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Show I . I Less Wheat for 1920 Reduction in Acreage It Advocated A reduction in winter wheat tci from that of lost yenr, and to u prewar pre-war fhe-vear nveiage Is ndvoi'ited for farmers by the United States de-i;,rtinent de-i;,rtinent of agriculture In a bulletin recently Issued. It icenmtiiends tha nn acreage of 42.000,0(MI bushels winter win-ter wheat be seeded for the 1020 crop ami that next spring 2O.0OO,iOO bushels of spring wheat be seeded. Under normal nor-mal conditions this would give a wheai crop of 880,000,000 bushels. It would tie enough for normal consumption, nnd give an exportable surplus of 200.00O,-inmi 200.00O,-inmi bushels. A rye acreage of 5,500,-000 5,500,-000 to fl.000,000 bushels Is advocated. A crop of 7.-1,000,000 bushels would give 50,000,000 bushels for consumption nnd 25.iXW.OO0 bushels for export. |