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Show FA V OR ABLE FORECAST i mmmmm aeii mssiMmmtMMsmst I Wheat Crop To Hit New Peak WASHINGTON. Despite the wet, cold spring, a record-shattering wheat crop of 1.409.800.000 bushels is indicated this year, according to the department of agriculture forecast fore-cast based on conditions as of June I, The inclement weather, particularly partic-ularly in May, was unfavorable for planting of. some feed grains but wheat, the forecast pointed out. The prospective wheat crop, largest larg-est on record, compares with 1.275.-000,000 1.275.-000,000 bushels forecast a month ago and 1.155,715,000 bushels harvested last year, a record up to that time. The 10-year average production is 843,692.000 bushels. The government forecast showed the winter wheat prospect to be 1,093,071,000 bushels and 316,822,-000 316,822,-000 bushels for spring wheat. The wet spring was responsible for a reduced acreage of oats, the report said, and a crop of only 1.247,-333,000 1.247,-333,000 bushels is In prospect. This compares with 1,509,867.000 bushels harvested last year. No estimate was made of the corn crop as it is too early in the season fo- a reasonable degree of accuracy, but the report said that the abnormally abnor-mally cool, wet weather of May caused 20 to 25 per cent of the corn acreage to remain unplanted on June 1, which is rather late. An unequalled winter wheat crop is in prospect for all of the Great Plains area, and Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas. Nebraska and Colorado expect ex-pect record production, the report said. While growth and develop ment of the crop was delayed by a cold wet spring in all but the Pacific Pa-cific coast states, losses from wet weather have been slight to date. In the earliest sections of Texas and Oklahoma harvest got under way around June 1. at least 10 days later than last year. Major spring wheat states had fairly favorable weather conditions early in May, which enabled growers grow-ers to plant close to their intended acreage, although seeding was somewhat later than usual. The crop went into the ground several weeks later than usual in the Da-kotas Da-kotas and Minnesota, where about three-fourms of the acreage is grown, but the plantings were under favorable moisture conditions. |