The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-08-13
ESTIMATES SON CROPS
REPORTING BOARD OF AeRIcuL.
TuRAL DEPARTMENT GIVES
DATA FOR JULY.
CORN CONDITION VERY GOOD
Secretary Houston Declares That GEN.
eraI Prospects for Various Grains
Have Declined Neutrality-suspicious.
cy Of Rainfall Blamed.

Washington, Aug. 10.-The crop re-
porting board, department of agricul-
ture, estimated the condition and
yields of the principal crops on Au-
gust 1, as follows:
Winter wheat, conditions August 1:
Yield per acre, 1871 bushels five-year
average, 1876 bushels; total produc-
ton, 675,000,0O0 bushels; July fore
cast, $4,000, 900 bushels; five-year av.
erage, 523, 200, 900 bushels.
Spring wheat: August 1, 1856; last
year, 744; July 1, 1914, s2.1; yield per
acre, 1871 bushels; .ive-year average,
1873 bushels; total prodution, 235. .0O0,-
| coo bushels; July forecast, T4,000,O00
bushels; 1918 final. 24O.OOO,OOO bush
els; ffve-year average, 245,000,OOO
bushels.
All wheat: Yield per acre. Ill BUSH
els; five-year average, 14.7 bushels;
total production. 991 100000; July 4
forecast, 927,OOO,OOO bushels; 1918
final, 763,OOO,OOO bushels; average,
686,000,000 bushels; price August l..
76.5 cents; 1914, III cents.
Corn: Condition, August l, 74.S;
1918, 1858; July /, 1914, S5.S; yield
per acre, 25.1 bushels; five-year aver
age, 25.9 bushels; total production,
1854, 100000 bushels; July forecast, p
917,000,000 bushels 1913 final. 2,447,-
100000 bushels; average, 2,7OS,OOO,-
900 bushels; price August /, 1858
cents; 1913, s5.4 cents.
Oatst Condition August /, 1874; 1913,
1913; July 1, 1914, S45; yield per
acre, 80 bushels; average, 30.6 bush
els; total production, 1,153,O00, 900
bushels; July forecast, 1,197,000, 900;
1913 final, 1,122,OOO,OOO bushels; aver
age, 1,131 100000 bushels; price Au-
gust 1, 36.7 cents 1918, 376 cents.
Barley: Condition August 1, S5.3;
1918, 74.9; July l, 1914, 92.6; yield per
acre, 25.9 bushels; average August,
24,3; total production, 2O3,OOO,OOO
bushels; July forecast, 211.000,000
bushels; 1913 final, 17S,0OO,O00 bush
els; average, 182,000,000 bushels;
price August 1, 45.1 cents; 1918, 5O.2
cents.
Rye: Yield per acre, 1853 bushels;
average, 16.1 bushels; total produc.
ton, 100000 bushels; 1918 final, Al ;,
100000 bushels; average, 35,O00,000
bushels price August 1, 81 cents;
1913. 60.7 cents.
The acreage of all the crops lex
Guiding apples) total 3O1 .12S,00o acres,
Supplementing the crop report, Sec
retary Of Agriculture Houston said:
"The month of July was unfavorable
for crops, as the result Of which gen
eral prospects have declined material
ly. Compared with July l, the August
1 forecast of corn shows a reduction
of 2S3,000,000 bushels. or 81 per cent;
wheat, 100000 bushels. or IL per
cent; oats, 100000 bushels, or 81
per cent; barley, 100000 bushels, or
38 per cent. The principal cause OF
the lower prospects is the deficiency
of rainfall over the greater part Of the
agricultural sections of the United
States and the prevalence of black
rust in spring wheat.
Offsetting these decreases the sec
retary called attention TO forecasted
increase of 100000 bushels, or 25
per cent, in potatoes, and 100000
bushels, or per cent, in sweet pota.
toes, and 34,000.00O pounds, or As per
cent, in tobacco.