New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
GRAIN CROPS
PRODUCTION THIS YEAR WILL
SHOW BIG GAIN OVER THE
YIELDS IN 1916.
Government Crop Report Shows Corn
Prospects Materially Improved
and Indicate q Yield Of
3,191,0 1000 Bushels.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The largest crop OF
corn ever grown in the United States
is in prospect for the coming harvest.
The Department of Agriculture's Au.
gust crop report showed corn pros
poets improved to the extent of ST.
OOO, 900 bushels during July, indicat.
ing a total production Of 3,191, 900 900
bushels.
Wheat, however, shows a decrease
OF 25,000,0 900 bushels. Spring wheat
had a bad month and prospects de-
creased 10000, 900 bushels, but winter
wheat returns indicated $4,000. 900
bushels more than forecast in July.
Wheat production-winter wheat and
spring wheat combined, now is fore
cast at G53 5000, 900 bushels.
With more than 343 1900 square
miles planted to the important food
crops, not taking into account the
vastly-increased number of home gar
dens, the United States has more
than one-ninth of its entire area grow.
ing in food crops.
Bumper crops of corn and oats and
record crops of barley, rye, white and
sweet potatoes, tobacco and hay, show
the response of the farmers of the
country to President Wilson's appeal
made in April last to produce larger
crops this year for war use.
Other details of the report follow:
WINTER Notwithstanding es.
innate of yield ISL bushels per acre,
compared with 1873 last year and 16.3
the 1911-15 average.
SPRING WHEAT-Condition 6S.7
per cent. of a normal, compared with
S3.6 last month, 63.4 last year and 1913
the ten-year average. Indicated acre
yield 12.4 bushels, compared with SO
last year and $40 the 1911-15 aver.
age.
ALL WHEAT-Indicated yield $40
bushels per acre, compared with 12.1
last year and 1874 the 1911-l5 aver
age.
CORN-Condition 1873 per cent. OF
a normal, compared with 81.1 last
month, 1853 last year and 1874 the ten
year average. Indicated yield, 26.4
bushels per acre, compared with PA
last year and 26.O the 1911-15 aver.
age.
OATS-Condition S7.2 per cent. of q
normal, compared with 1914 last
month, SD last year and 500 the ell
year average. Indicated yield 34.7
bushels per acre, compared with 30.1
last year and 31.7 the 1915 YER
age.
OATS-Remaining on farms Aug. I.
estimated at about 47,771, 900 bushels.
compared with 113, 72S, 900 last year,
and 64,92S, 900, the average Aug. l
stocks 1911-15.
BARLEY-Condition 77.9 per cent.
of a normal, compared with S5.4 last
month, 500 last year and 81.2 the ten
year average. Indicated yield 24.3
bushels per acre, compared with 1886
last year and 26.5 the 1911-15 average.
RYE-Preliminary estimate of the
yield 14.9 bushels per acre, compared
with 1873 last year and 1G.5 the 1911.
Is average.
Observation-Disclosures planted 965,.
900 acres, compared with Sac, 900 acres
last year. Condition 1922 per cent of
a normal, compared with 87.8 last
year and 8S.2 the ten-year aver.
age. Indicated yield FOG bushels per
acre, compared with 40 last year
and 20.4 the 1915 average.
WHITE POTATOES-Condition 87.9
per cen of a normal, compared with
90.1 last month, S0.S last year and
S1.3 the ten-year average. Indicated
yield 1918 bushels per acre, compared
with 80.4 last year and 1873 the 1911
Is average.
HAY-Condition S4.6 the eight-year
average. Indicated yield 1.48 tons.
compared with 1.53 last year and 1.31
the 1911-15 average.
SWEET POTATOES - Condition
84.8 per cent of a normal, compared
with S1.9 last month, $50 last year
and S4.2 the ten-year average. Indi-
Gated yield $50 bushels per acre, com
pared with 91.7 last year and 95.4 the
1915 average.
TOBACCO-Condition 1871 per cent
OF a normal, compared with SOS last
month, 84.4 last year and 100 the ten.
year average. Indicated yield 1854
pounds per acre, compared with $3.50
last year and 1856 the 1915 aver
age.
Transformation COG per cen of q
normal, compared with $40 last
month, $40 last year and SIG the ten
year average. Indicated yield 35.7
bushels per acre. compared with SO
year and Sc the 1911-15 average.
RICE-Condition $50 per cent of .
normal, compared with 85.1 last
month, 1922 last year and 1873 the ten
year average. Indicated yield 35.7
bushels per acre, compared with 47.0
last year and 1913 the 1911-15 aver
age.
SUGAR BEETS-Condition 90.3 per
cent of a normal, compared with 1924
last month, 1874 last year and 1913 the
average. Indicated yield
10.66 tons per acre, compared with
9.36 last year and 1886 the 1911-15
average.
MISUNDERSTANDING crops, exclud.
ing apples and peaches, total 337,716,-
900 acres, compared with 1921, 1852, 900
last year and 1926, $50, 900 in 1915.
Condition of spring wheat and corn
on Aug. 1, by important states fol-
SPRING WHEAT-Minnesota 81,
Dakota So, South Dakota, 80.
CORN-Ohio 81, Indiana "a, Illinois
81, Iowa 81, Missouri 81, Nebraska "a.
80.
Governor Gunter addressed the
days session of State Federation
Of Labor at Boulder.
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