The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-08
Winter Wheat Placed At
556,O0O,0O0; Spring At
322,O0O,00O
CORN HIT BY
HOT WEATHER
Bumper Crops Still In
Prospect Despite The
Reduced Estimates
fRv Associated Press.):

h (BY ASSOC1aLS0 6ESbSsJ'
Washington, Aug. S.-Loss OF III,
100000 bushels of corn and. 1S,OOO,-
600 bushels of wheat on the prospec-
tive production Of this years import"
ant food crops as indicated a month
ago was shown today in the depart
ment of agriculture's crop report
resulting from q canvass made Aug
gust /. Corn and wheat are bump
er crops this year despite adverse
weather conditions which have cur
tailed somewhat the heavy produc-
ton indicated earlier in the growing
season.
Production of winter wheat this
wear was announced by the depart
nent OF agriculture today in its pre-
liminary estimate at 556,OoO'oOO
bushels. ......-
Spring wheat production was fore
cast at 822.000,00O bushels from July
conditions. .l..
Production, of all wheat was esti"
mated at S78,0OO.O0O bushels.
Corn production was forecast at
l 2.989 ,O00, 600 bushels from August L
conditions. -,
ed on the August canvass were an
| nounced as follows:
| oats 1,42s,O00, 900 bushels; barley
232, 900, 900; rye 6,70o,0Oo (prelimin"
a. EgpckWheat, eI SV1il 2o.6O0 900 bushels.
/ White potatoes, ,391, 100000.
Sweet potatoes. 84,500,0O0.
Tobacco, 1888, 100000 piunds.
Flax, 14,S00,000. F..t
Rice, 4I,600,000.
Hay, 99,300,O00 tons.
1 Sugar beets, 6,360,000 tons.
Apples, 199, 900, 900 bushels.
Peaches, 4O,900,OO0 bu&Nels.
Condition of Crops.
The condition of the crops on
August l was announced as follows:
Spring wheat. 1915.
Corn, 1876.
Oats, 1928.
Barley, $40.
Buckwheat, 1876.
White potatoes, 1913.
Sweet potatoes, 1873.
Tobacco, S3.6.
Flax, 70.6. .
Rice, S5.7.
Hay, 1913.
Sugar beets, Ss.6.
Wheat BY States.
The preliminary estimate Of win
| ter wheat production by principal
states lin thousands Of bushels i. g.
thousands omitted) follows:
Ohio, 3S,722.
Indiana, 54.99s. d. - r+'''
Illinois, 54a266.
Missouri, 4S,951.
Nebraska, s5,26S.>. =, ,.
Oklahoma, 32,63S.
Corn BY States. .
Condition of corn on August 1 by
principal states follows: '-
Ohio, 10.
Indiana, 81,
; Illinois, S4s
\ Iowa, 90.
Missouri. 7g. .,,..s ss ,.
D., Nebraska, s6.
Condition Of spring wheat by
states:
Minnesota, sB.
North Dakota, 7S.
South Dakota, 9S. e.,
Washington. 65.>
The governments report today on
| the condition and prospective pro-
u
crops was awaited with intense in
terest by government officials and
others ia view Of the food needs Of
the country and the allies for the
coming year.
During June the wheat crop suf-
fered q loss OF 100000 bushels and
the extent OF weather conditions on
the production forecast today COW
ering July conditions was a point OF
concern. In June a crop of 93i,0O0t-
600 bushels of wheat was forecast
! and the prosective yield was placed
at a91, 600. 600 bushels. That is 241,
600 900 bushels more than produced
last year and is 82,000,000 bushels
more than the average crop for the
| five years I912-19l6.
The first estimate Of the great
corn crop, issued last month was
| 8, s,159y000 900 bushels and II was fear
ed the July weather conditions were
such as to have damaged the crop.
The average corn crop during the
five years 1925 was 2,761,0O0,oD0
| bushels.
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