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Show RECORD BREll WHEAT CROP FOB I 1919 FORECAST j WASHINGTON. May 2 -PrediclfW I oi the department of agriculture for 1 a wheat crop this year rin larger 'than the record-breaking crop of 19H, I I was repeated today by tho Unit4 1 Slates chamber of commerce in a Th 1 port based on statistics obiairW from 1 all sections of the country. The re-1 port stated that an acreage nover J fore equr.lled had been planted, and 1 .i vield of 000, ono, nun bii-hpts was 1 forecast. "The condition of the winter wheal If! SO high as to be without precedm' 1 or parallel." the report said. "The plant came through the winter anJ I the trying month of March unscathed I jand unhurt In many section? of the 1 v. est and southwest it was nceer-?an" 1 ' to pasture it to livestock to keep doB I its rnnk growth j "Reports of damage are mostly re- 1 markable h their entire absence, or m rumors of Hessian fly and some siltf I predatory insects, but that Is all. Un- less seme climatic carast mphe or ?ome 1 Egyptian-like and unexpected plaspje I or insects intervene, the yild w"' 1 probably be 90fi,uO0,00O bushels, Of I about 33 per cent more than the great 1 harvest of 101 1 ThP report stated that one interest 1 inc sidelight of the situation was that f bout 25 per cent of the yield would 1 be south oi ihe Mason and Pl.xon line. Southern states which never before crow winter wheat, this year have S large acreages planted it was Mid. Reports show lhat the ?eHlnc ot j spring wheat had bepn delaed front J ten days to 'wo weeks by excessfrO 1 rains, and a decrease of acreape a 1 compared with last year was expect!- j nn . .1 |