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Show JPEllT j rease of 63,000,000 3ushels in April Is Shown by Report. e, . ssent 100.5 Per Cent Is ! ( lighest of Record for This Month. SHIXGTON, May S. An- increase : s ig April of 6.3,000,000 bushels In tiio ,er wheat prospective production was n today when the department of Culture announced its-forecast for a of S39.000.000 bushels based on con- , ns existing May 1. I 1 jspective rye production was fore- j J at 122,956,000 bushels, an increase 1 3 lmost 22,000,000 bushels over the . forecast. y commenting on the report, the bu-. bu-. S of crop estimates made this state- ) lie present condition of 100.5 per cent !ghest of record for winter wheat in I Karlier expectations of a minimum ' ige abandonment have been con- i id. May returns showing only 1.1 :ent loss of acreage from winter kill-overflows, kill-overflows, etc. This insignificant , 'donmcnt results in acreage of winter " .t for-harvest of 4S, 933,000. being one-greater one-greater than last year and 62 per approaching two-thirds, above the var five-year average of about 30,-)0 30,-)0 acres. World Record. he indicated increase in forecast Vction over the April 1 promise is 63,000,000 bushels, and the present-Sse present-Sse of a round 900,000,000 bushels 1 if realized, be the greatest ever pro- I " i in any country. I tjLie only .materially unfavorable word from Illinois and a few near-by I s where a yellowish color in the ! t over considerable areas has been i losed by some authorities as a j us fungous disease. The favorable i : weather during April has in some ns, through excess of moisture, re- j 3 in a slight yellowing of the wheat : 'on heavy and poorly drained land, 1 reporters think will be corrected ter hoped-for warmth and sunshine, naterial insect damage is reported anv section. 'llifornla alone of the important lt states gives thi,s month an un- . ."able report, having suffered a 'us deficiency of rainfall that had re- i ',1 the condition to So per cent and re-I i in the abandonment of some ' Sed fields. All others show 100 per or higher, reaching 103 in -Kansas .05 in Ohio." iparisons Given. -nter wheat production, based on ;;. conditions, -was estimated at 837,-"i0 837,-"i0 bushels and rye production at O.OOO bushels, while last year's wln- - vheat crop was 058,449.000 bushels' the rye crop was 89,103,000 bushels. . iditlon of winter wheat compares " 99.8 per cent of a normal on April -") year, 86.4 on May 1, last year, and : the ten-year May average. Condi- 5f rye compares with 90.6 per cent of rmal on April 1 this year, 85.6 on p; i, last year, and 89.8, the ten-year 'average. winter wheat acreage compares Ic' 49,261,000 sown last autumn and 36,- - '0 harvested last year. The ten-year tge abandonment of planted acreage ... 9 per cent. Kluction of hav is forecast at 114,-"10 114,-"10 tons, compared with 89,833,000 last year and 98,439,000 tons in 1917. ' expected hay acreage this year is : 71,224,000 acres, consisting of 55,--"'0 tame and 15,297,000 wild. The ge condition of meadow (hay) lands " ay 1 was 94.3, compared with 89.6 : ay 1 last year, and a ten-year May " ge of SS.l. :-eks of hay on farms May 1 are es- j ed at 8,493,000 tons against 11.476,- n May 1, last year, and 11,803,000 sL the five-year average on May 1. ures Above Normal. average condition of pastures on ''; 1 was 90.3. compared with 83.1 last ' and 84. G the ten-year average. ! ing plowing was 72.7 per cent com-:" com-:" 1 on May 1, compared with 77.5 per last year and a ten-year average of , f ing planting was 61.0 per cent com--:'l, compared with 60.8 last year and l-year average of 58.1. j -I May 1 condition and production -ist of winter wheat by principal U follow: Condition Production ' sylvania 101 34,039,000 ' 105 54,705,000 I - ,ia 100 65,809,000 -'Is 100 65,OT0,,000 uri . 101 . 72.423,000 -'-iska . 101 70,700,000 ': IS 103 197,339,000 loma 102 54,134,000 |