Show 8 BILLION GRAIN CRAIN CROP INDICATED I Sweet Potatoes Tobacco andRice and andRice andRice Rice E Expected to Beat Records Also I Washington aShl July 9 9 Bountiful 9 farm arn crops this year were Indicated to today today today to- to I day In the department of agricultures agriculture's s July forecasts based on conditions ex existing ox- ox the tho first rC If r tho the month Winter inter wheat and rye re now being harvested showed the largest lars production production production tion ever attained I Record c cn crops JS of of sweet potatoes to tobacco tobacco tobacco to- to bacco and rice also were predicted and tho the production of ot spring wheat corn oats harle barley white potatoes and hay is expected to be larger than the tho a average veras-e for fot the five tho years 1913 17 Value of or the wheat corn and oats crops combined amounts to and oats otts I Plant diseases and other conditions however howe made heavy inroads during June on prospective wheat and oats production The Thu forecast shows a loss I of bushels of ot wheat since the June estimate and a reduction of ot bushels in tho the prospective oats crop 1 High ISh temperatures caused deterioration tion in the condition of or winter wInfer wheat In n some sections plant disease In- In creased In central districts Tho The heat also affected spring wheat in some parts of ot the belt where black rust has hns appeared and somewhat damaged the th crop The Tho a area l' l cn planted to corn wheat what po potatoes potatoes potatoes po- po flax lax an and rice Is smaller than last year while white tho the acreage c of oC sweet potatoes po- po P po potatoes and tobacco was larger |