, and left wet fields. The net result is that some locally important acreage is not likely to be cropped, but that most of the flooded and wet acreage will be available for corn or other later~planted crops. Inability to sow oats
and barley before it became too late, in Kansas, Nebraska and some other areas, will also result in shifting some acr~age to later crops. But unseasonally rTarm days
with below-normal rainfali in the latter part of April. enabled farmers to speed up work. As a result, in t~e more northerly ~tituqes the season's progress changed from delayed to normal or advanced ~ for both work. and. crop growth;
WINTER WHEAT: The 1952 produ ct.ion .of. .winter wheat is forecast at 986 million
b'\lSl;lels .~ 40 m:L'..lion bushels . more than indicated on April le In
general, weather cond:.+.~Jns .d..:::..ing April favored growth and development of the crop
throughout most of the ;:: ')unt~?,... The most important factor co:1tributing to the
continued improveuent L1. th .:: :~:.:op has been the rather generou~ Apri l rainfall o~er
much of the imporc;ant E:O.Uth~Je:;::,ern wheat producing areas. .Ho-,rever3 the extent of the gain has been mod].:i..ed by damage in this sa.me area by. the severe freeze whic~
'occl.!Xred April 9-10. T!.1e full ~tent of the damage from tlHs catise cannot be deterr
mined until the crop en-:,ers t he "filling" stage. A winter '"heat crop as large as
now indicated would be exceeded oruy by the crops of 1947 and 1948. The current
crop is 53 per cent la~ger than the 645 million bushel crop of 1951 and about one-
fourth .
larger
than
the
10-year
av~rage
.
of
800. million
bushels.,
OATS (10 Southern States): Copdition of oats in these States was 80 per cent on
May ~ . compared ~dth 58 .per .cent l ast year when the crop
was subjected to adverse weather during the winter, and the 1941~50 average of
10 per cento
PEACHES . - 10 .Southern S.tates and Cal~f~rnia: Tha cro.p-.-in .the 10 -southern States .is
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. forecast at 131721,000 bushels, 2
per cent above the revised 1951 production of 131 512 1 000 bushels but 9 per cent less '
than the lO~year average of 151 002 1 000 bushels. Another good crop is indicated for
the Carolinas and Georgia. Prospects for Arkansas, ~lississippi, Louisiana, and
)
Alabama are better than a year ago but prospects for Oklahoma and Texas are poor.
The North Carolina erop is forecast at 1,798, .000 bushels, slightly below the 1951 crop. Orchards are fairly free of in;s.ects and diseasesiJ \-Jhile the set is lighter than a year ago, it is .adequate to produce a good crop Harvesting of early varieties should begin about the first week of June . ~ou~h_ Carolina expects a crop of 4,514,000 bush~ls, about 9 per cent below the large 1951 .crop of 4,980,000 bushels. The set of fruit is heavy. Some ' orchards in the Spartanburg area were severely damaged by hail during the latter part of April; however, the overall damage is expected to be small. Harvest ldll start around the first part of June.
In Georgia, weather conditions have been generally ,favorable for peaches and prospects are above normal for most varie.ties. The crop is now placed at 3,672,000 bushels or 8 per cent less than the 1951 crop but about 4~ times as large as the ~hort 1950 crop. It appears that the Elb.erta crop will be smaller than for other varieties because of a light bud set in some areas. -. In California, peaches bloomed over a longer period than usual. Thinning has started in the earlier areas for . some of the earlier va rieties of Freestones o The condi.tion of both Freestone and Plingstone on May 1 was 62 per cent of normal compared with 82 per cent :for Sling
stones and 85 per cent for Freestones on May 1 a year ago.
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Sout. ranch Libr a ry . State Co -J.ege of Agr~ cu ltur e
Athens, Ga..
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Athens, Georgia
TC-52 502
GEORGIA TRUCK CROP RE~ORT AS OF MAY ~~ 1952
'_,Mq 151 1952
LIMA BEANS: Supplies of spring lima beans are expected to be about 32 per cent be-
low those of a year ago and considerably less than half of the 1941-50
average . The 1771 000 bushels indic-ated for 1952 compares witJy 2601 000 in 1951 and the 1941-50 average of 436;ooo bushels. Decreases are indicated .ill all three of . the States in this ~roup, With Florida showing the largest drop.
SNAP BEANSi Yield prospects increased in the mid-spring States of Louisiana, -~ Alabama, and South Carolina and the forecast is now 21 1671'000 bushels,
3 per cent ab.ove .the Ap~il 1 indicatj.ons and 8 per cent more than last .year.
e . CANTALOUPS1 The indicated acreage in the earzy summer States at 151 500 acres is " P,own per cent from the 16,780 acres last year and 23 per cent bel!JW . . 'l
the 10-year avera~.. The acreage is down from last year in each of the summer p;-o- . .
ducing States
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CUCUMBERSi Based on. conditions. as of M~ _ l, production 9f late spring cucumbers is
expected to tot~ . 21 1881 000 bushels, about 7 per cent above last year's
21 0531 000 bushels apd 16 per cent above average. Acreage for harvest in 1952 is
slightly below last year but above average. Expected yields are -above last year , in. .. ..
all States . except Louisiana and California where they ar~ indicat~d to be ~he 'BJ!le . . . . . . ._
as a year ago.
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ONIONS: ~uction ~ of the. lEj.te spring cr9P of onions, b~sed on c~mditions _as
~~Y 1, is ~pected to total -41 1421 000 sacks co~ared witl,l 41 603 1 090 lasji, . .. . r~ear and .3,385,00Q.sacks for the 10-year a-verage.- I :.. Acreage is dow~ about 3$ per . .
<:ent from indicated
la~t yea
yield of
r due princ~p-ally . to a 2'67 sacks compare~ ..m,t
71
ll..
l00
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expected
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busli~ls which is be];~w ~year .ago
~elow las~ year 'and a:verage. Y~~lds are ~d avelfa~e. :. ..Acreage.,is 16 per cent bE;'low
a year ago;- ~ost of -th~_-.deQr~ase occ~r~g in T~xas - where a drop 6f "41 000 acres is
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: YIELD PER ACRE t PRODUCTION
f STATE :J.ij~y~iz.:t ~ -:,_ :- -:-:- -Ind'; 1o:Yr.'i-- 'i Ind:.f1o-Year'i--- -,- Ind',-
. :Aver~g~: ' i951 : 1952 : Av. :1951 : 1952:Average: 1951 : 195"
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L~.:.BEANS. I
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Spring
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- Bushels -
- 11 000 bushels -
Fla : 2,.88Q 21 000 11 000 82
70 85
233
Ga. s. Car
: 1,:660 :_ E_,lOQ
'.::. 1; 000
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58 65 56_ _ _55
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Group total: 6,64o 4,ooo 2,6oo 68 65 68
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CUCUMBERS:: - :
- Bushels ..
Late -Spring :
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ta...... ~ - ::. . 730 . 600 . ~50 92 . 95 95
Ala. .. ;~~ =: f - 1)~10 . Ga ~- .-. : : ~;120;
11'300 800.
11 3_00 136 100 83
125 130 70 75
s. Car..... 5, 270 ~;.300. 5, 206 90 ; _ 80 95
.... - 11 000 bushels -
'67
57
62
174
162 169
93
56
52
484
424 494
N. Car., - : 5,450 5,900 5,.9oo 74 77 . -80
406
454 472
Ark. ~. : 1,080 1,200 1,200 106 90 95 . 115
108 114
Calif;~-~- :_ 2,Q2Q __2.a,4oo~ _ -b5oo _212__ J3Q _ J30 !.. .... _522___ 192 __ ~2. ;
.Group total: 15,980 17,500.;_, ,1~~~ 111 117 . 12'5
ONIONS: . . :
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2,053' 0 sacks
2,188 -
Late. Spring calif ...:
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Ariz :y 910
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6oo 700
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811 331
2,2so 2,160 864 840
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900 ;< ... 6.00
Tex
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total: 19,34b
161 000
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8,9.00
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97 .:. 90 100.. 161 " '82 . ' ...8o: . , 190: ~75
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TOMATOES: a ' .: .. .. ,d ' - .,: ' ._. . . . .. ... ....~ &l.shels
- 1,000 -bushels' -
Late Spring : " ' .~ . ,:., ,.-.. .r . .. ,. :. ' .:.<,../ ' ' ~--~ ' :~- .
Tex. other. : 311 320 . .. ' 29~'000 :_~ . .~$,.-poq :- 71. .!-- r~7C!' ;. . 65
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11 200 ., . . 270
11 100 " ~~ 66 ::-1 _: 10 " 65 350 71:.'.- 5o 10.
21 227 153
21 030 11 625
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s. Car : 41 010 : S,ooo , _4,.800 . 62
6o 60 . 245
300 288
Ga : $1520 6;800 .,61 500 7.8 .... : 72 80
434
490 520
oB Ala.. 1 3L4~0- _ ~'QOQ G ; 3l-,.700_ _8g ._ ~ ~0_ . _ 80_..;. _ 280 ___30___226
G.roup total: ;'0,870 4b,270 41,4~0 ,,, 7.2 . 70
3,o6B' 3,238 2,82[
ltJAT ERNELO HS : : Ear1y Summer: -'Cal~ . ~ : 9,100
- Melons :,;,..,.: ... ,
9,6oo 9;ooo .110 . 100
- 11 000 melons 6,434 6,120
Ariz~-
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470 370
3,1oo
41 900 51 000 591 790 611 000 64,0QO .160 165 1~8(i)o.- .....,:1;8oo 211 . 2~0 .
21.058 31 871
91 202 101 065
834
468
Hiss : 4,450 4,900:-; ... 5,690 244. . 2,80.
Ala 61 340 6,800 71 000 _.. 307 , 3~0
11 081 11 910
11372 21 244 June 10
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N, Car,.... Ar k . . . . . . . .
461 100 25,050
91 600
3,600
401 000 26,ooo 101 000
5,300
391 000 2'87 .. 300 27 ,ooo 218 . .. .. 250 111 000 . 228 . 2.30 : 6,300 284 . ~. ,295
121 989 121 000
2511
388 214
6,5oo 21 300
11 024 11 564
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2,557 21 520
Mo : 51 700 Group total:I85',Ilo
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Athens, Georgia
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF MAY 15,. 1952
June 5, 1952 -:
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GEXlRGIA: During the month ended May 15 the all commodity index of prices received ., by Georg~a farmers dropped 9 points. At the present level the index is
276 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 average, Declining prices during the month for cotton lint, oats, chic.kens, and Wholesale milk contributed largely to the decrease in the all commodity index.
Prices received for hogs rose appro_ximately $3,20 per cwt, during the 30-day period, and more moderate increases were apparent for corn, Irish potatoes, sweetpotatoes, .. beef cattle, eggs, cowpeas, soybeans, and peanuts.
UNITED STATES: A sharp incr ease in the price received by farmers for hogs was primarily ~esponsible for a 3 .point (1 percent) increase in the Index
of -Prices Receiv e d by Farmers, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported today.
The index,_ at 293 percent of the 1910-14 average on ,May 15, compares with 290 a montr.
.earlier and with 305 percent on May 151 1951. Prices for cattle, oalves, _wool, cor n , soybeE\ns,_ most fruits, potatoes, and cabbage also increased. These increases were
p Rrtially offset by lower prices for dairy p roducts, poultry and eggs, cotton, hay,
meat, oats, barley, sheep, lambs, tomatoes, and onions.
Reflecting th e continued general stability in the l ev e l of retail prices, the Parity Index (Pric es Paid, Int e r e st, Taxes, an d 1!Je.ge Rat es) r emaine d unchange d during the month endedMay 15. Living costs hold st eady during the month, wh e r eas lowe r f eed prices partially or"fset higher s ee d, fann supply, and machinery p ric es in the production c omponent, At 289 perc ent of the 1910-14 ave r e.ge, the mid-M ay P e> rity Index was 2 p e rcent higher than a year ago.
As a result of the increase in the Index of Pric e s Received, the Parity Ratio (ratio of the Index of Prices Receiv ed to the Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates) rose from 100 to 101.
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. Su:nznary Table for th-e--U--n-ite-d-S-te-.tes
May 15,
Apr, 15,
May 15,
1951
1952
1952
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. Record high
Index
Da t e
Prices Rec e ived
305
290
293
313
Feb, 1951
y Parity Index
y "282
289
289
289
May 1952
Parity Ratio
108
100
101
122
Oct. 1946
1:/ Prices Paid, Int e r est, Taxe s, and Farm wage Rat es. ?:/ Revised,
~ Also April 1952.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
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COMlv~DITY
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May 15 -~1-
Apr. 15 1952
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May 15 1951
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~r. 15 1952
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lheat, Bu.
$
1.24
2 ,28
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2.24 I .88
2.11 2,18 2;13
Corn, Bu.
$
.91
1.74
1.85 j . 1.90 . . .64
1.64
I 1.68 170
Oats, Bu.
$
Irish :Potatoes, Bu. $
.67
1.07
! 1.12 1.05
.40
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1.75
2.2s 1 2.50
.70
. 89
. 87
82
1.09 2.31 2.64
Swe~t :Potatoe s, Bu. $
.83
2.50
4.55 4.70
.sa
2,09 4.16
Cotton, Lb.
12~6
'43.8
40.9 38.5 12.4
42.4 37o3 36.1
Cottonseed, ton
$
24.39 100.00
67.00 67.00 22.55
101.00 6080 60.80
Hay, (baled), ton $
29,50 30;00
22.90 2480 23.40
ogs, pe1 cvTt.
$
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
7.33 20.50 1600 1920 727
3.87
26.50
25.00 25.40
5~42
20.40 29.50
16.40 27.80
20.00 27.00
ilk Co;rs, head
33e85 190.00 199.00 1195.00 48.00 249.00 254;00 256.00
Chickens, lb.
Eggs , doz.
Butterfat, Lb.
132
21.3
25.7
262 485 59.0.
25o 39.0 58.0
1 24.o 42.0 56.0
114 21;5 26.3
289 244 243
45;2
35.2
34e2
69.5 73.6 71.6
Milk, {Wholesale)
.per 1oo{f; 1}
$
2.42
500 5.90 1.60
4o23
4o43
Cowpe a s, Bllo
$
4.6.5
4.85
4.43
4;43
Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, Lb.
$
3.50
3.10 3.20
5.0
n.o
9.5
9.7
4.8
3.13 11.0
2. 72 10.3
2.77 10. ,1
j} Preliminary for M~ 1952.
INDEX NUI.BERS OF :PRICES R]I;EIVED BY FARMERS I N GIDRGIA (klgust 1909 -July 1914 : 100)
r::- I ~~t~Cnom&moCrloi ttiteosnseed Grains Meat Animals Dairy :Products Chicken & Eggs Fruits
Miscellaneous
May 15 - - - ' =1951
319 355 188 491 2~6 219 243 190
Apr. 15 1952
285 319 198 444 237 185 134 183
May 15 1952
276 302 202 469 234 193 134 185
Revised.
Arter Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Exbension Building
Athens, Georgia
OFF~IAL BUSINESS Form BAE-.t300fi~ - 3 479 Permit No. 1 1 '
Penalty for pri va.t e use to avoid payment of postage $300.
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June 13, 1952
GErmRAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JUNE 11 1952 .
S1].bstantial rains and warmer nights during the le.ttor part of May vrere gon~aily bpneficial to cr.ops throughout Georgia, and a marked improvement .in general crop : conditions was in evidence Qy June 1. Prior to that time crops had been suffering ..!rom unusually cool nights which, along with inadequate moisture supplies, hud re sulted in poor germination and frequent replantings, especiallY with cotton and corn. By report date, however, stands were greatlY ~nproved, and vegetative growth was rapid. Pastures were in good condition and better than average h~ ~rops were in prospect. Harvest of small grain was well under way and record yields of 'trheat. and oats were. being realized.
:.Since June 1 temperr.tures have been very high, rains have been spotted, and some
areas are beginning to suffer from drought. A general . rain in most sections' is
badly needed.
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WHEA1': The indicated yield of 19 bushels per acre, as of June 1, is the highest
. on record. If this prospective turn-out is realized, the state will pro-
duce This
21 394,000 b will exceed
ushe the
ls 1
a5. compared wit 0-year, 1941-SO,
h a production average . produ
of 11 ction
794j000 bushels in 1951. of 2,1~2,000 bushels b,y
10.7 per cent.
OATS: The condition of oats in Georgia is very good this year, and high yields in all areas are in prospect. Harvest is well advanced in the s rothern part .. !
of the state an:l is getting under way in up:eeF sections.
PEACHES: Based on conditions of June 1, the peach crop is expected to be around 31 570,000 bushels. Though this is 10 per cent short of the 3,9751 000
~ bushel crop of last year, current prospects indicate that this y6nr 1s fruit will ~ be larger and of better quality.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HAR.EY A. WHITE Agric.ultural Statistician
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Return After Five Days to U~ted States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
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UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 11 1952 I
.Progress of 1952 . crops was about normal for June 11 although farmers had some unfav6rable weather to cope with in May, Yield prospects for winter wheat continued to ,
improve as harvest nearEM! or; a.S in the Southwest and South, was starteq., . Spring
~rk made about normal progress) despite delczy-s from t;nepessive ra:i,ns_and v1et fields
ip some sections of the Northeast and eastern Corn Belt, and from dryness in much of
qpe Dakotas. Seeding o~ spring _grains was largely. completed, Plantin~ .of .c?tton1 . ~prn, soybeans, sorghums, and peanuts in some cases was started earlier than.um,J.a.l1' ) ~ut was at. abou~ :the :. us'~l stage for June 1, In most areas soil moisture supplies
~ere satisfactor,y and irrigation water supplies were the best in years,
I.
~nter wheat prospects continued to improve with the generally favorable wea:ther
d~ring May, Production is now estimated at 1_,060 million bushels, 74 million more
tpan on Mczy- 1. If this production is realized it would top the previous record
wtnter wheat outturn of 1947 b,y a narrow margin, Harvest started in the Southwest
dlu'ing the latter part of May1 at about the lisual date, Wheat had advanced to the . ripenin sta e in south centra~ Kansas and virtual~ all wheat in that State was
< ~eaded by June 1, -So{l moisture appeared adequate tliroughout the entire Great P~~
W;;inter -vmeat area, Insects and disease were causing on~ slight damage. Harve~t..
~so was star:ting in the Southeast, with excellent yields reported, Winter wheat !
was making good progress in the important eastern corn Belt with most fields in
Illinois and Indiana at the heading stage, The crop was also heading in the Pacific
Nprthwest1 vmere soil moisture was only temporarilY adequate.
~early start in planting corn was possible in much of.the Corn Belt and, whil~ wet
w~ather in Mew caused some delay, most of the acreage was planted by June 1. Some
~c.reage in Ohio and ~t weather in May,
Pennsylvania remained to be planted in June, Because of germination and growth has been a little slow, some corn
cool1 does not
sbow the desired color, and cultivation has been delayed. However, much of the re- l
t~rdation of corn is being remedied by favorable conditions in June, Planting of
s~ybeans was well along and .a good start had been made on sorghums, In the South
s.ome replanting of cotton was necessary because of excessive rains in marJiY" areas,
atowth of cotton has been retarded by. cool nights and some fields were graas,y, but
stands were rather uniformlY fair to good, Chopping had made -nearly the _usual pro-
gress, The weathe~ favored tobacco setting in the main tobacco belt and the crop
rnis making good progress on June 1, Peanut planting is well along and the season is
tnostly favorable for growth, The start of grain harvesting in the South has revealed
gdod to excellent yields~
p'
1Vul-crop11 prospects are consiB.erably better than average throughout most of the foountry. In every region prospects are reported uniformly above average, -~ States, :prospects are at a relatively low level in North Dakota, New Mexico, and..scat:tered other sections, mostly in the South, The outlook is particular~ favorable in many .pther States, notably Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah., Neveda1 lowa, Nebraska, Wiscon. ~in, and in New England,
ALL imEAT: The 1952 production of all wheat (total fall and spring-sawn crop$) is forecast at 11 326 million bushels 1 second only tO' the record crop of 1947
of 1,359 million bushels. A crop this size 1-vould be about one-third larger than the 987 million crop produced in 1951 and would exceed the 10-year average production by 241 million bushels. Winter wheat harvest is under way in earlier areas and the crop is heading and starting to fill as far north as Nebraska and areas of comparable latitude, Overall crop prospects were improved materially during May by adequate rainfall and moderate temperatures over much of the winter wheat producing areas, Re~ cent growth and development of spring wheat in the extreme ncr thern plains area has
been retarded by droughty conditions. The effect of the lack of rainfall over much of North Dakota and parts of South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota was offset to some ; extent b,y the cool temperatures during late May.
PEACHES: Prospects on June 1 were for a 1952 peach crop of 69,3651 000 bushels, 9 per
cent above the 1951 crop and 37 per cent above 1950, Prospects this year
were generally fair to good in all areas except Texas, The north-central States ha'lfe
a much larger production than the short crop last year, which accounts for most.of
the increase for the countr,y, The crop in the 10 Southern States is now indicated at
131111_,000 bushels, a decline of 4 per cent from a month ago . 'The 1951 crop :was ' 131 5121 000 bushels while the 10-year average is 151 0021 00"0 bushels. The Nor.-t;,h . Carolina outlook remains favorable. Generally, this year's set was slightly lighte~
than the set of 1951; however, yields are expected to be heavy, l'lith size and qual..o .
ity likely to be considerably better than last year, Light shipments of early varia
ties had begun by June 1. The South Carolina crop is of good quality and movement
in substantial volume was expected around the second week of June. The Georgia cro!l .
will be of good quality, though the season is about two weeks later than normal, Ha:ll
storms have caused considerable damage in local areas The Dixired variety will start
moving the second lveek of June and Ear~-Red-Free about the third week. HUeys are I
expected to move in volume by the last week of June, Alabama expects a production
of more than double the short crops of 1950 and 1951. Prospects continue bright for, a good crop in the Chilton County commercial area, The Arkansas crop is much larger
~
than last year and is very good in quality and size, Prospects in Oklahoma are good
in the northeastGTn part but are very poor in the southeastern section. Poor pros-
pects in Texas are reported to be due to the effect of late freezes and an unfavor
able dormant season,
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA 1952 SPRING PIG SURVEY REPORT
t June 25, 1952
PIGS SAVED: The spring pig crop in Georgia for this year, which includes all pigs . produced from December 1 to June 1, is estimated at 11.480, ooo. This .,
is 12 per cent above the 11 3181 000 saved during the sam~ period a year ago, and is :: the largest since the spring of 1943, when a crop of .11 4851 000 pigs was reported. .
SOWS FARRO\-JED: The 235,000 sows reported as farrowing this spring are 9 per cent .: above ' the 2161 000 estimated as farrowing during the spring last .
year and are 16 per cent above .. tpe 1941-50 ten-year average of 2031 000. An averag~
. of 6.3 pigs saved rer litter this spri.n..g compare s '"'ith 6.1 for the spring of 1951. '
FARROWING PROSPECTS: Reports b,y farmers'on breeding intentions for this fall, cov~ ering the period from June 1 .to December 1, are for 2011 000 ,.
sows to {arrow. This number would be 4 per cent less than the estimated 2091 000 .. farrowing ' iast fall but 10 per cent above the ten-year average of 182,000~
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S0\'13 FARROWED AND PIGS SAVED
- - SPRING (Dec. 1 to June 1) : FALL
Sows
Av. Ho. Pigs :,_ Sows
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- - (June 1 to Dec. 1)
''.
Av. No
Pigs >
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GEORGIA:
----- ------ ------ - -- -.-- - -- - :Farrowed : Pigs Per : Saved : Farrowed : Pigs. Per Saved
.. - - - - - : (000)
: Litter : (000) : (000)
.Litter : (000) ::
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.. 10-year,1941-50
1950 ! 1951
203
198 216
1952
235
5.9
1,192
182
6.3
1,247
190
6.1
1,318
209
6.3
1,480
201*
5.9
1,075
6.1
1,159
-6.3
1,317
_,-... UNITED STATES:
D
1D-year11941-50 1950
8,962 9,174
6.29 6.31
'56,242 57,935
5,638 5,923
6.45 6.65
36,312
39~04
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1951
9,591
6.47 62,007 6,089
6.6o 40,182
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8,530
6.64 56,607 5,566 -!.~
- - .. - .. .. ___-_ _ - _______- ___ - - * Number indicated to farrow from breeding intentions reports.
D. L. FIDYD
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.9 The 1952 spring pig crop
. last spring aCGOrding to
tth~teil~luerde'.a5u61
607 ,ooo
of Agri
head, cultur
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decrea.Se of Economics.
pe~ : :c~nt
'rhe: numb~r
from_ .i of sen.~:
farrowing this spring was 11 per cent below last spri-ng. The number of pigs saved
per litter is the highest on ree_ord . rt is 3 per cent higher than last spring whicij:\
:was the previous record high. .. For the .coming _fall crop, reports on breeding in
.tentions indicate, a total of 5,.566_,000 sows to farrow, 9 per cent below the munoe~ '
farrowing last fall. 'The comb;J.n~d 19..52 spring and fall pig cr~ is now ex'pected tl )
. ~e about 93 million head. This would be 9 per cent below ~951, but 1 per cent ab<;>ve
the 1941-.50 average. ,_.
The number of hogs s~ months .old and over on farms and ranches June 1 was 5 per
cent below last year and 12 per cent below the l~year average.
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.51 4001 000 head
.smallest since
19.51 to ~une 11 1952) is estimated at 56, 6CJ7 1 000 h~ad. 'I'his is or 9 .per cent smaller than the spring cro - -last year arrl .is- the 1948. However, it is 1 per cent larger than t he 10-year average. Th~
number of sows farrowing in the spring of 19.52 is plac~d at 81 .530,000 he ad, or 11
per cent smaller than last year and .5 per ..cent smaller than t.he 10-year average. The
.1952 spring farrowings are " reports on intentions last
3 per c~nt,
Dece~ba~.
or .2641 000 ~ows Pigs saved per li
less tter
th at
an in 6.64.
dic is
ated b the hi
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ghest oh
record for the spring pig crop. This is 3 per cent more than the 6.47 pigs. s aved
per litter for 1951 which was the previous high . .
Ho~producers made a further shift t~ard earlier farrowings in 19.52, conti nuing a trend begun in 1949. The monthly c;iistrlbution of farrowings in. t.he l952 spring season shows an increase in the percentage of litters from December through Februar.y arrl decreases in March and. April.-
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Intentions: , ..
Reports will far
on bree row in
ding .inte the fall
ntions in of 19.5~.
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s 523
51 .566,-000
1 000 sows
-.sows
or 9
pe~ cent less'than the n~ber farrowing last fall. If these -intentions are re alize~
the number of sows farrowing during the fall season (June 1 to December 1) would be
:. the smallest since 1948. Compared with last year all regions show decreases in the
number of sows intended for fail farrow.
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500-Pound Gross Weight
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July 1
Bales
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Acres
Acres
Pounds
Pounds
Bales
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DISTRICT r
Bartov;
24,140
23,560
350
358
17,610
Catoosa
2,570
2,510
276
282
1,480,. ..;-
Chattooga
5,200
5,000
250
256
2,720
Dade
350
340
271
279
200
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Floyd
11,170
10,900
276
283
6, 430
Gordon
14,350
14,010
337
345
10,090
Murray Paulding
4,650 4,080
4,5hO
260
3.,980
225
266 231
2,520 1,910
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Polk
8,680
8,Lr70
248
254
h,490
Walker
3,180
3,100
266
273
1,760
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Whi tfield
2,350
2,2 90
247
253
1,210
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Total
80,720
78,780
300
307
50,420 .
DISTRICT II
Barrow
9,590
?,5oo
294
Cherokee
540
5ho
285
Clarke
" Cobb
3,210 1, 080
3,180
316
1,070
253
Dawson
70
70
200
DeKalb
410
410
302
Forsyth
1,580
1,560
29 2
Fulton
2,730 .
2, 710
308
Gwinnett
5, 540
5,490
285
Hall
2,300
2 , 2 80
305
Jackson
14,980
lh,830
294
. Ll;UllPkin Oconee
20
20
200
11,490"
11,390
318
I?i ckens
390
390
200
Walton
29,930
29,660
312
a White
450
h50
229
297
5,890
285
320
319
2,l;LO
255
570
200
30
302
260
296
960
310
1,750
287
3 , 2 90
308
1, 460
297
9,190
200
.10
321
7,620
200
160
315
19,460
229
220
Total
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84,310
83,550
303
306
53,300
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County : cultivation : Harvested : cultivation : Harvested : Gross Weight
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DISTRICT III Banks Elbert
Franklin Habersham
Hart Lincoln Madison Oglethorpe Stephens Wilkes
Acres
5,060 12,770 14,030
440 19,000 3,680 17,040 14,110 1,3L!O 7,620
Acres
Pounds
.. 4,990
12,590 13,830
430 18;740 3,630 . 16,800 13,910 1,320 7,510
294 282 "2.95 .
245 359 236 301 257 226 245
Pounds
"298 286 299 251 364 240 305 261 230.. 248
-Bal-es-
3,100 7,500 8,630
230 14,200 1,810 10,690
7,580 ... . .
630 3,890
Total
95,090
93,750
294
298
58,260
DISTRICT IV
Carroll
14,700
14,580
310
Chattahoochee
90
90
189
Clayton .
1,780
1, 7'70
272
Coweta
11,640
11,560
306.
Douglas
1,510
1,500
204
Fayette
8,190
8,130
268
Haralson
4,060
L1,030
234
Harris
3,240
3,220
295
Heard
4,310 .
4,2 80
284
Henry
18,130
18,000
329
Lamar
h,200
4,170
322
Macon
20,730
20,580
354
Marion
5,910
5,870
312
Meriwether
20,100
19,960
292
Musco ge e
200
200
245
Pike
9,920
9,850
315
Schley
7,590
7,540
344
Spalding
4,500
h,470
322
Talbot
2,160
2,140
246
Taylor
10, 900
10,820
357
Troup
3,030
3,010
256
Upson
2,030
2,020
317
312
9,490
189
40
273
1,010
308
7,420 .
205
640
270
4,580
236
1,980
297
2,000
286 .
2,560
331
12,430
324
2,820
357
15,310
314
3,840
294
12,240
245
100
318
6,520
347
5,450
324
3,020
248
1,110
360
8,120
258
1,620
318
1,340
Total
158,920
157,790
313
315
103,640
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACR~\GE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1951
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. District :_____Ar~a~e- ____ :__Y~e1d_~n~ 8~ ~c~e- _: Production
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County : cultivation : Harvested : cultivation : Harvested : Gross Weight
: July 1 : .
