Show Condition of Crops July First Indicates Harvest May Be Shy of Average WASHINGTON WASHINGTON July to-DY to The The Associated Press Basing B IU its forecast on condition on July 1 the department of o agriculture to- to today today to today day estimated the harvest ut ot of Important farm fann crops declaring the lh composite condition lot of all crops was 64 per cent bl he- he low he-low the lh average avrace July condition during the th last luL 10 year years eAra Included In bushell Th The forecast Corn 2 winter wheat spring wheat hed 1 and lind oat oats 12 There Thero Ther Is l still aUlI time for the tho federal till improvement crop reporting reporting- board said but considering all crops rope there Is now little chance chanco that yields Ields per acre no III aill equal those thos thoe usually secured The Tho Th chief reason for tor the present do- do de dO deficient unfavorable le outlook has been blen rainfall In portions ot of the north and eastern states CORN CORN- IID D The Thc corn crop the board said h generally uneven une sort nl an backward back back- backward back backward ward throughout the th entire coun coun- country try coun tr try due to the late Ioe cool season and deficient moisture over o wide wid I area areas A sever severe drought drou ht In Si South uth DIL- DIL Dakota Da Dakota kota In the ta heavy y spring wheat producing counties has brought A marked decline In the th crop there the th board said with condi condl- condition tion dropping from 64 ft pe per cent on June 1 to 35 15 per cent The Th Indi- Indi Indicated Indi Indicated oats at production was found to bo be b nearly 11 II per cent less Ius let than last year yer which harvested 1511 bushels though I slightly In excess of the year five average production The board placed the rye n- n crop at the th lowest on record sine Inge sine 1866 excepting 1885 1866 and 1887 1881 with ith the th average reduction chief chief- chiefly chiefly chiefly ly In the th Dakotas Dakota The barley condition was termed the lowest tin nn July 1 for tor 15 IS years with bushel In prospect Pastures as a whole show how the poorest July 1 condition since lOll 1911 with the th Ingle sini-le exception ot of last year The Tho board commented adding that they Me are poor In Inmost inmost Inmost most of ot the th Atlantic and north north central central but are rather good In n most ot of the south central and western estern states GOOD On the th other hand the th board asserted that fruit prospects are almost all uniformly rood good Apples peaches penches and rears pear ears It said each showed a n condition on July 1 about 20 per cent higher than the average condition reo re- reported re reported ported on that thal date dat during the thelast thelast last 10 years yeara year A substantially Increased potato acreage was reported from the western states stales with increased d earl early potato planting In the tho th south auth but elsewhere the tho tb acreage h bus s gener gener- generally ien r ally illy decreased The rhe Tb board p pre pre- predicted dieted a potato of ot 4 bushels unless prospects Improve 4 But Dut even en Bt t this It would be bushels above last hut years year harvest but bushels below bolow 1924 l bl big ble crop 1 Production of Qt this years year's im- im important Im Important I farm crop crops a as Indicated by their condition on July 1 and announced today by the th depart depart- department department ment of ot agriculture led Included Corn 2 07 bushels compared with 2 bushels last lut year ear Winter n wheat t bush bush- bushels els cla compared with a 8 ot of a month ago C and t nd IU- IU Itt harvested last lasi year car Spring Sprint wheat bush bushels els els compared red with 7 0 bushels Harvested last year ar r vats Oats u n 1 bu ai com com- compared compared pared nith Ith 0 00 bushel last year Rye Hye bushels com corn compared pared with fore tore forecast cast a month ago a o and I last year Barley bushels compared with last lUt year Ilax seed bushels compared with White spuds b bushels shela compared with 3 Sweet potatoes bush bush- bushels bushels els cis compared with Tobacco pounds compared with 1349 Apples bushels compared with 14 1 Peaches bushels compared with Pears Pear bushels com com- compared compared compared pared with 1 I Inice Rice nice 31 bushes bushels corn com compared pared with Hay all aU tame tons compared with Ith Beans Deans dry bushels bushels compared with Peanuts pound compared with t Grapes tons com com- compared compared pared with syrup gal gal- gallons gallons l lons l-lons lons lons compared with This condition ot of o the crops on July 1 In percentage ct of normal w was as corn 77 winter Inter wheAt sprint spring wheat oats barley Te rye G Ct 66 6 flax flaxseed aced rice rice 7 grain sorg- sorg sorghums sore hums hums bums 44 hay 71 t pasture beans peanuts apples peaches pears grapes rapes CI white whit potatoes sweet s potatoes to tobacco bacco sorghum for or syrup 7 |