Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
GREATEST WHEAT CROP
EVER GROWN IN PROSPECT
With Continued Good Growing Con-
ditions, Might Reach
Billion Bushels.
LARGEST AREA EVER PLANTED
IL Prospects Develop, U. S. Will Have
Upwards Of 3S5,OOO,OOO Bushels
Coming Year to Supply Demands
of Warning European Nations.

WASHINGTON, June S.-A billion
oushel wheat crop. the greatest ever
grown In the worlds history is in
dicated for the coming harvest in to-
days forecast by the Federal Crop
Reporting Board on the growing win
ter and spring wheat crop.
Should that enormous quantity be
harvested the United States would
have. upwards of 3S5,Ooo,0o0 bushels Of
wheat during the coming year to sup
ply the demands of the warning Euro
pean nations, which are expected to
increase rather than diminisc Do
nestle conditions this year Will reach
535.0o0.oOl bushels for food PURPOSES
and about S0,0oo,0oo bushels f,r seed
ing.
Basing its forecast on the cond ton
OF the growing crops on June J. the
crop reporting board to-day estimated
the final production of winter and
spring wheat combined would be $50
000,0o0 bushels. The actual production,
however. will be greater or less than
the figures stated in proportion as con-
ditions from June l to harvest time
are better o: worse than usual. a
billion bushel harvest with good
growing conditions, is not improbab BILE
in view OF the fact that the recent
crop record In the year of 1912 the
prospects increased 100000 bushels
from June l to harvest.
Influenced by the prospective heavy
European demands for grain. American
farmers last fall sowed the largest
area ever planted in this country to
winter wheat-4o.l69.0 900 acres-and
this spring l9,24S,000 acres were sown
In spring wheat exceeding last years
area by almost 100000 acres Winter
and spring wheat areas combined show
an increase of II per cent over last
years acreage. The wheat sown last
fall came through the winter In SPLEEN
did condition, but detcriorated during
May. Spring wheat was somewhat
hindered by cool and wet weather. but
on on June Jun, showed change nan Of
for the last ten years.
Winter wheat. now being harvested
in the southern sections of the ooun-
try. will yield 616,0O0.0OO bushels, the
crop reporting board estimates. This
is 100000 bushels less than harvested
in last years record crop.
Spring wheat production prospects
are placed at 27i,ooo.oOO bushels. or
6S,0o0.00o bushels more than last year,
and 23.000.000 bushels less than in
1918. This would be second in size
for spring wheat. the record crop hav
ing been 33o.34s.o00 bushels in 1912.
In Its forecast day, based on the
condition OF winter and spring wheat
on June !. the Federal Crop Report
ing Board pla ced the prospective wheat
crop at 95o,ooo.ooo bushels. which
would exceed last years record crop
by 100000 bushels. With continued
good growing conditions the crop might
reach n billion bushels.
OF this 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
676,00o.0o0 bushels. which would be
100000 bushels under last years
record crop. or spring wheat. 274.000.-
600 bushels are forecast, or 100000
bushels under the record crop OF 1912,
but greater than last year and the
year before.
The governments June crop report
to-day shows:
Spring wheat:
Area planted, l9,24s.o00 acres; condi-
tion, 9i9: acre yield, l4.l estimated
total production, 274,O0O.o00.
Winter wheat:
Condition. SIS: yield. 16.o; produce