Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
Banner CORN CR0P,
LATEST FORECAST
U. S. Reports Indicate Total
of 3,216,000,000 Bushels.
Various Other Crops.

/ banner corn crop of 3,216,000. 900
bushels. or 100000 bushels greater
than the record crop of 1912. was fore
cast yesterday by the Department of
Agriculture.
! There was a further falling off
! however. in the total wheat crop fore
| cast. production being placed at I50,-
$4,000 bushels. as compared with a
! forecast of 770,000.000 bushels a month
! ago. The spring wheat crop was
! forecast at 21S.00T.000 bushels as COM
pared with 237.O00.000 last month.
The conditions of the spring wheat
and all wheat crops was not given in
the departments announcement.
Largest Tobacco Crop.
| The tobacco crop also showed 4
falling off, total production being es-
timated at 1,4TS.ISS.O00 pounds. as
against forecast of 1,553.090. 600
pounds a month ago. The crop still
remains the largest in history despite
this reduction of 100000 pounds in
the forecast during the past thirty
days
Production of oats was placed at
1,444. 1862 600 bushels, an increase of
2.523, 600 bushels during the month.
White potato production was forecast
at 414.9S6,000 bushels. an increase of
2.053.000 bushels since September /.
Forecasts of production this year of
the country's principal crops. esti-
mated from their condition October
l or at time of harvest. were an
nounced as follows:
Spring wheat. 21S.001 900 bushels
all wheat, I50. 64S 600 bushels.
Corn. 3,216.192.000 bushels. condi-
ton. SCI.
Apples 34.2S7 900 barrels: peaches
44.523,o00 bushels; kaffirs. 9,503, 900
bushels: peanuts. 39.217.000 bushels;
! H. lois fntr l,.Nlr
Oats. 1,444,362.0O0 bushels.
Barley. 1871, 3S6.000 bushels.
Buckwheat, 15,532,000 bushels; con-
dition. S5.6.
White potatoes, 414,s96oo0 bushels:
condition, S2.7.
Sweet potatoes. 1os,77e,ooo bushels;
condition. ST..
Tobacco, 1,4TS,7SS,000 pounds; condi-
ton. S33.
Flax, 11.7O4,OO0 bushels: condition,
l62.S.
Rice 52,29S,0oO bushels; condition,
1881.
Sugar beets. $4,000 tons; condi-
ton, 93.4.
In Other Countries.
Production figures on agricultural
crops of the world outside of the
United States, assembled by the In
ternational Institute of Agriculture
at Rome and given out yesterday by
the United States Department of
Agriculture, show greatly increased
yields for 1920 in almost every di-
vision.
The 1920 wheat crop in countries of
the northern hemisphere. including
Bulgaria, Spain, British India. Fin
land. Sweden. Switzerland, Canada,
Guatemala. Algeria. Egypt and Tunis.
the institute reports, is 1,046.67O.0O 600
bushels, or 101.6 per cent of a five
year average production for the same
countries and 1874 per cent of 1919
production.
Area now planted for the 192o-21
wheat crop in the southern hemi-
sphere, in Argentina, Australia and
South Africa. is 2S,3S4,000 acres.
which is 1884 per cent of the crop
area for last year and 1921 per cent
of a five-year average.
Rye production in 1920 in the north
| ern countries named amounted to
212,249,000 bushels, 1898 per cent of
| the five-year average and 1902 per
cent of the 1919 crop. Oats production
was 771,97S.000 bushels, 1928 per cent
of the five-year average and 1868
per cent of 1919.
Potatoes and sugar beets were
smaller crops in 1920 than in 1919.
! the institute reported, for part of
| the same area, but the production
was considerably greater than the
| fve-year average, as stated in per-
centage.