The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-08-16

per cent and yields per acre OF 100
bushels for winter wheat and 1872
bushels of spring wheat, the aver
ages for the last ten years, and yield
per acre in 1914 of l9 bushels of win
ter wheat, and Ii. 4 bushels of spring
wheat in 1915.
Principal Increase in WHEAT Produced
The principal increases in acreages
| of winter wheat are recommended IN
the areas where the acreage devoted
to that ceral are already large and
! farmers are accustomed to growing
wheat and are equipped with machin-
/ cry for producing the crop. A mater
| ial increase also is recommended In
most of the areas where the prOduc-
tion of oats and corn is heavy since
much wheat can be sown to advant-
age on oat stubble and in the stand
ing corn or on the 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 dis
organizing crop rotations with injury
to crops in succeeding years.
Basis Of Increased Acreage
Since the acreages sown last fall
are fresh in the memories of farmers,
the sowings suggested for this year
are compared with those of 1916. For
d. Kansas, when more than one-fifth of
the winter wheat of that country was
sown in 1916 and a campaign for an
increase is already under way, an in
crease of more than a million acres,
or one-seventh of the total increase,
is recommended. Ohio is asked for
one and one-tenth million acres over
last years sowings. This is consid-
cred possible and desirable by the
agricultural leaders of the state. Be-
cause of available land in the state,
Oklahoma is asked to increase the
acreage one-fourth, amounting to more
than 800 900 acres. Indiana and Ill
inois are each asked to increase their
acreage by somewhat more than one
half million acres, thereby equaling
what they have sown in the recent
past. Oregon, because of the abnOr-
mally low acreage sown last fall, IS
asked to increase the acreage this fall
.
cent. These six states. Kansas, Ohio,
/ Oklahoma. Indina, Illinois, and Ore
gon in which nearly one-half of the
winter wheat was sown last fall, are
asked to furnish considerably more
than one-half of the increase planned
for this fall. Their agricultural
leaders think that it is possible and are
taking the necessary steps to see that
it is done.
The largest percentage increases
are requested in some Of the southern
states. Mississippi leads with 445
per cent increase and Geargia comes
next with 100 per cent increase. Ala
bama is asked for a so per cent in
crease; Arkansas for 81 per cent; and
South Carolina for 81 per cent. These
southern states anxious to increase
their acreage by this amount to safe
guard their own food supply. The
increase in actual acres, however, is
comparatively small in each of these
cases.
4 Wisconsin, another state in which
the present wheat acreage is small,
is asked to increase the sowings 20
per cent, as wheat is we'll adapted to
newly y-opened northern land and as
present prices make it a profitable
crop in the state Montana is asked
to put in an even million acres, an in
crease of nearly 80 per cent. But
this is not large total for the entire
state, in view Of it's large acreage of
unused land suitable for wheat.
The following states are asked to
increase their acreage 16 to 90 per
cent over those sown in the fall of
1916. New Yory, New Jersey, Michi-
gan, Iowa, Tennessee, Arizona, Idaho
and California. The following states
are asked to increase their 1916 acre
ages by II to Is per cent: Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Corolina, Kentucky, Utah, Nevada
and Washington. The following
states are asked to increase their 1916
acreage by 6 to 10 per cent: Delaware,
Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, Wyom-
ing and New Mexico. The states OF
Missouri and Colorado are each asked
for S per cent increase, while practl-
cally the same acreages as sown last
fall are asked for in Nebraska and
South Dakota. The excessive winter
killing in Nebraska and consequent
lack of seed wheat makes the sitna-
tion for wheat growers very difficult
this year in that state, but every eff
fort is bing made to equal and in
crease if possible the acreage of last
year.
Most of the state for which only a
small percentage increases are sug-
gested recently increased largely thelr
wheat acreage and are already grow
ing about as much as is consistent
with well-balanced agriculture.
Rye to be Increased Heavily
1t is recommended that there be
sown in the United States this fall
5,131,900 acres of rye which, on the
basis of tepyear oyerapeS will WELD