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Show RECORD' CROPS ARE PRE0ICTIM U. S. WASHINGTON, Sept. S. Bumper crops this year, with a half dozen new groduction records, now seem assured, a-sing predictions on a canvass made September 1 by its thousands of agents throughout the United States, the, department, de-partment, of agriculture today issued lorecasts showing the prospects of practically all the principal farm crops except potatoes and rice improved during dur-ing August. The wheat .crop ia placed at 981,000,-000 981,000,-000 bushels, 90.000,000 mqre than last year's crop. Wet weather has damaged1 dam-aged1 winter wheat and delayed threshing. thresh-ing. Tn Kansas not more than half the crop has been threshed. Additional inquiries in-quiries by crop reporters this month, however, resulted in the crop reporting board making no change in its August prediction or 659,000,000 bushels of winter wheat. Conditions for the spring wheat crop have been ideal lately and threshing discloses yields above the average and of excellent quality. As a result of the favorable conditions condi-tions the spring wheat production forecast fore-cast was increased 15,000.000 bushels to a total of 332,000000 bushels. When the f ina 1 canvass is made the entire wheat production probably will reach one billion bushels. Corn production prospects increased 67,000,0(11) during August, the forecast now being 2,985,000,000 bushels. Although Al-though that exceeds vast year's crop by more than 110,000,000 ' bushels, it falls 19,000,000 bushels short of the record crop of 1912. Oats raav reach a record, the September Septem-ber forecast being 1,408,000,000 bushels, which is 247,000,000 more than was harvested har-vested last year, but 10,000,000 bushels below the record crop of 1912. The condition of white potatoes took a decided drop during August, resulting in a decrease of 25,000,000 bushels in the- estimates of production. The September Sep-tember forecast is 4(H5,000.000 bushels, 14,000,000 below the 1912 record crop. A Indications point to record crops ot barley, rye, sweet potatoes, tobacco, 'rice and hay. The apple and peach ! crops also are far above the average I in production. |