Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-09
Indicates This Country Will Raise Enough for Self
 and Allies Next Year.
DilA:ss., NOT RELIEVE
 PRESENT SHORTAGE
Big Estimate Gives Crop Available fer Next Year and ihGeS Not ipin Immediate Crisis
 0f NatfoH.

Washington, April S.-Eorecast by the department of agriculture today oi d winter wheat crop of 560,O00, GOO bushels this year. brought optimism to the fcoa administration and the pre- Gictior unofficially was made that if the spring wheat crop maintains the same ratio, the next harvest will fur nisli sufficient wheat to take care of the needs of this country and the al- lies next year.
 Today's forecast indicates an in crease of 142, 100000 bushels of win tar wheat over last years winter crcp, uhic,s was 413,000,0o0 bushels As suming the spring wheat crop will yield the same ratio of increase, there will b. a total crop of S50,000,000 or an increase of about 200,000,00 bush elsover last year, when the entire was estimated at 65l 100000. In ad- dition, there is an increase of 26,0O0,- 900 bushels in the prospective rye crop or a total prospective increase over last year of about 225,000,000 bushels of bread grair. There is also hope of an increase of 100,000,000 bushels of wheat over last year in Great Britian and France, and also an increase in Canada.
 Te necessity for rigid saving be- tween now and harvest, however, is in no way delaxed by harvest prospects, the public is warned.
 Washington, April 8.-Winter wheat production this year will be about 560' 000,O00 bushels, the Department of Az riculture estimated today in it's report showing the condition of the crop on April 1 to be 78.6 per cent of a norm
 Rye production will be about 86,00O- 900 bushels, it's condition April 1 be- ing 85.S per cent of a normal
 Condition of winter wheat in the inn portant growing states follows.
 Ohio, 80; Indiana, 94; Illinois, 8S; Missouri, 92; Nebraska, 75; Kansas, 67: Oklahoma, 63.
 Winter wheat, sown last autumn on 42,170,000 acres, the largest area ever planted to that crop in the history of American agriculture, entered the win ter with the lowest condition of rec ord on December 1. In it's December production forecast. the Department of Agriculture estimated the crop would be about 540,000.000 bushels. Efforts had been made in the earl,v fall to stimulate production by heavy planting but weather and other conditions were adverse. The government had aim ed to have crop of 672,000,000 brsh- els. of winter wheat and relied upon to bring the country's wheat product. farmers to plant enough spring wheat ion this year to more than 100000 900 bushels. Weather conditions through the winter have not been ad- verse to the winter grain crops, and early reports indicated that the win ter wheat and rye had begun the spring in better condition than had been expected.
 Winter wheat producton last year was 41S,O7O,0OO bushels and the con- dtion of the crop April was 63.4 per cent of a normal; 1916 production was 480 553 900 bushels and the April con dition 78.3, while the 10-year average April l condition is S3,6 per cent The crop condition on December was 79.3 per cent of a normal.
 Rye average last autumn showed 36 per cent increase over the precious year with 6,119 acres planted. The condition of the crop on December 1 was 84.1 per cent of normal, and the forecast of production made at that time was 65,000,000 bushels. Last years production was 60,145,O0O bush els and the condition on April 1 was 86.1 per cent of normal; the 1916 crop was 48,862,000 bushels and the April condition 87.8 per cent while the 10- year average April condition is S9.0 per cent.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Parkes Hutchinson