Show BILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT ASKED BY THE government FOR NEXT YEAR high mark for production Is set by federal and state officials winter wheat acreage to be increased 18 per cent over last year large increase in production of rye also Is urged washington tile pi of 0 over bus bushels liels of wheat nm all over bus livis of roii rye through the pl of acres to viator chent and of acres to rye rm this anil Is 14 the var agricultural ain pr for fir tile notion fir an bounced by b david I 1 P houston secre t tiny tary or of agriculture tills record win tr t r wheat acreage an all Iner cuso of 0 IS pir per lent cent over last year would yield lold bushels it if tile the average yield beld for the iho past ten oil years is equaled or under it u repetition n of the favor tible CondIt conditions lIlls of 1014 would civo bui bushels liels in elther case with wilt u aring wheat crop next licit year equal to lint of 1015 the nation will have infra than bushels of wheat for domestic and export tills this vastly increased production of v vicent vii in ent lit needed it in auy any cuso care will all be ill sol essential to prevent it 11 cerious shortage of next euni iner should the grosing corn coin now behind the season be touch damaged by early frosts best thought of experts ulic the program pio giani approved by the decre tary of represents tile tho best thought of tho the united states depart allent of agriculture nud and of state officials and state councils of defense tito t tudy ut this athla question quest lou lins has involved many factors and the specialists linio have been aware from the first chilt the demands dein ands for hant wheat may exceed thu the hipply next your effort therefore lins has bem been made to mend in ili vach state about as large tin an acreage in ili wheat und ryo rye ns as can be sown so n without upsetting proper farm practice which must be maintained in thu the interest of client and rye crops ciopa this and succeeding years ni as well ns as in ili the interest antei eat of C other necessary spring planted crops which are not discussed lit in detail at tills this time us as they are arc not food crops in which a marked 4 shortage exists the estimates tile the department states are enado with the knowledge there Is soine shortage shor lugo of the fertilizer supply but with the understanding that hut there will bo be no general shortage in ili the supply of seed or of farm farin lun chinery which Is necessary in th the e production of tile the wheat crop jt t Is understood also that ample transportation facilities will be provided ded and a i fair price in tee for wheat will ft be etab tab imick these factors have been assumed its as fixed and it iny any ono one or more inora full to be adjusted la in good time no person can tell how will bo be the effect on the total crop calls for unusual effort the th planting mid cultivation of theo increased of fall grown geown grains calls for unusual effort ellort on oil the part of tile tho farmers plans to place ut tho the disposal of farmers nil all unco anco possible are being perfected perfect td in the united states department of agriculture tile the state colleges of turo and other state anti local agencies which co operate cooperate in farming matters the iho assistance of 0 successful growers of wheat and rye rio in ili ix to turn out bumper crops in ili 1918 Is assured the state wilt will do utmost to get the acrea gei expected of their states into the lie ground the pro grair us as originally worked out by tile tho federal department of agriculture called for somewhat more than acres to be sown this fall when this proposal was wai presented to the officials of tile sey several erill states a further Iner increase cuso wits was considered dered possible find desirable ly by them As 11 i consequence tile recommendation for the bowlon of acres Is ninde following Is a sul bunim HuRrY nry of th chii departments part ments recommendations regarding winter wheat and rye wheat tito planting ut tit approximately 47 acres ta winter wheat on tho the basis of the average yield beld for the past ten tell years Indi indicates cutes a total production of bushels which exceeds nil previous winter chent crops liar har vested in ili tho united states with the exception of tho the crops of 1014 and tolt toll when the harvested and yields per acre were both above normal or it the extremely favorable conditions under tinder which the winter wheat crop of was grown are again experienced perien perlen ced the yield ot of winter wheat next year will vill bo be OW bushels or by far the largest winter crop ever produced und oven even larger alinn the total ot of both winter and spring wheat crops for all past benm except two it la Is too early to determine the lie acreage which should bo be sown somi to wheat next spring but it if this IF Is equal to that wu in ili the spring of 0 1017 or acres and the yield Is up till to tile the average of tho the last ton ten years a crop of OW bushels of t spring wheat will bo be harvested ind and it tile the yield per nere lure should equal that hint obtained in the crop will IB be bushels the saine no na tho the i greatest cst wheat crop over ever produced iro luceil thus with tao he Inc increase rense ili 1 tho the spring wheat nere acre idge but with