Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-10
WHEAT YIELD To
Be LARGER THAN
IN 1920, CLAIM
Winter Crop Of 629,287,-
600 Bushels Is Forecast;
Area to Be Harvested Is
About 1,884,000 Acres.

dSHlnBlun, MAY - 4ht NIit'i
| wheat crop was forecast today at
5000 600 bushes more than est!-
mated Il month ago, the total pro-
duction being estimated at 629,-
2S700 bushels 10y the department
of agriculture
Acreage abandoned during the
winter was less than per cent Of
the total area planted last autumn,
compared with an average aban-
donment Of 10 per cent during
the last ten years The crop this
Year Is almost per cent larger
than last year, while the acreage
to be harvested is rs more than
| last year,
Area to BE Harvested.
The area to be harvested IL
about l,SS4,000 acres. or as per
cent less than the acreage planted
last autumn, and $4,000 acres, Of:
2.5 per cent more than the aver
age harvested last year.
May l condition is indicative Of
a yield Of approximately 1853 bush
els per acre, assuming average va
riations to prevail throughout the
| remainder of the season, This
would indicate a total production
SO per cent more than in 1920,
1877 per cent less than in 1919 and
ia per cent more than in 1913.
The Rye Crop.
The rye crop this year Is fore
cast at 100000 bushels, based
on the condition Of the crop May
!, which was 92.5 per cent of a
normal. The forecast n month ago
was 66,3S6,Q00 bushels. based on
the condition of the crop April l.,
which was 90.3 per cent Of a nor
NAL, The crop last year was o.
$4,000 bushels and the condition
on May / was s5.l, while the 1912
crop was S8,909.000 bushels and
the May ton year average condo
| ton is $50 per cent as a norman.
Hay production this year is fore.
cast at lO7.784,000 tons, compared
with lOo,233, 900 tons last year and
IO9I52.0O0 tons in 1913.
The conditions of meadow (haS
lands on May was 9l.5 per cent
OF normal compared with ss'f
per cent a year ago, and a ten
year average on May l, OF 81 per
cont
Expected Hay Acreage. -.
The expected hay acreage u
placed at 73,842,000 acres th's
year, comprising 5S,879,0Oo acres
of tame and 14,963,000 acres OF
| wild. compared with a total area
last wear of 73,1Sl,000 acres.
Stock Of hay on farms May l
uoro estimated Mt l9,440,000 tons
| or Is per cent of the 1870 crop
compared with l1,345,000 tons, OF
I1O,4 per cent in 1920, and li,49S''
600 tons. or Ill per cent the May
! fivc-year average.
The average condition OF sprih@
pastures on May ! was 9l.s per
cent of a normal, compared WIN
les "a year ago and S4.6 the ten
year average.
| Spring blowing was IT'S per cent
completed on May /, compared
with Col a year ago and 69,3 the
ten-year average.
Spring planting was 635 per CEN
completed on May !, compared
with 500 per cent a year ago aho
1915 the ten-year average.
Acreage To BE Harvested.
The acreage remaining to be
harvested, the May first condition
land the forecast of production o'
winter wheat for the prlnclpa
growing states are:
Pennsylvania, 1,447,000 acres: 81
per cent and 27,76S,000 bushels.
| Ohio, 2,2OS,000 acres; 81 per cen
and 41,190,000 bushels.
Indiana. 1,894,000 acres; 30 PEI
cent and 32,S99.000 bushels.
Illinois, 2,413,000 acres; "a POI
cent and 46,953,000 bushels.
Texas. 1,761,0OO acres; 70 pei
cent and 21,428.0O0 bushels.
Missouri, 2,764,0O0 acres; 72 pc
cent and 42,526,00 bushels.
Nebraska. 3,235,000 acres, 90 PEI
cent and 56,54S,000 bushels
Kansas, 9,516.0O0 acres; 81 pc
cent and 135,S8S,O 900 bushels.
Oklahoma, 2,976,000 acres, "a pc
cent and 37.498.000 bushels.
Washington. 1.0s5,o00 acres; 81
per cent and 29,647,000 bushels.
The April Forecast.
The April forecast of winte
wheat placed this years crop a
621 100000 bushels, and was baset
on the crops condition of 9l.0 pc
cent of n normal on April l, and o,
1.-THE assumption there had beel
average abandonment of acreag
during the winter. Last years GRO
was 577.763,000 bushels. The con
|dition OF the crop a year ago wa
1874 per cent of normal. while tn
May ten-year average condition
is S6S per cent.
The area planted to winter whea
last autumn was 40.605,000 acres
while the area planted the previou
autumn was 4l,757000 acres. Will
the area harvested last year fror
that planting was 3T,173,000 acres
The ten-year average per cent o
abandonment of planted acreage