Michigan Crop Report Sees Strict Drought Hit Corn and Peas
July rainfall shortage drags corn beans potatoes sugar beets and pastures below last year while wheat quality is excellent and yields rise. Statewide wheat yield 17 bushels per acre with northern counties at 16 and southern central 18. summer crop prospects dim for apples with 47 percent state average. Winter varieties Baldwin Greening Northern Spy Ben Davis top prospects.
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Peach varieties and early fruit prospects in the state
The passage lists Russett Wealthy Wagner and King as early sorts and names Dutchess Red Astrachan Yellow Transparent Maiden Blush Fameuse and Eary Harvest as promising. It estimates an average peach crop in the state at 60 percent with Crawford Elberta Hill's Chili Gold Drop Kalamazoo Crosby Barnard and New Prolific as the top varieties.
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Michigan Vital Statistics July Deaths Report
Michigan records 2515 deaths in July with an 11.6 per 1000 rate. Infant deaths totaled 421, 1 to 4 years 147, and 65+ years 787. Major causes include tuberculosis 216, typhoid 27, diphtheria 11, scarlet fever 7, measles 10, whooping cough 19, pneumonia 64, diarrhea under two 73, meningitis 36, influenza 11, cancer 168, violence 208. Compared with June, declines seen in tuberculosis and related diseases. increases in diarrhea and enteritis cancer and violence.
No work in the west amid harvest labor shortages
Minnesota Labor Commissioner Williams warns North Dakota harvest figures are inflated. He reports only about 1,000 farm jobs may exist, contradicting claims of 15,000 to 20,000 positions. Williams urges bureaus to verify openings and notes idle migrants burden municipalities. Gov. Burke echoes, noting many harvest hands are unnecessary and some must return home.
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