South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-09
1917 CROP YIELD
IS ENORMOUS
Government Reports on Ma
tons Crops Show Big In
crease in Production.

Food production in the United
states this year is unusually large.
In the aggresate OF the principal
crops there IS an increase OF TWEEN
ty-three percent over last years
small general harvest The increase
is not alone in the larger acreage
stimulated ty the necessities o..
war, but in the actual yield. The
abundance Of vegetables ans fruits
adds 10 the storehOuse OF the coun-
Try and assures more than enough
Tor domestic needs. and sufficient
surplus 10 aid our allies abroad.
While breadstuns-w wheat and rye
ARE in excess Of last year. the
total OF the crops is under an at-
era-e and the excess for feediEc
Europe IS smaller than had been
hoped. smaller than last year. by
reason of the less carry-oVer from
the previous season. The yield of
wheat was considerably increase
over the disastrous harvests of last
season but the loss Bra the acreage
of the winter. or fall-seeded variety
cut down the crop The loss in
Icrc8gc OF this. the most import
ant Of the wheat seeding last
~prin- was thirty-one per cent
There was "A good increase in tire
spring cheat acreage. but the con
Gitions for -roWth were exceeding
IS poor. during the entire season q
dry area persisted from the I%Cd
region i'm which two-thirds of the
spring wheat acreage obtains The
yield OF this section was above last
Years. but Tar below the average
Tor period of years. The loss in
winter wheat acreage resulted i'm a
crop or 10000. 600 bushels or So
200. 600 under last season. when the
acreage was thirty per cent greater.
Spring wheat production was 230.-
600. O00 bushels or 100000 over
last season The total wheat crop
with thirteen pee cent more acreage
appears 10 he about 100000 900 or
10000. 600 bushels larger than last
year.
Must Curtail Domestic USC.
Under the stimulation of patriot
ism the curtailment of the domestic
use of wheat may be forced below
the phenomenally small volume Of
the season which ended with July L..
The rye crop is always a small
one in this country: the acreage
was largely increased on a percen-
tase basis. hut the yield was un
changed and the increase of TO-
900 600 bushels represents the ado
ed acreage alone: the total crop be-
ing estimated at 100000 bushels
70 the distflation of WHISTLES. a
small amount OF rye has been util-
I'D. and the effect Of the inhibition
of this use ADDS to the breadstuffs
an increased supply the coming
year Of 1900. 600 bushels; not an
extremely large amount. but help
ruI TO the amount which may be
spared for export.
Corn Crop Largest Ever.
Corn promises the largest crop i'm
the country's history. but the aver
age per acre will not be "a record,
ON account Of the dry area over the
-outhv est during the late sprfns
and summer. which cut heavily in
20 the yield and practically de
strOycd the crop i'm the western parts
OF Kansas. oklahoma and Texas
The heavy loss ir the winter wheat
acreage in the great corn CROWNS
section. added greatly 10 the UNI
precedented area planted 20 this
crain total of 121.O0O0O0 the
country over, beiuG an increase of
$4,000, 900 acres over the previous
,ear
The worst period of the year
for the growing of corn is August
and that now. having well passed
with ample moisture the finishing
of the crop depends upon the char
actar of the fan months. The con-
dition OF the plant and the reserve
90 moisture are excellent end the
only impairment may he from de
De-, in rlpenins- The crop promise
sviU not pe materially reduced and
NAV oc very materially increased
u, the harry est time. The WELD i'm
tie central stats. where the acre
ace rs the lar1eSt viii be OF the
hest. in the eastern and southern
states average Yields are inticipat-
eI The present outlook is for G.
crop or s.2o0. 100000 bushels. and
this would make q record yield. ths
1areest i'm the rast ueius e.124, 10t.-
000. in 1912. when the WELD was
VERY large per acre. The increase
SIN The corn crop is clt.o0o.ooo
fushels over last year. The aver
axe corn crop i'm the past tom
wears was c.1O0.0oo. 600 bushels SO
that the present season promises
half a billion bushels or is per
cent over the average With respect
% this crop there b. an over-abu1-
dance The export demand at Jnc