Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-09
BUSHELS OF WHEAT
Total Yield Will Be Largest Ever
Known-Big Increase in
Acreage.
CONDITION SLIGHTLY LOWER

! WASHINGTON, June s-The greatest
wheat crop the country has ever known
( is in prospect for the coming harvest.
In Its forecast TO-DAY, based on the
ground OF winter and spring wheat on
June /. the federal crop reporting board
placed the prospective wheat crop at
$50 900, 900 bushels. which would exceed
last years record crop by 100000 BUSH
els. With continued good growing condi-
tions, the crop might reach billion
bushels.
OF the great wheat crop the bulk is
from winter wheat planted last fall on
the greatest acreage ever sown. The
yield OF that class OF wheat is placed at
SIC. 000, 900 bushels, which would he 5000
900 bushels under last years record crop.
OF spring wheat 2T4OOO.OO bushels are
forecast. That amount would be $780,
900 bushels under the record crop OF
1912. but greater. however. than last year
and the year before.
Oats planted this spring was on the
greatest area ever sown TO that crop
exceeding last years area by almost
100000 acres. The forecast Of the oats
crop places st at ]. IS. 100000 bushels. which
is more than harvested last year or in 1918
but $50, 0CO. 900 bushels less than the record
crop OF 1912.
The barley crop, from present indica-
| tons, will be second in point of size
with 107O00,0O0 bushels, which would be
100000 bushels less than the 1912 record
crop, but more than grown last year or
in 1913.
Agrees I'm Detail.
These statistics, gathered from the
! many correspondents and agents of the
departments bureau Of statistics and
compiled by the crop reporting board.
with comparisons for other years, fol-
low:
Spring Wheat-Area planted. 1s24s,O 900
acres. compared with 17,5SS,O0O last year.
Condition. $40 per cent OF a normal, COM
pared with $50 last year. and 93.S, the
ten-year average. Indicated yield. AL
bushels per acre, compared with lis last
year. and 1913, the lSOe-lS average. Esti-
mated total production, 274,OO0,OC0 bushels
| compared with o6,o37.O0O last year, and
245.OOooOO, the 1soe-la average.
Winter Wheat-Area planted l0,16e,0O0
acres, compared with S6OOS, 900 last year.
| Condition, S5s per cent of a normal, COM
pared with 929 on May 1 this year, 81. Z
! on June l last year, and S2.3 the ten-year
average. Indicated yield, 169 bushels per
acre, compared with 1870 last year. and
l5.6, the 1898 average. Estimated total
production, 676, 200. 200, compared with 6S4,-
| $4,000 iass year, and al, .0OO the l9Oe-ls
! average.
All wheat-Area planted, 5s,l17, 900 acres
compared with 1854 900 last year Condi-
ton, $50 per cent OF a normal compared
1 xr-ifh Ia
average. Indicated yield. 1s0 bushels per
acre, compared with 1876 last year. and
| 147. the 1SO9-1s average. Estimated total
production. eSOOOO.OOO bushels. compared
with ss1,Ol7,Ooo last year, and 6S6OOO,OOO.
the 1sO9-Is average.
Oats-Area planted, 40,9lS,O00 acres, COM
pared with $4,000 last year. Condition
s22 per cent OF a normal, compared with
| sS.5 last year, and $50. the ten-year aver
age. Indicated yield. S2t bushels per
acre, compared with 297 last year, and
800, the 1sOe-iS average. Estimated total
production. /. 1885, 10000 bushels, compared
with La ,Oeo.O 900 last year, and 1,lS1, 900 900,
the 190e-1S average.
Hay-Condition, SIS per cent OF a nor
NAL, compared with Ss.s on May / this
year. Ss.7 last year, and $40, the seven-
year average.
| characterization, 91.3 per cent of a
normal. compared with So on May 1
last. Ss.S in 1913 and ss.4, the ten-year av-
| erage.
Approximation, FOL per cent OF a
normal. compared with 72T last year.
and ESQ. the ten-year average. Estimated
total production. 1s1. 1000 bushels. COM
pared with 2Ss. 10000 last year, and 49,
10000. the 1S0e-ls average.