The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-11
U. S. GRAIN CROPS
PRODUCTION THIS YEAR WILL
SHOW BIG GAIN OVER THE
YIELDS IN 1916.
Government Crop Report Shows Corn
Prospects Materially Improved
and indicate a Yield Of
3,1e1, 900 600 Bushels.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

is in prospect for the coming harvest.
The Department of Agriculture's Au-
gust crop report showed corn pros
poets improved to the extent of 67.-
100000 bushels during July. indicat-
ing total production of 3,191, 100000
bushels.
Wheat, however, shows decrease
of 25.000,000 bushels. Spring wheat
had a bad month and prospects de-
creased 100000 bushels. but winter
wheat returns indicated 100000
bushels more than forecast in July.
Wheat production-wlnter wheat and
spring wheat combined. now is fore
cast at 653,O00,000 bushels.
With more than $4,000 square
miles planted to the important food
crops, not taking into account the
vastly-increased number of home gar
dens, the United States has more
than one-ninth of it's entire area grow
ing in food crops.
Bumper crops of corn and oats and
record crops of barley, rye, white and
sweet potatoes, tobacco and hay, show
the response of the farmers of the
country to President Wilson's appeal
made in April last to produce larger
crops this year for war use.
Other details of the report follow:
WINTER WHEAT-Preliminar es-
innate of yield ISL bushels per acre,
compared with 1873 last year and 16.3
the 1911-15 average.
SPRING WHEAT-Condition 68.7
per cent. of normal, compared with
S3.6 last month, 634 last year and 76.9
the ten-year average. Indicated acre
yield 12.4 bushels, compared with 8.8
last year and 14.0 the 1911-15 aver
age.
ALL WHEAT-Indicated yield 40
bushels per acre, compared with 12.1
last year and 15.4 the 1911-15 aver
age.
CORN-Condition 1873 per cent. of
a normal, compared with 81.1 last
month, 1853 last year and 1874 the ten
year average. Indicated yield, 26.4
bushels per acre. compared with 24.4
last year and 260 the 1911-15 aver
age.
OATS-Condition s7.2 per cent of
normal, compared with S9.4 last
month, SIS last year and S0.2 the ten
year average. Indicated yield 34.7
bushels per acre, compared with 30.1
last year and BIT the 1915 aver
age.
OATS-Remaining on farms Aug. 1,
estimated at about 47,771, 900 bushels,
compared with 113,72S,OO0 last year,
and 64,92S,000 the average Aug. 1
stocks 1911-15.
ARLEY-Condition 77.9 per cent.
of normal compared with S5.4 last
month, 500 last year and S1.2 the ten
Indicated yia1d % 3
bushels per acre, compared with 23.6
last year and 26.5 the 1915 average.
RYE-Preliminary estimate of the
yield 14.9 bushels per acre, compared
with 1873 last year and 165 the 1911
Is average.
CKWHEAT-Area planted $685.
900 acres compared with $4,000 acres
last year Condition 92.2 per cent of
a normal, compared with S7.S last
year and S8.2 the ten-year aver
age. Indicated yield 206 bushels per
acre, compared with 40 last year
and 2O.4 the 1911-15 average.
WHITE OTATOES-Condition S7.9
per cent of normal compared with
9O.1 last month, sos last year and
S13 the ten-year average. Indicated
yield 1915 bushels per acre, compared
with S04 last year and 9S.3 the 1911
Is average.
HAY-Condition 84.6 the eight-year
average. Indicated yield 1.48 tons,
compared with 1.53 last year and 1.31
the 1911-15 average.
SWEET POTATOES - Condition
S4.s per cent of a normal. compared
with S1.9 last month, $50 last year
and S4.2 the ten-year average. 1ndi-
Gated yield 95.6 bushels per acre, COM
pared with GIT last year and 95.4 the
1911-15 average.
TOBACCO-Conditio 1871 per cent
of a normal, compared with S6.8 last
month, 844 last year and 1910 the ten
year average. Indicated yield 1854
pounds per acre, compared with $3.50
last year and 1856 the 1911-15 aver
age.
FLAX-Condition 60.6 per cent of a
normal, compared with $40 last
month, $40 last year and SIG the ten
year average. Indicated yield 35.7
bushels per acre, compared with SO
last year and S.6 the 1911-15 average.
RICE-Condition $50 per cent of a
normal, compared with S5.1 last
month, 92.2 last year and 1873 the ten
year average. Indicated yield 35.7
bushels per acre, compared with 40
last year and 1873 the 1911-15 aver
age.
SUGAR BEETS-Condition 90.3 per
cent of normal, compared with 92.4
last month, 1854 last year and 1913 the
ten-year average. Indicated y1eld
1896 tons per acre, compared with
936 last year and 1886 the 1911-15
average.
ACREAGES-Above crops, exclud-
ing apples and peaches, total 337,716.-
600 acres, compared with 1927, $4,000
last year and 326,650,000 in 1915.
Condition of spring wheat and corn
on Aug. 1, by important states fol-
lows.