: July 1 : , :
Bales
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PISTRICT V Baldwin
}3ibb
in eckley
~utts
(:;rawford podge
~reene
Hancock :flouston Jasper Johnson Jones lilurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlen Twiggs
Washington Vlheeler Wilkins on
5,130 2,860
13,360 7,260 3,360 22,780
5,150 13,740 10,800
7,040 25,300
860
48,430 3,060 6,180 23,800 10,410 4,830 17,170 2, 730
4,230
3,370 6,110 5,200 27,680
6,630
4,300
5,080
319
2,830
390
13,240
341
7,190
292
.3,330
290
22,580
322
5,100
257
13,610
297
10,700
340
6,980
260
25,070
294
650
220
47,990
325
3,030
273
6,120
340
23,590
297
10,320
278
4, 790
351
17,010
287
2,710
349
1~,190
346
3,340
196
6,050
324
5,150
216
27,1.~ 30
347
6,570
361
4,260
197
322
3,410
394
2,320
344
9,5oo
294
4,410
292
2,030
325
1.5,290
259
2,760
300
8,510
343
7,650
262
3,820
297
15,510
222
390
328
32,850
276
1,740
343
4,380
300
14,750
280
6,030
354
3,540
290
10,270
354
1,990
349
3,050
198
1,380
327
L!,l20
218
2,3hO
350
20,030
364
4,990
198
1,760
To~+
291,770
289,110
310
313
188,820
DISTRICT VI
Bulloch .
28,030
27,850
350
Burke
61,040
60,590
293
Candler
11,530
11,450
347
Columbia
2,520
2,500
196
Effingham
2,870
2,850
329
Emanuel
28,800
28,600
317
Glascock
?,860
?,Boo
270
Jefferson
34, 520
31.~-, 270
283
Jenkins .
20,58p
20,430
323
McDuffie
11,590
11,510
274
Richmond
4,350
4,320
307
Screveri
29,870
29,660
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Warren
18,120
17,990
282
352 295 349 . 198
332 319 272
285
325 276 309
343 284
20,430 37,2 80 8 ,31.~0 1,030 1,970 . 19,040
4,430 20,380 13,840 6,620
2,780 21,240 10,660
Total
261,680
259,820
308
310
168,040
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, . YIELO AND PRODUCTION, 1951
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Production
and County
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Baker
2,910
2,890
259
261
1,570
Calhoun
9,520
9,450
290
292
5,760
Glay
4,330
4,300
276
278
2,490
Decatur
3,590
3,560
207
208
1,550
pougherty
4,37.0
4,340
253
255
2,310
Early
23,050
22,880
296 .
298
14,210
prady Lee
6,040
6,000
315
317
3,960
5,590
5,550
301
303
3,510
Miller ~li tchell Quitman
Ra ndolph Seminole
f3,?2o
8,660
293
21,120
20,970
310
1,610
1,600
229
9,380
9,310
281
8,390
8,330
349
295
5,320
312
13,640
230
770
283
5,500
352
6,110
Stewart Sumt er Terrell Thomas
Webster
5,310 20,090 18,750 8,420 1,710
5,270
252
19,950
350
18,620
366
8,360
352
1, 700 .
243
25h
2,790
352
14,640
369
14,320
354
6,180
244
870
Total
DISTRICT VIII Atkinson Ben Hi ll Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffeo Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lovmdes Telfair Tift Turner Hilcox Worth
Total
162,900
1,450 8,370 4,800 12,570
160 10,900 33,540 6,190 17,160 35,070
170 15,680
4, 770 980
5,550 7,800 10,350 11,940 18,640 30,330
236,420
161,740 . 311
1,440
310
8,290
312
4,760
390
12,460
368
160
281
10,800
335
33,230
350
6,130
381
17,000
350
34,750
344
170
347
15,540
326
4, 730
322
970
345
5,500
361
7' 730 .
293
10,260
325
11,830 .
348
18,470
292
30,050
337
23h,270
338
313
105,500
312
940
315
5,440
394
3,910
371
9,630
281
90
338
7,610
353
24,490
385
4,910
353
12,510
3!18
25,180
3!17
120
329
10,670
325
3,200
348
700
365
4,180
295
4,760
328
7,010
351
8,650
295
11,370
340
21,290
341
166,660
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 19Sl
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County : cultivation : Harvested : cultivation : Harvested : Gross Weight
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A-cr-es
-Acres
Pounds
Pounds
- - Bales
PISTRICT IX Xppling Bacon Brantley Bryan
Camden Charlton bhatham Evans Lib er t y Long
Pierce Tattnall Toombs Ware Wayne
8,870
4,760 So 310 10
10 10
4,000 290
900 3,900 8,460 14,030 1,030 5,560
8,700
331
4,670
319
so
240
300
194
"10
300
10
200
10
200
3,920
231
280
245
880
293
3,830
379
8,300
337
13,770
360
1,010
297
S,L6o
351
337
6,110
325
3,170
240
2S
200
130
300
s
200
s
200
5
236
1,930
2S4
150
300
5SO
386
3,080
344
5,9SO
367
lO,S40
303
640
3S9
4,070
a
Total
52,190
Sl,l90
334
341
36,360
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1,424,000 1,410,000
314
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF JUNE. 15, 1952
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G:EORGIA: Duri"ng the month ended J\me 15 the All Commodity Index of Prices Received:'
by Georgia farmers advanced 13 points. At the present level the index iS :
289 per cent of the August 1909-Juzy 1914 average. Price increases for cotton lint,
Irish potatoes, hogs, chickens and eggs, contributed largely to the increase in the ;
All Commodity Index,
Lower prices were apparent durjng the mouth for wheat, oats, cottonseed, sweetpotatoes 1 all hay (baled)., beef cattle, wholesale milk1 andpeanuts
UMITED S'l'ATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers declined 1 point (one third'-. of one per cent) from mid-May to mid-June1 the Bureau of AgricuJ. :'
tural Econorrrl,cs r eported today. At. 292 per cent of the 1910-14 average on ' June 151.': the index compares with 293 a month earl_ier and with 301 a year ago. A substantial: decline in beef cattle prices together vdth lower prices for the other meat animalsl dairy products_. .vTheat, oats, barley and se.veral important truck cr-Jps contributed . , to lowering the index. These decreases-were nearly offset by increases in prices f6r cotton, some fruits_. potatoes, corn, most oil bearing crops, eggs, a-nd poultry~~-
Declines _in average prices paid by farmers for goods used in production dropped the Parity Index (Prices Paid for Commodities_. Interest_. Taxes, and Wage Rates) 1 per cent--- during the month ended June 151 but. prices of goods used for farm family living regained the recorq high recorded last December. Feeder livestock prices contribuUd most to the decline, but prices paid for feed1 household furnishings, and clothing also were lower in mid-June :than a month earlier. At 286, the c~ent Parity Index is approximately 1 per cent higher than a year ago.
(( The 3 point decline in the Ind~x: of Prices Paid by l"armers including Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates, and the 1 point decline in the Index of Prices Received by Farmers
~ raised the Parity Ratio from 101 to 102,
Summary Table for the United States
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301
293
292
313 Feb, 1951
Parity Index 1/
282
289
286
289 yMay 1952
Parity Ratio
107
101
102
122 Oct, 1946
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D, L, FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
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PRICES
B!X:EIVED BY iml'hcr!X
Ff-}.ERS
JUNE
15'
19..52 WITH COMPARISJNS
U!H'l'Eii Sl'M'ES
Aver~e
. .Average
Aug.19 9- June 15 May 15 June 15' Aug:1909- June 15 May 15
Julv 1914 1951 1952
1952 July 1914 1951 1952
June 15 1952
Wheat, Bu.
$ 1.24
2.10 2.24 2.02
.88
I 2.08 2.13 2.06
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Corn, Bu Oats, Bu.
',. $ $
.91
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1.72
1.90
1.90
I .67
.90 1.05
.90
.64
1.62 1.70 I 1.73
.40
I .83 .82 .78
Irish Potatoes, Bu. $
I 1.12
1.35
2.50
3.00
.70
I 1.08 2.64 ~-10
Sweet Potatoes, Bu. $
.83
2.35 4. 70 4.50
.88
2.10 4.33 4.35
Cotton, Lb.
12.6
43.6 38.5 40.0
12.4
42.0 36.1 38.0
Cottonseed, Ton
$ 24.39
Hay, (baled), Ton $
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9'7.00 27.60
67.00 30.00
66.0Q 27.90
22.55
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95.60 60.80 61.90 21.60 23.40 21.80
Hogs, per owt.
$ 7.33 20.60 19.20 19.50
7.27
21.10 20.00 19.40
~eef Cattle, ~nt.
$
3.87
Milk Cows, Head Chickens, Lb.
$ 33.85 ' 13.2
Eggs, Ihz.
21.3
Butterfat, Lb.
25.7
Milk (!Tho1esale)
per 100#: J}
Cowpeas, Bu. Soyb eans, Bu.
$ 2.42
$.
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$ -
Pqanuts, Lb.
5.0
]j Preliminary :t'or June 1952.
. 25~80 25.40
185.00 195.00
29.5 I 24.0
I 51.4
l 60.0
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42.0 ..
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56.0
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5.90 I 5.90
I 4.70 4.85
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3.70
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3.20
II n.o
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9.7
24.50
190.00
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25.9
5.42 48.00 11.4
29.50 27.90 26. 70' 246.00 256.00 254.00 27.3 24.3 24.7
1,. 44.0~ I
56.0
21.5 26.3
44.7 34.2 35.7 69.8 71.6 70.5
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5.85
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4.90 I
I 3.20
9.5 ,I
1.60 I
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4.8
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I 4.21 4.43 I 4.36
4.47 1 4.43, 4.56
I 2.981 2.77 3.02 I 10.8 10.4 10.3
INDEX NUMBERS OF PBICES R!i:C'E!V3:D BY FARMERS IN GIDRGIA
(August 1909 - July 1914 100)
1 mmo 1. 1.es
Cotton &Cottonseed
352
302
312
Grains
183
202
198
Meat Animals
483
469
460
Dairy Products
238.
234
236
Chicken &Eggs
236
193
203
Fruits
226
134
247
Miscellaneous
189
185
184
Revised
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Georgia 1952 ootton acreage in cultivation July l is estimated at 1:.395,000 acres, , !).Ccor ding to t h e official report of the Crop Reporting Board of the United Stat es ber e.rtment of Agriculture. This is a decrease of. 2 percent from the 11 4241 000 in ,_ cul r.1vation one year ago and is 2 percent below the ten year average (1941-1950) of ' ~J425~000 acres,
Pnited States current acrea~e in cultivation on July 1 is 26 1 051,000 or a deore~.sa o1
7 p ercent from the 27,917 1 000 acres on July 1, 1951 but is 21 percent above the ten
}rear averag e ( 1941-1950) of 21,5331 000 no res,
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Che.rge
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JULY
1
(in
--
thousands)__
STATE
: FROM NATURAL :
:
1
:
CAUSES
Average
1952
1942 - 51 1941-50
1951
1952
percent
-Pe-rc-e-n-t"---:------ -- -----....__..~----..--- ---o-f-1-9-51-
Missouri it
3,4
Virginia ,
3, 3
436
570
500
88
29
19
22
116
N. Carolina ,
1,4
739
698
700
100
s. Carolina ,
o.s
1,084
1,075
1,075
100
Georgia ,
0,1
1,425
1,424
1, 395
98
Florida.
2.5
38
63
53
84
( Tennessee, ,
r
f" Alabama Mississippi,
,
Arkansas
Louisiena
716
805
820
102
1,585
1,469
1,480
101
2,4&:>
2,463
2, 380
97
1,990
2,189
1,880
86
882
949
890
94
Oklahoma
5.4
1,347
1,561
1,230
79
Texas
2,7
7,936
12,407
11,235
91
New Mexico
2,3
159
328
300
91
Arizona , ,
0.5
235
548
670
122
Californi a ,
o~_:: Stet_~~
, ,
o.s
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485
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11 406
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106
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UNITED STATES .Amer. Egypt ~/
21,533
_ ______ __ 27I 917
26-,0-51---------- - - --
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159
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Illinois, Kanse s, Kentucky, and Nevada.
Included in Sts.te and United St ates totals end grown principally in states of Texas, New Mexico, and .Arizona.
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GEORGIA MA:P 9'IQVTING CROP REPORTING DI9rlUdrS J)
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I
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JJuly 95Z
Dist. 1 1950 1 1951 1 1952 :in percent
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Elber_to
Atnenl
Atlanta /I
_,-- '
2
90 84 87 104
3
84 95 92
97
4
120 159 162 102
5
215 292 276
95
6
190 262 251
96
7
94 163 169 104
8
129 236 222
94
9
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T
52
,424
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Columbus
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JULY 1 INDICATED ACREAGE .AND PRODUCTION
Truck crops in South and Central Georgia suffered considerably from dry weather .
during June and early July. Harvest seasons were cut s~ort and only few truck crop~ .. remain for harvest~ The North Georgia Cabbage, Snap Beans, end Pote.toe prospects az;~
for nonnal yields if rains are received. Weather has been generally hot and dry fran
Texe.s eastward e.nd northward to New York and unfavorable for most truck crops.
-. '
SNAP BEANSz In the late summer areas, hot dry weather has affected the crop in many e.reaB: In Alab~a, it caused poor stands e.t planting time and lS .
now reducing yields; it seriously .hur'ti the crop in some areas of North Carolina and .,
paused a poor condition in southwest Virginia. However1 in sane areas of North
Carolina growing conditions have been almost ideal and in upstate New York the rece$
wann weather has overcome some of ~he 'delay ce.use'd by late plantings. There has be~
some harvesting fram early plantings of the late summer crop in Alabama and a few
early beans are going to market in North Georgia. There have beem light pickings
fran early plantings in western North Caroline. and movement is expected to become
heavy within the next two weeks. Marketings in upstate New York will be relatively
light until early August. Harvest of -good quality beans has begun in Colorado. A
few beans were marketed in Tennessee on June 23 and volume shipments are expected
during the second week in July.
CABBAGEs Prospects for cabbage production in the early summer areas declined during
June and production is now iudice.ted at 78,900 tons, down _about 8 percent
from June 1 indications. A crop this size will be 16 percent less than last .year
and 7 percent below average. Declines in prospective per acre yields were reported for all States except New Jersey and Geor~ia vmere indiceted yields are the same as last month. In New York and New Jersey head sizes have been smoll because of weather
conditions. In other States strong demand and good prices have tended to stimulate early harvesting and c.onsequent smaller sizes. The July 1 forece.st of the late
SummGr crop totals 1331 400 tons, 9 percent below 1951 end 15 percent below average. Yields per acre are generally expected to be lower th~n last yeer except in Colorado
f where an increase is indice.ted and Nev1 Mexico end North Carolina v.here the yield is indioe.t~d. to be the same as le.st year. Nonne.lly, relatively large quanti ties of the
summer crop . of cabbage ara taken by packers. L?st yee.r kraut producers took 10 percent of t~e ee.rly .sunmer crop and 21 percent of the lnte summer production.
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C.ANTALOUP~: Prod'!Ction in the ee.rly sunmer aree.s is now estimated at 1,573,000 jumbo
crates, 12 percent less than estimated a month earlier. Yields are not
turning out ns weil as expected earlier either ill Arizona or the Ee.st. Hot, dry
weather in Georgia nnd South Carolina shortened tho season and cut yields as many
oantaloups had to be left in the field because of sun blister.
COMMERCIAL EARLY IRISH POTATOES1 Harvest of the late sprin~ crop, now estimated at 361 2291 000 bushels, nee.re completion as June
ended. This year's crop is 8 percent above the 1951 production but 4 percent below average. Movement from California vro.s exceptionally heavy during the past month ani digging will be completed during July. During the second week of this month harvest in the San Joaquin Valley will be in the clean-up stage and digging of the Southern Co.lifornio. crop will be at its pee.k. Harvest of the south AlnbE'.ma and South Carolina OJ!GPI wna oompleted during the -past . .omh nnd yi~lde "t"...e~g-enerally ae.tiafa.otory. , The bulk of the Arizona crop moved in June and harvest of this crop '.:'till be completed in July. Pre.otior.lly all of the Oklahomo. and Arko.nsns crops wGre harvested in June. Potatoes v;ere about made in these Stntes when the dry, hot weather became severe. ~ost areugo in the Coffee-Franklin County o.rea of Tennessee vms dug during the second half of June. A few potatoes hr:.ve been dug on Tennessee's Cumberh:nd Plateau but i:h e 9ulk of digging in this area will came after mid-July. Hcrvest of North Ca rolina's qrop ne r.rcd completion as June ended with only limited o.creo.ge remaining to be dug, mostly in the Pomlico o.nd Elizabeth City o.rcas. Due to late planting nnd dry weather in June, tubers failed to size normelly ~.nd yields vvere lower then estimo.ted e. month p.go.
Production fr.om the ncrecge for ~.2.ner harvest in Virginia, ME~.rylrnd, Kentucky, Missouri, Kans a s, Nebrnskn, Texo.s P rnh1ndle, north Georgio. and New Jersey is now estll'llnted at 10,9841 000 bushels. This indicnted production is o.bout a third smaller tho.n the 1951 crop and only o.bout hdf the 1941-50 o.verr ge production. In each of
these Stutes except Nebro.ske., Texas and Georgie., yield prospects vrere reduced by hot
fu.y weather during June. Digging of the Virginio. crop wo.s o.cc..elero.ted during the
past month and this factor caused o.dditiono.l loss of tonnage. There was same digging
. CCIJ!MERCIAL EARLY IRISH POTATOES: ( Cont' d) of th.e 'Kentucky crop . the lnst week in June
. V"
vdth volume mov~ent expected during the second nnd
t~ird Vl0CkS of July. Movement . got und~rwt'.y . from Kansas nnd Missouri :l.n late .June ~ q
y.rill be
~' t.. rvest
completed in of the Texas
July.
Earliest
diggings
from
Nebrn.skn
will be ~
. about
July
lo~. ;
Panhcndle crop was active on July<l. In .thl 's area , satisfactory
yields nre being dug but developm~nt of some of th~ yo~ger pi~ts FnB retarded by
st,rong "vinds that stc,rted o.t mid-June and oontinued: f.or _' ri.bout- .10 (lays. The season
hqs been one of extremes in New Jersey. A dry June follo\ving , eitremely wet \~~ther
~liar in tho season has caused further reduction in New Jersey's prospective yield. G~owers did on unusuo.lly l!ir ge amount of side dressing; but v.!lere irrigdion 1hoil:i:~ioo:
- w~re lacking, there vms inadequate water during~une for pl~nts ' to get the full bene~
fits from this ndditionnl fertilizer.
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TOMATOES: Lt?.te Sprinp; crop prospects declined during June. Production on July 1 is
: ,
estimo.ted r:.t 8 percent less than a month ago. This indicated production
~S 17 percent below lnst year and 27 percent "below the 10-year nver.age . The reduction ,
~n indicated production is the result of decrerses in -prospective yieids ' ns only
G~orgie. maintained its estimated production or' e. month ago . The s eeson is well O:d-
y ~~ced in Georgia \vith the hot sun and dry wea ther killing the vines ~nd blistering
sqjne of the -top crop. Most of the tomc.toos hc.ve been harvested in Alnbcmn as hot anq
~:cy weather has reduced yields cons'idernbly. In South . Cc,rolina the weather has also :
shprtened the season and harvest should b~ completed by ruid-July. The crops in i.ouisinno. end Mississippi, like oth~r southern States, are reported reduced end the
~nrvest season shortened because of unfavorable weather. All arens in Texas are ex-
p'epted to be' through by July 15.
YfAI!'ERMELONSc Unfavorable June wec..ther in many of the early sunmer areas resulted in
..;. ;
decroased yield prospects o.nd tho total production is na,~v expected to
-~e 48 1 2091 000 melons, a decrer.se of 580. ~000 melons since June 1. This indicated produ9tion is 4 percent less than 1951 but 2 percent above avercge .
CROP AlJD STATE
WATERMELONS a
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lO-YEA R
10-YR.
lo:YEJ.R
.AVERAG E
Ind. AV.
Ind. AVER.~ GE
Ind.
H4l-50 1951
1/
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1952 41-50 1951 1952 1941-50 1951
1/
1/
.1952
ACHES ACRES ACRBS -Melon.Prelim.
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1,000
m
e
l
o
ns .,
.
-
ERrly Surnnier:
Cnlifornia,othcr 9,100 9,600 9,000 710 700 700
6 1 43~ 61 720 6,300
Arizona, , 3,470 4, 900 41 000 59], 790 700
21 058 3,871 31 000
...1 Texr.s, , 56,370 61 1 000 64,000 160 165 180 9,202 10,065 11,520
Louisi"na, . , 3,100 l,f?OO 11 800 271 260 255 Mississippi, 41 450 4~900 5:,600 244 280 200
834
468
459
1,081 1,372 1,120
Al c.b ftmc.. 61 340 61 800 71 000 307 320 275
11 910 2,244 1,925
)
,.- Georgio., , , 46,100 40 1 000 391 000 287 300 275 12,989 121 000 10,725
SoutH. CE>.rolina -25,050 26,000 27,000 218 250 225 51 388 6,500 . 61 075
North Cc.tolina 9,800 10,000 11,000 228 230 , 220 2, 214 2, 300 2,420
Arknnso.s , 3, 600 5, 300 61 300 284 295 265 1,024 1, 564 1, 670
O.klahomn , , 121 030 121 000 13,000 212 210 190
2,557 21 520 2,470
Missouri -- ~.2PQ..~_8oo ____2.:,_5Q2.f-._?88_____?2_0___2__5__o_ _t-_1.J<.,_6_7_8_____5_6_o__ 625
Group T~:~:-~ 185,1~~ 185,100 190,200! 260 271 254_...~-_47_,_s_6_8___5o_,l_8,_4__4_8,_30_9_
y For group tot e. ls c,nd. .for c.ll Stv.t e s, aver nges of th o annun1 tot ols, not the sum of th e Stat e o:r group a.vernges ,
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I
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UNITED S"TA.TE.S DEPARTM E. NT OF
AGRICULTURE.
Near record high temperatures during June , along with a general lack of moisture over most of Georgia developed into severe drought especially in tho southern and
central r egi ons of 'tho state These adverse. conditions seriously do.maged corn, tobacc o, hay, pasture and truck crops . Gener al rains have not been received since July 1 and in .some areas the damage is more acute than was evident on report date . Cotton and peanuts lwd suf.fered less than 1nost crops, but generally more moisture would be beneficial to these crops . The dry weather during June was favorable for harvesting the spring grain crops and record high yie:lds of wheat, oats and barley were made in most sections of the state .
Hot dry weather during the month reduced the Georgia peach crop. Because of the
high temperaturE! and lack of moisture peaches are not sizing up as well as expected earlier . Insect damage has been very light and quality of fruit better than norn~l .
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.
Corn : Extended dry weather and prolonzed high temperatures during June and early
July have lowered yield prospects . 1'his is especially true .in southern and
central areas of the state . Some of the early corn in South Georgia made fair
yields before severe drought hit , but generally yield prospects are much lower than
usual . The 1951 corn acreage is indicated at 3,189,000 compared with 3, 096,000 one
year ago or 3 per cent increase . Yield per acre is expected to be 16. 0 bushels .
Produc t ion should reach 51,024,000 bushels compared with 49 , 536, 000 in 1951.
Small Grains: Weather . conditions were generally favorable for these crops . An all
time record high yield of wheat, oats and barley was harvested in Ge orgia . The indi cated wheat producti on of 2, 318, 000 bushels is 29 per cent larger than in 1951 and is the largest since 1947 . Oa.t yields were good in all sections of the state and the current crop of 14 , 688 , 000 bushels is the largest production since 1945. The oat yield per acre of 32 bushels is an all ti~e .record .
Tobacco: Extremely hot dr.y weather damaged the tobacco in most areo.s . The late
acrea ge su;t;fcred the most and some of tl:lese fields Hill not be harvested.
The current crop is placed at 133,530, 000 pounds compared with 137, 361,000 pounds
'r- har vested in 1951 . Yield per. acre is indicated at 1,169 pounds compared with 1, 225
1 last s eason .
.
Peanuts : Acreage planted alone is estimated at 633 , 000 or 20 per cent bel~v the 791 , 000 planted in 1951. The present indicated acreage alone is the
smallest since 1937 whem 609,000 acres were planted . The first produc'tj.on estimate will be made as of August 1.
Peaches: The hot dry Weather has r('lduced the size of the late varieties .and the - - -- July 1 prod~ctj_on of;3,150 , 000 bushels is 825, 000 below final production
in 1951 and is less than prosp.ects on J.une 1,
- GBORGIA CROPS
CROP
r - -
ACKJAGE
"(;000) : 1952
YIEill
. PRODUC'I'IOH.{000)
Indic .
Indic .
1951 1952 Per Cent 1951 July 1 , 1951 July 1,
Corn
Wheat Oats
l
:
; of 1951
. Bu . 3, 096. 3,189 ; j-03 . Bu." 91 122 126
Bu . 396 .459 116
16. 0 18.,-26 . 0
1952
16~0
19'. 0 . 32'. 0 .
49, ?36 1, 794
10, 296
1952
511024 2,318
14,688
Rye Barley
Bu . Bu .
4 4
7 6
175 150
11. 0 22 . 5
1270.. 00 I
44 90
I
16720
Tobacco, all
Lb . 112 . 114 .2 102 G.225 1169 137,J61 133,530
Pot atoes , Irish Bu.
7
6
86 69
80
' ..1!83
1.:80
Potatoes, svre et
Bu .
25
28
112
65
75
:1;625 2,100
Hay, all
Tons 991 88h
89
Sorghum f or all
.621 . 63 .6io ..
561
purposes
38 38 100
..
Peanuts, alone
791 633
80
Soybeans , alone
86 96 112
Jl Soybeans for beans
21 29 138
- - Peaches , total crop
Pears , total crop 1
Cotton
/!/ Total agr 1cultural
1 , 1~24 1, 395 crop greater th?n
98 and 1nclud1ng
3, 975
I' 241
!
co~nerc1al crop .
3, 150 221
D. L. FLOYD , Agr . Sta t ., In Charge
ARCHIE LA.NGIEY, Agr . Stat ...
uNITED SrA!rES - GmERAL CROP 'REPORT AS OF JULY l, 1952
;~rospects for 1952 c~ops now point to a. total production second ohly to the record set in 1948. '~otal acre~es planted to cr~s and total acreages to be hB.TVested are each slightly larer than . 0;varag~. Y1.eld prospects ~ a wide va.ration among crops, for while June brought good corn _ w,eathe~' and excellent cond1tions for harvesting winter grains and ha.y, it was not favorable fQr ;spring sown grains. W'inter vrh.ee.t outturns have been exceeding expectations where harvest is well Eilong, but additional acreage ha.s been abandoned in some dry areas. Spring wheat prospects de~ .c;lined from the June 1 forec1'1.st. An all wheat crop of 1,249 million bushels is novi in pro'~;;pect, fil.. total exceeded only in 1947 and 1948. Only minor .ch!'lnges from prospective acreages are noted, ~lightly do'l'm:rerd for most crops. 'All-crop production is indicated at about 132 per cent of the ~923-32 average. In computing this index, allowances ore made for several crops not currently ~.stimated, such a.s cotton and soybeans, at the average yield on the estimated acreage. This v.plume would be larger than attained in any past yeaz except 1948, when the index vras 135.4 per
cent. The acreage of crops 1io. be hB.l'Vested is only slightly above a.veroge but yields of several
qf the major crops ~rill be high. Some major crops, such as corn, wheat, perhaps soybeans, will be
njilar-record in size.
d
f.~ e
are
d gr a 3
ains ,365
make up million
a major portion of the large all-crop volume, a.s usual. Their bushel corn crop, exce~ded only in 1948; a larger than average
contributions qumtity of
1,353 million bushels of oats; probably nearly as much sorghum ~rain as in 1951 but only 208
million bushels of barley, smallest outturn since 1936. Even w1th smeller than r>.vcroge carry-over
~tocks, except for oats, farm supplies of feed . grains per animal unit will be f airly large, al- .
tpough smaller than in tho 3 years, 1948-50. Hay supplies will be smaller than for severe-J. years,
'QUt adc9.ua.ta. The food groins contribute the second largest wheat crop, a record acreage end
:productlon of rice. Oilseed production will be fairly large. The lnrge soybean a.crc~..ge tends to i~dicate a larger outtum of beans th~ in 1951; cotton acreage is ' 7 per cent less thon last ..
yga.r' s largo acreage; the peanut acreage is a fifth loss than in 1951.
~: The Nation's 1952 qorn crop is estimated at 3,365 million bushels, resulting from a. yield
..
per acre of 40.9 bushels and 82,232,000 acres for harvest, This compares with 2,941
million bushels produced last year and the 194150 average of 3,012 million. The indicated yield
per acre of 40.9 bushels on July 1 compares with 36.2 bushels last year and the 10-year average
o~ 34.7 bushels. The increase in Jroduotion over le.st year is due to a 1.6 per cent incroaso in
the acrpage for harvest in the high-yielding North Centrru !".rea and to a rather general. improve
ment in prospective yield.
ALL VIHEA!r& Production of ell wheat is estimated at 1,249 million bushels, the third largest crop
of record--exceeded only by the crops of 1947 and .1948. The prospective 1952 crop
exceeds last year's 987 million bushel crop by about 26 per cent and is 15 per cent larger than average . While the outturn of winter wheat in the earlier maturing areas exceeded June 1 ex.pectations,, production prospects to the north deteriorated due to above normal temperatures dur1ng Juno.
OA!rS: The Nation 1 s crop of oats is estimated at 1,352, 938,000 bushels-3 per cent above bo.th last
-
year and the 10-year average. Production is expected to be larger this year than last in
ell regions of the country except the North Atlantic.
.
PEANUrS& The 1952 acreage of peanuts pl~mtod alone for ell purposes, which includes the acreage for picking and threshing and for hogging off, is estimated at 2,046,000 acres. This
is 21 per cent less than the 2,597,000 acres planted alone for aJ.l purposes last year, 44 per cent
less than the 10-yoar average, and 5 per cent less than tho acreage intended in March. Compared with a year ago, 15 per cent less acreage is reported planted elono for ell purpo~s in the Virginia-carolina area; 17 per cent in the Southeast area; f..'ald 31 per cent in the Southwest area.
TOBACCO: Production of all tobacco, indicated at 2,224 million pounds, is 4 .5 per cent below the
1951 record crop of 2,328 million pounds and comp~rus with tho 1941-50 average of 1,842
million pounds. Production of each class of tobacco is indicated to be lower than prod.uced a yaBI'
earlier, despite increased acreage for flue-cured and burley.
PEACHES: The Nmion's peach crop is estimated at 68,119,000 bushels, about 2 per cent below the
June 1 forecast. The crop is 7 per cent 1'\bovo the production lci.St year and 35 per cent above 1950, The 10-yeor average production is 68,186,000 bushels. lovrer prospects in the I'Jlajor producing Southern states, end Illinois, Michigan and Colorado account for the major portion of the drop from June 1. In the Northern end Middle Atlantic Status, prospective production is
slightly larger than a month ago,
CROP
UNITED STATES
ZACF..EAGE !N Tnuus.
' Harv. ; ' For
' 1951 a Harv.
