The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
of Finance
snrTEs1pER CROP REPORT


 lny. spF1ns wheat prospects and a hsesy drop in white potato condi- lions: . considerable decline in buck wheaAs moderate declines. but greater than tho average for August. in corn. oats, barley, and sweet potatoes To- baoco and flax have improved slight ly;=rioe has declined but little from It's hlshi condition of last month.
 Y Spring Wheat
 The damage to this crop from black rust and blight in July continued in- to August. The area of the rust in vaaion extended into territory in wes- tern Dakota and eastern Montana hitherto free of 1t and ran its course practically unchecked. It did much damage also in northern and north westeln Nebraska-
 Extenaive severe hail storms des- troyed 100000 acres of spring wheat In northern North Dakota and did da1naSg also In Montana The prom lsed drop was reduced during the month AS 900, 900 bushels to a pros psct on September 1 of 56,00O,O00 buahalx, which Is but A per cent of laAtaysar's big crop of 357,000,000 and only about twc-thirds of the five year average crop of 233,00O,000 bushels. 1t isathe smallest spring wheat crop sincet1S94-S sflwe-3.,~f s--
 i-~r,S Corn
 Present conditions, forecast a crop of- about '2.710, ,00o,000 bushels of corn, being approximately 67.000,000 below the prospect a month ago, 345,000,00O L . the average production of the five veaus,. 1 s10 to 1914. Slight improve meqks sfsom the, warm weather and generally sufficient moisture in the central northern tier of States from Wtscons1n westward through Minne- uofa and Iowa, into the Dakota and ad5oining.plateu States, including con- siderable improvement in Nebraska. ara more than offset by the serious damage from continued drought in K1mas. Oklahoma, northern Texas, lrA portions of Missouri, Illinois, and otlsr central States Changes else Iw1bre weres light, but generally dd Fn~ards. The crop is further ad- vaj3ced in the more northern central Etates than last year. No material 1ro6t damage had occurred there up to Sepfsmber 1, at which time corn was l@gsfy, in the dough and much oft dentsd- It was hoped there that fair to eood crops would be realized in the absence of the Killing frosts up toSSepten1ber 1o-to 20, although some fie1ds would require practically all of thSs month of September to mature, particularly in Michigan
 In the central corn belt conditions arc spotted, due to the extensive. July and August droQghts. having been relieved in sections by local rains. Upland com has suffered most se- ve6ely. The early cFep suffered as a ru ' more than the later planted from drXness and heat at the blossoming period. Complaint of lack of proper po11enization and of the failure of the ears to fill at the tip is made in Iowa and adjoiniTs States.
 Oats
 Oats suffered some decline during August, though less than the average decline for that month. Being ear Her. than wheat and not as suscepti- bies to rust, damage from that cause VII 1ess and was largely allowed for infhe August 1 reports. August de- cInes were not severe in any State though they were material in New York. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Min nesota and North Dakota. The pros poets improved moderately in Illinois and Nebraska, and elsewhere remain ed practically unchanged. The Sep tember 1 forecast is for a total crop of 1,z31, 900. 600, bushels: 43,eo0, ,o0o les than promised arnonth ago so9;- ha Ia o,-su crop. but 73,ooo,ooo above the five ye4F average.
 | T White Potatoes
 Avery serious and unusually heavy decline during August in potato pros- pects is reported. due almost entire ly to the exceptionally dry,% hot weather of July and the earlier part ofaALugust. a tyne of weather peculiar 1y unfavorab1e to. this crop, which cannot endure burning heat. Con- sdderable daf1age from insects is mentioned. but little rot or blight Tho early crop appears to have suf- fered most severely ln the main po- tato belt, the late rains having been helpful to the late planted crops. The josgss arc most severe in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. although m4lerfal declines are general through out the country. except the Western PIeteau and Pacific Coast States wA4eh. sI6w uniform improvement except In Montana and California,
 4he condition on September 1 givei prsn1iss of . crop of 31s,ooo,00t 0u1bsis. 100000 less than the proHaiss a month ago, 41,000. 900 less than last years crop, 43.000,00o less than tie five year average, and low CT than any crop produced since 1911
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