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Show WINTER WHEAT CROP 18 LARGE Forecast of Harveat Is Made By tho Government Wnshlnton. -Winter wheat production produc-tion this year was forecast nt C34, 703,000 bushels by tho department of ngriculturo which announced tho condition con-dition of tho crop on May l as 83.5 per cent of normal and tho nroi. remaining to bo harvested on that date as 88,131,-000 88,131,-000 acres. Tho ryo production forecast was 70, 152,00o bushels nnd condition 01.7 per cent. Hay production was forecast nt 103,570,000 tons with tho May 1 con iltlvm 00.1 percent and the nroa 74, IM5.000 acres. Stocks of hay on farms May 1 were 10,702,000 tons. Pastures condition, 84.5, Mny 1. Spring' plowing, 03.5 por cent completed. |