Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-08-14
WHEAT CROP
BELOW FORECAST


Weather and other conditions DIN,
ing July We're shown to have bee
detrimental to crops generally. in tn
department of Agriculture's month";
The large prospective corn GRO
was reduced $4,000, 00O bushels. a
compared with month ago. the pro
duetion now indicates, being 1850
ooo.Uo0 bushels. Rye. fiaxseed. rice
sweet potatoes. tobacco, hay an,
grapes also showed losses from fore
cast made last month.
Winter Wheat shows Gain
Winter wheat. for which a prelim
mary estimate of 10000 bush
els was given, showed an increas,
over last month. but spring whea
with total of $4,000, goo bushel.
declined 100000. placing the en-
tire wheat crop 100000 bushels be
low that forecast in July.
There was an improvement in oats
the crop forecast being 1887, 200, 0OC
bushels. or s5.OO0,000 more than a
month ago. Barley, white potatoes
apples. peaches and pears also re-
corded increases in their prospective
production.
Indiana-Illinois Corn Needs Rain
Drought was the principal cause of
the heavy decline in corn prospects.
The damage from that cause was pro-
gressively severe westward through
the corn belt The crop is beginning
TO suffer from lack of moisture in
Southern Indiana and Illinois, but
the outlook continues favorable in
those states as a whole. Iowa had
only two-thirds of its normal rain
fall in July and drought prevailed in
the western part.
general drought developed in
Missouri in the last 10 days of July
and there was general drought on
South Dakota. Corn suffered severe
injury from heat and drought in Ne
braska. where only half the crop has
excellent prospects. and spotted con-
ditions were found in Kansas, where
the western two-thirds of the State
early corn will be a near failure.
July drought. heat and hot winds
were extremely unfavorable in Okla
homa and Texas.
Record Acreage i'm Argentina
Wheat production in IS countries
of the northern hemisphere this year
including the United States and
Canada. was announced by the de-
partment as indicated to be 2,145,-
I'll. O00 bushels. or % per cent more
than the same countries produced a
year ago. These countries produce
three-fourths of the northern hemis-
phere crop and about two-thirds of
the total world crop outside Russia
and China
Argentina has seeded a record
wheat acreage and conditions gener-
ally have been favorable. In Aus
tralia the outlook for the coming sea-
son is favorable.
Maryland Winter Wheat
The preliminary estimate of win
ter wheat production in Maryland is
11,613.000 bushels, and in North
Carolina. 1O.934,000 bushels.
The condition Of Maryland tobacco
on August / was estimated at rs per
cent of normal and the crop forecast
put at $4,000 pounds. The con-
dition of Virginia tobacco was put at
SO per cent and crop forecast at 49,
100000 pounds North Carolina to-
bacco as IA per cent and 297,1S4, 900
pounds.
The condition of the white potato
crop in Virginia was put at 81 per
cent, the estimated yield at 1871
bushels; the Virginia sweet potato
crop at II per cent and the estimated
yield at 100000 bushels.
Canadian Wheat Crop Larger
The Canadian wheat crop for 1925
was estimated in report issued by
the Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, at
375.404, 200 bushels. Last years
yield was 262.O97.O0 bushels.