' ' 1952
ar,.ms ' bu.&
a 82,232
bu.' ' 61,424 t 70,407
' ' bu. a 36,454 38,682 l
' ' I 27,917 I 26,051 I ' 74,718 a 75,400
' ' ' 14,838 15,291 I
' 2,597 I 2,046 I
1952 In.
Per Cent& of I 1951 I
101 a
115 106
93
101 103 I
79 I
Yino
I
I Indic. I
1951 I Jul~ 1,
I 19 2
36.2
40.9
16.1
17.7
36.1 I 35.0
l
1.45
1.36
I
I
P~O'IJOCTIOE' nr TmuSAlms-
Indicated
1951
Jul~l, 19 ' .>
2,941,423 I 3,365, 089
' 987,474
1 '249,019
1,316,396 I 1,352,938
l
108,461 I
102,415
I
I
. 1,353 : 1,418 I 105 308 a 338 I 110 1,781 a 1,790 101
I
: 240.7
' 91.8
at
'
' 239.1
I 94.0 1243
''purposes.
I
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.
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AVERAGE PRICES PAID GEORGIA Tll1BER PRODUCERS F<R STANDING TTIlBER AND SAWLOGS
(As of J~e 151 1952)
Georgia timber prices, for all kinds ot" timber, on June 15 of this year showed in-
creases over similar figures for February 15. These increases were a continuation
of the upward price tren& existing in Georgia for more than a year. This quarter~
report is based on prevailing pr!ces of standing timber and saH1ogs as reported by 1
sawmill operators over the state.
I
Increases in state average prices reported on June 15 compared with February prices by kinds of standing timber are: pine, red oak1 white oak1 and gmn 11 per cent,
and poplar ~0 per cent. Prices of saw~ogs delivered at ~awmills or local delivery points 1 with the exception of gmn, remained unchanged or showed only slight increases. Gum sa1vlogs increased 11 per cent.
~ changes since ~une 15 are not reflected in this report. Data on prices by kinds of timber were tabulated by forestry areas of which there are five in the state (see accompanying map) There are variouS lumber scale standards used in buying timber but the Doyle scale i~ the one most commonly used in Georgia so all
prices quoted in the accompanying table are in terms of" this scale. In ma.rw in-
dividual cases the prices paid timber producers varied considerably from averages
shown, depending upon such factors as quality, size, and"locatione
Acknowledgement is made to those sawmill operators whose cooperation-has made these reports possible... - -
(See reverse side for price data.)
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
HARRY A. V.lliiTE Agricultural Statistici~
,
--
Return After Five Days to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS
FPoerrmmiBt ANEo-.7/15020-111 736
Penalty for private use to avoid p~ent of postage $300e
Sou~ 1 ran ch Li brary State Colleo of Agriculture Athens, Ga.
Kind of
Timber
Pine Red Oak White Oak Gum Poplar
GEORGIA
Average Prices Paid for Standing Timber and Sawlogs Delivered at Local Points* (Reported by Sawmill Operators as of Jan. 15 1951 and Feb. 15 and June 15. 1952)
Prices for Standing Timber
I .
(Per 1.000 Bd. Ft. Doyle Scale)
.;
Area 1 Jan.. Feb. June
Area 2 Jan. Feb. June
I . Area 3
Area 4
Jan. Feb. June Jan. Feb. June
Area 5
State
I
Jan. Feb. June Jan. Feb. June
15 15 15
15 15 15
15 15
15 15 15 15
15 15
15 15 15 15
1951 1952 1952 1951 1952 1952 1951 1952 1952 1951 1952 1952 1951 1952 1952 1951 1952 1952
' ' ' ' $
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
;
i
$
~
$
i
19.50 23.50 23.75 20.00 24.00 25.5( 19.00 23.00 24.50 17.50 20.00 20.,25 16.00 17.00 18.50 18.25 21.75 23.25
12.00 12.75 12.75 n.so 11.75 13.0( 12.50 11.75 13~00 12.50 13.25 14.00 11.75 12.00 14.00 12.00 12.25 13.50
FORESTRY AREAS IN GEORGIA
12.50 14.00 14.00 12.50 13.00 13.5( 13.25 12.50 13.75 13.75 15.00 -15.50 13.00 13.00 15.00 13.00 13.50 14.50
15.50 16.75 17.00 13.00 13.50 1s.ro 13.00 12.75 13.50 n.5o 12.00 12.25 10.25 11.00 12.00 12.75 13.00 14.00
18.50 22.00 23.25 17.25 20.50 21~f _1a.oo 20.50 20.50 16.50 19.00 18 .oo 14.50 16.00 18.00 16.75 19.50 20.00
I
Kind of
Timber .
Pine Red Oak White Oak Gum Poplar
Prices for Sawlogs at Local' Delivery Point*
I
I
(Per 1.ooo Bd. Ft. Doyle Scale)
Area 1
j Area 2
. ~an., Feb. June
Feb.
15 15 15 J l 15
1951 jl952 1952 19 1 1952
$ $ $
$
45.50 47 .oo 48 .so 41 T150 47.00
June 15
1952
$
49.25
34.00 36.00 36 .00 34.00 35.00 36.,00
Area 3
Area 4
Area 5
State
Jan. 15 1951
Feb. June Jan. Feb. 1 June 15 15 15 15 . 15
1952 1952 1951 1952 1952
Jan. Feb. 15 15 1951 1952
June Jan. 15 15 1952 1951
Feb. June 15 15
1952 1952
$
$
$
$$ $ $
$
$ $
$ $
43.50 47.00 47.0C 37.00 39.50 39.00 34.00 36.25 39.00 41.25 14.50 45.50
33.25 33.50 33.GC 30.00 31.00 30.00 33.0'0 30.25 32.00 33.00 33.00 33.00
34.00 36.00 37.00 35.00 36.00 36.50 34.50 34.00 33.00 31.00 33.00 31.00 35.00 34.00 35.00 34.25 35.00 33.50
37.00 40.00 43.00 39.00 41.00 42.50 35.75 37.50 37.0C 30.&> 29.50 ro.oo 32.00 26.00 27.00 35.50 35.00 37.00 43.75 19.00 49.00 41.00 49.00 49.00 44.00 46.00 45.0C 36.50 39.00 38.00 38.00 35.00 36.00 41.25 44.50 45.00
At .Local R. R. Sidings or at Sawmill.
~At{lens, Georgia
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF JULY 15, 1952
August 11
GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers dropped
5 points during the month ended July 15.- At the present level the index :
~is 284 per cent of the August 1909 - July 1914 average or f.O percentage points below the average on JulY 151 1951.
Grain prices remained fairiy well stabilized from June 15 to July 15. Pric~s re.ceived for most meat animals declined during the month; . however, average hog prices . were up slightlY
Average prices received for all chickens advanced approximately 2.a cents per pound1
and egg prices increased sharplY
Wholesale milk prices increased during the month and at the present are about on the same level -vr.i.th the same period last year.
UNITED ST~TES: Hi gher prices received b,y farmers for eggs, milk, hogs, and commer- , cial truck crops as of July 15 1-rere mainly responsible for a 3 point
(1 per cent) rise over last month in the Index of Prices Received by Farmers, the ' Bureau of Agricultural Economics announced today. On the other hand, prices for \,
beef cattle, potatoes, cotton, wheat, ~alves, and several other farm products were
lower.
During the same period, the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers, including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage rates remained at 286. A slight rise in th e average price of commodities bought for family living was accompanied by a decline in the seasonal~
adjusted index of farm wage rates. Prices of production goods averaged th e same ---,s in June.
1As a result the Parity Ratio (ratio of Index of Prices Received to Index of Prices Paid, including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates) rose from 102 to 103.
- - - - - - - - - - - - ~S-um-:m-ar-y -Ta-bl-e -fo.-r -th-e -Un-it-ed: S-ta-tes- - Reco~-hid i - - - - -
. Indexes
July l;;J, June 15, July 15, :-- .- - - - - - - - - - - - -
~910-14=100
------
-
-
-
1951
---
-
-
-
-
1952
---
:
--
1952
---
-
-
-
-
Index
---
-
-
-.
-
-
Date
---
-
-
-
Prices Received
294
292
295
313
Feb. 1951
Parity Index y'
282
286
286
289
. y Nay 1952
Parity Ratio
104
102
103
122
Oct. 1946
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statis~ician, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRI NGTON
Agricultural Statistici~
COl~~DITY
AlTD
tThTIT
..
Wheat , Bu.
Corn, Bu.
PRICES IDI;EIV11J BY FARMERS JULY 15, 1952=-.WI;:.r,T:.::rl:....;CO=MP::.:A:R=I.:;.S0::.:1;.~..S;:.........___ _ _ _ _ __
- I GIDRGIA
Average 1 July ~.1009- I 15
i tf I J Ly 1914 1951
J'lme iI July
119552
15 1952
t -
I
I
I
Aver a~ J Ly 1191.94-
UNITED . July.
SITAJur-r.nEes
15 1 15 1951 1952
I July
15 I 1952
$ $
I I 1.24 2.05 .91 ! 1.68
2.02 1 1.97 1.90 1.90
.88 64
I 2.os 2.06 i i
1.63 173
1.98
1. 73 )
Oats, Bu:.
$
.67
.93
.90 .93
I
. 40
.78 1 .78
.76
,J:rish :Pota.toes, Bu. $
1.12
1.90
I 3.00 I 3.30
.70
I ;
1.18 3.10 2.74
~et Potatoes, Bu. $
~tton, lb.
Cottonseed, ton $
ay (baled), ton $
.83
12.6
24.39
-
2.35 40.5 75.00 28.00
I 4.50 I 3.90
40.0
I
I
39.4
66.00 66,00
27.90 27.80
.88 12.4
.22.55
2.19 I 4.35
I I 39.1 38.0 i I
78.00 61.90
I
20o20 J 21.80
4.46 37.0 71.00 22.00
~gs , per cwt.
.$
I
7.33 22.00 19.50 20.00
.,
7.27
2o.8o 1 19.40 20.00
~eef Cattle, cwt. $ ilk Cows, head $
3.87 26.00 24.50 23.50 33.85 186.00 190.00 1190.00
5.42 48.00
I 29.00 26 .70 26.00
I 246.oo 254.oo 245.00
qhickens, 1b.
13.2 29.6
25.9 28.7
Eggs, Ibz.
21,3
55.0
44.0 49.5
Butterfat, lb.
25.7 I 60.0
56.0 sa.o
Milk (vrho1esale)
per 100# J}
$
2.42
Cowpeas, Bu.
$ -
Soybe ans, Bu.
$
-
Peonuts, lb.
5o0
1} Preliminat'y for July 1952.
6.05
I 4.70
3o60
I -
11.0
I -
5.95 s.os
I 4.00 4 .90
3.2~ 1 3o20
9.5 I 9.5 I ~
I 11.4 21.5
I 26.3
1.60
! -
-
I 4.8
i 27.0 1 24.7 26.0
I 46 .6 357 43.3
i 68.8 I 70.5 71.8 I
I
I
4.29 1
4.371
4o55
I 4.29 4.56 I 4.52
I I 2o86 302 3.00 I
I
!
10.8
1 10.3
:
...L_
I 10.3
I
INDEX NU!.BERS OF PRICES R"EI;.EIVED BY FA1:1}.1ERS UT GEORGIA (August 1009 -July 1914 : 100)
All Commodities
Cotton & Cottonseed
Grains Meat Animals Do.iry Products
Cni c~en &Eggs
Fruits Miscellaneous
Revised
July 15, 1951
294 -320 179 494. 239 248 162 190
J'!me 15 1 1952
289 312 198 460 23.8 203 247 184
Julyl5, 1952
284 309 198 448 240 228 189 182
After Five Days Beturn to Uriited S~ates ~par tment of Agriculture
Bureau of .Agricu:Ltural Economics 319 Extension BuiltUng Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL EUSll~SS Form BJ>.'E- B-8fS2 - 3,584 Permit No. 1001 ,
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of 1ostage $300,
C1tl L~... ~ :""c:t . , ""a
:1 t :1 '
0: ..: _, ') ,., -;;:;
c ~~.:. u ' ~
Athens , a .
Req,
Athens, Georgia.
......
GEORGIA - AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT
August
Prospective cotton prod'!lction in Georgia. for 1952 of 770 1 000 bales ( 500 pounds gross ' weight) was indicated on August 1 by information reported by crop correspondents to ' t\'le Georgia. Crop Reporting Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is a. reduction of 17 percent fl"oin the 9311 000 bales produced last year but is 12 p~rcent above the 10-yea.r average ( 1941-1950) of 6861 000 bales. Indicated current y~eld of lint per acre of 267 pounds compares with the record high 317 pounds last
o.rseason end 10-yea.r average of 236 pounds. Estimated acres for harvest is 11 385,000 2 percent below the 1,410,000 acres harvested last year
~he crop was planted about on usual schedule this year with somewhat irregular stand~ secured in some areas but about average for the ste.te as a whole. July was a severe' o_ontinuation of the very hot and dry weather of the pr<3Vious month so that boll weevil infestation was held to a. minimum. Cotton plants are small generally but are fu9stly well belled in the southern half of the state and blooming freely in northern territory. On report date drought conditions were causing heavy shed~ing of small bo11.s in the latter area but with the f rly widespread showers and rains received . :::i::-J!Je that date fruit . now being set should mature grown bolls under reasonably favorabl0 c onditions from now on. Southern Georgia reports some premature opening of bolls with picking getting sterted.
Final o uttu~n of the crop compared with this foreGa.st will depend upon whether or not the variou s i n.r.uer.ces . aff ecting the crop during the remainder of the s eason are more Ol!' less f av cr~la the..n u sual.,
ARCHI E L.A.NGLBY Agricultural Ct c.. t istician
D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
I.
1
1952-69% .195 1-65% l9b0-53% 1952-62%
1951-71% 1950-62%
l
IV.
1952-62% 195176% 1950-71%
v.
1952-61%
51~
1950-74%
1952 66% Sta.tet 1951~75%
1950--69%
Districts shown are crop reporti:r.g districts and NOT Congressional Districts:-
1952-68% 1951-75% 1950-69%
VII.
IX.
I
1952-66%
195279%
1952-70%
1951-72%
1951-82%
1951-76%
1950-75%
1950-77%
1950-82%
VALLOSTA
.,..
UNITED STATES - COTTON REPOR'r AS OF' AUGUST 1, 1952
The Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the following report from data fur1ushed by crop correspondents, field' statisticians, Production and riiarh:eting 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 more or less f avorable than usual.
- - - - -- - - =- A..ttE..tt-IN-: - AUGuST_l_- 2 LrNT-YlELD-PF.FC :PROD'UCTIONTGINNINGS)J/
-=- : CULTIVATION: COiiDITION : HARVESTED ACRE :500-lb. gross wt.bales
:JULY 1, 1952:Aver==--:- -:Aver==-- :rncti-:Aver-:-- I9>2--
:LESS 10-YEAR: age :1951:1952: age :195l:cated: age : 1951 : Crop
State
:AVERAGE ABAN:l941-: : :1941-: :1952 :1941-: Crop: Indic.
:QO~.:~lJ! _!I_..:. _2o_..:. __ :_ _ .:.. .20_.:. __ :_ _g,/_:_5.Q _: __ _ .:.. Au._1_.
: : Thous. :
: . :
: :
:Thous:Thous.: Thous .
~:s:~i~.~.~.~:- _ar~:;- +~~!'P!:-''~:!' ~: j' ~~'-~~-~;:!'~"!:! ~~:~a-
Virginia : N. Carolina : S. Carolina :
S:eorgia : Florida :
21 690 1, 0?0
1,385 52
83 90 85 364 357 343 21 . 14
15
78 86 84 341 376 355 523 5L.2
510
I 74
72
81 75
70 66
293 236
I33B179
32 ~~ 267
7!: 80 7h 180 250 222
651. 8'71. 686 931 13 32
730 770 24
Tennessee . : Alabama ........ : Uis r; issippi. : Arb~nsas : Louisiana :
809 1,4?1 2,328
1,831 875
78 75 68 373 334 297 549 534 75 73 62 277 299 255 899 909 77 81 74 333 329 299 1,65.2 1,608
1 76 76 66 339 295 275 1,373 1,~49
72 85 77 290 1 39l , .362 524 760
. 500 780 1,450
1,050 660
Ok1ah- : Texas : New Mexico :
1,164 10,942
293
I
72 77
I
82 67
90 92
78 72 94
I 166 150 1'173 455 462
I 183
485
166 415
l
1L~8674
3,020 4,0?4 157 2'73
420 4,200
285
Arizona :
California : Other States 4/:
666
1,398 15
I +I 92 91 95 !' 489 92 90 93 606 I 78 1 70 94 390
705 1 ?50 6h0 1 645 246 363
250 803
627 1,765 lh 8
1,040
1,880 11
~E~=s~A~Ft:= =2~,~92 =1=7]_ i:-I__([=7~ Jj2~7~612ll~9~]~~i!,l7~ ~~!:_-1-~!.7~ ~_:r_: ~e~~-2~=-- _9~: ~ J _-: + 1_-: ~o~} ~s~ _J~o-1_2~.~~-h~._: j __7~~
1/ Fr om natural causes.
2/ Indicat ed August 1, on area in cultivation July 1 less 10-year average
- abandonment.
3/ Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cotton for ginning. 4/ I llinois, Kansas, Kentuclw, and Nevada.
~/Included in State and U1uted States totals.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
Af ter Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 E..xtension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE-C-8/52-3,897 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid pa~nent of postage $300.
South Branch Library State Coi1ege of Agriculture Athens, Ga.
fieq
)
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL
E. X TENSION "5. R'VfCE. .. -
J.CREAGE ~ND INDICl.TED PRODUCTION AUGUST 11 1952 GEORGii
August 131 i952
. SNAP BEANS, NOR'l'H GEORGIA: An indicated yield of 85 bushels per acr~ <J.:? o! August 1
on 21 000 acres will give a total product!on of 170,000 bushels in North Georgia for 1952. The yield last year on the same ~9reage was 100
bushels with a production of 2001 000 for the same section.
.
.
CABBhGE> NORTH GEORGIA: The acreage of cabbage in North Georgia is estimated at
1
.
900 acres, the same .as for 1951. At the indicated yield
poaf re4d.0totonasypieelrdaocrfe41.7protodnusctai9nnd
this .year is a production
calculated to
of 41 200 tons
be 31 600 tons
last year, .
as
com .
IRISH POTiSOES, NORTH GEORGIA: Production of Irish potatoes in North 'deorgia for
19~2 is placed at only 72 1 000 b\ishels~ '!'his figure
is der acres.
i
ved La
from st ye
a ar
n es the
t
imated yiel acreage in
d1 as that .s
of ec
t
August ion was
11 p
o ut
f 80 at 1
bush 1 000
els pe acres
r acre on 900 :t"r.om ,W:~i<:h an
estimated
yield
of
75
bushels
per
acre
gave
a
tot.al
production
of
751 000
I
.-
bushels,
o -
1..
I WATER.l\ffi:I.ONS, EhRLY SID1HER: Figures as of August 1 indicate an acreag'e" 'ot 391 000 early swmner Y.Tatermel ons in Georgia for 1952 'l'his is
11 as as
000 acres l~ss than harvested last y ear. Yield this yea against 300 for last year, giving a tot al production of
compared to a production of- 121 ooo;ooo in 19)1,
r is 230 melons p
81 9701 000 melons
. . , . .
er
i
acre
n 1952
UNITED STLTES
CANTAIOUPS: L total of 91 4031 000 crates is indicated for all summer areas.compared
crates,
with 91 0761 000 crates This means_an increase of
in 1951 and the
4 per cent over
1941~50 average 1951 and 10 per
of 8 1 ~72,000 cent over average(
W.hT~Ri'1ELONS, EI.RLY SUNl-lliR: Prospects for waterme+ons in :the early StunmQr States declined material~ during July as a result.of the hot,
dry weather over much of the southeastern part of the belt. Sizes as well .as yields were reduced in these States. Prospects in California were also down but Arizona and Louisiana reported slightlY better prospects and Oklahoma and Alabama remained unchanged. The production of 44.0 million melons is about 12 per cent less than
last year 1s crop an4 7 per cent below average,
'
.
D. ,L. FLOYD
Lgricultural Statist.ician1 . In Charge
L. H. ILRRIS,- JR.. I
Truck Cro~ ~timator
Lfter- Five Days-Return to
United States Department of f..griculture
Bureau of 14gri cultural Economics
319 Ext-ens ion Building .
Lthens 1 Georgia OFFICI.:.L BUSINESS
Form Bi.E;ID-8/52-11 381
Pe~t No. 1001
Penalty--for private .'pp~. t:o. ~void
payment' .of postage $,300,
I
' ..
icul t
1\.creage arrl Production Reported to Date for 1952 with Comparisons
CROP $Ni..P BE:..NS: Late Summer
:
i.CRE!.GE
YJEID PER J..CRE
PRODUCTION
.! 10-Yr. t >verage:
2
: 10-Yr.:
t Ind.,: I~v. :
. :
.lo-Year Ind, :;.verage
: :
:
Ind.
. . :.19y41-50:: 1951 1952 :I41y-50 : 1951 : 1952:"194!1I-50 : 1951 1952
i.cres
I
. ~ cres
l'.. cres
Prelim,
- -BUShels
- 11000 bushels -
../
i.J.abama 2,240 1,500 1,300 77 75 50
169 112
65
Georgia, North, 2-,170 2,000 2,000 95 100 85
206 200 170
North Carolina, 6;030 51000 4,500 103 105 80
_612. 525 360
Yirgi nia
7-10 . 200 150
New York1 other, 12,860 12,500 11,500
~1ichigan, , 3,100 3,200 - .3,100
89 100
147 145
86 100
67
61 20
145. . 1,885 1,812
90
268 320
10 11668
279
Polorado 1,100 550 600 141 150 150
156 82
90
Tennessee :' Group Total.,.
!,400 -29,610
72_0 800 25;7oo-23,950-
' -i122o6 -
115 -12.3--
i8l03 --
170
3,53~
86
-3;1~7-
64
~,7db
CiJ3BJ~GE:
-~ Early Summer
~ev1 Jersey , New York, L,I,. Georgia, North. Indiana, Illinois
Iowa ' Group Total,.,
- Tons -
-Tons -
4,460 4,600 41 ~00 1,100 800 1,000
6~ 8,0
9.3 10.0
7,0 9.0
281 460 . 361800 101280 s,ooo
299,104c0iC~
820 900 900 4-.5 4.7 4.0 3,68o 4,2oo 3,6ot;
1j710 21 300 2 1 ~00 3,430 3,100 3,000
6.1 ).7 6.7 8.1
5.> 101 890 131 000 111 60C 7.0 22,680 25,000 ' 21,00(
_1J.l60__ 90.Q 12,6~0 12,b00
__700.._ 11,9~ '
__?J.8""' 6~73
_7 .1
7:45
_
8,.Q 6.7~
~9.2,0_
85,000
...;6~99.0__ .1!0
93,900 80170C
CiERCILL EiJU,Y I
-Bushels -
- 1,000 bushels-
mSTumSHmePrOfi..TOES:
fFrryg[arnidia
3~380 25,ooo 2h,ooo ~,65o 4,ooo 3,4oo
169. 224 155 J.46 200 140
5,866 5,6oo 3,720 823 Boo 476
Kentucky 3,520 2,000 11600 134 170 130
467 340 208
Missouri 3,380 400 1,100 176 .. 180 . 200
587
72 220
Kansas. 4,770 200 500 164 190 140
758 . 38
70
Nebraska 4,920 2,ooo 1,900 249 3oo 29o 1,190 690 551
Texas 7,940 4,600 4,600 220 285 270 1,719 1,311 1,242
Georgia. 1,6oo 1,ooo 900 94 75 80
154
75
72
New Jersey.,. _5.Q,59Q. 2~5.Q0_2J_,50.Q - _2,!7__275 - 18.2- _l.Q,71 - 7,288 - g_,J_4~
Group Total,. 117,b6o o5,7oo 61,~oo 194 24s- 111 22,23~ . lo,i24 10,907
\'lf.TERMELONS: Ear~ Smnmer
Nelons -
- 11000 Nelons . :
Ca1i,forn;i.a1other 9,100 9,600 9,000 710 700 650 .6,434 61720 5,850
i..rizona. 3,470 4,900 4,000 591 790 800 2,058 3,871 3,200
Texas 56,310 61,000 64,000 160 165 170 9,202 lo,o65 10,880
Louisiana.,, 3,100 1,800 1,800 271 260 280
834 468 504
~ississippi, 4,450 4,900 5,600 244 280 175 1,081 1,372 980
dlabama . 6,340 6,800 7,000 307 330 275 11910 2,244 1,925
Georgia 46,100 4o,ooo 39,ooo 287 300 230 12,989 . 12,000 8,970
South Carolil)a. 25,050 26,000 27,000 218 2.50 18Q 5,388 6,500 4,860
~orth Carolina, 9,Boo 10,000 11,ooo 228 230 200 2,214 2,300 2,20Q
l~kansas 3,600 5,300 6,300 284 295 250 1,024 1,564 1,575
Oklahoma 12,030 12,000 13,000 212 210 190 2,.557 2,520 2,470
Missouri 5L700 2 800 2a.500 288 200 250 1J.678 560 : 625
Group Total, 1'B"5,1Io-1B'5,-loo1.9o,2oo- 26o- 271- -23"2-- 471368- so;184- 44;o39.
1/ For group t otals and for .t..ll States J averages .of the -Snilua1 totals, not the sum
of the State or group averages.
~.
Georgia GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGD\. AS OF AUGUST 1,
Severe drought, combining prolonged periods of extremely hot weather with very ligh~ and spotted rainfalls, persisted over the state for the most of July. Following in the wake of pretty much the same kind of vteather for the most of June, these unfavorable conditions resulted in the most ruinous damage to crops, for the state as a whole, occurring within the memory of some of the state's oldest residents. Damage was particularly heavy for corn, hay crops, vegetables, and pastures, with
. tobacco and cotton suffering to a lesser degree and the least, in order
Rains since the first of August have broken the drought, and while they came too late for many crop stands already damaged beyond repair, they have been of decided benefit. Hay crops, pastures, and many fields of corn are s~owing ~~rked recovery, and further i.mprovernent of the general situation is still possible.
CORN: Prolonged hot dry weather begiv..ning in June and extending through July has reduced the indicated yield from 16.0 bushels as of July 1 to 8.0 bushels as
of the first of August. Such a low yield has not been obtained s ince 1936. At the present es timated yield, production for the year would be 25,512,000 bushels as compared to 49,536 1 000 bushels for 1951 (a reduction of 48.5%) and the 10-year average for 1941-50 of 44,673,000 bushels,
TOBaCCO: Despite unfavorable weather conditions, especially in localized areas, a good yield of tobacco is expected, though quality of leaf is not so good
as for last year, Estimated yield as of .A,ugust 1 is 1120 pounds as compared to 1225 pounds for 1951. Production on 114,200 ucres in 1952 thus w:ould be 127,880,000 pounds, the comparable figures for 1951 being 112 1 100 acres and 137,361,000 pounds.
PEANUTS: Continued hot dry weather greatly .reduced peanut prospects, but the r eceipt of ample moisture since report date will no doubt result in some
i mprovement. The August 1 esti1nated yield of peanuts for picking and threshing is placed at 650 pounds, compared to a 900 pound yield for 1951. Production this year ~~on 536,000 acres i s indicated at 3h8,4oo,ooo pounds. Production from 662,000 acres .. :in 1951 vras placed at 595, 800,000 pounds.
PECANS: Hot dry weather during June and ,July held down disease and l.nsect damage to pecans , but it pr evented normal growth of nuts and the crop is generally
l :Lght. Based on condition as of August 1, the current crop is estimated at 34,100,000 pounds . Thls turn-out is 33.9 per cent l ess than the record high crop of
.)1,)00,000 pounds for l951, but it is still 15.8 per cent above the 1941-50 ten year
average of 29,443,000 pounds. .
(See reverse side for peanut and pecan production by states)
G:COH.GIA
:ACRE.-iGE: YIELD PER ACRE
:TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUSANDS )
CROP
(000) :Average:
:Indicated:Average:
Indicated
1952 ~orn bu .: 31 9 Yfheat bu.: 122
{)ate-...-.-.-bu-rt 459
Rye bu.: 7
:1941-50: 1951 :
13. ; 1 .0 12.6 i 18.5
-2-lt.];. : ~0
8.7 ! 11.0
.o
19.0 32.0 10.0
1952
2 ' 12
1,794
2,318
~~or~-- .J.4 ,688
44
70
I1ay (all) ...... ton: 884
.54 j .6
.51
731 610
452
fOb acco (all) 1b.: 114.2 1033 11225 1120
Potatoes,Irish1bu.: 6 Potatoes,Sweet,bu.: 28
I 70 i 69
77
65
75
50
92,991 137361 1,217 483 5,781 1,625
127,880 450
1,400
Cotton bales: 1385 236 317 267
686 931
770
Peanuts (for picking and threshj_ng , lb.: 536
1
721 1 900
650
698,300 .~95800 348,400
Peaches,tota1 cropj
1
bu, 1/
j'
Pears,total crop, :
I
bu. 1/ :
4,114 3,975
314 241
2,496 208
Pecans 7lb.:
29,443 51,)00 34,100
Pa s t ur e , C on d i t i o n , %
, 81
1
1
72
46
"};;./ Total agricultutal crop greater than and including commercial crop
D. I . FLOYD Agricultural Statj_stician, In Charge
. IL~RRY _.\. . ~ .1!ITE Agricultural Statistician
UNITED Sr.A!rES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1952
'Total crop prospects for 1952 continue good. Declines from July 1 forecasts for drought-affected
:crops, such as corn, ell hay, tobacco, and sweetpotatoes, &Te partly offset by improvement in out turn of wheat, barley, flaxseed, dry beans, sugar beets, and sugarcane. Of the crops for which -current estimates are the first for this season--cotton, soybeans, sorghum grain, peanuts and _broomcorn-only cotton is above average in yield per acre.
Drought has seriously affected a large southern area., particularly curtailing pasture feed for
livestock and reducing yield prospects for late growing crops. Before the drought occurred, an
excellent crop of grains and some early hay had been harvested in the area, but the late-growing
crops are the more important. Most severely affected by the drought were pastures, lespedeza and
other late hay crops, and com, which poses a serious problem in current and future feeding of liw
,stock. Potential yields of unharvested types of tobacco were reduced in much of the area. Less .
severely affected were soybeans, while peanuts and sweetpotatoes appear to have held up fairly
well. Much corn, sorghum and soybeans were used for- current feeding or salvaged as fodder or hay.
Truck crops and fruit had been largely moved to market and were only little affected, but home
gardens sUffered. The bot, dry weather limited damage to cotton from boll weevils and other in
_sects, reducing the labor and expense of poisoning to a lDinimum, but decreased potential yields by
checking grovtth of plants and causing shedding, immature opening and cracking of bolls. !luring
the month showers helped to maintain crops in some sections of the dry area, with the result that
the pattern of damage is sp<?tted, and the degree of damage ranges from little to severe. Wide-
spread rains through early August have tended to break the drought in much of the South. Although
irreparable crop loss already had occurred, the rains will do much to cheCk further deterioration,
revive pastures and encourage farmers to plant late forage crops for fell grazing and to provide
some ha;y and fodder for winter. Droughty conditions in the Southwest have not yet been relieved,
hovrever, and crops continua to deteriorate there.
