Show optimism shown over bumper crop conditions conditto Condi tio As government makes final survey for 1945 wheat leads off with largest harvest ever grown in the alic country americas 1945 1943 farm outlook gives promise of a total production higher than for any year on record except the bumper seasons of 1042 ond and 1944 1044 some acres are due to be harvested with record or near record productions product fons indicated for a number of crapsi many above aver ago age acre yields are anticipated with a record yield of 1477 bushels per acre expected for potatoes a near record for rice and an exceptionally high yield for oats over 7 bushels above the 10 year average and close to the 1942 1042 record above average yields are expected for barley rye wheat corn sugar beets sugar cone cane dry peas tobacco sweet potatoes and a number of the vegetable crops milk milic production may total as much as two to two tw and a half billion pounds more than in 1944 1044 for a new record N E dodd chief of the agricultural adjustment agency which has the job of helping U S farmers work out acreage goals reports that 1945 goals appear to have been met or exceeded for wheat oats rice dry peas tobacco and peanuts and that both flaxseed and sugar beets while not reaching hoped for goals are well above the 1844 1044 preserving the la land nd despite the hard use to which the land has had to be subjected during the war years it is still going gain 9 strong dodd said one of the main reasons being the influence of increased use of soil building and soil and water conserving practices A considerable part of this years expected harvest he emphasized can be traced directly to improved methods of handling soil last year set now new records for example tor for acreage under contour cultivation and that planted to green manure and cover crops acreage of small grains and other drilled crops grown on the contour moro more than doubled over 1043 and still further increases are seen for 1945 lime and being used to establish soil crops are showing rapid increases and would be tar for greater according to dodd it if larger quantities of these vital materials were available As it Is 87 per cerit cent more was used on legumes and grasses in 1044 under the AAA program than tho the average for 1039 43 and nine times as mu much h 1 as 1 s in 1930 i terr terracing ai n g strip chopping irka irrigation weed control and many other improved farming practices are also doing their part in holding the fertile top soil on fields and in conserving moisture re crop prospects reported naturally farm production cannot be calculated as accurately as industrial du production even it if factors such as labor machinery storage and marketing repair parts fer bertill till zer eer and soil conditions are favorable the farmer cannot be sure that the weather wont upset his well laid plans the present harvest is late in some sections duo due to unseasonable spring weather that interfered ter fored with planting scheduler iche dules lei and in some cases necessitated last minute crop shifts drouth floods and inroads by insects and posts pests of various kinds hinds can still throw tho the farmers far meia entire pi production schedule out of line but heros heres what tills this years outlook on individual crops is 1 wheat largest crop of record and the third U S billion bushel crop estimated nt at bushels this years lears indicated wheat harvest is bushels above w njg IS N NE K st iw M N p g 01 M SA W A ersla i 6 X K AM 1 V M N N M W X 0 41 loading alfalfa hay bay on oil a wisconsin farm this lails years gears hay crop promises to bo be tho the second largest on record A po 11 1 1 1 11 0 3 11 1 51 1 and corn have been strip cropped on this north carolina farm to protect the soll from erosion and to help increase crop yield the previous record crop of 1044 1944 it is 43 per cent greater than the 10 year average for 1934 43 winter wheat production is up 14 per cent over last year estimated acreage of all wheat for harvest Is acres 05 per cent above 1944 with winter wheat acreage substantially a bove above last year in nearly all important states oats oafs oats production Is expected to be the largest since 1920 a total of bushels this Is 33 per cent above the 1044 crop and 45 per cent above the 10 year average indicated yield per acre is 36 0 bushels the estimated planting ot of acres in 1045 is the largest of record this is the sixth consecutive year in which the oats acreage shows an increase for the country as a whole corn marked improvement in prospects during july has resulted la iti an august I 1 estimate of about bushels of corn in 1945 the current estimate while below three successive bushel crops in 1942 1943 and 1844 1944 exceeds production in any year except 1923 and 1032 1932 of the two preceding decades the average yield of bushels compares with bushels estimated a month ago bushels last year and the average of bushels per acre most important corn growing states had born corn weather during in t the h e I 1 alt prof part ot julyna julai favoring beg better tt r isasa n average age ar progress gge ps called remarkable in tome some sec tion sto to bring an n increase of bushels in prospect since july 1 kyc BYL indicated production of bushels Is up slightly more than bushels over last year the result of a higher per acre yield since the acreage for harvest Is 7 per cent smaller this is still only two thirds of the 1934 