The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-08-12
j. 5. DEPT. Of AGRI-
CULTURE CROP REPORT

The following general report of
crop conditions, which also includes
the state of Oregon. is sent out by
the United States Department OF Ag-
rieulture, Bureau of Crop Estimates,
in charge of F. L. Kent Agricultural
Statistician, Portland. Oregon, under
date of August 10th:
Improvement in Mdition of all
the principal crops during the month
of July, in the state OF Oregon, is in
dicated from the compilation of re-
ports received by F. l.. Kent, Agri-
cultural Statisticain for the Bureau
Of Crop Estimates, United States De
partment of Agriculture. For the
United States as a whole, crops gen.
orally have shown improvement dur
ing the month of July, with the ex-
ception of spring wheat, which was
estimated as promising production,
on August l, 1920 of approximately
30,000,000 bushels less than the
forecast of July l, 1920.
Rainfall for the month of July was
more than twice the normal amount.
Some damage to hay resulted, also
to cherries, but growing crops gener-
ally were much benefited, and the
prospect now is for the best per acre
yield of all spring sown crops, since
1916. There was some hail damage
in the eastern portion of the state,
but practically no crop loss from hot
winds. Pretty high temperatures
prevailed in the western part of the
state on July and Z, with moderate
ly high temperatures elsewhere. On
the 27th above 100 degrees was re-
ported from points in the northeast
ern part Of the state.
Winter Wheat: Comparatively lit
tie threshing was done during July,
hence actual yield per acre reports
are not available for the heavier
producing sctions. On the lighter
lands of the wheat belt $50 bushels
per acre appears to be about an av-
erage yield, with prospect Of 80
to 35 bushels per acre on the hea-
vier soils. Some western Oregon
fields are producing 35 to 40 bushels
per acre and 25 bushels is estima-
ted to be a conservative yield for
whole counties. The average yield
per acre for the state as whole
is estimated at 2S.O bushels. With
an estimated area Of $4,000 acres
the Oregon winter wheat crop for y
1920 should be about 1e,600,000
bushels. The 1919 crop was esti-
mated (fnal) at 100000 BUSH
els.
The United States crop on August
/, 1920, is estimated at 532,641,000
bushels, which is an increase of about
100000 bushels over the July /,
estimate. The final estimate for 1919
was 732,000,000 bushels.
Spring Wheat: Favorable growing
during the month Of July
improved the condition of spring
sown wheat, the August / condition
figure for the state as whole being
placed at SO per cent, indicating
probable per acre yield of about 1910
bushels. With an estimated spring
wheat acreage in the state OF 32S,
600 the total spring wheat crop
should be about 100000 bushels,
the total wheat production
of the state for 1920, around 22,-
100000 bu.
Unfavorable growing conditions in
the heavier spring wheat producing
states have reduced the 1920 crop
prospect from 2s1,355,O0o bushels on
July l, to 61,506,OO0 bushels on
August /, with the probability of
still further reduction before harvest.
condition of around 700 per cent
Is reported from some of the spring
wheat states. The 1919 spring wheat
crop for the United States was esti-
mated (final) at '20s,351,000 bush
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