| Show BANNER WHEAT CROP IS THE PREDICTION Minnesota Only Northern State That Falls Below Production of 1904 Washington Will Have Banner Year Washington Highly favorable reports re-ports Indicate that the northern tier of seven states strtchliiK from tho head waters of the Mississippi river on the east to Puget Sound on the west will produce not less than 21G 000000 bushels ot wheat this year These states are an Immense granary Their wheat crop has more than doubled In tho last few years and the harvest In these seven states alone Is annually from 35 to 40 per cent ot I the aggregate for the whole country I In 1901 Minnesota the two Dakotas I Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon Ore-gon had a combined spring and Inter In-ter wheat crop of 209413487 bushels or nearly 38 per cent of the total crop in the United States Thin year the harvest will probably be about 7000 000 bushels larger Rust has affected the crop rather seriously In Minnesota and the condition con-dition of the growing crop as reported to tho Agricultural department this month Is six points below the record of last 4ugust On the other hand tho estimated acreage In Minnesota Is onefiftieth larger than In 1904 and the present outlook Is for a crop n little more than 3000000 bushels short of last years harvest In every other stale In the list of seven time conditions condi-tions are more favorable than at this lime Jn 1904 and there Is good promise of an Increased production The most favorable conditions am In tho state of Washington Increased acreage and the condition of the grow Ipg crop being considered The acreage ac-reage conditions are as follows Minnesota Min-nesota 2 per cent larger than last year North Dakota 9 per cent larger South Dakota 2 per cent smaller Montana 10 per cent larger Idaho 1 per cent larger Washington 7 per cent larger Oregon 2 por cent larger In the case of Minnesota the increased acreage is probably more than offset by the decrease In condition of tho crop as compared with August of last year In the six other states the condition con-dition Is Invariably Improved A conservative estimate of the winter win-ter wheat crop this year in Idaho Washington and Oregon gives Idaho 5537022 bushels Washington 10143 752 bushels and Oregon 7979031 bushels It would not be surprising however if the crop should he larger than this estimate especially In Idaho and Washington Spring wheat conditions in Utah area are-a little less favorable but the indications Indica-tions are that this years crop will exceed ex-ceed 4600000 bushels Tho acreage Is supposed to ho about 1 por cent less than that of 1904 and the August aver ago condlton Is 2 per cent below the normal An estimate based on Incomplete Incom-plete data gives a total crop for this year of 4650970 bushels |
