River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-16
100000 900 BUSHELS, WITH OTHER
CROPS CORRESPONDENCE IN
CREASED NATIONS MINED
late WAR PROGRAM.
HUGE INCREASE URGED
IN ACREAGE FOR 1918
Forecast of This Years Corn Crop Es,
Inmates Yield Larger Than Any
Ever Grown Before-Wheat Sur
plus Shows Slight Reduction
Other Crops Break Records.

Washington, Aug. 10.-One billion
bushels of wheat for the United
States next year, with other crops
correspondingly increased, is the i'm
mediate war agricultural program for
Houston, secretary Of Agriculture.
The forecast in the August l fed.
eral crop report estimated a corn
yield this year surprising any ever
grown before, slight reduction in
wheat prospects, due to damage to
spring wheat, and record crops of
barley, rye, white and sweet pota-
toes, tobacco and hay.
State Officials Cooperating.
Cooperating with the Agriculture
department for a new high mark In
production next year are the officials
of virtually every state in the UniOns
but especially those of the Middle
West and Northwest. Secretary Hous-
ton urges the planting of 4,337, 900
acres of winter wheat and $4,000
acres of rye this fall in order to OBJ.
tain the goal established.
Increase Called Essential.
This record winter wheat acreage,
an increase of Is per cent over last
year, would yield 672,000,000 bushels
if the average yield for the last ten
years is equaled, or under a repeti-
ton of the favorable conditions Of
1914 would yield 880,000,00 bushels.
In either case, with a spring wheat
crop next year equal to that Of 1916
the nation would have more than one
billion bushels of wheat for domestic
use and export.
This vastly increased production Of
wheat, NEEDED in any case, will be-
absolutely essential to prevent a.
serious shortage Of foodstuffs next
summer should the growing corn be
much damaged by drouth or frosts.
Besides the maximum wheat produc-
ton, the Department Of Agriculture
also urges that the acreage of rye be
increased this year in the spring
wheat sections over that sown in the
fall of 1916 to the extent of 688,000,000
acres.
Record Corn Crop.
Corn production for 1917 in tho
forecast issued was placed at 3,191,-
100000, an increase of 67,999,000 over
the July forecast, and 680,000,0OO more
than the record crop of 1912.
The showing is due to vast improve"
ment in the growing corn in Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa and Missouri.
Wheat Shows Falling Oft.
Spring wheat production forecast
In July at 276,000,OO0 bushels, showed
the results of adverse weather condi-
lions. The prospects are put at 1885,
100 900 bushels, drop of about 100000
600 bushels from the July l report.
Winter wheat, however, is turning
out better than previously forecast
with forecast of 417,000,0O0 bushels
or 100000 bushels more than 1ndi-
Gated from July conditions.
The combined yield of winter and
spring wheat therefore shows re-
duction of 25,O0O,00O bushels from the
production forecast in July.
Washington, Aug. 9-In it's August
crop report, just issued, the Depart
ment of Agriculture forecasts the
prospective production Of the coun-
try's crops, based on their condition
August / as follows:
Winter wheat ........... 4lGVVV'UVV
Snriug wheat ........... Zoo,UOU,UUV