Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-10-27

In all the history of the wor
enough food for all its civilians
Proof, he says, can be found in a
review of the record.
The 1914 harvest, according to
department of agriculture fig
ures, is estimated at per cent
more crops reaped and threshed
than last year, while food pro-
duction is up 5 per cent over
1943's record and 20 per cent
over the pre-Pearl Harbor aver
age for 1874.
Beginning in 1899, when war en-
quilted the European continent and
America began to receive calls for
supplies of all kinds, both food and
total agricultural production have in
creased each year, building up to
the 1914 records that top anything
in the nations history.
Yield of crops appears generally
excellent, despite the hard use the
soil has had of necessity during the
war years. 1t is pointed out that
only seven major crops show low
er yield than the average for 1933-42,
which includes 1925 phenomenal
yields. These crops are buckwheat,
rice, dry beans and peas, peanuts.
soybeans and sweet potatoes.
Leading crop this season is wheat.
1t is the second billion-bushel har-
vest in U. S. history, exceeding by
10 per cent the previous record set
In 1915. Estimates are for some
Ills, 402 1000 bushels in 1914, SO per
cent more than last season and AZ
per cent more than the average for
the 1882 decade. Yield per acre
exceeds 1943 by 10 per cent, and the
earlier decade by 80 per cent. Big
gest average acre yield for winter
wheat is reported from Nevada, with
so bushels per acre, compared with
the national average of 1873 bushels.
Idaho is next with 20 bushels, fol-
lowed by Washington with 28.5 BUSH
els and Utah with q bushels per
acre. Idaho and Utah lead in acre
yield of spring wheat other than
durum, with an average of SO BUSH
els per acre, compared with the ma
tional average of IT'S bushels.
Bumper Corn Harvest.
If the anticipated corn harvest of
3,10l 100000 bushels is realized, it
will top last year by about rs 900, 1000
bushels and exceed the 1933-42 aver
age by 1872 million bushels, or nearly
one-third. This is only little below
the all-time record set in 1912. The
acre yield this year is slightly under
1913, but % per cent more than the
average for l933-42. Iowa heads the
list for acre yield among the states
with So bushels, compared with the
national average of 318 bushels.
Idaho takes second place with At
bushels, followed by Illinois with As
bushels, and New Hampshire, YER
mont and Wisconsin tied with 40
bushels per acre.
Hybrid seed corn has played no
small part in increasing corn pro-
duction, according to the department
of agriculture. Hybrids have been
found to raise yield as much as 20
per cent, and in 1913 it was estimat-
ed that 669,000,OOO bushels more
corn were produced than would have
been possible without the hybrids.
Nearly 81 per cent of the corn acre
age last year was planted to hybrid
varieties, government figures show.
A third more sorghums for grain
than in any previous season is antic-
lpated with the harvest of about $780,
100000 bushels compared with 49,
100000 bushels in 194l, the highest
production to date. The acre yield
is Is per cent more than in 1913, and
80 per cent greater than the 1933-42
average. California sets the pace
for acre yield with SO bushels per
acre compared with a 17.9 national
average, followed closely by Arizona
with 81 bushels, Illinois with 26 BUSH
els and Missouri with 81 bushels per
acre.
The oats crop is estimated at
1,l9O $40, 600 bushels, per cent more
than last year and 16 per cent more
than the 1933-42 average. Acre yield
is only slightly higher than last sea-
son and about per cent above the
1882 average. Washington and
Wisconsin have the highest acre yield
among the states, probably influ-
enced by the new Vicland variety
which is harder and particularly
adapted to those areas. Washing
toms 46 bushels per acre and Wis
consin's 42.5 bushels compare with
the national average of 80 bushels.
Utah with Al bushels, and Nevada
and Idaho with 40 bushels per acre
also report good years.
Good crops of buckwheat and
barley, and a near-record rice
crop, when added to the other
grains, indicate total grain
harvest Of 153 900 900 tons. This
would be slightly less than the