Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

at 763,000,000 bushels, consisting Of
the 1886 crop, estimated on the basis
of July 1 condition at 638,0O0,000 bush
els and carry-over stocks of 125,000,-
900 bushels. If these supplies con-
tanned the usual proportion of hard
wheat and durum, the average do
nestle utilization of about $4,000 900
bushels for food and feed and about
| IS 100000 bushels for seed would be
met and about an average carrv-over
would remain at the end of the sea
! son. The supply this season is only
percent less than in 1885 and 81 per-
| cent less than the 5-year average for
| 1925-29 when the United States was
exporting much larger quantities of
wheat than at present.
The total supply of rice available
for the 1867 season is estimated to
| be l2,196,OOO pockets Ga pocket is 100
| pounds of cleaned rice) OF percent
more than was available in the 1885
SO season, but about equal to the aver
| age supply for the 5 years 1859.
Production this season, based upon
the planted acreage and condition re-
ported July 1 is expected to be about
| 10 percent more than was harvested
last year, but the carry-over of old
rice as of August / may be slightly
| smaller.
All of the increase in production
| this year is attributable to the in
creased acreage planted both in Cali
fornia and in the Southern rice grow
ing sections, as yields are expected to
be smaller than in 1885. Rams in
June were beneficial to the crop in
Texas and Louisiana. Excellent con-
ditions are reported for the crop in
California.
Only small portions of the corn,
oats, barley, and rye crops are used
directly for human food, and it is
seldom that total supplies of these
commodities have much influence
upon the quantities SO used. The
1867 production of these CROPS. par
tlcularly the last three named, has
been seriously curtailed by the
drought. The supply of these is i'm
portant from the standpoint of live
stock feed and future productio nof
livestock products, rather than of
human food.
Fruits
The production of fresh fruit in fire
united States is indicated to be The
smallest IN number of years. This
IS que largely to the damage to fruit
ouds caused by late spring frost rath-
er IMAM to the prevailing drought. TIE
apple ana peach crops are reported
TO be the smallest since 1921, while
tne grape crop is the smallest since
1851. cherries also are UNUSUALLY
scarce, but pears and citrus fruits
promise to be plentiful. Based unon
the information now available on the
quantities of fresh fruits that prob
ably will be canned and dried. the
supply left for the fresh market for
the l9o6-37 season probably will be II
percent less than what was available
last year, and probably percent be-
low the average quantity for 1925-29.
Inc supply of commercially CANNED
fruits probably will be about 5 per-
cent less than last season, but larger
than the 1859 average supply and
larger than in any of. the other re-
cent years. One of the factors con-
trlbuting to the smaller supply t|is
season is the fact that many Pacifi,
Coast Gamers did not recover their
coStS on the large fruit packs of 1885
and are attempting to curtail the
pack this year. The quantities of
fresh fruit produced for canning are
not large, but they appear to be am
pie for all purposes. Supplies of
canned apples, apricots, peaches and
cherries are expected to be less than
last year, but the supplies of other
kinds of canned fruit will be larger
Supplies of dried fruit of 1867
are expected to be about 18 percent
less than in 1856, about five per-
cent less than in 1934-35 and Is ner-
cent less than the 1859 average.
The apple, grape, and prune crops
were all cut short this season bv the
late spring frosts and, consequentlv
the quantities of these fruits that are
expected to be dried this year are
much smaller than usual. On the 9th