1034 43 average production rice if the indicated harvest ot of bushels is realized it will be the largest rice crop on record and more than 8 per cerit cent above last years record level A prospective yield of nearly 50 bushels an acre plus a near record seeding of 1511 acres Is credited with the new high acreage increases Inci eases are reported in each of the rice producing states california Loul louisiana slana texas and arkansas with farmers in tile the list first two named exceeding reported march intentions barley the expected harvest of bushels will bea be 5 per cent bolow below the 1944 production and 1 per cent less than the 10 year a average sharp declines are arc indicated in all of tho the major barley producing states except california the entire acreage seeded an estimated acres Is about 17 pet per cent less than 1011 1044 and 19 per cent below average dry beans the smallest production since 1030 1930 is anticipated for 1045 the indicated total of bags of pounds each un cleaned being more than one fourth less than the record breaking crop harvested in 1913 1943 dean bean plantings in michigan and new york total acres the smallest since 1939 and less than were planted in michigan alone in 1941 1041 farmers appear to be reducing their plantings to about the level of the years before the present war lima bean production Is expected to be a little larger than last year Cali fornias acres marking an increase of acres over 1844 1944 dry peas although considerably less than last years big crop the 1045 production will probably be about double the prewar average for it total of somo some pound bags acreage this year also double the prewar aver age Is concentrated mainly in the pacific northwest about acres are expected to be harvested with yield indicated at 1074 pounds per acre below 1944 and 10 yeat year average soybeans A total of acres grown clone alone for all purposes appears to be about 46 per cent larger than the 10 year average eighty three per cent is in the north central states indications are that about acres will be harvested for beans only 3 per cent less than the 1943 record it Is still too early for conclusive production forecasts but august I 1 conditions point to a crop of bushels potatoes A crop of record proportions Is indicated for 1945 some bushels only in 1943 and 1928 has the production of potatoes exceeded the crop now in prospect acre yield may set a new rec record ord 1 if expectations of 1477 bushels per acre for the united states are realized the tha previous high for yield was 1396 bushels in 1943 total indicated acreage for harvest Is slightly below last year and about acres less than the 1834 43 average sweet potatoes fewer sweet potatoes ore are in view about 11 pc cent less than the I 1 1944 crop acrea acra age Is down but yield per note acre ot of bushels Is expected to be the highest since 1929 total production in pro prospect Is bushels sugar beets expansion of plantings to acres almost 23 per cent over 1944 carries an estimated production of tons at the indicated national average of tons of beets per acre although the acreage is 12 per c ent cent less than the 1934 43 average a higher than average yield per acre is expected to put total production at only 7 per cent below the 10 year average sugar recovery of about tons Is predicted sugar cane acreage for sugar and seed Is up about 2 per cent over 1944 for a total of acres 5 per pe r cent more than the 1934 43 average louisiana which normally accounts for about 90 per er cent of the national acreage increased 1 per cent over last year and florida 13 per cent production of sugar cone cane for sugar and seed Is indicated at tons about 12 per cent above the 1944 total tonnage fruit although the apple crop appears to be headed for a record low production the 1945 1045 peach crop is setting a 0 record high with an estimated bushels 6 per cent greater than the peak harvest of A good pear crop is also in prospect some bushels the three pacific coast states where about three fourths of the nations pears are usually grown expect a record combined production of bushels 11 per cent more than last year and 30 per cent above average the cherry crop is down considerably from last years level and the apricot pick Is s estimated at only about tons compared with last years record crop of tons A prune crop of some tons fresh basis is indicated from washington idaho and oregon grape production appears to be a little above last year with an indicated pick of tons of which some tons will come from california ilay hay second largest hay crop ever produced in the U S is expected this year a total brodu production c of all tome tame and wild hay varieties of about tons only 1942 has seen more hay cut on american farms A fi tons carried over from c crops of previous years added to the 1945 1045 production would provide a supply of tons flaxseed indications are that a laed ll crop over half again as large as the average for 1934 43 will lie be harvested in 1945 a total of bushels this would be 44 per cent greater than the 1944 crop nine of the 17 states for which flaxseed have been estimated show increases over 1844 1044 ranging from I 1 per cent in iowa bowa to 81 per cent in texas inthe in the four major flax stat states es minnesota north dakota south dakota and montana where a approximately P 88 per cent of the 1943 1045 crop will be brodu produced ced the increase this year Is 49 per cent |