.' Q.BNI fut, dry weather on the southern and western fringes of the North Central States and t~
:
out the South Atlantic and South Central States cut Aw:mst 1 corn production prospects 229
!llillion bushels below the July estimate. Uearly two-thirds of this declina was in the southern
poought area outside the Corn Belt. The 1952 crop is now estimated at 3,136 !rlllion bushels com-
:r~ed with 2,941 million bushels produced last year and the 194150 average of 3,012 million. The
J.:,ldicated yield per acre of 38.1 bushels is 2.8 bushels below the July 1 forecast, but is 3.4
pushels larger than average.
F].~l Production of peanuts from the acreage for picking and threshing is forecast at 1,1'12
::
million pounds. This is 30 percent below the 1,676 million pounds harvested last year,
43 percent below the lQ..year average of 2,042 million pounds and the smallest crop since 1935.
Sompared with last year, 24 percent less production is indicated for the Virgini&oearolina areal
~8 percent less for the Southeastern area: and 14 percent less for the Southwestern area. The
~reage for picking and threshing is placed at 1,665,000 acres, 17 percent less than the 2,018,000
~res in 1951, 43 percent below average and the smallest since 1937.
l?ECAUS'
~
The U. S. crop is forecast at 116,566 1000 ~unds--25 percent ~ess than last season and 5 percent loss than average. Production of 1mproved varieties (grown mostly east of the
ississippi Rivor) at 53,894,000 pounds, is about average b1.1t 38 percent below last year. Wild or
eedling pecans (mostly grown west of tho Mississippi River) are indicated at 62,672,000 pounds-
9 percent below average and 8 percent below last year. Dry weather during June and July in most
~ecan areas caused a heavy drop and may, also result in smell sizes but has been favorable for con~
~rolling insects and diseases.
PEANUTS PICKED Al!D THEESHED
Production
STATE
Thousand acres
Va.
151 148
118
N.c.
276 237
199
Ts.ecn.n.
8
4
4
30
14
12
Ga.. .
983 662
536
Fla.
96
72
62
Ala. .
447 298
224
Miss.
20
8
7
Ark.
16
7
6
La.
8
3
3
Okla.
217 220
125
Tex.
679 338
362
N, Mex.
s. u~
9
7
7
~.940 2,018 . 1,665
Y EquiV8lent solid acroago.
1,254
1,000
780
619 721
673
730 360
392
324 500 482 1,024
108
Founds
1,600
1,330 700
810 900 870 690 375
460 325
520 350 860
831
P~s - -
1,450
1,250
600 700 650 700 625 300
300 350
500 375 950
704
l _ --- '
& .A.verage &
I
' Indicated
l 1941-50 I 1951 I 1952
'thOusand ~ounds
188,724 236, 00 171,100
299,494 315,210 248,750
5,718 2,800
2,400 "
18,502 11,340
8,400
698,300 595,800 348,400
64,016 62,640 43,400
319,829 205,620 140,000
6,955 3,000
2,100
6,060 3,220
1,800
2,572
975
1,050
106,496 ll4,400 62,500
317,066 118,300 135,750
8,717 6,020
6,650
,
..S..T.A.TE
Ns..cC..
nGaa...
Ala.
Miss. Ark. La. Okla.
tTJ.exs. .
2,414 2,652 29,443
4,145
12,203
6..-939 3,950
10,805 19,660
30 415
123!206
ThOusand__P.QUnds - - -"2',435----
4,330 51,500
5,280
u26,,s0o0o0--
5,350 15,700 25,000
5 700
154:895
2,000
3,380 34,100
3,536
9.,,,820000
3,000 15,950
9,000 28 500
116!566
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GEORGIA FLUE..CURED TOBACCO: HA.RVESTED ACREAGE, YIElD AND PRODUCTIO
(The estimates are based on the latest available data)
l. ,
District and
County
'
DJSTJtiCT III Oglethorpe
Total
DISTRICT rJ Taylor
Total
DISTRICT V Dodge Johnson Laurens Montgomery Pulaski Treutlen Washington V'/heeler Wilkinson
Total
DISTRICT VI Bulloch Burke Candler Effingham Emanuel Jefferson Jenkins Richmond Screven
Total
DISTRICT VII
Baker De c a t u r Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller Mitchell Stewart Thomas
Total
Harvested Acreage
1950
~~e.La.
Per Acre Lbs.
Production (000 Ibs.)
Harvested Acreage
1951 rJ.e.La Per Acre Lbs.
..
Production (000 Lbs.)
.
5
600
3
5
600
3
5
600
3
5
600
3
480 125 375 1,200 15 1,180
670
5
4,050
4,400
5
2,460 210
2,210 20 235
5
130
9,675
10 315
20
5
1,490
5 5
2,740
5 I
1,980
6,575
902 736 733 - 822 867 777
875 400
816
433 92 275 986 13 917
586 2
\
3,304 .
590
160 460 1,520 25 1,445
5
840 10
5,055
927 600 937 810 757 600 732 400
Boo
881
900 933
750 600 1,131 600 200 1,049
Boo
1,087
1,071
4,079 3
2,304 170
1,673
12
172 2
104
5,345
5
2,950 285
2,675 10
275 10
175
8,519
11,730
1---= -
-. :_--
9
294 15 3 1,685
3 1 2,B75 4 2,152
15 420 25
5 1,870
5
10
3,355 5
2,480
7,041
8,190
1,053
956
1,1B3 1,016 1,120
918 400 1,136
500
1,024
6'21 153 544 1,544 2B 1,327
2 954
5
5,178
1,169
Boo
1,168 1,147 1,066
600 1,105
400 1,069
1,140
-
733 1,107 1,000
800 1,229
600
Boo
1,197 1,000 1,188
1,194
6,247 4
3,44? 327
2,852 6
304 4
187
13,37B
I"-=''
11 465
25 4 2,299 3
B
4,016
5
2,945
9,781
.; '
GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO: H;\.RVESTED ACREAGE., YIELD AND PRODUC.TION (The estimates are based on the latest.-~vailable data)
-
District and
County .
1950
Yield Harvested Per Acre Production Acreage Lbs. (000 Lbs.)
'
1951
Yield Harvested . Per Acre Acreage . Lbs.
Production (000 Lbs.)
DISTRI CT VIII
Atkinson Ben .Hill .
Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Ec)'lols Irwin Jeff Davis I.a.nier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth
1,585 1,120
5,305 2,785
330 5,130 7,060 3,Bo5
45 . 15
450 .
2,815 2,480
1,725 5,020
830 3,760
205
305 2,210
1,387 935
1,314 1,117 1,297 1,200 . 1, 21.~1 1,326 1,067
933 J...,OS.2 1,077 1,106
1,372 1,128
782 1,137
815 738
1,047
2,198
1,01.~7
6,971 3,112
428
.6a,,877684
5,047 48
' 14 . !~87
3,033 2,743 2,366 5,662
649 !~, 276
167 225
2,314
1,865 l,!r05 6,130
3,475 415
6,750 8,415 .4,465
50 15 550 3,350 3,015 2,060 6,080 1,030
1+,330 300 360
2,700
1,500 1,126
1,323 1,207
1,364 1,376 1,247 1,406 1,120 1,000 1,162 1,280
1,372 1,311 1,196 1,090 1, 291~ 1,103
964 1,162
2,798 1,582
8,ll3
4,195 566
9,290
10,496 6,279
56
15 639 4,288
4,137 2,701 7,273 1,123 5,605
331
347 3,138
Total
47,580
1,186 56,429
56,760
1,286
72,972
DISTRICT IX
Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham Evans Lib er t y Long Pierce Tattnall Toombs Ware Wayne
3,120
2,645 1,255
350 5
205 10
1,465
95 400 3,985 4,110 2,625 1,965 1,885
941 1,348 1,.172
809 800
937 600 ' 884
821
840 1,283
931 760 1,292 960
2,935 3,565 1,471
283
4 192
6
1,295
78 336 5,112 3,828
1,994 2,539 1,809
3,760 3,145 1,545
465
270 15 1, 700 120 490 4,855 41905 3,280 2,385 2,325
1,118 1,299 1,377 1,174
1,196 667
1,136 1,092 1,090 1,237 1,090 l, 0314 1,358 1,198
4,202 4,086 2,127
546
323 10 1,931 131 53h 6,007 5,346 3,393 3,238 2,786
'rotal
24,120
1,055 25,4h7
29,260
1,185
. 34,660
STATE TOTAIS 92,000
1,095 100,740 111,000
1,225
135,975
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GEORGL1. P&1.NU'l'S PICKED & THRESHED - BY' COUNTIES
(The estimates are based on the latest available data)
District and CoUnty
: Harvested: A_creage :
19SO
Yield :
Per Acre:Production
Lbs. :(000 Lbs.
. :
19$1
: Yield
Harvested :_ Per Aci'e : Production
Acrea e
Ihs.
( 000 Lbs.
DISTRI CT I
Bartow
40
375
15
20
450
9
~ Total
40
375
15
20
450
9
DISTRICT II
Fulton
10
400
4
Total
10
400 '
4
10
400
4
10
400
4
) DISTRICT IV Chattahoochee Harris Ma. c o n Marion Muscogee Schley
~
Talbot Taylor
. Upson
Total
460 60 8,470 5,740 60 4,450 490 3,660 40
23,430
533
245
483
29
741
6,276
732
4,204
383
23
897
3,992
582
285
821
3,004
475
19
772.
18,077
390 40 8,040 4,570 30 4,180 290 2,980 20
20,541:5
600
234
650
26
674
5,il19
882
4,033
367
11
920
3,844
655
190
772
2,300
500
10
782 16,067
DISTRI CT V
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Crawford Dodge Hancock Houston Johnson
Jones Laurens Montgomery Newton Peach Pulaski rreutlen l'wiggs .'iashington fheeler filkinson
100 80 3,860
460 10,800
90 9,530 2,260
10 13,560 1,920
30 1,610
13,780 240
3,060 4,390 1,610 1,510
460
46
450
36
804
3,104
450
207
869
9,390
311
28
762
7,261
492
1,113
600
6
784
10,630
915
1,756
633
19
795
1,280
802
11,01.15
633
152
678
2,075
510
2,239
9?1
1,563
662
1,000
50 20 2,590 240 8,890 40 9,200 740
9,970 1,420
10 1,410 13,060
130 1,890 3,070 1,080 1,090
600 550 715 429 947 400 709 530
798 846 800 765 807 .600 665 551 1,157 761
30 11 1,852 103 8,421 16 6,526 392
7,955 1,201
8
1,078 10,539
78 1,256 1,692 1,250
830
Total
68,900
768
54,900
788 43,238
'JISTRICT VI 3ulloch 3urke
~andler ~olumbia ~ffingham
!iJnanuel Has cock Jefferson Jenkins JcDuffie Uclunond Screven 'iarren
Total
15,570 12,180 1,900
20
720
5,120 1,300 6,980 4,790
30 1,370 7,340
70
57,390
1,033 620
. 989 500 669 984 491 575 857 467 488 768 529
804
16,085 7,551 1,879
10 482 5,039 638 4,014 4,106 l4 668 5,636 37
46,159
13,950 8,910 1,370
480 3,680
620 4,990 3,780
20 870 5,710 90
4ii,LI70
1,039 646
1,003
967 883 519 552 860 500 647 861 522
837
lii,500 5,755 1,374
464 3,251
322 2,753 3,250
10 563 4,915 47
37,204
District and
County
~' - .
GEORGIA PEA~'UTS PICKED & THRESHED .:. BY COlJNTJ;l~
(The estimates ~re based on the latest available data)
195o
. :__.;;;:.:.1.,.95=1,..;.~-----~
Yield : :Harvested: Per Acre: Production Harvested
: Acreage : Lbs. (000 Lbs.) Acreage
Yield
Per Acre Production
Ibsl.
(000 Lbs.)
OISTRicr VII
Baker :
19,510
Calhoun
23,070
Clay
15,860
Decatur
. 23,070
Dougherty
9, 720
Early
46,940
Grady
10,670
Lee
21,430
Miller
26,910
mi t chell
26,590
Quitman
5,880
Randolph
30,320
Seminole
17,580
Stewart
11,780
Sumter
Terrell Thorra.s Webster
22,320
I 30,260
I I
7,330
I 12,420
I
966 880
88h 824 800 1,003 961
904 . 984
1,026
749 892 1,087
783 854 914 820 817
18,846 20,293
1~,026
19,005 7,780
47,093 10,252 c
19,381 26,480
27,275 4,407 27,031 19,;J..l2
9,229 19,066
27,674 6,011 10,142 .
20,400 23,750 . 16,190 19,670 8,930 44,340 10,170 20,380 '
26,530 24,960 5,120 30,110 17,170 10,810 21,030
29,980 6,710 12,280
.977 982
764 950 916 j 860
999 910 1,001
925 611 716 1,055 867
845
749 977 834
19,936
23,334 12,370
-
18,684
8,180
38,126
10,161
18,549
26,550
23,084
3,437
21,554
18,110
9,369
17,780
22,455
6,554
10,239
Total !361,660
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DISTRICT VIII,
Atkinson ' 260
Ben Hill 1 9,160
Berrien
1 2,450
Brooks
I 6,460
Coffee
I 4,600
Colquitt Cook
I
12,010 1,950
Crisp Dooly
Irwin
Jeff Davis
II 20,020 25,400
I
20,050 200
Lanier Lowndes
l
20 1,020
Telfair Tift
I
5,030 16,990
Turner
I 27,250
Wilcox Worth
I
I
17,060 39,950
921
1,096 1,081 1,224
869 1,029 1,107 1,427
940 710 1,347 1,015
Boo
797 953 1,289 1,109 916 1,176
333,103
348,530
285
9,906
2,998
5,613
4,734
13,292
2,783
18:,823
18,036
-
27,004 203
...,
16
813
4,794
21,900
30,223
15,633
L(6, 968
210
8,370 1,970 6,280
3,330 9,660 1,650 19,830
23,380 17,490
140 10 710 4,180
13,730 26,520
15,710
35,780
885
1,067 950
1,128 1,087 1,032
828 1,109
974 825 1,111 764 700 882 1,054 1,040 1,124 946 935
308,472
224 ..
7,954
2,223
6,824
3,435 7,996
..
1,830
19,322
19,288
19,430
107
7
626 ..
4,405
lL(, 277
29,8:).7
14,860
33,471
Total
209,880 1,067 224,024 . 188,950
985
186,096
DISTRICT IX
Appling
740
Bacon
40
Bryan
320
Evans
I 940
Pierce
10
T a t t na l l
1,590
Toombs Wayne
i 3,040 10
I Total - - -6,690
804 500 766 1,019 700 956 986 600
9h9
-
. 595 20 245 958
7 1,520
~,997
6
6,348
450 20 190
690 10 1,200 2,010 10
4,580
1,029 600 989
1,091 700
1,170 93h 600
1,028
463 12 188 753 7 1,404 . 1,877 6
4, 710 .
STATE TOTAlS 728,000
935 680,680
662,000
900
595,800
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ARCHIE LI.NGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. F'IDYD . Agricultural Stati st ician, In Charge '
Athens, Georgia
1952 ~
GEORGIA 1951 C4SH FARM INCO}IJf. SETS ALL-TIME RECORD
Cash income (including Government p~ents) of Georgia farmers set an all-time re-
cord for 1951 by amounting to $627,477 10001 a 25.8 vised fig,~e of $49817981000 reported for 1950 and
per cent increase over t.~e re-
56.5 above the ten-year average
of 1941 tl!rough 1950.
In recent years livestock has become of in~reMing importance as a s ouree of farm income~ with j,ncome from crops showing a corresponding decline. 'l'hi s trend was extended through 19511 livestock and livestock products having acc ounted for .38,1 per cent of total cash income, and income fro.m crops amounting t o 6o.5 per cent.
Comparable percentages for 1950 were 61.0 ani 36,91 respectivezy11
In the crop group cotton and cottonseed again ranked first in contributing 26.1 per
cent of total cash incqme, followed in order by tobacco (10.2 %) and peanuts (8.7%.).
In the iivestock co~mercial broilers led with 10.9 per cent of total cash income, followed in order by hogs (8.9%) 1 dairy proO.t\cts (6.5%)1 and cattle and calves (5.9%~
The percentage of cash income contributeq ~r commodities for 1951 and 19501 res?ec-
tively1 are as follows; All Crops, 6o.5 and 61.7; Livestock and Livestock Products,
38.1 and 36.9; Govern111ent Payments, 1.4 and 2.1; Cotton, 26.1 and 17.2; Pe<muts,
8.7 and 13.9; Tobacco, 10.4 and 10.2; 1'ruck Crops, 2.1 and 3.2; Fruit and Pecans,
2.7 and 3.1; Corn, 1.4 and 2.0; Other Crops, 9.3 and 11.4; Hogs, 8.9 and 8.8; Com-
mercial Broilers, 101!9 and 9.1; Cattle and Calves, 5.9 and 6.5; .Dairy Products, 6.5
and 7.4J Eggs~ 4.3 and 3.6; and Other Livestock, 1.6 and 1.5.
DISTRIBUTION OF 1951 CAS!{ jtNCOME; r'noM- GEORGIA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
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Payments $8,634,000
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-CROPS
Cotton Lint Cotton Seed Cotton Lint & Seed Peanuts Tobacco Fruits and Pecans Truck Crops Corn All Other Crop;:;
TOTAL CROPS
.. CASH FARM INCOME FOR GEOROIA
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950 !I 1951 ?:/
------------------ (Thousani Dollars) ----------------~-
8o,1Sl 141,966 116,841 99,077 71,630 141,66~
11,034 17,220 17,ooo . 9,976 14,092
22,1.35
91,185 139,186 133,841 109,055. 85,722 163,79
57,064 72,076 8o, 101 60,788 69,257
54,692
48,346 49,4}7 47,350 49,083 5o,669
64,181
22,454 16,080 13,442 9,420 15,718
17,162
21,450 ' 16,803 19,536 15,.074 15,774
12,985
8,761 10,613 11,939 10~409 10,075
8,774
42,937 51,946 .43,_503 37,898 -57,076
58,317
292,197 356,141 350,318 291,727 304,291 379,909
LIVESTOCK Hogs . Cattle and Calves D~ry Products Commercial Broilers Other Chickens Turkeys Eggs Other
29,987 21,584 25,520 20,171 7,227 1,053 13,6.56 1,414
49,956 27,.778 29,033 24,191 6,646 1,286 16,833 1,568
46,.353 37,582 :u,45o 29,108 5,963 1,196 16,550 1,598
41,021 43,896 22,658 32,441 33,454 36,836 32,977 . 45,4~3 3,838 3,872 1,820 1,971 17,499 17,922 2,677 1,556
55,707
36,930
40,772 68,530 3,693
3,199
27,038 2,46.5
TOTAL LIVESTOCK & LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
120,612 1.57,291 169,800 155,944 183,927
Government Payments
7,412 8,.542 6,395 5,903 10,580
TOTAL CASH INCOME OF CROPS, _. LIVESTOCK & GOV. PAYME~~S 420,221 521,974 526,513 453,.574 498,798
238,934 8,634
627,477
HOME CONSUY~TION Crops Livestock
48,889 78,932
56,917 93,443
45,837 93,030
40,071 3.5,791 85,038 6.5,390
36,6ll 73,849
TOTAL INCOHE INCLUDING HOME CONSID1PTION
Crops
341,086 413,0.58
Livesto- ck All Commodities
199,544 250,734 .540,630 663,792
396,15.5 262,830 658,985
331,798 340,082 240,982 249,317 572,780 589,399
416,.520 312,783 729,303
TOTAL INCOME, AU. COIIifr10DITI ES & GOV PAYMENTS
.
548,612 672,334 665,380 578,683 599,979 737,937
!/Revised. g/ Preliminary
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, ):n Charge
HARRY A WHITE Agricultural Statist:Lcian
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FAR4 PRICE REPORT AS OF AUGUST 151 1952
G-EORGIA: The all commodity index of prices re.cs' i.ved by Georgie. farmers droppeal one.
point during the month ended August 15. ~83 percent of the August 1909-July 1914 average.
At
the
present
level
the
in
de
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is
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~ndivi9,ual commodity prices fluctuated somewhat during t:tle month, with apparent in-
~reases in evidence for small grains, all hay (ba~ed), chickens and eggs, Wholesale ~ilk, and sweetpotatoes. Prices received for meet animals remained fairly well
~tabilized with slightly higher prices reported for hogs, and lower prices apparent
f'or beef cattle.
'QNITED S'r.ATESt Prices received by farmers averaged the same in mid-August as e.
month ago, leaving the index at .295, but the Index of Prices Paid,
~n'trerest, T,e.xes, and Fann Wage Re..tes at 287 wes one point - one third of one percent-
~igher, the Bureau of Agricultur~~ Economics announced today. The Pari.ty Ratio
(Ratio of the Index of Prices Received by Farmers to the, Index of Prices Paid by
Farmers,
.'
.
including
Interest,
Taxes,
and 1~rage
Rate's)
remained uncha.nged at
103!1
Price changes for farm products were mixed, with prices of poultry'~ dairy products, hogs, small greins, hay, and potatoes higher than e. month ago. Offsetting declines were recorded for truck crops, oettle, oelves, several fruit crops, and sweetpotatoe~ The all conunodi ties index in mid...August wes 3 points ( 1 percent) above August last year, with the increese in the all crops index being partially offset by the re-
duction in the livestock and products inde:r.
The increase in the Parity Inctex resulted from the :). point rise in the production goods index. with respect to prices paiq by f'anllers for such items, prices paid for
feed and motor supplies averaged higher, but prices for feeder and stocker cattle were down. Prices paid for commodities used in family living averaged the same as i~
mid-July. Food prices averaged lower, with lower apple and tomato prices more than ; offsetting increases for most other fbod ~~ems. Clothing generally was higher.
Indexes 1910-14 :: 100
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he United States
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Aug. 15, ' J-951 a
July 15, a Aug. 15,
Record ~igh
1952 =
1952
a - I~de~ -- -~-nat ~--
Prices Received P~rity Index ]/
292
295
295
: ,
. '282
286
287
313
Feb. 1951
289 y'May 1952
rarity Rat}_9._ _
104
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Y. Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes 1 and Farm rage Rates.
y .Also April 1952.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural StPtistician, In Cherge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricu). turel Ste.tisticie n
__ _ _ _ _ _PR--'I::..cC:..c:E:.c.S-'RECEIVED BY FARMERS AUGU9r 15, 1952 11I.TI!.._g01{ifAR!SOJ~TS . : - - - - - - - ; -
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-..5 1 909 J ul!/; 1914
15.. J 19&1
i 15 : I 15
1952 1952
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.:_:~~ts, ~.\ .:). ~:..'--.':<' $-'.- ::\ ;67' \-:., :~? ...\.. . 1.04
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. 88
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2 .'73
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.76
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2'~74
2 .78
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4. 10
. got.top._., lb.;. ,
12~6 ~4 .7 .. _._ 3~,,4
39,6 ,. 12.4
34 ,6 j 37.0
37. 9
Cottonseed , ten
$ 24. 39 65.00
66.00 65. 00
Z2.5p
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l\:: :~ 7~- , I 20~40 .: $: H~i!,y: (:b c-w.:ei~:h;-~ to'i'i .
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Bog s, per cwt.
$
' 21.00 z},:$0.... 29,4() ' " . .
7.33 22 . 20 I ' '2b~o6 "2o. :io .t-! - 7.27
1 ~~-~~ ;.~t~?e,,_ .c~wt ~
$ d }.,.~7 ..
2~:.~o
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\ 23. so < 22.so 5.42
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I r4.i~k . C_cpvs_; ' h~ad :..$- I' ..~s.: ~s_:~ l~ ;o-o; i ~6 . 00 . ~89.no .oo 48.00 f.47
71 . 00
\22.00 't 2o . oo
I ~s~oo
1.245 . 00
.. 69 .80 24 .10 20. 90
. 24.oo
242 .oo
cbicken'..s, .- n :( -: ~.; : .:
E.ggs, I:Oz~
.;. , )3.~2 ,.{P.fl.B. t 21.3 157,0
287 49,5
30.2 55 10
~ 11.4 . J2s;o
I 21 ,5
49.7
26. 0
I I 43 . 3
26,5 48. 3
Butt erfat, ,1b~ .. , -25.,:7
:5S.O
58-.0 I 58 .0' 1 26.:3 '' .6.8~5 !.
71. 8 .... 72~g
l~-~lk {w~~l~sill~) !
l 1:
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6:.05 .,(5 .15 ., . .1 ~60 , . {J 4 . 45 . .4 . 58 4.~ 71
Q.So~wypbeea~s,~;:BBuu. ...,'
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Cotton .&' Q,tt'onseed
Gn~i
Me a:t
nsJ~.:im,"~"s
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'2 7{ . 309
;309 .. ..
1
175 198
207
482*
448
437
Dairy Products
:~ ." :: _; . 237
2.40 ;, '"'241
C'hicke:n.. & Egg s
255
~328
. 249
Fruits
163
189
lBS
Mi sc e11arie'ous
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170
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182
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Bur eau' of Agricultural Economics 31 9 Ertension Euil d ing
-' ' 'Ath~ns, t;eorgi a .
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Penal:ty-:for prive.te n~e.. _to "avoid ;. '
paY'llent of po st a ge $300.
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GEORGIA - SEPT.trrlJ3ER 1' COI''l'.ON REPORT
Prospective production of cotton in Georgia was indicated on Sept8mber 1 to be
abo~t 6901 000 bales_(500 pJmnds gross tveight). This figure is 26 per cent below the 9311 000 bales producedin 1951 but is sl~ght~ above the 10 year average (1941- ~950) of 686;000 bales. Indicated current yield .per acre is 240 pounds upon the
?-,382 1 000 acres estimated for harvest - allowing for .9 per cent abandonment from.
the 1,395_,000 acres planted.
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August rains brought relief from the prol~nged drought and severely hot rreather o:t
June and July but prospects for the state as a whole are 801 000 bales below the ' August 1 forecast. Over the southern half of the state the drought and extremely nigh temperatures prior to August 1 had caused premature opening of b~lls with ~ize
of bolls smaller than usual. Geperal rains, beginning around the f ust of the
month, with hot and humid conditions most of the time caused considerable shedding
Qf late bolls and heavy rot damage to partially open bolls. The eastern side of the state is most seriously affected with local areas injured in all but northwestern Georgia where the crop outlook has improved since August .1. Picking an4 ginning are general over the southern half of the state and beginning in norther~ areas.
Final outturn of the crop compared with this forecast will depend upon whether or
not the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the s eason
are more or less favorable than usual.
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h.RCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
GEORGIA ~\P SHOWING INDICATED PRODUCTION 1952 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1951 & 1950
1952-5i,ooo
1951-50,000
r 1950-26,000 1952-43,000
ROME .
1951-53,000 1950-38,000
I.
II.
. ATHENS - ~.
1952 product:j..on :l.nd,i cated on . September 1.
-STATE-
1952 - 690,000 1951 - 931,000 1950 - 488,000
IV.
.1952- 79,000 ],951-104,000 1950- 63,000
COLU:t'IDUS
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1952-116,000 1951-189,000 1950-104,000
Districts shown are Crop Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Dis tricts.~
VI.
1952 ...113,000 1951-168,000 1950- 82,000
A.LBANY
1952- 87,000 1951-106,000 1950- 5o,ooo
VIII. 1952-126,000 1951-167,000 1950- 71,000
.VALDOSTA
SA VANN.A.~
IX~
d
1952-30,000 1951-36,000 1950-13,000
UNI'rED . STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1952
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T.he Crop Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics makes the following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Prod~ction ahd Marketing Admin:i.strat..i.ori; 'and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with thi.S forecast will depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable ~pan usual.
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STATE
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Va.
N. c. s. c.
Ga.
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1952 ACREAGE
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CONDITION ..
LINT YIELD PER .PRODUC'l'ION-GINNINGS HnRVESTED ACRE ;500-lb.gross wt.bls~
'rotal Aver-:
:Aver-:
:Aver- :
: 1952 :Census
aban- For : age : : : age : :Indi-: age 1951 : Crop :Ginn-
:donment : har-=1941-=1951=1952:1941-:1951 :cated:l941- cr.op :Indic.:ings to
: after vest=l95.0 :
:1950 :
:1952 :1950 : :Sept .1:9/l/52 .
. . . :July 1
. . . . : Pet
:
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:
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:Thous:. Pct~=Pct.:Pct.: Lb.
:acres:.
Lb
Ib
.
: Thous "ba1es
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:Tho us "ba1es
:Thous .":ba1es
:Thous "ba1es
2.0 1.5 1.0
l 490 .' 77 . 69 81 4o6 302
-- -- 22
-- 364 357
693 75 82 77 341 376
402 327
353
362 21
523
309
14
542
410 .
- l5T.
--- 510
.9 1,065 69 82 61 293 389 250 651 871 555 65
.9 1,382 68 79 61 . 236 317 ' 240 686 931 690 i46
Fla.
2.0 .52 69 . 83 71 180 250 212 1 13 32 23 8
Tenn. Ala. Miss . Ark. La.
Okla. Texas N. M. Ariz. Calif.
Other~
u. s.
Am~ E.Jd/
Tex. N. M. Ariz. Other
- .7 814 76 78 68 373 334 3041 549 53h 515 .
.5 1,473 .71 76 61 277 299 241 , 899 909 740 lOh
.7 .2,363 .71 75 71 333 329 - 3251 1,652 1,608 1,600 203
.8 1,865 72 . 77 66 339 295 296 1 1,373 1,249 1,150 9
.7 884 65 77 72 290 391
10.6 1,100 65 61 },l0 166 150
369 ! 524 100 h55
760 462
680 110
- 230
i
10.0 10,1141 72 63 59 183 166
1.3 296 88 86 94 485 415
- 166 3,020 h,074 3,500 751
486 157 273 300
.6 666 90 88 92 I 489 705 764 1 250 803 1,060 11
.5 1,399 2.6 . 1-5 5.2 24,693
-92
72
- -- - 92 93 6o6 640
- - I 390 246
652 627 1,765 1,900 6
36;L b 14
8 - _ll ~
74 69 267.6 271.9 27o.oJll, 775 15,144 13,88~ 1,413
- -- -- - 1.4 100.tl
30tl 359 390 ' 21;.4 !~7 .2
82
2.9
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-- 34.0 -. -- 19.6 ..
46:o 1.2
- I - 331366
= I ~:
373 280
393 346
409 5.9 18.7
294 4.1 8.5
--- hl71 18.3 19.7
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J/'Illinois, Kansas, . ientucky, and Nevada.
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CROP REPORTING BOARD
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After five days return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia,
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE-C-9/52 - 3915
Permit No. 1001
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RECORD CROP OF TURKEYS THIS YE.~R
GEORGii: : Turkey gro'. ~. rs in Georgia are producing an estimated 61S, OOQ~birds this
year compared .with 569;ooO in 1951 and 316,000 in ' l9SO. Th~ ; current in-
<Ucated . crop is 310 p_er6ent above . ~he ten year (1939-48) averaf1 e proqucti.on of 150,000
lii.rds~ . ~roducti~n of1.~rkeys is ce~i{ered around the Molena and Zel;>\U:lon, Monroe and
..ijinder,.. and Gainesville Are as.
$orne of: t,he increase in recent ye.ars has been caused by rapid growth of the broiler
t'urkey :Production. During the early part of the current year Georgia turkey i>roiler
.. p;roduce~s 1 increased their operation sharply over last year but unsatisfactory prices
for the . last several months caused some curtailment.
