The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-31
of Wheat Oats, Barley and
Hay and Corn Crop Ap-
breaches the Record.

pfoaciles the Record.
X VAs11INGToN, Oct. so.-The esti-
Z mates of the department Of agricul-
tyge for October show record crops
y ~ Wheat, oats. barley and hay, ana
~ corn crop closely approaching the
record. The returns to that depart
1aent indicate production OF ap-
proximate1y three billion bushels Of
corr, one and a half billion bushels
{ Of oats, one billion bushels of wheat.
almost a quarter billion bushels Of
& barley, and hundred million tons
4 OF hay, II the twenty million estlmat-
ed tons OF wild hay, crop not here
tofore reported upon, be included.
According to the reports received
by the department, prospects inn
proved during September for all OF
these crops. The conditions during
the month were generally favorable
to the maturity Of growing crops, to
y harvesting and to fall blowing. The
proportion OF warm and sunny days
was higher than in prior months,
though there were. rather general
storms toward its close. The mois-
ture for the month was normal or
below, except in portions Of the north
central states. particularly the north
central states ETAOIN LNUN UN .
ern tier. The droughty conditions in
some gulf and western states were re-
lieved by late rains in most states
affected. Frost did little damage, ex-
cept in portions of the extreme north
ern states.
Corn.
Corn gained materially during the
month, Increasing the estimates of
production Al 100000 bushels, to a to-
tai OF 3.026,159,O 900 bushels, within a
few per cent OF the record crop of
1912. Last years crop and the aver
age for the previous five years have
been about 2,700,000.000. Corn ma
tured rapidly during the fortnight of
warm and sunny weather in Septem-
Der, but there was still much imma-
ture corn in the northern portions
Of the main corn belt of the central
states that on October required two
I and in some cases three weeks of
freedom from sever frosts to- assure
practically complete maturity. The
average date of killing frosts in the
sections in question is usually by
October 1. At that date comparative
~ little frost damage was reported
! except in Minnesota and the Dakotas
and in the northern portions Of Mich
igan, Wisconsin and Iowa. In the
main corn belt the upland corn gems
orally shows exceptionally heavy
growth and yield, but much damage
and loss to corn in the lowlands are
reported. Much corn was thrown
down in the fields by the severe
storms Of August and September. The
crop in the Atlantic coast states
gained during September, except in
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary
land: 1t lost slightly in the SOUTH
ern states east of the Mississippi riy-
or, but gained correspondingly west
Of the river.
Wheat.
The promised production of spring
wheat increased during September 22,-
100000 bushels in the Dakotas, slight
ly in the western states. The tota,
Increase Of about 100000 bushels
ls sufficient to raise the estimate ror
total production of all wheat to over
100000 bushels. the record for the
United States The prior record was
established by the crop of $4,000, 900
bushels last year, the average for re-
cent years being in the neighborhood
Of 700,000,000 bushels.
The quality of spring wheat is re-
ported as 90.7 per cent against an
average OF SIG per cent, whereas win
ter wheat quality was reported in
August as as per cent below the
average. Spring wheat is generally
heavy. particularly in Minnesota and
the Dakotas, even where it was frost
ed, but in most states it is off color
and somewhat high in starch and low
in gluten content. TIE quality is
fine to good in most of the western
states except Colorado, the grain be-
Ing very light and poor in the latter
state.
Oats.
The reports on oats indicate that
yields are large practically every
where. The estimate is 10000, O0C
bushels greater than indicated on Sep
tember |. Yields OF seventy-five to
100 bushels. and even over, are not
infrequent in the reports. from the
central West particularly in Illinois
and Iowa. The estimate shows the
. record crop of 1.517.41S,000 bushels
and the record yield per acre Of 37.s
bushels for the United States, since
the government crop service was es-
tablished in 1866. The crop last year