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Show INCREASE IN WHEAT CROP. Department of Agriculture Forecasts Harvest of 650,000,000 Bushels. Washington. America's 1917 wheat crop, as forecast June S by the department de-partment of agriculture, will fall far below normal, despite a prospect for a more than ordinary yield of sprin? wheat." A total yield estimated at G5G.0OO.-000 G5G.0OO.-000 bushels will give the country 10,- 10O.OOO bushels more than last year's crop, but with the heavy demands from abroad and virtually no reserve store, it will not meet war needs unless the ountry practices the must rigid ecoii- miy. The department forecast a spring crop of 2S:S.O00.0O0 bushels, a big yield, but estimates of winter wheat production produc-tion give a crop of only 337,tKHl.0OO bushels. 7.000.01)0 more than was forecast fore-cast from the May 1 condition, but still far from the normal yield. Herbert C. Hoover, who will he fow administrator under the food control bill pending in congress, estimates the allies' needs this year at 1,000.000,000 bushels of grain, most of it to corae from the United States and Canada. The short wheat crop means that this country will have to cut its wheat consumption if it exports any whe since the United States itself normally uses more than 000.000,000 bushels. l the beginning of 1016 th'ere were 1W." 000,000 bushels on hand carried o from the previous year's record crop. |