Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-10
REDRUSTb[|GHT
DROPS 56,000,000
BUSHELS WHEAT
Winter Production Cut
Down by Government
June | Report.
SPRING VARIETY IS IS
MILLION BELOW LAST YEAR

Washington June 9-Bumper crops
are growing thruout the country. but
plant diseases have done some damage
and threaten to curtail production. The
largest wheat crop ever grown, ag
gregating .236 100000 bushels of winter
and spring wheat combined, was fore
cast in today's monthly report of the
department of agriculture. That repre-
sents virtually one-third of the worlds
wheat crop this year. In previous years
the United States has grown about one
nth. Big crops Of oats, barley, rye, hay.
apples and peaches are in prospect.
Red rust made its appearance during
May in the principal winter wheat pro-
ducing sections and the Infection is
spreading. 1t caused damage to the ex-
tent of about 100000 bushels of winter
wheat. and experts are unable to deter
mine how extensive the damage will be
by the time the crop is harvested
343,ooo,ooo Spring Forecast.
Winter wheat production is forecast
at S93 100000 bushels compared with
S9o,9t5. 900 bushels forecast last mouth.
making it the largest ever grown Con
dition of winter wheat was 90 per
cent of normal compared with 1908
last month and s3.s last year.
Sprlng wheat production is forecast
at 343,000,o00 bushels, compared with
7
bushels. which was a record crop
Acreage this year is 222.593 900 Condi- |
ton Of the crop June | was 912 per
cent of n normal, compared with 90
a year age
Condition and production in thousands
Of bushels, by important producing states
include:
Winter wheat: Washington, 81 and
2T ,0bi: Oregon 96 and 1872
3o,714 Minnesota, 80 and 61,45l: North |
Dakota, 81 and 96,404; South Dakota,
a5 and 4S.6S4
Details of other crop follow:
Oats: production forecast. 1.44600O.- I
600; average, T., ,365.0 600: condition. 90 -. I
Barley; Production, 80 100000: acre
age. s.S900No; condition. 91.7
Rye: Production. 10. 100000; condi-
ton, $50
Hay: Production, 116.oooooo tons: T
condition. oil
Apples: Production. 168.Ooo.ooo F
bushels; condition. CTS
Peaches: Production. $4,000. 900; condi- I
ton. 73.1
Pastures: Condition, Oil
Rust Worse In Central States
A summary of crop conditions issued F
today by the department Of agriculture, +
said:
The winter wheat crop, extraordin-
ary III its high condition Of 1908 per
cent at the beginning of May, while still {
showing the high condition of 949 per
cent of normal, and promising the rec
ord breaking production of 800 500 600 /
bushels, exhibits by no means the brill
liant. almost ideal, condition that was
offord month ago The principle
cause of decline and one carrying the
threat Of still greater damage is the
appearance Of red rust in practically
all Of the central states west of the Mis-
slsSipp1 river and extending eastward
thru the states south of the Ohio river
into aud thru the Piedmont regions Of
Atlantic coast states as far as Mary
land From Nebraska to Central Texas,
this infection is very general. The dam
age will be light in Texas
doubt exists as to the harm. if any,
likely to result Ill Oklahoma, where the
leaves are somewhat dry over large
areas but the heads are filled, and many
agriculturists contend that the crop
will show little harm. In Kansas and
Nebraska. wheat is we'll advanced to-
ward maturity, but the rust infection
is exceptionally heavy and the extent
Of loss to be expected entirely prohle-
matical. The decline in the last week
IF May was very marked in those state,
especially in Kansas.
EStliie SHlul Is reported tno not Spfl=
ous, from scattered points in Maryland,
Indiana. Illinois, Missouri and Kansas
The presence is confirmed of the ser
ous disease take all in a few counties
in Illinois.
Insect damage is light the Hessian
ly being reported only from few coun-
les in Indiana and Illinois the joint
worm from scattered localities. princi
,ally in Missouri, and the army worm in
Oklahoma.
High Conditions Northeast
Conditions in the northeastern guar
er of the country remain very high,
Ohio showing a condition of 106 per cent
# normal, and thru practically all this
egion bumper crops are promised.
The spring wheat crop shows an in
rease of eight-tenths of one per cent
n the area sewn. The late spring and
bundant rainfall interferred with plant
ng as large an acreage as had been in- {
ended. The condition is good in the |
rincipal producing states