Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-08-14
ESTINATES0N CROPS
REPORTING BOARD OF AcRIcuLe
TURAL DEPARTMENT GIVES
DATA FOR JULY.
CORN CONDITION VERY GOOD
Secretary Houston Declares That Gen.
erai Prospects for Various Grains
Have Declined Observation-Disclosures
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 /, as follows:
Winter wheat, conditions August 1:
Yield per acre. 1911 bushels; five-year
average, 1876 bushels; total produc-
ton, 675, 100000 bushels; July fore
cast, 693.000,00O bushels; five-year av-
erage. $4,000. 900 bushels.
Spring wheat: August /, 75.5: last
year. 74.4; July 1, 1914, 92.1; yield per
acre. 1871 bushels: five-year average.
1873 bushels; total prodution. 2S5, OOO.-
600 bushels; July forecast, 274.000,000
bushels; 1913 final, 240,000,00O bush
els; five-year average. 245.0O0,OO0
bushels.
All wheat: Yield per acre, III bush
els; five-year average, 14.7 bushels;
total production, 991,000,000: July
forecast, 927, 100000 bushels; 1918
final. 763,00O,OOO bushels; average.
6S6,0O0.0O0 bushels; price August l.
76.5 cents; 1914, I'll cents.
Corn: Condition, August l, 74.s;
1913, 1853; July 1, 1914, s5.S: yield
per acre, PSI bushels; five-year aver
age, 25.9 bushels; total production,
1884. 100000 bushels; July forecast, b
s17,O00,000 bushels; 1913 final 2.447,-
100000 bushels; average. 2,50S,0OO.-
600 bushels; price August l, 1853
1000
Oats: Condition August 1. 1874; 1918.
1873; July /, 1914, 84.5; yield per
acre, 80 bushels; average, 906 bush
els; total production, 1,153,00 10000
bushels; July forecast, 197,000,0O0;
1913 final, 1922, 100000 bushels; aver
age, 1871. 100000 bushels; price Au-
gust 1, 36.7 cents; 1913, 37.6 cents.
Barley; Condition August 1. S5sS;
1913. 74.9; July /, 1914, 1915; yield per
acre, 25.9 bushels: average August,
24.S; total production. 203,000,000
bushels; July forecast, 211. 100000
bushels; 1913 final, 178,O00,000 bush
els; average, 1S2,0OO.OOO bushels;
price August /. 45,1 cents: 1913, 50.2
cents.
Rye: Yield per acre, 1853 bushels;
average, 16.1 bushels; total produc-
ton, 100000 bushels; 1913 final A.
100000 bushels; average, 35.00O.O00
bushels; price August /. 81 cents;
1913, 60.7 cents
The acreage of all the crops Tex
Guiding apples) total 301. 12s.000 acres.
Supplementing the crop report, Sec
rotary of Agriculture Houston said:
1.-THE month of July was unfavorable
for crops, as the result of which gem
eral prospects have declined material
ly. Compared with July 1, the August
forecast of corn shows reduction
of 2S3,000,000 bushels, or 81 per cent;
wheat, 100000 bushels. or II per
cent; oats, 100000 bushels, or 81
per cent; barley, 100000 bushels, or
3s 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 a forecasted
increase of 100000 bushels, or Is
per cent, in potatoes. and 100000
bushels, or Q per cent, in sweet pota-
toes. and 100000 pounds, or AS per
cent, in tobacco.