Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
ESTIMATE IT
PASSES HIGH
MARK0F 1914
Yield Will Reach 837, 900,
900 Bushels and Is Val
ued at 81, ,891, $50, 900.

Washington, April S.-The largest
crop of winter wheat ever grown
was forecast for this year by the de-
partment of agriculture today bas-
ing it's estimate On conditions exist
ing April l. The enormous yield OF
S3f,000.000 bushels was announced
which at the governments guaTan-
teed price of 1925 a bushel places
the crops value at $l,S91 100000.
The estimate was based on the
condition of the crop April /, which
Nwas 99S percent of a normal.
NThis years winter wheat crop. if
no unfavorable conditions develop
between now and time of harvest,
will be 152.000,000 bushels larger
than the previous record crop pro-
duced in 1914, and 24S000 900
bushels more than was grown last
year.
Rye crop Big.
Production of winter wheat last
year was 558,449, 900 bushels and in
1917 it was 412.901 900 bushels,
while the record crop of 6S4 ,990, 900
bushels was produced in 1914.
The condition of the crop on
April 1st. last year. was 1876 per-
cent of a normal, while in 1911 it
was 65.4 and the average of the last
ten years was S2.3.
There was an increase in Condi-
tion from December /, last year, to
April ! this year of = points. com
pared with an average decline in the
last ten years of SO points between
those dates.
The forecast of production of
winter wheat this year S based on
the assumption of average aban-
donment of acreage and average IN
fluence on the crop to harvest.
The average condition of rye on
April l. was 96.6 per cent of a nor
NAL. against S5.S on April list. last
year. $50 in 1917 and SS.6. the aver
age condition for the last ten years
on April l.
The condition of winter wheat on
April l, by important producing
States follows:
Kansas. 1o1; Nebraska, 81; Okla
homa. 100, Illinois, tO1; Missouri.
103; Indiana. 100; Ohio, 104 Wash
ington. 81; Pennsylvania, 100; Vir-
ginia. 81; North Carolina, 96.
DepaTTme1L CidlFme1t.
The department of agriculture
issued a statement commenting
upon the condition of winter wheat,
saying:
"Ninety-nine and eight-tenths per
cent is the highest percentage on
record. on the largest acreage ever
planted in this country. The Condi-
ton improved during the winter, an
unusual occurrance, due to the very
favorable winter weather, partiCu-
larly the absence of alternate freez-
ing and thawing, which appears al
though to have resulted in a min
imum of winter killing A striking
feature of the present situation is
uniformly good condition in prac-
-<cally all important wheat produc-
ing states, ranging from 104 in Ohio
down to 96 in North Carolina.
among the states having one million
acres or more. The lowest figure re-
ported from any state is 80, in Wis
consin. Kansas with approximately
IL 900. 900 acres out of the United
States total of 100000 acres,
shows a condition of 10I. The pres
ent moisture conditions throughout
the entire country, with unlmpOrt-
ant local exceptions are exception
ally favorable. The winter wheat
promise on April l, of S37 100000 is
nearly double the yearly average
production in the United States tor
the first FIVE years before the war.
GAP, 600, 900 in 19091913D. and is
nearly fifty percent larger than the
production during the war years
1914-191S. when the average was
562, 100000
The condition of the crop is
higher than has been reported on
April l. since 1882, and the indicat-
ed yield is higher than any actual
yield in any year with the exception
of 1914, when the yield per acre
was 1873 bushels per planted acre
an April 1st condition of |
956."
The production of rye was fore !
cast by the department of agricur-
ture at 1O1, 100000 bushels COM |
pared with 89,103, 600 bushels last !
wear. 62.O33. 900 bushels in 1917 and !
~ SAT 900 bushels. the average of |
the preceding five years.