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UNITED ST.i.TES: Farmer.s. are raising a record crop of 58,956,000 turkeys this year ....
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13 percent more than 'last year, according to a preliminary estimate
of the Bureau of Agri.cultural Economics. Last January, following the August-December
1951 marketing season during which turkey prices averaged 3.8 cents per pound higher
than in 19.50:t farmers .expressed their intentions to raise 11 pe rcent mo:r:-e t urkeys in
19.52 than in 1951. Prices contj_nued higher in January and February than in 1951,
p.f:tt gradual-ly declined "during the remainder of the .hatching season and in mid-July
ere 3.4 ce.nts per pound below the 19.51 July price. In spite of declining prices
during the 1952 hatching season, growers incre ased their t~rkey production by about
.6 ; 7 million . birds over last year.
T~rkey production is above that of last year in all regions of the coan~ry - 41 per-
cent in the South Atlantic, 21 percent in the North 1\tlc:.ntic; 11 perMrit in the East
Nqrth Central, 9 percen~_ :l,n. the ~outh Central, 5 percent in tl:J.e West cipp, 2 percent in ttle West North Central .St'ates.. All States except 13 show increases ranging from 3
p~rcent in Nebraska to 249 percent in Maine.
P~oducers of hatching egg s held over 16 percent more breeder , hens this year than last; ~0 there was 'an ample supply of hatching eggs throughout the hatching season to meet , :
tHe demand from hatcher:iies. During the . latter pe~rt of the season the supply of Belts-
ville White eggs was mot~ than enough to meet the demand.
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Beltsville White turkeys have been increasing during the last 3 'years to meet a year~ round demand for young turk~~s 14-17 weeks old weighing 4-S pourids dre s sed wrdch are SO'ld on .the market as fresh killed young birds. Of all the Beltsville Whites raised in the United States, a l arge part of _them are solc.f at 4-8 pounds dressed a.s young
roasters, fryers and broxlers, and the rest of the crop, part . of the early spring hatch, are raised to 6 or 7 months old ~or the holiday trade.
Turkey producers were asked to report the number of Beltsvj.lle. White turkeys raised
in 1951 and 1952. These reports show that about 24.5 percent of 'all the turkeys raised this year are Beltsvil~e Whites, . co'mpared with 21 percent last year ..'I'he
actual number of Beltsville Whites raised this year shows an increase of 92 l;)ercent
from last year. All other' turkeys show . an'ancrease of 8 percent,.' The increase in
Beltsville Whites is resporisil!>ie for about 'i:lalf the :lncrease in ' tlie turkey';or.op this ye~. All region~ of the cq~ntry show 1-~~~~: incre~:ses in number of BeltsvillJ;3 Whites
ra1sed compared :Wlth last ye,a!'e' ~ - -;.~ :::. .,
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The trend toward earlier marketings continues and growers, if they carry out :"f?heir..in-
tentions, will market 43 percent of this year's turkey crop in October or earlier,
the heaviest early marketings of record. This compares with 36 percent mark~~d ~n
October or earlier last year, However, changing economic condit~ons may. i.n.dJ-l:Ce some;
growers to hold on _fo;r ..later marketings. Aside fropt economic ''corisfderations and a
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,.
'
~teady trend towa~d-.: _earlier ~arketing of mature.- birds, thers has ~een a cop.,siderable ._,
increase ..QlJ.ring the last 2 years in the product.~on of Belt~ville. White fryers and
light rof~ et ers tliiit' are mc>rketed-before Octqber.
.......
~ . !.. 't
': ,_. ;._".:".
, ,
'! .
.. .
TURKE~S Rl'ISED oN F.ARMS . l952, WITH CO:HPARISONS
.-:;.. . ... .. .,.
~ -,-
and : State .:' Average Division ' : 1939-48
:.;. :1949
Number Raised 1/
-~ l950
: l95l. 2/
Indicated
1952 3/
.... '.
1952 as~ ... of 1951
.,..
. Thousand.s
" -~' _.
Percent
M.e.
'53
6.8
74
133
46li'
349
N,. H.
15
109
120
134
154 : .
115 _) .
Vt.
143
121
.. 120
133
130
98 ..
Mass.
314
443
--.: 447
514
653
127
R. I.
30
45
47
51
55
108
qo n n .
~. Y. \
155
238
556
735
269,
285
370
130 .. ;; ::
808'
881
' 925 .. .
105 . ...
Ji. J ...:'.
. 224
319 . . 332
359
395 ..
110
~P.a-.Ati:- -
-
-
-
1,135 2,o8ti -
-
-
31 2
543 621
-
-
.... - 3l ~868929- -
-
1,817 4,3o7 -
-
-
2 053 _5.z.l99- -
-
-
~-
-113 I2I
. -
~
Qhio----:---- 982-- ~l!"i37~-- -1-;3ti1-- .... 1,5'65--- -1~800----- Il5- :
~nd.
624
.1,086
1,249
1,4.36
1,881
131
Ill. lVh.ch.
727
824
865
. 934
1,037 111
639
864
. ~h6
962
1,097
114
Wis. F,l.-N: Cent:
-
-
3,~54i68 -
-
821 -4-832---
977 -5-;3ti8---
1,153
'b os1)
--
-
-l7~20-5772" '"----
109 117--
~inn~---~- -3-;2t>4--- 3:ti69--- 4~I4ti-- -4~644--- ~ 5,IoE---- -110-- .
I'pwa
2,154 ,. ,?,687
2,956
3,222
3,415
106
l~b.
1,518 iJ,571 .
1,681
l, 849 1,572
85
N.. Dak.
975 . . . ~ 521
495
619 ..- ' . 464
75; :~
s_'. Da~
721 . , 299
320
352 :
405
115 ;
Nebr. .. . .
907 .
. 784
784
862 : :
88 8
10:3:
K~ns. . . .. 914 . 594
713
742'"
R.-N:..c eiit:- -16,454 .- - 1o-i2s--- 11-o9s-- -12,29'0---:Tie1.------- 1o1--- .z.l18---- 2 124---- !4}.,..- .....
668 I2-52o---- ~ _. l.i86-----
.9.0 113002--~-
j
vM.~a......
~' Va.
409
417
1,028 ' .) ,,765 ...
332 \ . . 682
438
460 .
529 I , "
2,294 '' .. 3,670
5,945
887 . : 1,064 u .,, 1,330 r:.
115 .
162 125;,:. .'
~~.r C.
Gs;a. c.
)03 .: : 486
2Bo .. 7.14
150
_301
559 :: 783 771 _' 1,002 316 .. ,.' . 569
1,018 - r'..:i: 1,252 ' :: 1.
615 -~- :_; ~! ::
130 125 .-.: 108 :..
Fla.
108
125
J..31 .' t:, 151
16 J :! i
108 ~
s ~ -Atr1:.. ~..~ -~- 2,711-- -4-6'08-:--- -5:"52o-- ~- 7 "842--- Il-038--- ~ - I4I--
~y: ~- -- .-:-: -:. - - - 253 - - - 2 2t>.2-:- - - - .z.314- - ;..r ~'39~ - - - - 2 412- - - - - 1o~ .- .,.
l' E,mn~ t> AJ,a.
163 152
112 179 ... ,
:r 186
152
,. :205 i'15
211. 192:
103 110
Hiss.
109
T03 ..
113
136
131 .
96
Ark.
128 . ; 277 .
427
585
550
94 .,.
La.
55 ..:.
71 , . ....
85 ., ..1 106
95 '
90
Okla.
930 ,' ' . . .474 : .'.': 545"
627
658
105
Tex. S.-Cent.-
:-:--
3,5h8
:5,33'8
:''.;.-.-'.:~.42..7t83826-'--'
2 927 -4..t749---
3 220 5'44ti---
3 703 -?.9"52-:----
115 1 o9 - -
Mont: - - - .... - - 184 - - - 2 i3o- - - - .Ll3o- - - -'130 -;, .-:-: ,"'f. _:-;:, '.z.i34- - - - - 1o3 -
Idaho
261
249
24 7
203 '"
183
90
Wyo~ .<c ..
168
117
117
129
150
116
Colo.
862
761
723 .
723
723' - 100
N. Mex.
66
61
64 :
64
'64
lG:lO
Ariz.
83
89
85 i '
85
94
'110 .
Utah -
1,328 ..2,145
1,673 2,075
1,909
92
Ney!i.:.
W~f?h . . ~
. 41'
2 7
1,090 r .: 1,045
26
24
909
1,154
28
118
1,108
-1
96
Oreg.
1,992 1,855
1,985
2,223 2,134
96.
u. -s: - - - - Calif.
West:----
4,198 - ~: 1364,,297~4----
I37.z2.775"54~-41~2ti6~ :-:-.:-
I37.z2.0it2;l~43~792--
9,507 ' .,..lo 317- ..... -52;252 -- - -
-:1I{0S8l67~4s98-56~------ --
I11o2~c-. -I1J!- -
1/ Includes Belt,sville Whites. .:
'
'
2/ Revised.
: .
..,...:. .
]/ Prelimi~ary estimate~ <l S of A~~~st - 1, 1952~. ' ::: .i
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
ARCPIE LANGLEY Agricultural ~tatistician
. ;
1\:thens, Georgia
. _
September 12, 1952 '
GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS 'OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1952
Beneficial rains during August broke the serious drought prevailing through the most
of. June and July but came too late to be of much .help to. _corn and summer truck crops,
Pastures responded rapidly to the ' favorable weather conditions, and some of the late '
fpod and feeq_qrops showe considerable imprevement. Late corn, ha7s, runner peanute
~eetp otatoes, and pecans made some gains during August,. The tobacco marketing sea-
son is over and total production wi11 be about ' l28 million pounds or about 7 per cent
p~low the recordcrop in 1951 of .l37 million pounds. .
;
Gpnditions have been favorable during th~ latter part of August for harvesting operations andgood progress has been made in cotton picking, digging of peanuts and ~~ving hay. Most areas could use more moisture to an ~dvantage for seeding winter ~razing crops and preparing land for winter grains.
GORN: The September 1 indicated production of corn is larger tha~ on Aupust 1.
--r- General rains the early part of the month were beitet'icial to late .corn. The
present estimate places total production. at 35,079,000 bushels. This is 29 per .cent _
less than the 49,536,000 bushels harvested in 1951 and 32 per cent below the record
1~49 production of 51,216,000 bushels. An indicated yield per acre of 11.0 bushels
i$ S bushels below last season and is the ],.owest yield since 1941.
TOBACCO: The extremely hot dry weather of ,June and July caused less damage to .
tobacco than most other crops. Production is estimated to be 127,880,000
pounds comp'ared with 137,361,000 pounds last year ; The yie1d per acre is 1,120 :. . _..
p ~'Wlds compared with 1,225 in 1951.
PE/lNUTS: Favorable weather conditions during August improved, peanut prospects,
especially for the runner variety. Production of peanuts for picking and _ threshing is estimated to be 3'75,200,000 pounds . This is 3? per cent less than the . 595,800,000 pounds harvested last season. The 5eptember 1 estimated yield per acre -, of 700 pounds compared with 900 in 1951 and is the smallest yield since 1948.
~ECANS: Total 1952 Geol'gia pecan production is placed at 37,200,000 pounds . This is
1L,300,000 pounds below the record crop of 51,500,000 pounds harvested last year . We~ther conditions have been favorable for controlling insects and diseases, and a crop of good quplity is expected.
(See reverse side for peanut and pecan production by states)
CROP
GEORGIA
:ACREAGE: TIELD PER .ACRE
:'l'OT.t.L PRODUCTION (IN THOUSANDS)
. . (000) :Average~
: Indicated: Average :
Indicated
1952 1941-So: 1951 : 19S. 2 1941-50 : 1951 : 1952
Corn ... bu.: 3189 Wheat bu.: 122
Oats . . bu.: 459
13.4 16.o 1 11.0
12.6 24.1
1286..05~ 1392..00
Rye bu.:
7
8.7 11.0
Hay (all) ton: 884
.5~
.6
.. Tobacco (all) lb.: 114.2 1033
Potatoes, Irish, bu.
6 70
Potatoes, Sweet. bu.
28
77
1225
69 65
Cotton~- .~ ~ bales: 1382 236
317
Pe_anut'-sCfor pi.cking:
10.0 .53
ll20 75
. 60
240
and threshing, lb.: 536 721
900
700
- PIeaches,total crop,:
,':
bu. 1/ :
Pears, tot al crop, :
.
bu. 1/ :
Pecans . 7 . l b . :
--
Pasture, Condition,%:
79
63
64
44,673 49,536
2,162 1,794
13,509 10,296
85
44
731 610
92,991 137,361
1,217 483
5#781 1,625
686 931
'698,300 ~95,800
4,114 3,975
314 241
-- -- 29,443 51, 500
35,079' 2,318 14,688
70. 468 127,880 . . h5Q 1,680' 690
375,200
2,496
202
-- 37,200
1/
l
[,
Total agricultural crop greater th~ and including commercial crop .
D. L~ FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
ARCHIE 1/lNGLEY Agricultural Statistician
.. U!UT.ED ST.A!rES - Gn--."ERAL -ORa.l? REPORt' AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1952
Most late growing crops i'Inpr.oved slightly. d~ring August although prospects for cotton and a few__
others declined. .As a result, the . ell-crop volume of production advanced slightly above the :
August llevel, .and nearly equelw the second largest of record. Harvest .of small grains was
practically completed, aided :by fa~:ra'ble weather. Fall work. was well advanced and some fell
grain had been seeded in the hope of obtaining early fall grazing, particularly in Kansas and the
South. Pat>ture condi tio:m., which usually is poorer than on August 1, had improved slightly on ,;
Septemb'et 1, .but 'vas still below average.
; ...
Corn prospects improved during August, chiefly in the western Coni 'Belt. 'Production is now for~:
cast at over 3 1 185 million bushels, nearly 50 million more th(m on August 1. Some late planted. corn in the Great Lakes area will need most of September to _reach maturity, but on the vlhole
crop is well advanced and promises to be of_good quality.
Production prospects improved during August for barley, flaxseed, rice, all hay, soyneans, pean~t potatoes, S'l:reetpotatoes, tobacco, sugarcane, sugar beets, broomcorn, hops and pecans. Estimate~ for oats, spring':\wheat and the various fruits changed very slightly. Besides the sharp cut of ~-6 per cent in cotton production, minor declines are shown fo~ sorghum grain, drJ bean~ and peasi.
With slight to significant improvement in outturns for the majority of the or~s more than off-..
setting the d~clines, the index of allooorop volume was raised slightly sinoa AUgust 1. It now .
becomes nearly 129 per cant of the 1923-32 base, almost as high as in 1949, but well below the
record 135 per cent in 1948, Only wint'er wheat and rice contribute record outturns to this total
The all wheut crop is second largest ever harvested. The corn crop is 4th largest, Among othe~'t
crops which are larger then average are cotton, ell hay, soyneans, tobacco, sugarcane, sugar :
beets, hops, grapes, cherries, cranberries, pecans and truck crops as a whole.
;~
.9!!!!.' The Nation's 1952 corn crop is forecast at 3,185 million bushels, an increase of almost ."
50 million bushels from the August 1 foreeast. The present estimate is 8 por cent above .
the 1951 crop of 2,941 million bushels and 6 per cent above the 1941-50 average. ~he current
crop is the fourth largest of record, being exceeded by the all-time record of 3,605 million
bushels produced in 1948, as well as by the 1946 and 1949 crops of about 3.2 billion bushels
each. The current yield is the second largest of record, exceeded only by the 42.5 bushels in :
1948.
.
PEANUTS& Production of peanuts for picking and threshing is estimated at 1,188 million pounds.' This is about 1 :(>Or cent more than the August 1 forecast but 29 per cont less then the
1951 production of 1,676 mUlion pounds, 42 per oent less than tho 10-yea.r average production end the smallest crop since' 1935, The acreage from Nhich the crop is expected to be harvested is . about 17 per cent less than in 1951, 43 per cent less than average and t.he smallest since 1937. Indicated yield of 714 pounds per acre is 117 pounds less then tho 195~ yield but is about averag
PECANS: The U. S. pecan crop is estimated at 125,566,000 pounds - 19 per cent less than last
year's crop but 2 per cent above average. Improved varieties total 59,910,000 pound~ -f 31 per cent less than in 1951 but 11 per cant above aver13ge. Wild and seedling pecans total !: 65,656,000 pounds - 4 :per cent less than last year and 5 per cent loss than average. Prospe.qts improved during August 1n the Cm-olinas, Georgia, Alabama., Louisiana EJnd Texas but declined in Florida and Oklahoma. Mississippi and Arkansas showed no change from August 1, All states ex~ pect crops above average except Florida, Arkansas, and Oklahoma..
Sl!ATE
Va..
N. C.
Ts.encn..
Ga. Flu. Ala. lv'J.ss.
.A.rk. La. Okla Tex.
H.uM. esx..
1,254 1,090
780 619 721 673 730
360 392 324
500 482 1,024
708
Pounds
1,600
1,330 700 810 900
831 .
1,450 1,250
'675 700 700
714
' Thousand Pounds
188,724 236,800
171,100
29s9,,479184
315,210 2,800
248,750 2,700
18,502 698,300
11,340 595,800
8, ,100
375,200 .- )
46,500
162,400
2,275
2,100
1,050
52,500
108,600
6,650
2,042,448 1,676,125
1,188,225
ST.A!rE
Ns..
C. c;:.
Ga. '
Fla.
Ala; .
Miss.
Ark. La. . Okla.
Teux.. s...
Ail Varieties - Production
Average 1941-50 1
1951
a
2,414
ThOusand ~ounds
'.'
2, 35
2,652
4,330
29,413
51,500
4,145
5,280
12,203
26,000
6, 939
13,600
3,950
5,350
10,805
15,700
19,660
25,000
30,415
5 700
123!206
154!895
Indicated 1952
' 2,470 3,432
37,200 3,264
12,600 7,200 3,000
16;000' . 8,100 31 500
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The drought situation which prevailed throughout the South and scattered portions Of
the E8st and Northeast through July was pretty well broken by early Auffust rains. R~infall since then has generally ranged from adequate to above normalo However, drought conditions still exist in parts of Texas and northern Louj.siana. Southern Illinois, parts of Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky were still on the dry side until late August and early September rains relieved this situation. In the Pacific Northwest rainfall in August was below normal but no prolonged spells of hot weather occurred to seriously damage truck crops. In California temperatures were below normal most of the first half of August but were above normal the last half and truck crops made
excellent progress the last two weeks. High day-time temperatures at month's end in the Northern San Joaquin and ~acramento Valleys did some damage to tomatoes.
SNAP BEflNS: Growing conditions in the eight late summer States have improved durirg the past month mainly as a result of August rains in areas which had
drought conditions earlier in the season. Production is now placed at 2,857,000 bushels - about 6 percent above the Au~Just 1 prospects. The present indicated prod.Jc~ tion is still 10 percent below last summer's late crop of 3,15'7,000 bushels and 19 percent below the 1941-50 average of 3,533,000 bushels. In Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee r~ins improved conditions during August and yields
are turning out much better than those expected a month ago.
CUCUMBERS: The acreage of early fall cucumbers available for harvest this year is estimated at 2,100 acres, 8 percent above a year ago and 35 percent above
the 10-year .average. Georgia is the only State in this group reporting a decline in acreage. Conditions on September 1 indicate an average yield of 118 bushels and a production of 319,000 bushe;Ls. This production, if realized, will be 18 percent greater than last year and 117 percent above average for the 1941-50 crops. In ~ Louisiana a few cucumbers were still being planted but most are up to a good stand. Shipments from early plantings are expected about mid-September.
Acreage and Indicated. Production of Specified Truck Crops for the 1952 Season with Comparisons 1/
CROP
ACREAGE
~ YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
AND
: 10-'r.:
:10-Yr:
10-Yr.:
STATE
:Average: 1951 Ind. : Av. : 1951 : Ind,:Average: 1951 Ind.
:1941-50:
1952 :41-50:
:1952 :1941-50:
1952
SNAP BEANS: Late Summer:
- - Acres Acres Acres - - Bushels -
- -- 1,000 Bushels - -
Prelim.
Alabama-------- 2,240 1,500 1,300 77 75 60 169 112
78
Georgia, North- 2,170 2,000 2,000 95 100 90 206 200
180
North Carolina- 6,030 5,000 4,500 103 105 90 619 525
405
Virginia------- 710 200 150 89 100 95
61 20
14
New York, Other 12,860 12,500 11,500 147 145 145 1,885 1,812 1,668
Michigan------- 3,100 3,200 3,100 86 100 110 268 320
341
Oolorado------- 1,100 550 600 141 150 150 156 82
90
Tennessee------ 1,400 750 900 126 Group Total-- 29,610 25,700 24,050 120
115 90 170 86 123 119 3,533 3,157
81 .. 2z857
cucm~mERs:
I
Early Fall:
Louisiana----- 1,020 900 1,100 89 70 110
92 63
121
Georgia-------
740
500
400 33
50 45
22 25
18
r * South Carolina 2/ 600 12100 1~_200 2[132 165 150 '2/ 83 {~ 182 Group Total 2,000 2,500 2, 700 73 * 108 118 :147 :<- 270
180 319
* Revised.
!/ The estimates shown in this report have not been revised on the basis of the 1950
Census of Agriculture. Revisions for indiv~dual years 1939-50, will be published
after December 17, 1952. ~ Short-time averages.
COID1ERCIA.t TRUCK CROPS FOR FRESH Y.u'I.EKET INDICATED ACREAGE -- 1953 WINTER SEt.SON
. .CABBAGE-: The. four wintet- producing States of California, Arizona, TeJ~:as al').d
Florida report intentions t6; plapt a 44 percent greater acreage than a
year earlier - 54,hOO acres .for 1953 compared with 37,900 acres for the 1952 winter
season and 55,490 acres the 1942-1951 average, Growers in all four States intend to
increase -their acreage this year, the increases ranging from 19 percent in Florida to 71 percent in Arizona" If these intentions to plant are carried through, the ' 1953 acreage will still be below average in all States except Florida -vrhere the . acreage intended is 17 percent above the 1942-51 average.
COMMERCIAL E!~RLY IRISH POTATOES: Intentions-to-plant reports indicate a "~>Tinter potato acreage in Florida and Texas of 13,300
acres, compared with 11,. 000 a.cres harvested in 1952 and the 1942-51 average of 10,910 acres, Florida growers are expected to increase acreage about one-fourth, but a further decline in the Texas acreage is expectedo
ACREb.GE OF THO COrvllVIERCIJ.L TRUCK cROPS FOR THE l953 WINTER SEi.SON,
- .
WITH COMPiJUSONS 1/ .
----------~ - '
'
~-----h~Cnru~ill~E~----~=~~Y.IE~LD~~PE~,R~A~C~RE~:~----P~R~OD_U~C~T~I~O~N----~
CROP
AND
STATE
t 10..:Yr :
:
: l~Yr, :
:lOYr.:
=Average:Revisedz Ind. : Av. : Revo Ind.: Av. .:Revised: .Ind.
:1942-5lt 1952
Harv. Harv. 1 cres Acres
1953 :h2-51 : '1952 1953:42-51 : 1952 1953
- - l Acres
-w Tons
-Tons
CABBAGE:
~vinter :
California----I;.rizona--------
5,020 3,700 4,700 8.8 11.0
1,310
700 '1,200 11.2 12,0
.. . .... '
4~,000 40,700 ,
14,600 8,hOO
I Texas----------- 33,400 18;0001 30,000 4. 7 5.0
Florida-------- 15,760 15,500 18;500 8.7 10.6
159,400 90,000 137.400 164.300
Group total--- 55,490 31J900 .54J400 6.h2 8.0
353,400 303,400
.
COMNERCifJ.L EhRLY IRISH POTiSOES i
- - Bushels
''
- - 1,000 bushels
Winter: _
-
~
-
- -- - -
Texas--- ------- 1;080
500
300 57 60
Florida-------Group total
9,830 10,~00 13_~000 10,910 11,000 13,300
193
lBO
230 .. 222
:
62
30
:
1,8'71 2,415
1,933
.2,445..
'. .
!/ The 10-year averages and the 1952 estimates,- shown in this report, have been .
revised on the basis of the 1950 Census of Agriculture, The 195) estimates are comparable with the revised lo-year averages and 1952 estimates. Revised estimates for the individual years, 193'9-501 w:Lll be published after Deoember 17, 1952. The revised 10-year averages and 1952 estimates, given in this report on 1953 crops, have not been included in the report on 19.52 crops ('I'C-.52: 901) .
D, L, FLOYD P.gricultural Statistician, In Charge
L, H. HJ.RRIS, J.R. Truck Crop Estimator
I
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FARM fRICE REPORT AS OF SEPT~ER 15, 1952
G.EOR~ 1 , Dur:i.ng the month ended September 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices
.,
Received by Georgia farmers advanced two percentage points, At the pres~
~nt level the Index is 285 per cent of the A,ugust 1909 - July !914 average,
,,
Individual c:ommodi ty prices fluctuated in an irr.egular pattern during the month, wl:th apparent c,lecreases in evidence for meat aniin?-ls, Irish and sweetpotatoes, cowp~as, afld soybeans.
Prices received for cotton and cottonseed advanced significantly. A sharp i~creasa in the Index for dairy products resulted from price increases for wholesale milk,
Contrasting price fluctuations we~e in evidence for chickens and eggs, with egg prices advancing, and all chic~en prices_off slightly from ~ast month's average.
UNITED STATES: ~he Index of Prices R9ceived by Farmers declined 7 points (2 per
cent) and the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers, including Interest,
Taxes, and Wage Rates declined 3 points (1 per cent) during the month endedSeptember-
15~ 1952, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics announced today. As a result the
Parity Ratio (Ratio of the Index of frices Received by Farmers to the Index ofPricea:
Paid by Farmers, including Interest, Taxes; and Wage Rates) declined f Tom 103 to lOt
.
1
The drop in the Index of Prices Reveived by Farmers resulted pri1~rily from lower prices for meat animals, commercial truck crops, potatoes, and deciduous fruits, which were offset on::(.y partially by increases in prices of dairy products, cotton, wheat_, . and eggs.
The decline in the Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and ~age Rates resulted mainly fro~ lower prices for feeder livestock, vegetables and meat, which over~-shadowed increases in prices of most feeds and of household furnishings.
Summary Table for the United States
- -.- - - - - Indexes
..--
-
;
-
- ... -
Sept.
1-5, -
- ...,. - -
1 Aug.
-15r,
-
1
---
Sept,
-15.-,
-
: -
-
- ~ ... - - - ... -
Record . high
-
--
a- 1910-14 :; 100 : 1951
1952 I 1952
:-Index- Date---.
----------~~-----~---~--~-~-~------~------
Prices Received
291
295
288
313
Feb, 1951
Parity Index 1/
282
287
284
289 ?/May 1952
Parity Rati~
103
103
101
122
Oct, 1946
f. L. FLOYD
Agricultu~atftatisticiap, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
.;.
co.~1DD _
verage
apt.
! ept. 1 verage- --, $ept ~ AUg,
Sept.
AND
Aug.1909..
15 1
16 : Aug.l909-- t 15 : 15
15'
-------~~.~T~IT~------r-J~ul~~19~1~4~r-~1~95~1~~:~. ~~-~~1~9~~~4,,_J~ul~~19~1~4,'~1~9~5~1l-~1~9~~-4~19~~~
Wheat, Bu.
$
1.24
2.11 : 2.09
i 2~20
.88
2.07 i 2.04
2.09
~orn,- - Bu.
$
.91
1.59 ! 1.97
1.97 ij
.6.4
1.65 ! 1~73 1.71
O~ts , Bu.
$
' ,67
1
1.01 I 1.04
j
1."13 1 - ..40
I
o78 1 ,80
Irish Potatoes, Bu. $
1'.12
S~eet Potatoes, Bu, .$
,83
1.9Q. . 3.00
3.00 .1.
.70
4.00,1 5,50
4 .. 35 '1
,88
1:23 2.78
1
2.87 I 4.10
../
2.24 3.35
Cotton, lb.
12.6
34.3 j 39,6
39.7 12.4
33,7 37.9
39.2
~~ttonseed , ton
Ha.y (baled), ton
I $
24.39
$
Hogs~ per cwt.
$ .
I Beef Cattle, ewt. $
7.33 3.87
63,00 1 65.00 25.40 1. 29.40 20.10 20.30
67,00 -11
I !.' 29,40
I 18.20
25,40 22.50 ?O 70 j
22~55
......
7.27
5.42
66.10 21.30 i 19.70
I 29,50
69.80
24~io
20.90
24.,90
69.60 25.00 19.10 23.80
Milk Cows, head Chickens, lb. Eggs, ~z. Butterfat, lb.
$ I
I
33.85
13~2
21~3
25.7
196.00 1189.00
27.9 30.2 62,0 ' I 55.0
! 58.0 58.0
183.00 1
I 30.3 I 57,0
58.0
48.00 11,4 21.5 26.3
250.00 .,242 .00
I1 25.2 26,5
55.0 48 .3
I! I 68.4
72.8
238.00 26,3 48.7 74.3
Milk (wholesale)
per 10~ J}
$
Cowpeas, Bu.
$
Soybeans, Bu.
$
2.43
6.30
6,40 4.90 3.25
I 6,70
1.60
.. 4,40
_,.
3.10
4.64 4,78
3. 791 4.33
2,59 3,05
5.03 4.24
2.83
Peanuts, lb.
5,0
4.8
11.0 1 10.9
11.1
i/ Prelimin~y for September 19~.
= INDEX NUMBERS OF PF.ICES REC'JcrVED BY FARMERS IN GEORGIA (August 1909 July 1~14 100)
All Commodities Cotton & Cottonseed Grains Meat Animals Dairy Products Chicken & Eggs Fruits Miscellaneous
Sept. 15,
-- - --- 1951
I 262
271 173 475 240
267 160 186
Revised
August 15, 1952
283 309 207 437 245 249 156 178
Sept. 15, 1$52
285 311 209 400 255 256 156 191
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE~B-10{52-3595 Fermi t No. 100
Penalty for privat~ use to avoid
payment of postage J300,
S ut r n c Li brary Sta te Co lege of Agr iculture
At hens, Ga. Req
':phe curren~- cotton prod~etion for Georgia is indicated .at 690,000 bales (500 pounds .
gross weight) according to October 1 prospects reported by Crop Correspondents to th(
Qeorgia Crop Reporting Service of the u. s. Department of ..Agriculture. This figure .
is unchanged from the forecast of September 1 and is 26 per cent below the 931,000 .
bales produced in 1951. Yield per acre is indicated at 240 pounds as compared with .
the record high yield of 317 pounds of last year and the 236 pounds for the ten yea~
(1941-.50) average.
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Due to a wide variation in the intensity of the drought prevailing during June and July, cotton yields are very spotted~ In some local areas l'lhere showers were re- qeived, yields are good, while in other sections yields are far below average.
Weather during September was especial~y favorable !or harvesting operations, and
farmers have used the short labor supply to the best possible advantage. One south-. ern county has brought in Mexican pickers and most sections are drawing on whatever ' town labor is available in trying to get the crop out of the field before bad weather. In the southern section of the state about 90 per cent of the crop had been ginn~d by October 1. In the central area close to 7.5 per cent had been ginned, and in the northern territory slightly more than half of the crop had been giru1ed.
