Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-08
CONDITION IS 95.9 PER CENT
This Is Ten Points Above Average
for Ten Years.
ACREAGE SLIGHTLY DECREASED
Area Abandoned, However, Is the
Lowest on Record.
KANSAS IS THE BANNER STATE
Output for the sunfIOwer Commou-
wealth Is Estimated at Hundred
and Thirty-TwO Million
Figures by states.

WASHINGTON, May The greatest
crop of winter wheat ever grown, one
fifth again as large as that harvested In
1872 is indicated by statistics announced
BY the Department Of Agriculture.
In word 6S0.OCOoOO bushels will be pro.
duced II the highly favorable conditions
existing SINCE the crop was planted last
fall continue until harvest time, This
acreage abandoned through unfavorable
conditions of the winter amounted to only
81 per cent of the area planted. an un-
usually low area. This makes the area
remaining to be harvested a record one
Of 35,3STOO0, ,205 acres.
Indications are that Kansas will have
crop Of 100000 bushels. or $500 900
bushels more than last year, and OKLA
homa S5.5OO,OO0 or 100000 bushels more
than last year The Nebraska crop is
placed at $4,000 bushels. Last year 1t
was 5s,i25,OOO bushels.
The official Figures.
The first official estimate of the crop
Of winter wheat was made today in the
May crop report of the crop reporting
board, United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, issued at 2:15 p. m. The report
shows the condition on May l of winter
wheat rye, meadow lands and pastures;
the percentage of spring plowing and
spring planting completed, the acreage of
winter wheat to be harvested, the esti-
mated outturn 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 1 was S.S per
cent Of a normal, compared with S6.e per
cent on April /, 91.s per cent ON May l,
1913, and S5.5 per cent, the average for
the last ten years on May
The area Of winter wheat remaining on
May / to be harvested was about $685.
600 acres, --sF 119OO0 acres less than. the
area planted last autumn, but 3,6sS,0Oe
acres more than the area harvested last
year--Sl, 900 acres.
The condition on May / is Indicative
OF a yield per acre OF approximately
lis bushels, assuming average variations
to prevail thereafter. On the estimated
area to be harvested this would pro-
duce a final crop Of 6SOOOO,OOO bushels,
compared with 52S.561.O 900 bushels har-
vested in 1913 S99,s19,OOO bushels in 1912,
4SO, 656,OOO bushels in 1911 and 4S412,oOO
bushels in 1910. The outturn Of the crop
ures here given according to whether the
condition from May l to time of harvest
is above or below the average change
Rye, Hay and Pasture.
Rye-The condition of rye on May
was 1913 per cen of a normal, compared
with 81 per cent on April l, 81 per cent
on May /, 1913, and S9.4 per cent the av-
erage for the last ten years on May l.
Meadow or Hay Lands-The average
condition of meadow or hay lands on May
was 800 per cent of a normal, COM
pared with Ss.5 per cent on May /, 1918,
and q ten-year average on May l of SS.1
per cent.
Hay or Pasture-The stocks of hay on
farms on May l were estimated to be
7,Ss2,OOO tons, compared with 10, 900 tons
on May /, 1913, and 4,744,OOo tons on May
] 1912
Pasture--The average conditions of pas
lures on May / was Ss.S per cent of a
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