The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-08-20

The estimated production of oats
for the United States is now 1,4O2.-
$4,000 bushels, based on average
conditions S7.2 per cent of normal.
The 1919 oat crop of the country was
1,248,31O,000 bushels.
Oats remaining on farms of the
state August | amounted to Is per
cent of the 1919 crop, while As per
cent of the 1919 crop was the amount
held on all farms of the United
States.
Barley.-A barley crop of 1857 900
is predicted from a condition sc per
cent of normal. The 1919 crop was
4,140,OO0 bushels.
The United States is expected to
produce 195,916,OOO bushels this seas
on against 165,719,0O0 bushels n
1919
1t is estimated that or per cent of
last years barley crop remained on
the farms in the state on August !.
while AZ per cent of the total crop
of the country was on the farms Au-
gust l.
Corn.-The corn crop of Washing
ton improved during July, increasing
from 70 per cent of normal on July
l to 81 per cent August /. This pre-
diets crop of 1,s7S,000 bushels.
The corn crop of the United States,
86.7 per cent or normal on August !,
is now placed at 1908, 1922, 900 bush
els. The 1919 production was 2,917,.
100000 bushels.
overwhelmingly estimates place
the average yield for the state at 9.5
bushels per acre as compared with II
bushels last year. The quality of the
crop is 88 per cent.
POtatoes.-The state potato crop is
now estimated to be 100000 bush
els Condition Sc per cent of normal
on August y against 7,25O,OOO
bushels last year. The crop for the
United States was 81 per cent of
normal on August I, indicating 4O2.-
$4,000 bushels, compared with $751;
901 900 bushels in 1919.
Hay.-The condition Of all hay in
the state was sc per cent of normal
on August l compared with 90 per
cent on August |, 1919. Both tame
and wild hay show slight decrease
as compared with the acreage har-
vested last year. Clover hay is av-
eraging 2.30 per acre, while last year
it yielded 200 tons. Alfalfa shows a
condition Sc per cent of normal, prac-
tically the same as a year ago. Tim
othy condition is 90 per cent compar-
ed with 88 per cent one year ago.
Apples.-Washington apples were
70 per cent of normal on August 1, in
dicating crop of 15,97S,O00 bushels
The crop of the United States, 7O.d
per cent normal. is placed at 213,187.-
900 bushels. The 1919 production
for Washington and the United States
were, respectively, 23,19O,OOO bushels
and 147,457,O00 bushels.
Peaches.-The peach crop shows
little change from last month. Pro-
duction is expected to be $4,000
bushels, or less than half as much as
the 1919 crop of 100000 bushels.
August l conditions predict 45,521,-
900 bushels for the United States
as compared with 50,434O0 bushels
in 1919.
Pears.-Washington is now ex-
pected to produce $4,000 bushels of
pears while the crop of the United
States is estimated to be 14,526.OOO
bushels.
Hops.-The hops acreage of both
the state and the United States shows
a considerable increase over 1919.
Washington hops were 90 per cent of
normal on August /, forecasting a
production of 4,6Os,OOO pounds, while
the United States crop 1923 per cent
of normaD is expected to be 1886
pounds. In 1919 the Washington
hops crop was 3,4S4,OO Opounds and
that of the United States 29.346OOO
pounds.
Sugar Beets.-Sugar Beets IN
Washington were SO per cent of nor
NAL August l, while the crop of the
United States was 91.9 per cent. The
forecast for the United States crop
is 100000 tons. TIE 1919 produc-
ton amounted to 6,421 900 tons.
Condition percentages as of Aug
ust for the State and United States
are, respectively:
| Field Peas, 81, S3.7; Field Bean.
81, 79.5; Tomatoes, 81, S7.2; Cab
bages SO, $50; Onions So. 80; Grapes
20, SS.6; Watermelons, 80, 81; Can
taloupes, ss, SIT; Blackberries and
Raspberries Total production) So,
IS.