Arizona republican., 1916-09-09
WHEAT CROP TO
 BE WAY BELOW
 NORMAL AMOUNT
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WASHINGTON, Sept S.-Heavy damage to the country's cereal crops during August caused a loss of many millions of bushels of prospective pro- duction. cutting down the outlook for wheat to below the amount required for home consumption.
 The department of agriculture's monthly forecast. issued today, esti- mates the wheat crop at 100000 bushels. or 5000, 900 bushels less than is calculated to be necessary for do- mestic use. A carry lover of approx imately 16O 900, 900 bushels of old wheat from last years record breaking crop however. will make up the deficiency and leave something like l0000O, 900 bushels available to supply the heavy demand of foreign nations for Amer ican wheat.
 Spring wheat parcned by hot and dry weather. showed a loss of i3.0O0. 900 bushels since the August forecast of production. while corn estimates were 67 ,000. 900 bushels smaller than forecast month ago.
 Preliminary estimate of the winter wheat crop places the production at 455 .0O0, 900 bushels. and that of spring wheat at 156. 900. GOO. The prospective spring wheat crop is the smallest in % years, and 200,00o,0O0 bushels less than harvested last year. The total wheat crop is placed at 6ll.O0O.G0e bushels. which is 00.000000 bushels less than last years record breaking crop of .0f2 GOO. 900 bushels. The com | bined winter and spring wheat crop is the smallest since 1900 and the acreage | is the lowest in 25 years
 | The heavy loss in prospective pro ! duction of corn was due to drought | Tn Oklahoma many fields of corn were cut for ensilage or fodder. The total crop is forecast at 2,273,000 900 bushels which is 22,000 900 bushels less than the average for the last five years. An unusually short output of white potatoes for winter supply is forecast | Production of SIS ,000.0 bushels is in- dicated That is 5000, 900 bushels less than forecast a month ago and the smallest crop since 1911.
 Other losses from the production es- inmates made month ago are:
 Oats. 43,000 900 bushels: barley, H. 100000 bushels: buckwheat. l,300.0o' ] bushels: rye. ,40O,0 900 bushels: cotton 1.1O0.0 900 bales: apples 3.900,000 bar rels. and peaches. 3.400.000 bushels. There was an increase of 27000,0O' pounds in the indicated production O tobacco. making crop of 1,224,o0' pounds and exceeding the record crol of 1910 by 121 100000 pounds.
 Hay production is forecast at 86,2OO, 900 tons, which is 100000 tons nor than forecast month ago and 1000,
 600 tons more than last years recort | crop.
 Rice, which declined 400 900 bushel
 from a month ago, promises a crop o
 g, 900 900 bushels, which would be al
 most 5000, 900 bushels more than tn
 record crop harvested last year
 A statement issued by the depart
 ment commenting on the report says
 Nearly all crops declined in condi
 ton during the past month, due to tn
 hot, dry weather in the northern am
 central west portions of the Unite' States.
 Corn declined in prospect 67,0O0,0O
 bushels; spring wheat declined 43,000,
 900 bushels; oats, 43,000,000; barley
 II, 900, ,00O potatoes. 46,000,000 bushel;
 and apples 3g00,000 barrels.
 "On the other hand. tobacco pros
 poets improved 27000,0Oo pounds, tn l Continued on Page Two)