Show WINTER WHEAT IS BETTER FOR MAY Crop Report Shows Gain of Tee Three and Half Hal Per PerCent PerCent V VC Cent C Washington May S. S Winter Inter S. Winter wheat heat production this year ear was forecast at 48 bushels or 8 per cent less than last years year's crop b by tho the de department department department de- de of at agriculture today The condition of at tho crop May Hay 1 was 71 per pcr cent of oC a a normal compared com ared with wih 75 on April Apri 1 this year 1005 on May ray 1 last lat year and tho year ten May ay 1 average The Te area remaining to be harvested harvested's 1 Is VIs s 's about acres or 19 per percent c cent cont nt less than planted last fall fal I Production Production of rye re is 18 forecast at 73 bushels compared with wih 88 last year ear and In 1918 88 1 T c The condition of oC rye ryo was 8 l per percent percent cent of ot a normal noral compared with wih on April 1 I 94 on May 1 1 last year ear I and 90 tho the year ten May Ma 1 average The he condition of ot meadow hay lands was 89 per cent of a a normal the the exp expected hay acreage about about 71 acres and arid the production forecast tore fore cast cst tons tons- compared with tons last year car Stocks l o of f hay on farms May Iy 1 l' were tons tont against tons last year ear car on May 1 Spring plowing was wa COl per cent completed and spring planting was per cent completed on May 1 Acreage of or winter wheat May Mar 1 and tho forecast st of production based on May 1 l condition and acreage by ImpOrtant Import Im- Im port PT VHf nt states follow Pennsylvania Pennsylvania acres and bushels Ohio and Indiana Indiana I 1703 J and Illinois 1 l- mOD and 27 Michigan and d 3 Iowa and J Missouri and arid 25 Nebraska and 47 St haD Kansas as 77 and I Texas and OkI Ok Ok- lahoma and 1 Ore Ore- I and California V r and A slightly larger production of ot winter win win- tor ter er wheat than had been expected was I forecast forecast today by the tho department of at agriculture on tho the basis of at tho the condition condi condi- ton ion tion of the crop and acreage on May a 1 Total production was estimated e at tor bushels ls ls or more moro than han was forecast as at of or last April Apri 1 This total however is about crop bushels less than last lat years year's There was an improvement of 35 25 per cent In the condition of or the crop during during the month During During the winter u. u per cent of ot the acreage ago planted was vas abandoned the total acreage reI remaining re- re to bo harvested being placed I at it n bushels |