The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-05-13
In the Nations History.
Says Report.
IN ALL 100000 BUSHELS
Will Be Produced If Highly
Favorable Existing Con.
ditiOnS Continue.
CONDITIONS OF OTHER CROPS


est crop of winter wheat ever grown.
one-ffth again as large as the record
crop grown last year and more than
half again as large as that harvest
ed in 1912. is indicated by statistics
announced by the Department OF
Agriculture to-day.
In all $4,000, 900 bushels will be
produced II the highly favorable
conditions existing since the crop
was planted last fall. continue until
harvest time. The acreage abandon
ed through unfavorable conditions OF
the winter amounted to only 81 per
cent. of the area planted, an unusu-
ally low area, This makes the area
remaining to be harvested a record
one of 35,3s7 900 acres.
Indications are that Kansas Will
have crop of 100000 bushels,
or 45.5OO.O00 bushels more than
last year. and Oklahoma 35,5oO.00o,
or II 900. 900 bushels more than last
year
The report. issued to-day, shows
the condition on May ] of winter
wheat. rye, meadow lands and pas
lures: the percentage OF spring
blowing aud spring planting COM
pleted, the acreage of winter wheat
to be harvested, the estimated OUT
turn of the winter wheat crop and
the stocks of hay on farms May l.
The figures are:
WINTER WHEAT-The average
condition of winter wheat on May
was $50 per cent. of normal COM
pared with 95.6 per cent on April l.,
91.9 per cent. on May /, 1913, ana
S5.5 per cent. the average for the
past ten years on May /.
The area of winter wheat remain
ing on May | to be harvested was
about 35,3S7.O00 acres, or 1,119,OOO
acres less than the area planted last
/ autumn. but 3,6SS,0OO acres more
than the area harvested last year
(31, G99, 900 acres).
The condition on May | is indica-
| tive of a yield per acre of approx
mately 17.S bushels, assuming aver
age variations to prevail thereafter.
On the estimated area to be har-
vested this would produce final
crop of 63O,OOO,O00 bushels, COM
pared with 523,561, 900 bushels har-
vested in. 1913. S99,919,O0O bushels
in 1912. 43O,656,O 900 bushels in 191 |
and 434,142,0O0 bushels in 1910.
The outturn of the crop probably
will be above or, below the figures
here given. according to whether the
condition from May to time of har-
vest is above or below the average
change.
RYE-The condition of. rye on
May l was 1914 per cent of nor
NAL, compared with 9l.3 per cent
on April /. 80 per cent. on May l,
1913. and S9.4 per cent, the aver
age for the past ten years on May !.
MEADOW, OR HAY.LANDS-The
average condition of meadow, OF
hay lands on May was 500 pei
hcent. of normal. compared with
SS.5 per cent. on May l, 1913, and a
ten-year average on May 1 of $751;
per cent.
HAY ON PARASITIC stocks OF
hay on farms on May l were esti
mated to be 1882 200 tons. compar'
cd with 1O,S2S, 900 tons ON May /
1919. and 4.744.00O tons on May !
1912.
PASTURE-The average condi
tion OF pastures on May | was SS.S
per cent. OF a normal, compared with
ST. per cent. on May l. 1913. and q
ten-year average on May of Sc
per cent.
SPRING PLOWING-Of sprinl
blowing, 1913 per cent. was ccnplet
ed up to May /. compared with 67.l
per cent, ON May I, 1913. and a ten
year average on May of 66.6 pei
cent
SPRING PLANTING-Of sprini
planting. 56.4 per cent. was com
pleted up to May l.. compared with
$40 per cent. on May l, 1913, ant
a six-year average ON May OF 54.t
per cent.
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