The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-10
ALL CROPS SHOW
 LOWER AVERAGE,
 FORECAST STATES
9l Million Bushels Less Corn and 52 Million Less Wheat Than Estimated Month
 Ago Is Forecast
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Washington. August 9.-Iuly's con stant hot weather and lack of rain fall reduced prospective production of crops more than a quarter of billion dollars. Today's crop report of the department of agriculture showed forecasts reduced by millions of bushels, compared with month ago The reduced estimates of eorn wheat, oats and white potatoes alone aggregated sss, 100000 bushels, and the prospective loss of production calculated on August 1 farm prices amounts to sss.4o0, 900 for white po- tatoes. 3e4,S0o.0O0 for oats. s56.lo0,o0C for corn. and s54,4oo.o0o for wheat.
 Almost every crop was adversely affected by the almost constant hlsn temperatures and shortage of ram Over practically the entire west end northern central states there was little rain. while in Montana and parts of North Dakota, Illinois, Mis- souri and other states almost 3 drought prevailed. Small grains, 'orl and vegetables all suffered adverse ly. The damage to white 'pota-oes was extreme.
 Condition Estimates
 Principal farm crops and estimates of their condition on August l fol- low
 Winter wheat preliminary esti- mate of production, 044ooo,ooc bushels.
 Spring wheat production forecast 21S,o00 900 bushels; condition, 66.6 per cent of a normal.
 All wheat production forecast, 751,- 000,00o bushels
 Corn production, s,os2, ,ooC zushels; condition. s4.3 per cent.
 oats production, 1,l37,o0o,ooC bushels; condition. s4.5 per cent.
 Barley production, i71,ooo,ooc bushels; condition. s4.3 per cent.
 Rye preliminary production esti- mate, 64,3oo.ooO bushels.
 Buckwheat production, 1S,000,00o bushels; condition, s7.s per cent acreage s9l ,0oo.s
 White potatoes production, S16oo0, 900. bushels; condition, s5.s per cent
 Sweet potatoes production, 114,000 900 bushels; condition S45 per cent.
 Tobacco production, s39,ooo,000 pounds; condition, 66.6 per cent.
 Flax production. s,soo,o00 bushels condition. 70 per cent.
 Rice production, Ss.5oo,ooo bushels condition, S6.5 per cent.
 Hay Uame) production, si,00o.ooo tons; (wild) 15.5oo,oo0 tons; condi- tion CalD, S2.5 per cent
 Sugar beet production, s,o0o,ooo tons; condition, Se.9 per cent.
 Apple productions, lo9,ooo.oot bushels.
 Peach production. sl,soo ,ooo bushels
 Peanut production, 37.600,00C bushels.
 Grain, sorghum production. 13o,- 000, 900 bushels.
 IMPROVES IN SOUTH
 Washington, August 9.-Whiie the corn crop in practically all the im- portant producing states was ad- versely affected by weather condi- tions during July. the crop in all southern states showed improvement the department of agriculture's re- port today shows, and forecasts 'his month for all states in the south are larger than the estimates made a month ago. MissHsippi's crop showed the largest increase. improvement there for the month amounting to more than 100000 bushels.
 The forecasts of production Of the various states with comparison of the July forecast follow:
 Virginia, 43.929,o00 bushels, an in- crease of 1.045.0O0 bushels.
 North Carolina, 5s.13s,000, incre tse 3,010, 900.
 Georgia s7,74o,ooo. increase s.7oe,- coo.
 tennessee. s5.1s1,ooo., increase 7s4,- |00o.
 Alabama. 75,oos,ooo. increase 5,- 579. 900.
 Mississippi, s4lss,ooo, increase l1176.00o.
 Louisiana, 4s,5aoooo, increase g. 091 900,
 Arkansas, se,s2a.ooo, increase 9 I04so6o.