tile tho 18 per cent increase Iner caso ever the 1010 1016 winter wheat bowings ged for or this tall fall the total J sroy roo 0 nev vear will be more inore kiltin ahn n ark w ishel it if the crop lucet luccas will slightly better than ten year nv av crage conditions with extremely fit condU condit hns tins such na its were ex per fenced by rho alio winter wheat crop lit in 1014 at ciul I 1 I 1 tile spring wheat crop in 1015 tile lie total yield would amount lo 10 H one and one oile quarter billion bushels A 10 per cent increase in ili spring wheat acreage with favorable growing conditions would add another bushels tito tin figures quoted above are bused upon it a winter killing of f 0 per cent and yields per acre of bushels for winter wheat und and 13 bushels for spring wheat the average for tile lust last ten years and a u yield per acre in 1014 of 19 10 of wint winter e r wheat find IS ISI I bushels bus liela of spring wheat in 1015 increases in wheat production tile tho principal increases tn ili acreage of winter wheat are in tile freaa here tile acreage devoted to that cereal Is already large had farmers tire accustomed to growing wheat tint and tire equipped with machill ery cry for producing tile the crop A mater fill increase also Is recommended lit in most of tile brells where choro the production tie of oats oat 9 and corp corn Is heavy since much wheat can be sown to advantage on out stubble and lit in tile alio standing corn or on oil ground from w aich tile corn crop has haa been removed for tilt tho silo or cut for fodder in ili soine districts tho the increase in tile tic acreage creage could 60 bo made larger but tilts tills has ocCil led inadvisable for fear of bisor gan izing crop rotations with injury to crops in ili succeeding K ars the detailed recommendations resulting from tho the joint consideration given to the by lie hie federal department of agriculture and by aro shown in tho alio a abing aying table winter wheat acreage acreage acreage pet of suggested sown bown tor for fall in tall fall over state 0 of 1017 lot 0 of 1918 1916 1916 new york 18 new jersey 17 pennsylvania 16 14 delaware 10 maryland W 0 0 0 10 virginia 15 west went Virg virginia ints 12 north carolina lU OOOO 12 south carolina i 37 georgia florida i 01 ohio 10 4 i 0 W indiana 25 illinois 24 allce michigan I 1 agan 20 wl wisconsin onsen 11 I 1 29 alinn minnesota so a 20 jaw iowa ii 26 missouri 6 north dakota south dakota nebraska 3 1 kansas 12 kentucky 13 tennessee lOS OOOO 20 alabama i go mississippi Mu louisiana lalana 1 I texas ix 4 1 a oklahoma 4 MO m arkansas 1 21 37 montana ow 21 wyoming 8 colorado a new mexico 6 arizona is utah 12 nevada 1 I 14 idaho 17 washington 13 oregon 47 to california 41 20 united states IS most of the states for which only small percentage are arc suggested recently increased largely their wheat and are growing about na as much ns na Is consistent with a well agriculture rye to be increased heavily it Is 19 recommended that hint there be sown in ili the united states tills this fall acres of f ryo which on oil the lie basis of ton ten year averages ive raBes will yield bushels tills Is nil increase of neres acres or 22 per cent over that sown last year when the largest acreage in ili the history lil story of tile tho country was put in it la Is nn an increase of 43 48 per cent over the 1015 1915 derenge anti of 57 per cent over the five year 1012 1912 1010 1016 average sown acreage in any consideration of the expansion of the of bread grains in certain parts of the country it Is ili necessary sary to consider wheat and rye together lier this Is because ryo rye can be planted safely on many fields with less risk lhnn wheat further rye can be used its it n substitute for wheat as a bread grain by those who are accustomed to it itye succeeds on poorer soils soilo and with less legs fertilizer fertl lter and in colder clin intes than ecat wheat ani for all dieso ae reasons should ho he planted in ili preference to wheat where hero it lias has loon been proved a surer safer crop detailed inundations for nn an increase in acreage to bo be to rye rc tills this fall over that of 1017 nrc are found in ili the accompanying table rye acreage acreage acreage pet act of suggested bown inars for or tall fall in fall all over state of of 1916 1918 1916 maine I 1 1000 new hampshire iwo 1000 vermont 2000 low 1000 massachusetts rhode island 1000 connecticut 1600 i now new york ODO 1 new jersey 6 til pennsylvania asom 25 delaware Dela waro 2000 1000 maryland 6 21 virginia is 11 west virginia 21 22 north carolina 21 23 south carolina 1000 61 georgia florida ohio 1 indiana 11 35 9 illinois 41 44 michigan 20 wisconsin 1 20 0 Ilin minnesota 13 19 iowa 4 1 misso missouri url i 34 norah no th dakota D 1 11 south dakota 2 nebraska 13 15 kansas 19 kentucky tennessee 61 91 alabama mississippi 0 i louisiana i texas 2000 2000 oklahoma SO ra arkansas 1000 1000 montana iii wyoming j of colorado new mexico 1 I 1 arizona utah 1 I nevada ii yr idaho ii 11 washington fla ji oregon 2000 41 california 11 1200 united states 3 fall sown rye should supplement spring wheat hant to a considerable extent in ili the spring bolt belt an enlarged acreage of rye in addition to the ho us ns tint spring wheat sowings bowings will help to guarantee a plentiful supply of bread brand grain next year |