Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-14
ESTIMATES ON CROPS
REPORTING BOARD OF AGRIcUL
TURAL DEPARTMENT GIVES
DATA FOR JULY.
CORN CONDITION VERY GOOD
Secretary Houston Declares That Gen
eral Prospects for Various Grains
Have Declined Observation-Disclosures
cy Of Rainfall Blamed.


Washington, Aug. 10.-The crop re-
porting board, department OF agr1cul-
ture, estimated the condition and
yields of the principal crops on Au-
gust /, as follows:
Winter wheat, conditions August i:
Yield per acre, 1911 bushels; five-year
average, 1876 bushels; total produc-
ton, 100000 bushels; July fore
cast, 693,OO0,0OO bushels; five-year av-
erage, 523, 100000 bushels.
Spring wheat: August 1, 75.5; last
year, 74.4; July /, 1914, 92.1; yield per
acre, 1871 bushels; f1ve-year average,
1873 bushels: total prodution, 235,OOO,-
900 bushels; July forecast, 274, 100000
bushels; 1918 final, 240,00O,00O bush
els; five-year average, 245,OOO,OOO
bushels.
All wheat: Yield per acre, III BUSH
els; five-year average. 14.7 bushels;
total production, 991 100000; July 4
forecast, 927,OO0,OOO bushels; 1913
final, 763,00O,0OO bushels; average,
6S6,Oo0,OOO bushels; price August ].
76.5 cents; 1914, I'll cents.
Corn: Condition, August l, 74.S;
1913, 1853; July /, 1914. 1873; yield
per acre, 25.1 bushels; five-year aver
age, 25.9 bushels; total production
1884, 100000 bushels; July forecast, -
917,000,000 bushels; 1913 final, 2,441,-
100000 bushels; average. 7O8.OOO.-
900 bushels; price August l. 7O-S
cents; 1913, 65.4 cents.
Oats: Condition August 1, 1874; 1913.
1873; July /, 1914. S4.5; yield per
acre, 80 bushels; average, S0.6 bush
els; total production, 1,153,OOO, OOO
bushels; July forecast, 1877, 100000;
1913 final, 1922, 100000 bushels; aver
age, i, 131, 100000 bushels; price Au-
gust 1, 36.7 cents; 1913, 37.6 cents.
Barley: Condition August /, 1913;
1918, 74.9; July |, 1914, 92.6; yield per
acre, 25.9 bushels; average August,
24.3; total production, 2O3,OOO,0o0
bushels; July forecast, 211.0O0,OO0
bushels; 1913 final, 17S,O0O,0O0 bush
els; average, 182,OOO,OOO bushels;
price August /, 45.1 cents; 1913, 50.2
cents.
Rye: Yield per acre, 1873 bushels;
average, 161 bushels; total produc-
ton, 100000 bushels; 1913 final, A.
100000 bushels; average, 100000
bushels; price August /, 81 cents;
1913, 60.7 cents.
The acreage of all the crops Eek
Guiding apples) total 301.128.00 acres.
Supplementing the crop report, Sec
rotary Of Agriculture Houston said:
Z "The month of July was unfavorable
for crops, as the result of which gen
eral prospects have declined material
ly. Compared with July 1, the August
forecast of corn shows reduction
of 283,000,000 bushels, or 81 per cent;
wheat, 100000 bushels, or 1t per
cent; oats, 100000 bushels, or 81
per cent; barley, 100000 bushels, 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