The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-10-13
Crop REPORT FOR
OCTOBER FIRST
Wheat Overruns Former EST
mate-POtatOes Decrease in
the State

The October crop report for Wash
ington, as Issued by G. S. Ray of the
Federal Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates, indicates a decrease in the
Spring wheat crop as compared with
September L; total wheat and oats
crops considerably above the average;
and barley crop below average. Po-
tatoes show decrease as compared
with September 1, while apples prom
Use a larger crop than was predicted
one month ago.
Wheat. Preliminary estimates place
the spring wheat crop at 18,690,000
bushels as compared with the Sep
TENDER / estimate of 21,026,000 BUSH
els; the 1920 crop of 1850, 900 BUSH
els, and the average for 1915-1919 of
19,523,000 bushels. This year the
spring crop averaged $50 bushels per
acre preliminary figure) against 11.9
bushels in 1920 and Ill bushels, the
ten-year average. Quality of the
spring wheat crop is 81 uer cent
against 81 per cent last year.
With the August / estimate of 3d.
922, 900 bushels of winter wheat, the
total wheat crop is placed at 49,612,-
900 bushels against 1885,, 900 BUSH
els in 1920 and 42,186, 900 bushels, the
average for 191O:1919.
Of the total wheat crop, 81 per cent
or about $4,000, 900 bushels, is estimat-
ed to have been marketed by OctobeS
1, 1921.
Potatoes. Killing frosts injured the
potato crop in many localities and the
forecast is now 7,466,OO0 bushels as
compared with the September es-
innate of 1885, 900 bushels. The 1920
crop amounted to s,6s0,000 bushels.
Apples. With apple picking in pro-
gress, crops in some localities are
over-running earlier estimates and the
total crop is now placed at 25,474, 900
bushels as compared with the Septem-
Der estimate of 24,53s, 900 bushels. On
September 26 and q severe wind
storms which were quite general over
the state caused some damage by in
creasing the number of windfalls and
thus produced higher percentage of
low grade apples than was formerly
expected.
Corn. On October / gave promise
of S,164, 0O0, 900 as compared with the
September estimate of 3,185, OO0, 900
bushels and the 1920 crop of $685.
367 900 bushels.
+ Wheat. Spring wheat for the coun-
try averaged 1913 bushels per acre
preliminary estimate) forecasting a
crop of 196,000,000 bushels against
the September 1 estimate of POS, &c.,
600 bushels and the 1920 crop of 209,-
363, 900 bushels. Quality of the spring
wheat crop averaged 1922 per cent as
compared with 80.4 per cent last year.
With preliminary winter wheat
figure of 3,s79, 900 bushels, the to-
tai wheat crop is placed at 1885,
900 bushels as compared with 49,, 12s,-
600 bushels in 1920.
Potatoes. The potato crop is now
placed at 346,000,000 bushels, and
shows considerable increase over the
September estimate of 322,985, 900
bushels. Last years crop was 1885,
368, 900 bushels.
Apples. October / conditions fore
cast total apple crop of 10000, 900
bushels as compared with the Septem-
Der estimate of 09,166, 900 bushels.
Total crop of 1920 was 244,O22, 900
bushels.
The commercial apple crop gives
promise of 100000 barrels against
the September estimate of 19,509, 900
barrels. Commercial crop of 1920 was
81, 239, 900 barrels.