Evening star., 1925-09-10
DROP IS FORECAST
IN u. S. CROP YIELDS
Harvests to Average Under
Recent Years-August I'm
provement Slight.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Crop yields this year will be. on the
whole, well below the average of re-
cent years, the Department of Agri-
cultures crop-reporting board an
nounces in issuing it's September pro-
duction forecasts. There has been lit
tie improvement in the general situa-
ton over what it was a month ago.
Corn deteriorated on account of dry
weather in large areas and indicated
production now Is 2,8S5 900 900 bush
els. a loss of 1000, 900 bushels in the
last month. The indicated crop is 44S,-
000.o00 bushels more than produced
last year, but slightly under the aver
age of the last five years. Generally
throughout the South and in a large
part of the corn belt the crop is not
so promising as 1t was a month ago,
while in Ohio prospects are the best
in years. There was little change in
Iowa.
Wheat Doing Better.
Spring wheat yields are running
slightly higher than earlier expecta-
tions. The crop is now forecast at
2S4 100000 bushels. or 81 900 900 more
than early August conditions indicat-
ed and 100000 more than was pro-
duced last year. Winter wheat al
ready harvested is estimated at 49,
100000 bushels, making the country's
total prospective wheat crop about
zoe. 900, 900 bushels, or 1000 900 more
than produced last year, but 1877 ,000,-
600 less than the f1ve-year average.
Potato Prospects Drop.
Irish potato prospects declined o.
100000 bushels because of hot weather
in August, with drought in many sec
tions. The crop Is now forecast at
344, 900, goo bushels. which is Ill ,090-
900 bushels smaller than last year s
harvest. In proportion to population.
the potato crop seems likely to be
the smallest since 1916. but the final
weeks of the growing season may
change the outlook materially, the
crop experts say. Indications are for
a yield of about 100 bushels an acre,
as compared with 124 last year.
Threshing of oats brought results
above earlier expectations and a pro-
duotion of 1,462 900 GOO bushels is in
dicated. That is a gain of $4,000, 900
over last months forecast.
Tobacco Outlook Brighter.
Rains during August improved the
tobacco crop in the East, but nearly
all Kentucky and Tennessee types de-
Perforated. Indicated production is
placed at 1.247 .00O 900 pounds, an in
crease of 13,000,000 over d month. ago.
Peanuts suffered from the wide
spread drought in the Southern States
and production will be much below
the five-year average, the crop now
being forecast at COS, 900, 900 pounds.
Fruit prospects have changed but
little in the last month and are still
below the usual average.
Virginia Crop Prospects.
ly{ru;rya ;- 70 ~ eE9
900 pounds of peanuts, 104, ,346, 900
pounds of tobacco and 6,910,000 barrels
of apples. West Virginia will have
4.493, 900 barrels of apples. Maryland's S
tobacco yield is placed at 10000. .000
pounds. Virginia is expected to have
5,072 900 bushels of sweet potatoes and
u ,904, 900 bushels of white potatoes.
Foreign Wheat Status.
Foreign prospects for wheat, an
nounced today by the Department of
Agriculture, indicate that I'm "a coun'
tries of the Northern Hemisphere the
yield will total 2,433 900, 900 bushels
compared with 2,303. 100000 last year,
while in the Southern Hemisphere
crops are promising ana record
acreage Is apparent.
In Is European countries an increase
of 191 100000 bushels over last year S
harvest was estimated. Germa n
production estimates placed the crop
at 107 900 900 bushels, compared with
a preliminary estimate of 100 ,o00, 600
made on the basis of the June l con-
dition report, while the crop there
last year totaled 80 100000 br' Is.
The wheat acreage in Al, sntina
was placed at 1888 900 acres, the
largest on record, against 1882. 900 in
dicated in the June i report. Private
sources in Australia said the crop
there was equal to last year. with
probably slight increases in some sec
tons The sowing in that country
was estimated at 10,755, 900 acres for
1924, the largest of any preceding
year, except those Of the World War.