The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-14

killing of 9 per CEN and yields per
acre of 1876 bushels for winter wheat
and 1872 bushels for spring wheat, the
average for the last ten years, and a
yield per acre in 1914 of 10 bushels
of winter wheat, and 1874 bushels of
spring wheat in 1915.
Principal Increases in Wheat Produc-
tion.
The principal increases in acreage
Of winter wheat are recommended in
the areas where the acreage is de-
voted to that cereal are already large
and farmers are accustomed to grow
ing wheat and r equipped with ma
chinery for producing the crop. A
material increase also is recommended
in most Of the areas where the pro-
duction of oats and o is heavy,
since much wheat can be sown to ad-
vantage on oat stubble and in the
standing corr o. on ground from
which the corn crop has beeen re-
moved for the silo or cut for fodder.
In some districts the increase in the
acreage could be made larger but this
has seemed inadvisable for fear of
disorganizing crop rotations with in
jury to crops in succeeding years. The
detailed recommendations resulting
from the joint consideration given to
the subject by the federal department
Of agriculture and by state officials
are shown in the accompanying table.
Basis of Increased Acreage.
Since the acreages own last fall
are fresh in the memory of farmers,
the sowings suggested for this year
r compared with those of 1916.
For Kansas, where more than one
fifth of the winter wheat of the
country was sown in 1916 and a cam
paign for an increase already is un-
der way, an increase of more than a
million acres, or o~ne-seventh of the
total increase, is recommended. Ohio
is asked for one and one-tenth mil
lion acres over last years sowings.
This is considered possible and de-
sirable by the agricultural leaders of
the state. Because of available land
in the state, Oklahoma is asked to in
crease the acreage ~one-fourth, amount
ing to more than 100000 acres. In
diana and Illinois are each asked to
increase their acreage by somewhat
more than a half million acres, there
by equaling what they have sown in
the recent past. Oregon, because of
the abnormally low acreage sown last
fall, is asked to increase the acre.
age this fall by one-quarter million
acres, or so per cent. These six
states, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, In
diana, Illinois and Oregon, in which
nearly one-half of the winter wheat
was sown last fall, are asked to fur
nish considerably more than one.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 southern
states. Mississippi leads with 455
per cent increase and Georgia comes
next with 100 per cent increase. Ala
bama is asked for so per cent in
crease; Arkansas for 81 per cent; and
South Carolina for 81 per cent. These
southern states are anxious to in
crease their acreage by this amount
to safeguard their own food supply.
The increase in actual acres, however,
is comparatively small in each of these
cases.
Wisconsin is another state in which
the present acreage is small, is asked
to increase the sowings 20 per cent,
as wheat is we'll adapted to newly
opened northern land and as present
prices make it a profitable crop in
the state. Montana is asked to put
in an even million acres, an increase
of nearly 80 per cent. But this is
not a large total for the entire state,
in view of it's large acreage of IN
used 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, Michi-
gan, Iowa, Tennessee, Arizona, Idaho,
and California. The following states
are asked to increase their 1916 acre
ages II to Is per cent: Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Kentucky, Utah, Nevada and
Washington. The following states are
asked to increase increase their 1916
acreages by 6 to 10 per cent: Della
ware, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas,
Wyoming and New Mexico. The
states of Missouri and Colorado are
each asked for 5 per cent increase,
while practically the same acreages
as sown last fall are asked for in
Nebraska and South Dakota. The *
cessive 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 If tho states for which only