The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
Government Report Shows a Record Production of
 Oats, Barley, Rye, To-
 baccO and Hay
THE WHEAT CROP EXCEEDS A BILLION
 DOLLARS IN VALUE
Corn Crop May Also Be a Record Breaker-Autumn Wheat Crop Largest Yet
 Produced by Any Nation


 Washington October 7.--American har- | vests this year will be the most valuable ever produced With the wheat crop ex- ceeding a billion bushels. the largest ever grown in one season by any nation, and corn crop which also may prove to be the largest ever made. the governments october crop report issued today. an- | nouncod preliminary estimates which In- dicate record harvests of oats barley. rye, sweet potatoes, rice tobacco and
 hay.
 Corn still Is king of crops with indica-
 tons of S.026, 159oo0 bushels. That is 9s,- ooo0o0 bushels below the record of 1912, but the final production. when the harvest is finished and all statistics compiled,
 may more than make up the deficiency 1 The higher prices this year assures tho | most valuable corn crop ever grown. At prices to farmers prevailing October ! the corn crop is worth s2,1sS ooo,ooo | Wheat prospects increased as the grow
 ing season progressed and the govern-
 ment's early season of production moved l up month by month so that todays pre- | liminary estimate of production was placed at LOO, ,029,00o bushels. Wet wealth.
 CT at harvest time. however, reduced the
 quality or winter wheat so that much of | 1t will not be available for milling pur- poses and will have to be used for feed. At prices prevailing October 1 the farm value of the crop is s910.S4i000, consider
 ably more than ever was paid for a
 wheat crop before
 l Potatoes Suffer
 September weather was paitlvularly ae-
 structipe to potatoes, causing reduction of 3L75S.OOo bushels. or 10 per cent in | the forecast of production Tobacco also l suffered from unfayorable conditions. which caused decrease of Y,345 O0U
 pounds in the production forecast. To-
 bacco, however, promises to exceed the record crop of 1909 by 43000,0O0 pounds. l Oats will exceed the record crop of l Ig12 by almost 100000,000 bushels. Barley will exceed it's record by 100000 bushels sweet potatoes by 5.0o00o0 bushels; /rice l by b0u0D bushels and hay by s.000,0O0 tons | The bureau of crop estimates made the
 following comment on crop prospects. "A slight improvement in corn pros poets, larger production of small grains 1 than previously forecast, but material decline In prospects for potat toes are the | prominent features of reports relating to l l October l.
 "The corn forecast is s.0e6, ,Oo0.Ooo bush els, an increase over last months fore
 cast of Il, l,000.000 bushels. Last years pro-
 duction was estimated at 2,673 1000 bush | els. and the average of the preceding hvo years was 2.70s oo0 bushels. The con dition of the crop in Iowa and the north ern tier of states is conspicuous'y poor
 as compared with other portions of tho 1 country.
 Wheat Estimate | The estimated spring wheat produce | ton, 345 16S.000 bushels, has overrun tho | September forecast 23.0OO000 bushels.
 Last years final estimate was 2O6,000000
 bushels and the average of the preceding | five years 245 900 0t1 bushels.
 ''rhe combination of winter wheat and 1 spring wheat estimates make 002, GOO GOO
 bushels This is the first time the United States has reached the 100000, GOO busnel mark in wheat production Last years
 crop was estimated at s9i 100000 bushels | and the average of the preceding five
 years was 6S6 100000 bushels
 'The oats crops, estimated at l,5l700o,- GOO bushels overruns the September 1 l forecast hy l09,0 000 bushels and makes
 a new record in the production of this crop. Last years crop was estimated at 114l, ,000,00O bushels and the average of the preceding five years, 1.13l GOO, 900 bush- els The crop is seriously affected by
 blight and rot generally in the principal | potato sections east of the Mississippi
 river. Not only will the crop be short.
 but the keeping qualities probably poor.
 "The barley crop. like the other small grain crops and wheat and oats. has over run early forecasts of production and ex- | ceeds that of any previous barley crop,
 the estimate being 237,00o.0o0 bushels. which compares with last years est-
 mate of 195.0000o0 and the average of the preceding five years of ts2 100000. Ths | quality is very good for feeding pur-
 poses, being plump and heavy. but much has been badly stained by rains after | harvest, reducing the quality for malt ing.
 "The apple crop forecast is il,f32, ,oOV bar | rels 6 bushes), which is .0O0 barrels | larger than the September 1 forecast but 12, 16S. .000 barrels less than last years esti-
 mate of production. This estimate refers
 to total farm production tcensus basls)
 only portion of which represents the so-called commercial crop.
 Altogether. the season of 1915 has been favorable for crop production"
 Lived 137 Years