Show ESTIMATE MADE ON . WINTERWHEAT CROP Government Estimates That It Will Be Less Next Year Than This "WASHINGTON Dec 17 Nest year s w titer "wheat crop as est n ated today by the department of agr cult re at about a40 000 000 b shels That would be 115 000 000 bushels less than the w nter wheat har e t th s season but appro n ately 100 00 000 bushels more than the a erage of the f e 5 ear 1909 13 In announcing ts f rst rei ort on winter heat and rye the department made this statement The acreage faown to w nter wheat th s autun n s est mated at 3 ob 000 acres which compares w th 49 01 000 acres sown a year ago 37 1 8 000 two 3 ears ago and an a erage yearly acre age of 3 0S8 000 acres n the preced ng five 3 ears The reduct on from the unusual large acreage of last year s due partly to unfavorable eather for seed ng tangled cond t on of corn on land Tsh ch otherw se would ha e been sown to wheat some tear of the Hessian fly and to large snppl es of wheat on hand Generally the southern states and the Eocky mounta n state further m creased the r acreage but the pr nc pal winter wheat states decreased largely their acreage The cond tion of the crop on De cember 1 was si htly below the av erage for that date and forecasts a production of about oiO 000 000 bushels assuming a erage changes n cond t on from now unt 1 August The produc tion of winter wheat in the past sea son was est mated at 600 Odd 000 bushels two years ago 684 990 000 bushels and the a erage of the preced ing f ve years 411 000 000 bushels |