Show WINTER VL WHEAT FORECAST A winter wheat crop of bushels or 14 per cent less than the 1922 crop was forecast by the department of agriculture The forecast as based on the condition condition condition con con- of winter wheat May 1 which was SOl per cent of a normal and andon andon andon on the area remaining May 1 to be harvested which was acres or acres per vcr percent percent cent less than planted last las autumn A rye crop of bushels on the May 1 condition of per vel percent percent cent of a normal and a hay crop of tons on a condition of or 87 87 per cent of a normal and an area of acres also were fore fore- cast Stocks of hay on farms May 1 t arc are estimated at tons or 12 per cent of the 1922 crop Condition of pastures was 77 v per percent percent r cent of a normal Spring plowing was per cent completed and spring planting per cent to May 1 |