The. Bureau of the Census reports l.l59, 000 running bales ginned to October l compared
with .585,000 ginned to the same date in 1951 and 300,000 to October 1, 1950.
D, L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, in Charge
ARCHIE. LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
GEORGIA MA.P SHOWING INDICATED PRODUCTION 19.52 AND FINAL PIWDUCTION FOR 1951 & 1950
19.52 production i 1nicated on October 1.
-STATE-
1952 - 690,000 19.51 .. 931,000 19.50 - 488,000
1952- 76,000 1951-104,000 19.50- 63,000
COLUMBUS
v.
lVJACON
,
~JGTI.S!A\
VI.
Districts shown are Crop Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts .---
\_
1952-108,000 J.951-168,._ 000 1950- 82,000
VII.
ALBANY 19.52~ 90,000
195'1-106, 000
1950- so,ooo
19.52-121,000 1951-167,000 1950- 71,000
VALDOSTA
SAVANNAH c';)r
IX.
1952-30,000 1951-36,000
I
D. 1950-13,000
1 11t '
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UNITED STATES :_ cOTTON RE~PORT AS oF o cTOBER 1,; 195.2 . ._ I
j .
The Crop-Reporting Board of the Bureau of Agric\lltural Economics makes the following
report from data ftiTni~h~d by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of
the Census; Productionand . Marketing Adininit?tration, and c(j)operating Stat_e agencies-
The fi~l outturn of cotton compared with this forecast _will depend upon whether the v~rious . influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the seas on .are more or
iess favorable than usual.
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-~ -- - - - : AcRE, ITE: .- OCTOBEi{ I :- 7 LINT-YIELD-Pjt:c :PRODUCTlON (GIN'NINGS)1:7:-CENsus.
: FOR : CONDITION : HARVESTED ACRE :500-lb.gross wt. bales:GINNINGS
: H.U\VEST:Aver~:--:- -::iver:::--:-- -:-Aver-:---:- l9~2 7PRIOR TO
STATE : 1952 : age : . . .:: : age ; .. . : 1952 : a ge : 1951 : Crop :10/1/52 : (PF.ELIM)l941.~:1951:1952 :1941-:1951: Indic. : 1941-: Crop : Indic. :
-=--:- -.=-- -=--:- :
:;1..950 : : :1950 : :Oct. l; 1950 .:
: Oct. l :
:-Thous::- -
-. ~:-Thous7Thous::-T'hous;: Tlious.-
: Acres : Pct.:Pct.:Pct.': Lb. :. LG~: Lb. : Bales:Bales ~ Bales : Bales
T- 1 . ~d~--- :9~ ~ -7~ - .:7- -8; T4~6- -3~2~ . -3;7- - ;6;1- -3~9~- -3;s--- ~3;-
va.
N. c.
E>';.:c.
a.a.. .
fl,~. .
22 693 .1,o6S .
.1_,382
- 52
-- -72 88 67. .. 86
67 . 83 72 .86
-- 364 357 79 341, 376 63 293 389
63 236' Jl7
81 1180 '250
I 327 . 1 .
346 270 1
240 21.19
21 . 523 651
686 13
. 14
54? ,. 871
931' 32
15
5
soo
145
6oo
312
6901' 459
27 -1:4-
.}fz~ ~~ s Ark.
!,a.
.1,~~~ 2,363
I 1,865
884
~~ 1 -~~
72 75 7l 73 67 82
~~ ~H .
79 333 70 339 80 . 290
~~~ ~~~ . ~~~ ~6~ :
329 366 _. 1 1,652 , 1,608 295 322 1 1,373 1,249 391 388 ' 524 760
~~
1,800 1,250
715
~i6
1,084 519 464
Olda.
I 1,100. 62 62 39 166 150 . 94 .. 455 462
2i5
64
Tex.
10,114 7l 63 61 183 !166 1171 3,020 1-l.,O?l.J. 3,600 1,562
=- =i1 N.M.
Abar~~zi.f.
Other 2/
1 296 86
~ !
666 1,399
15
1
~
89 92 --
80 84 91 --
93 485
91 489
91 --
~360960
415 705
62 14~06
~-~=s~
Am.!.E.!
Tex.
]_r:_
. 2:g.,~93 .J _!00.~ .I 34.o
~...1
I
=7~
_--.-:
~
_
]4=
.-:--__--.-:
2~7~6
3.Q8_
J336
271~
329_
373
4$6
157 273
300
31
757
25o 803 1,oso
91
652
627 11 765 1,900
84
= i!, 361
lh
8
ll
2
--=-- _ 3328Qo10~_2~.. I
?i~
_2'~B..9~_
1rr:1:.s_rIl,i-:178B.!..:274-
J:t;4])= _ 1 9.!.8_ '
_:7.0 [
~,]1~
---
J - &N~.~_M:. ----149!:.6~
J_:;- 1 .:...
-- . - .-
;:_-:;
-3~1~6:_- l~~0t
~29~46-
~1~~,1; [ ~t9l~;-5L- ~1o2.j0_ .
---
-=;=_-
i /: Allowances made for interstate movement of seed cot ton for ginning .
g/ Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
')/ Included in State ami Uni ted States totals,
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CROP REPORTING BOARD
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After Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
f
319 Extension. Building
~
Athens, Georgia
OFFICLiL BUSINESS
Form BAE-C-10/52-3,920
Permit No. 1001
,r
Penal~y for priva te use to avoid payment of postage ~::a oo .
(' t Cta L.
Req
rary
.lege of a ~ic ure Ga.
~eather conditions during Septembbr ~ave been unus~a lly good for harvesting crops
in most s ections o1"' the state o Total rainfall has be en verjr slight in north~rn ;'
pections, ~nd only sur~~c~ent showers f9r s atisfactqry progress of growing crops . '
in have fallen in other areas, wit-h ' the heaviest predpita i.on OCCl.lrring. in the. south"'
east. Cotton picking has proceeded ste'adily and is nlnios;t .complete e?Ctreme . ~outh~rn sections, and pi'~king from south to north. is :iri proportional :s;i:,ages' 'of: ad--;
vancement, with 'harvest more than h ?-lf finished . even in q.re a~ . of l at est matm:ity .
f he bulk of the peanut crop has been dug and stacked, and threshing operat~ons are ~
. .getting well under way. Harvest of corn and s~reetpot atoes is progressing satisfac-:
torily.. Hay crpps have b~ en saved in fine condition.
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r-- COR~f: 'l'~e October 1 . indicate9. product:i,on .of c..,. rn is the s ame a s ;for September .1.
. The ~stim:'lt e pia ces 'tota ~ produ~tion at ;3?1 079,000 bushe.ls, This is 29 .per
cent ;Less than the h9,~Jf>1 000 b~h e lS harvested in 1951 e.nd 32 per cent .bolo1.or the
:re cqrd 1949 production of .51,216jQGO' bushels. An indicat ed yie~d per acre of 11,.0 '
b' .'\~ ,fshels
is
5
b u s he l s ~
b~'Io~r ,.
l ast
s ea. son
and
is
the
l o we s t :'
y i e ].d
since
1941.
TOBACCO: Latest figures on total s al es and more :re c ent r eports from producers
have slightly lower ed the es t imat es of one month ago, Producti on is now
placed at The yield
1251 per
6201 000 at::re i~.
pounds . compar 1,100 poimds
ed with 1;371 3611 cor,npared. with 11
000 225
pounds produced in 1951. . . . .
last
yea;,
.:-.
PEANUTS; Favorabl~ weather . conditions. c;l1,1ring the l atter part of the grmving season~ :
a ' improveg_peanut prospects to greater extent than wa s evident on
'
September lo Production of .peanuts for picking and threshing is now estimat ed to .
be 402 1 0001 000 pounds, 'l'his is 33 . p~r c ent less than :the S95,8oo,ooopounds har~ : vested l ast s eason. 'l'he October 1 estimat ed yield per acr6 of 750 pounds, thougl;l .
SO pounds higher than indicated on September 1, is still the smallest 'yield since ~ :r- 1948. Yield last year was 900 pounds.
. . GE.OR.G IA
.
- - - - - - - - - , :A,_,C,.R.,."E"-:'J..:,,..G=E"'"".:---=y""r"".'t',.".=LD=-p=ER ACRE . : - )t'f=r'"._!'J"."""L.-f"".'R,.;.O,:=!DU~~Cm~lI~O~'7N ('.-:I:';~N,...."~i".:I~i(~)U~'SANi'5$
=: : --=- CROP
__ ____ _ ____ ...:..._
: (ooo) . : A ver~ ge:---.-eTndicat ed: A-ver:a ge
: . 1952 :194l~5o: 1951 : l 9S2 : l941-5o : 195. 1 __;,
_::.~-...,......:,_;.....;_:-___,~--,-_;._:.. .:_..~ - --
'
'
. '
I nctTca;t.e-d-- 1 95,2 . .
Corn ou.: .. 3189
:]..3.4 ~ 16.0 .
r Wheat bu.: . 122
12"6 j 18.5.
Oat~ .............pu.: Rye., ~bu,: .
459 :
7. i1
24.1
8.7
.. l1
26,0 J,l.o
Hay (. all) ., -.:ton: 884 .:1 o54 j ,~2
Toba cco( all) 1b,: 114~2 ~1 1033 11~
I POtatoes,Irish,bu.: ~
70 1 69
Potatoes ~S1.oreet, buo: 28 l 77
65
.11.0 l ' 44,673. 1''49;, 536
19. 0 . 1 32.0 '.
10,0 1
2,162 13,SQ9
. . -BS
: 1 1, 794 .1; 101 296
44
i1 ..
-1
I ,60
1100
.. 731
610 j
92,991
1
<1.371 361
i
75
11 217
483
70 ! 5, 781 11 625
35, 079. . 2,318 1 41 688
70
5~8
1251 620 -~ 450
11 960
Cotton...... ba les : 1382 ' 236 ,317
Peanuts (f or p:i.c:king: and threshi ng 1 lb,:
536
I~ -721
900
Peaches, total crop;
1
bu. );( ,..
Pears, total crop , :
I 240
1 686 . I 931
. .
.
690
750
1 698,300 !5951 800 r
402,000
I I 4,114
" 3 ,9 7)
II ,
2,496
bu.]/:
314
241 ..
221
Pecans lb. Pasture ,C ondition~
76 I 7l
73
29,44.3 II 51-.,-500
401 300
1/ Total agricult ural crop great er . than and including 1commercinl crop .
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Sta tistician, In Charge
HARRY A. WHITE Agricultural Statistician
UNITiill STATES .. GE.NE.RAL CROP REPORT AS OF OC'l'OBER 1, 1952
lmprovement in prospects for most principal late-growing crops during September in-
creased the prospective total crop volume nearlY 2 per. . cent. With a corn crop of
3.,251 million bushels in prospect-- second only to 1948-- the expected total volume
of crop production this year is the second largest of record, and only 3 per cent ~elow the peak in 1948.
~ostlY satisfactory to ideal conditions for maturing and harvesting crops during &eptember improved production prospects generally. Frosts occurred in only a few areas and resulted in relatively light local damage. Rapid progress lias made in har,~ vesting, reducing harvesting , losses. 'l'he extended growing season permitted even the .. - l:ate-planted flax, corn and other crops to mature and to improve yields . Thus, ~hile \ improvement in prospects varied from sligh~ to significant, b,y crops, it was .
~ather general. On the other hand, the lack of September rainfall has been tmfavor~
CJ.ble for fall seeding of wheat and other grains, particularly in the southern Great ~,
P;lains and parts .Qf the Pacific Northwest.
Qur~ent .estimates indicate irriprovem~nt in prospects since September 1 for .corn, all .
hay I cotton, spring wheat 1 oats 1 barleyI .rice .t flaxseed, sugar beets 1 peanuts .t potatoes, sweetpot.atoes, tobacco, dry beans, peaches, pears, grapes and pecans. The
only crops with p9o;rer prospects were . sorghum gratn, sugarcane, apples and cran-
~erries. No new estimates were made this month for winter wheatl rye, .dry peas, nor;
Qroomcorn.
. .:
coRN: Corn production prospects improved not only in quantity, but also in quality.~ --- Production of corn f o:r all pu.rpos es is nov1 expected to be 3, 2S7 million bushe;I.~
, compared with 21 941 million a year ago and the 194l...SO average of 31 012 million. A' : net gain of 71 million bushels during September has raised this year's production
outlook enough to make it the second -largest of record, although still 349 million bushels below the a~-time high of 3,60~ million bushels produced in 1948. Current
indic_ations suggest a yield of 39.6 bushels ~er acre1 second only to the record high of 42.S bushels produced in 1948~ Last year s yield was 36.2 bushels and .the 1o-
year average is 34o7 bushelso
WHEAT: Production of all wheat is estimated at 11 299 million bushels. This crop, the second largest of record, is 311 million bushels larger than the l9Sl.
crop and exceeds the average b,y 2l4 million bushels. Weather generally favored harvest operations during September and except for small quantities of g~ain in the shock in a.._few areas the 1952 wheat harvest is complete . - .l'his..- year's .total production consists of a winter wheat crop of 1)063 million bushels for which the last
esttmate was made August 1, plus a spring whea~ crop currently estimated at 236
million bushels~
PEANUTS: Production of peanuts for picking and threshing is estimated at 11 225
million pounds o This is an increase of 3 per cent from the September l ~stimate but 27 per cent less than the 11 676 million pounds harvested in 19Sl, 40 per cent less than the lO"year average of 21 042 million pounds and the smalle~t cr~p since 1939. The increase in indicated production from last month in the :i)nportant producing States of Virginia, Georgia, .Florida and Alabama more than offset decreasec
prospects in Oklahoma and Texas wh~re drought corrlition8 cont~nued in~o September~
PECANS: Prospects for pecan production iffiproved slightly during September and the
per
c~nt
total crop is from the 1951
estimate
crop of
d n
at ear
l
127,2S61 ooo
y 15? millio
pounds. n pounds,
This but
is is
a 3
reduction of 18 per cent above
average. Improved vn:rieties, amoUlfting to 64,187;000 pounds, are 26 per cent below
1951 and Seedlings and Wild pecans, at 63,0691 000 pounds, are 8 per cent less than
last year. Prospects in Sep~embe~ improved in the important producing S~a~es of
Georgia1 Texas, and Alabama, but expects less than 20 per cent Qf
showed another sharp its 19Sl product~on.
drop in Oklahoma . Oklahoma nollLouisiana ' pr6ductiop at 15.4
million pounds is only slightlY below l9Sl but is 43 per c~nt ' above average. In
.o:ther States~ the crop _is ,a~l.J..er thall l~t.. ~ear..
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Aft-er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 ~tension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS Form BAE~-io/52-h,~l6 Permit No. 1001
I
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.
' '
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y
Sta te Co... _e of '"wricL t ~e
Ath - s ,
Req,
-~, thens, Georgia
.,
; AVERAGE PRICES PAID GEORGIA TIMBER PRODUCERS FOR STANDING TIMBER AND SAWLOGS
(As of September 15, 1952)
Georgia timber pri ces on September 15 of this year showed mostly decreases from .June 15 for all varieties of standing timber except pine. A slight i ncrease was reported for this variety. Apparently the general upward price trend of the past year for the other varieties has been halted for the time bei ng at le ast. This .quarterly report is based on prevailing prices of st<mding timber and sawlogs as ' reported by sawmill operators over the state.
Decreases in state average pri<;es reported on September 15 compared :with June
prices by kinds of standing timber are: gum 7 %, red oak 4 %, and white oak 2 %.
Pine showed 3 % above the previous date while poplar was unchanged. Price com-
parisons of sawlogs at saw mills or local deli very points were: l %off for gums
: and poplar, 1 %up for white oak, and 2 %more for pine. Red oak was unchanged.
Any changes since September 15 are not reflected in this report. Data on price s QY kinds of timber were tabulated by forestry areas of which there are five in the
state (see accompanying map). There are various lumber scale standards used in buying timber but the Doyle scale .is the one most commonly used in Ge or gi a so all prices quoted in the accompanying table are in terms of this scale, In many individual cases the prices paid timber producers varied consider ably from aver ages shown, depending . upon such f C! ctors a.s quality, size, and l~c ation.
Acknowledgement is made to those sawmill operators whose cooperation has made these reports p.o.ssibl.e nis w-Hb-be--the aa-t -4.-&s-ue ,a.-le-ss a- su-f fici-ent ml:i'nPe-P- &f- r equests are received for the price information to justify the report being continued,
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In ChArge
H.ARRY A WHITE Agricultura~ St atistician
Return After Five Days to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS
Form BAE-10/52 - 1,655 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of post age $300,
Sou h r n c 1 i rary
S ta~ Co le o e of
Athens, Ga . Re q
cu ure
UNITit.D S'l'ATFB - GENERAL CROP FlliPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1952
lmprovement in prospects for most principal late-growing crops during September in- creased the prospective total crop volume nearlY 2 per. . cent. With a corn crop of 3,257 million bushels in prospect-- second only to 1948-- the expected total volume of crop production this year 'is the second largest of record, and only 3 per cent 9e1ow the peak in 1948.
~ostlY satisfactory to ideal conditions for maturing and harvesting crops during aeptember improved production prospects generally. Frosts occurred in only a few B:reas and resulted in relatively light local damage. Rapid progress 't'las made in har... vesting, reducing harvesting , losses. The extended growing season permitted even the .. -l ate-pJ,.anted flax, corn and other crops to mature and to improve yields . Thus,
~hile ~ improvement in prospects varied from sligh~ to significant, qy crops, it was .
~ather general. On the other hand, the lack of September rainfall has been unfavor~
ej.ble for fall seeding of wheat and other grains, particularly in the southe.rn Great i-
P:lains and parts .Qf the Pacific Northwest.
qurrent .estimates indicate irriprovement in prospects since September 1 for .corn, all .
hay, cotton, spring wheat, oats, barley, rice, flaxseed, sugar beets, p~anuts,
potatoes, sweetpot.atoes, tobacco, dry beans, peaches, pears, grapes and pecans. The
qn]Vr crops with poorer prospects were . sorghum grain, sugarcane, apples and cran-
berries. No new estimates were made this month for winter wheatl rye, dry peas, nor
r;roomcorn.
<.'
~: Corn production p:rospects improved .not onlY in quantity, but also i~ quality.~
Production of corn for all purposes is nov1 expected to be 31 257 million bushe;Ls compared with 2,941 million a year ago and the 1941--50 average of 3,012 million~ A ~
net gain of 71 million bushels during September has raised this year's production
outlook enough to make it the second .largest of record, although still 349 million
bushels below the al,l-time high of 3,60$ million bushels produced in 1948. Current
indic.ations suggest a yield of 39.6 bushels ~er ~crei second only to the record high
of 42.5 bushels produced in 1948" Last year s yield was 36.2 bushels and .the 10-
year average is 34.7 bushelso
WHEAT: Production of all wheat is estimated at 11 299 million bushels. This crop, ----- the second largest Of record, is 311 Inillion bushels larger than the 1951.
crop and exceeds the averag~ b,r 2l4 million bushels. Weather generally f avored har-
vest operations during September and except for small qu!ifltities of grain in the
shock in a._Jew areas the 1952 wheat harvest is comple.te-. This year-'s total produc-
tion consists estimate was
of a winter wheat made August 1, plus
caropsporifn1g)0w6h3eamt iclrloiopncbuurrsehnetllsYf
or which the estimated at
last 236
million bushels~
PEANUTS: Productibn of peanuts for picking and threshing is estimated at 1,225 million poundso This ~s an increase of 3 per cent from the September l
sstimate but 27 per cent less than the 11 676 million pounds harvested in 1951, 40
per cent less than the lO~year average of 21 042 million pounds and the smalle~t cr~p since 1939. The increase in indicated production from last month in the :i)nportant producing States of Virginia, Georgia, ..F'lorida and Alabama more than offse~ decreasec prospects in Oklahoma and Texas wh~re drought corrlition5 continued in~o September~
PECANS: Prospects for pecan production iffiproved slightlY during September and the
per
c ~nt
total c~op is from the 1951
e c
rsotipmoaftedneaatrly12175,2?5m61i0l0l0io
pounds. n pound~,
This but
is is
a 3
reduction of 18 per cent above
average. Improved varieties, amour}ting to 64,187;000 pounds, are 26 per cent below
l951 and Seedlings and Wild pecans, at 63,069;000 pounds, are 8 per cent less than
l ast year. Prospects in Sep~embe~ improved in the important producing S~a~es of
Georgia1 Texas, and Alabama, but expects less than 20 per cent a(
showed another sharp its 1951 product~on.
drop in Oklahoma . Oklahoma no~ Louisiana ' pr6duction at 15.4
million pounds is only slightly below l951 but is 43 per c~nt ' above average. I n
.other Stat es_, the crop _is lllfl.-ll.er than l g.s_t l':ear
_ _ __
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I
After Fi ve Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Ec9nomics 319 Eoctension Building
Athens, Georgia OFFIC IAL BUSINESS Form BAE~-1o/S2-h,~16 Permit No. 1001
I
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $)00.
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Georgia timber pri ces on September 15 of this year showed mostly decreases from .June 15 for all varieties of standing timber except pine. A slight increase was reported for this variety. Apparently the general upward price trend of the past year for the other varieties has been halted for the time bei ng at le ast. This .quarterly report is based on prevailing prices of st<mding timber and sawlogs as ' reported by sawmill operators over the state.
Decreases in state average priQes reported on September 15 compared ~ith June
prices by kinds of standing timber are: gum 7 %, red oak 4 %, and white oak 2 %.
Pine showed 3 %above the previous date while poplar was unchanged. Price com-
parisons of sawlogs at saw mills or local deli very point~ were: l %off for gums
: and poplar, 1 %up for white oak, and 2 %more for pine. Red oak was unchanged.
Any changes since September 15 are not r~flected in this report. Data on prices QY kinds of timber were tabulated by f orestry areas of which there are five in the
state (see accompanying map). There are various lumber scale standards used in buying timber but the Doyle scale js the one most commonly used in Ge or gi a so all prices quoted in the accompanying table are in terms of this scale, In many individual cases the prices paid timber producers varied consider ably from averages shown, dependirtg . upon such f8ctors as quality, size, and l?cation.
Acknowledgement is made to those sawmill operators whose cooperation has made these reports p.ossi-ble 11 hi-s w-il be--the ast -4-&sue Rless a su-f-ficieRt nu."ll'Pe-P-o.f- requests are received for the price information to justify the report being continued.
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In ChArge
HARR Y A. 'hTHITE AgriculturaY St atistician
Return After Five Days to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of ft gricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIPL BUSINESS
Form BAE-l0/52 - 1,655 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of post age $)00.
Sou h
C.1 i rary
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Stu.,~ olJ e.;e of
s , Ga .
cu ure
Req
G :OHG I -.
;\ve rage Prices ? eid ._for :J t ::: ndin ~_; 'i'i rrber and ~) a.'1 1oc;s 1;e live:-ed at locul .1-oints . *
( t<e p orted b~' Su'"!.,ill Cr~)erators as of :-'eb. 15., June 15 and September 15, l ~ o2)
Kind of
Tfmber
l ipe
I -.
,.,
,_r'rices for 3ta nd in:; Ti .:be r (fer 1.,000 3d. Ft. 11o_v le 6 c o. le) .
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15 15 15 15 ., 15 15 15 15 . I 15
F'eb , 15
state June
!
Sept
15 15
'! I 1fl52
1S52 1- 1 ~ 52 i 1 95 2 I 1952 1952 11952 11952 j1952 1 1 ~ 52 1952 ~ ~-~~5_2~1j_1_9~5_2_.11_~~5~2-+__1_9~5~2_j~1_9~5r21~1_9~br2~
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23.50 23.75 24.oo 2 4~oo 25.so z .; . so 2:::: .oo 24.50 25.25 2o.oo 20 . 25 21.75 11.co 16 . 50 zo.5o
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21.75 2 3. 25 24 .oo
;{ed Oak
. I 12.75 12.75 12.oo 11.75 __13.oo 12.50 -ll .75 13.oo 13~oo 1::s.2s I ~_t.oo 13.50 12.oo 14.00 14.oo
5? I
.. h.itey.O!:;;.J.c..-..~ 14.00 14.00 1~.25 13.0<D '13.50 13. 112.50 13.75 13.75 15..00 15.50 15.25 13.00 15.00 15.00
12.25 13. 50 1::>.oo, LS . 5 0 14.50 14.25
!12. 16.75 17.00 .16.00 13.50 16~00 15.00
I
75 13.50 13.50112,00 12.25 12.00 11.00 12.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 13.oo 1
r' op1ar
18,~9,50 I . f - 22.00 2~.25 22.00 20.50 21.50 20. 5.0 l20. 50 20.50 21.00 1s.co 1e ,oo 10 .~6.oo 18.00
I
20 . CO
I
20.00
1~ind
of Timber
F ine
:
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L'r1ces .Cor 3 awlog s at J:.oc13- l fe liver_v Point*
(~~~ 1,000 Bd. Vt. lp~le Sce1e)
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4a.5o
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48.50
$ I 47.oo
4 ~0j .2s
). ! $
49.so147.oo
~
47.oo
~
47 . 5o
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39.50
~
3s.oo
~
1o.oo
~
36.25
~
39.co
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4o.oo
I
I
St ate
Red Oak
! _.~ hi te Oak
36,00 36.00 36.00 35.- 0~ 36.00 35.00133.50 33.00 33 .00 31.00 30.00 30.00 ~0.25 32.00 01.00 33.00 33.00 33.00
36. [)0 37.00 3s.oo 36.00 36.50 36.ooi3t1. oo 33.00 34.oo 33.00 31.00 ::s2 .00 34.00 35.00 34.00 1 35.00 33.50 ~4.00
_________ __ _ I' C~ ~,, :' RT if'r~ !;S I :. i.:._; -; C-~G IJ.
Gum
1:-'oplar
*
40 .00 43.00 40.00 41.00 42.50 42 . 00137.50 37.00 37.50 29, 50 30.00 27.00 25 .00 27.00 27.00
~ 7.oOJ46.00 ,~6 ~'- ~(.! 4c:,oo 'J': 9- .oo 4 "' .00 't'7.00 4'--'.00; -
-:1
15 e oo -.: e oo vV oo oo .L;Oo vUe oo vLcv:. oo 36 o oo 3cv:. oo
_.'.t loca.1 -~ . 1 . S idin -:~ or at ~ a' mill.
35 . 00 67.00 36.50 44.50 45,00 44.50
GEOR_GIA: During the month ended Octoper 15, loi-:Je::: Dr-i :-:es for cotton lintJ meat a:njm:~.J r.;,, corn, sw eer.1.1 0'v~.t oc s,- and chic ~re u:-; c .. r. ~,-:-: j,,;:~ei l .:F'g3J:y- :, ca. de~
cline cf ll p o :.L~s in the aJ.l ;;omctdlty ;index o.f J,1't r:-:.:.: r Hcr:l i.',; eJ by G,:. ,, t ~; a .~armers~
At the pre;.;er10 :.e:rel the index is 2?4 per cent t thE' .:,ugus't ::.909 ... .; t..' t;; 19l.4
average anu 9 l)Ci:lts above the incte;x: f nr the cor r e3p una.!.ng period a year ago ,
Pric8s received for oats, cottonst'l'ed.,. re~UN-t.e1 and egg>~ advanced dur:Lng the month, and a significant shift tn a higher level was in evide:1ce f o:c wholesale milk pr"l.,;es
UNITED STATES: Price declines d1,U'1'Yli ~. ~h ell(ie{'\ October 15 for meat animals, cottnn, corn, chickens, .... potatoes, offset only in part by higher
prices for milk, eggs, and fruits, were mainlY responsible for a 6 pcint - 2 per
cent -drop in the Index of Prioes Received ~J Farmers tG 282.
During the same period, lower average prices paid b,y farmers for feed, food, feeder livestock, and motor supplies, tqgether with a continued dnwnturn in seasonally adjusted farm wage rates, lowered the Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates to 282 - 3 points or 1 per cent down from the revised September level.
With both the Index of Prices Received by Farmers and the Index of Pritas Paid,
Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates at 282 per cent of the 1910-14 level, the Parity Ratio stands at an even 100 per cent, down one point from September, at the same level as the average for 19501 but 7 points below the 1951 average.
__ .________ ~ _ 2~!!tz !,a,!21~,...n! !h~ Qni,d_S!a!e. ____ -:- _____ _
Indexes : Oct. 1?, : Sept. 1?, : Oct. 1?, :
Reco~ H1gh
1910-14:100 : 1951 : 1952 s 1952 :- -Ind~x- -:- - - Date- - -
1/ y - Pr- ic- es-R-ec-ei- ve- d --~- 29- 6 ----2- 88---~-2-82~-----3-1.3----F-e- b. -19-51-~
Parity Index
283
285
282
' 289
May 1952
Parity Ratio
105
101
100
122
Oct. 1946
1<--P-ri- ce- s - Pa-id-, -In-te-re-st-, - Ta-xe-s,-a- nd-W-ag-e -R- ate-s.-~---------------
1 Also April 1952
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
liOML.UJJlTY
. AND
UNIT
PRICES :RECEIVED BY r~S QOlOBER 15, 1S52 WITH COMPARISONS
r..-w.m<r rA
UNITED Sl'AT!:S
.a.ver~e
~.
Aug. 1009- 15
July 1914 1951
::u vet. 15 1~
Avere.ge) u~.
J~lv 11990149
15 1951
-sept 15 1952
Wheat, Bu,
$ 1.24
2.?2.. 2,20 2,20
.88 2.10 2.09
Corn, Bu.
$
.91
1.56 lo97 1,76
.64 1.64 1.71
Oats, Bu.
$
.67
Irish Potatoes, Bu. $ 1.12
* Sweet Potatoes, Bu.
Cotton, Ih,
.83 12e6
1.15 2.00 3.35 35.5
1.p 3,00 4.35
-
39.7
1.17 3.00 3;35 37.3
.40 70
.sa
12.4
,82 1.39 2.;71 36,2
.84 2.;22 3o35 392
Cottonseed, Ton Hay (baled), Ton
Hogs, per cwt.
$ 24.39
$ --
$ 7.33
65,00 24.50 20o00
6700 2940 16.20
68;00 28.30 19.10
22,55
--
7;,27
69.90 21.;90 20.30
69.60 25;,00 19.;10
Beef Cattle, cwt.
$
3.;87
2540 20,70 19;,30
5.42 29.00 23.;80
Milk Cows. head, Chickens, Lb.
$ 33.85 13.2
190,00 183.00 175.00
......
30.l 27.6
48,00 253;,00 238.;00 ll.4 24;,2 26.3
Eggs, Doz.
21.3
64,5 57.0 58. 0
21.5 55.6 48.7
Butterfat, Lb,
25.7
58.0
68~0 58.0
26.3 69.9 74.3
Milk (wholelJe) per 100# 1
Cowpeas, Bu. Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, Lb.
