The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
WHEAT CROPS PUT
At 99l,000,000
Board Of Agricultural Department
Gives Out Report.
CORN CONDITION VERY GOOD
Secretary Houston Declares That Gen.
eral Prospects for Various Grains
Have Declined Materially
Scant Rainfall Blamed.

Washington, Aug. 10.-The crop re-
porting board, department of agricul.
ture, estimated the condition and
yields of the principal crops on August
l, as follows:
Winter wheat. condition August l.:
Yield per acre. 1911 bushels: five-year
average, 1915 bushels; total produc-
lion, 675,000,0 900 bushels: July forecast,
S93,o00.000 bushels; five-year average,
523.OOO,0OO bushels.
Spring wheat: August /. 1855: last
year. 74.1; July 1, 1914. 92.1; yield per
acre, 49, bushels; five-year average,
1873 bushels; total production, 235, 0O0.-
300 bvshels; July forecast, 274.0O0.o00
bushels: 1913 final, 240,000,000 BUSH
els; f1ve-year average. 245.OOo,OO0
bushels
All wheat: Yield per acre, III BUSH
total production, 991,000,OO0; July 4
forecast, 927.000,0O0 bushels; 1918
final, 1853 100000 bushels: average.
SS6,OoO,000 bushels; price August 1.
76.5 cents; 1914, TIL cents.
Corn: Condition August l.. 74.S;
1913, 1858; July /, 1914, 1873; yield
per acre. 25.1 bushels; five-year aver.
age, 25.9 bushels; total production,
1884, 100000 bushels; July forecast, g.
a17,000.000 bushels; 1913 final, 2,447.,
100000 bushels; average, 2,70S,OOO.-
300 bushels; price August 1853 cents;
1913, 65.4 cents.
Oats: Condition August 1, 1914; 1913.
1873; July 1, 1914. S4.5; yield per
acre. 80 bushels; average, 3O.6 BUSH
els; total production. 1.153.000,0O0
bushels; July forecast. 1897 100000;
1913 final. 1,122,00O,000 bushels; aver
age. 1,131. 100000 bushels; price Au-
gust l. 367 cents; 1913, 37.6 cents,
Barley: Condition August l, S5.3;
1913, 74.9; July /, 1914. 92.6; yield per
acre, 25.9 bushels; average August,
94.3; total production, 2O3.00O,0O0
bushels; July forecast, 211,O0O,O0O
bushels; 1913 final, 17S,000,0 bush
els; average, 182,0O0,OOO bushels;
price August /, 45.1 cents; 1918, 500
cents.
Rye: Yield per acre, 1853 bushels;
,-verage, 16.1 bushels; total production,
100000 bushels; 1913 final, 41,000.-
300 bushels; average, 35.00o,oo0 bush
els: price August 1, 81 cents; 1913,
60.7 cents.
The acreages Of all the crops lex
GLIDING apples) total 3O1, 12S,000 acres.
compared with 3O0.305O0O in 1913.
+ experimenting the crop report, Sec
rotary of Agriculture Houston said:
"The month Of July was unfavorable
for crops, as the result Of which gem
eraI prospects have declined material
y Compared with July 1, the Au-
gust forecast Of corn shows re-
duction of 283,000,000 bushels. or 81
per cent; wheat, 100000 bushels, or
II per cent; oats, 100000 bushels,
Or 81 per cent; barley, 100000 bush
els, or 3.8 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
rotary called attention to forecasted
Increase Of 100000 bushels, or 2.5
per cent in potatoes, and 100000
bushels, or 2 per cent, In sweet pota-
toes, and 100000 pounds, or As per
cent, In tobacco.