The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-07-12
MATES CROPS
IN FINESHAPE
'uly First Reports Show
That Harvest Will Be
Large This Year

Large IhlS 1edI
Crops in Washington on July hrs
"sre' on the whole in fine condieiol'
Inc report of the federal crop re'
pcrnng board indicates that the s.a1s
VIII have one of the largest whea'
crops on record. Apples are also eS,
pec1ed to exceed any crop OF reeeii'
years. Potatoes, although showing
Dig decrease in acreage, promise nlore
Than an average crop. The corn acre
age has increased 10 per cent. nay ma.
crops and pastures are IN exceiieii =
condition.
Winter Wheat
Conditions are very favorable ~
Washington for winter wheat develop
ment during the past month and on
July the state crop average % pee a.,
cent of normal as compared WIN %
per cent on June /. This CONDITION Oh OF
90 forecasts production Of S9,5io,Ooo
bushels. The June 1 forecast was
35,753,OO bushels, the 1922 crop was
1924, 900 bushels, while the average
production Of winter wheat for tn ne
five years, 1917-1921, was 23,5oo'oO
bushels.
The United States winter wheat
crop, averaging 1858 per cent OF nor
NAL on July 1, gave promise OF ooo'-
$4,000 bushels. The June estimate
was for 581 900, 900 bushels, the 1877
crop amounted to 586, 100000 bushels,
while the five year average, 18l7-lSzl
was 59O,O0O,00O bushels.
Spring Wheat
Spring wheat in Washington made
fine progress during June and the
crop on July averaged 101 per cent
OF normal, as compared with 81 on
June l. The July forecast of produc-
ton is 100000 bushels against the
June estimate of 17,O66,0O bushels.
The 1922 spring wheat crop amounted
to 100000 bushels while the aver
age for the five years, 11917-1921,
was 1858, 900 bushels.
The United States spring wheat
crop averaging 1874 per cent of nor
NAL on July / (90.2 per cent on June
ID was expected to amount to 234,-
739 900 bushels. The June estimate
for the nations spring wheat crop was
236, 100000 bushels, the 1922 crop,
276, 100000 bushels and the five year
average, 1917-1921, 45,0OO,OO0 BUSH
els.
All Wheat
/ Washington July estimate &c.
$4,000 bushels; June estimate, ST.
$4,000 bushels; 1922 drop, 80, 444 900
bushels; average for five year period,
1917-1921, 40,04O,OOO bushels.
United States July estimate 821,-
OOO,0 bushels; June estimate, 817,-
100000 bushels; 1922 crop 1863, 000, 900
bushels; average for five year period
835, 1000, 900 bushels.
Wheat on Farms
On July / it was estimated that LIS
per cent of the 1922 wheat crop, or
487 900 bushels, were held on farms as
compared with 100000 bushels held
one year ago.
Potatoes
The Washington potato acreage
shows q Is per cent decrease as COM
pared with last year. This gives the
planting Of 5000 acres against St, 900
in 1922, while the average for the five
years, 1917-1922, was $4,000 acres.
The decrease in acreage is largely due
/, to the poor returns received for the
| 1922 crop. Averaging 95 per cent Of
! normal, the potato crop has made a
very rood start and gives promise of
3. EOS. 600 bushels. The forecast is IL
! per cent less than the estimated 1922
crop. but is over 5 per cent greater
than the average production for the
five years 1917-1922.
| The United States potato acreage
i ;s Estimated to be 1885,, 900 acres, or
I about 10 Der cent less than that per
conf last wear. The crop on July
AVERAGED S6.4 per cent of normal, in
d;cat;nO 4 production of $4,000
hnsheIs a. compared with 451 100000
in 1922, and the average production
for the five years 1917-1922, Of. 1885,
/ GOO 600 bushels. The July forecast
for ;mnortant potato producing states
;nd;c.tes marked decreases for pract-
icallv ali states except Maine, Illinois
and Missouri
Apples
Washington's commercial apple
cron On July gave promise Of being
one If the largest, if not the largest
o,,e = nrnduced. The indicated COM
80 49, rron is 6,O31 900 bushels as
~ s,u.n with 21,312,00O bushels in
19a1 and 100000 bushels in 1921.
The The total at'I apple crop Of the state is
n1 ne sJ At 39.58O,OOO bushels against
25's7sO0O in 1922 and 2s'o02,OOO in
1921. o-on &c :,
ryn;ted States averaging 7O.S per cent
Of norn,al on July l, was placed at
3306s 600 barrels as compared on pa ed with
the lime estimate OF S1,1o4,OU bar
r u The 1922 commercial apple crop
was was so. 81 900 barrels for the 1921
c maS s 81 Isl 900 barrels, while the av-
erap. commercial crop for the five
rels. Although considerable variation
exists between the July lyz3 d forecasts
and ie the 1922 crop for individual 1sd east
ern commercial apple states; the COM
bined production for Name me- te V;, Iork
Ohio, illinois, Michigan, missouri 1,,Su f and