Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-08-25

l,66bO00 compared with 3,SS3,000;
Illinois, l,92l,OO0 compared with T.
10000; Iowa, l,715,00O compared
with 3,225,O0O; Missouri, 100000
compared with 6,2S7,000; Kentucky,
2,656,O0O compared with 4,17O,OOO;
Arkansas, 1,143,000 compared with
ilS3,O0O. Ia Michigan, however,
the forecast is an increase, being
100000 compared with 3,150,00O.
Also in the Pacific Northwest the
forecast is for larger yields than last
year, except in Idaho.
Hay
The hay crop promise is for a crop
almost as large as last years big
crop, the August | forecast being S4,-
500, 900 tons of cultivated hay, which
compares with S5,2OO,000 tons pro-
duced last year and only 66,200,00O
the yearly average of the preceding
five years. The production promises
to be fairly large in nearly all sec
tions. In comparison with last years
siderable increase in nearly all states
east of Illinois, but somewhat smaller
production in nearly all states to the
west. a preliminary estimate of 49,,
$4,000 tons has been made of the
clover hay production, which COM
pares with an estimated production
of 12,527, 200 tons last year. In
creases are reported from all import
ant states except Wisconsin and Iowa.
The price of hay is now rather low,
the average to producers of the
United States on August l being
$10.66, against $11.02 year ago,
The United States foreign trade in
hay is comparatively insignificant.
Pastures
Pastures, from the high condition
of 81 on July l declined to a fig
ure of 500 on August /. The loss
from a condition of normal (100) or
above in the north central group of
states to averages running in the sew
enties or eighties in all of this group
except Minnesota and the Dakotas, is
responsible for the great decline.
Elsewhere the condition has been
substantially maintained, and in the
Atlantic coast states and the west
ern group of states they have i'm
proved as a result of continued moist
ure in the former and the coming of
much needed rains in the latter. The
present condition is still considerably
above the 10-year average of S1.6,
but far below last years figure of
96.1 on this date.
Timothy Hay
The condition of timothy hay has
continued to improve during July
over the high figures of 94.4, report
ed at the beginning of the month, to
90 on August l. This is the highest
condition report for this crop since
1898, when it was 1913. The 10-year
average at this date is S2.6 The re-
ports received indicate extraordinary
yields and fine quality in the main
producing belt of the north central
states, maximum yields in excess Of
two tons being mentioned. The con-
dition is reported extremely high in
New England, up to 10, but the
quality of the hay has been damaged
by over-ripeness and by wetting after
being harvested.
Alfalfa
Condition has slightly declined to
IS for the United States on August
/, in comparison with an average Of
1917 last year and a 10-year average
of S8.5 Conditions in the important
alfalfa states of Nebraska, Kansas
and Oklahoma, declined materially,
over 10 per cent, during the month,
owing to the droughty conditions
there. In the group of far western
states, where the earlier crop was
very poor because Of droughts and
freezes, the July rains have improved
conditions about five per cent. The
August ! condition for the country
as a whole is 35 below the 10-year
average of SS.5 and CT below last
years condition at this time, the
lower condition being due partly to
winter killing, to the unfavorable
conditions accompanying the earlier
cuttings in the main alfalfa regions,
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