Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1914-11-28 | Page 2 | Immense Wheat Acreage

IMMENSE WHEAT ACREAGE. Greatest Crop in World's History to be Planted for 1915 Harvest. Washington. The greatest wheat crop in the world's history will be planted for the 1915 harvest as a re-Suit re-Suit of the European war, in the opinion opin-ion of Oharles M. Daugherty, statistical statis-tical expert of the department of agriculture. ag-riculture. In a report made publio Tuesday, Mir. Daugherty says. "As a result of the war in Europe, a world-wide tendency exists to increase- the acreage of wheat. Doubtless Doubt-less the most extensive area in the history of the world will be seeded during the present autumn and coming com-ing spring. A prospective heavy de-piand de-piand for this important grain food by the importing countries of western Europe is likely, if seeding conditions favor, to give extraordinary stimulus to sowings of both winter and spring varieties in the two great exporting countries of North America and to those sowings now being finished under un-der auspicious circumstances in British Brit-ish India."