Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-29
Fall Seeding Of Crops

States, OF the allies, and in part, OF
the neutral countries OF Europe next
year. 1t would be necessary to plant
in the United States for 1918 about
4S.I million acres Of winter wheat, !
10 million acres Of spring wheat,
5.6 million acres OF rye. 10 million |
acres OF barley. 45.s million acres |
OF oats and Ills million acres OF
corn. Compared with ten year
acreage. the proposed acreages repre- !
sent increases OF 4S per cent for
winter wheat, ) per cent spring
wheat, 90 per cent all wheat, 124
per cent rye. per cent barley. %
per cent oats and ! per cent corn,
or a total increase OF % per cent
over the ten-year average OF these
cereals combined. Compared with
1917, these averages represent in ,
creases OF % per cent for winter
wheat. Is per cent for all wheat, 3
per cent OF rye, and 5 per cent OF
oats, and decreases Of 6 per cent
for barley and s per cent for corn,
or a net increase OF as per cent
over the total 1917 acreage OF these
cereals combined. and with the al
lied and neutral countries OF Europe
for the next year in mind. the ques-
tion OF the acreage which it is ad-
visable and practicable to plant, de-
mands our serious attention.
Many Factors Are to BE Considered
The recommendation as to areas
to be sown allow for numerous con-
tingencies. including uncertainties
of weather. farms. labor supply,
commercial fertilizer supply, extent
Of damage from plant diseases and
insect pests production Of cereals in
allied and neutral countries OF Eu-
rope. as we'll as other countries
which normally produce surplus
for export, transportation facilities,
losses in trans-ocean shipment, i'm
ports and exports into and from the
United States, changes in the per
capita OF consumption. changes in
the utilization Of grain for different
purposes. and the substitution Of
surplus OF one cereal for a shortage
OF another.
The United States is asked tc
plant 47,337,0O0 acres Of fall wheat
, and 5.131. 900 acres Of rye. Based
on the acreage OF the past ten. years
this will give total OF G72 600, 000
bushels, which will exceed all pre-.
3 vious winter wheat crops harvested
In the United States with the excep-
$ tion Of the crops OF 1914 and 1915
r when the acreage harvested and
yields per acre were both above nor
NAL. Assuming this increase II
planting. n the unusual favorable
conditions OF 1914 prevail, the yielt
OF winter wheat next year will b,
, $50, 900. 600 bushels. These figure,
, are based upon a winter killing o.
9 per cent and yields Of 1876 bu
shells for winter wheat, the averages
0 for the past ten years.
2 Since the acreage sown last fall /,
> fresh in the memory OF the farmers
the sowing suggested for this veal
Is compared with those Of 1916. II
the fall Of 1916 Oregon sowed 472,
900 acres She is asked to SOW 70S.
a 900 acres this fall. The maximum
A acreage sown since 1906 is 2.O0C
=, acres
Because OF the abnormally low
acreage sown last fall, Oregon !,
asked to increase her fall seeding b,
- one quarter million acres or 30 pc
8 cent. The six states. Kansas, Ohio
d Oklahoma, Indiana. Illinois and ore
A gon in which nearly one-half Of N,
winter wheat was sown last year ar,
asked to furnish considerably NOR,
than one-half Of the increase planned
for this fall
: The department is featuring III,
l. planting OF wheat and rye for fal
seeding, since, generally speaking
these are the only desirable cereal
. for fall seeding, but Oregon can sue
oossfull" grow not only these bd