$ 2.42
$ --
$ --
5.0
6.45 3.75 3.25 10.0
6.75 4,40 3.10 10.0
6.95 4.05 3.00 10.5
1.60 4.89 5.07
.... 3.73 4.24
-
2.62 2.83
4.a 10.4 11.1
}) Preliminary for Oct~ber 1952
vet. 15
1952 2.07 1.53
~-
2.11 2.94 37. 0 70 , 70 25 . 60 18. 60 22.00 228.00 24.2 50.4 73.5
5.30
-
2. 71 11.1
DTDEJC Nmt.BERS OF PRICES R:El:EIVED BY 7J.RME:RS IN GEORGIA (August 1909 - July 19l4 " 100)
Oct. 15, 1951
Sept. 15, 1952
All Commodities
Cotton &Cottonseed
Grains Meat Animals Dairy Products Chickens & Eggs Fruits Miscellaneous
265
285
481
311
173
209
449.
400
242
256.
269.
256
134
156
178
194
Oct. 15 1952
274 294 191 367 259 253 199 193
Revised.
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau ~'Of Agricu1 tural Economics 319 Extsnsfon BUilding Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Form BAE-B-1U/523t818
Permit No. l<lbl
Penalty for private use to ~id payment of postage $300.
Sout r anch Library Sta te Co ~ ege of Agrculture
At hens, Ga.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COlLEC,E. OF AC.RICULTURE.
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AGRICU i,..TUR.AL (.CONOMICS . :
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~~nens, Ga.
GEORGIA. 1951 CASH FARM INCOME SETS ALL-TIME RECORD
. Nov. -+9$2 ;
ORIGINlr~ .. (BECAUSE OF AN ERROR IN THE 19SO car'!' ON FIGURES C{)NTA INED IN THE
.;
RELEASE, ~'His REPORT-REPIAC~ID. ONE ISSUED BY TH:CS OFFICE IN SEF1'LMBER)" .
Cash income '(including Governrnept payments) of Georgi; farmers set an all-t~e- - ;ecord
f .or 1951 by amounting t_o__$627,4771 000, a _lJ.c9 per
li gure of $5281 7981 000 reported for 1950 and 55.6
cent increase over .the r evised -
above 1rhe ten-year average Or 1941 !
i::prough 1950o
.
.
Ip recent years l~vestock has become of increasing importance as a source of farm in~
c p~e, with income from crops showing a correspond~g decline. This trend was exte~
through 1951, livestock and livestock products having, accounted for. 38.1 per cent of r_ tptal cash income, -and income from crops . ammmtilf,g to 60.5 per cent! Comparable per~
c,ntages
:
for
l-950
were
63s.2
and. 34.8,
respe.c. tively.
,
.~
I~ the crop group cotton 'and cottonseed again ranked fir.st in contributing 26.1 per ;_
Incent of total cash income, followed in orde:r by tobacco (10112%) and peai:mts (8. 7%). the livestock group commercial broilers led with l0o9 per cent of total cash in-
c.ome, followed in oroer by hogs (8.9%), dairy products (6.5%), and catt;I.e and c'alves .
' ' 9%) .
. ~
. .
The percentage of cash inpome contributed by commodities for 1951 and 1950, r espec-
tively, are as follows.; - All Crops, 60a5 and 63.2; Livestock and Livestock Products, -
38...1 and 34"8; Government Payments, 1.4 and 2o0; Cotton, 26.1 and 2lo9; Peanuts,
8~7 ~7
and and
l3'rl; Tobacco,. _10.2 and
3.0; Corn, 1.4 and 1.9;
9.6;
Othe
Truck r Crop
Crops s, 9.3
1
2.1 and and 10.8;
3.,0; Fruit Hogs, 8~9
and and
PecansJ
8.3; Com-
m~rcial Broilers, 10.9 and 8.6; _Cattle and Calves~ 5.9 and 6.1; Dairy Products, 6a5
and 6.9; Eggs, 4.3 and 3.4; and other Live:Jtock, 1.6 and 1.4.
. ;
- OF DISTRIBUTION .,.
1951 .CA.S...H. I. N. C0-.!1E FRON- ...G.EO.R.. GI.A' .CR..OP.S. AN. D.-L.I.V....E...S., T.. O- C. K... '
- ----..."""'
Hog s 8 .9%
"\ '
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\
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'I
r
* Government Payments $8,634,000
- (Over) -
CASH FAR.'il I NCm1E FOR GEORGif.l.
l CROPS .:
Potton ~nt
801151
19h9
(Thous.arrl Dollars) ----- - ---- '"" ~------
121,966. 116,841 991 077 101, 630 141,663
cotton Seed .
11, o;4 11, 220 1?~000 9,978 14, 092
221135
..
P.eanuts
91, 185 .139-,186 133,841 109,055 115,722 .
57 , .o64 72,076 60,,707 601786 691 2.57
163,798 ~ 54,692
Tobacco .
491083 50, 66?
6h , l 81
F~uits and Pecans
22,454 161080
,Truck Crops
. 21,450 . . 16, $03
Corn
8,761 10,613
' '.. A.ll Qther .cr.ops
421937
. .- ~----.,....;.....----:----~---.,..-.-
. TOTAL CROPS
- - - - 2_92,197 356;141.
,
.
LIVESTOCK .'
13,442 .. 19,536 11,939
1),718
I
151774 10~ 1~09 . 10, 075
171162 12, 98.5
37 , .89!3 57,076
'
~~
350,318 291,727 .3J4 .,291 379,909
----- -----------
Hogs Cattle and Calves Daj_ry 'Products
,. . 291987
21~.5 84
25,520
491956 27,778
46,353 37,582
29,033 . 3;t,45o
41,021 ..221 658
33,1~.54
43, 896. 32,441
3 6 ~836
.5.5, 707 36,930 401772
Cornm~rcia.l Broilers
Ot~1er Chicl~~ns
Turkeys Eggs
20/1.71 71 227
11053 13,6.56
24,191 . 6~646 1 1 286 16,833
291 108 5,963 1,196 16,5.50
32, '; 77 3,838 11 620 17,499
4.5 j433 3,872 ' 11971 17,922
681.530 3,693 ' 3,799 27,038
Other
1,414 1,568 1,.598 21 677 1,.5.56
2,46.5
TOTAL LIVESTOCK &
UVESTOCK PRODUCTS
120, 612 1.57,291 . 169,800 1.55,944 183, 927
Government Payments
7,412
6,395 5,903 10, .500
8, 634
WTM~ CASH I NCO:rvill: OF CROPS, .'
~IV.t!:STOCK .& GOV. PAYl''iENTS 420,221 .52.11 974 )2 6_:.513 4.53, 574 5281798
:::-_.-_:=======-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=:::;::=-=-=-=-=----
HOI1r~ CONSUh PT I ON
Crops
48, 689 .56,917 1.6, 837 40,071 3.5, 791
Livestock
78,932 93,443 93,030 8.5,038 6.5,390
TO~rAL TNCOHE I NCLUD ING HOHE C ONS U1VIF'l' :i~
Cr ops
341, oa6 h13,"058
Livestock All Cornmodities
199,544 250,73h 540.~ 630 663;792
396,155 262 ,!330 6.58,985
331,7 98 37 o,o82 240,982 2h9,317 572,780 61 9,399
36,611 73, 849
-
hl6, 520
312~ 783 72 91303
TO':..'&~L' INCOHE, ALL
U0l'l11i0DITIES & GOV. P.P:n 1ENTS
548 .~612
!/ Revi sed. ~/ Preliminary.
672,334
665,380
.'578,683 629, 979
737, 937
D. L. FLOYD Agri cultural Stati sti cian, In Charge
HAF.RY A VVFTI'rE
Agl~ic ultura1 Stat i sti c ian
/
GEORGIA ... NOVEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT
' . ..
G~orgia 195~ cotton pro~uction was indi~ated at about 720,000 bales ( 500 pounds gross weight), aGe.erE&ng to November l information gathered .by the Ge.orgia Crop Reporting Service of the United States Department of Agriculture;. Thi s foreca st ts a 30,000 bale increase from the corresponding fi gure of the pa st two .months as with the advance1nent of . t~e-ginning season the crop in ~orne areas is exceeding earlier
~oe ctations. This is esped.ally true in the northern part of the State and in some
afeas of lower Piedmont territory, Current indicated production is 23 percent below the 1951 final figure of' 931 ,000 bales but is 5 percent above the 10-year average (1941-50) of 686,000. 'Indicated yield of lint per acre of 250 pounds compares with .
tre all time high of 317 pounds in 1951 and the 10-year average yield of 236 pounds, :
'I'he prolqpg~d dry weather of the entire fall has been almost ideal for getting the crop out in excellent shape. This has enabled farmers to utilize the limited labor supply to good advantage so that on report da.te the crop was pr ac tically all picked , in all but a few northern counties. Percentage of crop ;reported ginned on November l was the highest in a nqmber of years ,
The Bureau of Census reports November -1 ginnings at 661 ,000 run~ing bales compared
with respe ctive ginnings in 1951 and 1950 of 836,000 and 429,000 bales ,
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FlOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
-G-EORG. IA
MAP
.
SHOWING
.
INDICt TED
PRODUC--T--ION
1952
AND
FINAL
PRODUCTION
F'OR
1 95 1
AN-D
1--9)C-
\ 1952-66,000 }:__:, ~-J-o~-;u~: .. ~-~-..,.,
1952 production indicated on
'\ 19)1-50,000 / 1 95 0 - 2 6 , 0 0 0(
i.
_
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N ovember 1.
. 1952-57 ,000 . III .
r ( \ - ROM-E .
\I 1951;...)3,000 '(', 19$0-38,000 :
ELB~'~--T:O-,_ ,N
-STATE1952 - 720 , 000 . 1951 - 931, 000
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1. 9 ~2-47,~000
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Districts shown are Cr op H.eporting Districts a nd NOT Congre ssiona l Distr icts . -
V
;./'AUGUSTA -.-...-\.-
IV.
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1 . 1952- 80,000 (/
1951-104 ,000 .
MACON
\\ VI. .
" 1, \__
1 950- 63,000; . - -
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l9)2-l26,000 1951-189,000
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The Crop R13porting Board of the Bureau of AgricUltural Economics makes the f ollowing report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of the' Census, Production and Marketing Administration, and cooperating 5tate agencies. 1he final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the various influence's affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more o~ l~ss favorable ~han usual.
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HARVESTED ACRE
500-lbo gross wt. bales :GIN-
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1951 : Crop :To NOV.
STATE
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Nov. 1
1950
Nov. 1:- - -
Thous. : acres :
Lb.
Lb.
Thous. Thous, Thous. =Thous. bales bales bales =bales
Missouri
I 490 ' 4o6 302
I 372
3Ee
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Virginia
I 22. 364 357
436
21 I
14
20 ! 13
I N. Carolina
s. Carolina
693 341 376 1,065 293 389
381 293
523 651
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542 871
550 ,. 402
650
544
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Florida
I 52 180 250
268
13
32
29 J
16.
Tennessee Alabama
Mississippi
I I I
814 1,473
2,363
I 373 277 333
334 299
329
348 1 549
292
899
383 1,652
534 .909
1,608
590 ' 5o6
895
819
11 885 1,669
Arkansas
1, 865 339 295
335 1,373
1,249 1,300 1,082
Louisiana
Oklahoma Texas New Mexico
I ~,180804
10,114 296
1 290 166
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183 h85
" 391 1
150 I 166 415 .
402
524
109 I 455
174 3,020
503
157
760
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462 4,074
f;
273
740
669
250 ' 208
3, 660 2,600
.'310
181:
Arizona California
666 489 705
1,399
1 1
606
640
I 757
250
640 I 627
803 1, 050 1 . 331 1,765 1, 865 ,. 767.
Other States ~~ 15 390 246
353
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11
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;J Amer. Egypt. l_ll00.8 , 308 359
385
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New Mexieo
19.6 316 280
294
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46.0 283 393
417 Jl 18:3 I 19.7 1 40.0
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300
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2/ Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
]/ Included in State and United States totals,
CROP REPORTING BOARD
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building .A t hens, Georgia
OFFIC I ~ L BUSI NESS Form B.AE-C-11/52 - ~,804 Permit No. 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $JOQ.
So t h Branch Library
Sta e C ll ge of . griculture thens, Ga.
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unusually, dry WGat}Jer throughout October wa s very favor able for harvesting. crops-.
Cotton --picking l.-i3 - about- over inall are As,. c-orn hArve st is well under way, d.i gg:l.ng
<;'f SWeet p0t9t0.CS is: almost finished, and .picking . and threshi ng of peP.ntits ,.ar e Well':.
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LacK. of moisture has greatly r et arded the fall seeding of ..small gr ains . S.olls~ par-
ticuiarly since the ffiiddl~ of'Octo~ er, have been too dry for : proper se ed~pe d pre-
paration and for s atisfactory ge rmination of seed. Pa st ur.os hro ve b adly det e riorated;
and .E?arly, plant ed winter crops have be en pretty much at a st. ndstill., Gen e r al r a ~n6
since t}1~ : first of th~ mQnth .have greatly alleviated conditions in most ar ea s, but
good soil sQ aking r ains ar e. still needed in practic ally all se ctions.
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COHN: f! s>~orn h arye st ha.s progressed; yields. h.ave been found to be s om(! be.tt ~r . t~a~
e.xPe cte d ea'rlier in the sea son. :Aver age ;Yield f or i;.he st c::.t e. .i s n9w pleced.a.t .-
11.5 bush ls, a half bushel more than e.xPected a s of October 1. This , of course, f~
on a hary9 ste9. acre b c> sis, . Total abr::'ndonment this y .a.r is r~po:rt e dly f!lUCh h ~ ~:viE:r . . th.an usual; . prob ably 'd.ue .to . some complet e failur e s . Totaf. pr o~:r\lc.tiCn1 'is cstimat ed :
to be:' J6,674,bOO . bu,shels~._ 26p e r cqnt lower ~ ~p. n_ the 49 ,5~~1 00Q_ bu sh:1s hery.9s t cd in 1951... ~i!-d. 18. p er .cent belo~ . the 1941-59 t en-ye ar .aver<"ge_ .
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production of)t02;ooo, ooo pounds of picked Pn~ . thre shed n~t s , .<v.ith a yi e~4
of 750 pounds'per -Bcre . Pr6duction is ofw .-thi rd ' l e ss 'thcm the 595, 8oo, ooo p ol.inds
produced l a st ye ar, and . the yield is the lowe st since 1948. Yield l a s~_Y8 2 r w~ s
900 poun.ds. _ : .
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2Q.6 '~per cent hip: her tn r>n t]Je 1,625, QOO.. harve st ed in 195L A.
~ prob abl e yield of ?b bushels is some bette r th;:m the 65 for l c> st yeBr , but it : ~:S ,., .
( ,still conside r ably below normal. Production is now oniy Rbout one-third of -the : :
1941~50 . t e n~ye Ar ave r a g e ~
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PECANS ; . Prospe cts for a good: pe~ an crop are tho same a s of a month ago . 'the exall- ..... pected production b'r' 4o, 300:,' 000 .pounds, thourih 11~ ~ob, 000 9hort of the.
time rMord crop of 5i;5oo,ooo pounds h Arve sted l ast ye P<r, is considcr Rbly . ~bov~ ' :: .: .
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Tob a
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Pot ;:~to es,;rr~sh, bu._.
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114.2 i lQ33
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731..1. .. 610 :
92 , 991 . 1 37, 361 '
11 217 !
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5,781 1 1, 625 '
. 52~ .. 125,620
456 1, 960
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317
Per.nu:ts (for pic}cing :
250
686 1
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931 1
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and thr shiQg)lb. : . .$36 . 721 , 900
750
698,300 ! 595, 8oo_ .. . -402,000
Soybeans For
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220 1
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Pears, total
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314 1: - . 24i ;. .
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D. L. FLOYD
[ Agricultural Statistician, In ChRr ge
HARRY A. WHITE Agr icult ur l St a tistici~n
UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER _h. 1952
Favorable to ideal harvesting conditions during O.ctober speeded harvest toward an ..
~arly completion. Nany : late-growing crops are. showing .some i mprovement, Wl.tn the
~econd largest corn crop l eading the way; the total expected .volume of c~op pro.-
d.uction continued to rriore upward untii it is only 2! per cerit below the 1948 record:Q: These same <conditions_, however, were highly unfavorable fer .the seeding and develop~
~ent of fall-sown grains
Qorrt cured rapidly and is generally of good to excellent quality, much corn "1as ~helled for market as it was picked. In much of the Corn Belt, in .fact, corn became
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too .brittle for satisfactory machine-picking, resulting in considerable shelling and
qropping of ears The current estimate of production covers quantities salvaged 'by
~ivestock or gleanedv Virtually all corn matured before killing frosts, resulting
fn a minimUm of soft or immature. corn. The estimated 31 303 million bushel produc~"'" '!Sion is now 46 million rliore than expected on October 1.
qoybeans were virtually all harvested by November 1, earlier than in any previous
aeason, .. a,nd another small increase in outturn is now estimated., Similarly, small
increases from October 1 forecasts are shown for rice, potatoes, dry beans, peanuts,
~ugar beets and grapes. Cotton also is turning out considerably better than expect~
~d earlier, largely because of the rapid picking and ginning with a .minimum of loss.
On the other hand; sorghum grain, tobacco, sweetpotatoes, sugar~ane, apples, pears, .
eranberries and pecans did not quite hqld up to earlier expectationso
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CORN: A near r 'ecord 1952 production of 3,303 million bushels of corn for all pur-
poses ~as indic~ted an November 1 This estimate is up lo4 per cent from the
qctober 1 forecast, and 291 million or nearly 10 per cent more than average, but
it is 8 per cent below the record 1948 crop of 31 605 million bushels . The national
yield per acre is now estimated at 40.2 bushels 1 4 -bushels more than the 19.51 yield ;
and 5o5 bushels more than the 10-year average 0
SOYBEANS: Production of soybeans as ot November 1 is -estimated at 289 million bu.sh-
els, an incr~ase of about 1 per cent from the October'l forecast . The current crop has been exceeded only by the 299 million bushels harvested in 1950e The 1951 crop of 281 million bushels ranked third. In several of the major states,
indicated yields turned. out better than expected, bringing the u. s. yield to 20o8
bushels per acre, an illcre~se of 0.2 bushel ' over October 1. This Cf>mpares with 21.2 bushels in 195l .and ' to the record yield of' 22.3'bushels per acre in 1949.
PEANUTS: - The l952 pe?nut crop from the acreage for picking and threshing is esti~
mated at 11 263 million pounds. This is 3 per cent above the October 1 _ forecast but 25 per cent less than the 11 676 ndllion pounds harvested ~n 1951 and 38 per cent less than the 10-year averag~ of 21 042 million pounds ..Improved pros~"" pects during the past month in the Virginia - Caroli~a and Southeastern areas more
than offset declines in the Southwestern areao
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PECANS: Total production is placed at 126,4821 000 pounds -- 18 per csnt below last . 'Y
year but 3 per cent above average. This season'$ estimate consists of 63,781,000 pounds of improv~d v~rieties and 62,701~000 pounds of .wild and seedling pecans. Most of the decline from 1951 production is in the improved varieties~
which dropped 26 per cent below the record crop of 86,6601 000 pounds last season. Prospects declined during October in Florida, Louisiana and Oklahoma but improved in
Texas, with a net decline for the u. S0 of about 8001 000 poundse Nearly all pecan
growing areas suffered from dry weather this season~ The dry weather was f avorable,
however, for control of insects and diseases and for harvest, which is about complet~
Nuts are ' small but generally ~re well filled and of good_quality. Georgia, the l ead
~g State in the production of improved pecans, eipects 40,3001 000 pounds of all _ pecans which is a fifth below last year but 37 per cent above average, Texas, the
l eading State in the production of wild pecans, has 36,750,000 pounds of :all pecans.
for this year -- 6t times the short crop last year and one-f.ifth above averageo : . .
Oklahoma, ounds of
usually ranking second of the
au pecan& -- --a ixth of- la-st
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pecan and- a
States, expects only 41 o5o;,ooo fifth of .-averag.e The s-eas on :i::n
Oklahoma has been extremely unfavorable, starting with freezes in April, followed
by extended drought, and climaxed' by a freeze on O~tober 7 before most nuts were
fully mature
. After Five Days Return t~ United States .Department , of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Penalty for private us e to avoid payment of postage ~300.
Form BAE-A-11/52-4,506 Permit No. 1001"
Sout Br a~c Library State Coll ege of Agri cul ture
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Lespedeza-Seed Production This Year About Same as Last Year's Small Crop
GEORGIA: Lespedeza seed production for 1952 is estimated to be 5, 700;000 pounds (cle~ seed basis), or a decrease of 11 percent f~om 1951 production of
~,400,000 and 39 percent below the 10 year average (1941-50) of 9 1 270,000 pounds. Acreage of 37,000 harvested for seed <:~ompares. with 40., 000 in 1951 and the 10 year average of 50,100 acres . Current estimated yield per acre is 155 pounds as against ~60 last year and the average of 180 pounds.
U!J ITED STATES: _This year's production of lespedeza se~d is indicated to be a pproximately the s a me as la.st year but 28 percent below the 1941-50 average,
accor-ding to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Th_e 1952 crop is forecast at 125,860,000 pounds of clean see.d, compared with 126,270,000 pounds in 1951 and the 10-year average of 174, 18 7, 000 pounds. Prof!pe:cti ve smaller crops this year than last in 7 producing States more than offs~t the larger production indicated for 8 other States. Declines fro m last year are tro!!t ma.rked in Okl'ahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas . Increases are lar ge st in Virginia , North Carolina, end Naryle.nd . Production this year and le.s.t in thousands of pounds, by varieties, is estimated as follows: Korean 85 ,4 93 (81,688 last year), Kobe 30,857 (33,061), Tennessee f 76 and common 812 (1,584), and sericea 8,689 (9,937).
Drought in a number of l espedeza-producing States during the sumner and fall caused shortages of hay and roughage. This tended to curtail the acreage of lespede za harvested for seed, so that this year's seed acreage is nearly as small as last year and is .29 percent below average. The sharp decline in acreage from the average . occurred des p ite relatively high opening prices for lespedeza seed received by grow~, prospects of good yield s per acre in about ha1f the producing States, a nd ti.lmost ideal harvesting weather in most States . An estimated 643,000 acres will have been harvested by the end of November, when harvesting is expected to be completed in nearly all States . This compares with 638,800 acres in 1951 and the average of 900,480 acres. This year's acreage is above average in only three States-- Illinois, Alabama and ~;rary l and .
Although growth was short in a. majority of State~r, yields pe r acre in those States seemed to be turning out b~tter than e xpected . The 1952 yield of lespedeza s eed is astimated at 196 pounds of clean seed--2 pound~ less than last year but 4 pounds ab ove average. Yield per acre is at a. record or near-record high l eve l in Iv1a.ryle.nd, Vi r g inia, and North Carolina , while r e cord or near -r ec ord ( si~l939) low yi e lds are indicated for Arkansas, Tenne sse e , and Oklahoma where the drought has been s eve re.
Harvesting of the 1952 crop of lespedeza seed began 12 days earlier than last year and 9 days .earlier than usual. T.his year 's harvest began on the average as follows: October 14-18 in Oklahoma., Missouri, and Kentucky; October 20- 2 2 in Kansas, Georgia , Illinois, Tennesse e , e.nd Al abama; Octob e r 24-26 in Indiana, ~;i ississippi, Virginia , and South Carolina; October 27 and 28 in Arkansas and North Carolina ; and Nove mbe r 11 in Maryland.
~u rrent supply of lespedeza se e d, including production this year and c~:.~.rry-over is ?stimated at 127,547,000 pounds of clean seed. This is 9 percen t S!Tlaller th an in 1951 and 35 percent below the 1941-50 average.
. Iespedeza. S ee d~ Acr eage harv~ sted,__Yield per acre, and Production - . Ave r age 1941-50, Annual 1951 and 1952
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Ind. Ill .
23,040 12, 000 16,000 182 18 ,2 20 19 ,000 27,000 166
245 . 205 200 1~0
4,190 2,900 3 ;189 : 3,~00
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Mo~
2'71,300 170,000 212,000 184
195 190 51,170 3 3 , 200 40 , 300
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- 25,100
21,000 11,000 220 15, 000 18,000 1/185 l B,ooo 23,ooo - lBS
225 180 15,730 4,700 2~5 300 1/2 ,500 3 ,700 165 250 - 4,790 3, ooo
2, 000 5 , 400 5, 8oo
N. C,
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158,900 122,000 128,000 195 48 ,800 38,000 38,000 173
180 260 170 ~90
31,180 22,000 33 , 300 8,850 . 6,500 7,200
Ga .
50 ,:t00 40~000 37 , 000
180
160 155
9,270 6 ,400 5,700
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82,600 38,000 30,000 194
175 135 15,950 6,600 4, 000
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11,900 15,000 17,000 165
140 160
2,000 2, 100 2,700
h~iss ,
1 S, 300 14 , 000 8 ,0()0 126
120 llO
2,460 1,100
880
Ark. La. . Q ~la.
32, 000 50 , 000 30 , 000 206
8, ,220 1, 8 00 2/
107
1/15, 571 . 9,000 3,000 y'l76 .
270 125
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6,910 13 , 500
898
170
lf2,786 1,400
3, 800 2/ 380
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Lespedeza Se e d Sup u1y: Ave rag e 1941-SO, An.nue.l 1951 and 1 9~2
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f roduction of clean s ee d in pci1mds
174,187,000 126 ,270,000 12 5, 8 60,000
fe rcentage t hat is Korean
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Farm carry-over on June 30 in pounds
8,211, 000
4,980 , 000
1,591 ,000
De a l er c a rry-ove r on J une 30 in pounds Supply of. clean se e d (production p lus
12,628 ,400
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Afte r Fi ve Days Retur n to United St a t es D.e pa rtmen t of Ag ricultur e
Bur eau of . Agricu l tur a 1 Ec ono mi c s 319 Exten sion Bui lding .Ath ens, Georgia
Penalty for priv at 9 use to a void p a ymen t of pos t age $ 300 .
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS For m BAE - F-~1/52-1 3 18 Pe r mit No~ 1001
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FAR:l'a PRICE B:EPORT AS OF NOVE!'!lBER 15, 1952
GEORGIA : The all commodity index of prices rec.eived by Georgia farmers dropped 10
points during the month ended November 15. At the present level of 264
percent of the August 1909-July 1914 average, the index stands at the lowest point
~ince September 1951.
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' Significantly lower prices received during the month for meat animals and cotton . and cottonseed . contributed largely to the decrease in the index . In t he vari ous
cominodi ty sub groups, the index of grain prices advanced l1 points, with higher
prices received in evidence for wheat and corn. The index of chicken and egg prices
advanced 18 points in response to a shift to a 'higher level in prices of both
commodities.
Prices received for -Irish and sweetpotatoes, all hay (baled), oats, fruits , and retail milk remained f airly well stabilized during the 30-day peri od:
.UNITED STATES: Lower prices for meat anima.ls, cotton, fruit, and corn dropped the Index of Prtces Received by Farmers as of November 15, 1952. by 5
points (2 percent) from a month earlier. Increases in prices of coJnmerci.al t r uck crops, food grains , and poultry and eggs partially offset the effect of these declines.
During the same period the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers including Interest, Taxes and Wage Rates (Parity Index) dropped one point ( one -third of one percent) . This decline resulted from lower prices for feeder livestock, feed, fo od , and items bought for household operation. These declines were , however, nearly offset by higher pr ices paid for clothing, buildi.ng materials , and gasoline .
As a result of the greater decline in the Index of Prices Received than j_n the Parity Index, the Parity Ratio (Ra tio of the Index of Prices Received to the Parity Index) dropped to 99. This is t he first month the Parity Ratio has been below 100 since June of 1950.
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301
282
Parity Index 1/
284
282
Parity Ratio -
106
100
277
313
Feb . 1951
281
289 2/ l.iay 1952
99
122 - Oct . 1946
};,/ Prices Paid , Interest , Taxes, and Wage Rates . ~/ Also April 1952
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician,. 'In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
- - --- - PBICES RECEIVED BY FA.BMERS ~TOVEt.ffiER 15, 1952 'H!TT-f COMPA'-!USO.i\T.S
GEORGIA
UNITED STATES
COiv;~liODITY
.Average . .
~J1)
Au:g ~ 1909-c
_ _ _Ul.::l.::'H:..::..::T_ _ -----+--=J:..::u~l.L.l9I4
Nov . 15- .
1951 .
Oct. 15 . 1'952
1-Tov. 15 '
1952-
AveraO 1 Nov . .(!.ug.l 9- 15 Julv 1914 1951
O1c5t.
-~-Nov.
15
1952 _1952_
.fueat, Bu.
$
1.24;
2~22
2 ~"20 .. .,2.23 . .
..
.88
2.19 . 2,07
2.13
Ofrn Bu.
$
. .91 .
\
1,58' . .1.. 76. . . i .~ao
.04.. 1,62 1.53
1. 45
q~ts, Bu,
$ .. .67
Irish Fota:toe:s,Bu . $
weet Fota.toes,Bu. $ .
~83
C.,..':.otton, lb.
. l2.6 .;.
1.16
. ....
2.15 ..
3.],5. .
_4l .6 ..
. 1!17 3.00
-
3.35 37,3
. 1~17 .. .
o40
3.00
.70
3.35
.88
35.1 -
12;4
.91
I
1.74
~83
.2 . l l
2.8Q 2_.. 94- .
41.0 : 3.7.0
.84 2.17 3.11 34 .0
Pottonseed, ton
>
$ 24.39
66.00 68.00 67.50
22.55 72.70 70,70 69.70
H~y (baled), ton $
26 .20 28.30 28.60
. -~.,.
23.10 25.60 26.00
~gs, per cwt.
$
7~33
18.50 18. ~10 17.30
7.27 18.00 18,60 16.70
~ef,Cattle, ~Nt. $
3.87
24.90 18.30 16.50
5.42 28.10 22.00 21.30
Hpk Cows, head
$ 33.85
190,00 1 75,00 167.00
48.00 252.00 228 . 00 221 . 00
~ickens, lb.
13.2
24.1
27.6
30.2
11. 4
23.2 24.2
26.4
Eggs, Dn.
~tterfat, lb.
67.5 -59.0
58.0 61.5
. 58.0
58,0 I
21.5 26.3
56.5 50.4
n. 7 73.5
51.9 72.3
M1lk (wholesale)
~ er lOolf ]}
$
2.42
6.75
6.95
7.05
1.60
5.15 5.30
5.38
s6ybeans, Bu.
-...;.,"'
P~anuts, lb.
$
5.0
. 2.80 9.0
3, 00
2.80
- 10.5 10.9 1-
--...
2.77 2. 71
2. 71
4.8 -10.1 llol
10.8
I NDEX :!-ll.JMBERS OF FBICES :RE:EI'IJliD BY F.ABMERS I N GEORGIA (August 1909 ~ July 1914 : 100)
Nov. 15 1951
Oct. 15 1952 .
