Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-09


this proposal was prcsentod to tho Of.
ficlals Of the several stntes further
increase was considered possible and
desirable by them. AS consequences
the Recommendation for the sowing o{
a, 49,, 900 acres Is made. \. 4, n
FVllowing is a summary of the de-
partMent's recommendations regarding
winter wheat and rye:
Wheat.
rue planting of approximately ~.
aS7 oee acres to winter wheat, on the
has.s OF the average yield for the past
ten years indicates total production
OF 672,000.000 bushels, which exceeds
all previous winter wheat crops hap
vested in the United States with the
exception of the crops Of 1914 and 1915
when the acreages harvested and yields
per acre were both above normal. Il
the extremely favorable conditions UNI
der which the winter wheat crop OF
1914 was grown are again experienced,
the yield Of winter wheat next year
will be sS0,000,000 bushels or by far
the largest winter wheat crop ever
produced and even larger than the
total OF both winter and spring wheat
q ops for all past years except two.
~ 40 wv C0AAy W uOSSAhAAhC VAC - 49,
which should be sown to wheat next
spring, but II this is equal to that
sown In the spring Of 1917. or 100000
acres, and the yield is UP to the av-
erage Of the last ten years, crop OF
PSI million bushels of spring wheat
will be harvested, and II the yield por
acre should equal that obtained IN
1915 tho crop will be 350,000,000 BUSH
els. the same as the greatest spring
wheat crop ever produced. Thus. with
no Increase in the spring wheat acre.
age but with the Is per cent increase
over the 1916 winter wheat sowings
planned for this fall, the total wheat
crop next year will be more than one
billion BUSHELS, II the crop meets with
slightly better than ten-year-averagO
conditions. With extremely favorable
conditions, such as were experienced
by the winter wheat crop In 1914 and
the spring wheat crop in 1915; the
total yield would amount to one and
one-quarter billion bushels. A 10 per
cent increase in spring wheat acre
age with favorable growing conditions
would add another 30.000.000 bushels.
The figures quoted above are based
upon winter killing Of 8 per cent and
yields per acre Of 1915 bushels for win
ter wheat and 1872 bushels for spring
wheat the averages for the last ten
years, and a yield per acre in 1914 OF
10 bushels Of winter wheat. and 1874
bushels Of spring wheat In 1915.
Principal Increases in Wheat.
The principal increases In acreage OF
winter wheat are recommended in the
areas where the acreage devoted to
that cereal are already large and farm
ers are accustomed to growing wheat
and are equipped with machinery for
producing the crop. A material in
crease also Is recommended in must %
the areas where the production of oats .
ana corn is heavy since much wheat
can be sown to advantage on oat stub
BILE and in the standing corn or on
ground from which the corn crop has
been removed for the silo or cut for
fodder In some districts the increase
in the acreage could be made larger
but this has seemed inadvisable for
fear Of disorganizing crop rotations
with injury to crops in succeeding
years.
Rye to Be Increased Heavily.
It is recommended that there be
sown in the United States this fall
6, $4,000 acres Of rye which, on the
basis Of ten-year averages, will yield
$685. 900 bushels. This Is an increase
OF $4,000 acres, or %, per cent over
that sown last year, when the largest
acreage In the history Of the country
was put In. It Is an increase Of IS per
cent over the 1915 acreage and Of 81
per cent over the fve-year (1912-19lSl
average sown acreage.