New Britain herald., 1917-08-09

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 tremely favorable conditions. such as were experienced by the winter wheat crop in 1914 and the spring wheat l crop in 1915, the total yield would amount to one and one-quarter billion bushels. A 10 per cent. increase in spring wheat acreage with favorable growing conditions would add another ] 3O,000,0OO bushels. The figures quot ed above are based upon winter Kill ing of per cent. and yields per acre of 156 bushels for winter wheat ana 132 bushels for spring wheat, the averages for the last ten years, and yield per acre in 1914 of 19 bushels of winter wheat, and 18.4 bushels or spring wheat in 1915.
 1 Principal Increases dn Wheat
 Production.
 The principal increases in acreage | of winter wheat are recommended in l the areas where the acreage devoted l to that cereal are already large and farrnrs 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- ton of oats and corn is heavy since uluC1l WIlcdC SeIl UO SoWh lO ouSeAAi- tage on oat stubble and in the stand ing corn or on ground from which the corn crop has been removed for the s1lo or cut for fodder. In some dis tricts 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.
 Basis of Increased Acreage.
 Since the acreages sown last fall are fresh in the memory of farmers, the sowings suggested for this year are compared with those of 1916. For Kansas where more than one-f1fth of the winter wheat of the country was sown in 1916 and campaign for an increase already is 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 considered possible and desirable by the agricul- tural leaders of. the state. Because of available land in the state, Oklahoma is asked to increase the acreage sone- fourth, amounting to more than 8o0,- 900 acres. Indiana and Illinois are each asked to increase their acreage by somewhat more than a half mill lion acres, thereby equaling what they have sown in the recent past. Oregon, because of the abnormally lew acre. age sown last fall, is asked to increase the acreage this fall by one-quarter million acres, or 50 per cent. These 1 six states, Kansas. Ohio. Okla homa, ] Indiana, Illinois and Oregon, in which l nearly one-half of the winter wheat 1oe Fal aalx cd n 1r- nish considerably more than cne-half of the increase planned for this fall. Their agricultural leaders think 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 south ern states. Mississippi leads with 455 per cent. increase and Georgia comes next with 100 per cent 1n- crease Alabama is asked for 50 per cent. increase; Arkansas for 37 per cent; and South Carolina for BY per cent. These southern states are anxious to increase their acreages by this amount to safeguard their own food supply The increase in actual acres however, is comparat1vely small in each of these cases.
 Wisconsin, another state in wnacn the present wheat acreage IS small. IS asked to increase the sowings z9 per cent, as wheat is we'll adapted to newly opened northern land and as present prices make 1t a prohtaoie crop in the state. Montana is asked to put in an even million acres, an in- crease of nearly 30 per cent. But this is not a 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 2o per cent. over those sown in the fall of 1916, New York. New Jersey. Michi- gan, Iowa. Tennessee, Arizona, Idaho, and California. The following states are asked to increase their 1916 acre ages by Il to 15 per cent: Pennsyl- vania, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Utah. Nevada, and Washington. The following states are asked to increase their 1916 acre ages by to 10 per cent: Delaware, Maryland Minnesota. Texas, Wyom- ing and New Mexico. The states of Missouri and Colorado are each asked for per cent increase. while prac- tically 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 situa- tion for wheat growers very difficult this year in that state, but every effort is being made to equal and in crease if possible the acreage of last year.
 Most of the states for which only I small percentage increases are sug- gested recently increased largely their l wheat acreages and are already grow 1 ing about as much as is consistent l with well-ba lanced agriculture. 1
 Rye to Be Increased Heavily.