New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Record Production Of Crops
In State Predicted by Huson
operation and Through Toil-Saving Machinery
Says New York Farm Official

The riches of the commonwealth
Arc free. strong minds and hearts of
health;
And more to her than gold or grain
he cunning hand and cultured brain
Calvin J. Huson, state director of
Increased production Of the state food
commission, said yesterday at the
Murray Hill Hotel that although 10000
farm boys had gone into the army, and
$4,000 more had left the farms for
munition plants and other factory po-
s'tlons during the last year, New York
State would break records in nearly
every direction in the production OF
crops for 1918, result which will be
due to state and Federal aid, the in
PRODUCTION of farm tractors and other
labor saving machinery, scientific CO.
operation and supervision, and the
utilization of large amount of new
labor from the cities and villages.
Hardly second to the material bene-
fits demonstable by cold figures is the
spiritual and psychological uplift de,
rived from a very extraordinary de-
gree of cooperation, individual and
communal, due to the needs of the times
and the patriotic response on the par,
OF the people to the calls made by the
Federal and state governments to max.
the earth within the confines of the
Empire State yield her maximum II.
crease" said Commissioner Huson.
who, with Charles H. Belts, secretary
OF the Farms and Markets Council, was
on his way to Washington to confer
WITH commissioner Hoover and other
Federal officials concerning food pro-
ductlon in the Empire State.
Expects 100000 Bushels of Wheat
We expect to raise about $4,000 900
bushels OF wheat this year." continued
Mr.: Huson. "Of course this is not
sufficient to feed tho State of New
York for year, if we used wheat
alone, but it will go a good ways at
that, and when used in connection
Win Wlth otner cereals it means that the
Empire State, with tenth of the
population of the United States. can
come pretty near taking care of her
people in war time.
I'm our winter wheat planting CAM
palgnl last fall, we increased the acre
age by 100000 acres. In the spring
wheat planting we increased the acre
age to $4,000, as compared to $4,000
for 1917.
"In using the word we I do not
wish to arrogate to the state admins
tration any credit belonging to others.
The state officials had something to do
with the direction of the work, the
procurement of seed, and things like
that, but the major part of the credit
is due to the sturdy and patriotic till
ers OF tae soil, many Of them men and
women advanced in years, with their
sons and grandsons in the army, who
glorlousiy responded to the needs of
t;ae hour, and planted greater acreage
than ever, strong in the faith that
somehow they would get their crops
harvested.
Predicts Bumper Crops
1.-THE average yield per acre should
larger yield than the average in the e
Northwest. where we look for bumper
crops. The winter wheat suffered in
many localities from the severe win
ter, but where it was ruined the
ground, especially in the western part
of the state and along the southern
tier, will be planted this month to
beans and corn, and the corn crop in
the State of New York for 1918 prom
ises to be a record breaker. In all
such cases the failure of the winter
wheat does not represent a total loss,
as the fertilizer and tillage will show
in the bean and corn crops.
"But the wheat and corn are not all.
We have this year the largest acreage
of oats we ever have had in this state.
We had trouble in getting seed corn,
as the excessive moisture and cold last
fall and winter in many districts de-
stroyed the terminating values in the
kernels. AS precaution, we tested
everything that we have used for seed
this year-200,000 bushels-and with
the present favorable weather condi-
tions we expect that the farmers will
plant record acreage.
Another. fact that will crafty the
thoughtful citizen is that more work