Nov. 15 1952
Ali Commodities
288
274 ----zb4--,
Cotton & Cottonseed
319
294
278 I
Gr a i n s
175
191
195
ifJeat Animals
458
36 7
338
Dairy Pro ducts
246
259
260
Chicken & Egg s
276
2 53
271
Fruits
134
199
200
~~l=m~s~c~el~1~an ~~e~ou~s~---~------------------~1~7;1__________1~9~3~------1 9 5
:Revised
After Fi~e Days Return to. United States Departmen t of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricult~ral Economics
319 Extension Build.ing Athens, Geor~ a
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300,
OFfiCIAL BUSI~~ SS
Form B~B-12f52-3717 Permit No. 1001 .
u ranch Library Sta e Co l ege of Agriculture
Athens, Ga.
r
GEORGIA - DECEMBER 1 COTTON REPORr
Georgia cotton production for 1952 amounted to 7251 000 bales (500 pounds gross weigl:t:
{yhich is 22 per cent below the average (1941-1950) ~f 686,000
9311 000 bales in standard bales.
1951 but 6 per cent -above the 10 Of the 11 4081 000 acres (revised)
year in
eultivation July 1 .9 per cent ~as abandoned, leaving 11 3951 000 acres for hafvest. ,
~his is 1 per cent und-er bo-th the -3..951 acreage and the 10 year averagec;
_
~he 1952 season presented a ver,y spotted per acre yield situation, ranging from ver,y
~oar yields in some areas to' excellent yieids in oth~rs. Time of planti ng had much .
to do with the effect of rains in late -August :and e arly September coming after.the '
~rolonged and serious summer drought. . l'1uch early cotton had part]y opened prema-
~urely so that the rains_caused considerable damage in rotting of these soft cracked
~olls. Later planted cotton was not sufficiently advanced at the time to encounter
such injur,y, The northwestern portion of the state was the latest planted territor,y -
~nd made generally good to ex9ellerit yields
.
North Georgia as a whole realized about 7 per cent more cotton than i n 1951, while
the rema-inde-r of the state sh~wed a reduction of about 28 per cent, hos t of the fall
~as ver,y dry and favorable for pi cking so that farmers were able to utilize a limite~
:faber supply to advantage in getti~g the c!'op harvested in good shape,
-
~ureau of Census reports 896,ooo bales last year,
a7n1~61
000 bales 467,000 to
ginned in that d~te
Georgia to in 19509
December 1,
compared
with
ARCHIE LANGJ41Y Agricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
-~EO~~IA MAP SHOWING EST ~WI.TED PRODUCTI_gN 1952 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 19Sl - AND 1250
/t -. - l\ 1952...671 000 _____ Non..,Cottotl
195lu50 ooo 1950-26:oo
' -
L~--- --
..
1952 ....5~,000 <. - .III.
- RQBE
I.
1951...53,000 )
1950o3~,ooo. ~ ~1BEKf_ _ _,
II.
~ -~ 1952G48, 00
ATHENS ~951,58_,0 0
. . ATLANTA
~.).I-VAJ' .
-
950-41,00
'--y - .
V"
- - \r AUGUSTA
1952 production indicated on
'December J.,
- STATE
1952' ~ 725,000 1951 .. 931,000 1950 - 488,000
Districts shewn are Ci op
Reporting Pistr icts arid Nor
Congress~onal Dis ttict.s.,~-
1952- 8.3,000 l.95l.,.l04, 000 1950- 63, 000
COLUNBUS
NACON
1952~27,000
1951~189,000
1950,..104,000
") VIo
\ 1
'
~ 1952-1191 000 1951-168,000 1950- 82,000
-l --- . ~ ~ . vu .~ . ) . ~ - - ~
I 1 I
VIII,
- -v--
IX. SAVANNAH,./
ALBANY
1952- 81,000 1951-106,000
ll951295-1l;~L1687,,o0o0o0
1950~ 71,000
:? 11995521.~;.,2364,,o0o0o0
.J
1950-13,000 ~.
1950- 5o,ooo
<Ao/.
. '
VAlDOSTA
. \d' I _)
--------...- ------~-J
.
DIAGRAM ------~-- - SHOWING ACREAGE AN:i:r PRODUCTION OF COTTON I N GYORGIA (Period 1942-52 inclusive - Preliminary estimate f or i 952)
PRODUCTION (000 omitted in figures) 2.0
-
.rI 2..o. ..
I
" tf.)
5
,S
.r~n. -~~7n~:. ,'~~fJ. -~~~,~~ ,1~s~r,]7~~~ 1~~~~; ~~- T~~~~.. -~ .
-.i94j___________ _________ 1946 0 .-.1-9.~-2
. - - ....- . 1944
- . . .. . . . . 1945 ..
. .-. - - . .. . - . . - .. - .. ' - . .1 1947 'i948 1949 i 95o 1951 l9S2
{) .
. , ..
--- -- - - ---- ----- -- _,_..
STATE
~ I COTTON RF.PORT .AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1952
ACR--EAGE
-H-A-R.V,E.S.T.ED~==-~I:,..L...HIAN_RTVE--YrS_iTE_ELDDAPCERRE .
J
9!PR0ODUlbCT. IOgNr~( G~IN~NJ.~. tTbGSa)l
y
es
f
Ave r : age
!I'
1951
1952 (Dec, l
Aver~ age
~l Y::J~ 1 Aver1951 I(Dec ,l l age
19 51
! 1952
1 Crop -
1941-
est.) 1941-
e st .) ~ -1941 Crop : (Dec. ~
1950
I _ 'Thous, Thous.
Thou_s._1l9~50
--- _
, T1h9o5u~s~
_._. ~ , est~ Thou s .;tTho11s.
j acres Acres acres ~~- Lb, b_a le~ b a~ es bale s
Missouri
426 490
l Vitginia.:
N. Carolina
s. Carolina
Georgia
n2s8
19 69o
1,071 1,070
l,4o9 j 1,410
Florida
37 62
460 l$06
23 364 705 341 1,080 293 1,395 236 s2 180
'302 .400
357 480 376 38o 389 292 317 I 249 2so 277
362 I 21 I
I 523
i 651
I 309
14 542 : 8 71
385
2)
56o 660
I 686 1 931
.13
32
725 30
Tennessee , 707 765
800 373
Alab ama , 1,570 1,460 1,500 277
Mississippi 2, 372 2,340 2,375 33 3
I 334
1
1 299 329
37h
I . 5h9
534
625
285 380
899 \. 909 I 1 , 652 1, 1, 608
1, 81:'~950
Arkansas Louisiana
1 1
1,941 862
2,025 1, as5
_9 35 ,.. 890
339 290
I I
Oklahoma 1,277 1,475 1,150 166
Textl"S'": , 7-; 706- l:l;-150 1 , .300- l BJ
New Mexico .
155 . 315 1 300 L~ 8 5
Arizona.........
233 545
665 /.l89
r295 337 391 405
150 108 - T66 - .L r.)
415 519 705 727
I 1,373 1,249 1,325
524
760
750
h55 I 462 , 020 4.,074157 1 273
2_50 .I 80 3
260
3,150
32 5 1,010
California ,..
482 1, 320 1, 400 606 640 .624
62 7 l l , 765 l, 825
26~87' -~!.1~4 Other Stat e s 2/. J
17
UNITED STATES":" .-.+,-2-l,-0-20
16
15 390 , 246 340 ...- 14
24, 995 26 7.6 271.9 288 . h- 11,7 75 --
8 I 10 i!-5 , 038
Amer. Egypt.]./. 59.4 62~ 8 102.4 308 ,. . 359 . 415 ~-4j 4? . 2 88 , 8
Texas .
New Mexico . Ariz ona All Other
1
11.6 24.0' 34. 0 336 373 395
I 8.5 14.4 21 . 2 316
39 .o 214- .o 46 . o 283
280 339 39 3 468
-
.L. 1. 2 - 346 J 19
5.9 4.1
18. 3 -
18. 7 B. 5
19.1 3
28.0 15, 0
45 . o 8
1/ Allowances made f or interst :;:~te movement of seed cotton for ginning ,
1/2/ Illinois, Kan s as , Kentucky, and N~vada , Included in State and Uni ted States tot als.
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA COMMERCIAL VEGETABLES - 1952 ANn 1951 (For Fresh Market And For Processing)
All estimates contained in this report have been revised on the basis of the 1950 Census of Agriculture. These revised estimates are, therefore, not comparable with the estimates previously published for 1952 and earlier years. Seasonal groupings have been revised where necessary. These revised estimates of commercial vegetables for !resh market include, for the crops estimated, all fresh market production on acreage grown primarilY for sale~
Production of Georgia 1952 commercial vegetables for fresh market and processing .
was valued at $17, 646,000, a 42 per cent increase from the corresponding valuation :
of $12,388,000 in 1951. This increase of 42 per cent in total value was due to
higher prices of all major crops despite a decrease in acreage. For 1952, water-
melons led all truck crop values with $61 188,000, . followed cy tomatoes with
.
$2,846,000 and cabbage with $11 555,ooo. Harvested acreage for commercial vegetables
for market and processing combined was 105,900 compared with 111,050 for the year
before or a 5 per cent decrease.
GEORGIA ANNUAL SUMMARY OF COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE CROP STATISTICS-1952 WITH CO~WARISONS
Cro-p
Beans, Lima For Market
Acreage Year Harvested
1952 5,000 1951 5,000
Yield
Production
I Value of Sales
Value .
I Fer acr~ I Um.t
6.0
Bushels
Tota.ll OW) Fer Uriit Totall UlXJ) Pel' Aorti
300
$ 2,75
825
1;);165.00
60 , (32 lbs.) 300
2.60
780
156.00
Heans, Snap For Market I s.Ga. Beans, Snap For Market, N.Ga. Cabbage, s. Ga.
Cabbage, N. Ga.
Cantaloups
1952 1951
195G 1 1951 J
1~5G !
1951 1
i~~~ I
1~b4 1
1951 J
I 4,1:SUU
5,400 -G1 4UJ ., 2,400
6 14W 4.500
I 7b0
700
6,000 6,500
60 50
J?ushe1s (30 lbs.) I
~~g
I
so - 1~ushe1s
Gl6
95 I (30 1bs.) 228
o,o
Ton
1~oG
4.5 (2000 lbs.) 20.2)} I
4.5
Ton
3.4
4.5 (2000 lbs.) 3.2
I 70 Jumbo Gra~e 4i::l0
75
(70 1bs.
488
Golb . , 6!"9 2.10 ! 567
l~ lr.5
19.oo
~b.BO
40.90 Go75 1,35
1 346
! i::l~2
1 131 1 1 ,lot> 1 659
1 128.M
1m:: , 105~00
1 76.89 1 38~
187.14
1!:hG.bU 101.38
Corn, Sweet
' 1952 1 1951 '
1 t.;ucumbers ;~
1'::ib4
l!'or Market, arly 1951
1,400 1,500
750 750
50 5 Ibzen
70
50
Ears
75
70
.ttushels
52
70
(48 1bs.)
52
i 1.20
84
1.50 I 112
2.35 1 2.00 . i
i~
60.00 74.67
1 1o"=l .o'/ 138.67
Cucumbers ~
1952 1
For Market 1 a.te 1951 i
I 500
50
600
50
Bushels (48 1bs.)
25 30
let: tu~e
1952 I
700
lZO
qra.tes
84
1951 ~
700
105
(4~ Ibz)
74
i I I 1.80 i 45
2.10
63
4.00 i 336
5,55 1 4ll
90.00 1 05 . 0 0
I 4so.oo 587.14
Onions
1952 1 1,100
175
Sacks
192
1951 '
700
160
(50 lbs.) 112
I I 2.75
528
2. 70
302
480.00 431 . 43
Potatoes, Irish South Georgia.
Potatoes, Ir1sh North Georgia
~oma_toes
For Market
y 1ate~me1ons
1952 1951
700 I 145
700
145
lg~f
'::IW
1,000
~b
75
g~ l 1n1, , ~ I ~g g~ :~:~ . ~~~
Bushels (60 lbs.)
.l;lushe1 s 1 (60 lbs.)
~ushe1s ) (53 lbs.
Melons
102 102
~~ ~~~ i~~~~
2.65
270
1,30
133
6oGU 1 1.8o 1
t;~
! ;so4b G 1 !j~
2.35 J 1,908
~~~:~ I t~~~
385.71
I1 190.00 z7o.oo 13E. OO
! i::b!j '(6
I 164. 48
' 1~978.!8?2! .
~eans, Snap !or l'rocessing !epper, .l:'im1ento ~or Proce ssing
19521
200
1951
200
1\:152 l6 1 0UU I
1951 18,000
1.0 1.0
,7b ,85
Ton (2000 lbs.)
Ton (2000 1bs.)
.2 .2
~.~
15.3
170.00 I 34 100.00 ! 20
lj()oW
784
75,00 1,148
170.00 100.00
6o.;.n 63.78
~ucumbers
For Fickle
~~~CROPS
1~t>G
1951
!j,bCJV
5,800
!1952 105,~ 1951 111,050
~~
~ushe_ls
536
(48 lbs.) 342
I
GoUU 1.75
1,~~~
I
17,646
I
12,388
l~b.l2
1103.10
1 166,63 111.55
~1/ Includes some quantities not harvested and excluded in computing value.
""'.~'' Does not include acreage, production and vaJ,ue of cucumbersfor pickle. ~ Watermelon price per 1,000 melons.
D. L. FLOYD Agricul turaJ. Statistician, In Charge
L, H. HARRIS, JR.
Truck Crop Estimator
DIAGRAM SHOVJIN(} ACREAGE AriD VALUE DISTRIBUTION -~-_9EOR0IA TRUCK ~R0P. J 'O] l9~~
. . -. ._" .
ACREAGE BY CROPS-
- ---.__ __ (Percent of Total)
/-~--i -~~~,
..(~.
A/
-:?..,
9t . . ~
~
~ ~
.... D
\
~
t+ l P'
,.... \ . -J I oct-
I ,/ '
v ~~
\: 1 <11~ ~
\ -~ ' (l)
\
I /
I
~ C'f.i~t:fl.J
' <JI ~ \
\
0
I
""- -:}- \
\
~ o{Jp.s S
\ \
k~~'
\ I
\ I
I ---- ""- . I'.
I
...-....... ._
/%0
------... ~--
. \
\ ',\ J,l 't
"'-\ .!.
' Snap Be.ans 6 8~ . -..... --..
tj
\ ',
0
-.___
, j
/
-~ -...... ~N ~I
~---- --;-:----- -- - - -- --,__:....----
'
,
\
\
I
i
\
Waterme lons 42 . 5%.)
\,1 ... ~~0 /
'"\.0.
' / \ ~ro.>(.Oes
/
~
.-
J
\ _/
..
VALUE BY CROPS
~ (Percent of Total)
C'~
- ~ 1------
/~ ~ i . ------ -, .
0~-?~. . 0.
\
.
<;P(
\ "' I Q
'\~ (ll
\ &
; (ft
~-
0
~
"" . ~ ~ <JI 6'
:t~ ~l -
.... . ..
..
~~.~
~ ~
\~
0"" 6'. 0r "- . \ I
-----------------
~-~ \ j
Snap Beans
7 f
2r1t 1O
I
}
I
J
_)
(
. :
Georgia crop production for 1952 amounted to $427 , 755, 000 or a decrease of 14 percent
froin the 195l.valuation of $49.5.~332,000 (revised) . The reduction was due to lowered
production of_cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco, fruits, and pecans. Total decrea se .in
ialue would h~ve been considerably. gre ater had it not been for increased values of
ome other cr9ps such as whe at , oatst potatoes, commercial vegetables, and ni9st
l~gume seed. crops . Yield per acre of whoat and oats set an all time high rec ord for
the state.
, t
Tpj.s'. has been an extremely difHcult year for f armers . During much of the growing s~son a prolonged drought prevailed that was not broken generally until well J.lP into ~ust . It was the most' severe state wide drought in many years, In early August .. earn and feed prospects 'appeared t o be cut aimo~t in half and even cotton showed .
SQnsiderabl.,e damage . However , a.~'ter rains of that month most crops mAde r emarkable
to .r ecovery wi.'t-h ,per acre Yields of some .crops - .such as cotton, tobacco, and pe;:~nuts -
almost up ,usual. Yields of corn and some hays were very poar in most arElas but b~tter than appeared possible earlier in the sea son .
va.lue comparisdns for 1952 Pnd 1951 follow in order of their 19S2 r c:mk.
.. .~....
19S2--~-i9 51T
'
. ---
I ~-- -
;; . ::1-t . Cotton lint & Seed $ 156, 857 $ 20~,723 1 12, Velvet Beans
1952
~
$ 4, 066
2' Corn
68,731
l . ...
3~
Tobacco
. 6~ , 475
4~ Peanuts .
46;131
~~ . Commer.ci.al Vegetabl~s 17,133
8.::>,202 .13 . Crimson Clover Seed 64, 500 14. Sugar Cane 57,793 -15. Fescue Seed 12,120 16 . Cowpe8s
1,708 1, 606
1,456 1,386
/
I
0 -~
' All Hay
16,84~ 17, 043 17. Irish Potatoes
1,345
7; Oats
8. Pecaris
14, 836 10, 193 1 18 . Lupine Seed 9,o54 10, 520 1 19. Lespedeza Seed
1,056 1,054
2. Peache s .
7, 547 8,6821 20 . iJoybeans
1, 008
10. Sweet Potatoe s
. 6; 55'2 5' 720 21. Sor.ghum Syrup ...
598
'11. Wheat
5,b64 3, 785 22 . Pears
: 243
-...~----
~. 951
$ 6,512
1,568 1, 768
992 1,534
749 450 973 642 574 . 289
______ Dl?AGRAM
SHO. WING DISTR.I-B-UTION --.O....F.
1952
CROP
VALUES
IN
PERCENTAGE
OF
TOTAL V.ALUE ~ ~ ----
'.
I
I
l
\
. l
\
\
\
\
\ I I
.j Cotton Lint \
and Seed - 36 . 7%
. I
!
ARCPIE LANGLEY tgricultural Statistician
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Stati stici an, In Charge
GEORGIA SUMHARY OF CROP STATISTICS* - l~i52 AND l951
CROP
- -. - - --
I I P~ICEI$ -~Ac~r: YEAR
ACREAGE . , TIELD PER.. ( 000) : AC~_E ,
PRODUCTION (000)
UNIT ~cYi'A L-VALuET-VALUE . ( OO_ < l l _ _
-!
Cot~on (bale s) 1/ 11952 1,395
249 .
Yield in. Pound~ .. 195l . 1,410 :_---..Rl.
Qottonseed
.. 1952
~Go.(Trnon, _A~]l_l_P_u_r-p-o-s-e-s
1951 1952
3,096"'
12. 0
I . (Bushels)
.1951 3,096
Wheat' Harve sted I1952 130
.16 0 --19~ 0
725 ~378 137,025
98,23
931 !38_?_~ 79,160 _ __ 127.06
296 7)7, 00 . 19,832 -----r&, 22
382 ---37,152
6l4.C.3f05.
:as- f. 49,536 1.72 2, 470 2
24,56.3
17.42
68,731 - --:-22-. 20-
~..~: ~-02 _ _?_7.52 ..
5, ob4 38.~
(Bushels) Oats, Hai've sted
~[12 951
[
4977~:-----)1(8Y;.5O
1,794 1h, 13
012..1o1">. ---Jff3,-87835o
----
39.02
31. 5o-
(Bush e l s )
!1951 396
26.0
10,296 .99 . 10,193 25.74
(B~sheJ.,s) !19~~ I . 7L~9 TI9 ~.ll)tatoes-;-frish-
2
1 - -----?o-----)~ 2. 9>____ - 1 , 34~---224-:i
Potato.es, S~eet . . 119~247
69
483 1.55
- ?o ..--- - r;beo 3.90
b ,~- 120773..0010) '
, ~us~e}~.L.. T.obacco, All
1 19 ~1 ~
25 ---- -- ~5 _ __ _ _1, 62_5 3.52
il952 112.1 1,12~ 12o,ll6 , .503
~1_7_20___228,~0__
03,4~ )b'0:-2G
17~20 ' (Pounds)
Hay, Ali
. (Inci:-
.. _
11951 1 112.1 .!1952+- ---sBT---
1.,. -22-5..;or-
13_7:_3t6'15BI29-.:4-7o0o- ---6i'LD~,-5a0u09- -
--5-r795:.3o8o
Peanut Hay)(Tons) Jl95111 991
.63
622 27.40
17,043 __
Sorghum Syrup
.1952
' Ll
~
260 2. 30. .
~ 149"30
(Gallons)
11951 ! 5 '
SugA rc ape --Syrup-~~ 7
56'
17'0'
280 2.05
574
1,190 1.3) 1,606
l l h -. 8 0 229.43
: P~~~~i~~skarveste<r
,For Nuts (Lbs.) 2/
!jli9~5{~1}t.66-.2~-. -..--~-~gb_go
~----u-3?,
595,
~~g-
8qo
1
:-f-~---d~~f
.SJJ_____?7, 7_93
2gt:~g ~
_ _ }_!.]0
/ft Cowpeas, Harvested J9S2 I'
_For Peas (Bus._) 2/ il9gl 1
Soybeans, Harvested f- 9
For BeRns (Bus.) 2t Q9Sl Velvet liO,mSTA1one i19<;2
s6
5:'>"
62 ---.--- ~-~. 5
32
10,1)
21
10.5
330 -- . --- bS'o---
308 .. 4.50 . l, 3Bb 341 4..22.._____~z_534
2L~. 75" 24.74
3.16 . 3.00 .
1, 000 -31.50
220 2.92
6h2
3 0 . 5 7
107 38.qp
4, o6b--12:32
& Interpl.)\.Tons)___ll951 418
840
176 )7~_ 00 ___ ____6 , ?1~-~-_!5 .58
Lespedeza, Harve ste~9 2
37
155
5,700 IE,50
l, OSLI
2~
For Se_ed_(Lbs.:_L___i!~51 _ ,__!~
. 160
6,400 -1S,.?Q__ ___ _ __ 9'(3 __~L~.J2
L_ IJupine, Harvested !19""52 I
_lor Se~~.lkQ.w._ 951
31 '
']50
26, Lloo
20 - - -.. 5oo --~ooo
or~o
.o45
l, 056" . 450
34:Bb
22.50
Crimson Clover,.Har. !19 2 42
lif~
7,800 .22
1, 708
L~0,67 ..
For Seed (Lbs!) !1951
34
_ _165 ----~00 .28
.W68 _ _46 .12.
Fescue, Harve s ted !1952
2
210
5,200 .28
l,45b
~8.2'4
. - -. . . -. .- pF~;o~r~~Se~~td~(!Lb~st.)~-:l:9)5l~[- 8.5 190-----~-----1r~60~0~- ~:.6~2-~
~:~992~----11-671
Pears~rotal
[ 952 ! - -
- 22T-. l.fo---.----243--
Pr ~~u G-tion (l?_~ s. ) ~~~~-- .
Pecans, Total
~~2 1
Production (Lbs.) . 951 1._
---rr,-?..4~--~- 20 ___ _ _.--~~-----. _ : 3o,OOO .2 38. 9, 0:;LJ.
____ s~; 500 , 2 01~---~9 , 5.~2..._______
commercial Vegetable: 9 2 r l oh.3
17;133
Crops (excluding p.951 109.4
12,120
I Irish ~ Swe ~t~p_o_te_t_o_e~s~)--+--------------------
TOTAL ALL ABOVE
---------
CROPS (Excluding 11952 7,329.4
acre age s of pe~nut
I
11 951
7,522.0
~lz fruit s , & nuts)
h27,755 h95, J32
-M 1952 price and value figures are preliminary. Value s are f or the .crop year and should not be confused with cal endar year income.
1/ Preliminar y estimate s for 1952.
~/ Cover s only mature crops (acre age alone and interplanted) harvPsted for peanut~ peas, or beans.
After Five Days Return to United St ates Department of Agriculture
Bure au of Agricultural Economics 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSI NESS Form BAE A~l2/52 - 9,303 Permit No, 1001
Penalty for private use to avoid payment of p ostage $390,
:Sows f <.'xro,-.ri n:: du:dng the l n.::t hc;l of 1 gr-2 nurr'oored 1 92 , ~JJO as COl"''P'U'C (;. to 2'1~ .'/ClO ;o:.' the s2.me
::?Oriod r ye o.r e~.rlicr. Totd so1s f FJrro.rinc f or the yc"' r .'lore 427,0Xl e s D(:l) i nst ,):2!i, (r;o 'or _
1951. F.'nr~;::: rs' re1'orted intentions ~.re f or only lSO,IJOO so :s to f nrro:1 dur i:::13 tho "".'Jri:lc; of 19!.13 .
'l'hi~ ~voulcl be only 81 per cent of the s-pring f c:;rro :inec for 1G52.
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l usti ~n.tas :ere l"' A11e, ~!l u s~: l nnd -1. coo-p cr<:,ti on r.ho ~ :n by nc r- r1y 5, :}.)0 of t:1cir i'
l ~troil s 1ho furnish~rl r c ~1orts ior thni_r ir!dividu.:.-1 fnms is :olso :p.r-: ci at 0~ -J
?l.a UNT 'r'81) Sl' :l..'i'C~: 't'he 195.?. 'll i p, crop to t r led.
mU iio;< h <'!n d, :> d~ crcr-so of 10 1~ cr c ent from 1 (.st
yc P. r. 'i' h .:l S!lriHr, .}'li :j Cl.'o-p - ~~. s <'.o...n 9 y.er cent ~n :' tha f :- 11. croJ! 11 :p~!_r C(mt,. . IT'he
nut~ber of SO"TS farro 11ing this f r l j ...r;o s 12 ...,er cent Sl"'a11e r th,:Jn lest yc J.r out the nn,-;;cr of :;n .j S
GP.ved ner litter, ':l:t 6.65 is equ::J1 to t11\J r~::cor d hi~h f r ll litter size ii1 1 % 0. T~\0 f:' ll pi g
cro~ ;:t :)5; :~ !:',5 ,000 is the srn<)llest f nll crop si 1ce 194:-J .
r.o~, r~{Ct~ n,ss . frorn the 1952 s-nring crop .'O r ;; oui te r ;.:l id durinp, the f :-11 months ~me'! r:t c i -:hts . sli ~;htly hi;-;hcr then the previous f .t ll. ? .--.rrrtcrs : r uvorts i n dic u.te that on Dec<j!'lber 1 tD.e nu!'lbar of hoz s over 6 months old " ::tc o.bout 1 5 pe r cent smollor thnn 1c.st yenr.
This ra( ort is b !; scd on o. survey of 1 ~2 , 000 f arm ~nd ranch opej.-:Jtors. These r eturns ;eru. obt e inecJ lnrr:e1}' i n cooperation '-:i th the lost Office :Ocpo rtme1~t thr.ough rur r1.l ~ ::il carriers.
~~Au. n r CROP: . The nu..,bcr of pi 3s S ?.V~J d in the f ;;ll sc r-- son or 1952 (June. 1 ' t:> Dcc:3"'!: el' 1) is ss
t b , ted :-~ t ~ s . ::- ~: :; , C)(;Q ~e :.~d, '~his is 1 ,449 , 0CO hc~ d or U p er cent ::;>n<~l1cr th:"n the 1SS1 f el l crop, 3 rc;.~ r cent b~lo,; the 194150. twer~.:;c, :'IlCl. the . sm~ llcst f <-11 crop sin ce 1948.
Y'r.:ARLY iiC CRO.F-: -rhe qol'lhilled sp rinr r.n rl 1<-11 r i s cro'(l Zor 1952 is osti,..et .:Ji':' r-t ~:i, ?::;E,0.; b hu <::a.-
This is l :J ,J2G, O:i:) he ;;d or 10 ''=!r cent sm ' llcr t hen the l ::JG1 .crov 2nd is snwller thFn tb.:l lOycr~ r aver <::- se by 1 ~~ o r cent. The 1 952 pi r, crop is the G!"lol ... ec;t s i nce 1 94.8 .
of S?P.IiiG !NT: TICI: ~: ;i'c.rl'lers' r &j)Orts ori bre cdb"' i ntentions tndicetc 7,395, 001) :;o ;s 'uo f <-rro, in the s~ ri.ng 1G53 ( Ducnnib,"lr 1 to J u ne 1J~ Ti<is would be r- ducrcfl. s.J of 1 3 ::cr cent L-o~ 11!st Sp rinr, "lno 17 ror cent . b:!lo ~ . the 18-yeur ?..vcr r>r;o,
D. I . FLOYD Ag ricu1turc1 St ~:tisticLm, In Ch~r. ~c
1-~ARRY l\. WHITE Ar ricu1t'lr(;.l Sto.ti stici 0n
- - - G-~OT'lC'IA l t:J-;r"J r;r 1011-50 A.v.
20~
J. :J51
216
1% 2
235
lJNI'l'E:O ST'A't' !!:S
lOycar 1941-50 Av. 1951 1952
8,~2
9,591 8,504
E,9
~.1
6.3
1).29 n.47 6.64
'1t:rturn After ~i vc D<:>.ys to
Unitcci St:;..t us Der l'l.rtment of A~ riculture
~ureFxu of A.ericu1tur:c1 ~conom ics
319 - ~.:d;ension ;:: uil dine
At h~ns, Geor3i o.. .
OFFICIAL BlJ Sii~ BGS
f orm ; ;AZ- :..-1~52..;3.331 '
l'orl!'it No. 1 1
11,,1::9n2a
1,480
5q. 2,1!?. 6?,rlJ7 5Eio430
1.32
;?O ~)
192
5, fi 33
6,0~2
S,318
s.a
1,075
6 . ~;
1,317
()~2
1,100
6. 115
r,. ~ J
li , G5
36 ,312
39,f\04 3';,355 .
J' ennlty for privd c . u:; :.~ to " void l)Cymcnt of p osk ~c .;300. .
South Branch Library State College of Agriculture
Athens. Ga.-.
GEORGIA HOGEJ
21.~001I
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. ~ 194.1 . 1. 942 1943 1?44 19h. 5.. ". 1. 9' l-.t6.. . ".1947 1948 19h9 1950 1951 1952
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.. SO\IJS FARROWING' lll'ID PIGS .SAVED I N _n!ORGI A - ~PRING ft ND FALL
(Period 1935 - 1952)
- YEJR
1 :
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sows 'Co6o ) -~=== 1[_ -=-...:_:~-'---:_=_.-=.P_-IGs__(QQQ!___-=~~~=-=
L:~ T;:;l~,~ Spr~::
~:~:
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935
1936
167
149
. -j16
924
834
1,758
19J7 ..175 ..
1938 1939
I
189 216
1940 .. : . 184
JJo.. 162 179
1h9
Jo5
1, oio
351
1
i
1;115
395 333
I ,
1,210 975
762
1, 772
91+0
2 , 0 55
984
2,194
849
1, 824
1941 ,.
i 8l+
170
354 1, 06 7 .
969
2,036
1942
215
206
421 ,. 1,247 . . . 1,215
2,462
1943
256
220
476
1, 48"5
1, 276
2, 761
l9L4
248
16 7
L~ l5 1, 4lh
952
2, .366
1945
191
172
.363
1,108
- ~98
2,106
1946
195
182
377
1,131
1, 092
2' 223
1947
187
173
360
1,103
1, 038
2,141
1948
170
163
333
1,003
99h
1, 997
1949
182
173
195o l 198
19o
355
1,110
388 Jl 1,247
1,055 1,159
2,165 2, Lo6
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* Preliminary.