Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-24

half of the increase planned for this
fall. Their agricultural leaders think
it is possible and are taking the neces
sary steps to see that it is done.
The largest percentage increases are
requested in some of the Southern
States. Mississippi leads with 455 per
cent. increase and Georgia comes next
with 100 per cent. increase. Alabama
is asked for SO per cent. increase; Ark
ansas for 81 per cent. and South Caro-
lima for 81 per cent. These Southern
States are anxious to increase their
acreage by this amount to safeguard
their own food supply. The increase
in actual acres however, is compara-
lively small in each Of these cases.
Wisconsin, another State in which
the present wheat acreage isSsmall, is
asked to increase the sowings 29 per
cent. as wheat is well adapted to
newly-opened northern land and as
present prices make it profitable
crop in the State Montana is asked to
put in an even million acres, an in
crease of nearly 80 per cent. But this
is not 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 acreages 16 to 20 per
cent. over those sown in the Fall of
1916: New York, New Jersey, Mich
igan, Iowa, Tennessee Arizona, Idaho,
and California The following States
are asked to increase their 1916 acre
ages by II to Is 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 6 to 10 per cent: Delaware,
Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, Wyoming
and New Mexico. The States Of Mis-
souri, and Colorado are each asked for
| 5 per cent. increase, while practically
the same acreage as sown last fall are
asked for in Nebraska and South Da-
kota. The excessive winter killing in
! Nebraska and consequent lack of seed
wheat makes the situation for wheat
growers very difficult this year in that
State but every effort is being made
to equal and increase if possible the
acreage of last year.
Most of the States for which only
small percentage increases are sug-
gested recently increased largely their
wheat acreages and are already grow
ing about as much as is consistent
with a well-balanced agriculture.
1t is recommended that there be
sown in the United States this fall s.
131, 900 acres of rye which, on the bas-
is of ten-year averages will yield 49,
635,0O0 bushels. This is an increase
of $4,000 acres, or % per cent. ovel
10 To- hn 10 c1
acreage in the history of the country
was put in. 1t is an increase of 4e
per cent. over the 1915 acreage and OF
81 per cent. over the five-year (1912.
1916) average sown acreage.
In any consideration of the expan-
sion of the acreage of bread grains in
certain parts of the country, it is
necessary to consider wheat and rye
together This is because rye can be
planted safely on many fields with less
risk than wheat.
Further, rye can be used as sub
stitute for wheat as bread grain by
those who are accustomed to it. Rye
succeeds on poorer soils and with less
fertilizer and in colder climate thar
wheat and for these reasons should
be planted in preference to wheat
where it has proved safer crop. Ths
farmer who, because of an attractive
guaranteed price for wheat, may be
tempted to plant wheat rather thar
rye in locality where rye is the more
certain crop takes a speculative risl
of loss through winter killing and de
structive wheat diseases which is un.
warranted. While no guaranteed price
for rye has been authorized by Con.
gress, there is every reason to to ex.
pect that the price of rye for the next
year will bear satisfactory relation
to that of wheat and, therefore JUS
tify the planting of rye where the
present experience with it indicates
its superiority. Detailed recommen-
dations for an increase in acreage tt
be planted to rye this fall over that
of 1917 are found in the accompany
ing table.